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doc Routing and schedule (ddr-csujad-55-2357)

Spokane Air Technical Service Command routing and schedule for George Hideo Nakamura from Spokane, Washington to Colorado Springs, Colorado. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2463

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2357/

img Japanese Americans filling straw mattresses (ddr-densho-37-404)

Original WRA caption: Poston, Arizona. Filling straw ticks for mattresses at Colorado River Relocation center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-404/

vh Chizuko Omori Interview II (ddr-densho-1000-336)

Nisei female. Born 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.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-336/

vh Chizuko Omori Interview I (ddr-densho-1000-323)

Nisei female. Born 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.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-323/

doc Letter to Mollie Wilson from Sadae (Lillian) Nishioka (c. 1942) (ddr-janm-1-95)

Handwritten letter to Mollie Wilson from Sadae (Lillian) Nishioka (c. 1942) from the Poston (Colorado River) Incarceration Camp in Parker, Arizona.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-janm-1-95/

img Schoolchildren landscaping in front of school building (ddr-densho-37-515)

Original WRA caption: Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado. View showing Elementary children landscaping the grounds in front of their barracks school.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-515/

doc Granada Christian Church News Vol. I No. 2 (November 22, 1942) (ddr-densho-147-308)

Selected article titles: "Thought for Today" (p. 1), "Future Programs" (p. 2), "Nisei Ministers at Colorado Church Council Meeting" (p. 3).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-147-308/

doc Rocky Shimpo Vol. 11, No. 146 (December 6, 1944) (ddr-densho-148-80)

Selected article titles: "Citizens at Conference Discuss Problems of Japanese Americans"; "On the Other Hand"; "Fear Competition"; "Imperial County Foe of Evacuee Return; Plan Mass Meeting"; "Resettle in Colorado"; "File Tax Returns"; "Survey Shows Opinion Sticks"; "Want Ads Today"; "Gen. Lockwood Hands Praise to Combat Team"; "Kobayashi Opens Medical Practice Here"; "Colorado Boys Wounded; Report."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-148-80/

doc Letter from Martha Nozawa to Tomoye Takahashi (ddr-densho-410-195)

Wondering if she should transfer to college in Colorado or continue studying to be a lab tech, is lonely in St. Louis

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-410-195/

doc Letter from Martha Nozawa to Tomoye Takahashi (ddr-densho-423-25)

Wondering if she should transfer to college in Colorado or continue studying to be a lab tech, is lonely in St. Louis

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-423-25/

img Family portrait (ddr-densho-359-1614)

A photograph The War Relocation Authority took of a Japanese American family in Denver, Colorado at Eleanor Apartments in the Spring of 1945.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-1614/

doc Letter from Roger Kent to Kimi Fujii Kitayama (ddr-densho-433-302)

Roger Kent writes to Kimi Fujii Kitayama about her move to Colorado and suggests some mutual connections and talks about recent political events.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-433-302/

img 1931 Japanese Young People's Christian Conference of Colorado (ddr-csujad-42-185)

A group photograph of attendees at Japanese Young People's Christian conference held in Denver, Colorado in December 1931. The photo is addressed to Shikio Kaniya in Yokohama, Japan. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: tak_02_01_001

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-42-185/

img Highway sign (ddr-densho-37-400)

Original WRA caption: Poston, Arizona. Highway leading to this war Relocation Authority center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry on the Colorado River Indian Reservation.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-400/

doc Letter of employment for Wakako Domoto (ddr-densho-356-159)

Letter from Colorado Governor Ralph Carr to Wakako Domoto offering employment as a housekeeper and detailing duties of the job (keeping house and cooking).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-159/

doc Letter from Harry Kondo to T. Sugimoto (ddr-ajah-7-11)

Informing him that his baggage had to be paid in advance for shipping and that the JACL had paid the shipping costs to Colorado

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-7-11/

img Frances and Misuru Ikeda at Amache (ddr-ajah-6-436)

Caption below photo: Frances Yasuyo "Frances" Ikeda with brother, Mitsuru. Amache, Colorado, Block 6G, Building 7. May 1945. The Ikedas were from Alameda, CA.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-436/

img View of Colo. River (ddr-csujad-35-14)

A photograph of the Colorado River. The handwritten note on the back side reads: View of Colo. River, May 27th 1942-1945. Colorado River Relocation Center, Poston, Arizona. Title from note. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: kuw_01_13_002

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-35-14/

doc Postcard to Molly Wilson from Sandie Saito (September 28, 1942) (ddr-janm-1-11)

Postcard to Molly Wilson from Sandie Saito (September 28, 1942). It is postmarked October 1, 1942 from the Granada (Amache) Incarceration Camp in Amache, Colorado.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-janm-1-11/

doc Postcard to Molly Wilson from Sako (December 6, 1944) (ddr-janm-1-55)

Postcard to Mollie Wilson from Sako (December 6, 1944). It is postmarked December 7, 1944 from the Poston (Colorado River) Incarceration Camp in Parker, Arizona.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-janm-1-55/

vh Nancy Sawada Miyagishima Interview (ddr-densho-1000-214)

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 …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-214/

doc Colorado Times Vol. 31, No. 4317 (May 29, 1945) (ddr-densho-150-30)

Selected article titles: "In Memoriam: Colorado Nisei Who Have Fallen in the Service of Their Country"; "Washington Calling: West Coast Terror"; "Memorial Day to be Observed."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-150-30/

doc Letter (with envelope) to Molly Wilson from Sandie Saito (April 3, 1943) (ddr-janm-1-15)

Handwritten letter to Molly Wilson from Sandie Saito (April 3, 1943). Envelope is postmarked April 5, 1943 from the Granada (Amache) Incarceration Camp in Amache, Colorado.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-janm-1-15/

doc Letter (with envelope) to Molly Wilson from Sandie Saito (November 15, 1942) (ddr-janm-1-13)

Handwritten letter to Molly Wilson from Sandie Saito (November 15, 1942). Envelope is postmarked November 18, 1942 from the Granada (Amache) Incarceration Camp in Amache, Colorado.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-janm-1-13/

doc Letter (with envelope) to Mollie Wilson from Violet Saito (August 25, 1943) (ddr-janm-1-76)

Handwritten letter to Mollie Wilson from Violet Saito (August 25, 1943). Envelope is postmarked August 26, 1943 from the Granada (Amache) Incarceration Camp in Amache, Colorado.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-janm-1-76/

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