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Large group photo outside church (ddr-ajah-4-57)
img Large group photo outside church (ddr-ajah-4-57)
Printed on photo front: Japanese Methodist Church "Last Issei Services" Alameda, California, February 15, 1942. Caption below photo: On February 15, 1942, the JME church held a farewell service conducted by Rev. Shigeo Shimada and attended by 120 members and friends, many of whom stepped forward for baptism. Dr. J.B. Cobb and his wife, former missionaries …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-4-57/
Class photo with teachers standing in back (ddr-ajah-4-5)
img Class photo with teachers standing in back (ddr-ajah-4-5)
Caption below photo: Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church, South Japanese grammar school. Back row: 4th from right, Lillian Towata, born 1902 Front row 3rd from right is Lillian's sister, Viola, born 1904. Photo circa 1910
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-4-5/

Narrator Mary Blocher Smeltzer

White female. Born in 1915 in Texas. Grew up in La Verne, California, where family was active with the Church of the Brethren. During World War II, lived in the Manzanar concentration camp, California, and worked as a teacher there. Along with husband, established a hostel in Chicago, Illinois, for Japanese Americans leaving the camps.
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/345/
Wedding portrait of couple (ddr-ajah-6-446)
img Wedding portrait of couple (ddr-ajah-6-446)
Caption below photo: Frances Yasuyo Ikeda marries Yasuharu Koike, August 3, 1947. They had met at the Alameda Nursery and were married at Alameda Japanese Methodist Church.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-446/
Letter from Hachico Yuasa to Ai Chih Tsai (ddr-densho-446-314)
doc Letter from Hachico Yuasa to Ai Chih Tsai (ddr-densho-446-314)
Thank you for Mi. Takahashi's letter. Request to meet and talk over New Year's.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-314/

Narrator Jo Takata

Sansei female. Born January 16, 1944, at the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. After leaving camp, the family returned to Alameda, California, where they had lived before World War II. Jo grew up in Alameda and became a high school teacher. Involved with the Buena Vista United Methodist Church and numerous other Japanese American community activities in …
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/993/
Letter from Rose Tani to Rev. [Wendell L.] Miller, circa 1942 (ddr-csujad-20-8)
doc Letter from Rose Tani to Rev. [Wendell L.] Miller, circa 1942 (ddr-csujad-20-8)
Personal letter written from the Santa Anita Assembly Center expressing gratitude for Miller's having allowed them to store goods at his church; also thanks Miller and Reverend Clay for the lunch prepared by church members, and describes church services for Issei and for Nisei. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-20-8/
Mollie Nakasaki Interview Segment 7 (ddr-jamsj-2-4-7)
vh Mollie Nakasaki Interview Segment 7 (ddr-jamsj-2-4-7)
Attending Buddhist church as a child

This interview was conducted by the Japanese American Museum of San Jose, and is part of a project entitled "Lasting Stories: The Resettlement of San Jose Japantown," a collaborative project between the Japanese American Museum of San Jose and Densho.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-jamsj-2-4-7/
Dave Tatsuno Interview Segment 7 (ddr-jamsj-2-6-7)
vh Dave Tatsuno Interview Segment 7 (ddr-jamsj-2-6-7)
Prewar activities: YMCA and church groups

This interview was conducted by the Japanese American Museum of San Jose, and is part of a project entitled "Lasting Stories: The Resettlement of San Jose Japantown," a collaborative project between the Japanese American Museum of San Jose and Densho.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-jamsj-2-6-7/
Three actors on stage (ddr-densho-64-3)
img Three actors on stage (ddr-densho-64-3)
This Japanese drama was staged at the Seattle Buddhist Church. Mako Nakagawa is in the middle, and was a junior or senior in high school at the time.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-64-3/
Boy Scout camping trip (ddr-densho-15-11)
img Boy Scout camping trip (ddr-densho-15-11)
Boy Scout Troop 55, sponsored by Seattle's Japanese Methodist Church, on a camping trip. Left to right: Bill Yorozu, Masayoshi Uchimura, Hiroshi Watanabe, Hiroshi Kanazawa, and Norio Mitsuoka.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-15-11/

