10000 items
10000 items
Collection
Kamekichi Joseph Tokita and Haruko Ann (Suzuki) Tokita Family Collection (ddr-densho-538)
Biography documenting the life of Haruko Ann (Suzuki) Tokita from her birth to her death. The biography primarily focuses on her time as a wife, mother, and widow.
Collection
M. Katayama and Ben Nakagawa Collection (ddr-densho-510)
The M. Katayama and Ben Nakayama Collection consists of correspondence by M. and Kathy Katayama, and Ben Nakayama in response to Bob Hope's use of the word "Jap" in a speech to the Boy Scout jamboree in 1973. The Katayamas wrote letters to various leaders, officials, and personal representatives seeking condemnation and an apology from Bob …
Collection
Bif Brigman and Dale Watanabe Collection (ddr-densho-508)
A collections of objects related to Japanese American history collected by Bif Brigman and Dale Watanabe with the intention of preserving them within the community if they can not be returned to their families.
Collection
Henri and Tomoye (Nozawa) Takahashi Photograph Collection (ddr-densho-426)
Photographs and negatives spanning the family life, travel and businesses of the Takahashi Family, and of the Nozawa family and laundry business.
Collection
Yoshiko (Abe) Shiomi Family Collection (ddr-densho-522)
The Yoshiko (Abe) Shiomi Family collection consists of 21 photo albums with photographs of Hardy and Yoshiko Shiomi's family and friends from the time of their resettlement after leaving Tule Lake and Heart Mountain respectively. Most albums contain photos of travels around the United States and Asia. Includes photos from 1992 Heart Mountain Reunion.
Collection
Takeda Family Collection (ddr-densho-501)
The Takeda Family were a farmers in Milpitas, California. The family consisted of married couple, Shoji and Chizu with their children and Shoji's father. During World War II they were all removed to Tule Lake. While at Tule Lake, members of their farming community helped to manage their farm. The family was about to gain agricultural …
Collection
Shimada Family Collection (ddr-densho-255)
The Shimada Family Collection consists of journals written by Taji Shimada from 1924 through 1971 and a number of photographs recording life as a farming family in Utah.
Collection
Tsutomu and Ruth (Yamada) Matsumoto Collection (ddr-densho-432)
The Tsutomu and Ruth (Yamada) Matsumoto Collection contains letters written between Ruth Yamada Matsumoto and Matsuye Koike when they were in Santa Anita Assembly Center, Rohwer concentration camp, Fort Bismarck and Fort Missoula. There are also two of Ruth's photograph albums that record life in Japan and the United States.
Collection
Hirota Family Collection (ddr-densho-543)
Nine photos of children and class photos taken at Minidoka Camp
Collection
Saburo and Yoriko Kitagawa Collection (ddr-densho-539)
Collection consists primarily of photographs, documents, clippings and objects related to Saburo Kitagawa's military service with the 442nd during WWII, images of shell artwork created by Misao Kitagawa while incarcerated at Topaz Relocation Center.
Collection
Tule Lake Directory (ddr-densho-520)
A book complied by Harry Inukai and published in May 1988. It includes a directory of Tule Lake concentration camp between May 1942 through September 1943 including barrack addresses. The second half of the book includes camp news in the following categories: Shows and Entertainment, Social Highlights, Vital Statistics, Departures, Arrivals and Transfers, Service News, Farm …
Collection
Satomi (Koga) Ishida Collection (ddr-densho-537)
The Satomi (Koga) Ishida Collection contains materials related to the Crystal City Association and Satomi's time at Crystal City concentration camp. The collection is primarily comprised of newsletters and letters written by Sumi Utsushigawa-Shimatsu, keeping Crystal City Association members updated on reunions, redress, fundraising efforts, and more.
Collection
Koura and Kubota Family Collection (ddr-densho-544)
The Kubota Family collection contains images documenting the family's history, including their development of the Kubota garden following their incarceration at Minidoka.
