Nisei
The Nisei (second generation) felt the pull of two cultures. American born, attending public schools, and influenced by American popular culture, they shared the same idols, favorite songs and sports heroes as most other children of their generation. Wanting to fit in, many Nisei with Japanese first names dropped them for Western ones that their non-Japanese friends could easily pronounce. Yet, most grew up in Japanese neighborhoods, and their parents taught them the customs and values of the old country.
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Letter from Dillon S. Myer, Director, War Relocation Authority, to Project Directors, June 8, 1943; Community analysis report, no. 5 (June 1943) (ddr-csujad-48-57)
Letter from Dillon S. Myer to Project Directors on June 8, 1943. Report on "Evacuee Resistances to Relocation" (or, leaving the incarceration camps). Evacuee resistance to relocation. Presents three "fundamental reasons" for the "relocation program" designed to encourage people to move out of the incarceration camps, then describes the "ideal relocation program," which would see "every …
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Nisei men with saws and hammers working on platform outside barrack (ddr-csujad-44-49)
A photograph of six Nisei men doing construction while incarcerated at Tule Lake, California. They are kneeling and crouching on a raised wooden deck outside a barrack. Two of them are using hand saws to cut boards. Two are holding hammers. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: csumb_ms15_0049
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Nisei men's basketball team (ddr-csujad-44-11)
A photograph of ten Nisei men in front of a basketball goal at Tule Lake, California. They are presumably basketball team members. The men are in two rows. Five men are standing in the back row. Five men are kneeling in the front row. The man in the middle of the front row is holding a …
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Group of Nisei 8th graders with a teacher outside a barrack (ddr-csujad-44-28)
A large group photograph of boys and girls who are 8th graders incarcerated at Tule Lake, California, with their teacher. The group of children is posing in three rows outside a barrack. The girls and boys in the back two rows are standing. The girls in the front row are seated in chairs. Their teacher is …
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Spanish Club (ddr-csujad-44-33)
A large group photograph of Nisei high school students incarcerated at Tule Lake, California posing in front of a barrack. They are presumably the members of Spanish Club. Two rows of men are standing behind a row of women and men seated in chairs. A young man is kneeling on the ground on each side of …
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Sophomore Club (ddr-csujad-44-32)
A photograph of Nisei men and women incarcerated at Tule Lake, California. Four Nisei (three men and one woman) and one Caucasian woman are seated in a row of chairs outside a barrack. Photo inscription on back: "Sp. Club." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: csumb_ms15_0032
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Nisei woman carrying a beam (ddr-csujad-44-50)
A photograph of a Nisei woman walking while carrying a beam at Tule Lake, California. Two other people are walking behind her, each carrying a chair. Another person behind her is carrying an American flag. A barrack is in the background. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: csumb_ms15_0050
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Nisei female students with a teacher in front of barrack (ddr-csujad-44-39)
A group photograph of Nisei female students posing outside in front of a barrack at Tule Lake, California, with their teacher. Three of them, including a Caucasian teacher, are seated in chairs with the rest of them standing in a row behind them. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: …
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Nisei men grouped around the back of truck (ddr-csujad-44-48)
A photograph of seven Nisei men, incarcerated at Tule Lake, California, grouped around the back of a large truck. The truck is loaded with furniture and boxes. Three men are in the truck bed. Four men are on the ground bending over a crate. A barrack is visible behind them. See this object in the California …
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Nisei football players outside a barrack (ddr-csujad-44-19)
A group photograph of young Nisei men incarcerated at Tule Lake, California. They are presumably football players and posing in two rows outside a barrack. The men in the back row are standing and the men in the front row are kneeling. Photo inscription on back: "C Football." See this object in the California State Universities …
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Nisei men's basketball team (ddr-csujad-44-2)
A photograph of seven young Nisei men and boys, incarcerated at Tule Lake, California, standing in a line in front of a basketball goal. The young man in the middle is holding a basketball. They are presumably the basketball team members. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: csumb_ms15_0002
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Nisei basketball team in front of barrack (ddr-csujad-44-40)
