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Nisei girl in class photo (ddr-densho-111-7)
Elaine Ishikawa Hayes' sister Jean in a class photo.
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Nisei girl (ddr-densho-111-8)
Elaine Ishikawa Hayes' sister Jean at the Winnebago Indian boarding school.
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Boarding school students (ddr-densho-111-6)
Students at Winnebago Indian boarding school where Elaine Ishikawa Hayes' mother worked.
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Boarding school students (ddr-densho-111-5)
Students at Winnebago Indian boarding school where Elaine Ishikawa Hayes' mother worked.
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Testimony of Elaine Ishikawa Hayes (ddr-densho-67-161)
Written testimony of Elaine Ishikawa Hayes. Incarcerated at the Sacramento Assembly Center and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. This testimony was presented at the CWRIC hearing in Seattle, Washington, on Wednesday, September 9, 1981, in the section titled "Discrimination and Psychological Impact."
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Elaine Ishikawa Hayes Interview III (ddr-densho-1000-163)
Nisei female. Born June 30, 1923, in Willows, California. Grew up in Sacramento, California, prior to World War II. During the war, was removed to the Sacramento Assembly Center, California, and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Left camp to attend college in Wisconsin, and later moved to Chicago, Illinois. Post-World War II, was active in …
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Elaine Ishikawa Hayes Interview I (ddr-densho-1000-157)
Nisei female. Born June 30, 1923, in Willows, California. Grew up in Sacramento, California, prior to World War II. During the war, was removed to the Sacramento Assembly Center, California, and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Left camp to attend college in Wisconsin, and later moved to Chicago, Illinois. Post-World War II, was active in …
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Elaine Ishikawa Hayes Interview II (ddr-densho-1000-158)
Nisei female. Born June 30, 1923, in Willows, California. Grew up in Sacramento, California, prior to World War II. During the war, was removed to the Sacramento Assembly Center, California, and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Left camp to attend college in Wisconsin, and later moved to Chicago, Illinois. Post-World War II, was active in …
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Nisei standing in concentration camp firebreak (ddr-densho-111-1)
Elaine Ishikawa Hayes was employed by Tule Lake's recreation department. She is pictured here standing in the firebreak near the recreation department barracks.
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Sacramento High School class of 1941 graduates (ddr-densho-111-4)
Elaine Hayes is in the bottom photo, third row, sixth from left.
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YWCA conference (ddr-densho-111-9)
Group photo of Pocatello YWCA sponsors of conference. Elaine Ishikawa Hayes is in the front row, far right.
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Ishikawa Hayes Collection (ddr-densho-111)
The Ishikawa Hayes collection consists of photographs from the personal family collection of Elaine Ishikawa Hayes, who was interviewed by Densho in 2004. Many of the photographs depict life in Tule Lake concentration camp, California.
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YWCA conference attendees (ddr-densho-111-10)
L to R: Aya Miyazaki, Sada Murayama and Elaine Ishikawa Hayes. These young women were temporarily released from Tule Lake concentration camp to attend the YWCA conference.
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Recreation department staff (ddr-densho-111-3)
Staff of Tule Lake concentration camp's recreation department. They are sitting on a stage platform which was built in a firebreak, and used for various performances. Second row from front, ninth from left is Harry Mayeda, the Recreation Department Director. Elaine Ishikawa Hayes is in the third row, sixth from left.
Narrator Elaine Ishikawa Hayes
Nisei female. Born June 30, 1923, in Willows, California. Grew up in Sacramento, California, prior to World War II. During the war, was removed to the Sacramento Assembly Center, California, and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Left camp to attend college in Wisconsin, and later moved to Chicago, Illinois. Post-World War II, was active in …
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Elaine Ishikawa Hayes Interview III Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-163-9)
Discussion of racial issues in Seattle during time of national Civil Rights Movement
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Elaine Ishikawa Hayes Interview III Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1000-163-1)
Husband's experiences at the University of Washington
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Elaine Ishikawa Hayes Interview III Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-163-6)
Starting up a cooperative daycare program
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Elaine Ishikawa Hayes Interview III Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-163-10)
Husband's difficulties finding work in the school system
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Elaine Ishikawa Hayes Interview III Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-163-2)
Thoughts on the anti-Communist movement in the late 1940s
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Elaine Ishikawa Hayes Interview III Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-163-16)
Setting up a network of daycare centers through CAMP, the Central Area Motivation Program