132 items
132 items
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Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara sitting on stairway (ddr-ajah-6-517)
Caption below photo: Sporting pigtails is Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara of Alameda, CA, on the steps of Mary Help Hall (the Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church, South in Alameda), circa 1929. Nellie is about 15 years old here.
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Boy Scout camping trip (ddr-densho-15-6)
Members of Boy Scout Troop 55, which was sponsored by the Japanese Methodist Church, camp out at Sand Island on the Cedar River. Front: Andy Shiga. Back (left to right): Hiroshi Watanabe, Hisaka Okamoto, and Hiroshi Kanazawa.
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Five girls with teacher (ddr-ajah-4-40)
Caption below photo: Grace Umezawa (back row at center) sits with her Sunday School class at the Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in Alameda, CA. Umezawa was born on August 1, 1902, making this photo circa early 1920s
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Couple posing in costumes (ddr-ajah-4-53)
Caption below photo: Etsu Yoshida, as Adaliza, and Leroy Kajiwara, as Colonel Staunton, are two of the actors in the stageplay of "An Old Kentucky Garden" at the Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church, South in Alameda, CA. March 1937
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Issei man waiting to register for mass removal (ddr-densho-151-237)
Original caption: San Francisco, California. Oldest member of the Japanese Methodist church, who came from Japan 50 years ago. He is at the Wartime Civil Control Administration station waiting for instructions regarding his evacuation to Tanforan Assembly center.
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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
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Large group sitting in field (ddr-ajah-6-368)
Caption below photo: the Sunday School youth and adults from the Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church, South, of Alameda, CA, enjoy a day of picnicking in the hills of Albany. The superintendent of the Sunday School, Torao Miki, stands at right. May 25, 1930
Narrator Mii Tai
Nisei female. Born 1923 in Spokane, Washington. Spent childhood in downtown Spokane where parents ran the Oriental Laundry. Family was active with the Methodist Episcopal Church and mother taught at the Japanese Language School. Attended Lewis & Clark High School. Remembers changes in the Japanese American community brought about by World War II. Husband, Sumio Tai, …
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Couple posing in costumes (ddr-ajah-4-52)
Caption below photo: Tim Yamasaki, as Stephen Foster and Etsu Yoshida, as Adaliza, are actors from "An Old Kentucky Garden," a stageplay at the Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church, South in Alameda, CA. The show was directed by Ruby Yoshino and Albert Torio. March 1937
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Three women in costumes (ddr-ajah-4-54)
Caption below photo: Kiyo Date (left), as Elmino, Etsu Yoshida, as Adaliza, and Shinayo Kikuchi sing in "An Old Kentucky Garden", a stageplay at the Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church, South in Alameda, CA. The show was directed by Ruby Yoshino and Alber Torio. March 1937
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Double portrait of Hajime Date and unknown man (ddr-ajah-6-357)
Caption below photo: Hajime Date of Alameda, CA. He was born in Japan on December 27, 1878. If he is 20 years old here, this photo would be circa 1898. He was an active member of the Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in Alameda.
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Former incarcerees who have relocated to Detroit, MI, participating in young people's service and discussion group (ddr-csujad-14-33)
Former incarcerees who have relocated to Detroit, Michigan, participating in young people's service and discussion group after regular church services at Central Methodist Church, Detroit, MI. Photo by M. Graw. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: HMLSC_TOMO_033
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Letter from George K. Sakai, 1942 May 4 (ddr-csujad-20-14)
Letter from George Sakai to United Methodist Church regarding address information for a mutual friend. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: WLM_01-46_13
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Seven women and teacher posing on steps outside church (ddr-ajah-4-41)
Caption below photo: Mas Miyauchi poses with his Sunday School students on the steps of the Sunday School building, now known as the social hall of the Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in Alameda, CA.. Marge was born in 1915 making this photo circa the early 1930s.
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Woman posing in costume (ddr-ajah-4-50)
Photo signed on front: Sincerely, Shinayo "32". Caption below photo: Shinayo Kikuchi sings in the choral group in the stageplay of "An Old Kentucky Garden," at the Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church, South i Alameda, CA. The show was directed by Ruby Yoshino and Albert Torio. March 1937
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Three children in Easter baskets (ddr-ajah-6-544)
Caption below photo: When Ken, Judy and Jo Takeda returned from their World War II incarceration camp in 1945, their family did not have a place to live in their hometown of Alameda, CA. so they stayed at their church, the Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church on Buena Vista Ave. Several Japanese families shared the space. The …
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Former incarcerees leaving Central Methodist Church, Detroit, Michigan (ddr-csujad-14-35)
Former incarcerees leaving Central Methodist Church, Detroit, Michigan, following services on June 20, 1943. Photo by M. Graw. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: HMLSC_TOMO_035
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Former incarcerees leaving Central Methodist Church, Detroit, Michigan (ddr-csujad-14-34)
Former incarcerees leaving Central Methodist Church, Detroit, Michigan, following services on June 20, 1943. Photo by M. Graw. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: HMLSC_TOMO_034
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Man posing in costume (ddr-ajah-4-55)
Caption below photo: Min Yoshida, playing the role of Majundahr, the Hindu magician, is one of the actors in the stageplay of "An Old Kentucky Garden," at the Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church, South in Alameda, CA. The show was directed by Ruby Yoshino and Albert Torio. March 1937
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Woman and man in uniform standing outside building (ddr-ajah-6-2)
Caption below photo: Hisano Akagi and her second son, Hiromu "Henry", stand in front of the Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Alameda, CA. He was born in Alameda on February 3, 1923. Hiromu does not appear on the rosters of the 442nd RCT or Military Intelligence School. photo 1948
Narrator Nobuko Miyake-Stoner
Japanese female. Born Feburary 10, 1952, in Hiroshima, Japan. Descendant of survivors of the atomic bombing in 1945. Father was a kamikaze pilot during World War II who was unable to fulfill his mission due to the war's end. Nobuko attended the Hiroshima Jogakuin, a missionary school established for young women. Graduated with an M.A. in …
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A.D. 1977: Japanese Christians in America: The Church That Survives Hate (ddr-densho-446-394)
Article in the July/August 1977 issue of A.D. 1977 on the experience of Japanese Christians in America through the end of WWII.
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Hood River Japanese community band (ddr-densho-259-319)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "The Hood River Japanese community band--or maybe it was the Hood River Japanese Methodist Church Band I think that LeRoy Burns used to lead this band and maybe later on it was a Mr. Savo, but in this picture, neither of them are pictured. This was taken on the wooden front steps …
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Group posing for photo outside Mary Helm Hall (ddr-ajah-4-36)
Caption below photo: An early group of Issei men and one woman gather for a portrait in front of Mary Helm Hall, at the Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in Alameda, CA. In the second row, second from the right side is Masaharu Oba, who came to Alameda in 1907 and shortly after, began working as …