806 items
806 items
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Poston camp (ddr-csujad-35-8)
A a travel journal written by Kenji Kawabe of his time away from the Poston camp, Arizona from May 9 through June 2, 1944. He visited the Granada camp in Colorado and Salt Lake and the Topaz camp in Utah, meeting his friends and going sightseeing and shopping. See this object in the California State Universities …
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Toshikuni Taenaka in US Army uniform (ddr-csujad-25-65)
A photograph of Toshikuni Taenaka, a Japanese American Nisei/Kibei soldier, in US Army uniform with Private First Class insignia on the arm and a helmet. He poses, siting on the deck of the house, which is probably the place where his parents reside in Brighton, Colorado. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American …
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Taenaka family (ddr-csujad-25-67)
A photograph of relatives of Toshikuni Taenaka, a Japanese American Nisei/Kibei soldier. Includes two Japanese American females and two Japanese American young males, probably Toshikuni Taenaka's sisiter, Haruko Taenaka, and her children. The photograph is probably taken in Brighton, Colorado, where Toshikuni Taenaka's parents reside. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization …
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Manzanar Free Press Vol. 5 No. 16 (February 23, 1944) (ddr-densho-125-213)
Selected article titles: "Heaviest Snowfall Recorded Here Over Week-end" (p. 1), "House Considers on Denaturalization Bill" (p. 1), "Wire Break Causes Power Failure Here" (p. 1), "Three Men Give Blood to 'Unique' Cancer Patient" (p. 1), "Japan Refuses to Resume Negotiations" (p. 1), "WRA Tule Policy Lax Criticizes Costello" (p. 1), "Inland Area People Urged to …
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Poston Official Daily Press Bulletin Vol. III No. 8 (July 31, 1942) (ddr-densho-145-69)
Selected article titles: "Vegetable Planting Expected in September" (p. 1), "Notice to Persons of Mixed Marriages" (p. 1), "Gen. DeWitt Orders Census" (p. 3), "Fire Dept. Averts Catastrophe as They Control Blaze in 202 Despite Heavy Dust Storm" (p. 3), "Julia Goto First to Leave Poston to Attend Colorado College" (p. 3), "Adobe Bricks Under Construction. …
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Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 116 (September 28, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-202)
Selected article titles: "Resettlement in Colorado Told"; "Soldier Asks for Plan to Assure Equality"; "Anti-Returnee Terror Raid Experienced in Auburn"; "Rince Worried About Whereabouts of His Son"; "Tons of Evacuee Goods Shipped Out Each Mo."; "Nun Workers, Manchuria"; "Seabrook News"; "Chronicle Says Nothing Trivial About Rowdies"; "WRA Forsees Chaos if Congress Decides to Cut 5 Millions …
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Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 2 (January 3, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-92)
Selected article titles: "Those Going Back Urged to Study Problems"; "Back from Colorado"; "On the Other Hand"; "Name New Commander for Language School"; "Wounded Soldier Visits Amache Family"; "Resettlement Story in Canada Disclosed: Control Shift Told"; "War Casualties in State Told"; "60,000 Can Relocate in East"; "Want Ads Today"; "Gardenan, Angeleno Receive Promotions"; "League Opens Office …
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Camp Catholic church (ddr-densho-37-826)
Original WRA caption: Poston, Arizona. Children and their parents who once attended the Catholic Church of Father Clement, Maryknoll Priest, are now reestablished in homes back in California or throughout the Middle West and the East. Units II and III of the Colorado River Relocation Center, Poston, Arizona, meet their scheduled closings ahead of the deadline. …
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Letter to Yuri from Rosie Suyeyasu (ddr-densho-356-278)
Letter to Yuri Domoto Tsukada from Rose "Rosie" Nakagawa Suyeyasu. In the letter she writes about the dust storms at Topaz, working as a typist, the approaching of her one year anniversary, a the upcoming wedding of their mutual friend Yo Ishida, the pregnancy of her sister-in-law, the possibility she may resettle in Colorado, and inquires …
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Floyd Shimomura Interview (ddr-densho-1000-466)
Sansei male. Born March 13, 1948, in Winters, California. Grew up in the Winters area where parents worked on a farm they had run before World War II, when they were incarcerated at the Amache concentration camp, Colorado. Graduated from UC Davis School of Law, and worked in various capacities for the State of California. Elected …
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Connie Thorson Chandler (ddr-densho-1000-159)
White female. Born 1938 in Denver, Colorado. Father worked for the Bureau of Reclamation at the time WWII broke out, so family lived in Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho, in 1942. Mrs. Chandler was a child at the time, and attended elementary school in Minidoka. Moved to Twin Falls for junior high and high school years before …
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Joe Ishikawa Interview (ddr-densho-1000-205)
Nisei male. Born July 29, 1919, in Los Angeles, California. Went to live in Japan as a college student, returning just prior to the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Granada concentration camp, Colorado, before leaving to attend the University of Nebraska. Worked as a curator in the …
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Susumu Yenokida Interview (ddr-manz-1-35)
Nisei male. Born June 28, 1925, in Turlock, California. Grew up in the Cortez, California, area. During World War II, was removed to the Merced Assembly Center, California, and Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado. When drafted by the military, refused to report for the preinduction physical, and was tried and jailed for refusing the draft. Served …
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Toyoko Okumura Interview (ddr-janm-13-6)
Nisei female. Born October 14, 1916, in Gardena, California. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas. In response to the so-called "loyalty questionnaire," transferred to Tule Lake segregation center with family, and expatriated to Japan. Worked in Japan for the U.S. government and …
Narrator Ernest Uno
Nisei male. Grew up in Los Angeles, California. During World War II, removed to the Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado, with family. Volunteered for the army, and served with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team in Europe.
