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doc Poston Chronicle (January 5, 1943) (ddr-densho-145-209)

Selected article titles: "100,000 Witness New Year's Festival. Project Director Wade Head Delivers New Year's Message at Official Opening Ceremony" (p. 1), "Rumor of Evacuation to Arkansas Is Definitely Untrue" (p. 2), "Telephones to Be Installed in 2 Months with Arrival of Crew" (p. 2), "Residents Warned to Take Fire Caution" (p. 7).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-145-209/

img East wooded area (ddr-csujad-55-2637)

A photograph of east wooded area at the Jerome camp, Denson, Arkansas, 1943. Title from caption. See also sac_jaac_2808 for envelope. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2801

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2637/

img Pump station, reservoir (ddr-csujad-55-2636)

A photograph of pump station, reservoir at the Jerome camp, Denson, Arkansas, 1943. Title from caption. See also sac_jaac_2808 for envelope. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2800

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2636/

vh June T. Watanabe Interview (ddr-manz-1-160)

Nisei female. Born 1924 in Venice, California. Grew up in Lawndale, California, where parents farmed. During World War II, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Rohwer concentration camp, Arkansas. After leaving camp, married and moved to Bloomington, Minnesota, while husband served in the military. Eventually returned to California.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-160/

Narrator Betty Fujimoto Kashiwagi

Nisei female. Born February 9, 1929, in Isleton, California. Grew up in Isleton where parents operated a boarding house. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to the Sacramento Assembly Center and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. In 1943, transferred to the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas, then, when that camp closed, to the Rohwer concentration camp, …

https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/424/

doc Fresno Grapevine Vol. III No. 2 (October 10, 1942) (ddr-densho-190-42)

Selected article titles: "Section Movements Start Monday. Advance Crew Reaches Arkansas. Center Much Better Than Was Expected" (p. 1), "Center Store to be Open Up to Very Last Week" (p. 1), "In Anticipation of Our New Home in Jerome" (p. 2), "Travel Needs Listed by Dr. Kikuo Taira" (p. 3), "Evacuation Hop Slated" (p. 6).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-190-42/

doc Heart Mountain Sentinel Vol. II No. 8 (February 20, 1943) (ddr-densho-97-116)

Selected article titles: "Public, Evacuees Need to be Educated on Resettlement Program" (p. 1), "'Segregated' Nisei Unit Explained by Stimson; Residents Continue to Register" (p. 1), "Editorial: The Mill Begins to Grind" (p. 1), "Nation's Press Favors Army Program. Hail Formation of All-Nisei Combat Division" (p. 5), "Segregation Opposed by Arkansas Paper" (p. 5).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-97-116/

img Tug of war in the Jerome camp (ddr-csujad-38-91)

Photographed are children incarcerated in the Jerome camp in Arkansas, playing tug of war. A photo from "George Naohara photo album" (csudh_nao_0001), page 21. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_01_21_006

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-38-91/

img Three-legged race in Jerome camp (ddr-csujad-38-97)

Photographed are incarcerees playing three-legged race in the Jerome incarceration camp in Arkansas. A photo from "George Naohara photo album" (csudh_nao_0001), page 22. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_01_22_002

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-38-97/

img George Naohara (ddr-csujad-38-253)

A photo of George Nobuo Naohara in the Jerome incarceration camp in Arkansas. A photo from: Mitzi Naohara photo album (csudh_nao_0200), page 13. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_02_13_004

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-38-253/

1944 Resume (ddr-csujad-5-304)

A high school yearbook titled "1944 Resume." Published by the Class of 1944, Rohwer Center High School in the Rohwer incarceration camp, Arkansas. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: oki_07_09_001

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-5-304/

img Henry H. Sugimoto (ddr-csujad-5-24)

A photograph of Hidematsu Henry Sugimoto, a former incarceree in the Rohwer incarceration camp, Arkansas. It is probably taken in Chicago, Illinois, 1944. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: oki_01_05_009

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-5-24/

img [Sitting by the river] (ddr-csujad-56-225)

