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img Funeral at Manzanar incarceration camp (ddr-csujad-36-7)

Group photograph of a funeral at the Manzanar incarceration camp. A Buddhist church is pictured behind the group. A photo from: Manzanar Photo Album. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: man_01_008

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doc Friends Church apportionment June 1, 1901 (ddr-csujad-57-47)

List of names and donation amounts. "Friends Church Apportionment, June 1st, 1901 / William M. Hiatt, Attorney and Counselor at Law, Whittier, Cal." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FFC-0046

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doc Manzanar Free Press Vol. V No. 2 (January 5, 1944) (ddr-densho-125-199)

Selected article titles: "Auditorium Construction to Commence This Month" (p. 1), "Church Members Help Make Jackets" (p. 1), "Praise Japanese Americans at Rally" (p. 1), "Offer New Classes to Issei Residents" (p. 1), "'Nisei Assimilated?' Discussion Topic" (p. 1), "Give Date on Yule Gifts Received Here" (p. 2), "Work Opportunities Plentiful in Omaha" (p. 2).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-125-199/

img Issei men in front of Buddhist church (ddr-densho-259-330)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "39-40 Issei men sitting in chairs in front of what surely must have been a Buddhist church in Portland. The swastika on the door indicates that this was a Buddhist temple. I suspect that these men were members of the Nipponjin Kai--sometimes called the Nihonjin Kai--Japanese Association."

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doc Minutes from the Heart Mountain Board of Trustees meeting, March 24, 1944 (ddr-csujad-55-604)

Minutes of the Heart Mountain Board of Trustees meeting. Includes discussion on scholarship fund, diploma portfolio funds, and budget requests, and the Buddhist church. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0606

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-604/

vh Mary Blocher Smeltzer Interview (ddr-manz-1-38)

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.

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Collection Frank Kubo Collection (ddr-densho-128)

The Frank Kubo Collection, 1910s-1960s, focuses on the leisure and business activities of a group of Japanese Americans from Seattle, Washington. Included are photographs of Seattle landmarks, Tsutakawa Company and Furuya Company picnics and camping trips, and Pacific Market, a Japanese American operated grocery store on Jackson Street in Seattle. Also featured are several photographs of …

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vh Emery Brooks Andrews Interview (ddr-densho-1000-155)

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 …

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vh Brooks Andrews Interview (ddr-densho-1001-7)

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 …

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doc Letter from Rosalie Y. Obi to Rev. [Wendell L.] Miller, 1942 June 17 (ddr-csujad-20-9)

Personal letter written from the Santa Anita Assembly Center expressing thanks to Miller and his congregation for the lunch that they provided on the day of their removal from Los Angeles, departing from the Japanese Methodist Church, May 1, 1942. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: WLM_01-46_07

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doc Subscription to international welfare and uplift (ddr-csujad-5-261)

A receipt for three dollars donation made by Seiichi Okine on April 16, 1950 to the international welfare and uplift program sponsored by Seventh-Day Adventists. The receipt is issued by the Japanese Seventh-Day Adventist Church in Los Angeles, California. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: oki_03_01_002

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doc Subscription to international welfare and uplift (ddr-csujad-5-260)

A receipt for five dollars donation made by Seiichi Okine on April 10, 1949 to the international welfare and uplift program sponsored by Seventh-Day Adventists. The receipt is issued by the Japanese Seventh-Day Adventist Church in Los Angeles, California. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: oki_03_01_001

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doc Daily Press Review, Vol. VII, No. 19 (ddr-densho-156-308)

Article titles: "Boy Scouts Protect Flag at Manzanar"; "Larger Guard for Japs at Manzanar"; "Water Supply for Jap Farms"; "Church Seeks Homes for Jap Evacuees"; "4 Japs Jailed at Denver in Fight With Army Police"; "Internee Admits Attempted Bribery"; "Evacuee Labor Requests Grow"; "Grand Jury Votes to Exclude Japs from Citizenship"; "Interned Jap Aliens Now Number …

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img Group of girls holding Silver Link Club pennant (ddr-ajah-4-15)

Caption below photo: 1909 Silver Link club, an early Japanese junior league held at the Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church (later Buena Vista). At center is Superintendent Gladys Arnold. They gathered regularly for fellowship and activities organized by Gladys. The teens engaged in activities such as embroidery, afternoon tea and Bible study. It was a way for …

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img Group of children in costumes (ddr-ajah-4-16)

Caption below photo: 1919 Silver Link club, an early Japanese junior league held at the Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church (later Buena Vista). At left is Superintendent Gladys Arnold. They gathered regularly for fellowship and activities organized by Gladys. The teens engaged in activities such a embroidery, afternoon tea and Bible study. It was a way for …

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img Obon Festival- Dancers (ddr-one-1-247)

Black and white photographic negative of three Japanese American women posing in costumes used to dance during Obon. They are holding tenugui (towels used in traditional Japanese folk dance). From left to right: Jean Yasuko (Kida) Tomita, Atsuko "Alice" (Matsumoto) Ando, Atsuko "Alice" Kida. Obon is an annual event hosted by the Oregon Buddhist Church (now …

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av Gardena Buddhist Church fire (ddr-csujad-38-592)

A digest of the film footage, csudh_nao_0771. Film footage of the Gardena Buddhist Church' gardening; and the incident of fire in 1970, including damage and clean-up. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_06_03_002

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-38-592/

img Funeral at Manzanar incarceration camp (ddr-csujad-36-11)

Group photograph of a funeral for Mrs. Sachiko Sewaki at the Manzanar Christian Church in the Manzanar incarceration camp. A photo from: Manzanar Photo Album. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: man_01_012

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-36-11/

av Reconstruction of Gardena Buddhist Church after the fire damage (ddr-csujad-38-596)

A digest of the film footage, csudh_nao_0775. Film footage of the ground breaking ceremony and reconstruction of the Gardena Buddhist Church after the fire damage. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_06_04_002

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-38-596/

av Reconstruction of Gardena Buddhist Church after the fire damage (ddr-csujad-38-597)

A digest of the film footage, csudh_nao_0775. Film footage of the ground breaking ceremony and reconstruction of the Gardena Buddhist Church after the fire damage. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_06_04_003

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-38-597/

img Tacoma Hongwanji Buddhist Church (ddr-csujad-25-340)

A group photograph of the funeral attendees taken in front of "Tacoma Hongwanji Buddhist Church", in Tacoma, Washington. It is probably taken in the early 1900s. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_12_002

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-25-340/

av Reconstruction of Gardena Buddhist Church after the fire damage (ddr-csujad-38-598)

A digest of the film footage, csudh_nao_0775. Film footage of the ground breaking ceremony and reconstruction of the Gardena Buddhist Church after the fire damage. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_06_04_004

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-38-598/

av Gardena Buddhist Church fire (ddr-csujad-38-594)

A digest of the film footage, csudh_nao_0771. Film footage of the Gardena Buddhist Church' gardening; and the incident of fire in 1970, including damage and clean-up. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_06_03_004

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-38-594/

av Gardena Buddhist Church fire (ddr-csujad-38-593)

A digest of the film footage, csudh_nao_0771. Film footage of the Gardena Buddhist Church' gardening; and the incident of fire in 1970, including damage and clean-up. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_06_03_003

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-38-593/

av Hondo dedication and entertainment; Obon; Picnics (ddr-csujad-38-583)

Film footage of activities held at Gardena Buddhist Church, Gardena, California. Included are performances, funerals, carnivals, hanamatsuri events, bon dance, picnics, music and play performances. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_06_01_001

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-38-583/

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