1156 items
1156 items
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Robert Coombs Interview (ddr-densho-1000-146)
White male. Born May 26, 1918, in Visalia, California. Attended school in Sacramento, California, and then enrolled in the University of Southern California. Involved in the development of the new progressive education theory at Stanford University in the 1930s, and was teaching high school in Sacramento, California when Pearl Harbor was bombed. Worked as a teacher …
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Jan Kumasaka Interview (ddr-densho-1000-518)
Sansei female. Born August 12, 1937, in Seattle, Washington. During World War II, family removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Lived in Minidoka for only four months before leaving camp to live and farm in Great Falls, Montana. After a few years, returned to Seattle. Attended the University of …
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Mae Iseri Yamada Interview (ddr-densho-1000-267)
Nisei female. Born August 22, 1918, in Thomas, Washington. Grew up in Thomas, where parents ran a grocery store and farm. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to the Pinedale Assembly Center and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Married in camp, and went to work in Weiser, Idaho, and Ontario, Oregon. After the war, returned …
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Dotti Yasuko Tagawa Reisbord Interview (ddr-densho-1000-509)
Nisei-Sansei female. Born May 9, 1941, in Seattle Washington. An infant when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, family was sent to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. After leaving camp, family returned to Seattle, where Dotti attended school. After high school, moved to Southern California, raised a family, and became a teacher …
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Molly K. Maeda Interview (ddr-densho-1000-420)
Nisei female. Born November 23, 1919, in Dee, Oregon. Grew up in Dee, where parents had a farm. Finished college before the bombing of Pearl Harbor. During World War II, removed to the Portland Assembly Center, Oregon, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. After leaving camp, lived for a time in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, before returning to …
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Yosh Nakagawa Interview (ddr-densho-1000-172)
Nisei male. Born December 27, 1932, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in Seattle, and was in the third grade during mass removal to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington. Moved with family to Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho, before returning to Seattle to attend middle and high school. Found a lifelong job at Osborn & Ulland, a retail …
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Tadashi Kuniyuki Interview (ddr-densho-1000-227)
Nisei male. Born August 12, 1912, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in Seattle, where parents owned a series of hotels. Graduated from the University of Washington prior to World War II. During the war, was removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. After leaving camp, lived in Spokane, Washington, for …
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Victor Takemoto Interview (ddr-densho-1001-8)
Nisei male. Born October 27, 1926, in Bainbridge Island, Washington. Parents were strawberry farmers before World War II. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed with family to Manzanar concentration camp, California. Unlike most Bainbridge Island Japanese Americans, did not transfer to the Minidoka, Idaho, concentration camp. Returned to Bainbridge Island after the war, and attended …
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Santa Anita Pacemaker Vol. I No. 48 (October 3, 1942) (ddr-densho-146-51)
Selected article titles: "Rohwer Movement Continues" (p. 1), "Clothing Issuance Starts in Center. Residents Leaving on Oct. 7 Will Obtain First Deliveries" (p. 1), "Sixteen Depart for Idaho Potato Fields" (p. 1), "Departure Time Altered Because of Darkness" (p. 1), "Rohwer Project: Santa Anitans Welcomed" (p. 2), "Less Hand Luggage Urged" (p. 2), "Montana Beet Fields: …
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Tulean Dispatch Vol. IV No. 10 (November 23, 1942) (ddr-densho-65-106)
Selected article titles: "Coal Rumor Unfounded" (p. 1), "Army School Volunteer Needed to Fulfill Quota" (p. 1), "Sears Service Made Available" (p. 1), "Plans Laid for Music Concert" (p. 1), "Project Directory to be Published by Dispatch" (p. 1), "Montana Workers Return" (p. 1), "City Board Needs 3 Technicians" (p. 1), "Communique No. 3: Early Birds …
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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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Jim Akutsu Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-122-12-5)
Memories of Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho, and meeting Minoru Yasui
This interview was conducted by filmmaker Frank Abe for his 2000 documentary, Conscience and the Constitution, about the World War II resisters of conscience at the Heart Mountain incarceration camp. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life histories, instead primarily …
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Bigelow Collection (ddr-densho-156)
This collection consists of photographs and documents from the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Documents include student essays as well as numerous reports and publications from the War Relocation Authority sent to all of the camps including Minidoka.
