Social and recreational activities

Despite deplorable living conditions at the "assembly centers," camp inmates tried to make the best of it by organizing various social and recreational activities. Japanese Americans participated in dances and musical groups; sports and gardening were also popular.

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doc Scrapbook (ddr-densho-540-141)

Scrapbook documenting the life of the Tada family, including newspaper clippings, graduation announcements, wedding invitations, birth announcements, and correspondence. Includes ephemera relating to their incarceration at Minidoka.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-540-141/

doc Letter from Hank to Kim Fujii (ddr-densho-433-27)

Hank writes to Kizie (Kimiko) Fujii about families leaving the concentration camp, flowers his mother made her, and updates on their friends.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-433-27/

doc Merced Commencement Program (ddr-densho-356-775)

Program for a Commencement ceremony at Merced Assembly Center.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-775/

doc Letter to Yuri Domoto from Margaret Saito (ddr-densho-356-291)

Letter to Yuri Domoto from Margaret Saito in which she details life in Tanforan, asks Yuri to keep in touch once she is moved from Merced, and describes her desire to move East and find a job in which she is getting help from a former boss. Item tied together with all objects between ddr-densho-356-277 and …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-291/

doc Four letters to Yuri Domoto from Tomi Domoto (ddr-densho-356-289)

Four letters stored in one envelope to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from her cousin Tomi Domoto. Appears the letters were mailed separately and later stored together in one envelope. 6/8 letter: discusses events leading up to forced removal, inquires about how family are settling into the camp and how hers is and mutual friends. 8/8 letter: discusses …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-289/

doc Letter to Yuri from Yoshito (ddr-densho-356-219)

Envelope and letter addressed to Yuri Domoto from Yoshito Shibata. In the letter Yoshito writes about the descriptions of the Assembly centers he's heard so far and how positive Yuri's description was, pending deployment to Japan, his friendship with fellow Nisei soldier Stg. Harry Fujita, his recent promotion to Tech Sgt. He also describes a USO …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-219/

doc Two letters to Yuri from Min Yonekura (ddr-densho-356-285)

Two letters to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from Minoru "Min" Yonekura. Both letters stored in one envelope, unclear if they were mailed together or separately. Letter 5/11: describes forced removal, details items needed in assembly center to make barracks feel homey, food quality in the assembly center and general life there. Letter 2: discusses plans to move …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-285/

doc Kaneji Domoto Diary, 1942 (ddr-densho-329-950)

Kaneji's diary from March 6, 1942 - October 7, 1942, spanning the Domoto family's time from being at home in California to about a month after arrival at Amache. Early pages of the diary resemble a notebook loosely structured by date and containing a mixture of daily activities, accounting, notes from work at the nursery, and, …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-329-950/

doc Grade School Musical and Dramatic Program (ddr-densho-356-776)

Program for the Grade School Musical and Dramatic performances on August 8, 1942.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-776/

doc Letter to Yuri Domoto from Rosie Suyeyasu (ddr-densho-356-288)

Letter to Yuri Domoto Tsukada from Rose "Rosie" Nakagawa Suyeyasu. In the letter she writes about life at Tanforan and the mutual friends they have. Item tied together with all objects between ddr-densho-356-277 and ddr-densho-356-320.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-288/

vh Mitsuye May Yamada - Joe Yasutake - Tosh Yasutake Interview Segment 64 (ddr-densho-1000-135-64)

Joe's more pleasant memories as a child in Puyallup

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-135-64/

vh Ed Tsutakawa Interview Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-196-16)

Activities at Puyallup Assembly Center: making signs

This interview was conducted as part of a project to capture stories of the Japanese American community of Spokane, Washington. Densho worked in collaboration with the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-196-16/