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Collection Yotsu Iwata Collection (ddr-densho-387)

Collection consists of photograph of collector, her Manzanar Mass Hall card, two work assignments for mess halls at Manzanar, and three booklets titled "Gathas and Service" published and distributed by the Manzanar Buddhist Church.

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Collection Patricia Shigeno Collection (ddr-densho-388)

Collection contains 27 photographs of hops farms in Oregon, community activities, and family pictures.

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Collection Yoshioka Family Collection (ddr-densho-391)

Collection of 69 photographs and 4 documents from the Yoshioka family. The photographs are of Kiyoko Yoshioka nee Maeda's life, mainly pre-war California and Japan, some from Poston, and some in post-war California.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-391/

Collection Kenneth Nobuji Iyeki Collection (ddr-densho-392)

The Kenneth Nobuji Iyeki Collection consists of photographs of the Iyeki Family and documents telling the story of their life before, during, and after World War II. The bulk of the collection is made up of pencil sketches done by Kenneth Nobuji Iyeki while he was incarcerated in Tanforan Assembly Center and Topaz concentration camp. These …

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Collection Ron Ikejiri Collection (ddr-densho-393)

Ronald Ikejiri worked on the creation of the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Incarceration of Citizens (CWRIC) as a representative for the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) to Washington, DC. The collection consists of photos and correspondence from that period as well as several family photos.

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Collection Tatsuo and Lili Inouye Family Collection (ddr-densho-394)

The Tatsuo and Lili Inouye Family Collection contains correspondence, photographs, programs and manuscripts centered around the Inouye family.

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Collection Bitow Family Collection (ddr-densho-395)

The Bitow Family Collection consists of one scrapbook containing 111 photographs. The collection is primarily photographs of weddings and other community events attended by Seiso Bitow and his wife Kimiko. The collection also includes several family portraits from the Bitow and Maeda families.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-395/

Collection Matsui Family Collection (ddr-densho-397)

Three photograph albums covering from 1943-1948. Two albums cover the the service that Takashi Matsui and Mitsue Matsui gave to Military Intelligence Service during World War II. The third album covers Takashi Matsui's military service during the United States's occupation of Japan after World War II.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-397/

Collection Southern California Ehime Kenjinkai 75th Anniversary Book (ddr-densho-398)

In 1985, the Ehime Nanka Kenjinkai celebrated their 75th anniversary. To commemorate the event, the Kenjinkai compiled an anniversary book to document and preserve the history of the Ehime people in America. The book contains a collection of personal essays written by the Issei and Nisei, photographs of Ehime Prefecture, and interviews with officers of the …

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Collection Sumi Family Collection (ddr-densho-399)

Photos and documents (passports) from three generations of the Sumi family in San Francisco, during internment at Topaz camp, post WWII in New York, and in Europe during Yuichi "Lou" Sumi's military service after the war.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-399/

Collection South Bay JACL Oral History Collection (ddr-densho-400)

This collection consists of interviews conducted by the South Bay Chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League as part of the South Bay History Project. The project seeks to preserve the history of Japanese American settlement in the greater South Bay community, a Southern California region south of Playa Del Rey and north of Long Beach. …

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Collection Arthur Yakabi Collection (ddr-densho-401)

Collection consists of Arthur Yakabi's testimony to the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Citizens and his handwritten autobiography.

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Collection Prichett Family Collection (ddr-densho-402)

Photographs, correspondence, and documents including forms, Cecil F. Prichett's resume, and education and family programs at the Manzanar camp from the Prichett family's time employed at Manzanar. Books include "Death Valley - Its Impounded Americans" by Ralph P. "Pete" Merritt, Jr.; "English Japanese Conversation Dictionary" by Arthur Rose-Innes; "Born Free and Equal" by Ansel Adams; and …

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Collection Tagami Family Collection (ddr-densho-404)

The Tagami Family Collection consists of materials related to Tokeo "Toke" T. Tagami's travels between the United States and Japan, his travels across the United States, and his time in the Military Intelligence Service.

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

Collection Coram Nobis Litigation Collection (ddr-densho-405)

The Coram Nobis Litigation Collection contains documents related to the reconsideration of three cases of Japanese Americans who challenged the exclusion orders or curfew that reached the Supreme Court in the 1940s: Fred Korematsu, Gordon Hirabayashi, and Min Yasui.

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Collection Uchiyama Collection (ddr-densho-406)

200 letters written to Kathleen Koga Uchiyama from Alvin Uchiyama while awaiting deployment, and during his military service in Italy in 1944-1945. Also six letters from Kathleen to Alvin written from Highland Park, Illinois, Heart Mountain camp and after the camp closed from Mt. View California.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-406/

Collection The North American Times Yearbook, 1936 Edition (ddr-densho-407)

The North American Time Yearbooks contain information and photos of local Pacific Northwest businesses and families, as well as articles related to the Japanese community in the Northwest.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-407/

Collection George L. Townsend Papers (ddr-densho-408)

Correspondence, writings and photos from George Townsend related to Townsend's time working for the WRA at Minidoka.

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Collection Morita Cole Family Collection (ddr-densho-409)

Photos of the Morita family on their property in Oregon prior to incarceration at Minidoka and after the war in Chicago.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-409/

Collection Rikita Honda Collection (ddr-densho-411)

Collection of family photographs of Rikita Honda and his family and a FBI memo regarding the arrest of Rikita Honda following the bombing of Pearl Harbor.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-411/

Collection Masao Roy Hayashi Family Collection (ddr-densho-412)

Collection contains one Hayashi family photo, Masao's senior yearbook from Poston's high school, and a letter from his brother in the army to his sister in camp.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-412/

Collection Minidoka Interlude Collection (ddr-densho-413)

1942-1943 edition of the Minidoka Interlude

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Collection George Sunada Collection (ddr-densho-415)

Collection of George Sunada's military service and redress appeal.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-415/

Collection Miyagi Family Collection (ddr-densho-416)

A collection of personal documents and photographs of the Miyagi family's experience in the Poston Assembly Center. Postcards were written in 1942 to Yuhachi Miyagi from his daughters. Letters from William Miyagi in the European Theater to his sister Takeko Miyagi in Poston. One letter from Gonkichi Nakamura to Clarence R. Walter. Photographs of Donald Miyagi …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-416/

Collection Min Yasui Collection (ddr-densho-419)

The Min Yasui Collection consists of four poems written my Min Yasui between 1942 and 1945. In these pieces, Yasui reflects on war and the treatment of the Japanese American community as they were forcibly removed from the West Coast.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-419/

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