Mazie and Cowl and two others sit by the Arkansas River near camp. Page 11 of Kawase Family Photo Album, Book Two. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nbea08-03-034

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-56-225/

img Japanese American making jewelry (ddr-densho-37-547)

Original WRA caption: Rohwer Relocation Center, McGehee, Arkansas. Among the unusual hobbies to be found in the relocation center, whose residents are former west coast persons of Japanese ancestry, is this former Californian's semi-precious stone cutting. He has prepared much interesting jewelry from bits of unusual stone picked up on the center grounds.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-547/

img Minidoka Relocation Camp (ddr-csujad-55-2486)

Map of the camp site and surrounding area at Minidoka incarceration camp in Jerome County, Arkansas. Includes an inset of the camp layout. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2592

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 73, No. 5 (July 30, 1971) (ddr-pc-43-30)

Selected article titles: "National JACL Board decisions: Farm labor stand evolved" (p. 1), "West Coast longshoremen's strike whittles Nisei importers" (p. 1), "Repeal Title II Campaign: Senate Judiciary Committee OKs bill" (p. 1), "L.A. Fire Dept. recruitment of Asian Americans endorsed by Justice Aiso" (p. 2), "Arkansas radiochemist wins honors, famous for 1960 theory on plutonium" …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-43-30/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 53, No. 16 (October 20, 1961) (ddr-pc-33-42)

Selected article titles: "Rowher Cemetery Dedicated as Arkansas Historical Site Sunday" (pp. 1-2), "Nisei-Negro Pair Go on Mission for White House" (p. 1), "U.S. Civil Rights Report Indicates Negro in California Hit Hardest in Housing Bias" (p. 2), and "Nisei Family Included in Move from N.Y. to Chico to Avoid Threat from Atomic Bombs" (p. 2).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-33-42/

img Picnic in the Jerome camp (ddr-csujad-38-96)

A photograph of incarcerees probably in the Jerome camp in Arkansas, setting up a picnic. A photo from "George Naohara photo album" (csudh_nao_0001), page 22. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_01_22_001

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-38-96/

img Man in victory garden at the Jerome camp (ddr-csujad-38-100)

Photographed is a man gardening in a victory garden at the Jerome incarceration camp in Arkansas. A photo from "George Naohara photo album" (csudh_nao_0001), page 22. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_01_22_005

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-38-100/

img Three-legged race in Jerome camp (ddr-csujad-38-90)

Photographed are incarcerees participating in a three-legged race in the Jerome incarceration camp in Arkansas. A photo from "George Naohara photo album" (csudh_nao_0001), page 21. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_01_21_005

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-38-90/

img Sack ace in the Jerome camp (ddr-csujad-38-102)

Photographed are children incarcerated in the Jerome incarceration camp in Arkansas, playing a sack race. A photo from "George Naohara photo album" (csudh_nao_0001), page 22. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_01_22_007

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-38-102/

img Holiday greetings (ddr-csujad-38-19)

A holiday greeting card made by George Nobuo Naohara and his friends in the Jerome camp in Arkansas. An item from "George Naohara photo album" (csudh_nao_0001), page 3. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_01_03_002

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-38-19/

doc Letter from Seiichi Okine to Masao Okine, May 3, 1945 (ddr-csujad-5-79)

A letter from Seiichi Okine in the Rohwer incarceration camp, Arkansas, to his son, Masao Okine in Fort Meade, Maryland. Seiichi asks questions regarding the family allowance application. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: oki_01_18_001

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-5-79/

doc Letter from the Smiths to Hotty Okine, September 5, 1944 (ddr-csujad-5-71)

A brief letter from the Smiths in Chicago, Illinois to Hatsuno Hotty Okine in the Rohwer incarceration camp, Arkansas. It depicts his concerns about missing connections with her. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: oki_01_12_001

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-5-71/

img [Picnic by the river] (ddr-csujad-56-230)

Incarcerees and a woman eat a picnic lunch by the Arkansas River near Camp Amache. Page 16 of Kawase Family Photo Album, Book Two. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nbea08-03-039

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-56-230/

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