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img Japanese Americans picking sports teams (ddr-densho-37-543)

Original WRA caption: Rohwer Relocation Center, McGehee, Arkansas. Dick Kunishima, Coach and former California High School Athletic Director, tears his team apart between halves of a Stockton - Santa Anita Game.

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img Community enterprises store no. 1 (ddr-csujad-38-258)

Photographed are staff members of the community enterprises store no. 1 in the Jerome camp in Arkansas. Includes Yoshiye Dorothy Naohara, a cousin of George Naohara. The caption reads: Jerome, Arkansas, 1944. 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_003

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img Dorothy Naohara (ddr-csujad-38-264)

Photographed is Yoshiye Dorothy Naohara posing in front of barracks at the Jerome camp in Arkansas. It is given to Mitzi Masukawa at the Poston camp. Autographed by Dorothy Naohara. The caption reads: Arkansas. A photo from: Mitzi Naohara photo album (csudh_nao_0200), page 14. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project …

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img Jerome camp (ddr-csujad-38-261)

Photographed are barracks of the Jerome camp in Denson, Arkansas. The caption reads: Denson, Arkansas. The handwritten note on the back side reads: Block 36, 38. Hospital in back ground by smoke sta__. 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: …

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doc Letter to a Nisei man from his sister (ddr-densho-153-141)

Excerpt: "Please forgive me for not writing more often. I guess a little excitement of being home causes me to forget!" Sent from Los Angeles, California, possibly to Camp Robinson, Arkansas.

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doc Letter to a Nisei man from his brother (ddr-densho-153-129)

Excerpt: "Received your letter during the latter part of last week but unable to write you sooner due to an excuse of exams." Sent from Minnesota, possibly to Camp Robinson, Arkansas.

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doc Stockon El Joaquin Vol. III No. 7 (September 10, 1942) (ddr-densho-196-31)

Selected article titles: "Destination -- Arkansas!! W.D.C. Orders Released; Oct. 3. 1st Exodus Date" (p. 1), "Delta Land, Rich" (p. 1), "Heavy Rainfall. Same Temperature" (p. 2), "Rich Delta Land, Promising" (p. 2).

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img Japanese Americans building a barrack porch (ddr-densho-37-407)

Original WRA caption: Rohwer Relocation Center, McGehee Arkansas. A typical street scene. Wood for fuel is piled in the barracks street and a crew of evacuees is building on a front porch.

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img Japanese Americans harvesting mustard (ddr-densho-37-408)

Original WRA caption: Rohwer Relocation Center, McGehee, Arkansas. One of many truck loads of mustard being harvested by the residents of the Rohwer Relocation Center on the land cultivated by the evacuees.

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doc Letter to a Nisei man from his sister (ddr-densho-153-133)

Excerpt: "Thank you for all of the letters. It's a good thing you never forget to drop a few lines each week." Sent from Manzanar concentration camp, California, possibly to Camp Robinson, Arkansas.

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img Wood carving class (ddr-densho-37-551)

Original WRA caption: Rohwer Relocation Center, McGehee, Arkansas. In a wood carving class, this center resident, a former Californian of Japanese ancestry works on a patriotic carving out from a natural hardwood formation.

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doc Letter to a Nisei man from his sister (ddr-densho-153-125)

Excerpt: "Thank you very much for your letter. Right now you won't get the letters I have written because I'm out of stamps." Sent from Manzanar concentration camp, California, possibly to Camp Robinson, Arkansas.

