1145 items
1145 items
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Aya Uenishi Medrud Interview (ddr-densho-1000-213)
Nisei female. Born April 9, 1925, in Malden, Washington. Grew up in Seattle, Washington, before being removed with family to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. From Minidoka, relocated with family to Utica, New York. Worked in Japan for the U.S. Army of Occupation, and for the Tokyo General Army Hospital …
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Yukiko Katayama Omoto Interview (ddr-densho-1001-38)
Nisei female. Grew up on Bainbridge Island, Washington. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California, eventually transferring to the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. After leaving camp, returned to Bainbridge Island.
(This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, …
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Minidoka Irrigator Vol. IV No. 38 (November 25, 1944) (ddr-densho-119-114)
Selected article titles: "Former Beaverton Athlete Killed in Action; Nine Wounded in France" (p. 1), "Killed in Action" (p. 1), "New Employment Procedure For Evacuees Put Into Effect. New System Designed for More Efficiency, Declares Placement" (p. 1), "Aliens Now Eligible for Army" (p. 1), "Priorities Given in Property Shipment From West Coast" (p. 1), "Evader …
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Minidoka Irrigator Vol. IV No. 8 (April 15, 1944) (ddr-densho-119-188)
Selected article titles: "Draft to Affect Farm Labor Supply in Idaho. Robertson Predicts Evacuee Help Will be Cut 50 Per Cent from 1943" (p. 1), "Two Holdouts Ask Induction" (p. 1), "Citizenship Lost Through Marriage May be Regained" (p. 1), "Dr. Schmoe Backs Relocation Based on Agriculture and Allied Fields" (p. 1), "Official 442nd Song Titled …
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Minidoka Irrigator Vol. V No. 1 (March 3, 1945) (ddr-densho-119-128)
Selected article titles: "Salt Lake All-Center Confab Studies Problems" (p. 1), "No Tuition Needed in Idaho Schools by Nisei Students" (p. 1), "Three Convicted for Draft Evasion" (p. 1), "Japanese Ban Asked By Three Oregon Counties" (p. 1), "Slow-down of Meal Service Brought About by New Rule" (p. 1), "Father Tibesar Writes: Evacuees Need Courage to …
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Tulean Dispatch Vol. III No. 98 (November 8, 1942) (ddr-densho-65-94)
Selected article titles: "Gambling Prohibited in the Colony" (p. 1), "700 Ballots Cast by Nisei in Recent State Elections" (p. 1), "Education Week: Open House at Colony Schools" (p. 1), "Return Sugar Ration Books" (p. 1), "Drs. Baba, Hara and Hashiba Added to Medic Staff" (p. 1), "Dispatch Staff Digs Potatoes and Carrots on the Farm …
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CSU Bakersfield Edwin Sasaki Oral History Collection (ddr-csujad-9)
Oral history interview of Edwin (Ed) Sasaki, a professor of the Psychology Department, conducted by the Public History Institute at California State University, Bakersfield. Professor Sasaki was born in Sacramento, California, in November 1940 and grew up in Weiser, Idaho. He recollects his family’s experiences during the World War II, being arrested as a suspect and …
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Merrill Collection (ddr-densho-155)
The Merrill Collection consists of personal papers belonging to Mr. Kenneth Merrill, who worked in the procurement office at Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. The collection includes personal correspondence with Japanese Americans who had already left camp, as well as War Relocation Authority publications. Also included are forms for the procurement of items for the camp, and …
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Gates Family Collection (ddr-densho-211)
The Gates Family Collection, 1942-1943, contains correspondence from the Matsuda and Morishita families to Mrs. Charles Gates. The Gates, Matsuda, and Morishita families were friends in Seattle, Washington before the outbreak of World War II and the correspondence covers the Matsuda's and Morishita's life at Puyallup "Camp Harmony" Assembly Center, Washington and later at Poston (Colorado …
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Tazuma Collection (ddr-densho-23)
The Tazuma collection, 1917-1950s, focuses on the Tazuma family, owners of a store in Seattle's Nihonmachi. This collection contains photographs of the family, their store, and recreational activities such as football and judo. There are also several views of the family at the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Documents include Bunshiro Tazuma's immigration papers and the Tazumas' …
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Bainbridge Island Japanese American Community Collection (ddr-densho-34)
The collection of the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Community, 1890s-1940s, consists primarily of photographs of strawberry farms, businesses, sawmills, and the church and school activities of the Japanese American community on Bainbridge Island, Washington. The collection also includes photographs of the Bainbridge Island community of Port Blakely, the mass removal of Japanese Americans from Bainbridge Island, …
Narrator Ron Magden
White male. Born August 30, 1926, in Mountain Home, Idaho. An enterprising child, took a job selling newspapers at age nine. High school age during the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, remembers reading about anti-Japanese sentiment in Boise, Idaho. Attended the University of Idaho and taught in Orofino, Idaho, for three years before …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 15 No. 25 (November 19, 1942) (ddr-pc-14-24)
