Search Results | Densho Digital Repository

vh Robert Mizukami Interview Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-114-17)

Recalling incident of postwar prejudice in Bonners Ferry, Idaho

This is the first in a series of interviews conducted by the Puyallup Valley Japanese American Citizen League in collaboration with Densho.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-114-17/

vh Tsuguo "Ike" Ikeda Interview II Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-124-2)

Active in establishing camp high school, clubs at Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho

As a teenager prior to World War II, began keeping scrapbooks with newspaper articles and memorabilia, a lifetime habit.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-124-2/

doc Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-17)

Excerpt: "Monday night we learned at choir that instead of a rehearsal Thursday we were getting a farewell concert for the project." Sent from Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-171-17/

img Construction on Anderson Dam (ddr-densho-258-38)

Wide shot of a construction site with cranes, retaining walls, trucks, scaffolding, and workers. Caption on right: "First stage of Dam 1942. Anderson Dam Idaho. Earth filled dam."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-258-38/

img Katherine Okamura and sons (ddr-densho-477-173)

Photograph of Katherine Okamura with two young boys. The caption below the photo reads "Mitzi's friend at Hunt, Idaho camp Katherine Okamura and her sons" in black ink.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-477-173/

img Class photo of nursery school at Minidoka (ddr-densho-543-7)

Written on back: August 1943 Nursery school in Hunt Idaho. Teachers Miss Takahashi / Miss Ota / Miss Tanaka / Mrs. Hanamura / Eddie Masaru Hirota, Norma Kayoko Hirota. Dickie Yoshihiro Hirota

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-543-7/

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 …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-672/

vh James Nishimura Interview (ddr-manz-1-33)

Nisei male. Born February 6, 1930, in Seattle, Washington. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, was removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. While in camp, was allowed to leave to attend high school for one year in the nearby town of Eden, Idaho. After leaving camp, Mr. Nishimura moved to …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-33/

doc Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-80)

Excerpt: "We have been deluged with clerical help in the office and there have been 25 prisoners of war loading freight since Tuesday." Sent from Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-171-80/

doc Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-57)

Excerpt: "This week has been like winter and today has been raining so we snuggled indoors and have played Chinese checkers all afternoon." Sent from Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-171-57/

doc Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-71)

Excerpt: "This past week I've been doing things between sneezes. My hay fever (sheep grass?) has hit me harder this year than before." Sent from Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-171-71/

doc Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-63)

Excerpt: "If I thought I was busy at any time during the last two years, it was a mild form of self-indulgence!" Sent from Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-171-63/

doc Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-79)

Excerpt: "There is really very little news this week. The first part was very hot and yesterday and today have been unseasonably cool." Sent from Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-171-79/

doc Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-34)

Excerpt: "It's late, but I drank quite a bit of coffee at a party here in the dorm tonight and I'm not sleepy." Sent from Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-171-34/

img Japanese American baggage (ddr-densho-37-426)

Original WRA caption: Eden, Idaho. The baggage, belonging to evacuees who have just arrived from the assembly center at Puyallup, Washington, is sorted and trucked to their barrack apartments.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-426/

img George Naohara, Tadashi Sakaida, and Kenneth Kenji Kuwahara at Civilian Conservation Corps mobile camps, Rupert, Idaho (ddr-csujad-38-28)

Photographed are George Nobuo Naohara, Tadashi Sakaida, and Kenneth Kenji Kuwahara, having sake in front of Civilian Conservation Corps mobile camps, Rupert, Idaho. While Tadashi is holding a cup, George and Keny are pouring sake into it. The caption reads: Tadashi Sakaida loves sake. [In Japanese]. The same image without a caption is found in item: …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-38-28/

doc Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-31)

Excerpt: "Sorry I'm late again but last night I taught Jerry Fogarty's Americanization class from 7 till 8 and then went to a meeting..." Sent from Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-171-31/

doc Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-53)

Excerpt: "Monday before last I was invited to Father Joe's for a farewell dinner for Miss Hiota. It was all Japanese food with chopsticks." Sent from Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-171-53/

doc Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-72)

Excerpt: "Not much has happened since I last wrote, but the weekend is booked full and I'm not sure when I'll get another chance." Sent from Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-171-72/

doc Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-9)

Excerpt: "Our weather last night was something to write home about. Yesterday was overcast, warm and calm. At midnight it was cleary and starry." Sent from Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-171-9/

doc Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-40)

Excerpt: "Tonight I'm sitting in the shadow of my social life dashing this off while I wait for the Chinese checker game to begin." Sent from Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-171-40/

doc Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-7)

Excerpt: "I put my room to permanent rights at little more. Assembled my voluminous notes and bibliographies from Stanford into notebook covers purchased yesterday." Sent from Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-171-7/

doc Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-38)

Excerpt: "Our enrollment is sky rocketing beyond our wildest estimate and yet we must be prepared to have many relocate or graduate in February." Sent from Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-171-38/

vh Tsuguo "Ike" Ikeda Interview I Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-123-14)

Journey to Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho; booing a teacher who spoke of "democracy" in camp

As a teenager prior to World War II, began keeping scrapbooks with newspaper articles and memorabilia, a lifetime habit.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-123-14/

doc Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-18)

Excerpt: "Last week I had some rest from choir after Mae's leaving -- we took a week off because of the big banquets for the volunteers." Sent from Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-171-18/

Filters