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img Canteen store no. 1 (ddr-csujad-38-260)

Photographed are staff members of the community enterprises store no. 1 in the Jerome camp in Arkansas. Includes Yoshiye Dorothy Naohara, a cousin of George Naohara. The caption reads: Canteen store no. 1, Denson, Arkansas, 1944. Title from caption. A photo from: Mitzi Naohara photo album (csudh_nao_0200), page 14. See this object in the California State …

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img Usami Terada (ddr-csujad-4-7)

A photograph of Usami Terada around age 21. It is taken at the Rohwer incarceration camp in McGehee, Arkansas. It depicts Usami Terada standing in front of one of the barracks in the camp. The inscription on the backside reads: Usami Terada, March 1944, Rohwer Relocation Center, McGehee, Arkansas. See this object in the California State …

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img Emiko [Amy] Terada (ddr-csujad-4-8)

A photograph of Emiko Amy Terada around age 19. It is taken at the Rohwer incarceration camp in McGehee, Arkansas. It depicts Emiko Amy Terada standing in front of a building in the camp. The inscription on the backside reads: Emiko Terada, March 1944, Rohwer Relocation Center, McGehee, Arkansas. See this object in the California State …

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doc Postcard to a Nisei man from his sister (ddr-densho-153-206)

Excerpt: "Joe, received your letters but have been too busy to answer because of the coming final exams of one-and-a-half hours each." Sent from Manzanar concentration camp, California, to Camp Robinson, Arkansas.

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doc The Newell Star, Vol. III, No. 2 (January 11, 1946) (ddr-densho-284-112)

Selected article titles: "Hearing Registration Still Open-Rothstein" (p. 1), "More Resettlers Sought by Arkansas Plantation" (p. 2), "Many Recent Resettlers Now in Northern Calif." (p. 3), and "Alien ID Card Rules Revoked" (p. 3).

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img Sato family at Jerome Camp (ddr-ajah-6-215)

Caption below photo: The Sato families of Alameda, CA., in Jerome Arkansas, January 1943. Kimiko was married to Goro, Etsuko was married to Toshio. Goro and Toshio are brothers. Written on photo front: Jan. 1943

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doc Fresno Grapevine Vol. II No. 18 (September 28, 1942) (ddr-densho-190-38)

Selected article titles: "It's Arkansas! Movement to Jerome Will Begin October 14. Advance Crew to Entrain for Low Lands October 2" (p. 1), "Facts on New Home Revealed" (p. 1), "Jerome at a Glance" (p. 2).

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doc Stockon El Joaquin Vol. II No. 11 (August 15, 1942) (ddr-densho-196-23)

Selected article titles: "S.A.C.-Ites Go to Polls Mon. 3,000 to Vote at Mess Halls" (p. 1), "'Copy-Cat Capers' Wed." (p. 1), "Educational Day Slated" (p. 3), "Relocation: If It's Arkansas, We Say" (p. 4).

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doc Letter to a Nisei man from his brother (ddr-densho-153-142)

Excerpt: "Sorry not to have written for so long but this workman's-school stuff begins to tell on a person and I happen to be victim of fatigue." Sent from Minnesota, possibly to Camp Robinson, Arkansas.

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img Large group posing for outside barracks (ddr-ajah-6-226)

Caption below photo: Elevenier's club, Block 11, Jerome Arkansas. Second row from the front, 4th from left is Goro Sato of Alameda, CA. He is wearing a dark jacket. He was the block leader. April 1944

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doc Card to Mitzi Naohara, February 24, 1944 (ddr-csujad-38-379)

An invitation card to the Denson Highs School commencement exercises, Class of 1944, held in the Jerome camp in Arkansas on February 24, 1944. It was sent from Misao Oka 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 18. See …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 69, No. 24 (December 12,1969) (ddr-pc-41-50)

Select article titles: "Arkansas honors Nisei at Rohwer" (p. 1); "Inouye bill reported out of committee" (p. 1); "Anti-Oriental bias in civil service probed" (p. 1); "Hayajawa tells Fresno audience S.F. State will remain peaceful" (p.3).

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doc Letter to a Nisei man from his sister (ddr-densho-153-137)

Excerpt: "We got a letter from Mr. Boulton on the 18th and he told us that the Affoulters were getting out on the end of this month." Sent from Manzanar concentration camp, California, possibly to Camp Robinson, Arkansas.

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