Work and jobs

Both Issei and Nisei took jobs within the camps, at wages set not to exceed soldiers' pay: $12 per month for unskilled labor, $16 for skilled labor, and $19 for professional employees. WRA staff was paid much more for the same jobs. Though public opinion mandated such low pay, dissatisfied Japanese Americans objected to losing their right to make a decent living. They had to use their sparse income for necessities, such as warm clothing and shoes.

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doc Letter (with envelope) to Mollie Wilson from Lillian (Nobie) Igasaki (October 8, 1943) (ddr-janm-1-48)

Handwritten letter to Molly Wilson from Lillian (Nobie) Igasaki (October 8, 1943). Envelope is postmarked October 9, 1943 from the Manzanar Incarceration Camp in Manzanar, California.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-janm-1-48/

doc Letter (with envelope) to Mollie Wilson from Miyeko Imamura (August 31, 1943) (ddr-janm-1-17)

Handwritten letter to Mollie Wilson from Miyeko Imamura (August 31, 1943). Envelope is postmarked September 11, 1943 from the Heart Mountain Incarceration Camp in Cody, Wyoming.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-janm-1-17/

doc Clothing Allowance Office job descriptions (ddr-densho-274-120)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-274-120/

doc WRA instruction page: "Employment Standards for Persons 14 to 18 Years of Age" (ddr-densho-274-85)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-274-85/

doc Staff list (ddr-densho-280-1)

The staff list of an unknown newspaper.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-280-1/

doc WRA instruction page: "Employment and Compensation" (ddr-densho-274-86)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-274-86/

doc Description of positions within Clothing Allowance Office (ddr-densho-274-126)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-274-126/

doc WRA instruction page: "Employment and Compensation" (ddr-densho-274-87)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-274-87/

doc Co-Op News, Vol 1. No. 1 (May 20, 1943) (ddr-densho-288-1)

Selected article titles: "Announcing the First Issue of the Co-Op News!" (p. 1), "Photo Services for Residents" (p. 1), "Questions and Answers" (p. 1).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-288-1/

doc Co-Op News, Vol II. No. 1 (September 2, 1943) (ddr-densho-288-12)

Selected article titles: "V.P. to Act as Chairman" (p. 1), "Rate of Rebate Set 15.14% for 2nd Quarter" (p. 1), "Wool Yarns Expected Soon at Dry Goods Store" (p. 1).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-288-12/

doc Co-Op News, Vol I. No. 12 (August 19, 1943) (ddr-densho-288-10)

Selected article titles: "Ice Shortage Due to Army Demand Affects Co-Op" (p. 1), "Wanted: Sales Clerks to Replace Tule Lake Transferees" (p. 1), "Salt Lake Tribune: Block Managers Aid in Distribution" (p. 1), "Withdrawls from Bank can be Made at Any Time" (p. 1).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-288-10/

img Field Labors (ddr-densho-287-150)

Photograph of a group of people tilling a field by hand.

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doc Correspondence sent to Seiki Ronald Miyasato from Kim Takehara (ddr-densho-320-9)

Discusses life in Minidoka concentration camp and leaving camp to work.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-320-9/

doc Page of Hisa Nimura Horiuchi Scrapbook (ddr-densho-325-30)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-325-30/

img Two Nisei nurses (ddr-densho-325-153)

Written on the front of the photograph "To a sell friend, Sumito Sincerely, Hisa". Written on the back of the photograph is "July, 1944".

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-325-153/

doc Page of Hisa Nimura Horiuchi Scrapbook (ddr-densho-325-15)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-325-15/

img Reassignment slip (ddr-densho-361-11)

Job reassignment slip for Nobuko Sakai.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-361-11/

img Reassignment slip (ddr-densho-361-10)

Job reassignment slip for Nobuko Sakai.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-361-10/

img Work order (ddr-densho-361-12)

Job assignment slip for Nobuko Sakai.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-361-12/

img Notice of assignment (ddr-densho-361-8)

Job assignment slip for Nobuko Sakai.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-361-8/

img Notice of assignment (ddr-densho-361-9)

Job assignment slip for Nobuko Sakai.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-361-9/

img Notice of assignment (ddr-densho-361-7)

Job assignment slip for Nobuko Sakai.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-361-7/

img Dentist's office (ddr-densho-39-4)

Original museum description: Photograph, black and white glossy of a dentist's infirmary at Minidoka internment camp. The dentist is working on a man's teeth while three women (one shows only her hair) are working in the back. (Info from original museum description)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-39-4/

img Japanese Americans working in a wood shop (ddr-densho-39-41)

Original museum description: Photograph, snapshot size, black and white glossy of three men working at a wood shop at the Minidoka, Idaho camp. They are making wooden trucks. (Info from original museum description)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-39-41/

img Japanese American welding (ddr-densho-39-7)

Original museum description: Photograph, black and white glossy taken at Minidoka internment camp. Shows man welding in a shop. Information attached to the back says it is an adult education class in welding. (Info from original museum description)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-39-7/