Higher education

The Issei (first-generation Japanese immigrants) put great emphasis on education as a means of succeeding in the U.S. While many Nisei (second-generation Japanese Americans) obtained college degrees, they found professions closed to them. It was not uncommon for educated nisei to be forced to settle for menial jobs in the ethnic community. Frequently, Japanese Americans could find jobs commensurate with their education only by becoming independent professionals such as doctors and dentists providing services to the Japanese community. The World War II incarceration interrupted thousands of students' university educations.

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Yamato Ichihashi, Yuji Ichioka, Harry Kitano, T. Scott Miyakawa, S. Frank Miyamoto, National Japanese American Student Relocation Council, Tamotsu Shibutani, Tamie Tsuchiyama, Toshio Yatsushiro

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Takeo Isoshima at Edison Vocational Welding School (ddr-densho-477-198)
img Takeo Isoshima at Edison Vocational Welding School (ddr-densho-477-198)
Photograph of Takeo Isoshima (left) with an unidentified man at Edison Vocational Welding School. The caption below the photo reads "Takeo went to Edison Vocational Welding School 1946" in black ink.
Mitzi Nakahara graduation photo (ddr-densho-477-88)
img Mitzi Nakahara graduation photo (ddr-densho-477-88)
Colorized head shot of Mitsuko (Nakahara) Isoshima. Written in the lower right corner is "1938" in blue ink. The writing below the photograph reads "Mitsuko graduates from Wilson Business College" in black ink.
Certificate of Merit (ddr-densho-477-192)
doc Certificate of Merit (ddr-densho-477-192)
Certificate of merit awarded to Takeo Isoshima from his welding course at Broadway-Edison Technical School in Seattle, Washington.
Certificate of Proficiency awarded to Mitzi Isoshima (ddr-densho-477-89)
doc Certificate of Proficiency awarded to Mitzi Isoshima (ddr-densho-477-89)
Certificate awarded to Mitsuko Nakahara on August 9, 1938 by the South-Western Publishing Company to certify the completion of a 20th Century Accounting Course required by Wilson's Modern Business College.
Certificate of Training (ddr-densho-477-400)
doc Certificate of Training (ddr-densho-477-400)
Takeo Isoshima completed a training course in plant operations activities given at the Veterans Hospital in Seattle, Washington.
Letter to Rev. Robert Inglis from Mas Wakai (ddr-densho-498-44)
doc Letter to Rev. Robert Inglis from Mas Wakai (ddr-densho-498-44)
Letter to Robert Inglis from Masayoshi Wakai requesting work and education for Mary Harada and Terry Masuda.
Issei Yale Law graduate in cap and gown (ddr-densho-259-430)
img Issei Yale Law graduate in cap and gown (ddr-densho-259-430)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Young Japanese man in a cap and gown. Although I don't know who the man was on the photograph it says 'Yale Law -- '11' He had to have been an Issei, and to have graduated from such a prestigious school then, indicated a very talented young man."
Three young women (ddr-densho-259-174)
img Three young women (ddr-densho-259-174)
Doris Hanson and Michi Yasui (friends and roommates at the University of Oregon) and an unidentified girl.
University of Oregon coed (ddr-densho-259-27)
img University of Oregon coed (ddr-densho-259-27)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Michi [Yasui]'s college friend and roommate, Doris Hansen [or Hanson]."
Issei man in graduation cap and gown (ddr-densho-259-500)
img Issei man in graduation cap and gown (ddr-densho-259-500)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Portrait of Senichi Tomihiro in cap and gown. This may corroborate Chiye Tomihiro's statement that her father had graduated from a law school in the U.S." Signature on photograph: "Sincerely yours, S. Tomihiro."
University of Oregon coed (ddr-densho-259-24)
img University of Oregon coed (ddr-densho-259-24)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Michi [Yasui] was a [University of Oregon] coed here, standing on the steps of what may have been her dormitory, Susan Campbell Hall."
Nisei and Caucasian coeds at University of Oregon (ddr-densho-259-504)
img Nisei and Caucasian coeds at University of Oregon (ddr-densho-259-504)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Michi [Yasui] and presumably another coed friend, taken, it looks like, on the [University of Oregon] campus."
img "Michi and Doris clowning around near a traffic stop sign" (ddr-densho-259-506)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Michi [Yasui] and Doris [Hansen] clowning around near a traffic stop sign."
Japanese American man (ddr-densho-26-196)
img Japanese American man (ddr-densho-26-196)
Young Japanese American man lounging on the grass at the University of Washington campus
Japanese Americans at the University of Washington (ddr-densho-26-195)
img Japanese Americans at the University of Washington (ddr-densho-26-195)
A group of Japanese Americans pose in front of the George Washington statue located on the campus of the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington. The statue was created by Lorado Taft, also the sculptor of the Fountain of Time.
National Intercollegiate Bowling Championship team (ddr-densho-26-254)
img National Intercollegiate Bowling Championship team (ddr-densho-26-254)
The University of Washington bowling team won the Intercollegiate Bowling Championship in 1956.
Education building (ddr-densho-287-104)
img Education building (ddr-densho-287-104)
Photograph of 4 unidentfied women standing in front of the enterence of the Education Building.
Group of three women (ddr-densho-287-30)
img Group of three women (ddr-densho-287-30)
Photograph of three young women locking arms and smiling in front of a building on Oregon State College's campus (currently known as Oregon State University). On the far left is Molly (Kageyama) Maeda, in the center is Lena, and on the far right is Emi. Written on the album page below the bottom right corner is …
Speech (ddr-densho-287-78)
img Speech (ddr-densho-287-78)
Photograph of a crowd sitting and standing around listening to a speech oustide.
Ray Konika (ddr-densho-287-101)
img Ray Konika (ddr-densho-287-101)
Photograph of Ray Konika standing outside a building. Written along the bottom right corner is "Ray Konika" in black ink.
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