Church-run schools

Buddhist and Catholic churches ran nursery schools attended by Japanese American children, as did neighborhood Protestant churches. In Seattle, the Maryknoll Catholic school was a prominent institution in the community.

Church-run schools (79)

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img Japanese Methodist Episcopal kindergarten class (ddr-densho-123-5)

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-123-5/

img Girls group performance (ddr-densho-128-135)

This performance took place at the Maryknoll School. Back row, center is Yasuko Kubo.

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-128-135/

img Bus outside Maryknoll (ddr-densho-330-116)

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-330-116/

img Priests, nuns, men, women and children outside Maryknoll (ddr-densho-330-239)

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-330-239/

img Nuns and priests outside Maryknoll (ddr-densho-330-100)

Caption on slide says: 1936 Maryknoll School Faculty

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-330-100/

doc Maryknoll plaque text (ddr-densho-330-234)

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-330-234/

img Exterior of building (ddr-densho-330-117)

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-330-117/

img Nun with children (ddr-densho-330-96)

Caption on slide says: Maryknoll Camp

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-330-96/

img Nun and children outside of building (Maryknoll) (ddr-densho-330-27)

Image is of a photograph in a photo album. Caption bellow photo says: First Grade Se. Homes Marie

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-330-27/

doc Masataro and Kiri Kubo (ddr-csujad-8-30)

Oral history interview with Masataro and kiri Kubo. Information on the oral history project is found in: csuf_stp_0012A; Glossary in: csuf_stp_0014. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FCPL Kubo, Masataro and Kiri

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-8-30/

doc The Northwest Times Vol. 1 No. 80 (October 31, 1947) (ddr-densho-229-67)

"End Race Ban Now : Truman Committee" (p. 1), "Free Baby Clinic Opens Nov. 6" (p. 1).

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-229-67/

img Sunday School (ddr-one-1-629)

Black and white photographic negative of a Sunday school class leaning around a table looking at the teacher standing at the head of the table. Image of Buddha hangs on the wall, not at Oregon Buddhist Church.

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-1-629/

img Sunday School class (ddr-densho-106-9)

Betty Morita Shibayama is in the back row, sixth from the right.

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-106-9/

img Green Lake Sunday School (ddr-densho-134-26)

This Sunday school was started by three missionaries from the Seattle Japanese Baptist Church in the early 1920s. Back row (L to R): Miss Rumsey, Naoshi Kumagai, Kay Suzuki, Tadashi Kumagai, unidentified, Akira Kumasaka. Middle row (L to R): Tak Nakawatase, unidentified, unidentified, May Kumasaka, Kimi Taguchi, Ko Suzuki, unidentified. Front row (L to R): Sam ...

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-134-26/

img Boys and girls standing on steps outside building (Maryknoll school) (ddr-densho-330-207)

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-330-207/

img Men, women and children on steps and outside of Maryknoll (ddr-densho-330-49)

Caption on slide says: 1933 1st Communion

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-330-49/

img Exterior of Maryknoll (ddr-densho-330-256)

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-330-256/

img Priest with Nuns and children outside Maryknoll (ddr-densho-330-238)

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-330-238/

img Group of boys and girls standing on steps of building (Maryknoll school) (ddr-densho-330-217)

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-330-217/

img Group of men outside building (Maryknoll school) (ddr-densho-330-193)

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-330-193/

vh Alice Matsumoto Ando Interview Segment 3 (ddr-one-7-73-3)

Attending elementary school

This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-7-73-3/

img A cooking class taught in the Fujin Home (ddr-densho-353-272)

The Fujin Home was a women's home organized by the Japanese Baptist Church. It was used as a shelter and a classroom.

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-353-272/

doc Mamoru Kuramoto (ddr-csujad-8-33)

Oral history interview with Mamoru Kuramoto. Information on the oral history project is found in: csuf_stp_0012A; Glossary in: csuf_stp_0014. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FCPL Kuramoto, Mamoru

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-8-33/

img Kure Church nursery school (ddr-densho-157-155)

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-157-155/

img Sunday school (ddr-densho-157-161)

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-157-161/