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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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Bill Fuchigami Collection (ddr-densho-205)
This collection consists of documents and one photograph from Bill Fuchigami, who was in the Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado, during World War II.
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Gates Family Collection (ddr-densho-211)
The Gates Family Collection, 1942-1943, contains correspondence from the Matsuda and Morishita families to Mrs. Charles Gates. The Gates, Matsuda, and Morishita families were friends in Seattle, Washington before the outbreak of World War II and the correspondence covers the Matsuda's and Morishita's life at Puyallup "Camp Harmony" Assembly Center, Washington and later at Poston (Colorado …
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Saul Collection (ddr-densho-22)
The Saul collection consists of images and documents related to Japanese American military service during World War II. Topics include: 522nd Field Artillery Battalion, 442nd Regimental Combat Team, 100th Infantry Battalion, Military Intelligence Service, rescue of the Lost Battalion, liberation of Dachau, etc. The content of this collection was brought together from multiple sources both organizational …
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Henrietta Schoen Collection (ddr-densho-223)
The Henrietta Schoen Collection consists of photographs, correspondence, and other ephemera collected by Henrietta Schoen during her time as head nurse at Santa Fe internment camp, New Mexico.
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The Northwest Times Collection (ddr-densho-229)
The Northwest Times Collections includes full editions of the newspaper, a Seattle-based Japanese American publication that ran from 1947-1955 (collection covers 1947-1951).
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Yoshio "Kokomo Joe" Kobuki Collection (ddr-densho-234)
The Yoshio "Kokomo Joe" Kobuki Collection contains approximately 30 photographs of jockey Yoshi "Kokomo Joe" Kobuki and his winning mounts (June 1941-October 1941). Includes races in Crescent City, Pleasanton, Fresno, and Eureka, CA.
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Y. Tazuma Collection (ddr-densho-24)
The Y. Tazuma collection focuses on the Tazuma family, owners of a store in Seattle's Nihonmachi, or Japantown. This collection contains photographs of the family, their store, and a photograph of the family at the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho.
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Yamashita Family Collection (ddr-densho-241)
The Yamashita Family Collection contains Kiyoshi Yamashita's undergraduate diploma, program, and honors bulletin, which the University of Washington sent to him while he was incarcerated at Tule Lake concentration camp, California (1942).
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Hatchimonji Collection (ddr-densho-242)
The Hatchimonji Collection contains 34 photographs of Kumezo Hatchimonji, his family, his store, farming, and Heart Mountain, c 1923-1956.
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Suzuki Family Collection (ddr-densho-243)
The Suzuki Family Collection contains photographs from Warren Suzuki. They cover life at Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho during the war and a pilgrimage back in later years.
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Yamada Collection (ddr-densho-25)
The Yamada collection, early 1900s-1950s and 1990s, focuses on the Iseri family, who resided in the White River Valley area of Washington State before World War II and in Weiser, Idaho, after the war. The photographs depict agricultural life and community activities such as sports, mochitsuki, and religious ceremonies. This collection also includes mass removal and …
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Taniguchi Family Collection (ddr-densho-252)
The Taniguchi Family Collection consists of one photograph album containing prints that record the history of the Taniguchi family from the early to later 20th century in both Japan and the United States.
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Harry Hiroshi Imamura Collection (ddr-densho-253)
The Harry Hiroshi Imamura Collection consists of 7 paintings by Harry Hiroshi Imamura. These paintings capture the journey to and life in Manzanar concentration camp, California. Mr. Imamura began painting in the 1970s after he sold his truckstop restaurant, the East Valley Cafe.
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Takeda Family Collection (ddr-densho-254)
The Takeda Family Collection contains a photograph and documents related to Senichiro Takeda's time at Tule Lake concentration camp, Californina, Seabrook Farms, and correspondence with Wayne M. Collins.
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Ai Chih and Ryo (Morikawa) Tsai Family Collection (ddr-densho-446)
The Ai Chih and Ryo (Morikawa) Tsai Collection consists of materials compiled by Rev. Ai Chih Tsai and his wife, Ryo (Morikawa) Tsai, along with other documents pertaining to the Tsai and Morikawa families. Contained are correspondence, photographs, narratives, and other documents depicting the Tsai family’s experiences prior to, during, and immediately following World War II. …
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Dodson Collection (ddr-densho-449)
The Dodson Collection consists of two reunion booklets, one from the Hunt High School 1983 reunion and the other from the 2003 Minidoka Remembered event.
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Joseph Ishikawa Collection (ddr-densho-468)
The Joseph Ishikawa collection, c.1942-2012, consists of the personal papers of Joseph Bunichi Ishikawa. Contained are unfinished drafts of stories and poems, correspondence, photograph albums, newspaper clippings, essays, diary entries, and other documents pertaining to Ishikawa’s life before, during, and after World War II. Also included are correspondence and newspaper clippings relating to Ishikawa’s work on …
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Kenneth and Masako (Kawaguchi) Yamamoto Family Collection (ddr-densho-492)
The collection consists of three yearbooks, two for Kenneth Yamamoto from Gila River both from his senior year and as a faculty member the following year, and for Masako Kawaguchi from Heart Mountain. The additional 57 photos represent the Yamamoto family's life in Hawaii, including photos of Hilo Boarding School, the family's house and miscellaneous views …
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Toshiyuki Robert Kubota Family Collection (ddr-densho-471)
A family photo album containing 201 pictures in total. Includes personal photos and photos gifted to the Kubota family, many of which show the family's life in Tule Lake and Rohwer.
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Nishioka Family Collection (ddr-densho-292)
The first accession of the Nishioka Family Collection consists of three photographs from Topaz concentration camp. The second accession of the Nishioka Family Collection consists of documents, letters, photographs that covers the immigration of Torakichi and Mitsu Nishioka, family life in Oakland, California, incarceration in Topaz concentration camp and Frank Nishioka's military service in the post …
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Thomas & Agnes Rockrise Collection (ddr-densho-335)
The Thomas and Agnes Rockrise collection consists of letters, photographs, and ephemera. These materials cover their life in New York City and upstate New York. Thomas Rockrise was an architect. He practiced under both his English name, Thomas S Rockrise, and his Japanese name, Iwahiko Tsumanuma. Agnes (Asbury) Rockrise worked a practical nurse and companion in …
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Guyo Tajiri Collection (ddr-densho-338)
The Guyo Tajiri Collection consists of photographs, correspondence, and documents chronicling the life of Tsuguyo "Guyo" Marion Okagaki Tajiri and her husband Larry Tajiri. Photographs cover Guyo Tajiri's life and family from infancy through adulthood. The letters and documents highlight Guyo and Larry Tajiri's work running the Pacific Citizen from 1942 to 1952, Guyo's help in …
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Doris & Carl Saito Collection (ddr-densho-339)
The Doris & Carl Saito Collection consists of photographs, documents, illustrations, and ephemera from the Saito Family's time at Heart Mountain concentration camp. There are photographs depicting life in the camps, needlework done by Asano Ota, fashion illustrations by Doris Saito, and photographs and documents regarding Carl Saito's time in the 442nd Regimental Combat Team.
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California Young People's Christian Conference Collection (ddr-densho-341)
The California Young People's Christian Conference Collection consists of two scrapbooks of clippings, programs and photos from conferences, social activities and events held by the Northern California Young People Christian Conference, the Bay Region Young People's Christian Conference, the Central California Young People's Christian Conference and the Fresno Young People's Fellowship.