ddr-densho-493 — Tomio Itabashi and Frances (Itabashi) Nishimura Collection — Objects

doc Frances (Itabashi) Nishimura and Shizuo Nishimura wedding announcement (ddr-densho-493-26)

Printed wedding announcement card. Text reads: "Mr. and Mrs. Buichiro Itabashi / announce the marriage of their daughter / Frances Masako / to / Mr. Shizuo Nishimura / on Saturday, the nineteenth day of June / Nineteen hundred and forty-three / Newell, California"

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doc Tule Lake Registration Card for Shizuo Nishimura (ddr-densho-493-27)

Registration card reading "TULE LAKE PROJECT / No. 503 / This is to certify that: Shizuo Nishimura, 5311 F (Address) / has completed registration." Signed by the Project Director Harvey Coverley, and countersigned by the Registrar.

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doc Shizuo Nishimura's WRA employee driver's license (ddr-densho-493-28)

Card signed by Shizuo, with text "FORM WRA-22 / Employee Driver’s License / 17504 / WAR RELOCATION AUTHORITY / This license, when officially signed and dated, authorizes Shizuo Nishimura [signed] an employee of the War Relocation Authority, when his/her signature appears in the left-hand margin, to operate Government-owned motor vehicles on official business only. This license …

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doc Shizuo Nishimura's relocation ID (ddr-densho-493-29)

WRA identification card with photograph of Shizuo on the right and left-hand text reading "WRA-237 / UNITED STATES WAR RELOCATI [cut off] / CITIZEN’S INDEFINITE [cut off] / This is to certify that Shizuo Nishimura, a United States citizen residing within Granada Relocation Area is allowed to leave such area on 7/29, 1944 and, subject to …

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doc Shizuo Nishimura travel authorization (ddr-densho-493-30)

Form authorizing Shizuo Nishimura to leave camp on July 29, 1944, traveling at WRA expense to Ontario, Oregon.

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img Mitsuo Mike Iseri and Alice (Fujinaga) Iseri (ddr-densho-493-31)

Posed photograph of Mike and Alice Iseri addressed "To Dear Tomio + Frances" and signed "Affectionately, Mike + Alice." Mike wears a military uniform.

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doc Postcard from Mitsuo Mike Iseri (ddr-densho-493-32)

Postcard from Mike to Tomio in Auburn, Washington. Front of card is a cartoon drawing of Sergeant A.J. Shaw captioned "The First Sergeant / 'Such a nice fellow - - - when he's asleep.' / Sgt. Shaw Ho. Co. 35th Div. 'Joy'". Back of card has a message addressed to Tomio: "How are you all. Ah’s …

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doc "To Remember" by Frances M. Okamoto (ddr-densho-493-33)

Four stanza rhyming poem by Frances M. Okamura, handwritten on a loose sheet

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doc Resettlement handbook (ddr-densho-493-34)

"Resettlement Handbook" with front cover illustration of a person considering locations on a large globe. Published by the Evacuee Information Office of the Granada Project. Resource and instruction book for leaving camp. Instructions for how to make transportation arrangements and apply for transportation funding, close out clothing allowance, employment and last paychecks, return of government property, …

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doc Segregation of Persons of Japanese Ancestry in Tule Lake Relocation Center (ddr-densho-493-35)

16-page pamphlet authored by the War Relocation announcing the segregation of "disloyal" Japanese Americans at Tule Lake and the displacement of "loyal" Tule Lake residents to other camps, based on responses to Question 28 of the loyalty questionnaire. Pamphlet explains who will be segregated based on their answers; which people will receive a hearing prior to …

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doc What About Our Japanese-Americans? (ddr-densho-493-36)

31-page pamphlet authored by Carey McWilliams for the American Council of the Institute of Pacific Relations, published by the Public Affairs Committee, Inc. as part of a Public Affairs Pamphlets series. Inner note says that the text was also to be published shortly by Little, Brown and Company under the title of Prejudice. The Japanese-Americans: a …

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doc Auburn Globe-Republican (ddr-densho-493-37)

Clipping from the Globe-Republican received by Tomio Itabashi at Pinedale temporary assembly center. Two articles relevant to the evacuation: "Big Trains Take Japanese To California," discussing the Japanese Americans evacuated from the Auburn, Washington area, and "The Story of 112,000 Japanese in American" which is Part I of a two-part retelling of the recent history of …

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doc "People from the Prefecture" 20th Anniversary book by the Hiroshima Kenjinkai in Seattle (ddr-densho-493-38)

Business and biographical directory of the Hiroshima Kenjinkai, created to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the founding of the organization and celebrate the successes of many of the Washington State Issei. Includes photographs and biographical blurbs of notable figures and Kenjinkai members. Page 415 is marked with a post-it note identifying Koichiro Itabashi ("younger brother"), Buichiro …

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doc Aquila 1943 (ddr-densho-493-39)

First edition of the Aquila, yearbook of Tri-State High School at the Tule Lake facility in Newell, California. The book includes a roster of all students, photos of the classes and clubs (including Zoology Club, Needle Arts Club, Tri-State Thespians, glee clubs, and others), names and photos of faculty and staff, and a written history of …

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doc Buddhist Gathas and Services (ddr-densho-493-40)

Book of Buddhist gathas (short verses, or hymns, which are recited or sung as a meditation on the present moment) in both English and Japanese, with musical notation. Compiled and printed at Amache by the Amache Young Buddhists Association.

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