CSU Dominguez Hills Hiroshi Fukuwa Manzanar Diary

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CSU Japanese American History Digitization Project
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COLLECTION ID

ddr-csujad-34

DESCRIPTION

The Hiroshi Fukuwa Manzanar Diary consists of a diary written by Hiroshi Fukuwa, Kibei Nisei of Los Angeles, California, along with newsletters, clippings, and handwritten notes created/collected in the incarceration camps during World War II. The diary details his incarceration experiences in the Manzanar camp in California, the Gila River camp in Arizona, and the Tule Lake camp in California. All materials in this collection are digital reproductions.

INCLUSIVE UNIT DATE

1942-1945

BULK UNIT DATE

1942-1945

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

8.56 GB (166 digital files)

CONTRIBUTOR

CSU Dominguez Hills Department of Archives and Special Collections

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PREFERRED CITATION

Courtesy of CSU Dominguez Hills Department of Archives and Special Collections

RIGHTS

Copyright restricted
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9 Objects

Manzanar diary (ddr-csujad-34-1)
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 …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-34-1/
Manzanar diary (ddr-csujad-34-2)
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 …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-34-2/
Newell star, extra, supplement (May 25, 1944) (ddr-csujad-34-3)
doc Newell star, extra, supplement (May 25, 1944) (ddr-csujad-34-3)
An extra of "Newell star" a camp newspaper published weekly in the Tule Lake camp. It features the death of Shoichi Okamoto who was shot by the WRA sentry in the Tule Lake camp on May 24, 1944. Japanese section is found in item: hrs_0004. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-34-3/
no. 41 (May 25, 1944) (ddr-csujad-34-4)
doc no. 41 (May 25, 1944) (ddr-csujad-34-4)
An extra of "Newell star" a camp newspaper published weekly in the Tule Lake camp. It features the death of Shoichi Okamoto who was shot by the WRA sentry in the Tule Lake camp on May 24, 1944. In Japanese. English section is found in item: csudh_hrs_0003. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-34-4/
Bulletin, no. 49 (ddr-csujad-34-5)
doc Bulletin, no. 49 (ddr-csujad-34-5)
An issue of "Bulletin" circulated in the Manzanar camp, titled: Question revision. An assessment, that is, "loyalty questionnaire," was conducted in the Manzanar camp on February 12-16 by the War Department and WRA prior to other camps. However, the question 28 was confusing and revised before the assessment was conducted in other camps. The bulletin informed …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-34-5/
Manzanar free press (January 9, 1943) (ddr-csujad-34-6)
doc Manzanar free press (January 9, 1943) (ddr-csujad-34-6)
A Japanese section, pages 5-6 from "Manzanar free press" issued on January 9, 1943. It includes a history of Manzanar. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: hrs_04_001
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-34-6/
Note about Hokoku Seinendan in Tule Lake camp (ddr-csujad-34-7)
doc Note about Hokoku Seinendan in Tule Lake camp (ddr-csujad-34-7)
A handwritten note by Hiroshi Fukuwa. It records that 76 top members of Pro-Japan group, "Hokoku Seinendan," received a notice on January 25. They left the camp at 9 AM on January 26 and got on a train at 4 PM to leave. Included are Oye, Shirozono, and Hamada. They were presumably the incarcerees in the …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-34-7/
400 Japs go to Tule Lake: volunteers en route to harvest crops (ddr-csujad-34-8)
doc 400 Japs go to Tule Lake: volunteers en route to harvest crops (ddr-csujad-34-8)
A newspaper clipping. It reports that 400 Japanese American incarcerees were hired from other camps to harvest crops in the Tule Lake camp while the incarcerees in the Tule Lake went on strike. It portraits the Tule Lake incarcerees as "disloyal Japs." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: hrs_06_001
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-34-8/
Names of incarcerees that I sent letters (ddr-csujad-34-9)
doc Names of incarcerees that I sent letters (ddr-csujad-34-9)
A handwritten note by Hiroshi Fukuwa. It lists names that he sent a letter during his incarceration. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: hrs_07_001
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-34-9/
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