8998 items
8998 items
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Letter from Corine Key, Relocation Adviser, Rohwer Relocation Center, to Federal Public Housing Authority Project Director, November 1, 1945 (ddr-csujad-5-97)
A letter from Corine Key, Relocation Advisor at the Rohwer incarceration camp to Federal Federal Public Housing Authority Project Director in Long Beach, California. It certifies that the Okines are eligible for federal housing on the basis of their sons' service with the U.S. Army. Enclosed with other items: csudh_oki_0099, csudh_oki_0100, and csudh_oki_0101. See this object …
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Letter from Parker A. Robinson, Special Deputy of the Yokohama Specie Bank, Limited to Makoto Okine, September 18, 1945 (ddr-csujad-5-94)
A letter from the Yokohama Specie Bank, Limited, singed by Parker A. Robinson, Special Deputy of the Yokohama Specie Bank, Limited, and mailed to Carson Booth, Project Attorney, War Relocation Center Branch, regarding Makoto Okine's certificate of deposit, no. 69230. This letter responds to the inquiry by Carson Booth, which is found in the item: csudh_oki_0091. …
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Letter from Harry G. Atkinson, Chief, Intelligence Branch, Security and Intelligence Division, to George Hideo Nakamura, October 16, 1945 (ddr-csujad-55-2147)
Correspondence from Harry Atkinson to George Hideo Nakamura regarding withdrawal of limitations imposed by Nakamura's removal. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2249
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Memo from V.R. Miller, Colonel, Infantry, Commanding, to the Adjutant General, War Department, Washington 25, D.C., September 6, 1945 (ddr-csujad-55-230)
Memorandum of understanding from V. R. Miller regarding Frank Okusako's request for relocation of his family from the Tule Lake incarceration camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0232
Narrator Paul Satoh
Born in Osaka, Japan, in 1936, Paul Satoh spent a happy childhood as the only child of a chemist and a homemaker. Satoh's extended family included an uncle who had studied at the University of California, Los Angeles, and his wife, a US-born Nikkei from Hawai'i who occasionally had received a "care pack from the United …
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Letter regarding parole status (ddr-densho-25-118)
Letter to Matahichi Iseri from an immigration officer, requesting that he meet with an immigration inspector in Ontario, Oregon.
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Memorandum regarding travel permits (ddr-densho-25-109)
An Japanese American who applied for a travel permit received a memorandum entailing the requirements for obtaining such a permit. After applying, a week often elapsed before permission was granted.
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Letter regarding parole appointment (ddr-densho-25-56)
This letter to Matahichi Iseri informed him of his appointment to meet with his parole officer.
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Parole Agreement (ddr-densho-25-57)
On December 7, 1941, numerous Japanese nationals were arrested by the FBI as "enemy aliens." An alien enemy hearing board was created, which determined whether the aliens were to be released, paroled, or interned. Matahichi Iseri signed a Parole Agreement in which he agreed to the terms of his parole.
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Letter regarding parole agreement (ddr-densho-25-53)
Letter from the Department of Justice to Matahichi Iseri regarding his requirements as a parolee. On December 7, 1941, the FBI began to arrest Japanese nationals who were considered "enemy aliens." An alien enemy hearing board was created, which determined whether the individual was to be released, paroled, or interned. Matahichi Iseri was paroled in 1942 …
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Postal Savings Plan Defense Savings Bonds (ddr-densho-430-123)
Booklet filled with stamps to save up for the purchase of a U.S. Defense Savings Bond
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Letter from Martha Morooka to Violet Sell (ddr-densho-457-48)
Martha Morooka writes to Violet Sell with a wish for the war to end.
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Easter card from Martha Morooka to Violet Sell (ddr-densho-457-47)
Martha Morooka sends Violet Sell an Easter card and includes updates on her life and her family's life.
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Letter from Martha Morooka to Violet Sell (ddr-densho-457-46)
Martha Morooka writes to Violet Sell about Christmas gifts, a trip to Chicago, not returning to California, her job, and more.
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Letter from Amy Sugano to Violet Sell (ddr-densho-457-49)
Amy Sugano writes to Violet Sell with updates on family, to tell her she's expecting a baby, and about life in Nebraska.
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Letter from John Morooka to Violet Sell (ddr-densho-457-45)
John Morooka writes to Violet Sell about Christmas candy, not returning to California, and with updates on friends and family.
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Letter from Amy Morooka to Violet Sell (ddr-densho-457-51)
Amy Sugano writes to Violet Sell about her family resettling outside Gila River and with updates on her newborn, Larry.
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Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-82)
Excerpt: "Just a scribble to tell you I am OK but simply swamped with the closing of the center." Sent from Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho.