Topics
World War II -- Resistance and dissidence -- Draft resistance (128)
World War II -- Concentration camps -- Living conditions (81)
World War II -- Concentration camps -- Facilities, services, and camp administration (48)
World War II -- Leaving camp -- "Resettlement" (46)
World War II -- Concentration camps -- Impact of incarceration (43)
World War II -- Concentration camps -- Education (40)
Identity and values -- Nisei (39)
World War II -- Concentration camps (38)
World War II -- Concentration camps -- Publications (34)
World War II -- Temporary Assembly Centers -- Living conditions (32)
Reflections on the past (30)
Identity and values -- Family (30)
World War II -- Resistance and dissidence -- Community responses to resistance (30)
Community activities -- Associations and organizations -- The Japanese American Citizens League (29)
Journalism and media -- Community publications -- Pacific Citizen (29)
World War II -- Military service (29)
World War II -- Administration -- Registration and the "loyalty questionnaire" (28)
Identity and values -- Issei (26)
World War II -- Concentration camps -- Work and jobs (25)
Japan -- Pre-World War II (24)
World War II -- Concentration camps -- Publications -- Tulean Dispatch (24)
World War II -- Concentration camps -- Conflicts, intimidation, and violence (23)
World War II -- Concentration camps -- Social and recreational activities (23)
Race and racism -- Discrimination (23)
Geographic communities -- California (22)
Education -- Secondary education (21)
Activism and involvement -- Civil rights (20)
World War II -- Mass removal ("evacuation") (20)
World War II -- Military service -- Military Intelligence Service (20)
Japan -- Post-World War II (18)
World War II -- Military service -- Military Intelligence Service -- Merrill's Marauders (18)
World War II -- Pearl Harbor and aftermath -- Personal recollections (18)
Community activities -- Travel (17)
World War II -- Department of Justice camps (17)
World War II -- Mass removal ("evacuation") -- Preparation (16)
Activism and involvement -- Politics (16)
Religion and churches -- Christianity (16)
Education -- Higher education (15)
Identity and values -- Japanese American identity (15)
World War II -- Concentration camps -- Food (15)
World War II -- Support from the non-Japanese American community (15)
World War II -- Resistance and dissidence -- Expatriation/repatriation/deportation (14)
Race and racism (14)
World War II -- Mass removal ("evacuation") -- Japanese American community responses (14)
Redress and reparations (13)
Identity and values -- Kibei (13)
World War II -- Temporary Assembly Centers (13)
World War II -- Concentration camps -- Arts and literature (12)
World War II -- Concentration camps -- Publications -- Heart Mountain Sentinel (12)
Immigration and citizenship -- Life in Japan and reasons for leaving (12)
World War II -- Concentration camps -- Publications -- Manzanar Free Press (12)
World War II -- Concentration camps -- Publications -- Poston Chronicle (12)
Religion and churches (12)
World War II -- U.S. federal prisons (12)
World War II -- Resistance and dissidence -- Segregation and Tule Lake (12)
World War II -- Military service -- 442nd Regimental Combat Team (12)
World War II -- Concentration camps -- Publications -- Granada Pioneer (11)
Community activities -- Festivals, celebrations, and holidays (11)
Geographic communities -- Illinois -- Chicago (11)
World War II -- Japanese American Citizens League activities (11)
World War II -- Leaving camp (10)
World War II -- Concentration camps -- Publications -- Gila News-Courier (10)
Identity and values -- Sansei (10)
World War II -- Pearl Harbor and aftermath -- Arrest, searches, and seizures (10)
Activism and involvement (9)
Religion and churches -- Buddhism (9)
World War II -- Resistance and dissidence -- Draft resistance -- Fair Play Committee (9)
World War II -- Temporary Assembly Centers -- Social relations (9)
Industry and employment -- Agriculture (9)
World War II -- Concentration camps -- Publications -- Topaz Times (8)
Arts and literature -- Literary arts -- Essays (8)
