683 items
683 items
Narrator Mas Okabe
Nisei male. Born December 2, 1929, in Sacramento, California. Grew up in Sacramento, where parents operated a restaurant. During World War II, removed to the Merced Assembly Center, California, and the Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado. Transferred to the Crystal City internment camp, Texas, in 1945, then went to Japan with family. Lived in Japan for …
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Poston camp (ddr-csujad-35-8)
A a travel journal written by Kenji Kawabe of his time away from the Poston camp, Arizona from May 9 through June 2, 1944. He visited the Granada camp in Colorado and Salt Lake and the Topaz camp in Utah, meeting his friends and going sightseeing and shopping. See this object in the California State Universities …
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Manzanar Free Press Relocation Supplement Vol. 1 No. 17 (August 11, 1945) (ddr-densho-125-385)
Selected article titles: "First Granada Returnee Inducted Into Army" (p. 1), "Issei, Nisei Work on Sheep Ranch in Cozad" (p. 1), "WRA Office Workers Meet With Resettlers" (p. 1), "Catholic Charities Offer Housing, Work for Six Family Units" (p. 2), "Nisei Eligible for Housing Project Home" (p. 2), "Buddhist Church Opens Hostel in Detroit" (p. 2), …
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Weekly Press Review No. 30 (ddr-densho-156-342)
Original summary excerpt: From Western sources came the major news items reviewed this week. Director Dillon S. Myer, after leaving the Denver conference of WRA officials, visited Granada Relocation Center at Amache on July 28, and addressed a large gathering of evacueees and personnel. On arriving in Los Angeles, he conferred with WRA officials in charge …
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Susumu Yenokida Interview (ddr-manz-1-35)
Nisei male. Born June 28, 1925, in Turlock, California. Grew up in the Cortez, California, area. During World War II, was removed to the Merced Assembly Center, California, and Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado. When drafted by the military, refused to report for the preinduction physical, and was tried and jailed for refusing the draft. Served …
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Joe Ishikawa Interview (ddr-densho-1000-205)
Nisei male. Born July 29, 1919, in Los Angeles, California. Went to live in Japan as a college student, returning just prior to the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Granada concentration camp, Colorado, before leaving to attend the University of Nebraska. Worked as a curator in the …
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Letter from John (Sohei) Hohri to Harold Landon and Thelma Jo Bruce (ddr-janm-18-31)
Letter from Sohei (John) Hohri to Harold Landon & Thelma Jo Bruce, dated April 6, 2000. The envelope is addressed to Mr. and Mrs. Landon in Granada Hills, CA from Sohei Hohri in New York, NY. Sohei writes about Harold and Thelma's upcoming visit to New York in May. He is looking forward to seeing them …
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Sonoma State University North Bay Ethnic Archive (ddr-csujad-56)
The North Bay Ethnic Archive features material related to the forced relocation of northern San Francisco Bay Area residents to the Granada (Amache) incarceration camp, Colorado. It includes correspondence, photographs, and reports. Some of the original items are housed with the Sonoma County Japanese American Citizens League (JACL), and were borrowed for digitization courtesy of the …
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Information Digest No. 36 and 37 (ddr-densho-156-395)
Section titles: "Registration Picks Up"; "Wallgren Misquoted"; "WPB Turns Down Elementary Schools"; "Leave Applications Cleared"; "Fryer Leaving"; "1944 Budgets"; "Personnel Reorganized"; "Student Relocation Office Moved"; "Evacuees Plead Guilty"; "Baker Addresses Forum"; "Daily Population Reports Available"; "Petitions Received for Family Internment Camp"; "Field Offices Established"; "Instructions on Shoe Rationing"; "Assistance for Evacuees"; "Co-ops and Rationing"; "Court Actions …
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Daily Press Review, Vol. V, No. 15 (ddr-densho-156-255)
Article titles: "Japs to Harvest Sugar Beets"; "Harlem Didn't Rise"; "Japanese Private's Funeral Conducted at Minidoka Relocation Center"; "Japanese Woman Arraigned on Bribing Charge"; "Japanese Work in Local Areas"; "Japanese Couple Marries at Cody"; "Revocation of All Jap Citizenships Proposed"; "Utah State Federation of Labor Hits Jap Influx"; "Relocated Japs Can be Hired to Harvest Beets"; …
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Photograph of Sandie Saito (ddr-janm-1-132)
Black and white image of Sandie Saito. She has curly hair with a bow in it and is wearing a collared Roosevelt High School letterman's sweater. She is standing at the west end of the football field at the Granada (Amache) Incarceration Camp. Written on the photograph is: "To Molly. Just, Sandie". The caption along the …
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Santa Anita pacemaker, vol. 1, no. 44 (September 19, 1942) (ddr-csujad-55-1273)
Biweekly newspaper published at the Santa Anita Assembly Center from April through October 1942. Current issue includes information on recreational activities, religious services, sports, departure for the Granada and Rohwer incarceration camps, baggage checks and inspection, and the features "Win, Place, and Show", "Story of the Week", "Post Time", and ""Feminine Forum." See this object in …
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Mas Okabe Interview (ddr-manz-1-131)
