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img Nisei girl with baggage (ddr-densho-151-326)

Original caption: Oakland, California. Kimiko Kitagaki, young evacuee guarding the family baggage prior to departure by bus in one half hour to Tanforan Assembly center. Her father was, until evacuation, in the cleaning and dyeing business.

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img [Seikichi Aihara Family] (ddr-csujad-29-85)

Photograph of Seikichi Aihara Family. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: P0001

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img [Children eating] (ddr-csujad-29-87)

Photograph of six children eating. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: P002

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img [Candid portrait of Kango Kunisugu] (ddr-csujad-29-98)

Candid Portrait of Kango Kunisugu. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: P013

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img [Photograph of Mitsuye Endo] (ddr-csujad-29-111)

Photograph of Mitsuye Endo typing. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: P031

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doc Letter from Tadashi Ishida to Mr. & Mrs. Y Ishida (ddr-densho-535-261)

Moved to Pisa; received all the back letters and packages; heard they were planning to move back to California; is sending a History of the 442nd. Parents' note on envelope back: 263 Saturday Oct. 13, 1945

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doc Letter to a Nisei man from a friend (ddr-densho-153-86)

Excerpt: "I should have written you before this but every time I would think about it some thing would come up so I didn't get at it." Sent from Manzanar concentration camp, California, to Chicago, Illinois.

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doc Postcard to a Nisei man from his sister (ddr-densho-153-163)

Excerpt: "It sure has been hot lately and I looked at the thermometer in the Odahara's place and it was 102 degrees and that was pretty hot." Sent from Manzanar concentration camp, California, to Chicago, Illinois.

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img Japanese Americans meet in an assembly center (ddr-densho-37-583)

Original WRA caption: Salinas, California. Members of two evacuee families of Japanese ancestry meet at this assembly center located on the Salinas Rodeo grounds. These people will be transferred later to a War Relocation Authority center.

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doc Postcard to Domoto Family (ddr-densho-356-183)

Postcard addressed to Mr. Domoto and Family from G. Kitazawa with a message written in Japanese. Postmarked Dec. 23, 1914, Menlo Park, California. Tied together with objects ddr-densho-356-183 through ddr-densho-356-188.

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Collection Yabe Family Papers Collection (ddr-ohs-1)

Digitized selections from a larger collection that documents the lives and activities of the Yabe family, particularly the first generation (the Issei) who immigrated from Japan to California in the early 1900s, and the second generation, the Nisei. Major topics represented the collection overall include the experience Mitsuye (Jyoko) Yabe as an immigrant to the United …

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doc Interview with Ryo Tsai (ddr-densho-446-415)

Written by Ryo Tsai's grandson David Lee for his high school heritage project

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Collection Umeyo Sakagami Collection (ddr-densho-328)

The Umeyo Sakagami Collection consists of photographs from four albums ranging in date from the 1930s to the 1950s. Topics include: life in the Pacific Northwest before the war, experiences in the camps, Umeyo Sakagami's brothers' (Masao and Matsuo) service in the 442nd Regimental Combat Team and the Military Intelligence Service, her travels after the war …

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Collection Ralph P. Merritt Collection (ddr-densho-343)

The Ralph P. Merritt Collection is a part of the Eastern California Museum holdings. This portion of the collection consists of photographs from an album belonging to Josephine Hawes, Chief Nurse at Manzanar concentration camp. The photographs document the lives of the staff and Japanese American incarcerees at Cow Creek and Manzanar. Topics included: hospital staff, …

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Collection Rev. Robert Inglis Collection (ddr-densho-498)

Reverend Robert Inglis provided kindness and charity to Japanese Americans as they were being removed from Oakland, California to Tanforan Temporary Assembly Center, Topaz War Relocation Center, and Jerome War Relocation Center. The bulk of this collection is correspondence from Japanese Americans thanking Rev. Robert Inglis for his help during their removal. Reverend Inglis also communicated …

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Collection Henri and Tomoye (Nozawa) Takahashi Personal Papers, 1932-1946 (ddr-densho-410)