Geographic communities -- California -- Los Angeles (8)
Geographic communities -- Washington -- Seattle (8)
Industry and employment -- Agriculture -- Farming (8)
Race and racism -- Cross-racial relations (8)
World War II -- Pearl Harbor and aftermath (8)
World War II -- Economic losses (8)
World War II -- Concentration camps -- Medical care and health issues (8)
Immigration and citizenship (7)
World War II -- Leaving camp -- Student leave (7)
World War II -- Leaving camp -- Returning home (7)
Community activities -- Associations and organizations (7)
World War II -- Concentration camps -- Publications -- Minidoka Irrigator (7)
World War II -- Concentration camps -- Publications -- Rohwer Outpost (7)
Geographic communities -- Colorado (7)
Immigration and citizenship -- Arrival (7)
World War II -- Administration -- War Relocation Authority (WRA) (7)
World War II -- Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (6)
World War II -- Mass removal ("evacuation") -- "Evacuation Day" (6)
World War II -- Temporary Assembly Centers -- Work and jobs (6)
World War II -- Concentration camps -- Publications -- Denson Tribune (Jerome) (6)
Community activities -- Associations and organizations -- Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts of America (6)
Industry and employment -- Journalism (6)
Japan -- Education (6)
World War II -- U.S. Army internment camps (6)
World War II -- Pearl Harbor and aftermath -- Responses of non-Japanese Americans (6)
World War II -- Resistance and dissidence -- Impact of resistance on families (5)
World War II -- Leaving camp -- Work leave (5)
World War II -- Mass removal ("evacuation") -- Aftermath (5)
World War II -- Temporary Assembly Centers -- The journey (5)
World War II -- Concentration camps -- Weddings (5)
Geographic communities -- Hawai'i (5)
Geographic communities -- Washington (5)
Community activities -- Conventions and conferences (5)
Immigration and citizenship -- The journey (5)
Education (5)
Industry and employment -- Small business -- Grocery stores (5)
World War II (5)
World War II -- Citizen isolation centers (5)
World War II -- Military service -- 100th Infantry Battalion (5)
Identity and values -- Youth (5)
World War II -- Temporary Assembly Centers -- Social and recreational activities (5)
World War II -- Concentration camps -- The journey (5)
World War II -- Concentration camps -- Sports (5)
World War II -- "Enemy alien" classification (5)
Japan -- During World War II (4)
World War II -- Temporary Assembly Centers -- Arts and literature (4)
Community activities -- Recreational activities (4)
Japanese Canadians (4)
Arts and literature -- Visual arts -- Drawing (4)
Community activities -- Nihonmachi ("Japantowns") (4)
Geographic communities -- California -- San Jose (4)
Geographic communities -- Oregon (4)
Immigration and citizenship -- Law and legislation (4)
Japanese Latin Americans -- Deportation and internment during World War II (4)
Journalism and media (4)
World War II -- Administration (4)
World War II -- Concentration camps -- Conflicts, intimidation, and violence -- Manzanar riot/uprising (4)
Identity and values -- Children (4)
Identity and values -- Parents (4)
Redress and reparations -- Civil Liberties Act of 1988 (4)
Reflections on the past -- Camp pilgrimages (4)
World War II -- Resistance and dissidence -- Renunciation of citizenship (4)
Industry and employment -- Fishing and canneries (3)
Japan (3)
Community activities -- Associations and organizations -- Kenjinkai (3)
Immigration and citizenship -- Law and legislation -- Discriminatory laws (3)
Arts and literature -- Literary arts (3)
Military service -- Postwar occupation of Japan (3)
World War II -- Temporary Assembly Centers -- Facilities, services, and camp administration (3)
Community activities -- Sports (3)
Arts and literature -- Literary arts -- Poetry (3)
Arts and literature -- Visual arts -- Architecture (3)
Journalism and media -- Community publications (3)
Geographic communities -- Colorado -- Denver (3)
Geographic communities -- New York -- New York (3)
Community activities -- Funerals (3)
