Social and recreational activities

Japanese Americans found ways to fill the long days created by the enforced idleness of camp life. They made jewelry from shells found in the desert, built furniture for their rooms using scrap lumber and renovated the exteriors of their barracks. People also played cards, chess, checkers, mahjongg, and the Japanese games 'go' and 'shogi.' Camp inmates held dances, concerts, plays, and arts and crafts exhibitions. In Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho, they even held a beauty contest to select the "Sweetheart of Minidoka."

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doc Monthly Report on Topaz Boy Scouts (ddr-densho-356-901)

Monthly Report on Topaz Boy Scouts for the month of March. Includes scout activities, and issues the troop faces due to circumstances.

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doc Report on Advisory Board Meeting (ddr-densho-356-833)

Meeting minutes and report from the advisory board meeting.

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doc Report of Advisory Board Meeting (ddr-densho-356-834)

Meeting minutes and report from the advisory board meeting.

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doc Invitation to a dance at Amache (ddr-densho-356-168)

Invitation to a dance at Amache.

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doc Program for Amache YWCA Rally (ddr-densho-356-828)

Program for the Amache YWCA Rally on November 14, 1942.

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doc Amache YWCA Staff and Committee list and letter to Yuriko Domoto from Alice Suzuki (ddr-densho-356-829)

Amache YWCA staff and committee list that was attached to a letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from Alice Suzuki asking for Yuri to participate in the organization of a YWCA Board.

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doc Letter to Dorothy Takechi from Florence Hellman regarding Tolan Committee report and other secondary sources (ddr-densho-356-835)

Letter to Dorothy Takechi, Chairman of the Amache Young Women's Christian Association from Florence Hellman, Chief Bibliography and Librarian at the Library of Congress. The letter is in response to an inquiry about procuring copy(s) of the Tolan Committee report(s). The letter provides full titles and pricing for copies of the hearings and reports and provides …

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doc Amache YWCA Meeting Agenda (ddr-densho-356-827)

Amache YWCA Meeting Agenda for meeting on October 29, 1942. Topics include: YWCA activities prior to relocation, Amache YWCA, suggestions and discussion.

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vh Louise Kashino Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-31-17)

Social activities for teenagers in camp

For the first hour of this interview, an additional camera crew from KCTS Television was also present.

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vh Helen Takeshita Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-471-4)

Memories of father making natto in camp

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vh Fumi Kaseguma Interview Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-203-14)

Participating in camp choir, touring towns outside

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vh Robert Moriguchi Interview Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-515-13)

Childhood memories of Amache

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vh June Takahashi Segment 25 (ddr-densho-1000-88-25)

Dating and privacy in camp

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vh June Takahashi Segment 24 (ddr-densho-1000-88-24)

Camp social activities: dances

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vh Gene Akutsu Segment 27 (ddr-densho-1000-1-27)

Having strict parents -- even in camp

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vh Sam Mihara Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-516-10)

Passing the time in camp as a child

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vh Shig Yabu Interview Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-272-17)

Leaving camp to go hiking

This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.

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