Education
Most of the Nisei (second-generation Japanese Americans) who grew up on the West Coast lived in relatively small sections of the city and shared common experiences in the public schools as well as Japanese language schools. The World War II incarceration interrupted thousands of students' elementary, high school and university educations.
Education
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Postcard to Molly Wilson from Sandie Saito (October 14, 1944) (ddr-janm-1-22)
Postcard to Molly Wilson from Sandie Saito (October 14, 1944). It is postmarked October 17, 1944 from Oberlin, Ohio.

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School orchestra (ddr-densho-174-1)
Back (L to R): Dorothy Harden, Pearl Kaiser, Dorothy Bertusky, Jean Turnbull, Octavia Forthoffer, Adrienne Gallagher, Margaret Bowers. Front: Mary Suda, Catherine Omizo, Bernadette Ratigan, Hanna Powers.

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Sentence diagrams (ddr-densho-385-14)
Fujio Morikawa practices his English language skills by breaking down sentences into diagrams. These diagrams break sentences into their grammatic parts of speech.
Fujio Morikawa kept a journal while incarcerated at Lordsburg U.S. Army internment camp. In his journal included translations of letters, news articles, and announcements; notes on English grammar and mathematics; essays on different …

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Children in graudation robes (ddr-densho-359-1123)
Two children pose in graduation robes and diplomas.

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Portrait of two students (ddr-densho-359-618)
Two girls pose for a portrait in school uniforms. The caption beneath the photogrpah is in Japanese.

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Portrait of woman (ddr-densho-359-533)
The caption above the photograph in the album states" Mrs. Perkins my instructor in high school 1925".

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Portrait of a woman (ddr-densho-359-315)
The photograph is signed "Lovingly Shigeko Iseri May 1937"

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Portrait of woman (ddr-densho-359-345)
Photograph is signed "Most Sincerely Shizu". Shizu Seike - Highline High 1938




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Portrait of girl (ddr-densho-359-534)
The caption below the photograph in the album states "Miss Mildred Cook".


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Graduation portrait (ddr-densho-359-532)
The caption beneath the photograph in album "Graduation picture May, 1925".

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School portrait (ddr-densho-359-573)
The stamp of the photograph studio in the bottom left hand corner of photograph says "S. Karube Tukuoka".

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Standard Teaching Credential (ddr-densho-338-480)
A Standard Teaching Credential with a specialization in elementary teaching earned by Guyo Tajiri.

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Certificate of Promotion (ddr-densho-338-478)
A certificate for Guyo Tajiri's completion of 8th grade at Jefferson Junior High School.

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Standard Teaching Credential (ddr-densho-338-479)
A Standard Teaching Credential with a specialization in elementary teaching earned by Guyo Tajiri.

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Letter from Minola Tamesa to Uhachi Tamesa (ddr-densho-333-74)
Letter to Uhachi about trial date and correspondence courses

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Course completion certificates (ddr-densho-333-37)
Certificates of course completion from central educational services; Leavenworth, Kansas

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Letter from Minola Tamesa to Uhachi Tamesa (ddr-densho-333-73)
Letter to Uhachi about finances and correspondence courses

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Graduation invitation (ddr-densho-328-250)
Invitation to the high school graduation of Thomas Y. Kometani.

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Letter to Kinuta Uno at Fort Missoula (ddr-densho-324-9)
Correspondence from Kinuta Uno's daughter discussing their evacuation instructions, being sent to Fresno Assembly Center, and being able to return to their land after the war.