PARTNER
Manzanar National Historic Site
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COLLECTION ID
ddr-manz-4
DESCRIPTION
The Shinjo Nagatomi Collection consists of 3 photograph albums and various documents compiled by Reverend Shinjo Nagatomi about his time at Manzanar War Relocation Center. Rev. Nagatomi was the lead Buddhist minister at Manzanar. Topics cover life in camp, family, weddings and celebrations, and Buddhisim.
INCLUSIVE UNIT DATE
c.1940-1990
BULK UNIT DATE
c.1942-1946
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
3 photograph albums and 22 documents
CONTRIBUTOR
Manzanar National Historic Site
CREATORS
- Nagatomi, Shinjo (creator)
PREFERRED CITATION
Courtesy of Manzanar National Historic Site and the Shinjo Nagatomi Collection
RIGHTS
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
277 Objects
![Album of Shinjo Nagatomi (ddr-manz-4-1)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/fe/c4/fec4306e99fd4f48bdaa201c8faeefea.jpg)
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Album of Shinjo Nagatomi (ddr-manz-4-1)
Caption in album: "Collections of Manzanar Relocation Center during the years 1942-1943."
![View of barracks with mountains in the background (ddr-manz-4-2)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/be/05/be05153e0b82a84fd133652299050b60.jpg)
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View of barracks with mountains in the background (ddr-manz-4-2)
Caption in album: "Collections of Manzanar Relocation Center during the years 1942-1943."
![Portrait of a couple (ddr-manz-4-6)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/30/3c/303c8d33cebb275311f8a72dd38cf80d.jpg)
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Portrait of a couple (ddr-manz-4-6)
Caption: "Most Sincerely / Mr. and Mrs. I. Yoshida [?] / 1942."
![Wedding portrait (ddr-manz-4-8)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/0d/ec/0dec962409246ad755a65ecd7ff8f6a2.jpg)
![Wedding portrait (ddr-manz-4-9)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/69/b6/69b6d3294a43192717b911ba3c0bc901.jpg)
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Wedding portrait (ddr-manz-4-9)
Caption: "Sincerely yours, / Mr. & Mrs. Ota / 12/22/42.\nCaption in album: "To: Rev. and Mrs. Nagatomi."
![Wedding portrait (ddr-manz-4-10)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/8b/c1/8bc19060324d377a47b221edb92d55e3.jpg)