A group photograph of seven young Nisei men posing outside a barrack Tule Lake, California. They are presumably basketball team members. They are standing in a single line. The man at the front of the line is holding a basketball. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: csumb_ms15_0040
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Nisei men in front of barrack (ddr-csujad-44-12)
A group photograph of eleven young Nisei men posing outside in front of a barrack at Tule Lake, California. They are in two rows. The back row is standing and the front row is kneeling. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: csumb_ms15_0012
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Nisei women standing outside a barrack (ddr-csujad-44-44)
A photograph of five young Nisei women incarcerated at Tule Lake, California. They are standing outside posing together for the camera. Barracks are visible behind them. Photo inscription on back: "Can you recognize me? -Mary." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: csumb_ms15_0044
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Executive board meeting of the Monterey Peninsula Japanese American Citizens League, June 1, 1939 (ddr-csujad-44-134)
Minutes of the Monterey Peninsula Japanese American Citizens League executive board meeting. Topics covered include the statewide convention of Japanese farmers, held to promote "closer relationships among the Nisei farmers and to foster more effective cooperation between the first and second generation grower." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: …
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Nisei men sitting outside with building in the background (ddr-csujad-44-6)
A photograph of three young Nisei men incarcerated at Tule Lake, California. Two of them are crouching on the ground and the third young man is sitting on the edge sidewalk outside a building. They are positioned in a half circle facing each other. Another building with several windows is in the background. See this object …
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Young Nisei women standing outside barrack (ddr-csujad-44-42)
A photograph of five young Nisei women incarcerated at Tule Lake, California. They are standing outside posing together for the camera. Barracks are visible behind them. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: csumb_ms15_0042
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Nisei women reading outside barrack (ddr-csujad-44-46)
A photograph of three women seated outside a barrack at Tule Lake, California. They are sitting in wooden chairs and looking down at thin booklets they are holding in their laps. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: csumb_ms15_0046
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Basketball team members (ddr-csujad-44-8)
A large group photograph of young Nisei men and women incarcerated at Tule Lake, California. They are presumably basketball team members. They are standing in two rows in front of a basketball goal. The men are in the back row, and the women are in the front row. A water tower can be seen in the …
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Nisei men's basketball team standing in front of barrack (ddr-csujad-44-21)
A photograph of eleven young Nisei men standing in a row in front of a barrack at Tule Lake, California. They are presumably basketball team members and standing shortest to tallest from left to right. The young man on the far left at the front of the row in holding a basketball at his side. See …
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Nisei women and man in front of barrack (ddr-csujad-44-18)
A photograph of four Nisei women and one Nisei man posing in front of a barrack at Tule Lake, California. The women are seated in a row of chairs. A man is standing directly behind the row of women. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: csumb_ms15_0018
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Soph Club (ddr-csujad-44-25)
A group photograph of Nisei men and women incarcerated at Tule Lake, California. They are sophomores at high school with their teacher. The group of eleven people is posing in two rows outside a barrack. The men and women in the back row are standing. The women in the front row are seated in chairs. Photo …
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Frosh (ddr-csujad-44-22)
A large group photograph of young Nisei men and women incarcerated at Tule Lake, California, with a teacher. They are high school frosh students. The group is posing in three rows outside a barrack. The people in the back two rows are standing. The front row is seated in chairs. Photo inscription on back: "Frosh." Title …
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Nisei men's basketball team in front of barrack (ddr-csujad-44-20)
A photograph of six young Nisei men posing in front of a barrack at Tule Lake, California. They are presumably basketball team members. Five young men are standing in a row and one young man is crouching in front of them, holding a basketball. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project …
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Nisei women working at desk in front of barrack (ddr-csujad-44-45)
A photograph of four Nisei women incarcerated at Tule Lake, California. They are all seated at one large desk in front of a barrack and looking down at books and papers on the desk in front of them. Two of them are writing with pens. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization …