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vh Kay Endo Interview (ddr-manz-1-104)

Nisei male. Born September 26, 1933, in Milwaukie, Oregon. During World War II, removed to the Portland Assembly Center, Oregon, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. After leaving camp, returned to Oregon.

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img George Naohara (ddr-csujad-38-8)

Photographed is George Nobuo Naohara standing in a farm field, Burley Idaho. Japanese verse reads: With no hope, no love, no money, or no wisdom, I am yearning for my hometown. At Idaho farm. [In Japanese]. A photo from "George Naohara photo album" (csudh_nao_0001), page 1. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American …

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doc Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-56)

Excerpt: "We got off at 11 Friday morning, rode to Burley with Mr. Heley on an errand and took the last seats in the bus from there." Sent from Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho.

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doc Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-44)

Excerpt: "We started our testing program Monday -- a little sooner than I would have liked, but the pressure was on so I 'broke my neck' over it." Sent from Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho.

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doc Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-24)

Excerpt: "Monday noon one of my favorite seniors came in with word he had to go home to bed and would probably have a hernia operation Thursday." Sent from Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho.

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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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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 54, No. 10 (March 9, 1962) (ddr-pc-34-10)

Selected article titles: "Statewide Idaho Campaign Launched to Remove Anti-Oriental Voting Law" (p.1), "June 1 Target Date Set for Issei Story Financial Drive" (p.1-2), "Atmospheric Nuclear Testing" (p.1).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 51, No. 21 (November 18, 1960) (ddr-pc-32-47)

Select article titles: "Idaho law prohibits Issei vote" (p.1); "Moses Lake Nisei farmers pioneer in processing peppermint leaves for oil" (p.2); "West Fresno Hit by Election Day Voter Challenges" (p.8)

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 83, No. 4 (July 23, 1976) (ddr-pc-48-29)

Selected article titles: "JACLers Helping Idaho Flood Victims" (p. 1), "National Council Narrative: 3rd Day Highlights: Reports, Resolutions" (pp. 1-3), and "A Nisei in Japan: 'The 4th' on the 5th" (p. 4).

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img Japanese Americans working in a wood shop (ddr-densho-39-41)

Original museum description: Photograph, snapshot size, black and white glossy of three men working at a wood shop at the Minidoka, Idaho camp. They are making wooden trucks. (Info from original museum description)

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vh Mas Akiyama Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1000-188-1)

Family background: born in Eastport, Idaho

This interview was conducted as part of a project to capture stories of the Japanese American community of Spokane, Washington. Densho worked in collaboration with the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-188-1/

doc Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-37)

Excerpt: "The first and most important reason for writing is to tip you off that if you receive a call from Father Daisuke Kitagawa, I have sent him." Sent from Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho.

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doc Testimony of Josephine Shizue Sakamoto (ddr-densho-67-293)

Written testimony of Josephine Shizue Sakamoto. Incarcerated at the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. This testimony was submitted for the CWRIC hearings in Seattle, Washington, September 9-11, 1981.

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doc Gila News-Courier Vol. IV No. 15 (February 21, 1945) (ddr-densho-141-373)

Selected article titles: "Property on Terminal Island to be Returned" (p. 1), "Fresno Co: Hoodlums Burn, Shoot" (p. 1), "Relocation: Nisei Happy in Madison, Wis." (p. 2), "Permanent Farm Work in Idaho" (p. 4).

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doc Gila News-Courier Vol. III No. 178 (October 12, 1944) (ddr-densho-141-333)

Selected article titles: "991/2 % Die from Natural Causes" (p. 1), "Italy: Nisei Destroy German Nests" (p. 2), "Farm Releases Yields on Vegetable and Livestock" (p. 3), "Idaho Nisei Get Prison Terms" (p. 5).

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img Okano family 1940s photo album (ddr-densho-359-1298)

Phillip and Alice Okano's first family photograph album. The album begins with their wedding and their honeymoon and moves through the war years and their time in Idaho and into the post-war years.

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vh Nobuko Omoto Interview (ddr-densho-1001-11)

Nisei female. Born December 20, 1923, in Bainbridge Island, Washington. Removed along with family to Manzanar concentration camp, California, before moving to Minidoka, Idaho, in early 1943. Returned to Bainbridge Island after the war.

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img George N. Naohara, Tadashi Sakaida, and Kenneth Kenji Kuwahara at Civilian Conservation Corps mobile camps, Rupert, Idaho (ddr-csujad-38-61)

Photographed are George Nobuo Naohara, Tadashi Sakaida, and Kenneth Kenji Kuwahara, having sake in front of Civilian Conservation Corps mobile camps, Rupert, Idaho. The same image with a caption is found in csudh_nao_0026. A photo from "George Naohara photo album" (csudh_nao_0001), page 16. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: …

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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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vh George Yamada Segment 25 (ddr-densho-1000-187-25)

Visiting Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho, during the war

This interview was conducted as part of a project to capture stories of the Japanese American community of Spokane, Washington. Densho worked in collaboration with the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-187-25/

doc Testimony of Mrs. Matsuda (first name unknown) (ddr-densho-67-303)

Written testimony of Mrs. Matsuda (first name unknown). Incarcerated in the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. This testimony was submitted for the CWRIC hearings in Seattle, Washington, September 9-11, 1981. Personal information excised by Densho.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-67-303/

doc Letter from a camp teacher to her aunt (ddr-densho-171-43)

Excerpt: "As with you, all the news is in the 'Family letter' but I do want you to have a thank-you of your own for my birthday check." Sent from Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho.

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doc Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-1)

Excerpt: "I'm here! Just a line because I have to be up at 7 tomorrow. Things are much better than I expected and they have a grand bunch here." Sent from Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho.

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doc Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-81)

Excerpt: "I think I wrote to you on the weekend that Joe was away. Elmer took Evelyn and me to dinner in Jerome and supper in Eden that day." Sent from Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho.

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doc Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-12)

Excerpt: "I'm very sorry you worried about my silence. If I could I'd have somebody write for me or else I'd be sure to have leisure to write myself." Sent from Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-171-12/

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