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doc Manzanar Free Press Vol. 6 No. 22 (September 9, 1944) (ddr-densho-125-270)

Selected article titles: "WFA to Recruit Harvest Laborers in Idaho Area" (p. 1), "To Place Guards to Stop Thefts" (p. 1), "Issue Latest Regulations on Yule Parcels Sent Overseas" (p. 1), "Penicillin Flown to Poston Saves Life of Youth" (p. 3), "Canned Goods Go Ration Free Soon" (p. 3), "Eastern Visitor to Center Urges Nisei Relocation" …

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doc Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 61 (May 21, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-150)

Selected article titles: "Idaho Sergeant Missing in Action"; "Ando Named War Bond Sales Chairman Here"; "Wedding in Bay City"; "551 from Gila in Army"; "Union Still Silent on Stockton Nisei Hiring Issue at Warehouse"; "Departing Officer Honored by League"; "Visitor Jailed"; "Question Method for Press Release"; "Dance Stars Amemiya"; "Boy Shot, Recovering"; "Charge 'Grabbing' to Returnees"; …

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img Nakahara Family (ddr-densho-477-119)

Photograph of a the Nakahara family in front of a barrack in Minidoka. Identified left to right: Shohei Nakahara, Saburo Nakahara, Yoshiko (Nakato) Nakahara, Midori (Nakahara) Chikamura. Caption below the image reads "Shohei Sab Yoshiko Midori / Hunt, Idaho 1945" in black ink. Caption to the left of the photo reads "World War II Japanese relocation …

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vh Lily Kajiwara Interview (ddr-manz-1-105)

Nisei female. Born July 26, 1924, in Portland, Oregon. Grew up in the Gresham/Troutdale area of Oregon, where parents had a farm. During World War II, removed to the Portland Assembly Center, Oregon, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. While in camp, worked as an assistant teacher. After camp, lived in New York before returning to …

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vh Kaz Yamamoto Interview (ddr-manz-1-111)

Nisei male. Born March 18, 1924, in Sanger, California. Grew up in Santa Monica, California, where parents ran a farm. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. Left camp temporarily to work at a farm labor camp in Pocatello, Idaho. After leaving camp, lived and worked in Chicago, Illinois, before eventually returning …

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vh Tosh Tokunaga Interview (ddr-densho-1000-241)

Nisei male. Born January 2, 1925, in Selleck, Washington. Grew up in the Selleck logging camp before moving with family to Seattle, Washington, for high school. During World War II, removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Volunteered for the military as a paratrooper, and served in Europe. Eventually returned to …

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vh Frank Kitamoto Interview (ddr-densho-1000-35)

Sansei male. Born May 28, 1939, on Bainbridge Island, Washington. Incarcerated with parents at Manzanar concentration camp, California, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Returned to Bainbridge Island after end of World War II. President of the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Community (BIJAC), a community organization dedicated to the preservation of Japanese American history on Bainbridge Island.

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vh Kajiko Hashisaki Interview (ddr-densho-1000-201)

Nisei female. Born and raised in Seattle, Washington. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, was removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Left Minidoka in 1943 to attend school in St. Paul, Minnesota. Married in 1945, and lived in Japan for sixteen months before returning to the United States and …

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vh Peggie Nishimura Bain Interview (ddr-densho-1000-170)

Nisei female. Born March 31, 1909, in Vashon Island, Washington. Raised in Vashon Island and Des Moines, Washington, before being removed with her two children to the Pinedale Assembly Center, California. Later transferred to Tule Lake concentration camp, California, and Minidoka, Idaho, before resettling in Chicago, Illinois. Lived and worked in Chicago before eventually returning to …

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vh Toshiko Hayashi Interview (ddr-densho-1000-492)

Nisei female. Born April 14, 1925, in Portland, Oregon. Grew up in Beaverton, Oregon, where parents farmed and sold produce at a nearby market. During World War II, family moved to Ontario, Oregon, to avoid mass removal, and worked for a white farmer. Toshiko attended Boise State University in Idaho and then moved to Seattle after …

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doc Walerga Wasp No. 6 (May 30, 1942) (ddr-densho-199-6)

Selected article titles: "Beet Workers to Go to Idaho" (p. 1), "600 Attend First Classes Thursday. School Set-up Revamped at Last Teacher's Meeting, Registration Mon." (p. 2), "Salt for Food Poison" (p. 2), "Complaints to be Aired. Japanese Council Plans Food Inspection" (p. 3), "Center Reaches Capacity" (p. 3), "Cheese and Crackers Menu" (p. 4).

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doc Note on train menu (ddr-densho-356-215)

Train menu from Great Northern Railway's Empire Builder route. On the back of the menu is a message to Yuri Domoto Tsukada from Yoshito Shibata. In the message Yoshito informs Yuriko that the train is crossing into Idaho and he is headed to Fort Snelling in Minnesota and that he will write her again once he …

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Collection Okawa Collection (ddr-densho-20)

The Okawa collection, circa 1918-1940s, features photographs of picnics and other leisure activities of the Japanese American community before World War II. The concentration camp at Minidoka, Idaho, is also shown.

