845 items
845 items
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Rocky Shimpo Vol. 11, No. 156 (December 29, 1944) (ddr-densho-148-89)
Selected article titles: "On the Other Hand"; "Legion Retracts Former Stand on Honor Roll"; "Midget Tribune Being Published in Iowa"; "Actors Honor Nisei Veterans"; "Want Ads Today"; "Governor-Elect Wants Them Out"; "Balancing Accounts, Topic of Sermon"; "Maintain Reserve at Topaz Center"; "Visitors from Colorado"; "Reluctant to Return"; "Congressman Sure Riots Pending"; "First Buddhist Service in Cleveland."
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Rocky Shimpo Vol. 11, No. 126 (October 20, 1944) (ddr-densho-148-59)
Selected article titles: "Cite Dangers in Amendment to be Voted Upon by Colorado Citizens"; "On the Other Hand"; "Resettled Elsewhere"; "Soldiers Receive Promotions at Shelby"; "Liberals Receive Weaver's Tribute"; "Want Ads"; "Hamper Effort to Get Licenses"; "Renunciation of Citizenship Effective"; "Alarm Expressed by Ontario's Ex-Premier"; "Solicitor Backs Evacuee Order"; "California to 'Go Republican'"; "Three Convicted."
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Information Digest No. 53 (ddr-densho-156-411)
Section titles: "Tule Lake Situation"; "Summary of New Relocation Division"; "Colorado River Center Transferred to WRA"; "Statistical Laboratory Set Up at Central Utah"; "Heart Mountain to Have Bakery"; "Indefinite and Seasonal Leave Figure"; "Volunteers Aid Harvest"; "Gibson Joins San Francisco Staff"; "Personal Changes"; "Administrative Meeting in Denver"; "New Magazine Added to Library"; "Center Fire Protection Reviewed"; …
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Poston I 1942-1992 50 year camp reunion (ddr-csujad-55-2704)
Colorado River Relocation Center reunion held at Torrance Mariott Hotel, Torrance, California. The pamphlet includes memories, recollections, remembrances, and reminiscence. Includes historical photographs at Poston camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2868
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Kimiko Nakashima Interview (ddr-manz-1-116)
Nisei female. Born November 27, 1919, in Florin, California. Grew up in Florin where parents ran a farm. During World War II, removed to the Fresno Assembly Center, California, the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas, and the Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado. After leaving camp, lived and worked for a time in Utah before eventually returning to …
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George Oda Interview (ddr-manz-1-151)
Nisei male. Born December 24, 1923, in Burbank, California. Grew up in the North Hollywood area of Los Angeles, California, where parents ran a farm. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. Left camp and worked for a time in Denver, Colorado, before eventually returning to the Los Angeles area to farm.
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Marion Michiko Bernardo Interview (ddr-densho-1000-328)
Nisei female. Born July 25, 1930, in Walnut Grove, California. Grew up in Walnut Grove. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed with family to the Merced Assembly Center, California, and the Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado. Left camp to attend a boarding school in New York before eventually returning to Walnut Grove. Marion passed away …
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Bob Y. Sakata Interview (ddr-densho-1000-216)
Nisei male. Born April 15, 1926 in Alameda, California. Spent childhood in Alameda where family operated 10-acre farm. Removed to Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and Topaz concentration camp, Utah. Resettled in Brighton, Colorado, and resumed farming. Along with wife and son, owns and operates Sakata Farms, currently one of the top produce growers in the country.
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Darlene Mukoda Interview (ddr-phljacl-1-27)
Sansei female. Born May 27, 1938, in Loomis, California. At the age of four, removed with family to the Tule Lake concentration camp, California, and the Amache concentration camp, Colorado. Family left camp in 1944 to live and work at Seabrook Farms, New Jersey. Attended nursing school in New Jersey, worked as a nurse, and raised …
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Tulean Dispatch Vol. III No. 93 (November 3, 1942) (ddr-densho-65-89)
Selected article titles: "Harvest Festival Claimed Success" (p. 1), "'Burgers Popular" (p. 1), "Parade Honors Go to Engei Club Entry: Farmer's Vegetable Display, U.C. Club Also Outstanding" (p. 1), "50 More Farm Workers Needed" (p. 1), "Univ. of Colorado Wants Japanese Language Teachers" (p. 1), "Sugar Beet Workers Back" (p. 1), "Cabaret International Goes Over Big..." …
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Letter to Wakako Domoto from Ralph Carr (ddr-densho-356-161)
Letter and envelope from Ralph Carr (former Governor of Colorado) to Wakako Domoto (his former housekeeper) thanking Wakako for her Christmas greeting on behalf of the family, and telling of his granddaughter's growth and Christmas experience. Ralph Carr inquires about Wakako's life in Boston and offers to host her if she ever wants to visit or …
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Wada and Homma Family Collection (ddr-densho-157)
This collection consists of photographs and documents from the Wada and Homma families. Reverend Masahiko Wada was a Baptist minister in Japan and in the Gardena area of California before World War II. The collection includes photographs from the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming, and the Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado.