Nisei male. Born 1929 in Sacramento, California. Grew up in Sacramento, where parents operated a restaurant. During World War II, removed to the Merced Assembly Center, California, and the Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado. Transferred to the Crystal City internment camp, Texas, in 1945, then went to Japan with family. Lived in Japan for a time …
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Tule Lake Bulletin (March 2, 1944) (ddr-densho-65-437)
Selected article titles: "Time of Daily Siren Blasts Announced" (p. 1), "Population Swells to 16,797 with Arrival of Manzanites" (p. 1), "Cameraman Here from Life Mag." (p. 1), "New Colonists Occupy 5 1/2 Blocks in New Area" (p. 1), "Warrants Given to Five Nisei Granada Boys" (p. 1), "Internees to Send Shoyu to Families and Friends" …
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C. Moxley Featherston Collection (ddr-densho-472)
This collection contains a photograph of the Featherston family at Minidoka and the autobiographical writings of C. Moxley Featherston. Featherston was an attorney with the War Relocation Authority from 1942-1945. He served as a Project Attorney in several camps including Minidoka, Gila River, and Amache (Granada). His autobiographical writing explores the war years, how he got …
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Colorado Times Vol. 31, No. 4312 (May 19, 1945) (ddr-densho-150-25)
Selected article titles: "Relocation for Parolees Speeded Up"; "Nisei Wife Refuses to Drop Citizenship, Sues for Divorce"; "Refuse to Work With U.S. Japanese"; "Schools Censor Pages on Japan"; "Delay of Evacuees' Return Urged"; "Memorial Service to be Held for Pfc. Frank Kanda"; "Japanese-German Marriage Headed Toward Court"; "'The Democratic Way of Life for All'"; "WRA Ask …
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Weekly Press Review No. 1 (ddr-densho-156-315)
Original summary: Several developments accounted for a rise in newspaper items about WRA this week. The Senate investigation was, of course, top news event, with the opening of the Chicago employment office and Congressman Leroy Johnson's resolution also of interest. Other important news sources were school construction at Granada, Governor Maw's visit to Central Utah, and …
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Daily Press Review, Vol. IV, No. 23 (ddr-densho-156-240)
Article titles: "Enemy Aliens in West to Get Travel Permits"; "Classification of Japanese"; "Japanese Laborers Sought at Red Lodge"; "Japanese Start Arriving at Granada, Colo., Camp"; "Cody Evacuee Center Has First Death"; "Western Montana May Use 900 Japs in Beet Harvest"; "Defense Office Will Handle Alien Passes"; "Official Urges Regimenting of Japanese on Farms"; "Other Jap …
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Weekly Press Review No. 2 (ddr-densho-156-316)
Original summary: Investigation of WRA by Senate Military subcommittee continued as item of chief press interest. Editorial opinion received so far is divided on question of military or civilian control of camps. A movement is under way in California to utilize idle evacuee-owned agricultural equipment. Cancellation of two elementary school contracts at Granada has not stopped …
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Ernest Uno Interview (ddr-densho-1007-7)
Nisei male. Grew up in Los Angeles, California. During World War II, removed to the Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado, with family. Volunteered for the army, and served with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team in Europe.
(This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any …
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Japanese Americans leaving camp (ddr-densho-37-770)
Original WRA caption: Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado. Center residents arrive by truck from Amache to board the trains for California or other sections of the country in which they have decided to relocate. A total of nearly 15,000 evacuees were inducted into the Granada Project, Amache, Colorado, since August 27, 1942, when the first group …
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Gravesite (ddr-densho-37-513)
Original WRA caption: Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado. Not all the center residents will return to their former homes. Many have found permanent "relocation" in the sandy soil on which the tar paper barracks were hurriedly erected. A total of nearly 15,000 evacuees were inducted into the Granada Project, Amache, Colorado, since August 27, 1942, when …
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Gravesite (ddr-densho-37-514)
Original WRA caption: Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado. Not all the center residents will return to their former homes. Many have found permanent "relocation" in the sandy soil on which the tar paper barracks were hurriedly erected. A total of nearly 15,000 evacuees were inducted into the Granada Project, Amache, Colorado, since August 27, 1942, when …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 17 No. 14 (October 9, 1943) (ddr-pc-15-39)
Selected article titles: "Nisei Troops Go Into Action on Italian Front" (p. 1), "Promise Fair Play, Protection For Provo Evacuees Following Attack by Hoodlums on Camp. Three Slightly Injured by Shots Fired by Youthful Terrorists; Five Arrested Face State, Federal Indictments; Town Leaders Call Meeting" (p. 1), "Granada Camp Bars Visitors As Precaution. Action Taken by …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 18 No. 9 (March 4, 1944) (ddr-pc-16-10)
Selected article titles: "Nisei Defies Nazis, Saves U.S. Major" (p. 1), "Japanese Americans First to Storm Cassino" (p. 1), "Restoration of Rights Sought by Granadans" (p. 2), "50 Thousand Evacuees May Not Return to California, Believes S.F. Chronicle Writer" (p. 2), "Granada Evacuees Plead Guilty to Draft Evasion" (p. 2), "Chicago Sun Sees Economic Basis for …