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 Letter (with envelope) to Molly Wilson from Mary Murakami (December 13, 1944) (ddr-janm-1-38)

Typed letter to Mollie Wilson from Mary Murakami (December 13, 1944). Envelope is postmarked December 14, 1944 from Minneapolis, Minnesota.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-janm-1-38/

doc Letter (with envelope) to Molly Wilson from June Yoshigai (July 7, 1943) (ddr-janm-1-83)

Handwritten letter to Molly Wilson from June Yoshigai (July 7, 1943). Envelope is postmarked July 7, 1943 from the Gila River Incarceration Camp in Rivers, Arizona.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-janm-1-83/

doc Letter (with envelope) to Molly Wilson from Sandie Saito (June 7, 1944) (ddr-janm-1-21)

Handwritten letter to Molly Wilson from Sandie Saito (June 7, 1944). Envelope is postmarked June 7, 1944 from Chicago, Illinois.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-janm-1-21/

doc Birthday card (with envelope) to Mollie Wilson from Sandie Saito (ddr-janm-1-26)

Birthday greeting card written by Sandie Saito to Mollie Wilson. White/purple card with illustration in purple/green of a bouquet of pansies, borders in purple. "Birthday Remembrance" on top center on front of card. Includes white envelope addressed to Mollie Wilson; not stamped nor postmarked.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-janm-1-26/

doc Letter (with envelope) to Molly Wilson from June Yoshigai (January 22, 1945) (ddr-janm-1-92)

Handwritten letter to Molly Wilson from June Yoshigai (January 22, 1945). Envelope is postmarked January 22, 1945 from De Kalb, Illinois.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-janm-1-92/

doc Postcard to Molly Wilsom from Sandie Saito (May 31, 1944) (ddr-janm-1-20)

Postcard to Molly Wilson from Sandie Saito (May 31, 1944). It is postmarked June 2, 1944 from Chicago, Illinois.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-janm-1-20/

doc Postcard to Molly Wilson from Sandie Saito (October 14, 1944) (ddr-janm-1-22)

Postcard to Molly Wilson from Sandie Saito (October 14, 1944). It is postmarked October 17, 1944 from Oberlin, Ohio.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-janm-1-22/

doc Letter (with envelope) to Molly Wilson from Yuri Shimokochi (July 5, 1943) (ddr-janm-1-59)

Handwritten letter to Molly Wilson from Yuri Shimokochi (July 5, 1943). Envelope is postmarked July 6, 1943 from the Heart Mountain Incarceration Camp in Cody, Wyoming.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-janm-1-59/

doc Letter (with envelope) to Mollie Wilson from Mary Murakami (March 31, 1944) (ddr-janm-1-37)

Typed letter to Mollie Wilson from Mary Murakami (March 31, 1944). Envelope is postmarked April 1, 1944 from Minneapolis, Minnesota.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-janm-1-37/

doc Christmas card to Molly Wilson from June Yoshigai (c. 1945) (ddr-janm-1-93)

Christmas card to Molly Wilson from June Yoshigai (c. 1945) from De Kalb, Illinois. White/red card with illustration in blue/green/red of a snow covered church. "A Joyous Christmas" is on the front top of card.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-janm-1-93/

doc Letter (with envelope) to Molly Wilson from Yuri Shimokochi (October 4, 1943) (ddr-janm-1-60)

Handwritten letter to Molly Wilson from Yuri Shimokochi (October 4, 1943). Envelope is postmarked October 5, 1943 from Kansas City, Missouri.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-janm-1-60/

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."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-500/

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."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-430/

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.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-174/

img Issei man at University of Oregon (ddr-densho-259-177)

Masuo Yasui at the University of Oregon.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-177/

img University of Oregon coed (ddr-densho-259-27)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Michi [Yasui]'s college friend and roommate, Doris Hansen [or Hanson]."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-27/

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."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-24/

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."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-504/

img Portrait of a Nikkei man wearing a cap and gown (ddr-densho-259-440)

Portrait of an unidentified Nikkei man wearing a cap and gown.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-440/

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."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-506/

img Draft letter to Master System Designing School (ddr-densho-26-282)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-26-282/

img Japanese American man (ddr-densho-26-196)

Young Japanese American man lounging on the grass at the University of Washington campus

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-26-196/

img Letter to Kinnosuke Yanagihara from T.J. Matsuwota (ddr-densho-26-285)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-26-285/

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.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-26-195/

img The 1955 University of Washington Husky bowling team (ddr-densho-26-255)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-26-255/