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 Graduation portrait of Taiji Mashihara from Harvard (ddr-ajah-6-24)

Caption below photo: Taiji Mashihara's 1920 Harvard graduation photo. After his arrival from Japan in 1907, he lived in Alameda., CA., and attended the University of California. He moved to Boston to study dentistry and dental surgery, a rare occupation for an Issei in America. Inscription on front: T. Mashihara 1920. Inscription in Japanese on side …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-24/

img Graduation portrait of Shizuto Kawamura (ddr-ajah-6-73)

Inscription on front: Sincerely, [?] Kawamura 1929. Caption below photo: Shizuto Kawamura graduates from U.C. Berkeley in May 1929. He was born in Alameda, CA circa 1908.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-73/

doc Certificate from Board of Dental Examiners for Taiji Mashihara (ddr-ajah-6-25)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-25/

img Man standing outside building (ddr-ajah-6-44)

Caption below photo: Kenji Tomita, of Alameda, CA., at the University of Cincinnati, OH., circa 1943-1944

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-44/

img Portrait of May Kanda in graduation robe and mortar board (ddr-ajah-6-147)

Signed on front: Most sincerely, May

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-147/

img Graduation portrait of Kimiko Nakayama (ddr-ajah-6-187)

Inscription on front: Kimi 5/'36. Caption below photo: Kimiko Nakayama graduates from design school at Woodbury College in Los Angeles, CA. May 1936

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-187/

img Mae Yoshiko (Miwa) Higaki (ddr-densho-458-78)

Mae Yoshiko (Miwa) Higaki in graduation cap and gown

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-458-78/

img Mae Yoshiko (Miwa) Higaki (ddr-densho-458-79)

Mae Yoshiko (Miwa) Higaki in graduation cap and gown. Written on verso: Poston, Arizona 1943

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-458-79/

img Man in graduation robes (ddr-densho-359-1543)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-1543/

img Nursing student (ddr-densho-359-287)

Caption below the photograph in the album " Yoshie Nakata Columbus hospital Nursing School 1936"

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-287/

img Man in graduation robes (ddr-densho-359-1539)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-1539/

img Portrait of a graduate (ddr-densho-359-1615)

The caption written under the photograph is "Crystal City June 1945".

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-1615/

img Man in graduation robes (ddr-densho-359-1541)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-1541/

doc Baccalaureate Commuity Program (ddr-manz-4-226)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-4-226/

img Noboru Shirai at Kalamazoo College, Michigan (ddr-csujad-55-1317)

Black and white photograph depicting Noboru Shirai with a large group of classmates at Kalamazoo College. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1319

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1317/

doc Letter from Grace to Poots and Dad, April 4, 1938 (ddr-csujad-55-2561)

Letter from Grace to Poots and Dad regarding studying for school. She is always thankful for the money they send her to help with school. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2669

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2561/

doc Japanese American student relocation: an American challenge (ddr-csujad-55-366)

Pamphlet covering the work and goals of the National Japanese American Student Relocation Council. Includes roster of council members. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0368

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-366/

img Yoshio Ichikawa, age 26, graduated from Stanford University (ddr-csujad-55-2220)

Black and white photograph depicting Yoshio Ichikawa in graduation cap and gown. Inscription reads, Yoshio Ichikawa' 25, Stanford University, June 1925. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2323

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2220/

doc From camp to college (ddr-csujad-55-365)

Pamphlet on the formation and activities of the National Japanese American Student Relocation Council, military regulations for students, colleges accepting Nisei, financial aid, and closure of the camps. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0367

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-365/

doc From camp to college: information about student relocation as of July, 1944 (ddr-csujad-55-1823)

Report on the relocation of students at incarceration camps. Covers the history of relocating students, the student relocation council, student success, schools, large universities and the PMG, financial aid, part-time jobs, budget, the draft, trade schools, nursing, the United States cadet nurse corps, student relocation council and the WRA, applications from aliens, high school undergraduates, travel, …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1823/

img Stanford Japanese Student Club (ddr-csujad-55-1318)

Black and white photograph depicting the Japanese Student Club at Stanford University. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1320

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1318/

Letter from John R. Moseley, Admissions Counselor, Wayne University to Mr. Dallas C. McLaren, Principal, Poston Two School, August 23, 1944 (ddr-csujad-55-1878)

doc Letter from John R. Moseley, Admissions Counselor, Wayne University to Mr. Dallas C. McLaren, Principal, Poston Two School, August 23, 1944 (ddr-csujad-55-1878)

Correspondence from John Moseley to Dallas McLaren regarding Japanese-American students at Wayne University. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1881

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1878/

doc Letter from Bill Taketa to James Waegell, August 18, 1944 (ddr-csujad-55-2540)

Correspondence from Bill Taketa to James Waegell regarding 100 degree weather, draft, and college plans. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2647

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2540/

doc Flyer re: vote for monies for Heart Mountain Scholarship Fund, [August 1944] (ddr-csujad-55-1629)

Flyer promoting the establishment of a Heart Mountain scholarship fund to support Nisei interested in attending college. Includes illustrations and text in English and Japanese. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1631

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1629/

doc Draft letter from Shoji Nagumo (ddr-csujad-55-898)

Draft of a letter from Shoji Nagumo regarding an educational scholarship for his son, George Nagumo. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0900

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-898/