CSU Japanese American History Digitization Project

The CSU Japanese American Digitization Project (CSUJAD) began in 2013 with the goal of providing scholars, librarians, archivists, educators and the interested public with far easier access to a wide variety of archival material about Japanese Americans. The project partners include: the 23-campus California State University system archives, and other, similar collections across the state.

With the help of grant funding from NEH and the National Park Service Japanese American Confinement Sites program, the CSUJAD project digitizes and describes these archival collections in order to bring these significant stories together for worldwide access and contribute to the deepening understanding of Japanese American history.

57 Collections

Collection UC Santa Barbara Robert Billigmeier Collection (ddr-csujad-26)

The Robert Billigmeier collection is comprised of materials collected during his work and stay at the Tule Lake incarceration camp conducting research for the University of California’s Japanese Evacuation and Resettlement Study (JERS). The collection includes: photographs taken during his time at Tule Lake; a scrapbook created by students at Tule Lake in 1942; camp publications; …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-26/

Collection CSU Dominguez Hills Indonesian Sailors Deportation Photograph Collection (ddr-csujad-27)

This collection of nine images documents the detention of a group of Indonesian seamen in 1947 as they await the outcome of deportation proceedings in the federal courts. The images show these roughly 200 men at an immigration detention center in downtown San Francisco, at the Southern Pacific depot in San Francisco, and on ship called …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-27/

Collection CSU Channel Islands Japanese Internment Collection (ddr-csujad-28)

The Japanese Internment Collection consists of three oral histories which focus on the personal experiences of Marilyn Fordney, Santa Anita Racetrack, Boys Town; George Wakiji, Santa Anita Racetrack, Gila River; Morris Abe of Tule Lake, and Cherry Abe of Topaz.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-28/

Collection CSU Fullerton Center for Oral and Public History Japanese American Oral History Project Collection (ddr-csujad-29)

The Japanese American Oral History Project features oral histories with narrators who talk about their lives, pre and post World War II, but most specifically, about their experience being incarcerated in camps during World War II.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29/

Collection CSU Fullerton Center for Oral and Public History Children's Village at Manzanar Oral History Project (ddr-csujad-30)

The Children's Village at Manzanar Oral History Project features oral histories with narrators who talk about their lives, pre and post World War II, but most specifically, about their experience at the Children's Village at Manzanar.

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

Collection CSU Northridge Japanese Americans in the San Fernando Valley Oral History Project Collection (ddr-csujad-31)

The Japanese Americans in the San Fernando Valley Oral History Project documents the lives of Japanese Americans who lived, or are currently living, in the San Fernando Valley. The participants are multi-generational, with many who experienced firsthand internment and prejudice during World War II. The narrators also shared stories of farming, family emigration from Japan, and …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-31/

Collection CSU Dominguez Hills Minidoka Incarceration Camp Photograph Album (ddr-csujad-32)

The Minidoka Incarceration Camp Photograph Album is a photograph album featuring images from the Minidoka incarceration camp. It may have been compiled by Lona Haug, vice-principal of the Blk 10 school at Minidoka in 1943. The album features a photograph of Ben Kuroki, a Japanese American who served in the United States Army Force during World …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-32/

Collection CSU Dominguez Hills Colonisation Japonaise au Perou (ddr-csujad-33)

Colonisation Japonaise au Perou is a family album compiled by a Japanese Peruvian Family. The collected photographs depict the lives of the Japanese Peruvians in 1930-1950. Included are photographs of Japanese Peruvian workers and landscapes in a plantation, baseball players of Asahi, activities of a men's club, aircrafts landed in the field in Peru, and family …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-33/

Collection CSU Dominguez Hills Hiroshi Fukuwa Manzanar Diary (ddr-csujad-34)

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 …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-34/

Collection CSU Dominguez Hills Kuwahara Family Papers (ddr-csujad-35)

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 …

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

Collection CSU Dominguez Hills Manzanar Photo Album (ddr-csujad-36)

The Manzanar Photo Album contains photographs and newspaper clippings about the Manzanar incarceration camp. Photographs include images of children, barracks, funerals, along with two additional photos from a welcome party for Dr. Furukochi at the Koyasan Betsuin in Los Angeles and a photograph of the Santa Fe Japanese Baseball Team. The newspaper clippings in the collection …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-36/

Collection CSU Dominguez Hills Mike Hiranuma Family Photographs (ddr-csujad-37)

The Mike Hiranuma Family Photographs contains 16 images of the Hiranuma family at the Heart Mountain incarceration camp in Wyoming.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-37/

Collection CSU Dominguez Hills George and Mitzi Naohara Papers (ddr-csujad-38)

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 …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-38/

Collection CSU Dominguez Hills Natsumeda Family Granada Camp Collection (ddr-csujad-39)

The Natsumeda Family Granada Camp Collection includes material from the Natsumeda family. The collection contains a YBA Sunday service program booklet and a Granada incarceration camp directory.