Selected article titles: "Legality of Military Curfew Order on U.S. Nisei Citizens Questioned by Federal Judge" (p. 1), "Democracy in Action: JACL Leaders Discuss Problems" (p. 1), "Yasui Prefers Soldier's Death To Life in Relocation Center" (p. 1), "Challenging Discrimination Will Help Win War, Declares Wirin" (p. 2), "U.S. Nisei Battalion Trains For War Combat Duty …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 42, No. 10 (March 9, 1956) (ddr-pc-28-10)
Selected article titles: "Lane-Hillings Evacuation Claims Bill Unanimously Passed by House" (p. 1), "Asia Reds keep up discrimination tales" (p. 1), "JACL Asks FBI Hunt 'Lincoln Yamamoto'" (p. 1), "Bob Sakata honored Colorado's young farmer of year" (p. 2), "Oregon governor praises Japanese Americans, say 'no group has better earned' right to citizenship at Snake River …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 98, No. 1 (January 6-13, 1984) (ddr-pc-56-1)
Special New Year's edition. Selected article titles: "U.S. Court orders Wash. State to award women 'equal pay for comparable work'" (p. 1, Sec. A-1), "Vietnam vets held for burning Buddhist shrine" (p. 1, Sec. A-1), "Idaho Farm Bureau state board names first Nikkei director" (p. 2, Sec. A-2), "Amerika Monogatari: Widening the Gap between Nihonjin and …
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Tadashi Sakaida, George Naohara (ddr-csujad-38-46)
Photographed are George Nobuo Naohara and Tadashi Sakaida posing in front of Civilian Conservation Corps mobile camp, Rupert, Idaho. It appears that Sakaida is holding a bottle of sake. The caption reads: Tadashi Sakaida, George Naohara. [In Japanese]. Title from caption. The same image is found in item: csudh_nao_0011. A photo from "George Naohara photo album" …
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Nisei men harvesting sugar beets (ddr-csujad-38-51)
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. The caption reads: Starting in the early morning, I harvested sugar beets. There was still ground frost remaining. It was a tough job. [In Japanese]. A photo from "George Naohara photo album" (csudh_nao_0001), …
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Tetsuo Larry Hashimoto (ddr-csujad-38-26)
Photographed is Tetsuo Larry Hashimoto. The caption reads: I went to Utah and Idaho to grow sugar beets. This is Mr. Larry Hashimoto who took the role of our group leader when we left the Manzanar camp. People say that he used to be a catcher of a college baseball team. [In Japanese]. A photo from …
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Nisei farm workers (ddr-csujad-38-44)
Photographed are probably George Nobuo Naohara, Mr. Sugi, Yoshio Oda, Kenneth Kenji Kuwahara, and Tadashi Sakaida in a farm field. It is presumably taken in Rupert, Idaho, or Utah. The same photo is found in item: nao_01_02_005. The caption reads: Five "Shina" men look anxious. Tired, tired. [In Japanese]. A photo from "George Naohara photo album" …
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Manzanar Free Press Vol. II No. 54 (November 23, 1942) (ddr-densho-125-12)
Selected article titles: "Lots of Fuel..." (p. 1), "Plans for Income Boost Proposed. Prevailing Wages to be Paid for New Camouflage Project" (p. 1), "Full Course Dinner Due This Thursday" (p. 1), "One Hurt as Drivers Escape Injuries in First Auto Crash" (p. 1), "Inventory Date Nears" (p. 1), "Eggs Listed as Rationed Food" (p. 1), …
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Daily Press Review, Vol. III, No. 16 (ddr-densho-156-218)
Article titles: "American-Born Japs Allowed to Enter War Poster Contest"; "Utah Officials Study Evacuee Education Problem"; "Japanese Workers Help in Idaho Beet-Thinning"; "More Traitors"; "Aliens are Called Eager to Assist America in War"; "Colombia Moves Axis Citizens"; "Tule Lake Project Population 10,946"; "War Relocation Authority Opens Cody Office"; "Evacuated Japs Dine as Family Unit"; "Wilkes Leaves …
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Daily Press Review, Vol. 2, No. 15 (ddr-densho-156-194)
Article titles: "Case Continued: Deliberate Violation of Curfew Rules by Japanese"; "Japanese, 74, is Held by Sherriff"; "Evacuees for Arkansas"; "Evacuees Save Beet Harvest"; "Farmers May Operate Placer Evacuated Land"; "20,000 Workers Will be Needed in San Joaquin"; "Two Japanese, One Italian Held for Violating Alien Restrictions"; "Japanese Workers Leave for Idaho"; "Japanese Cast Absentee Ballots"; …
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Gerald L. Beppu Interview (ddr-densho-435-1)
Sansei male. Family owned Linc's Tackle, a longtime Japanese American business in Seattle, Washington. Prior to World War II, father became the owner of Togo's Tackle shop. During the war, removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. While the family was in camp, their prewar insurance agent paid the premiums …
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Maps of incarceration camps in the western United States (ddr-csujad-55-98)
Series of maps including incarceration camps in the western United States, temporary assembly centers in California, Manzanar camp in California, Gila River camp in Arizona, Topaz camp in Utah, Heart Mountain camp in Wyoming, Poston camp in Arizona, Amache camp in Colorado, Tule Lake camp in California, Rohwer camp in Arkansas, Minidoka camp in Idaho, and …
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Lucy Kirihara Interview (ddr-densho-1014-18)
Nisei female. Born February 27, 1931, in Portland, Oregon. During World War II, removed to the Portland Assembly Center, Oregon, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. After leaving camp, resettled with family in Minnesota, becoming a teacher in St. Paul.
(This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, …