Collection
Lois (Bennett) Scholl Collection (ddr-densho-549)
The Lois (Bennett) Scholl Collection includes diaries, correspondence, and ephemera documenting Scholl's experience as a social worker assisting with the forced removal of Japanese Americans.
Collection
Nippon Kan Heritage Association Collection (ddr-densho-353)
The Nippon Kan Heritage Association (NKHA) was a nonprofit organization founded in Seattle, Washington in the 1980s, after the Nippon Kan theater was restored. NKHA was not directly associated with the theater but did produce content that was put on there. This collection documents an exhibit put on by the NKHA: "The Way It Was: Northwest …
Collection
Frank Abe Collection (ddr-densho-122)
Accession 1: The Frank Abe Collection consists of three photographs from the Heart Mountain draft resistance movement. Included are two photographs of the trial of the Heart Mountain draft resisters and one photograph of Fair Play Committee leader Frank Emi. All photographs are from the website www.resisters.com. This website is a companion to the documentary Conscience …
Collection
Sakahara and Tanaka Families Collection (ddr-densho-316)
Acc 1: A family photograph album documenting the Sakahara and Tanaka families' pre-World War II life on Vashon Island and other areas of Washington State.
Acc 2: Three photo albums contain photos of the Sakahara and Tanaka families at home in Vashon and Tacoma areas, travels around the Northwest, photos, clippings and correspondence related to the …
Collection
Mitsuye Takemiya Collection (ddr-densho-550)
The Mitsuye Takemiya Collection includes photo albums, photographs, government paperwork, correspondence, koseki, and an autograph book. These items detail Takemiya's life, including her incarceration at Manzanar and Tule Lake as well as her repatriation to Japan after World War II. During the post-war occupation of Japan, she worked for the United States government where she met …
Collection
Tada Family Collection (ddr-densho-540)
The Tada Family collection consists of documents, correspondence, a photo album, and a scrapbook that together chronicle the lives of the Tada family--and the Kodama family--in Seattle. These detail the family members' business at Pike Place Market, activities with school groups, social life in Seattle, military service in WWII, and their incarceration at Camp Harmony and …
Collection
The Japanese in Hawaii under War Conditions (ddr-densho-547)
In 1942, at the request of the Institute of Pacific Relations, Andrew Lind created the report, "The Japanese in Hawaii under War Conditions." In it, Lind noted that despite the attack on Pearl Harbor and the institution of martial law in Hawai'i, Japanese Americans had been largely spared official repression and discrimination. This was not only …
Collection
Migita and Sakahara Collection (ddr-densho-293)
The Migita and Sakahara Collection consists of photographs of Buddhist funerals in Yakima, Washington, Seattle, Washington, and Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. Photo album with photos from Yakima valley Washington before the war and St. Louis Missouri after the war. One photo album with photos of individuals at home, businesses and social gatherings, sometimes identified as …
Collection
Shigekichi Kajiwara Collection (ddr-densho-554)
Biography of Shigekichi Kajiwara's life, with a focus on his incarceration during World War II at Fort Missoula, Lordsburg, and Santa Fe.
Collection
J. David Sakura Family Collection (ddr-densho-523)
The David Sakura Family collection consists of a photo album with photos of the Sakura family before incarceration and after relocation to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, material related to the J. David Sakura's work on the redress movement and the establishment of the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (CWRIC).
Collection
Kawauchi-Hall Family Collection (ddr-densho-553)
Collection contains photographs and written memory of a family pilgrimage to the site of Gila River in 1993 where they discovered a home base plate at the site of the old baseball field. Additionally, it contains letters regarding the display of the home plate at the Ellis-Shackelford House in 1997 and the donation of the plate …
Collection
Gerald Kajitani Collection (ddr-densho-294)
The Gerald Kajitani Collection consists of 73 Kodachrome slides taken by Gerald Kajitani at the 1974 Tule Lake pilgrimage.