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 (219)

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

The photograph is signed "Lovingly Shigeko Iseri May 1937"

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img Portrait of woman (ddr-densho-359-345)

Photograph is signed "Most Sincerely Shizu". Shizu Seike - Highline High 1938

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img Graduates (ddr-densho-359-1252)

Two men pose in their graduation robes.

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img Graduation portrait (ddr-densho-359-497)

Jeanette Kawamoto poses with her diploma.

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img Portrait of a man (ddr-densho-359-1190)

The right bottom corner is signed "Walter".

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img Portrait of girl (ddr-densho-359-534)

The caption below the photograph in the album states "Miss Mildred Cook".

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img Class portrait (ddr-densho-359-542)

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img Graduation portrait (ddr-densho-359-492)

Jeanette Kawamoto poses with her diploma.

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img Graduation portrait (ddr-densho-359-532)

The caption beneath the photograph in album "Graduation picture May, 1925".

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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".

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doc 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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doc 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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doc 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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doc Letter from Minola Tamesa to Uhachi Tamesa (ddr-densho-333-74)

Letter to Uhachi about trial date and correspondence courses

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doc Course completion certificates (ddr-densho-333-37)

Certificates of course completion from central educational services; Leavenworth, Kansas

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doc Letter from Minola Tamesa to Uhachi Tamesa (ddr-densho-333-73)

Letter to Uhachi about finances and correspondence courses

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doc Graduation invitation (ddr-densho-328-250)

Invitation to the high school graduation of Thomas Y. Kometani.

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doc 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.

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doc Letter to Kinuta Uno at Fort Missoula (ddr-densho-324-8)

Correspondence from Kinuta Uno's daughter discussing plans for their removal and how they had to quit school after being banned from going into the city limits.

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