The Henri and Tomoye Takahashi Personal Papers, 1932-1946 is comprised of letters, documents and photos of Henri Takahashi and Tomoye (Nozawa) Takahashi during their years in college in California, marriage in 1941 and incarceration and birth of their two children until their return to San Francisco. Included are correspondence with Tomoye's sister Martha and father Tomoyuki …

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Collection Bain Collection (ddr-densho-2)

The Bain collection, 1920s-1940s, focuses on the daily and recreational activities of the Nishimura and Yorita families, originally from Seattle, Washington. This collection contains several photographs of farming, fishing, and swimming. The majority of the collection focuses on the incarceration of the two families at Minidoka, Idaho, and Tule Lake, California. Many photographs document their jewelry-making …

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doc Heart Mountain Sentinel Vol. II No. 12 (March 20, 1943) (ddr-densho-97-120)

Selected article titles: "Speed Movement Out of Centers. 2571 Out on Indefinite Permits" (p. 1), "California Group to Aid Nisei" (p. 1), "California Board is Reminded of Nisei Rights by Washington" (p. 1), "Deny Sabotage by Enemies" (p. 1), "Hospital Issues Warning on Rabbit Fever Season" (p. 2), "Editorials: Evacuees and Labor Relations" (p. 4), "2 …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 28 No. 26 (January 4, 1947) (ddr-pc-19-1)

Selected article titles: Proposed Legislation Will Give Recognition to Japanese Aliens Who Aided U.S. in War" (p. 1), "Renunciant Files Case to Regain California Land" (p. 1), "Dismiss Aratani Case Testing California School Segregation" (p. 1), "Independent Group Will Fight For Evacuation Claims Bill" (p. 1), "Canada's Ban Against Return Of Evacuees to West Coast Will …

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img Home, sweet home (ddr-csujad-38-314)

Photographed is the Masukawa family's house on Lomita Boulevard in Los Angeles, California. The caption reads: Home, sweet home. Title from caption. The handwritten note on the back side describes the house. The second part of the note is found in item: csudh_nao_0339. A photo from: Mitzi Naohara photo album (csudh_nao_0200), page 19. See this object …

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img Geo and James Spell (ddr-csujad-38-156)

Photographed are George Nobuo Naohara and James Spell probably taken at U.S. Army language school in Presidio of Monterey, California. The caption reads: Geo and James Spell. The backside note reads: Oct. 24, 47. PUT. George Naohara, PUT. James Spell. Title from caption. A photo from "George Naohara photo album" (csudh_nao_0001), page 32. See this object …

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img Volunteers leaving from Jerome camp to Tule Lake camp (ddr-csujad-38-298)

Photographed are the volunteers on the train, moving from the Jerome camp in Arkansas to the Tule Lake camp in California, and incarcerees seeing off the volunteers. The caption reads: From Jerome Relocation Camp, volunteers to Tule Lake were transported by truck and later by train. A photo from: Mitzi Naohara photo album (csudh_nao_0200), page 18. …

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doc Letter from Harry Bentley Wells to Leon C. High, Principal, Secondary School, August 9, 1942 (ddr-csujad-48-67)

Letter from H. Bentley Wells to Leon C. High regarding the transmittal of several forms, a change of address, and inquiring about what personal items to bring to Manzanar due to the unusualness of the situation. He also volunteers to bring any necessary materials from the University of California. Transcription is found in item: ecm_wells_9067. See …

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doc General meeting of the Monterey Peninsula Japanese American Citizens League, October 24, 1940 (ddr-csujad-44-169)

Meeting minutes of the Monterey Peninsula Japanese American Citizens League. Includes reports on the JACL-sponsored carnival, the benefit drawing, and the new issue of the "Tradewind." Also features discussion on JACL membership and how to attract new members, transportation to the Northern California District Council meeting in Sacramento, and the annual New Years dance. See this …

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img Nisei men sitting outside with building in the background (ddr-csujad-44-6)

A photograph of three young Nisei men incarcerated at Tule Lake, California. Two of them are crouching on the ground and the third young man is sitting on the edge sidewalk outside a building. They are positioned in a half circle facing each other. Another building with several windows is in the background. See this object …

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