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.

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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.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-338-479/

doc Certificate of Promotion (ddr-densho-338-478)

A certificate for Guyo Tajiri's completion of 8th grade at Jefferson Junior High School.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-338-478/

doc Crossroads, Vol. 1, No. 37 (February 11, 1949) (ddr-densho-358-11)

Selected article titles: "Bodies of Nisei Dead Return" (p.1-2), "Music Scholarship Contest, Plays Set for Next Week" (p.1-2), "Troop 379 Notes Seventeenth Anniversary" (p.3).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-358-11/

doc Crossroads, Vol. 1, No. 38 (February 18, 1949) (ddr-densho-358-12)

Selected article titles: "Talents to Vie for Scholarship" (p.1), "Gravy Train Days Are Over in Japan, Interpreter Says" (p.2), "Army Permits Issei and Nisei Travel in Japan" (p.2), "Venezuelan Nisei Going Home to Parents in Caracas after Ten Years in Japan" (p.3).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-358-12/

img Chuo Bukkyo Gakuin (ddr-densho-357-579)

Hanako Terakawa's caption: "Chuo Bukkyo Gakuin Farewell Party, March 1934."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-357-579/

img Lily Yamashita (ddr-densho-357-560)

Lily Yamashita addressed this photograph: "Dear Mrs. Terakawa, Lovingly Lily." Hanako Terakawa's caption: "Graduated Stockton High, Lily Yamashita."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-357-560/

img Rose Negi (ddr-densho-357-301)

Rose Chizu poses for a professional portrait in her high school graduation cap and gown. Rose's caption: "Lovingly, Rose Chizu." Hanako Yoshioka's caption: "Rose Negi, Mt. Eden, Calif."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-357-301/

img Chuo Bukkyo Gakuin (ddr-densho-357-576)

Hanako Terakawa's caption: "First half-year class at Chuo Bukkyo Gakuin, Kyoto, Japan."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-357-576/

doc Minoru Iyeki's typewriting certificate (ddr-densho-392-62)

Oakland High School primary typewriting certificate awarded to Minoru Aoki Iyeki.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-392-62/

doc Minoru Aoki Iyeki's Oakland High School diploma (ddr-densho-392-73)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-392-73/

img Graduation portrait (ddr-densho-395-94)

A woman poses for a graduation portrait in a cap and gown.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-395-94/

img Graduation portrait (ddr-densho-395-36)

A young man dressed in a cap and gown.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-395-36/

img Japanese grammar school (ddr-densho-397-309)

The caption on the photo album reads "A day at the Aoyagi Grammar School Mr. Kato and Sch. principal to the left. Feb. '47". Takashi Matsui was stationed in Japan with the U.S. military during the Allied occupation of Japan after the end of World War II.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-397-309/

img Japanese grammar school (ddr-densho-397-312)

A Japanese grammar school visited by Takashi Matsui. Matsui was stationed in Japan with the U.S. military during the Allied occupation of Japan after the end of World War II.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-397-312/

img Japanese school (ddr-densho-397-310)

The caption in the photo album reads "A math class in session Note: Teacher's attire, Suspending electric lamp, pole to left stove chimney". Takashi Matsui was stationed in Japan with the U.S. military during the Allied occupation of Japan after the end of World War II.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-397-310/

img Japanese grammar school (ddr-densho-397-315)

The caption in the photo album reads "Abacus hour Note: Crude desks". Takashi Matsui was stationed in Japan with the U.S. military during the Allied occupation of Japan after the end of World War II.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-397-315/

img Japanese high school (ddr-densho-397-313)

The caption in the photo album reads "At a Girl's Hi School". Takashi Matsui was stationed in Japan with the U.S. military during the Allied occupation of Japan after the end of World War II.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-397-313/

img School girl (ddr-densho-321-657)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-321-657/

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

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

img Class photograph (ddr-densho-321-889)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-321-889/

img Two school girls (ddr-densho-321-655)

Caption in album: "Kiku / Hakata, Fukuoka, Japan." Kiku on right.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-321-655/

img 1934 class photo (ddr-densho-349-7)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-349-7/

img 1933 class photo (ddr-densho-349-6)

From Central School

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-349-6/

img Japanese high school (ddr-densho-397-316)

The caption in the photo album reads "4th grade students at Hakodate Girls High School Feb. '47". Takashi Matsui was stationed in Japan with the U.S. military during the Allied occupation of Japan after the end of World War II.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-397-316/

img Seventh grade class photograph (ddr-densho-404-184)

A group photograph for the 7th grade class in Harrington, WA. Written on photograph: 7th GRADE 1937-38 HARRINGTON - WASH.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-404-184/