Community activities -- Sports -- Baseball (3)
Education -- Public schools (3)
Education -- Primary education (3)
Industry and employment -- Educators (3)
Industry and employment -- Medicine (3)
Reflections on the past -- Days of remembrance (3)
Reflections on the past -- Exhibitions (3)
World War II -- Temporary Assembly Centers -- Food (3)
World War II -- Temporary Assembly Centers -- Sports (3)
World War II -- Concentration camps -- Funerals (3)
World War II -- Concentration camps -- Publications -- Newell Star (3)
World War II -- Immigration detention centers (3)
World War II -- Leaving camp -- Work leave -- Temporary agricultural work leave (3)
Identity and values -- Women (3)
World War II -- Family reunification (3)
World War II -- Non-incarcerated Japanese Americans -- "Voluntary evacuation" (3)
World War II -- Concentration camps -- Holidays and festivals (3)
World War II -- Concentration camps -- Religion (3)
Industry and employment -- Small business (3)
Redress and reparations -- Mobilizing and organizing the community (2)
Redress and reparations -- Receiving redress checks and apology (2)
Japanese Latin Americans (2)
Redress and reparations -- Legal cases/coram nobis cases (2)
Arts and literature -- Performing arts -- Music (2)
World War II -- Pearl Harbor and aftermath -- "War hysteria" (2)
World War II -- Mass removal ("evacuation") -- Exclusion orders (2)
Military service -- Veterans' organizations (2)
World War II -- Temporary Assembly Centers -- Publications -- Santa Anita Pacemaker (2)
World War II -- Temporary Assembly Centers -- Publications -- Pinedale Logger (2)
Activism and involvement -- Civil liberties (2)
Arts and literature -- Literary arts -- Fiction (2)
Arts and literature -- Literary arts -- Nonfiction (2)
Arts and literature -- Literary arts -- Plays (2)
Arts and literature -- Performing arts (2)
Arts and literature -- Performing arts -- Film (2)
Arts and literature -- Performing arts -- Theater (2)
Arts and literature -- Visual arts -- Painting (2)
Geographic communities -- California -- San Francisco (2)
Military service (2)
Military service -- Post-World War II service (2)
Community activities -- Sports -- Bowling (2)
Community activities -- Sports -- Swimming (2)
Education -- Japanese language schools (2)
Industry and employment -- Law (2)
Japan -- Military (2)
Japan -- United States civilians (2)
Journalism and media -- Community publications -- Rocky Shimpo (2)
World War II -- Temporary Assembly Centers -- Conflicts, intimidation, and violence (2)
World War II -- Temporary Assembly Centers -- Impacts of incarceration (2)
Identity and values (2)
World War II -- Propaganda -- Media propaganda (2)
Education -- Ethnic studies (2)
Identity and values -- Chinese American identity (2)
Geographic communities -- California -- San Diego (2)
World War II -- Pearl Harbor and aftermath -- Events prior to Pearl Harbor (2)
Geographic communities -- Missouri (2)
Geographic communities -- Wyoming (2)
Identity and values -- Men (2)
World War II -- Temporary Assembly Centers -- Construction (2)
World War II -- Concentration camps -- Conflicts, intimidation, and violence -- Tule Lake strike (2)
World War II -- Concentration camps -- Construction (2)
World War II -- Concentration camps -- Security (2)
World War II -- Administration -- Community Analysis Section (2)
Military service -- Enlisting and recruiting (2)
Military service -- Pre-World War II service (2)
World War II -- Resistance and dissidence (2)
World War II -- Resistance and dissidence -- Supreme Court cases -- Gordon Hirabayashi (2)
Industry and employment -- Railroads (1)
Redress and reparations -- Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (CWRIC) -- Formation and work (1)
Redress and reparations -- Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (CWRIC) -- Lobbying and implementation of findings and recommendations (1)
Industry and employment -- Hotel industry (1)
Community activities (1)
World War II -- Resistance and dissidence -- Supreme Court cases -- Fred Korematsu (1)
Race and racism -- "Yellow Peril" (1)
