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vh Toyoko Okumura Interview Segment 23 (ddr-janm-13-6-23)

Moving to Denver, Colorado

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-janm-13-6-23/

vh Joseph Norio Uemura Interview Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1014-3-8)

Moving to Denver, Colorado

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1014-3-8/

vh Mary Hamano Interview Segment 21 (ddr-densho-1000-215-21)

Leaving camp for Denver, Colorado

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-215-21/

vh Shyoko Hiraga Interview Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1000-413-1)

Growing up in Denver, Colorado

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-413-1/

vh June Takahashi Segment 31 (ddr-densho-1000-88-31)

Moving with father to Denver, Colorado

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-88-31/

vh Bill Hosokawa Interview Segment 24 (ddr-densho-1000-129-24)

Moving to Colorado and working for the Denver Post, covering the Korean and Vietnam wars

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-129-24/

img Lawrence Miwa poses on porch (ddr-densho-437-1)

Inscribed on the back of the photograph "11/1/53, At 2400 S. High Denver, Colorado".

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-437-1/

doc Letter from Lawrence Miwa to Oliver Ellis Stone concerning claim for James Seigo Maw's confiscated property (ddr-densho-437-265)

Handwritten letter sent from Denver, Colorado, hoping that his claim could be sent to Sen. Carroll

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-437-265/

img Nurse Matilde Honda attending a patient at Colorado Central Hospital, Denver, Colorado (ddr-csujad-14-29)

Nurse Matilde Honda attending a patient at Colorado Central Hospital, Denver, Colorado. She was formerly employed in public health nursing by Los Angeles Health Department. April 6, 1943. Photo by Francis Stewart. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: HMLSC_TOMO_029

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-14-29/

doc Short term leave permit (ddr-densho-356-820)

Short term leave permit for Yuriko Domoto to visit Denver, Colorado to escort patients to receive medical care.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-820/

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

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

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

vh Carolyn Takeshita Interview (ddr-densho-1000-217)

Sansei female. Born June 2, 1937 in Los Angeles, California. Family removed to Poston concentration camp, Arizona, and resettled in Denver, Colorado, after World War II. Moved to Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles in 1950. Returned to Colorado and attended high school and college in Denver. Worked as a speech pathologist and educator. Active in …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-217/

Collection Rocky Shimpo Collection (ddr-densho-148)

This collection contains several issues of the Rocky Shimpo, a vernacular newspaper published out of Denver, Colorado. The paper was published in both English and Japanese.

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

vh Joseph Norio Uemura Interview (ddr-densho-1014-3)

Nisei male. Born July 3, 1926, in Portland, Oregon. Grew up in Portland before moving to Denver, Colorado, where his father, a Baptist minister, was transferred. Lived in Denver during World War II, where family helped Japanese Americans leaving camps to find housing and work. Paul Robert and Jean Schuman Hanna Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus, since …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1014-3/

doc Denson Tribune Vol. I No. 45 (August 3, 1943) (ddr-densho-144-86)

Selected article titles: "Segregation Details Disclosed at Joint Meeting. Center Officials Report on Denver WRA Conference" (p. 1), "Northern Colorado Area Now Closed to Evacuees" (p. 1), "A Better Lesson: On Concentration" (p. 2), "Segregation: Not Punishment" (p. 2).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-144-86/

vh Shyoko Hiraga Interview (ddr-densho-1000-413)

Nisei female. Born 1927 in Denver, Colorado. Grew up in Denver, where father was a tailor, then established a newspaper, the Rocky Nippon. During World War II, father was removed as editor of the newspaper, arrested by the FBI, and interned in a Department of Justice camp. James Omura took over as head of the …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-413/

doc "Japanese Nisei" (ddr-densho-419-1)

A poem written by Min Yasui. The original poem is a part of the Minoru Yasui Collection which is held at the Auraria Library Special & Digital Collections Department, University of Colorado Denver. Contact [email protected] for use permissions and more information.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-419-1/

doc "Why Are We Here?" (ddr-densho-419-4)

A poem written by Min Yasui. The original poem is a part of the Minoru Yasui Collection which is held at the Auraria Library Special & Digital Collections Department, University of Colorado Denver. Contact [email protected] for use permissions and more information.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-419-4/

img Former Los Angeles fruit and vegetable clerk Joe Sitsuda weighing nails in Union Hardware Store, Denver, Colorado (ddr-csujad-14-28)

Former Los Angeles fruit and vegetable clerk Joe Sitsuda weighing nails in Union Hardware Store, Denver, Colorado, where he has worked since December 1, 1942. He came from Colorado River incarceration camp. March 2, 1943. Photo by Tom Parker. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: HMLSC_TOMO_028

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-14-28/

vh Rose Tanaka Interview (ddr-manz-1-145)

Nisei female. Born October 11, 1926, in San Luis Obispo, California. Grew up in San Luis Obispo, where parents farmed. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. Left camp with the help of the Nisei Student Relocation project and moved to Denver, Colorado.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-145/

Narrator Carolyn Takeshita

Sansei female. Born June 2, 1937 in Los Angeles, California. Family removed to Poston concentration camp, Arizona, and resettled in Denver, Colorado, after World War II. Moved to Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles in 1950. Returned to Colorado and attended high school and college in Denver. Worked as a speech pathologist and educator. Active in …

https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/302/

doc "That Damned Fence" (ddr-densho-419-3)

A poem written by Min Yasui while he was incarcerated in Minidoka concentration camp. The original poem is a part of the Minoru Yasui Collection which is held at the Auraria Library Special & Digital Collections Department, University of Colorado Denver. Contact [email protected] for use permissions and more information.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-419-3/

vh Sumiye Takeno Interview (ddr-manz-1-36)

Nisei female. Born November 17, 1922, in Florin, California. Grew up in Florin, where parents operated a farm. Just prior to World War II, attended sewing school in Los Angeles. During the war, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. Married in camp, and moved to Denver, Colorado.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-36/

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/

vh Mollie Nakasaki Interview Segment 18 (ddr-jamsj-2-4-18)

Leaving camp for Denver, Colorado

This interview was conducted by the Japanese American Museum of San Jose, and is part of a project entitled "Lasting Stories: The Resettlement of San Jose Japantown," a collaborative project between the Japanese American Museum of San Jose and Densho.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-jamsj-2-4-18/

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