PARTNER
CSU Japanese American History Digitization Project
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COLLECTION ID
ddr-csujad-38
DESCRIPTION
The George and Mitzi Naohara Papers consists of photo albums and scrapbooks compiled by George and Mitzi Naohara, and other documents pertaining to the Naohara and Masukawa family. Contained are photographs, correspondence, documents, and memorabilia depicting their experiences during World War II. George Nobuo Naohara is a Kibei Nisei, and his experiences include his farm labor in Idaho and Utah, incarceration in the Manzanar, Jerome, and Tule Lake camps, and the U.S. Army language school training and Korean War. He also engaged in Buddhist activities for his whole life and there are moving images depicting Gardena Buddhist Church activities after the war. Mitzi Masukawa Naohara was a preschool teacher at the Poston camp, Arizona, and also a member of a young Nisei women's club, "Sigma Debs.” Her collected materials depict her life as a teacher and social events in the Poston camp during the war.
INCLUSIVE UNIT DATE
1902-2000
BULK UNIT DATE
1902-2000
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
5.20 linear feet
CONTRIBUTOR
CSU Dominguez Hills Department of Archives and Special Collections
CREATORS
- Naohara, George, 1919-2014 (author)
- Naohara, Mitzi, 1923- (author)
PREFERRED CITATION
Courtesy of CSU Dominguez Hills Department of Archives and Special Collections
RIGHTS
Copyright restricted
602 Objects
![George Naohara photo album (ddr-csujad-38-1)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/a8/5b/a85bfaf5177ad28ab5e1fd357475ca33.jpg)
![George Naohara's handwritten annotations (ddr-csujad-38-2)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/2f/da/2fda8b1ebee2b5b19b787fdd443fd2e9.jpg)
![George Naohara's handwritten annotation (ddr-csujad-38-3)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/54/73/5473a873f113c1418aa70d9b833f7e73.jpg)
![George Naohara's handwritten annotations (ddr-csujad-38-4)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/13/e8/13e86e49d87689ce22e760147225c8cd.jpg)
![George Nobuo Naohara's handwritten note: work locations between 1942 and 1943 (ddr-csujad-38-5)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/53/44/5344fd41283e369789a702d679dd20ec.jpg)
![Camps for farm laborers in Idaho (ddr-csujad-38-6)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/f0/48/f048edbabd8ca2fd4030ed6e5344aec6.jpg)
![Card from Jonny and Sachi Koyama to Mr. George Naohara and Mrs. Naohara (ddr-csujad-38-7)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/24/9e/249e6d7aa76bbd448dfcb4c8d437cd1f.jpg)
![George Naohara (ddr-csujad-38-8)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/f3/a8/f3a896769514f3fa9510db48c2d6c173.jpg)
![Tetsuo Hashimoto, beauty of the body (ddr-csujad-38-9)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/da/f3/daf3f5b9f81b4caa508cb8f836e648ac.jpg)
![Matsunori Kozawa (ddr-csujad-38-10)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/64/7f/647fcaaf7114eca5eea0ceef49363780.jpg)