Narrator Emery Brooks Andrews

White male. Born November 14, 1937, in Seattle, Washington. Son of Reverend Emery Andrews, the Japanese Baptist Church minister in Seattle for many years. After the Japanese Americans in Seattle were removed to Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho, Emery Brooks moved with family to Twin Falls, Idaho, to minister to Nikkei in camp. Visited Japanese American friends …
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/171/
Letter from Ai Chih Tsai to Dr. W.A. Cameron (ddr-densho-446-335)
doc Letter from Ai Chih Tsai to Dr. W.A. Cameron (ddr-densho-446-335)
What is Presbyterian Church in Canada's plan for missionary work in Formosa? Advice welcome.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-335/
Buddhist digest: Heart Mountain Buddhist Church weekly journal, vol. 1, no. 4 (July 7, 1943) (ddr-csujad-55-1074)
doc Buddhist digest: Heart Mountain Buddhist Church weekly journal, vol. 1, no. 4 (July 7, 1943) (ddr-csujad-55-1074)
Weekly bulletin from the Heart Mountain Buddhist Church. Covers the O'Bon (also called Obon or Bon) festival, the significance of O'Bon, and program schedule; Sunday School teachers association, and facts about the Buddhist Church. Includes five pages in Japanese. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1076
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1074/
Four girls on balcony of church (ddr-ajah-6-387)
img Four girls on balcony of church (ddr-ajah-6-387)
Caption below photo: Etsuko Yoshida, far left, poses with friends atop the second floor of Mary Helm Hall, at the Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in Alameda, CA., 1936
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-387/
Yasue and Mitsue Ozeki (ddr-ajah-6-853)
img Yasue and Mitsue Ozeki (ddr-ajah-6-853)
Caption below photo: Yasue Ozeki (left) and sister Mitsue Ozeki Yatabe pose in front of Mary Helm Hall (Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church, South) in Alameda, CA. circa April 1947
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-853/
Taejon Church (ddr-csujad-38-518)
img Taejon Church (ddr-csujad-38-518)
Photographed is Taejon Church in South Korea. The caption reads: Far away, South Korea, Taejon Church. Item from: George Naohara scrapbook: Korean War and before leaving Japan (csudh_nao_0600). See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_04_073_007
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-38-518/
Pleasant street Methodist Church morning worship (ddr-csujad-49-59)
doc Pleasant street Methodist Church morning worship (ddr-csujad-49-59)
Program from a church service at Pleasant Street Methodist Church in Waterville, Maine. An item from: pages 46-47 of the Sue Kato scrapbook (gfb_skc_001). See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 2019_002_001_034_01
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-49-59/
Poston II Buddhist church leaders and Sunday school teachers (ddr-csujad-55-1865)
doc Poston II Buddhist church leaders and Sunday school teachers (ddr-csujad-55-1865)
Essay on Poston II Buddhist Church, a list of couples married at the church, a poem, and a black and white photograph. From the Poston II Reunion Program. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1868
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1865/
Minutes of the council called by the independent Japanese Congregational Church, June 11, 1942 (ddr-densho-498-28)
doc Minutes of the council called by the independent Japanese Congregational Church, June 11, 1942 (ddr-densho-498-28)
Minutes of the council called by the Independent Japanese Congregational Church in Oakland, California (now at Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California) and the Plymoth Congregational Church in Oakland, California, to be held at the Tanforan Assembly Center to proceed with the examination and ordination of Mr. George Aki and Mr. Masayoshi Wakai, on June 11, …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-498-28/
Resettlement bulletin, vol. 2, no. 7 (September 1944) (ddr-csujad-55-1671)
doc Resettlement bulletin, vol. 2, no. 7 (September 1944) (ddr-csujad-55-1671)
Bulletin covering issues related to "resettlement" including news, resources, and opinions. Current issue includes articles on family resettlement through churches, California annual conference of the Methodist Church, Missionary Society of the Evangelical Church, the Southern California-Arizona conference of the Methodist Church, relocation to Chicago, integration, and information on hostels. See this object in the California State …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1671/
J.A.C.L. 1942 Reflections (ddr-densho-201-463)
doc J.A.C.L. 1942 Reflections (ddr-densho-201-463)
Twenty-two page booklet published by the Japanese American Citizens League. Title on cover: "Reflection." Handwritten on cover: "Beulah Shigeno." Includes society columns, gossip columns, church news, jokes, and drawings.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-201-463/
Boy Scout camping trip (ddr-densho-15-10)
img Boy Scout camping trip (ddr-densho-15-10)
Members of Troop 55, sponsored by the Japanese Methodist Church in Seattle, hike at Silver Creek. Left to right: Hiroshi Watanabe, Norio Mitsuoka, Bill Yorozu, Masayoshi Uchimura, and Hiroshi Kanazawa.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-15-10/
12 people outside church (ddr-densho-492-20)
img 12 people outside church (ddr-densho-492-20)
Photograph of 12 people standing outside a building with a Japanese plaque above the door. Written on the photograph in the upper right corner is "Hilo Church" in blue ink.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-492-20/
Group of women at a picnic (ddr-ajah-6-531)
img Group of women at a picnic (ddr-ajah-6-531)
Caption below photo: L to R: Unknown, Mrs. Mukoyama, Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara, Hanae Nakayama, Aki Mukoyama Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church of Alameda, CA picnic, April 1936. Location of picnic unknown.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-531/
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