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av Harsh Canvas: Henry Sugimoto (ddr-densho-1024-89)

A 2001 biographical documentary film on the life and work of Issei artist Henry Sugimoto, based on the artist's memoirs and testimony before the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians. The film highlights Sugimoto's art through archival and contemporary footage and follows his life's journey from immigration to his incarceration with his family during …

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Collection CSU Dominguez Hills James H. Osborne Nisei Collection (ddr-csujad-4)

The James H. Osborne Nisei Collection contains mainly correspondence between Emiko and Usami Terada, incarcerees in the Rohwer incarceration camp, McGehee Arkansas, and the Thomas family in Lawndale, California and some photographs of the Teradas and the Thomases. The letters describe the trip from the Santa Anita Assembly Center to the Rohwer incarceration camp, their lives …

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vh Chico Uyeda Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1012-4-3)

Experiencing racism and discrimination in Arkansas (audio only)

This interview is audio-only. It contains raw footage used by Steven Okazaki in his 1985 film Unfinished Business.

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 …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1012-4-3/

doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 15 No. 26 (November 26, 1942) (ddr-pc-14-25)

Selected article titles: "Five-Day Disturbance Ended At Poston; Loyal Nisei Win Praise of Project Director" (p. 1), "JACL Will Aid Individual Resettlement of Evacuees" (p. 1), "Yasui Appeals Conviction on 'Alien' Charge" (p. 1), "No Black Dragon Society in Canada, Report Mounties" (p. 2), "Christmas Parties Assured For U.S. Evacuee Children" (p. 3), "Tule Lakers To …

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doc Card from Yoshie Dorothy Naohara to Mitzi Naohara, February 14, 1944 (ddr-csujad-38-409)

A Valentine's Day card from Yosh Naohara, who is Yoshie Dorothy Naohara, at the Jerome camp in Arkansas to Mitzi Masukawa Naohara at the Poston camp in Arizona. An item from: Mitzi Naohara scrapbook (csudh_nao_0400), page 34. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_03_35_001

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img Train leaving the Jerome camp (ddr-csujad-38-89)

Photographed are a train and incarcerees seeing off the people who are leaving the camp. It is taken at a train station near 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_004

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doc George Nobuo Naohara's handwritten note: experiences during the war (ddr-csujad-38-95)

A piece of handwritten note describing George Nobuo Naohara's experiences during the war. He went to Jerome in Arkansas, then Tule Lake in California, with his friend. An item 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_010

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img Sack race in Jerome camp (ddr-csujad-38-87)

A photograph of the end of a sack race in the Jerome incarceration camp in Arkansas during a camp-sponsored game day. It captures participants and barracks at the camp. 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_002

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doc Visitors pass no. 8780, WRA-38, George Naohara (ddr-csujad-38-557)

A visitors pass issued by O.D. Walters, Project Director. It authorizes George Nobuo Naohara of Utah to visit the Jerome camp in Arkansas and to be inducted to Block 8-10-E on December 3, 1945. WRA-38. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_05_13_009

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img George Naohara leaving Jerome camp for Tule Lake camp (ddr-csujad-38-259)

Photographed is George Nobuo Naohara on a truck. It is taken when he is leaving the Jerome camp in Arkansas, for the Tule Lake Segregation Center in California. A photo from: Mitzi Naohara photo album (csudh_nao_0200), page 14. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_02_14_004

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img Dorothy Naohara (ddr-csujad-38-98)

Photographed is Yoshiye Dorothy Naohara, a cousin of George Nobuo Naohara, posing in front of a barrack at the Jerome incarceration camp in Arkansas. Autographed by Dorothy Naohara. 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_003

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doc Rohwer Co-Operative Enterprises Inc., statement of final distribution (ddr-csujad-5-130)

The statement of final distribution of residue assets of the Rohwer Co-Operative Enterprises Inc. of Rohwer, Arkansas to Seiichi Okine issued on January 10, 1946. It is enclosed with the letter which is found in the item: csudh_oki_0130. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: oki_01_56_002

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doc Statement of Final Distribution, Rohwer Co-Operative Enterprises Inc. (ddr-csujad-5-134)

The statement of final distribution of residue assets of the Rohwer Co-Operative Enterprises Inc. of Rohwer, Arkansas to Hatsuno Okine issued on January 10, 1946. It is enclosed with the letter which is found in the item: csudh_oki_0130. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: oki_01_56_006

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doc Father's Day card from Masao Okine to Mr. S. Okine, June 9, 1945 (ddr-csujad-5-81)

