Parts of the caption are smeared unfortunately obstructing the chieften's [sic] name and date. First part of the name seems to be "Nos" and ends with "To" Caption on reverse: "[Name], Ainu tribe Chief / [Name], Chief of the Ainu tribe from Northern Hokkaido, / Japan, who is in Tokyo visiting his / friend Col. C. …
Photograph of a storefront with two people standing in front of it. The sign on a pole in front of the store reads "ST MARIES HAND LAUNDRY". The caption below the image reads "St. Marie's laundry in St. Marie Idaho operated by Takeo's parent" in black ink. Caption on bottom of page is "Takeo's Siblings: Sister …
Newsletter covering the following topics: President?s column-Work is still ahead of us. EEO, Affirmative Action, civil rights for all; Chuck Kato, Ken Nakano, and Dale Watanabe appear on KOMO?s Town meeting about trade friction between the US and Japan on; Ft Vancouver monument to be dedicated, first Japanese settlers in US; Doshi Kai holds retreat; scholarship …
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Kaiser's Grandson and his Wife Observe Jujutsu. (Tokyo) August 8, 1938. The Kaiser's grandson and his wife have spent their days since coming to Japan in a dazzled state as they've gone sightseeing and been welcomed everywhere. One example was their visit to the Kodokan at 2 p.m. on the 8th, where …
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Domei Photographic Sports News September 29, 1936. Extremely Popular Gehrig. (New York) Domei. Officer candidates from our Training Fleet, which is currently visiting New York City on a training cruise, attended a baseball game between the Yankees and St. Louis Browns at Yankee Stadium on August 27. Since there were many [illegible] …
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Spanish Ambassador Presents Credentials - at the Phoenix Hall in the Palace - Santiago Mendez de Vigo, recently appointed the first ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to Japan since the revolution in the Spanish republic, visited the imperial palace at 11 a.m. on the 25th at the invitation of Court Ceremonies Official Soma. …
Sansei female. Born February 20, 1945, at the Manzanar concentration camp, California. Prior to the war, her father, an Issei, was a curator at the Harding Museum in Chicago. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, her parents decided to volunteer to go early to Manzanar to help set up the camp. After leaving Manzanar, the family …
Nisei male. Born March 13, 1921, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in Kent, Washington, where parents ran a farm. In the 1930s, moved to South Bend, Washington, to work for the New Washington Oyster Company. During World War II, removed to the Pinedale Assembly Center, California, and soon left to work on farms in Utah for …
Nisei female. Born April 9, 1925, in Malden, Washington. Grew up in Seattle, Washington, before being removed with family to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. From Minidoka, relocated with family to Utica, New York. Worked in Japan for the U.S. Army of Occupation, and for the Tokyo General Army Hospital …
Nisei male. Born December 8, 1916, in Hawaii. Was already in the army when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Served with the Military Intelligence Service as a translator at the Pentagon and in Europe.
(This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. …
Nisei male. Grew up in Hilo, Hawaii. Was a veterinary student at Kansas State University when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. Volunteered for the Military Intelligence Service, and served in Burma with the Merrill's Marauders.
(This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, …
Ken is on the left, Harry on the right. The two discuss growing up together in Turlock, CA, the years they spent in Japan as children, their father's relationship with the Caucasian community in Turlock, and the racial discrimination they faced in Turlock. Video starts at 0:28. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the …
Nisei male. Born December 8, 1916, in Hawaii. Was already in the army when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Served with the Military Intelligence Service as a translator at the Pentagon and in Europe.
(This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. …
Issei female. Born 1897 in Hiroshima, Japan. Graduated from Shintoku Jikka Girls' High School. Married Mr. Shizuto Terao, an Issei who returned to Japan temporarily from the U.S., through an arranged marriage, and immigrated to the U.S. Lived in Seattle until they moved to Salt Lake City, Utah, to stay with her cousin in the spring …
Nisei female. Born September 29, 1920, in Port Moody, British Columbia, Canada. Went with parents to Japan in 1930, and attended school there. Returned to Canada in 1940 and married before being removed to Hastings Park and then Tashme, in Canada's interior. After leaving Tashme, moved to Toronto, where husband worked for the consul-general's office. Adopted …
Nisei male. Born February 14, 1920, in Kent, Washington. Grew up in the nearby town of Auburn, where parents ran a farm. Family was involved Auburn Buddhist Church. Graduated from the University of Washington in 1942 and removed to the Pinedale Assembly Center and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Recruited out of Tule Lake to teach …
Arranged marriage; system of inheritance in Japan (Japanese language)
This interview was conducted in Japanese and was translated so as to convey Mrs. Terao's way of speaking as closely as possible. For example, there are instances in which she makes some grammatical errors. These mistakes are conveyed through similar grammatical errors in English in order to …
Receiving a formal note of appreciation from the Emperor of Japan for work following the atomic bombings
In this interview Mr. Schmoe refers to Aki Kurose, a former employee, fellow Quaker, peace activist, and long-time friend. At the time of this interview, Ms. Kurose had recently passed away after a long struggle with cancer. At the …
Anticipating war between the U.S. and Japan (Japanese language)
This interview was conducted in Japanese and was translated so as to convey Mrs. Terao's way of speaking as closely as possible. For example, there are instances in which she makes some grammatical errors. These mistakes are conveyed through similar grammatical errors in English in order to …
Corresponding infrequently with family in Japan (Japanese language)
This interview was conducted in Japanese and was translated so as to convey Mrs. Terao's way of speaking as closely as possible. For example, there are instances in which she makes some grammatical errors. These mistakes are conveyed through similar grammatical errors in English in order to recreate …
Being asked to go to Japan to conduct a research study after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do …
Memories of mass removal: traveling to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, becoming head of the "vegetable department" at Santa Anita
Although Mr. Matsumoto does not identify himself as a Kibei (American-born person of Japanese ancestry sent to Japan for formal education and socialization when young and later returned to the U.S.), some of his life experiences …
The mental strain of being surrounded on Nhpum Ga hill; sent on a mission to secretly try to overhear enemy plans
Although Mr. Matsumoto does not identify himself as a Kibei (American-born person of Japanese ancestry sent to Japan for formal education and socialization when young and later returned to the U.S.), some of his life …
Description of relationship between Kibei and Nisei at Camp Savage, Minnesota; thoughts on the level of Japanese language education at the language school
Although Mr. Matsumoto does not identify himself as a Kibei (American-born person of Japanese ancestry sent to Japan for formal education and socialization when young and later returned to the U.S.), some of …
Frustration with the registration questions involving renouncing allegiance to Japan
This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life histories, …