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

Collection CSU Dominguez Hills Tsuyoshi Roy Nakai Collection (ddr-csujad-40)

The Tsuyoshi Roy Nakai Collection includes reports and and handwritten notes related to the Manzanar incarceration camp and the Nakai family.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-40/

Collection CSU Dominguez Hills Sumi Family Manzanar Photographs (ddr-csujad-41)

The Sumi Family Manzanar Photograph includes one photograph of the Sumi family at the Manzanar incarceration camp.

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

Collection CSU Dominguez Hills Takano Family Papers (ddr-csujad-42)

The Takano Family Papers contains materials from members of the Takano Family in Los Angeles, California, including Issei immigrants, Itsuhei and Tomoyo Takano and Kumaji and Tsuruno Meguro, and their Nisei children, Fumio Fred and Yoneko Takano. The papers covers from prewar through post-war, including the period of the forced evacuation and incarceration during the war …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-42/

Collection CSU Dominguez Hills Terminal Island/Port of Los Angeles Collection (ddr-csujad-43)

The Terminal Island/Port of Los Angeles Collection documents the neighborhoods, businesses, and landscapes on Terminal Island, Catalina Island, San Pedro, and other neighboring cities during World War II.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-43/

Collection CSU Monterey Bay Monterey Peninsula Japanese American Citizens League Collection (ddr-csujad-44)

The Monterey Peninsula Japanese American Citizens League Collection features the records of the Monterey Peninsula chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League, including correspondence, meeting minutes, scrapbooks, and event planning materials. It also includes materials documenting the history of Japanese Americans in Monterey and WWII incarceration camps.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-44/

Collection CSU Northridge Heart Mountain Relocation Center Collection (ddr-csujad-45)

The Heart Mountain Relocation Center was built during the summer of 1942 and received its first contingent of Japanese Americans on August 12, 1942. It is located in Park County, northwestern Wyoming. The collection contains Community Camp Council meeting minutes, camp laws, correspondence, the case of People of Heart Mountain vs. Tom Yamada, and other documents.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-45/

Collection CSU Stanislaus Nisaburo Aibara Collection (ddr-csujad-46)

The Nisaburo Aibara Collection features materials from the Turlock Social Club, a local Japanese-American community group active between 1939 and 1970. It contains documents regarding the Stockton, Turlock and Merced Assembly Centers and Japanese American Citizens League chapters. The Collection also features correspondences with reactions, responses, and preparations for the forced evacuation. Additionally, the Collection has …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-46/

Collection Eastern California Museum Merritt Photo Collection (ddr-csujad-47)

The collection was donated by Ralph "Pete" Merritt, Jr. and Patricia Merritt. It is comprised of photographs from an album created by L. Josephine Hawes, the Chief Nurse at the Manzanar Hospital, and individual photographs collected by Ralph P. Merritt, the Project Director of the Manzanar War Relocation Center.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-47/

Collection Eastern California Museum Harry Bentley Wells and Shirley Elizabeth Wells Collection (ddr-csujad-48)

Collection of documents and ephemera from Harry Bentley Wells, teacher at Manzanar War Relocation Center High School and Shirley Elizabeth Wells, registered nurse (R.N.) at Manzanar War Relocation Center. This collection includes correspondence, memos, reports, student papers, grade book, commencement program, prom invitation, and other memorabilia from the eleven months H. Bentley Wells was employed at …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-48/

Collection Go For Broke National Education Center Sue Kato Collection (ddr-csujad-49)

The Sue Kato Collection consists of personal materials documenting Sue Kato's (nee Ogata) time serving in World War II with the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. Sue Kato served as a clerk at Fort Devens and Fort Myers as well as a translator with the language and translation sections at Camp Ritchie.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-49/

Collection Historical Society of Long Beach Ishii Collection (ddr-csujad-50)

The Ishii Collection features images and documents relating to the Ishii family, Frank Toru Ishii and Hisa Fujii Ishii, donated by daughters Frances Ishii Lyon and Kiyo Anne Fujimoto

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-50/