ddr-csujad-35 — CSU Dominguez Hills Kuwahara Family Papers

CSU Dominguez Hills Kuwahara Family Papers

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The Kuwahara Family Papers contains documentation of the Kuwahara family depicting the daily life and people incarcerated in the Poston camp in Arizona during World War II. Materials include: junior high school, high school, and camp community newsletters in both Japanese and English, a short travel journal written by Kenji Kaware of his time away from the Poston camp, visiting the Granada camp in Colorado and Salt Lake and the Topaz camp in Utah, photographs of class groups, farm workers, and desert landscape, watercolor paintings of the camp facilities, and programs and booklets of the family and community reunions of the Poston incarceration camp.

1943-2011

1 box

CSU Dominguez Hills Department of Archives and Special Collections

Courtesy of CSU Dominguez Hills Department of Archives and Special Collections

32 Objects

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

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

doc Whutsit, vol. 1, no. 1 (May 20, 1943) (ddr-csujad-35-2)

An issue of a newspaper, "Whutsit" published by Poston I Junior High School. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: kuw_01_02_001

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-35-2/

doc Desert daze, vol. 1, no. 2 (May 27, 1943) (ddr-csujad-35-3)

An issue of a newspaper, "Desert daze" published by Poston I Junior High School. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: kuw_01_03_001

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-35-3/

doc Poston chronicle vol. 2, no. 64 (December 2, 1943); Granada pioneer, vol. 1, no. 94 (August 25, 1943) (ddr-csujad-35-4)

Japanese section of "Poston chronicle published on December 2, 1943; and English section (page 9) and Japanese section (page 5) of "of "Granada Pioneer" published on August 25, 1943. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: kuw_01_04_001

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-35-4/

doc Poston chronicle vol. 16, no. 26 (December 4, 1943) (ddr-csujad-35-5)

Japanese section of "Poston chronicle. Poston II " vol. 16, no. 26. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: kuw_01_05_001

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-35-5/

doc Cooperator (Newell, California) (January 8, 1944) (ddr-csujad-35-6)

An issue of: Cooperator, vol. 3, no. 41 (January 8, 1944). Published in the Tule Lake camp. Includes Japanese section (pages 5-6) only. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: kuw_01_06_001

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-35-6/

doc Poston chronicle vol. 3, no. 29 (March 9, 1944) (ddr-csujad-35-7)

Japanese section of "Poston chronicle, Poston III," See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: kuw_01_07_001

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-35-7/

doc Poston camp (ddr-csujad-35-8)

A a travel journal written by Kenji Kawabe of his time away from the Poston camp, Arizona from May 9 through June 2, 1944. He visited the Granada camp in Colorado and Salt Lake and the Topaz camp in Utah, meeting his friends and going sightseeing and shopping. See this object in the California State Universities …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-35-8/

img Poston High School auditorium (ddr-csujad-35-9)

A photograph of the auditorium of the Poston High School in the Poston camp. The hand written note on the back side reads: Poston High School, Arizona, built 1944. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: kuw_01_09_001

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-35-9/

doc Desert daze, vol. 3 (March 28-29, 1945) (ddr-csujad-35-10)

An issue of a newspaper, "Desert daze" published by Poston I Junior High School. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: kuw_01_10_001

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-35-10/

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