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doc Envelope and letters to Dr. Keizaburo "Kei" Koyama from Miriam Kiyo Koyama and William Koyama (ddr-one-5-28)

Envelope addressed to Dr. Keizaburo Koyama at Camp Livingston from his children, William Koyama and Miriam Kiyo Koyama, at Minidoka. Postmarked Sep 11, 1942. To the left of the postmark “Sept 14, 42” is written in red pencil. On the left side of the envelope is a purple "Censored" stamp. Inside the envelope are two letters, …

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Collection Helen Amerman Manning Collection (ddr-densho-171)

This collection contains documents donated to Densho by Helen Amerman Manning, a high school teacher at the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho, during World War II. The collection includes several publications by the War Relocation Authority.

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 55, No. 11 (September 14, 1962) (ddr-pc-34-37)

Selected article titles: "Issei Testimonial Kicks Off Idaho Campaign: Yes on SJR 1" (p.1), "Sansei Youth Invited to Speak Citizenship Meet" (p.1), "District Appelate Court in Ohio Reverses Decision in Adoption Case" (p.1), "No Racism in Japan Education Indicated" (p.2), "Churches Still Strongholds of Racial Discrimination in Hawaii, Says Nisei Episcopalian Priest WAiting for Regular Assignement" …

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doc Manzanar Free Press Vol. III No. 32 (April 21, 1943) (ddr-densho-125-124)

Selected article titles: "National Director of WRA, Dillon Myer, Pays Visit. Two-day Center Tour Conducted" (p. 1), "Statistics Show Midwest Living Expense Lower. Cost of Living in Kansas City, Indianapolis and Denver Lower" (p. 1), "Insufficient Work Reported by Boys in Idaho Related" (p. 1), "Colorado Accepts Farm Laborers" (p. 1), "Relocation is an Opportunity Says …

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doc Manzanar Free Press Vol. IV No. 6 (September 25, 1943) (ddr-densho-125-170)

Selected article titles: "Uphold Promise Given Domestic Minority Group" (p. 1), "Importance of School; Regulations About Attendance Explained by Fox" (p. 1), "Two Battery Cases Reported by Police" (p. 1), "Adopt Resolution Urging Relocation" (p. 1), "Answer Inquiries About Repatriates" (p. 1), "Water Consumption Decrease Disclosed" (p. 1), "Myer Announces Official Figures on Segregation" (p. 2), …

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doc Gila News-Courier Vol. III No. 12 (September 18, 1943) (ddr-densho-141-155)

Selected article titles: "FDR Backs Resettlement; DeWitt Out, Emmons In" (p. 1), "Rivers' Leaves Shoots Higher" (p. 1), "Editorial: Wanted: Taxidermist" (p. 2), "OPA Ration Book Filing to Use 70 Butte Workers" (p. 2), "Idaho Nisei Opens Hostel" (p. 3), "Rivers Receives Baby Clothes From Hawaii" (p. 3), "Gripsholm Sails; 314 on Board" (p. 3), "U.S. …

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doc Rohwer Outpost Vol. II No. 21 (March 13, 1943) (ddr-densho-143-41)

Selected article titles: "Education: Thursday Will be Open House" (p. 1), "300 Volunteer in Idaho for Special Combat Team" (p. 1), "Shoe Certificates. Applications May be Filed Now; Eligible Groups Named" (p. 1), "Registration is Nearly Over" (p. 1), "Property Officer to Deal as Intermediary" (p. 3), "Land Act Unconstitutional" (p. 3), "Permanent Center Chapter Instituted" …

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doc Daily Press Review, Vol. V, No. 11 (ddr-densho-156-251)

Article titles: "Graduates of U.W. Teach at Jap Camp"; "Nevada Legion Seeks to Curb U.S. Japanese"; "Japanese Plead to Aid with Crops"; "Machinery is Set Up for Japanese Labor"; "Still a Japanese"; "Japanese Colony Population Reaches Almost 10,000 Mark"; "Japanese Evacuees Begin Work in South Idaho Harvest Fields"; "Behind the News"; "80 Negroes Jailed for Forming …

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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 Schoolchildren (ddr-densho-39-38)

Original museum description: Photograph, black and white glossy of a scene in Minidoka, Idaho[,] internment camp showing school children marching or parading near the barracks. There are two women white teachers and another adult woman at the rear. Some of the children are carrying American flags, and the flagpole in the back is at half staff. …

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vh Eddie Owada Interview (ddr-manz-1-37)

Nisei male. Born December 22, 1925, in Tacoma, Washington. Grew up primarily on Vashon Island, Washington. Removed to the Pinedale Assembly Center and the Tule Lake concentration camp, Washington, later transferring to the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Drafted into the army and served with the Military Intelligence Service. Worked for the U.S. Forest Service and eventually …

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vh Fumi Kaseguma Interview (ddr-densho-1000-203)

Nisei female. Born April 20, 1924, in Portland, Oregon. Spent one summer in Japan just before the onset of war between the U.S. and Japan. Incarcerated at the Portland Assembly Center, Oregon, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Left camp as part of the National Youth Administration, and worked in Salt Lake City, Utah, and Chicago, …

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