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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img Larraine (ddr-densho-433-1060)

With an inscription: Dearest Kimi, Lots of Love, Larraine, Jan. '46.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-433-1060/

img Kimiko Fujii and soldier (ddr-densho-433-1026)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-433-1026/

img Kimiko Fujii and two others (ddr-densho-433-1040)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-433-1040/

img Lillian in a polka dot dress (ddr-densho-433-1029)

Woman identified as "Lillian" in ddr-densho-433-1051.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-433-1029/

doc Topaz High School reunion speech draft notes (ddr-densho-433-1266)

Kimiko Fujii's draft notes for a speech at a Topaz High School Reunion. She lists an overview of the government's concentration camps, her parents' lives, and her own life.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-433-1266/

img Bascom Hall at University of Wisconsin (ddr-densho-433-1187)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-433-1187/

img UW commencement ceremony ticket (ddr-densho-433-1164)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-433-1164/

img Kimiko Fujii and friend next to road (ddr-densho-433-1071)

See also: ddr-densho-433-1069.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-433-1071/

img House with fire escape (ddr-densho-433-1123)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-433-1123/

img Kimiko Fujii on building steps (ddr-densho-433-1258)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-433-1258/

img Kimiko Fujii on a sidewalk (ddr-densho-433-1058)

Duplicate of ddr-densho-433-1260.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-433-1058/

img Soldier looking over a rail (ddr-densho-433-1030)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-433-1030/

doc Letter from Lorraine to Kimi Fujii (ddr-densho-433-28)

Lorraine writes to Kim Fujii about events she's attended where people dressed in "Indian fashion," her outings with Hank and other friends, and laments about so many men being away to fight in the war.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-433-28/

img University of Wisconsin building (ddr-densho-433-1188)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-433-1188/

img Couple hugging in a field (ddr-densho-433-1163)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-433-1163/

img Ruby Payne holding books (ddr-densho-433-1101)

Written on verso: Ruby Payne, Univ of Wisc, 4/49.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-433-1101/

img Four women on a walkway (ddr-densho-433-1139)

Written on verso: Oct 20, 1946; Madison, Wisc; [left to right] Irene Chiolino; Margaret Hargrove; Eleanor Smith; [blank] Parets.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-433-1139/

img Kimiko Fujii on a fire escape (ddr-densho-433-1259)

Written on verso: on the fire escape, Feb 3, 1946, Madison, Wisc., Underslung Fujii.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-433-1259/

doc Letter from Kimiko Fujii to Betty Emlen (ddr-densho-433-291)

Kimiko Fujii writes to Betty Emlem of the National Japanese American Student Relocation Council asking for advice on employment and university opportunities.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-433-291/