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Art and Mary (ddr-densho-287-239)
Photograph of two people seading a program on the steps of a building. From left to right: Art, and Mary. Written on the upper center of the album page is "Salem 1935" in white ink. Written on the album page below the image is "Art - Mary" in white ink.

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Jean Akita (ddr-densho-287-145)
Photograph of two women with a camera in the background. Wirtten along the bottome of the image is "Jean Akita O.S.C 1940-'41" in black ink. Written on the back is "Jean Akita Hayashi Oregon State campus 1940-'41 (?)" in black ink.


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Women's Weekend Chairmen (ddr-densho-287-88)
Photograph of the Women's Weekend chairwomen standing on the steps of a building. Second from the right is Molly (Kageyama) Maeda.

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Playing at Oregon Capital (ddr-densho-287-173)
Photograph of two men standing on the base of a column at the top of the steps to the Oregon State Capital Building. Two other men stand nearby, one looking on. On the column base is Chop and Art, on the steps from top to bottom are Kats and Art. Written on the album page below …

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Album 2 (ddr-densho-287-151)
Milton Maeda's brown photo album of pre-war life including photographs of travel to Salem, Oregon; Yakama, Washington; and Alaska to visit friends and work in canneries, and college life.

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Oregon State Capitol Building (ddr-densho-287-172)
Photograph of a large group of people on the steps of the Oregon State Capital Building. Written on the album page below the image is "Oregon State Capital Bldg." in white ink.

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Oregon State Power Labortory (ddr-densho-287-298)
Photograph of large machinery. Written on the album page below the image is "Oregon State Power Labortory" in white ink.

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Martha (ddr-densho-287-242)
Photograph of Martha switting on a stone ledge. Written on the upper center of the album page is "Salem 1935" in white ink. Written on the album page above the image is "Martha" in white ink.

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Setsuko Martha (ddr-densho-287-243)
Photograph of two wmen standing together outside near some cars. From left to right: Setsuko and Martha. Written on the upper center of the album page is "Salem 1935" in white ink. Written on the album page to the left of the image is "Setsuko" in white ink. Written on the album page to the right …

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Kate Iwasaki (ddr-densho-287-92)
Photograph of Kate Iwasaki sitting on ledge outside a building at Oregon State College (now known as Oregon State University). Written across the top left and lower right corners is "To the typical O.S.C. coed Molly-- Just Kate Iwasaki O.S.C." in black ink.

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Oregon State Power Labortory (ddr-densho-287-297)
Photograph of large machinery. Written on the album page below the image is "Oregon State Power Labortory" in white ink.

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Ray and Michi (ddr-densho-287-240)
Photograph of two people standing together outside. Written on the upper center of the album page is "Salem 1935" in white ink. Written on the album page above the image is "Ray - Michi" in white ink.

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Salem Jessie and Frances (ddr-densho-287-247)
Photograph of two women standing on a gravel road. From left to right: Jessie and Frances. Written on the album page above the image is "Salem-" in white ink. Written on the album page below the image is " Jessie - Frances" in white ink.

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Album 1 (ddr-densho-287-21)
Molly (Kageyama) Maeda's red photo album containing images of young nisei at Oregon State College (now Oregon State University), graduation portaits, and images of life at Minidoka.

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Mabel Takashima (ddr-densho-287-144)
Photograph of two women, Molly (Kageyama) Maeda is standing and Mabel Takashima is seated on a bicycle. Written along the bottom is "Mabel Takashima O.S.C. 3/42" in black ink. Same as ddr-densho-287-116.

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Mits (ddr-densho-287-241)
Photograph of Mits standing outside in front of a car. Written on the upper center of the album page is "Salem 1935" in white ink. Written on the album page to the right of the image is "Mits" in white ink.

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Group of three women (ddr-densho-287-29)
Photograph of three young women locking arms and smiling in front of a building on Oregon State College's campus (currently known as Oregon State University). On the far left is Molly (Kageyama) Maeda, in the center is Lena, and on the far right is Emi. Written on the boarder of the photograph is "Molly, Lena Emi" …

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Soldier in the Snow (ddr-csujad-13-26)
A soldier in uniform poses next to a vehicle in the snow. The caption on front of photograph reads, "11/15/42 Cresent [Crescent] Lake Oregon Conklin." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: tul_01_01_021

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Population and ecology (ddr-csujad-26-24)
Comparison of Tule Lake incarceree population statistics collected by the Division of Housing and Employment to the 1940 US Census statistics of Japanese Americans from California, Oregon and Washington. Examines how expelled communities disbursed at Tule Lake via housing records, age and gender distribution, religious affiliation, and the number of births at Tule Lake up to …

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Part IV. Collective adjustments to the relocation center, chapter I: social structure of the community (ddr-csujad-26-5)
Description of camp social structures including "Caucasian-Japanese relations" highlighting tension and hostility by three groups that most directly involve Japanese Americans and the incarceration: The War Relocation Authority (WRA), the US Army and the American public. Using case - studies, the manuscript examines these relationships and discusses the circumstances of incarceration contributing to differences in social …

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Recreation: dances (ddr-csujad-26-22)
Report includes case-studies of dances, chronicles specific situations and observations of social interactions between men, women, and between incarcerees from California and the Northwest. Subject headings include: "significance of dances, group characteristics, group ways, sectionalism, the battle against stags, and block 25 dance." Report compiled as a portion of the Japanese American Evacuation and Resettlement Study …

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Welcome to Oregon (ddr-csujad-29-127)
Photograph of "Welcome to Oregon" plaque off Highway 139. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: P047
![Letter from Y. Fujii to Mr. and Mrs. S. Okine, May 24, 1947 [in Japanese] (ddr-csujad-5-204)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/cd/c4/cdc4f84010fb146c7249b19e12783194.jpg)
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Letter from Y. Fujii to Mr. and Mrs. S. Okine, May 24, 1947 [in Japanese] (ddr-csujad-5-204)
A letter from Yosokichi Fujii, a former incarceree in the Heart Mountain incarceration camp, Wyoming, to Seiichi and Tomeyo Okine. He gives an update of his life after leaving the camp in September 1945 and resettling in Nyssa, Oregon until May 1946. He currently works in Penryn, California in fruit production following his friends' suggestion. He …