PARTNER

OBJECT ID

ddr-densho-10-4 (Legacy UID: denshopd-p10-00004)

PARENT COLLECTION

Kinoshita Collection

DESCRIPTION

People of various ages worked on the Minidoka Irrigator, the newspaper of the Minidoka concentration camp. Issei were in charge of writing the Japanese section of the newspaper, for those who did not understand English. The Nisei concentrated on stories in English. Front (left to right): Kimi Tambara, Cherry Tanaka, and Mitsu Yasuda. Middle: Miyuki Inouye and Kerry Soejima. Back: Takako Matsumoto, Sachi Yasui, and unidentified. The Minidoka Irrigator, a weekly paper, ran from September 10, 1942, through July 28, 1945, and contained news about the camp and of the war when Nisei began enlisting. Japanese Americans with a background in journalism worked on the Minidoka Irrigator and were paid $16 per month. Because Japanese Americans were not allowed to have cameras or radios, all photographs for the newspaper were camp sanctioned. The paper was published in the city of Jerome, under the supervision of the WRA. A copy of each issue was sent to Washington, D.C.

CONTRIBUTOR

Densho

PREFERRED CITATION

Courtesy of the Kinoshita Family Collection

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