Shigeki Sugiyama grew up in Alameda, California. During World War II, he and his family were removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California, then transferred to the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. Shigeki left Topaz for Ann Arbor Michigan, to attend school. In 1946, he was drafted and attended Officer Candidate School, then served overseas for twenty …

Correspondence from Yuzuru John Takeshita to Margaret Gunderson. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0257

Correspondence from Kent Syverud to Professor Yuzuru John Takeshita regarding the Japanese American incarceration during World War II and redress. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0260

Postcard from Charles and Dorothy to Donald Miyagi in the Poston incarceration camp depicting the University of Michigan stadium. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2126

Correspondence from Yuzuru John Takeshita to Margaret Gunderson. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0256

Report on findings from the Nisei Wartime Internment Research Project by Donna Nagata and Yuzuru Takeshita of the University of Michigan department of psychology. Includes description of the survey group, characteristics of respondents, and presentation of findings on the following topics: communication with parents and children, comfort in talking about the incarceration, reasons for reluctance to …