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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/

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 Envelope addressed to John Bonomi (ddr-janm-21-39)

1 envelope from Amache Relocation Center, Colorado, to Mr. and Mrs. John Bonomi, Long Beach, CA. dated 12/23/43. No letter.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-janm-21-39/

vh Takashi Moriuchi Interview (ddr-phljacl-1-18)

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.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-phljacl-1-18/

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/

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 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 Takami Hibiya's instructor card (ddr-densho-381-122)

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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 drive for All-State WAC Unit is on (ddr-csujad-49-34)

Newspaper clipping about WAC recruitment efforts. An item from: pages 24-25 of the Sue Kato scrapbook (gfb_skc_001). See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 2019_002_001_022_01

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-49-34/

doc Colorado Times Vol. 31, No. 4344 (August 2, 1945) (ddr-densho-150-56)

Selected article titles: "Disgracing Santa Maria"; "Kalifornians' 'Midsummer Dansant' at Hotel Sherman Sunday, Aug. 12"; "House Group to Hold Hearings on Nisei"; "Union Convicts 5 in Racial Dispute"; "YPF to Take Evergreen Outing"; "Nisei Unit Gets Third Citation"; "Nisei Released in War Plants Poisonings"; "San Jose JACL Plans Cornbake"; "Nisei Heads GI Group at Their College …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-150-56/

doc Colorado Times Vol. 31, No. 4365 (September 22, 1945) (ddr-densho-150-76)

Selected article titles: "Survey Vote Opposes Return"; "Military Governors for Japan. Army Specialists Trained at Monterey California"; "Parents of Nisei Heroes Return to Coast -- Find Home Burned"; "S.F. Buddhist Hostel Stoned"; "A Nisei Soldier Goes Backstage at a USO Show in Italy"; "Return of Japanese to Lake Labish Area Not Expected"; "2 Nisei Homes Fired …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-150-76/

doc Colorado Times Vol. 31, No. 4309 (May 12, 1945) (ddr-densho-150-22)

Selected article titles: "Featuring... Nisei-Grams"; "Nisei's Home Stoned in S.F."; "Wounded Nisei Soldier Gets Ovation in Los Angeles"; "Californians' Worry Grows at Treatment of Evacuees"; "Plenty to Eat at Spring Retreat"; "Nisei Committee Aids Resettlers and Organizes in Philadelphia"; "Manzanar Light Levy Suit Asked"; "California Anti Japanese League is Organized."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-150-22/

doc Colorado Times Vol. 31, No. 4328 (June 26, 1945) (ddr-densho-150-42)

Selected article titles: "The Open Forum: Action by Our Government And Attorney General Urged Against Vigilantes. Both Branches of the California ACLU Send Messages to Top State Officials"; "Land Acquired by Aliens in Cal. Declared State Property by Court. Dummy Real Estate Deals Held Fraud in Legal Decision"; "Half of Housing Facilities at Poston, Gila Will …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-150-42/

doc Colorado Times Vol. 31, No. 4307 (May 8, 1945) (ddr-densho-150-20)

Selected article titles: "Treasury Department Unblocks All But Limited Number of Evacuee Accounts on Army Clear List"; "Rancher in Yuba Threatened for Hiring Japanese"; "Nisei Secretary in Rochester WRA Office Joins WACs"; "97 Families Return to Oregon"; "Report on Japanese Given Calif. Senate"; "War and Navy Depts. to Extend 'Sole Surviving Son' Policy"; "Hostel for Nisei …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-150-20/

doc Colorado Times Vol. 31, No. 4342 (July 28, 1945) (ddr-densho-150-54)

Selected article titles: "What's Going On? News of Californians You May Know"; "San Luis Obispo Telegram-Tribune: Japs -- And U.S. Soldiers"; "Solon Says WRA Aids Japanese to be Land Laws"; "150 Evacuees Leave Granada"; "Race Violence -- U.S. Acts. Two Face Federal Charges in Auburn Dynamite Case"; "Granada Fish Team Champs of Girls' Softball -- Def. …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-150-54/

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 Colorado Times Vol. 31, No. 4377 (October 20, 1945) (ddr-densho-150-88)

Selected article titles: "The Open Forum: Returning Remaining Evacuees to Normal Life is Heroic Task"; "N.H. Ministers Welcome Resettlers"; "An Essay: Democracy's Wasteland"; "Shinto-Masunaga Nuptials"; "Col. Singles, Commander, 100th Infantry, to Speak to Nisei Here"; "Nisei Club to Sponsor Benefit Skating Party"; "End of Amache"; "Windows Broken in S.F. Home of Former Denver Nisei"; "Nisei Reenlists …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-150-88/

doc Colorado Times Vol. 31, No. 4299 (April 19, 1945) (ddr-densho-150-12)

Selected article titles: "Petty Jealousy and Economic Rivalry Causes of Nebraska Incident, Says WRA Official"; "Pietro and the Nisei Terrify Nazis in Italy"; "Pacific War Scenes to be Shown at JACL Meeting"; "Sacramento YMCA Sets Up Quarters to House Nisei"; "Hana Matsuri Observed"; "Nisei Likes Philadelphia"; "WRA Officer Moved to New Post in West."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-150-12/

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