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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Commencement Program from University of Detroit (ddr-densho-355-20)
doc Commencement Program from University of Detroit (ddr-densho-355-20)
Program from commencement ceremony for Gentaro Takahashi for completion of Master of Commercial Science.
Final Exam for Accounting Practice (ddr-densho-355-28)
doc Final Exam for Accounting Practice (ddr-densho-355-28)
Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration.
Miscellaneous documents (ddr-densho-355-142)
doc Miscellaneous documents (ddr-densho-355-142)
Letter related to private law 260; Boston College Delta Mu Delta initiation; clipping mentioning Gentaro Takahashi; envelope
Yuriko Domoto Tsukada Simmons College Master of Science Diploma (ddr-densho-356-689)
doc Yuriko Domoto Tsukada Simmons College Master of Science Diploma (ddr-densho-356-689)
Master of Science Diploma from Simmons College awarded to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada.
Graduation Invention to Tsukadas (ddr-densho-356-173)
doc Graduation Invention to Tsukadas (ddr-densho-356-173)
Envelope, invitation, and schedule of events for Simmons College Commencement week addressed to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada and Richard Tsukada. Yuriko graduated from Simmons College with a Masters in Science in June 1946.
Letter to Yuri Domoto from Kaneji Domoto (ddr-densho-356-545)
doc Letter to Yuri Domoto from Kaneji Domoto (ddr-densho-356-545)
Letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from her brother Kaneji Domoto. Kan provides his opinion and thoughts on if Yuri should pursue a Master's Degree from his own experience of his wife wanting to, then continues on to discuss issues in his marriage. For the other half of this correspondence please see the Kaneji and Sally (Fujii) …
Letter to Yuri Tsukada from Kayeko Nakashima (ddr-densho-356-592)
doc Letter to Yuri Tsukada from Kayeko Nakashima (ddr-densho-356-592)
Letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from her sister Kayeko Domoto Nakashima. Kayeko writes about her family in Tokyo, encounters with mutual friends, and thanking Yuri for the Christmas present.
Names and Address of Students enrolled in the curriculum in Social Service (ddr-densho-356-578)
doc Names and Address of Students enrolled in the curriculum in Social Service (ddr-densho-356-578)
List of names, address and phone numbers for students enrolled in the curriculum in Social Services.
Certificate of Admission to Mills College (ddr-densho-356-686)
doc Certificate of Admission to Mills College (ddr-densho-356-686)
Yuriko Domoto Tsukada's Certificate of Admission to Mills College.
Letter to Yuri Domoto from Tok Kishi (ddr-densho-356-388)
doc Letter to Yuri Domoto from Tok Kishi (ddr-densho-356-388)
Two letters to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from her sister Tokuko "Tok" Domoto Kishi in which Tok gives Yuri advise about going back to school and getting married. Tok also provides details about their sister-in-law Sally. Item tied together with all objects between ddr-densho-356-321 and ddr-densho-356-413.
Four letters to Yuri Domoto from Kaneji Domoto (ddr-densho-356-385)
doc Four letters to Yuri Domoto from Kaneji Domoto (ddr-densho-356-385)
Four letters to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada to her brother Kaneji "Kan" Domoto, all stored together in one envelope, unclear if all the letters were mailed together or separately. 4/24 letter: Inquires if his sisters arrived in Boston and telling them about a WRA office in Brooklyn they should check-in to the next time they visit him. …
Graduation photograph of Margaret Saito (ddr-densho-356-7)
img Graduation photograph of Margaret Saito (ddr-densho-356-7)
Graduation photograph of Margaret Saito for Yuriko Domoto Tsukada. Inscribed on mount and photograph: "For dear Yuri/ Sincerely yours, Margaret/ Yatsom"
Letter from Martha Nozawa to Tomoye Takahashi (ddr-densho-423-14)
doc Letter from Martha Nozawa to Tomoye Takahashi (ddr-densho-423-14)
Plans for possibly visit my Tomoye to see her, plans to get her things sent to San Francisco after graduation
Letter from Martha Nozawa to Tomoye Takahashi (ddr-densho-423-7)
doc Letter from Martha Nozawa to Tomoye Takahashi (ddr-densho-423-7)
Describes settling in at Washington University and registering for classes, meeting up with some old friends.
Letter from Martha Masako Nozawa to her sister Tomoye Takahashi (ddr-densho-423-1)
doc Letter from Martha Masako Nozawa to her sister Tomoye Takahashi (ddr-densho-423-1)
Describing life in St. Louis where Martha is attending school and advising on requesting resettlement through the WRA offices there.
Letter from Martha Nozawa to Tomoye Takahashi (ddr-densho-423-8)
doc Letter from Martha Nozawa to Tomoye Takahashi (ddr-densho-423-8)
Describing her daily life on campus, the weather and plans for the summer when she has to move out of the dorms
Letter from Martha Masako Nozawa to Tomoyuki Nozawa and Tomoye Takahashi (ddr-densho-423-3)
doc Letter from Martha Masako Nozawa to Tomoyuki Nozawa and Tomoye Takahashi (ddr-densho-423-3)
About her schoolwork and worrying about what she will do later in the year when the military takes over the dorms and the students have to move out, asks if there is anything she can send.
Letter from Martha Nozawa to Tomoye Takahashi (ddr-densho-423-25)
doc Letter from Martha Nozawa to Tomoye Takahashi (ddr-densho-423-25)
Wondering if she should transfer to college in Colorado or continue studying to be a lab tech, is lonely in St. Louis
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