Industry and employment

At the turn of the century, Japanese immigrants (Issei) came to the United States to work on the rapidly expanding plantations of Hawaii and the farms, lumber mills, railroads and canneries of the Pacific Coast. They quickly realized this type of work was not going to bring them wealth, and many began looking for more promising opportunities. Farming, fishing and small businesses were often seen as the answer.

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img Job award ceremony (ddr-densho-325-147)

Sumito Horiuchi accepting a watch at a work ceremony.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-325-147/

img Work ceremony (ddr-densho-325-151)

Sumito Horiuchi participates in a work ceremony.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-325-151/

img Employee group photograph (ddr-densho-325-148)

Sumito Horiuchi is in the front row second from the left.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-325-148/

doc Letter from Takami Hibiya to Charles C. Furman (ddr-densho-381-152)

Takami Hibiya writes to Charles C. Furman to inquire if there are any openings in Japanese affairs.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-381-152/

doc Takami Hibiya's exam rating (ddr-densho-381-150)

Takami Hibiya's exam rating for the Foreign Language Information Specialist exam.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-381-150/

doc Takami Hibiya's personal history statement (ddr-densho-381-131)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-381-131/

doc Takami Hibiya's curriculum vitae (ddr-densho-381-151)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-381-151/

doc Letter from Takami Hibiya to the Board of United States Civil Service Examiners (ddr-densho-381-156)

Takami Hibiya writes to the Board of United States Civil Service Examiners to inquire if there are openings in overseas or domestic work specializing in Japanese affairs.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-381-156/

doc Letter from Takami Hibiya to the Board of United States Civil Service Examiners (ddr-densho-381-155)

Takami Hibiya writes to the Board of United States Civil Service Examiners requesting information about job vacancies. Included are annotations in pencil, written by Hibiya.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-381-155/

doc Letter from Takami Hibiya to the Board of United States Civil Service Examiners (ddr-densho-381-154)

Takami Hibiya writes to the Board of United States Civil Service Examiners to inquire about a position as a foreign language informational specialist.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-381-154/

doc Interpreter for foreign leaders job advertisement (ddr-densho-381-149)

A press release advertising that the United States Department of State is hiring interpreters for foreign leaders in a variety of languages. On verso are handwritten notes about unemployment compensation, probably in Takami Hibiya's handwriting.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-381-149/

doc Takami Hibiya's job application for federal employment (ddr-densho-381-157)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-381-157/

doc Blank prescription sheet from Johnson Drug (ddr-densho-383-524)

Tokuda clerked at the Pharmacy in 1931, purchased the store in 1935, was forced to sell while in camp and then repurchased the store in 1947.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-383-524/

doc Letter from Takami Hibiya to Charles C. Furman (ddr-densho-381-153)

Takami Hibiya writes to Charles C. Furman about the cancellation of a court interpreter position in Manila.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-381-153/

doc Recommendation letter for Chimata Sumida from Ray D. Johnston (ddr-densho-379-41)

Ray Johnston , Project Director of Rohwer, recommended employment for Chimata Sumida in cities that he wished to relocate. Mr. Johnston wrote that Chimata Sumida was a "leader" in the Center and was very "instrumental in maintaining cooperation and understanding between the resident evacuees and the Relocation Authority management staff."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-379-41/

doc Recommendation letter for Chimata Sumida from Wilma van Dusseldorp (ddr-densho-379-40)

Wilma van Dusseldorp's, Counselor of Welfare Department of the WRA at Rohwer, letter of recommendation regarding Chimata and Masako Sumida's character and qualifications for employment. Masako Sumida served as a Counseling Aide for the Welfare Section Staff at the American Hostel in Cincinnati, Ohio. She stated that Chimata Sumida was a youthful person in his range …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-379-40/

doc Letter of introduction for Chimata Sumida from Bert H. Fraser (ddr-densho-379-42)

Bert Fraser's , DOJ Officer in Charge of the Alien Detention Station in Ft. Missoula, letter of introduction for Chimata Sumida upon his induction that day to travel to Rohwer. Chimata Sumida "served various supervisory capabilities and was Acting Mayor of the Japanese Camp for 3 months. He was at all times "very cooperative with supervisory …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-379-42/

doc Letter from Charles B. Price to Emery Fast (ddr-densho-379-39)

Letter from Mr. Price, Relocation Program Officer at Rohwer, to Mr. Fast, Relocation Program Officer in Washington, D.C., requesting "courtesies" for Mr. Sumida in his quest of suitable employment in Washington, D.C. Mr Price wrote that in addition to his daily news translation, he served on various important committees at Rohwer, and he would be missed.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-379-39/

doc Recommendation letter for Chimata Sumida from Nat R. Griswold (ddr-densho-379-38)

Chimata Sumida worked under his supervision for two and one-half years. His duties included lecturing nightly in Japanese to the Isseis about "news of the world." He said that Chimata Sumida had a "mind of his own," but he has cooperated with the WRA and his community even though he did not always agree with the …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-379-38/

doc Recommendation letter for Chimata Sumida from Joseph Hunter (ddr-densho-379-43)

Letter of recommendation from Joseph Hunter, Assistant Project Director of Rohwer, for Chimata Sumida . He wrote that Mr. Sumida's meetings on local and world events were attended by an average of 400 people and that the meetings were a "wholesome influence." He also wrote that Mr. Sumida was a man of "fine character; honest, industrious …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-379-43/

img Office workers (ddr-densho-2-41)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-2-41/

doc Japanese Who's Who in America (ddr-densho-423-338)

Published by Japanese American News 1922

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-423-338/

doc Community analysis report, no. 10 (October 28. 1944) (ddr-csujad-55-1660)

Report on "labor relations in relocation centers." Covers dynamic factors in labor relations including role of a center community in labor relations, influence of economic and social status on labor problems, influence of evacuee-staff relations on labor problems, and influence of informational policies on labor problems; patterns of labor crisis including immediate causes and area flare-ups, …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1660/

doc WRA digest of current job offers for period of March 16 to March 31, 1944, Minneapolis, Minnesota and Eastern North Dakota (ddr-csujad-55-994)

Report on job vacancies for "resettlers" in Minneapolis, Minnesota and Eastern North Dakota. Includes summary of jobs and housing and a list of job titles and pay for males and females. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0996

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-994/

doc WRA digest of current job offers for eeriod of Dec. 10 to Dec. 25, 1943 (ddr-csujad-55-798)

Report on job vacancies for "resettlers" in the Chicago area. Includes summary of jobs and housing and a list of job titles and pay for males and females. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0800

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-798/