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doc Sonoko Miyagi's Alien Registration Card (ddr-densho-416-8)

Sonoko Miyagi's Alien Registration Card from the Agricultural Commissioner of Imperial County, California.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-416-8/

doc Letter from Ardeane to Tomoye Takahashi (ddr-densho-410-163)

Describes trying to find a permanent home, and difficulties of resettlement in California

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-410-163/

doc Letter from Chikako to Tomoye Takahashi (ddr-densho-422-6)

Planning a visit to California and asking if she may stay with them.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-422-6/

doc Letter from Yoshihiro Tomono to Tomoye Takahashi (ddr-densho-422-64)

Thanking her for helping get his daughter settled and start at California State

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-422-64/

img Nisei Veterans Reunion in Los Angeles (ddr-densho-363-66)

A group photograph of "C" Company of the 442nd veterans in Pasadena, California.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-363-66/

doc Letter to a Nisei man from his mother (ddr-densho-153-222)

Letter written in Japanese. Sent from Manzanar concentration camp, California, to Chicago, Illinois.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-153-222/

doc Letter to a Nisei man from his mother (ddr-densho-153-225)

Letter written in Japanese. Sent from Manzanar concentration camp, California, possibly to Minneapolis.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-153-225/

doc Letter to a Nisei man from his mother (ddr-densho-153-228)

Letter written in Japanese. Sent from Manzanar concentration camp, California, to Chicago, Illinois.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-153-228/

doc A Celebration of Asian/Pacific Heritage Week (ddr-densho-444-145)

Flyer of the Asian Student Union of California State University of Los Angeles

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-444-145/

doc Letter from Norvell Gillespie to Kimiko Fujii (ddr-densho-433-501)

Norvell Gillespie writes to Kimiko Fujii about the Governor's Conference on California Beauty.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-433-501/

img Grade school children (ddr-densho-37-377)

Original WRA caption: Tule Lake Relocation Center, Newell, California. Recess in grade school.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-377/

img Grade school children (ddr-densho-37-376)

Original WRA caption: Tule Lake Relocation Center, Newell, California. Recess in grade school.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-376/

img Japanese American farmer (ddr-densho-37-378)

Original WRA caption: Tule Lake Relocation Center, Newell, California. Project farmer with carrots.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-378/

Pacific Coast at Jap's Mercy, Says Senator. Works, of California, Says Million Men Are Needed to Protect Pacific Coast -- Would Give Them Land. (December 16, 1915) (ddr-densho-56-277)

doc Pacific Coast at Jap's Mercy, Says Senator. Works, of California, Says Million Men Are Needed to Protect Pacific Coast -- Would Give Them Land. (December 16, 1915) (ddr-densho-56-277)

The Seattle Daily Times, December 16, 1915, p. 1

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-56-277/

doc Letter from Amy [Narawaki] to Mr. and Mrs. A.W. Thomas, December 15, 1971 (ddr-csujad-4-29)

A holiday letter of greetings on Christmas from Amy Nakawaki [=Emiko Amy Terada] in Stanton, California to Mr. and Mrs. A.W. Thomas in Lawndale, California, which contains basic correspondence. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nis_06_031

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-4-29/

vh Eiko Yamaichi Interview (ddr-manz-1-175)

Nisei female. Born in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in Snoqualmie, Washington, where father worked for the Weyerhaeuser company before the war. During World War II, removed to the Pinedale Assembly Center, California, and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Later transferred to the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas, and the Gila River concentration camp, Arizona. After leaving …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-175/

vh Sachi Kaneshiro Interview (ddr-manz-1-67)

Nisei female. Born January 1, 1920, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in Covina, California. Worked for the Wartime Civil Control Administration (WCCA). Volunteered to go early to Poston concentration camp, Arizona, to help set up the camp. Eventually transferred to Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming, before leaving for New York. Eventually pursued a career in …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-67/

vh Kinge Okauchi Interview (ddr-manz-1-39)

Nisei male. Born May 20, 1924, in Sacramento, California. Grew up in Sacramento and Menlo Park, California. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and Topaz concentration camp, Utah. While in Topaz, worked for the recreation department organizing a summer camp for kids. Attended Stanford University after leaving camp, and …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-39/

vh Taketora Jim Tanaka Interview (ddr-manz-1-50)

Nisei male. Born January 2, 1926, in Sacramento, California. Grew up in Sacramento, where parents ran a farm. During World War II, removed to the Marysville Assembly Center and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Transferred to the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. Drafted into the army, and served with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team in Italy. Following …

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vh Bob Utsumi Interview (ddr-densho-1013-8)

Nisei male. Born November 12, 1928, in Oakland, California. Grew up in Oakland before being removed to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah, during World War II. Returned to Oakland with family and attended the University of California at Berkeley before enlisting in the U.S. Air Force. Established career in the …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1013-8/

vh Helen Takeshita Interview (ddr-densho-1000-471)

Sansei female. Born February 27, 1935, in San Francisco, California. Grew up in San Francisco's Japantown. During World War II, removed to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. After leaving camp, family lived for a short time in Oregon before returning to California and finding temporary housing in Hunters Point. Eventually …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-471/

vh Ayame Tsutakawa Interview II (ddr-densho-1000-95)

Kibei female. Born May 23, 1924, in the Hollywood area of Los Angeles, California. Sent to Japan to live with a relative when thirteen months old. Returned to United States and mother when twelve years old. Incarcerated at Sacramento Assembly Center and Tule Lake concentration camp, both in California. Resettled in Sacramento, California. Married George Tsutakawa, …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-95/

vh Elsie Uyematsu Osajima Interview (ddr-densho-1000-451)

Nisei female. Born July 25, 1925, in Pasadena, California. Grew up in Pasadena, where parents ran a small market. Removed to the Tulare Assembly Center, California, during World War II, then to the Gila River concentration camp, Arizona. Left camp to attend college in Nebraska, then married and returned to California. Worked for many years at …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-451/

vh Ayame Tsutakawa Interview I (ddr-densho-1000-94)

Kibei female. Born May 23, 1924, in the Hollywood area of Los Angeles, California. Sent to Japan to live with a relative when thirteen months old. Returned to United States and mother when twelve years old. Incarcerated at Sacramento Assembly Center and Tule Lake concentration camp, both in California. Resettled in Sacramento, California. Married George Tsutakawa, …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-94/

vh Noboru Kamibayashi Interview (ddr-densho-1000-477)

Nisei male. Born June 23, 1930, in Fairfax, Washington. Grew up in Venice, California, where parents had a produce farm. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. Parents signed "no-no" on the so-called "loyalty questionnaire" and decided to return with the family to Japan to live. After several years in Japan, came …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-477/

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