Japanese American community responses

doc Letter from Fumi Yaki to Japanese American Citizens League member chapters, April 3, 1942 (ddr-csujad-46-5)

Letter describing Fumi Yaki's leave of position due to first mass removal in California. She states turning her work over to Miss Mary Louise K. Seo. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: csus_nac_0005

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-46-5/

doc Letter from Tsuneo Iwata to Dr. Albert Julien, April 11, 1942 (ddr-csujad-46-8)

Letter of gratitude from Tsuneo Iwata president of the Turlock Social Club to Dr. Albert Julien, in response to the mass evacuation in California See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: csus_nac_0008

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-46-8/

doc Japanese American Citizens League Northern California District Council special meeting minutes, March 10, 1942 (ddr-csujad-46-25)

Japanese American Citizens League, northern California district council, special meeting minutes discussing budgets, dues, assessments, treasury announcements, and forced evacuation information. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: csus_nac_0025

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-46-25/

doc Letter from Ohashi to Jack Noda, March 20, 1942 (ddr-csujad-46-21)

Follow-up letter from Mr. Ohashi of the Stockton chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League to Jack Noda, president of the Stanislaus Merced chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League regarding the Stockton chapter's constitution and the mass removal preparation. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: csus_nac_0021

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-46-21/

doc Letter from Tsuneo Iwata to Dr. E.A Julien, April 11, 1942 (ddr-csujad-46-10)

Letter of gratitude from Tsuneo Iwata president of the Turlock Social Club to Dr. E.A. Julien, in response to the mass removal in California. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: csus_nac_0010

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-46-10/

doc Letter from Harry Naka to Jack Noda, March 14, 1942 (ddr-csujad-46-19)

Letter from Harry Naka, president of the American Loyalty League of Livingston, California, to Jack Noda, president of the Stanislaus Merced chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League, regarding the "cooperation" between both organizations during the mass removal. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: csus_nac_0019

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-46-19/

doc Letter from Tsuneo Iwata to Mr. Harry L. Villinger, April 14, 1942 (ddr-csujad-46-11)

Letter of gratitude from Tsuneo Iwata president of the Turlock Social Club to Mr. Harry L. Villinger, in response to the mass removal in California. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: csus_nac_0011

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-46-11/

doc Letter from Tsuneo Iwata to members, March 29, 1942 (ddr-csujad-46-17)

Letter from Tsuneo Iwata, president of the Turlock Social Club to Turlock Social Club members in regards to mass removal preparation, Turlock Social Club meetings, and the status of the Social Hall. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: csus_nac_0017

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-46-17/

doc Turlock Social Club meeting minutes, April 5, 1942 (ddr-csujad-46-24)

Turlock Social Club meeting minutes in regards to the mass removal including the discussion of the status of the Turlock Social Club Hall, the J.A.C.L division, writing "letters of appreciation," dues, and general announcements. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: csus_nac_0024

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-46-24/

doc Letter from Tsuneo Iwata to Evacuee Property Department, March 31, 1942 (ddr-csujad-46-15)

Letter from Tsuneo Iwata to Evacuee Property Department concerning the status and leasing of the Japanese Social Hall in Turlock California. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: csus_nac_0015

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-46-15/

doc Letter from Tsuneo Iwata to Mayor Roy M. Day, April 16, 1942 (ddr-csujad-46-13)

Letter of gratitude from Tsuneo Iwata president of the Turlock Social Club to Mayor Roy M. Day of Turlock, California, in response to the mass removal in California. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: csus_nac_0013

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-46-13/

doc Letter from Tsuneo Iwata to Mr. J.W. Guy, April 11, 1942 (ddr-csujad-46-9)

Letter of gratitude from Tsuneo Iwata president of the Turlock Social Club to Mr. J. W. Guy, in response to the mass removal in California. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: csus_nac_0009

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-46-9/

doc Letter from Tsuneo Iwata to Robert Lee, April 11, 1942 (ddr-csujad-46-7)

Letter of gratitude from Tsuneo Iwata president of the Turlock Social Club to Robert Lee, principal of Turlock elementary school, in response to the mass removal in California. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: csus_nac_0007