A Father's Day card from Masao Okine to his father, Seiichi Okine. Masao writes from Fort Meade, Minnesota, where he attends the U.S. military Japanese language School to Seiichi Okine who is incarcerated in the Rohwer camp, Arkansas. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: oki_01_20_001

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doc Statement of Final Distribution, Rohwer Co-Operative Enterprises Inc. (ddr-csujad-5-133)

The statement of final distribution of residue assets of the Rohwer Co-Operative Enterprises Inc. of Rohwer, Arkansas to Makoto Okine issued on January 10, 1946. It is enclosed with the letter which is found in the item: csudh_oki_0130. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: oki_01_56_005

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doc Statement of Final Distribution, Rohwer Co-Operative Enterprises Inc. (ddr-csujad-5-131)

The statement of final distribution of residue assets of the Rohwer Co-Operative Enterprises Inc. of Rohwer, Arkansas to Tomeyo Okine issued on January 10, 1946. It is enclosed with the letter which is found in the item: csudh_oki_0130. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: oki_01_56_003

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-5-131/

doc Statement of Final Distribution, Rohwer Co-Operative Enterprises Inc. (ddr-csujad-5-132)

The statement of final distribution of residue assets of the Rohwer Co-Operative Enterprises Inc. of Rohwer, Arkansas to Masao Okine issued on January 10, 1946. It is enclosed with the letter which is found in the item: csudh_oki_0130. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: oki_01_56_004

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doc Digest of Information No. 29 (ddr-densho-156-389)

Section titles: "Board of Review to Sift Manzanar Evidence"; "Staff Changes"; "Employment Division Expanding"; "Report from Tokyo"; "48-Hour Week Established"; "Reports Officer Named"; "Priorities"; "Spanish Consul Visits Gila"; "Cameras Obtained"; "Review Committee Named"; "Group Activities Statement"; "Buying Typewriters"; "58 Wagons to Arkansas Centers"; "Reports Officer Named"; "Confers With Magazine Editors"; "Quarterly Report Issued"; "Exclusion Program"; "Hawaiian …

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vh Osamu Mori Interview (ddr-manz-1-93)

Nisei male. Born July 13, 1928, in Wilmington, California. Grew up in San Pedro, California, where parents operated a farm. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, removed with family to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas. Family answered "no-no" on the so-called "loyalty questionnaire," and was …

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vh Sarah Sato Interview (ddr-densho-1000-81)

Sansei female. (Mother and father born in Hawaii.) Born February 1925 in Peru. Spent prewar childhood in Peru and Hawaii. Father picked up by the FBI and detained after bombing of Pearl Harbor. Was incarcerated at Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas, and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Renounced citizenship in order to stay with parents, and was …

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Narrator Bert Nakano

Nisei male. Born March 5, 1928, in Honolulu, Hawaii. Incarcerated at the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas. Resettled in Gardena, California. Member of the Little Tokyo People's Rights Organization (LTPRO) and National Coalition for Redress/Reparations (NCRR).

https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/66/

Narrator Eiko Nishihara

Nisei female. Born June 4, 1926, in Watsonville, California. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to the Fresno Assembly Center, California, and the Jerome and Rohwer concentration camps, Arkansas. Following World War II, returned to Watsonville.

https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/358/

Narrator Yoshiko Nishihara

Nisei female. Born August 17, 1927, in Watsonville, California. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to the Fresno Assembly Center, California, and the Jerome and Rohwer concentration camps, Arkansas. Following World War II, returned to Watsonville.

https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/359/

av Time of Fear (ddr-densho-1024-95)

Documentary film that provides an overview of the Japanese American World War II incarceration experience with a focus on the two camps in Arkansas, Jerome and Rohwer. Time of Fear tells its story using archival still and moving images—including home movie footage of Jerome taken by Akira and Yoshio Hayashi—along with recreations and interviews with Japanese …

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doc Fresno Grapevine Vol. II No. 19 (September 30, 1942) (ddr-densho-190-39)

Selected article titles: "Crew Leaves Friday. Advance Contingent to Prepare Project Site" (p. 1), "Beet Company Offers High Compensation" (p. 1), "They Say, 'Be Seeing You in Jerome Soon'" (p. 1), "What the Wise Arkansas Traveler Should Have" (p. 1), "Editorial: Realizing Our Hopes at the Relocation Center" (p. 2), "Center School Enrollment Hits All Time …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-190-39/

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