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George Ochikubo Collection (ddr-densho-159)
This collection is comprised of photographs taken by George Ochikubo, a native of Portland, Oregon. During World War II, he and his family were removed to the Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado, where he took numerous striking and dramatic photographs using a 4x5 speed graphic camera.
In memory of George Ochikubo.
Narrator Chizuko Omori
Nisei female. Born May 4, 1930, in Oxnard, California. Family resided in Oceanside, California, when World War II broke out. Removed with family to the Poston (Colorado River) concentration camp, Colorado. After leaving camp, lived for a time in Los Angeles. Along with sister, produced the award-winning documentary Rabbit in the Moon.
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Thomas Shigekuni Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-297-10)
The journey by train to the Granada concentration camp, Colorado
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 of …
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Nobuko Miyake-Stoner Interview (ddr-densho-1000-242)
Japanese female. Born Feburary 10, 1952, in Hiroshima, Japan. Descendant of survivors of the atomic bombing in 1945. Father was a kamikaze pilot during World War II who was unable to fulfill his mission due to the war's end. Nobuko attended the Hiroshima Jogakuin, a missionary school established for young women. Graduated with an M.A. in …
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Four letters to Yuri Domoto from Tak Negi (ddr-densho-356-290)
Four letters to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from Tak Negi. All letters stored in one envelope, unclear if they were mailed together or separately. Letter dated 9/24/1942 most likely associated with the envelope. Letter dated 9/24: details about a visit to Granada and the thoughts and feelings that came from the visit. 7/21 letter: describes weather conditions …
Narrator Tak Yamashita
Nisei male. Born December 22, 1917, in Torrance, California. Grew up in the Los Angeles area where parents ran a farm. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, family decided to "voluntarily evacuate" to Colorado in order to avoid mass removal. Farmed in Colorado during the war years, and returned to Los Angeles in 1945.
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Hideo Takeuchi Collection (ddr-densho-204)
This collection consists of photographs from Hideo Takeuchi, who was in the Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado, during World War II. Mr. Takeuchi was employed as a firefighter while in camp. While in camp, he purchased a Bessel 620 camera though a catalog and built a darkroom and enlarger to process his photographs.
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Relocation Prospects - Colorado, New Mexico, Eastern Wyoming and Montana, Western Nebraska, Kansas, and North and South Dakota (ddr-densho-156-155)
Written by Harold S. Choate, Relocation Supervisor, Denver.
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Information series (Lowry Field, Colorado), no. 2-MS (September 1945): purchase of government surplus property by veterans (ddr-csujad-55-2165)
Brochure regarding the purchase of government surplus property by veterans. Covers eligibility, limitations, procedure, prices and terms, and types of property. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2267
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Manual of directions, self-analysis and inventory for high school students at the Colorado River Relocation Center (ddr-csujad-55-1834)
Instructions for administering the Self-Analysis and Inventory to high school students at Poston incarceration camp. See also sac_jaac_1836 and sac_jaac_1838 for report and questionnaire. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1837
Narrator Nancy Sawada Miyagishima
Sansei female. Born September 17, 1930, in Sacramento, California. Spent childhood in Sacramento where mother and stepfather worked on strawberry fields. Sent to live with relatives in Fort Lupton, Colorado, after mother passed away in March 1941. Unable to return to West Coast after the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Extended family moved …
Narrator Mollie Nakasaki
Nisei female. Born November 17, 1930, in Salinas, California. Grew up in Salinas's Japantown community before moving to various towns in California after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Removed to Poston concentration camp, Colorado. Left camp with family for Denver, Colorado, in 1945 before returning to California and establishing the Mandarin Restaurant in San Jose's Japantown.
Narrator Takashi Moriuchi
Nisei male. Born August 31, 1919, in Livingston, California. Grew up in Livingston and graduated from the University of California at Berkeley. During World War II, removed to the Merced Assembly Center, California, and the Amache concentration camp, Colorado. Left camp to farm in Fort Collins, Colorado. Eventually started a family and moved to New Jersey.