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United States Department of Justice Immigration and Naturalization Service Office of District Director Spokane 8, Washington Report of Alien Enemy (ddr-one-5-250)

doc United States Department of Justice Immigration and Naturalization Service Office of District Director Spokane 8, Washington Report of Alien Enemy (ddr-one-5-250)

Photocopy of a declassified report on the status of Keizaburo Koyama. In the remarks section, it states that Koyama is relocating back to Portland, Oregon, on indefinite leave from the Minidoka Relocation Project. The form does list Koyama's occupation at the time of his arrest as "Farm Laborer."

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doc U.S. Department of Justice Alien Enemy Questionnaire page 9 of 26. (ddr-one-5-129)

Photocopy of a declassified questionnaire used to determine if the person named is to be considered an enemy alien. This page covers questions 36a - 41b of 111. Dr. Koyama lists that his business makes an annual gross of $5200 of which he nets $2,900 and that his most recent tax filing was for 1941.

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doc Department of Justice Alien Enemy Control Unit memo for The File (ddr-one-5-226)

Photocopy of a declassified Alien Enemy Control Unit memo concerning Keizaburo Koyama. It gives a brief biographical account of Dr. Koyama's life, his internment and that of his family's in Minidoka, and that he has made no pro-Japan claims. In pencil along the bottom of the memo is written, "Re-order parole (4)/to War Relocation Center./ABD"

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doc U.S. Department of Justice Immigration and Naturalization Service Confidential Abstract of Consolidated File Page 1 (ddr-one-5-149)

Photocopy of a declassified form dated January 27, 1942 with biographical information on Keizaburo Koyama and his life in the United States. This page contains questions 1 - 8.

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doc U.S. Department of Justice Alien Enemy Questionnaire page 19 of 26. (ddr-one-5-140)

Photocopy of a declassified questionnaire used to determine if the person named is to be considered an enemy alien. This page covers questions 77 - 88 of 111. Koyama writes that his deceased father's name is Jenichiro Koyama and that he was born in Japan and is not a United States citizen. His mother's name is …

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doc U.S. Department of Justice Alien Enemy Questionnaire page 1 of 26. (ddr-one-5-120)

Photocopy of a declassified questionnaire used to determine if the person named is to be considered an enemy alien. This page covers questions 1 - 3 of 111. It lists an Alien Registration number of 4043236. In the form, Dr. Koyama lists his name as Koyama, Keizaburo and is from the city of Shibata in Niigata …

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Department of Justice memo from the United States Attorney Director of Oregon Carl C. Donaugh on the Matter of the Detention of Keizaburo Koyama, a Japanese alien (ddr-one-5-117)

doc Department of Justice memo from the United States Attorney Director of Oregon Carl C. Donaugh on the Matter of the Detention of Keizaburo Koyama, a Japanese alien (ddr-one-5-117)

Photocopy of a declassified memorandum from Carl C. Donaugh, United States Attorney from the District of Oregon to the Attorney General in Washington, D.C., on the detention of Dr. Keizaburo Koyama. This is a signed and date stamped copy of 2016.23.27.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-5-117/

doc U.S. Department of Justice Alien Enemy Questionnaire page 21 of 26. (ddr-one-5-143)

Photocopy of a declassified questionnaire used to determine if the person named is to be considered an enemy alien. This page covers questions 90 of 111. This question concerns dates and port of entries of relatives visiting the United States and is blank.

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doc U.S. Department of Justice Alien Enemy Questionnaire page 4 of 26, left side of form only. (ddr-one-5-123)

Photocopy of a declassified questionnaire used to determine if the person named is to be considered an enemy alien. This page covers question 10 of 111 and contains the left side of the form only covering only entries into the United States. Question 10 asks about all entries and departures from the United States. Dr. Koyama …

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doc U.S. Department of Justice Alien Enemy Questionnaire page 10 of 26. (ddr-one-5-130)

Photocopy of a declassified questionnaire used to determine if the person named is to be considered an enemy alien. This page covers questions 42 - 49b of 111. On this page, Dr. Koyama only answered question 49a stating that his business is not incorporated.

