CSU Fresno Japanese Americans in World War II Collection

PARTNER

CSU Japanese American History Digitization Project
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COLLECTION ID

ddr-csujad-7

DESCRIPTION

The Japanese Americans in World War II collection contains both contemporary and contemporaneous materials about the incarceration of people of Japanese ancestry during World War II from the perspective of Japanese Americans, the United States government, and others.

See complete finding aid at: http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf4n39n6th/

INCLUSIVE UNIT DATE

1920-1995

BULK UNIT DATE

1942-1944

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

CONTRIBUTOR

California State University, Fresno

CREATORS

PREFERRED CITATION

[Identification of item], Japanese-Americans in World War II Collection, Sanoian Special Collections Library, California State University, Fresno.

RIGHTS

Copyright restricted
Copyright restricted

33 Objects

I am an American sign on the store front on December 8, 1941 (ddr-csujad-7-1)
img I am an American sign on the store front on December 8, 1941 (ddr-csujad-7-1)
Grocery store with a sign "I am an American" placed on its front on December 8, 1941. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: HMLSC_JA_f01
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-7-1/
Sign on a barbershop door in Parker, Arizona,
img Sign on a barbershop door in Parker, Arizona, "Japs keep out you rats" (ddr-csujad-7-2)
Barbershop in Parker, Arizona, with sign "Japs keep out your rats." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: HMLSC_JA_f02
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-7-2/
Fronts of two businesses owned by Japanese Americans forced to close after issuance of Executive Order 9066 (ddr-csujad-7-3)
img Fronts of two businesses owned by Japanese Americans forced to close after issuance of Executive Order 9066 (ddr-csujad-7-3)
Fronts of two businesses owned by Japanese Americans forced to close after issuance of Executive Order 9066. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: HMLSC_JA_f03
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-7-3/
Signs announcing
img Signs announcing "evacuation" sale (ddr-csujad-7-4)
Signs announcing "evacuation" sale. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: HMLSC_JA_f04
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-7-4/
Trucks preparing to transport
img Trucks preparing to transport "hand luggage" to assigned assembly centers (ddr-csujad-7-5)
Trucks preparing to transport "hand luggage" to assigned assembly centers, 1942. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: HMLSC_JA_f05
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-7-5/
Mochida family ready to board a bus to an assembly center (ddr-csujad-7-6)
img Mochida family ready to board a bus to an assembly center (ddr-csujad-7-6)
Mochida family ready to board a bus to an assembly center, Hayward, California, May 8, 1942. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: HMLSC_JA_f06
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-7-6/
Grandfather and his grandchildren waiting to be interned (ddr-csujad-7-7)
img Grandfather and his grandchildren waiting to be interned (ddr-csujad-7-7)
A grandfather and his grandchildren waiting to be incarcerated, Hayward, California, May 8, 1942. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: HMLSC_JA_f07
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-7-7/
Man and child at Manzanar incarceration camp (ddr-csujad-7-8)
img Man and child at Manzanar incarceration camp (ddr-csujad-7-8)
An man and a child at Manzanar incarceration camp, Manzanar, California, July 2, 1942. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: HMLSC_JA_f08
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-7-8/
Japanese Americans being
img Japanese Americans being "evacuated" by train (ddr-csujad-7-9)
Japanese Americans being "evacuated" by train. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: HMLSC_JA_f09
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-7-9/
Japanese Americans boarding ship (ddr-csujad-7-10)
img Japanese Americans boarding ship (ddr-csujad-7-10)
Japanese Americans boarding ship to return to Japan, Seattle, Washington, November 24, 1945. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: HMLSC_JA_f10
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-7-10/

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