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Arthur Kleinkopf Collection (ddr-fom-2)
Born in Illinois in 1900, Arthur Kleinkopf and his family moved to Missouri, where he graduated from school and married Edith Botts. Arthur and Edith secured teaching positions in Roseworth, Idaho in 1921, and continued to teach in small Idaho schools until 1940. From 1940 to 1942, the Kleinkopfs lived in Moscow while Arthur earned his …
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Y. Tazuma Collection (ddr-densho-24)
The Y. Tazuma collection focuses on the Tazuma family, owners of a store in Seattle's Nihonmachi, or Japantown. This collection contains photographs of the family, their store, and a photograph of the family at the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho.
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Tadashi Sakaida and Bill (ddr-csujad-38-33)
Photographed are Tadashi Sakaida and Bill. It is probably taken in Civilian Conservation Camp, Rupert, Idaho, or Utah. The caption reads: Tadashi, Bill. [In Japanese]. A photo from "George Naohara photo album" (csudh_nao_0001), page 10. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_01_10_002
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Nisei farm laborers (ddr-csujad-38-62)
Photographed are Nisei farm laborers siting in a field to rest. It is probably taken at Civilian Conservation Corps Camp, Rupert, Idaho, or Utah. A photo from "George Naohara photo album" (csudh_nao_0001), page 17. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_01_17_001
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Large farm stretching beyond the horizon (ddr-csujad-38-43)
Photographed are Nisei farm laborers presumably in Rupert, Idaho, or Utah. The caption reads: A large farm stretching beyond the horizon. [In Japanese]. Title from caption. A photo from "George Naohara photo album" (csudh_nao_0001), page 13. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_01_13_001
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Nisei man (ddr-csujad-38-56)
Photographed is a Nisei man standing near a stream probably in Rupert, Idaho, or Utah. The same image is found in item: csudh_nao_0054. 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: nao_01_16_002
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Nisei men harvesting sugar beets (ddr-csujad-38-50)
Photographed are two Nisei men standing in a field, presumably in Rupert, Idaho, or Utah. The same image is found in item: csudh_nao_0050. A photo from "George Naohara photo album" (csudh_nao_0001), page 14. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_01_14_003
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Nisei farm workers (ddr-csujad-38-47)
Photographed are Nisei farm workers presumably for Civilian Conservation Corps Camp, Rupert, Idaho or Utah. Handwritten names include: Shoichi, Wata___, Frank Oshita, Arthur Sasaki. A photo from "George Naohara photo album" (csudh_nao_0001), page 13. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_01_13_006
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Mr. Jimmy Oda (ddr-csujad-38-31)
Photographed is Jimmy Oda. It is probably taken in Rupert, Idaho, or Utah. The caption reads: Mr. Jimmy Oda [in Japanese]. Title from caption. A photo from "George Naohara photo album" (csudh_nao_0001), page 9. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_01_09_005
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Tadashi Sakaida (ddr-csujad-38-32)
Photographed is Tadashi Sakaida in front of Civilian Conservation Corps mobile camps, Rupert, Idaho. The caption reads: Tadashi Sakaida. [In Japanese]. Title from caption. A photo from "George Naohara photo album" (csudh_nao_0001), page 10. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_01_10_001
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Nisei man resting on a chair (ddr-csujad-38-66)
Photographed is a Nisei man resting on a chair. It is taken on a day off from the farm labor work in Idaho or Utah. A photo from "George Naohara photo album" (csudh_nao_0001), page 17. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_01_17_005
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Manzanar Free Press Vol. 6 No. 82 (April 4, 1945) (ddr-densho-125-326)
Selected article titles: "Demorest Explains Draft Card Rules" (p. 1), "Disclose Deadline on Use of WRA Storage Warehouses" (p. 1), "Japanese Children May Enter Idaho Schools Without Tuition Fees" (p. 2), "Require Union Cards for Produce Work in Los Angeles Area" (p. 2), "Former Sacramento Man Attacked in Chicago" (p. 3), "Spain Severs Relations With Japanese …