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 (192)

Related articles from the Densho Encyclopedia :
Military Intelligence Service Language School

Gallery view
List view

191 items

img Central School 6th grade class photo (ddr-densho-321-84)

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-321-84/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 54, No. 8 (February 23, 1962) (ddr-pc-34-8)

Selected article titles: "Negroes Rise Questions of Keeping Pubic School Records by Race" (p.1), "Will Japan Be Excluded in Kennedy's New Trade Plan?" (p.1), "Japanese Soldier Brides Surveyed" (p.3), "75% of Berkeley Apartments Listed in Ad Discriminate" (p.4).

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-34-8/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 76, No. 08, (March 2, 1973) (ddr-pc-45-8)

Select article titles: "Fesno Ready for Tri-Dist. JACL Confab" (p.1); "PSWDC Eyes 9,500 Members" (p.1); "Marriage Mix Ratio Increasing" (p.1); "Nisei Urged to Assist State in Textbook Choice" (p.2).

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-45-8/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 77, No. 16, (October 19, 1973) (ddr-pc-45-41)

Select article titles: "Ex-Envoy to Japan to Co-Chair Bldg. Fund Bid" (p.1); "40 et 8 Vets Drop All-White Policy" (p.1); "Little Tokyo Redevelopment: Hotel Okayed, Housing Assured" (p.1); "'Relocation Camp' More Comfortable As Term than 'Concentration Camp'" (p.3); "Association for Foreign Wives of Japanese Helps Members to Adjust" (p.6).

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-45-41/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 59, Vol. 7 (August 14, 1964) (ddr-pc-36-33)

Selected article titles: "Judge Black Backs Civil Rights Act Accommodations" (p.1), "Federal Urban Renewal Fundsd Jeopardized by Prop. 14 Nod" (p.1), "Nisei in Snake River Valley Area Active in Local Community, Civic Programs" (p.1), "New Japanese Town in Salt Lake Proposed as Civic Auditorium Complex Underway" (p.1), "Salt Lake JACLers Concerned over ...

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-36-33/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 58, Vol. 26 (June 26, 1964) (ddr-pc-36-26)

Selected article titles: "8 Main Topics on Agenda for Detroit Parley" (p.1), "Senate Passage of Civil Rights Bill" (p.1), "Sen. Fong's Speech on Eve of Passage of Civil Rights Bill Hailed by Colleagues" (p.1, 3).

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-36-26/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 59, Vol. 6 (August 7, 1964) (ddr-pc-36-32)

Selected article titles: "Negro Mayor of Richmond to Address NC-WNDC" (p.1), "Clers Get Answers Refuting Charges against Prop. 14" (p.1, 4), "30 pct. Of Eligible Nisei Registered as Voters in San Francisco County" (p.1), "Impact of HR 7700 on Labor Market Said Insignificant" (p.1), "Calif. Eager to Hire Language Class Teachers" (p ...

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-36-32/

doc Fresno West Side (ddr-csujad-8-13)

Oral history interview with Mr. Nori Masuda, Mrs. Masako Inada, Mrs. Fumi Nakajima, and Mrs. Setsu Hirasuna. Information on the oral history project is found in: csuf_stp_0012A; Glossary in: csuf_stp_0014. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FCPL Fresno West Side

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-8-13/

doc Masao Okamura (ddr-csujad-8-57)

Oral history interview with Masao Okamura. Information on the oral history project is found in: csuf_stp_0012A; Glossary in: csuf_stp_0014. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FCPL Okamura, Masao

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-8-57/

doc Hasegawa Family (ddr-csujad-8-16)

Oral history interview with the Hasegawas, including Ray, Helen, Peter, Yoshino, Becky and George Hasegawa. Information on the oral history project is found in: csuf_stp_0012A; Glossary in: csuf_stp_0014. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FCPL Hasegawa Family

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-8-16/

doc Mr. Harry Echiyu Hiraoka (ddr-csujad-8-87)

Oral history interview with Mr. Harry Echiyu Hiraoka. Information on the oral history project is found in: csuf_stp_0012A; Glossary in: csuf_stp_0014. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FCPL Hiraoka, Mr Harry Echiyu

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-8-87/

img Graduates (ddr-densho-359-1252)

Two men pose in their graduation robes.

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-1252/

doc Chapter 8, 9, 10 personality cards (ddr-csujad-26-35)

Journal entries written by high school students discussing their observations and perspectives on a variety of topics including movies, dances, dissatisfaction with recreation, family dynamics, desire to leave camp, cultural and generational differences, and weather. Each entry includes the full date and student name. The entries were part of a class assignment and collected for the ...

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-26-35/

doc Chapter 11 personality cards (ddr-csujad-26-36)

Journal entries written by high school students discussing their observations and perspectives on a variety of topic including a fundraising carnival, yearbooks, class subjects and discussions, sports, homework, books, and teachers. Each entry includes the full date and student name. The entries were collected as part of a class assignment and used for the Japanese American ...

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-26-36/

img School portrait (ddr-densho-359-573)

The stamp of the photograph studio in the bottom left hand corner of photograph says "S. Karube Tukuoka".

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-573/

img Portrait of a woman (ddr-densho-359-315)

The photograph is signed "Lovingly Shigeko Iseri May 1937"

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-315/

img 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.

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-618/

doc Postcard to Molly Wilson from Mary Murakami (November 1, 1943) (ddr-janm-1-35)

Postcard to Molly Wilson from Mary Murakami (November 1, 1943). It is postmarked November 1, 1943 from Minneapolis, Minnesota.

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-janm-1-35/

doc Birthday card (with envelope) to Mollie Wilson from Sandie Saito (ddr-janm-1-26)

Birthday greeting card written by Sandie Saito to Mollie Wilson. White/purple card with illustration in purple/green of a bouquet of pansies, borders in purple. "Birthday Remembrance" on top center on front of card. Includes white envelope addressed to Mollie Wilson; not stamped nor postmarked.

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-janm-1-26/

doc Letter (with envelope) to Mollie Wilson from Sadae (Lillian) Nishioka (August 9, 1943) (ddr-janm-1-96)

Handwritten letter to Molly Wilson from Sadae (Lillian) Nishioka (August 9, 1943). Envelope is postmarked August 11, 1943 from the Poston (Colorado River) Incarceration Camp in Parker, Arizona.

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-janm-1-96/

img Teacher and students on Awaji Island (ddr-densho-259-126)

Shidzuyo Yasui (front row, second from left) with female students from the Sumoto School on Awaji Island, Japan.

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-126/

img Japanese teachers on Awaji Island (ddr-densho-259-99)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "4 posed group photographs in which [Shidzuyo Yasui] appears they must have been taken at Sumoto School in Awaji." Shidzuyo Yasui is pictured in the second row, third from the left.

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-99/

img Teachers at Sumoto School in Japan (ddr-densho-259-77)

Caption by Yuka Yasui: "Mom [Shidzuyo Yasui] - Last Row 2nd from Left. Sumoto, Awaji where she taught 1912." Caption by Homer Yasui: "[Shidzuyo] taught home economics there."

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-77/

img Japanese teachers on Awaji Island (ddr-densho-259-100)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "4 posed group photographs in which [Shidzuyo Yasui] appears they must have been taken at Sumoto School in Awaji."

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-100/

img Japanese women on Awaji Island (ddr-densho-259-101)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "4 posed group photographs in which [Shidzuyo Yasui] appears they must have been taken at Sumoto School in Awaji." Shidzuyo Yasui is pictured in the center.

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-101/