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img Man standing by large billboard (ddr-densho-467-26)

On billboard: Bureau Reclamation Project / Hunt Idaho / 3 miles

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img Administration building (ddr-densho-37-825)

Original WRA caption: Minidoka Relocation Center, Hunt, Idaho. Main administration building.

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img Hiroko and Kiyoshi Terakawa (ddr-densho-357-764)

Left to right: Hiroko Terakawa, Kiyoshi Terakawa. Hanako Terakawa's caption: "Hunt, Idaho when Kiyoshi had a broken leg."

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doc The Northwest Times Vol. 1 No. 58 (August 15, 1947) (ddr-densho-229-45)

"Civic Unity Group Airs Dramas on Bias Issues Over KJR" (p. 1), "Asks For Bids on Hunt, Idaho, Buildings" (p. 1)

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img Two girls and a puppy (ddr-densho-388-13)

Photograph of two young girls, one holding a puppy in her arms. Caption on the back: "Taken Feb. 14, 1943 Hunt, Idaho. Blk 26-12C"

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img Young Buddhist Association (ddr-densho-357-788)

Three reverends sit in the front row of their Young Buddhist Association gathering in Hunt, Idaho. Front row center, left to right: Reverend Gikan Nishinaga, Reverend Sugimoto, and Reverend Eiyu Terao.

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doc Envelope from Eva Koyama and addressed to Edward J. Ennis, Director, Alien Enemy Control Unit (ddr-one-5-218)

Photocopy of a declassified letter from Eva Koyama while she was incarcerated at Minidoka in Hunt, Idaho, to Edward J. Ennis, Director, Enemy Alien Control Unit. The envelope is postmarked August 3, 1943.

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img Group in camp's Catholic church (ddr-densho-37-685)

Original WRA caption: The Most Reverend Edward J. Kelley, Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Boise, Idaho, visited the Catholic church at the Minidoka Relocation Center, Hunt, Idaho, on October 19 to conduct confirmation services for this class of children and adults. The Reverend L.H. Tibesar, Maryknoll missionary, who is pastor of the Hunt church, is …

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doc Gila News-Courier Vol. II No. 30 (March 11, 1943) (ddr-densho-141-66)

Selected article titles: "Military: 300 Volunteer in Hunt, Idaho" (p. 1), "Ten Sugar Beet Prospectors Investigate Rocky Mt. States" (p. 1), "Editorials: More Tests to Endure" (p. 2), "Labor Shortage Delays Progress. Livestock Project Dispatches SOS" (p. 4).

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doc Family travel permit (ddr-densho-25-111)

From 1943 until 1945, the Iseri family resided in Ontario, Oregon, as part of the War Relocation Authority's Seasonal Work Leave Program. In early 1945 they applied to move to Hunt, Idaho, and received this telegram granting permission.

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img Flag dedication (ddr-fom-1-907)

WRA caption on reverse: "Dedication of the project flag and flag pole in the administration area conducted by Hunt Boy Scouts. Attended by representatives of American Legion post of Twin Falls, Idaho, civic officials of Twin Falls and Jerome, Idaho, and the Military Police Escort Guarge Company. At left is high school choir. At right are …

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img Funeral service (ddr-densho-37-675)

Original WRA caption: Reverend L.H. Tibesar, Maryknoll missionary assigned to work with the Catholic group at the Minidoka Relocation Center, conducts a grave side service at the little cemetery cleared out of the sage land adjacent to Minidoka Relocation Center, Hunt, Idaho.

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doc Memorandum for Alien Enemy Information Bureau Office of the Provost Marshal General War Department, Washington D.C. (ddr-one-5-249)

Photocopy of a declassified memorandum concerning the change of status for Keizaburo Koyama. On January 1, 1944, Koyama's status changed from being "Interim Paroled" at Santa Fe, New Mexico to being paroled at Spokane and to be inducted into Minidoka War Relocation Project, Hunt, Idaho.

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img First Communion class (ddr-densho-37-683)

Original WRA caption: First Communion class of Catholic Church at Minidoka Relocation Center, Hunt, Idaho. The Rev. L.H. Tibesar, Maryknoll Missionary, is pastor. The nuns are Maryknoll sisters from the Maryknoll Mission in Seattle where the Maryknoll group numbered 1000 Japanese Catholics and non-Catholics before evacuation.