Narrator Nikki Bridges
Nisei female. Born February 2, 1911, and grew up in California. During World War II, removed to the Poston (Colorado River) concentration camp, Arizona. After leaving camp, worked in the War Relocation Authority office in San Francisco.
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Poston I reunion IV, "omoide no tabi-memories of a journey" to the Colorado River Relocation Center 55 years ago (ddr-csujad-35-20)
A booklet published for 55 year Poston I reunion held in Torrance, California, October 24-26, 1997. Current addresses in "Directory of attendees and participants," are redacted. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: kuw_01_18_001
Narrator Irene Najima
Nisei female. Born August 9, 1927, in Petaluma, California. During World War II, removed to the Merced Assembly Center, California, and the Granada concentration camp, Colorado. Following World War II, established career as a teacher in Hawaii and California.
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Toshikuni Taenaka in US Army uniform (ddr-csujad-25-71)
A photograph of Toshikuni Taenaka, a Japanese American Nisei/Kibei soldier, in US Army uniform with Private First Class insignia on the arm and a gas mask. He poses, holding a gas mask and standing in front of the house where his parents most likely reside in Brighton, Colorado. See this object in the California State Universities …
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Taenaka family (ddr-csujad-25-92)
A photograph of Toshikuni Taenaka, a Japanese American Nisei/Kibei soldier, and his family. Includes Toshikuni Taenaka in US Army service uniform, his parents, Tamesaburo and Kamie Taenaka, his sisters, Haruko, Chiyoko, and Saiko, and his nephews and niece. The photograph is probably taken in Brighton, Colorado, where Toshikuni Taenaka's family resides. See this object in the …
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Toshikuni Taenaka in US Army uniform (ddr-csujad-25-69)
A photograph of Toshikuni Taenaka, a Japanese American Nisei/Kibei soldier, in US Army uniform with Private First Class insignia on the arm and a helmet. He performs military hand salute in front of the house where probably his parents reside in Brighton, Colorado. The same image is found in item: ucsb_jia_0122. See this object in the …
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Taenaka family (ddr-csujad-25-76)
A photograph of probably relatives of Toshikuni Taenaka, a Japanese American Nisei/Kibei soldier. Includes a Japanese American female adolescent and a Japanese American male preschooler. Possibly they are his sister's, Haruko Taenaka's children. They pose in front of the house where his parents most likely reside in Brighton, Colorado. See this object in the California State …
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Minidoka Irrigator Vol. III No. 51 (February 12, 1944) (ddr-densho-119-76)
Selected article titles: "59 of 100th Bn. Awarded Purple Heart Order" (p. 1), "Colorado State Senate Prevents Alien Land Ban" (p. 1), "Nisei Seamen May Board Ships on Atlantic Coast" (p. 1), "Ogden Bans Japanese Setting Up Business; Peterson Objects" (p. 1), "Presenting the Sweetheart of Minidoka and Her Court" (p. 1), "Sgt. Ben Kuroki Tells …
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Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 120 (October 8, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-206)
Selected article titles: "Limit Meaning of Statement"; "Kido Asks Investigation of Reparations Statement"; "More Than Thousand Leave Colorado Camp This Week"; "6000 Tuleans Eligible for Relocation Now"; "4 Chicagoans Decorated"; "Prisoners of War Head for Coast Cotton Farms"; "Hayashi Flies Home to Aid Returnee Parents"; "Valley Viewpoint Undergoes Change"; "Private Worried"; "Matron Believes They Can be …
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Shyoko Hiraga Interview (ddr-densho-1000-413)
Nisei female. Born 1927 in Denver, Colorado. Grew up in Denver, where father was a tailor, then established a newspaper, the Rocky Nippon. During World War II, father was removed as editor of the newspaper, arrested by the FBI, and interned in a Department of Justice camp. James Omura took over as head of the …