Original caption: Sacramento, California. Japanese Christian Center two days before evacuation of persons of Japanese ancestry from this area.

Written on verso: 3rd from right, above casket, Rutaro.

Original WRA caption: Topaz, Utah. With a fervent prayer, this Japanese Topaz resident, a Christian Minister, opens the dedication ceremonies at the Relocation Center at Topaz.

Annotated form letter from Frank G. Muench regarding the fact that Lincoln Christian Center in Sacramento, California helped their Japanese friends move safely to Walerga camp [= Sacramento Assembly Center] about 10 miles from Sacramento. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2786

A photograph of Frank Muench in front of a school bus. Frank Muench en-route to California in new school bus for Japanese Christian Center, Sacramento California. Bus was purchased in Detroit, Michigan and Lebanon, Indiana through donations from the Denomination and friends. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2796

Selected article titles: "New Eight-Hour Day Rule Will be Enforced -- Merritt" (p. 1), "Errors in Pamphlet on Segregation Told" (p. 1), "Local Watermelons Due at Mess Halls" (p. 1), "Temporary Change in Hospital Staff as Little Rests" (p. 1), "Completion of All Hearings Expected" (p. 1), "Nisei Acceptable in Women's Army Corps" (p. 1), "16 …

Article in the July/August 1977 issue of A.D. 1977 on the experience of Japanese Christians in America through the end of WWII.

Loose scrapbook pages containing newspaper and magazine clipping, bulletins, program, school essay, photograph, and ephemera. Selected article titles and additional contents: Seattle Post-Intelligencer: "Bainbridge Japs prepare to leave" (p. 1), "Tired old woodenface sets new attendance record" (p. 3), Hunt High School Commencement Program (p. 4), "Prober Dies would find dust but no 'coddling' at center" …

Nisei male. Born August 15, 1924, in Portland, Oregon. Incarcerated at the North Portland Assembly Center and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Kept a diary beginning December, 1941, and through incarceration. Beginning as a teenager, was exceptionally active as a volunteer leader, first within a Japanese American church in Portland, later in camp with Federated Christian Church, …

Nisei male. Born August 15, 1924, in Portland, Oregon. Incarcerated at the North Portland Assembly Center and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Kept a diary beginning December, 1941, and through incarceration. Beginning as a teenager, was exceptionally active as a volunteer leader, first within a Japanese American church in Portland, later in camp with Federated Christian Church, …

Nisei male. Born August 15, 1924, in Portland, Oregon. Incarcerated at the North Portland Assembly Center and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Kept a diary beginning December, 1941, and through incarceration. Beginning as a teenager, was exceptionally active as a volunteer leader, first within a Japanese American church in Portland, later in camp with Federated Christian Church, …

The Japanese Congregational Church's 70th Anniversary coincided with the 100th Anniversary of the Japanese Christian Mission in North America. This book traces the history of JCC within the larger setting of national and local events, and some of the photos and narratives may be of interest. Ai Chih Tsai was pastor at JCC from 1948 to …

The Japanese Congregational Church's 70th Anniversary book traces the history of JCC within the context of national and local events.