California

doc Japanese in California: comments in the California press (ddr-csujad-55-360)

Collection of articles on Japanese in California reprinted from California newspapers. Articles include "Anti-Japanese agitation", "Lyman Gage on the Japanese", "Always at hand", "Senator Phelan and the Japanese", "California mission to Japan", "Church Federation on the Japanese question", "Proposed initiative measure" "The Japanese in California", "Cultivate friendly relations with Japan", "The picture bride", "Stephens is right", …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-360/

California and her less favored minorities: a study in the background of the evacuation of persons of Japanese ancestry from the Pacific Coast (ddr-csujad-55-1648)

doc California and her less favored minorities: a study in the background of the evacuation of persons of Japanese ancestry from the Pacific Coast (ddr-csujad-55-1648)

Historical narrative by Ruth E. McKee, WRA Historian discussing California statehood, early immigration to California, race and racism, Chinese immigration to California, Japanese immigration to California, attitudes towards Japanese, laws and legislation, and a chronology of events related to California immigration. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1650

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1648/

img Pleasant Grove School, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 1930 (ddr-csujad-55-2594)

A photograph of Pleasant Grove School, 1st through 4th grade, student names on back, 1930. Includes fifty students. Title from caption on back side. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2758

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2594/

img Manzanar WRA Camp (ddr-csujad-55-2487)

Map of Inyo County, California and the site of Manzanar incarceration camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2593

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2487/

img 1967 Suisun reunion (ddr-csujad-55-2589)

A photograph of 1967 Suisun reunion. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2753

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2589/

doc County of Sacramento State of California marriage license (ddr-csujad-55-2460)

County of Sacramento marriage license for George Asato Nakano to Mildred Yayeko Uyemura. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2566

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2460/

doc Florin area, California (ddr-csujad-55-2472)

Map of the greater Florin area, near Sacramento, California, from Elk Gove Blvd. to the south and highway 50 to the north. Map depicts land areas owned by Japanese individuals in May 1942. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2578

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2472/

img Pleasant Grove School, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, April 22, 1932 (ddr-csujad-55-2597)

A photograph of Pleasant Grove School, 5th through 8th grade, student names on back. Title from caption on back side. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2761

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2597/

img Photograph of women in production line, bucket-like machine in front of them, basket slats piled next to worker (ddr-csujad-55-2612)

Photograph of women in production line, bucket-like machine in front of them, basket slats piled next to worker. Strawberry basket factory, pre-World War II, Florin, California. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2776

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2612/

doc Mr. Kambara shoe store mailing label (ddr-csujad-55-1983)

Mailing label for the M. Kambara shoe store. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1986

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1983/

img Elk Grove Japanese Language School (ddr-csujad-55-2593)

A photograph of Elk Grove Japanese Language School. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2757

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2593/

doc Postcard from M. Seitz to Dr. George Kambara, May 9, 1943 (ddr-csujad-55-1984)

Postcard from M. Seitz to Dr. George Kambara during Kambara's incarceration at Tule Lake incarceration camp. Cover depicts K Street in Sacramento, California. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1987

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1984/

doc Letter from Bill Taketa to James Waegell, November 25, 1944 (ddr-csujad-55-2341)

Correspondence from Bill Taketa to Mr. James Waegell thanking him for the fruit he sent him. Mr. Taketa indicates that he heard about 800 Japanese Americans are in California. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2447

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2341/

img Yoshio Ichikawa in Sacramento, California (ddr-csujad-55-2216)

Black and white formal portrait photograph of Yoshio Ichikawa, age 21, two years after his arrival in Sacramento, California from Japan. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2319

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2216/

doc Bussei guide 1941 (ddr-csujad-55-2714)

A guide for members of Northern California Young Buddhists' League. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2878

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2714/

img Florin Fruit Exchange General Merchandise (ddr-csujad-55-2615)

Photograph with the Florin Fruit Exchange General Merchandise building in background. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2779

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2615/

doc Letter from the Tsukamotos, 1948 (ddr-csujad-55-113)

Christmas letter from the Tsukamoto family including an update on family life and activities. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0115

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-113/

img Pleasant Grove School (ddr-csujad-55-2602)

Black and white photograph of Pleasant Grove School. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2766

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2602/

doc Southern California Florin area reunion, October 7th, 8th, and 9th, 1988 (ddr-csujad-55-2702)

Pamphlet of the Florin area reunion held at the Buena Park Hotel. It recollect the Japanese American community in Florin area before the war. Includes historical photographs of Florin, California. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2866

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2702/

doc Community analysis report, no. 70 (April 18, 1945) (ddr-csujad-55-1662)

Report on "Destination of Leaves to the Evacuated Area, January to March, 1945." Covers number of incarcerees taking indefinite leave from Poston incarceration camp, their destination in California, and the conditions for incarcerees returning to regions of California. "Community analysis section." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1664

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1662/

img Tule Lake WRA Center (ddr-csujad-55-2474)

Aerial photographic map indicating the area boundary of the Tule Lake incarceration camp in Modoc County, California. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2580

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2474/

img Manzanar WRA Project (ddr-csujad-55-2488)

Topographic map of the area surrounding Manzanar incarceration camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2594

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2488/

img Camp layout overlaid on aerial (ddr-csujad-55-2475)

Boundary of the Tule Lake incarceration camp overlaid on an aerial photograph of the camp and surrounding area in Modoc County, California. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2581

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2475/

doc Copy of the contents of a certificate of search (ddr-csujad-55-2569)

Affecting the NE1/4 of the NW1/4 of Section 14, Tp. 8 North of Range 11 West, M.D.M., in California, containing forty acres of land. More or less, prepared by the undersigned from a Certificate of Search prepared by the Sonoma County Abstract Bureau, Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California. See this object in the California State Universities …

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img Portrait of Suzuki family (ddr-csujad-55-2671)

Black and white Suzuki family portrait. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2835

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2671/

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