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-46-7/

doc Letter from Tsuneo Iwata to Mr. Albert H. Rodin, April 16, 1942 (ddr-csujad-46-12)

Letter of gratitude from Tsuneo Iwata president of the Turlock Social Club to Mr. Albert H. Rodin, Turlock District Chairman, in response to the mass removal in California. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: csus_nac_0012

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-46-12/

doc Letter from Tsuneo Iwata to Mr. W.W. Ferguson, April 18, 1942 (ddr-csujad-46-14)

Letter of gratitude from Tsuneo Iwata president of the Turlock Social Club to Mr. W.W. Ferguson, in response to the mass removal in California. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: csus_nac_0014

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-46-14/

doc Letter from Tsuneo Iwata to Mr. Johnson, April 1, 1942 (ddr-csujad-46-6)

Letter from Tsuneo Iwata president of the Turlock Social Club to Mr. Johnson, Wartime Civilian Control Administration, concerning the leasing of the Turlcok Social Club Hall as a storage place for incarcerees' properties in Turlock, California. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: csus_nac_0006

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-46-6/

doc Sunday before (ddr-csujad-55-1278)

Collection of sermons given by pastors of Japanese ancestry prior to "evacuation." Includes "Foreword", "Preface", "Introduction", "Facing Evacuation", "The Tie That Binds", "Reweaving Our Lives", "The Babylonian Exile and the Love of God", "Abraham, the Migration Leader", "New Pilgrims", and "We Shall Have Our Easter." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization …

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1278/

img Fronts of two businesses owned by Japanese Americans forced to close after issuance of Executive Order 9066 (ddr-csujad-7-3)

Fronts of two businesses owned by Japanese Americans forced to close after issuance of Executive Order 9066. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: HMLSC_JA_f03

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-7-3/

doc Letter to Dear Friend from the Gordon Hirabayashi Defense Committee, January 1943 (ddr-csujad-16-3)

Fundraising letter requesting contributions for taking Gordon Hirabayashi's case to the Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco. At the time of writing, Hirabayashi was imprisoned in King County, Washington. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: JAIC_1-07_01

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-16-3/

doc Japanese American News Clippings, August 1943 (ddr-csujad-19-16)

This document contains news clippings and articles about Japanese Americans from different tabloids describing significant events like the "first Mass Evacuation" which took place in the United States and how the Japanese people adjusted to the new way of life in the War Relocation Centers during the period of August 1943. See this object in the …

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-19-16/

doc Letter from Michi Weglyn to Frank Chin, September 19, 1991 (ddr-csujad-24-71)

A letter from Michi Weglyn to Frank Chin in which she references the Lim Report, a report commissioned by the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) in 1989 to determine the extent of JACL collaboration with Japanese American incarceration during World War II. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: chi_05_005

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-24-71/

doc George Naohara's handwritten annotations (ddr-csujad-38-2)

English translations of handwritten annotations from "George Naohara photo album" (csudh_nao_0001), page 4: [Left] Several meetings were held in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, California, prior to moving to the Manzanar incarceration camp in California. I attended those meetings. What was announced was that all Japanese Americans residing in California and the West Coast should move to …

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-38-2/

doc Breed Street news flashes (ddr-csujad-35-1)

An issue of a newsletter, "Breed Street news flashes," published by Breed Street Elementary School. "Good-bye to our Japanese" section informs that their Japanese American students are being removed. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: kuw_01_01_001

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-35-1/

doc Manzanar diary (ddr-csujad-34-1)

One diary written by Hiroshi Fukuwa, a Kibei Nisei of Los Angeles, California. His diary starts from his departing day from Los Angeles to move into the Manzanar incarceration camp as one of the first group of volunteer incacerees. He was transferred to the Gila River camp, Arizona, to join his brother's family, and segregated into …

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-34-1/

doc Manzanar diary (ddr-csujad-34-2)

English translation of a diary written by Hiroshi Fukuwa, a Kibei Nisei of Los Angeles, California. His diary starts from his departing day from Los Angeles to move into the Manzanar incarceration camp as one of the first group of volunteer incacerees. He was transferred to the Gila River camp in Arizona, to join his brother's …

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-34-2/

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