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Japanese Americans in internment camps 1942-1946, physical layout of the WRA camps (ddr-csujad-55-2495)
doc Japanese Americans in internment camps 1942-1946, physical layout of the WRA camps (ddr-csujad-55-2495)
Document detailing the physical layout and qualities of incarceration camps. Covers: isolation centers, assembly centers, permanent relocation centers, farm area, administrative area, internee area, barracks, mess hall, boiler room, recreation hall, block manager, ward, hospital schools, canteens, utilities, employment and salary, other centers, progressive project directors, camp closing, Tule Lake closure, and post-war years. See this …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2495/
Frank Kubo Collection (ddr-densho-128)
Collection Frank Kubo Collection (ddr-densho-128)
The Frank Kubo Collection, 1910s-1960s, focuses on the leisure and business activities of a group of Japanese Americans from Seattle, Washington. Included are photographs of Seattle landmarks, Tsutakawa Company and Furuya Company picnics and camping trips, and Pacific Market, a Japanese American operated grocery store on Jackson Street in Seattle. Also featured are several photographs of …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-128/
Davis Collection (ddr-densho-175)
Collection Davis Collection (ddr-densho-175)
The Davis collection contains several items related to the Rohwer camp high school. Ellene Wilson Cooper was a schoolteacher at Rohwer during World War II. While there, she met and married Samuel Leo Davis, Sr. Their son, Samuel Leo Davis, Jr., saved these items over the years.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-175/
Tokunaga Collection (ddr-densho-178)
Collection Tokunaga Collection (ddr-densho-178)
This collection features photographs belonging to Densho narrator Tosh Tokunaga, who was interviewed in 2009. The photos depict the lumber mill at Selleck, Washington, where many Japanese Americans were employed prior to World War II.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-178/
Bob and Masa (Ogawa) Nakayama Collection (ddr-densho-420)
Collection Bob and Masa (Ogawa) Nakayama Collection (ddr-densho-420)
The Bob and Masa (Ogawa) Nakayama Collection consists of 43 photographic prints and a graduation announcement documenting Bob and Masa's experiences during World War II. Included are scenes from life in Manzanar and Minidoka concentration camps, as well as from military life both in the United States and abroad.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-420/
Document with photo of attendees to Second Annual Pacific Japanese Provisional Conference with history and proceedings from conference (ddr-ajah-4-23)
doc Document with photo of attendees to Second Annual Pacific Japanese Provisional Conference with history and proceedings from conference (ddr-ajah-4-23)
Some individuals identified
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-4-23/
B. Shibayama Collection (ddr-densho-106)
Collection B. Shibayama Collection (ddr-densho-106)
The B. Shibayama collection consists of photographs from the personal family collection of Betty Morita Shibayama, who was interviewed by Densho in 2003. The photographs document Betty's life in prewar Hood River, Oregon, her experiences in Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho, and her involvement in the fight for redress for Japanese Latin Americans.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-106/
Dorothea Lange Collection (ddr-densho-151)
Collection Dorothea Lange Collection (ddr-densho-151)
The Dorothea Lange Collection, March-July 1942, features photographs taken by Dorothea Lange, who was hired by the government to visually record the World War II incarceration of Japanese Americans. The photographs document the many different stages of mass removal and incarceration in California and contain original captions written by Dorothea Lange.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151/
Letter from Carl C. Donaugh, United States Attorney for Portland, Oregon on requesting a rehearing for Keizaburo Koyama with date and filing stamps. (ddr-one-5-207)
doc Letter from Carl C. Donaugh, United States Attorney for Portland, Oregon on requesting a rehearing for Keizaburo Koyama with date and filing stamps. (ddr-one-5-207)
Photocopy of a declassified typed letter from Carl C. Donaugh, United States Attorney for Portland, Oregon, to Edward J. Ennis, Director, Alien Enemy Control Unit about Dr. Keizaburo Koyama, Japanese alien. Donaugh writes that he is attaching an affidavit from Teru Koyama, Dr. Koyama's wife, petitioning for a rehearing. He also mentions several letters and phone …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-5-207/
Case file for Keizaburo Koyama from the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Page 1 of 6. (ddr-one-5-98)
doc Case file for Keizaburo Koyama from the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Page 1 of 6. (ddr-one-5-98)
Photocopy of a declassified report on Keizaburo Koyama by Vincent M. Quinn on January 14, 1942. It states that Koyama was born on October 7, 1897 and immigrated to Seattle, Washington in 1914. He was working as a dentist in Portland, Oregon when the order for his arrest was issued on December 8, 1941. He was …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-5-98/
Community analysis report, no. 8, January 28, 1944 (ddr-csujad-19-58)
doc Community analysis report, no. 8, January 28, 1944 (ddr-csujad-19-58)
This issue is titled as Japanese Americans educated in Japan. The document describes about what happened to the children who grew up in California for a while, then went to school in Japan and finally returned back to California. It emphasizes on what effect did living and growing up in two such different places have on …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-19-58/
Drafting the plan of permanent organization (ddr-csujad-55-781)
doc Drafting the plan of permanent organization (ddr-csujad-55-781)
Planning document for the structure, roles, and responsibilities of the "Commission." Includes statements on number of members and method of selection, tenure of office of councilmen, vacancies, meetings, procedures, presiding officer, functions, removal, nomination, election, eligibility, qualifications for voting and holding office, judicial commission, arbitration commission, procedure for approval, limitations, operations of the community council, resolutions, …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-781/
