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 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.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-324-9/

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.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-324-8/

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/

img Kimi Kuwahara (ddr-densho-363-5)

Kimi Kuwahara poses in yard. The caption on the bottom of the photograph reads "Top Hi" which stands for Toppenish High. Caption on the back of the photograph reads "1938 Top-Hi".

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-363-5/

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/