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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doc A Community Building (ddr-densho-430-148)

Seven drafts "A Community Building" by Kichio Allen Arai, which details plans for a Nisei community hall in Seattle. The paper is part of Arai's school work at Harvard University.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-430-148/

doc Letter from Walter Bogner to Allen Arai (ddr-densho-430-88)

Letter to Kichio Allen Arai from Walter F. Bogner answering Arai's question about his Harvard degree's privileges in Washington State by referring Arai to write S.L. Stubbs at the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-430-88/

doc Letter of recommendation from G.H. Edgell (ddr-densho-430-66)

Letter of recommendation for Kichio Allen Arai from G.H. Edgell, Dean of the School of Architecture at Harvard University.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-430-66/

img Graduation portrait (ddr-densho-430-17)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-430-17/