Administrative instruction (United States. War Relocation Authority), no. 85 (Februrary 26, 1943) (ddr-csujad-55-741)
doc Administrative instruction (United States. War Relocation Authority), no. 85 (Februrary 26, 1943) (ddr-csujad-55-741)
Instructional document regarding trial and punishment of offenses in incarceration camps. Includes list of "offenses punishable by the project director, penalties," "procedure for taking disciplinary action by project director," "offenses punishable by judicial commission, penalties, procedure," "reference of cases to project director for disciplinary action, to judicial commission, or to state and federal prosecuting officials," and …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-741/
Correspondence of John J. McCloy and Angus Macbeth (ddr-densho-1007-1864)
doc Correspondence of John J. McCloy and Angus Macbeth (ddr-densho-1007-1864)
This collection of McCloy's correspondence relates to the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians, as well as debates over Japanese American incarceration and redress. The material dates between 1943-1944 and 1975-1982. To learn more about McCloy, who is criticized for his role in the forced removal of Japanese Americans during World War II, see …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1864/
Southern California Ehime Kenjinkai 75th Anniversary Book (ddr-densho-398)
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 …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-398/
Document with photo of Ruzyo
doc Document with photo of Ruzyo "Ruzzy" Maeyama and Haru "Lou" Matsuura, clippings and biographical information about Maeyama and Matsuura (ddr-ajah-6-151)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-151/
Collection of photos and document relating the story of Ichiro Morita's actions as a draft resister from Heart Mountain (ddr-ajah-2-936)
doc Collection of photos and document relating the story of Ichiro Morita's actions as a draft resister from Heart Mountain (ddr-ajah-2-936)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-936/
Nippu Jiji Photograph Archive,
Collection Nippu Jiji Photograph Archive, "War Related" Collection (ddr-njpa-13)
This collection consists of photographs and newspaper clippings filed under the original "War-Related/Military" section of the Nippu Jiji photograph library. The materials in the "War Related" Collection (primarily from the mid-1930s to early 1940s) document Axis and Allied military campaigns; events on the European and Japanese home front; and colonial occupations across Africa, Asia and the …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-njpa-13/
Japanese in our Midst (ddr-csujad-19-81)
doc Japanese in our Midst (ddr-csujad-19-81)
This document, "prepared and published under the auspices of the Colorado Council of Churches," describes the background of the situation when the Japanese first started to come to the United States in considerable numbers, evacuation and relocation of Japanese Americans and the concentration of Japanese Americans on the West Coast. It also discusses about the three …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-19-81/
Final order, judgement, and decree as to certain named plaintiffs who have submitted affidavits in lieu of oral testimony (ddr-csujad-12-10)
doc Final order, judgement, and decree as to certain named plaintiffs who have submitted affidavits in lieu of oral testimony (ddr-csujad-12-10)
According to these court proceedings the plaintiff by Charles Elmer Collett, Assistant United States Attorney, Attorneys for Defendants, Tsugitada Kanamori is to be hereinafter identified as a citizen of the United States of America. This document makes it clear that the purported renunciation of his citizenship is "null, void, and without legal effect upon that status …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-12-10/
Family register certification for Tsugitada Kanamori, in Japanese (ddr-csujad-12-23)
doc Family register certification for Tsugitada Kanamori, in Japanese (ddr-csujad-12-23)
The certified copy of Tsugitada Kanamori's family registration in Japan, issued by Ryoitsu Kikuchi, the Mayor of Miyagi Shida-gun Kashimadai. Includes information about his birth date of September 7, 1922, his birth place, the city of Port Hueneme in Oxnard just north of Los Angeles, as well as information about the marriage to his wife, Kazuko …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-12-23/
Testimony of Conscience (ddr-densho-1007-1855)
doc Testimony of Conscience (ddr-densho-1007-1855)
This document is a transcript of a sermon given by Charles Z. Smith at the Blaine Memorial United Methodist Church in Seattle, Washington on July 28, 1974. Smith was not of Japanese descent nor incarcerated during World War II in a concentration camp, but during his law career he advocated for immigrant rights and opposed Executive …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1855/
Document with photo, documents and clippings about the Alameda Taiiku Kai baseball team, reproduction of scrapbook compiled by Seiji Kawamura (ddr-ajah-5-38)
doc Document with photo, documents and clippings about the Alameda Taiiku Kai baseball team, reproduction of scrapbook compiled by Seiji Kawamura (ddr-ajah-5-38)
Title: Shizuto Kawamura's Alameda Taiiku-Kai, etc. scrapbook
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-5-38/
UC Santa Barbara Frank Chin Papers (ddr-csujad-24)
Collection UC Santa Barbara Frank Chin Papers (ddr-csujad-24)
These materials are from box 73 and 74 of the Frank Chin Papers. The Frank Chin Papers contain personal and professional correspondence between Frank Chin and Michi Weglyn relating to particular projects on which either author was working as well as files related to the Day of Remembrance Tribute to Michi Weglyn.

See complete finding aid …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-24/
UC Santa Barbara Robert Billigmeier Collection (ddr-csujad-26)
Collection UC Santa Barbara Robert Billigmeier Collection (ddr-csujad-26)
The Robert Billigmeier collection is comprised of materials collected during his work and stay at the Tule Lake incarceration camp conducting research for the University of California’s Japanese Evacuation and Resettlement Study (JERS). The collection includes: photographs taken during his time at Tule Lake; a scrapbook created by students at Tule Lake in 1942; camp publications; …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-26/
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