535 items
535 items
Narrator James T. Johnston
White male, born 1939 in Arkansas. During World War II, father was the project director of the Rohwer concentration camp, Arkansas, and James, along with his two siblings and parents, lived at Rohwer.
Narrator William R. Johnston
White male, born 1936 in Arkansas. During World War II, father was the project director of the Rohwer concentration camp, Arkansas, and William, along with his two siblings and parents, lived at Rohwer.
Narrator Dorothy J. Whitlock
White female, born 1934 in Arkansas. During World War II, father was the project director of the Rohwer concentration camp, Arkansas, and Dorothy, along with her two siblings and parents, lived at Rohwer.
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Yokota family (ddr-csujad-38-283)
Photographed is the Yokota family standing in front of their barrack in the Jerome camp in Arkansas. The photo was sent from Sally Sakaye Sasaki at the Jerome camp to Mitzi Masukawa Naohara at the Poston camp in Arizona. The caption reads: Denson, Arkansas. The handwritten note on the back side reads: Shige Masukawa and the …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 85, No. 19 (November 4, 1977) (ddr-pc-49-43)
Selected article titles: "Nisei Recall Auto Insurance Bias" (p.1, 3), "The Curious Marriage of Osaka and Arkansas" (p.1, 4), "WW2 PWs Seek Legal Ground to Sue for Illegal Treatment" (p.3), "Why Reparations?" (p.4), "Japanese Americans Rediscovering Their Roots" (p.6).
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Nisei soldiers (ddr-densho-114-112)
Original caption: Tommy Teraji of Los Angeles, Co. A of the 62nd Inf. Trng. Bn. is being thrown by Akira F. Shibukawa, Seattle, Washington, Co. A of the 62nd Inf. Trng. Bn., who is very well-trained in jujitsu. Camp Robsinson, Arkansas, February 19, 1942.
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Japanese American spinning thread (ddr-densho-37-529)
Original WRA caption: Rohwer Relocation Center, McGehee, Arkansas. There is provision for weaving and spinning at Rohwer Relocation Center. This man has grown his own cotton on a little plot by his barrack. Here he is spinning it into thread preparatory to weaving it.
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Ryoko Kobayashi Interview (ddr-chi-1-16)
Nisei female. Born September 20, 1926, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in Seattle during the Great Depression. In the late 1930s, moved with family to the Los Angeles area. During World War II, removed to the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas. After camp, resettled in Chicago.
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Group at picnic with barracks in background (ddr-ajah-6-217)
Caption below photo: Block 11 picnic, Jerome, Arkansas, Easter Sunday, 1943. Seated in the middle row is Toshio Sato, his arm around his niece Kiyo Sato, with nephew Kazuyoshi Sato front row left (no shirt) Written on photo front: Block 11 picnic Easter Sunday 1943
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Miyoko Uzaki Interview (ddr-manz-1-156)
Nisei female. Born January 15, 1920, in Fresno, California. Grew up in the Fresno area where parents farmed grapes. During World War II, removed to the Fresno Assembly Center, California, and the Jerome and Rohwer concentration camps, Arkansas. After leaving camp, returned to Fresno.
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Kuroishi Family Collection (ddr-densho-167)
The Kuroishi Family Collection features photographs and documents from the family of Iwao Kuroishi, an Issei who was the proprietor of the Chop Suey House restaurant in Los Angeles, California, prior to World War II. The collection includes photographs from the Rohwer concentration camp, Arkansas, and documents relating to the family's resettlement to Omaha, Nebraska, after …
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Tulean Dispatch Vol. III No. 99 (November 10, 1942) (ddr-densho-65-95)
Selected article titles: "#29 Exhibit Draws 7000" (p. 1), "Baby Pictures Ready" (p. 1), "Sugar Company Lauds Workers" (p. 1), "Sacramento JACL Meets Wednesday" (p. 1), "Arkansas Conditions Related" (p. 1), "Mid-Columbia JACL to Meet" (p. 1), "Co-op Movement in Japan is Outlined" (p. 3).
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Testimony of Rose Inouye (ddr-densho-67-271)
Written testimony of Rose Inouye, born in Florin, California. Incarcerated in the Fresno Assembly Center, California, the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas, and the Granada concentration camp, Colorado. This testimony was submitted for the CWRIC hearings in Seattle, Washington, September 9-11, 1981. Personal information excised by Densho.
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Camp high school brass band (ddr-densho-37-533)
Original WRA caption: Rohwer Relocation Center, McGehee, Arkansas. A part of the brass section of the High School Band, at the Rohwer Center. The students learning to play instruments for the band are former Californians, who, with their parents, were evacuated from stratiegic west coast areas.
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Rohwer WRA Camp (ddr-csujad-55-2482)
Map of the surrounding area and camp site of Rohwer incarceration camp in Desha County, Arkansas. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2588
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Letter from Kenneth Hori to George Waegell, October 27, 1942 (ddr-csujad-55-2556)
Correspondence from Kenneth Hori to George Waegell regarding Kenneth's move from Fresno California to Denson Arkansas. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2663
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Roy H. Matsumoto Interview Segment 45 (ddr-densho-1000-153-45)
Moving to permanent camp in Jerome, Arkansas; working as the storekeeper for the food warehouse
Although Mr. Matsumoto does not identify himself as a Kibei (American-born person of Japanese ancestry sent to Japan for formal education and socialization when young and later returned to the U.S.), some of his life experiences are similar to those who …
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Rose Matsui Ochi Interview II Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-277-12)
Returning to the site of the former Rohwer concentration camp, Arkansas
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 material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department …
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Xmas (ddr-csujad-38-280)
Photographed are young children incarcerated at the Jerome camp in Arkansas. It was taken during a Christmas event. The caption reads: Xmas, 1942, Denson, Arkansas. Title from caption. The handwritten note on the back side reads: Christmas day, Dec. 25, 1942. The photo was sent from Sally Sakaye Sasaki at the Jerome camp to Mitzi Masukawa …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 69, No. 20 (November 14,1969) (ddr-pc-41-46)
Select article titles: "Individual rights on expression spelled" (p. 1); "Arkansas to dedicate Rohwer WRA cemetery-war memorial" (p.1); "Ethnic language courses offered at Berkeley Hi; Nihongo oversubscribed" (p. 2); "Challenge of Issei Centennial cited" (p. 3); "Hear Black community views on achievement of Japanese Americans" (p. 6).
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Japanese American tending a flower garden (ddr-densho-37-406)
Original WRA caption: Closing of the Jerome Relocation Center, Denson, Arkansas. The decorative flower gardens at the approach to the center's administrative buildings was tended up the last days by any flower lover who still remained in the center. Its fate after the final closing date was uncertain.
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Japanese American plumber (ddr-densho-37-540)
Original WRA caption: Rohwer Relocation Center, McGehee, Arkansas. Morio Higashi, a former California plumber, marks out a steel casting for welding. The maintenance of center plumbing, electrical and water supply facilities are carried on by qualified workers selected from center residents, former west coast persons of Japanese ancestry.
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Minidoka Relocation Center (ddr-csujad-55-2485)
Map of the Minidoka incarceration camp in Jerome County, Arkansas. Includes layout of barracks, camp data, and statistics. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2591
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Warehouse (ddr-csujad-55-2641)
Photograph of warehouse 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_2805
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Marian Shingu Sata Interview Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-262-12)
Leaving camp and settling in Arkansas as part of a group of Japanese American families
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 material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the …