Race and racism -- Violence (1)
World War II -- Pearl Harbor and aftermath -- Decision to incarcerate (1)
World War II -- Temporary Assembly Centers -- Education (1)
Community activities -- Associations and organizations -- Community and social service associations (1)
World War II -- Temporary Assembly Centers -- Publications -- Stockton El Joaquin (1)
World War II -- Temporary Assembly Centers -- Publications -- Turlock TAC (1)
Activism and involvement -- Politics -- Hawaiian statehood (1)
Geographic communities -- Illinois (1)
Community activities -- Weddings (1)
Geographic communities -- New York (1)
Geographic communities -- Washington -- Bainbridge Island (1)
Community activities -- Festivals, celebrations, and holidays -- Boys' Day (1)
Community activities -- Festivals, celebrations, and holidays -- Girls' Day (1)
Community activities -- Festivals, celebrations, and holidays -- New Year festival (1)
Community activities -- Festivals, celebrations, and holidays -- Obon (1)
Community activities -- Recreational activities -- Picnics (1)
Community activities -- Sports -- Basketball (1)
Community activities -- Sports -- Golf (1)
Community activities -- Sports -- Tennis (1)
Industry and employment -- Agriculture -- Chick sexing (1)
Industry and employment -- Agriculture -- Flower growers (1)
Industry and employment -- Agriculture -- Migrant labor (1)
Industry and employment -- Arts (1)
Industry and employment -- Dentistry (1)
Industry and employment -- Firefighting (1)
Industry and employment -- Law enforcement (1)
Japanese Canadians -- Redress and reparations (1)
Journalism and media -- Advertising and marketing (1)
Journalism and media -- Mass media (1)
Religion and churches -- Religious organizations (1)
Religion and churches -- Shintoism (1)
Arts and literature (1)
World War II -- Temporary Assembly Centers -- Medical care and health issues (1)
World War II -- Temporary Assembly Centers -- Religion (1)
World War II -- Pearl Harbor and aftermath -- Martial law in Hawai'i (1)
Industry and employment -- Small business -- Florists (1)
Industry and employment -- Gardening (1)
Activism and involvement -- Politics -- Political systems and ideologies (1)
Activism and involvement -- Politics -- Political systems and ideologies -- Communism (1)
Activism and involvement -- Protests, rallies, or marches (1)
Identity and values -- Filipino American identity (1)
Identity and values -- Korean American identity (1)
Identity and values -- Native American identity (1)
Industry and employment -- Midwifery (1)
Journalism and media -- Community publications -- Gidra (1)
Vietnam War (1)
Activism and involvement -- Civil liberties -- Internal Security Act, 1950 (1)
Community activities -- Family reunions (1)
Geographic communities -- Alaska (1)
Geographic communities -- Arizona (1)
Geographic communities -- California -- Terminal Island (1)
Industry and employment (1)
Geographic communities -- Pennsylvania (1)
Geographic communities -- Utah (1)
Identity and values -- Orphans (1)
Immigration and citizenship -- Law and legislation -- Alien land laws (1)
Journalism and media -- Community publications -- Nichi Bei (1)
Journalism and media -- Community publications -- Rafu Shimpo (1)
World War II -- Concentration camps -- Social relations (1)
Industry and employment -- Timber (1)
World War II -- Military service -- 522nd Field Artillery Battalion (1)
World War II -- Resistance and dissidence -- Other forms of resistance (1)
Facilities
Heart Mountain (145)
Tule Lake (102)
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Minidoka (70)
Granada (Amache) (50)
Poston (Colorado River) (38)
Gila River (25)
Santa Anita (20)
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Rohwer (17)
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Jerome (16)
Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary (15)
Tanforan (12)
Crystal City (11)
Portland (10)
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Pinedale (9)
Merced (7)
Lordsburg (5)
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Leupp (3)
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