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doc Heart Mountain Sentinel Supplement Series 236 (September 26, 1944) (ddr-densho-97-455)

Selected article titles: "17 Residents Leave Friday for Physical Examinations" (p. 1), "Warning Issued on Disposal of Hot Ashes" (p. 1), "75 Workers Wanted for Potato Harvesting in Idaho" (p. 2).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-97-455/

doc Letter from Issei man to wife (August 17, 1942) (ddr-densho-140-126)

Excerpt: "I learned you are moving to Idaho in this month. We passed by train, Pocatelo on 24 June. I guess the climate is good and camp accommodation be better facilities."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-140-126/

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.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-357-788/

doc Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-77)

Excerpt: "This is one of the most leisurely Sundays in a long time. To begin with, I was supposed to have gone to Boise and didn't." Sent from Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-171-77/

doc Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-64)

Excerpt: "Evelyn Rose of the Washington statistics office -- she spent two weeks here last June and lived in the dorms -- was here again week before last." Sent from Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-171-64/

doc Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-66)

Excerpt: "Mr. Harke finally got around to breaking the log jam and also seemed to realize that he was working at cross purposes to my job." Sent from Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-171-66/

doc Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-50)

Excerpt: "Since then it has been a series of slow days that would have been leisurely if they hadn't been haunted by uncertainty and insidious developments." Sent from Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-171-50/

doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 39 No. 9 (August 27, 1954) (ddr-pc-26-35)

Selected article titles: "Congress passes remedial bill for Peru-Japanese" (p. 1), "Authorize over $110,000 to pay big claim awards" (p. 1), "Idaho Falls naturalized citizens honor class instructor, interpreter" (p. 2).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-26-35/

doc Gila News-Courier Vol. IV No. 52 (June 30, 1945) (ddr-densho-141-411)

Selected article titles: "Red Cross Aids Families of U.S. Servicemen" (p. 1), "Nisei Seek Rehearing" (p. 2), "Reports Condition in Idaho, Oregon Area" (p. 3), "Soldiers: Dependents May Seek Allotments" (p. 3).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-141-411/

img Photo album (ddr-densho-258-1)

A family photo album showing life in Troutdale, Oregon before World War II, construction of the Anderson Ranch Dam in Elmore, Idaho during World War II, and life after World War II.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-258-1/

img Crowd gather at Minidoka's entrance (ddr-densho-477-121)

Photograph of a group of people in front of a small building made of wood and stone in Minidoka. The caption below the photo reads "Hunt, Idaho camp entrance" in black ink.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-477-121/

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.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-104/

vh Akiko Kurose Interview I (ddr-densho-1000-41)

Nisei female. Born February 11, 1925, in Seattle, Washington. During World War II, incarcerated at the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Longtime civil rights activist, educator, and pacifist.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-41/

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 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.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-171-56/

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.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-171-44/

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.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-171-24/

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.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-5-218/

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).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-34-10/

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)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-32-47/

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).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-48-29/

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)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-39-41/

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.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-171-37/

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.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-67-293/

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