A letter from Emiko Amy Terada, an incarceree at the Rohwer incarceration camp, to Miss Laura Thomas in Lawndale, California. In the letter, Emiko asks Laura about the conditions in Lawndale, California, expressing her concern about housing. She also describes school in the camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project …
A postcard advertisement selling "war damage insurance" covered by the US government reinsurance program. It was sent to Helen Thomas in Lawndale, California from the Thos. H. Fillmore Insurance Agency in Inglewood, California. It also includes numerical marginalia on the front. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nis_04_001
Selected article titles: "California Group Will Propose Total Exclusion"; "State Guard Chief in California Out"; "On the Other Hand"; "A Brother in Brooklyn Niseis Happy, Hold"; "Fukudas Depart From Colorado; Return to California Ranch"; "Draft Rules Tightened Again"; "Four Gold Bars"; "Reception for Friends"; "Commend Act of Legionnaire Post"; "Want Ads Today"; "Hostel Rooms May be …
Shigeki Sugiyama grew up in Alameda, California. During World War II, he and his family were removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California, then transferred to the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. Shigeki left Topaz for Ann Arbor Michigan, to attend school. In 1946, he was drafted and attended Officer Candidate School, then served overseas for twenty …
A photograph of Frank Muench in front of a school bus. Frank Muench en-route to California in new school bus for Japanese Christian Center, Sacramento California. Bus was purchased in Detroit, Michigan and Lebanon, Indiana through donations from the Denomination and friends. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2796
Report on "Destination of Leaves to the Evacuated Area, January to March, 1945." Covers number of incarcerees taking indefinite leave from Poston incarceration camp, their destination in California, and the conditions for incarcerees returning to regions of California. "Community analysis section." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1664
Sansei female. Born April 16, 1948 in Berkeley, California. During World War II, parents were incarcerated at the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. After the war, the family returned to the Bay Area, and Kay grew up in El Cerrito, California, where parents ran a shoe repair shop. Attended UC Berkeley …
Sansei male. Born November 11, 1931, in San Francisco, California. During World War II, removed to the Merced Assembly Center, California, and the Amache concentration camp, Colorado. After leaving camp, moved to Utah for a time before eventually returning to California and becoming a pharmacist. Served on the board of the Japanese American Citizens League and …
Nisei-Sansei male. Born July 8, 1935, in Gardena, California. Spent childhood in Gardena, where father had a wholesale produce business. During World War II, removed with family to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. Returned to Southern California after leaving camp, living briefly in a hostel set up at the Evergreen Baptist Church of Los Angeles. Moved …
Nisei female. Born May 6, 1925, in Sacramento, California. During World War II, sent with family to the Sacramento Assembly Center, California, and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Due to father's refusal to answer the so-called "loyalty questions" in 1943, the family remained in Tule Lake when it was turned into a segregation center. Subject …
This collection consists of documents compiled by Kimi Yamada, who was incarcerated at the Stockton Assembly Center, California, in 1942. The documents are all typed copies of essays written by detainees at Stockton.
The Lordsburg Times or Lordsburg Jiho is a periodical published at the Lordsburg detention facility, written primarily in Japanese. Physical copies are held at the University of California, Los Angeles Library Special Collections.
Due to technical difficulties during the taping of this interview, the interviewer's voice is considerably louder than the narrator's. 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 …
"Voluntary evacuation" to Minnesota from California
This interview was conducted at the Voices of Japanese American Redress Conference, held on the UCLA campus and sponsored by the UCLA Asian American Studies Center and the UCLA School of Public Policy and Social Research. Because of the full conference schedule, our interviews were limited to one hour. The …
Climate of San Francisco, California, at the time of the bombing of Pearl Harbor
This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are …
Growing up in Mountain View, California before the war: attending Japanese language school, yet feeling "pro-American"
This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this …
This interview was conducted at the Voices of Japanese American Redress Conference, held on the UCLA campus and sponsored by the UCLA Asian American Studies Center and the UCLA School of Public Policy and Social Research. Because of the full conference schedule, our interviews were limited to one hour. …
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.
Selected article titles: "Legislative Groups Withhold Action on Refund Payments in California Land Law Cases" (p. 1), "Report California Nisei Officer Is 'Most Decorated' Korea Vet" (p. 1), "Japanese American Couple Assured of Welcome by Neighbors in Iowa Community" (p. 2), "A 'Thing' Called Prejudice" (p. 5).
An illustration of Compton Junior College, California. An item from: Mitzi Naohara scrapbook (csudh_nao_0400), page 4. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_03_05_002
An announcement from Rafu Zenshuji Betsuin, Los Angeles, California, to M. Hamada regarding an annual meeting. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: oki_06_15_001
Mochida family ready to board a bus to an assembly center, Hayward, California, May 8, 1942. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: HMLSC_JA_f06
Ikuko "Cookie" Takeshita was born in Alameda, California, where father was on the board of directors of the Alameda Buddhist Temple. During World War II, removed with family to the Merced Assembly Center, California, and the Amache concentration camp, Colorado. After the war, returned to Alameda.