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img First Communion class (ddr-densho-37-684)

Original WRA caption: First Communion class of Catholic Church at Minidoka Relocation Center, Hunt, Idaho. The Rev. L.H. Tibesar, Maryknoll Missionary, is pastor. The nuns are Maryknoll sisters from the Maryknoll Mission in Seattle where the Maryknoll group numbered 1000 Japanese Catholics and non-Catholics before evacuation.

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img Two young women standing in front of barracks (ddr-csujad-52-22)

Two young women standing in front of barracks at Minidoka incarceration camp in Hunt, Idaho. Caption next to image reads, "OUTSIDE--Sharon Aburano, 16, left, stands outside the barrack where she was confined in a Japanese American interment camp in Hunt, Idaho during World War II. The upper part of the barrack behind her is covered with …

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img Japanese American pointing at Honor Roll sign (ddr-densho-37-748)

Original WRA caption: Fumi Onodera, 20, proudly points at the names of her 3 brothers, Kid, 26; Kaun, 24; and Satoru, 22, on the Honor Roll of Japanese-Americans serving in the U. S. Army from the Minidoka Relocation Center, Hunt, Idaho. The 3 brothers are training in a combat team at Camp Shelby, Mississippi with other …

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doc Memorandum for Alien Enemy Information Bureau Office of the Provost Marshal General War Department, Washington D.C. (ddr-one-5-248)

Photocopy of a declassified memorandum concerning the change of status for Keizaburo Koyama. On December 11, 1943, Koyama's status changed from being interned at Santa Fe, New Mexico to being "Interim Paroled" at Santa Fe for travel to Hunt, Idaho. The parole was ordered by the Attorney General on November 26, 1943.

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doc Daily Press Review, Vol. VII, No. 13 (ddr-densho-156-302)

Article titles: "107 Japanese from Honolulu Reach Camp"; "Relocation Staff Boosts Bond Plan"; "Large Audience Enjoys Japanese Talent Show"; "P.T.A. Visits Hunt Camp"; "Beet Harvest Near Completion in Idaho"; "BYU Teachers Visit Japanese Camp Near Delta"; "Jap Labor to be Used by Two Railroads"; "Japanese Indicted for Aiding Foe"; "Rumor Factory..."; "Letters from the People"; "Navy …

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img Two Issei in front of barracks (ddr-densho-37-327)

Original WRA caption: Minidoka Relocation Center, Hunt, Idaho. Joseph Gerald Osamu Sakamoto, 80, and Mary Ann Tsuchi Sakamoto, 80, on their golden wedding anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. Sakamoto came to the United States from Japan in 1894. He was the first Japanese second-hand furniture store proprietor, first Japanese express man and one of the first vegetable …

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img Joseph and Mary Ann Sakamoto (ddr-fom-1-910)

WRA caption on reverse: "Joseph Gerald Osamu Sakamoto, 80, and Mary Ann Tsuchi Sakamoto, 80, on their golden wedding anniversary, Dec. 11, 1943, at the Minidoka Relocation Center, Hunt, Idaho. Mr. and Mrs. Sakamoto came to the United States from Japan in 1894. He was the first Japanese second-hand furniture store proprietor, first Japanese express man …

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img Camp street (ddr-densho-37-823)

Original WRA caption: Minidoka Relocation Center, Hunt, Idaho. Looking down the rows of barracks westward from block 44. At extreme left is a corner of the dining hall where the 275 to 300 residents of the block eat. At center background is the sanitation building including showers, lavatories, toilets and washtubs. Nearly all the residents planted …

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img Minidoka concentration camp (ddr-densho-37-424)

Original WRA caption: Minidoka Relocation Center, Hunt, Idaho. Looking down at the rows of barracks westward from block 44. At extreme left is a corner of the dining hall where the 275 to 300 residents of the block eat. At center background is the sanitation building including showers, lavatories, toilets and washtubs. Nearly all the residents …

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img Minidoka Project Director H.L. Stafford (ddr-densho-37-672)

Original WRA caption: H.L. Stafford, project director of Minidoka Relocation Center, Hunt, Idaho, formerly administrative officer in Idaho for the Agricultural Adjustment Administration of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Boise. Mr. Stafford was born in 1893 at Tarkio, Missouri and has lived in Idaho since 1912. Before entering government service, he engaged in farming, banking, and …

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Collection Yanagihara Collection (ddr-densho-26)

The Yanagihara collection contains materials from the pre-War, War, and post-War years. The pre-War photographs show life for the Yanagihara family. The Wartime photographs show life at Minidoka concentration camp in Hunt Idaho. The post-War photographs include events such as the redress movement and the memorial to Japanese American soldiers at the Nisei Veterans Hall in …

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