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doc Registration certificate, D.S.S. Form 2, Tomosuke Masukawa (ddr-csujad-38-543)

Registration card, D.S.S. Form 2, for Tomosuke Masukawa including personal descriptive information on the verso. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_05_08_002

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doc Room rating (ddr-csujad-48-59)

Blank form for self-rating a classroom after spending Saturday working toward a better room arrangement. Name is filled out with Mr. Wells 7-5-2, but scores are not provided for any of the sections. Transcription is found in item: ecm_wells_9059. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_wells_0059

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doc Get the Evacuees Out (ddr-csujad-19-73)

This is an article in the magazine "Common Ground," volume III, no. 4, summer 1943, which discusses about the important job of resettling the incarcerated Japanese Americans outside the war relocation centers. It describes in detail about how the government has done wrong in detaining and relocating about 100,000 Japanese American people,most of which are American …

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doc Enemies in Name Only (ddr-csujad-19-88)

An editorial from "The new republic," vol. 107, no. 13, number 1452 (September 28, 1942), describes the classification and registration of aliens of enemy nationality residing within the United States. It goes on to discuss the question that what proportion of these people are 'enemies' and what proportion are 'loyal' to the United States. See this …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-19-88/

doc Japanese in Our Midst (ddr-csujad-19-50)

This is an article from the magazine "The Atlantic Monthly," April 1943 which provides a detailed description about the large number of Japanese American people settled in "permanent relocation centers" on the West Coast. It also talks about the distinction between citizen and non-citizen among "the Japanese evacuees." See this object in the California State Universities …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-19-50/

doc Hawaii's 150,00 Japanese (ddr-csujad-19-84)

An article from "The nation," vol. 155, no. 4 (July 25, 1942). It is written by Albert Horlings and describes the historic gamble by the United States government in Hawaii by trusting the loyalty of 150,000 Japanese Americans and Japanese, 40,000 of whom were aliens and and majority of those who cannot read or speak English. …

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doc Citizens of Subjects? An Editorial (ddr-csujad-19-62)

An article probably from the periodical, "The Christian century." It talks about the staggering blows received by American Democracy during the early months of the war. It describes how actions taken under the guise of military necessity have deprived many citizens of their constitutionally guaranteed equality before the law. See this object in the California State …

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doc Suggestions for Resolutions about Evacuees of Japanese Ancestry (ddr-csujad-18-10)

This document talks about the suggestions for the resolutions about the Japanese Americans who are forced to evacuate. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: RSG_01-05_01

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doc Extracts from statements regarding the Americans of Japanese Ancestry (ddr-csujad-19-57)

This document is a text of letter sent by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to Henry L. Stimson, Secretary of War, which mainly talks about the President approving the proposal of the War Department to organize a combat team consisting of loyal American citizens of Japanese descent. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American …

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doc Japs-First Bloc (ddr-csujad-19-39)

This document is the article "Japs-First" BLOC by Helen Fuller from the New Republic Magazine, vol. 108, no. 22, number 1487, which talks about whether the war strategy should have been reversed. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: WRA_02-02_02

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doc Alien Enemy Program--So Far (ddr-csujad-19-51)

This is an article from the magazine "Common Ground," summer 1942, which talks about the classification of the Japanese American people as enemies after the attack on Pearl Harbor. It discusses about the Act of 1798 which states that an alien enemy is a person who is an alien who happens to have enemy nationality. See …

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doc Constitutional principles involved in the relocation program (ddr-csujad-19-67)

This document is the statement by the Director of the War Relocation Authority regarding the constitutional principles involved in "the relocation program" as the program raises important questions of constitutionality. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: WRA_02-19_02

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doc Summary Notes on Segregation Conference of W.R.A. Officials (ddr-csujad-19-56)

The summary notes on the Segregation Conference of W.R.A. Officials, Colorado, July 26-27, 1943. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: WRA_02-12_01

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doc Immigrants and Citizens of Japanese Origin (ddr-csujad-19-49)

This article by Shotaro Frank Miyamoto explains in detail about the concentration of the Japanese Americans on the West Coast, the history of anti-Japanese activities in this region and the racial antagonism expressed by American people against the Japanese in their midst. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: WRA_02-07_03

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-19-49/

doc Relocation Opportunities in Maryland and the Delmarva Peninsula (ddr-csujad-19-29)

This document describes the relocation opportunities in Maryland and the Delmarva Peninsula. It also discusses the cost of living, medical and educational facilities in these regions. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: WRA_01-19_01

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-19-29/

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