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doc Memorandum from Kaz Ikebasu to All Supervisors & Agents (ddr-densho-379-364)

Kaz Ikebasu asks cooperation for upcoming Sonatorial Investivative Committee visit.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-379-364/

doc Report on Rohwer Relocation Planning Commission trip to Rio Grande Valley (ddr-densho-379-240)

Chimata Sumida puts forward to the Rohwer community that the Lower Rio Grande Valley would be a good place for resettlement especially for Japanese Americans interested in farming.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-379-240/

doc Recommendation letter for Chimata Sumida from Wilma van Dusseldorp (ddr-densho-379-40)

Wilma van Dusseldorp's, Counselor of Welfare Department of the WRA at Rohwer, letter of recommendation regarding Chimata and Masako Sumida's character and qualifications for employment. Masako Sumida served as a Counseling Aide for the Welfare Section Staff at the American Hostel in Cincinnati, Ohio. She stated that Chimata Sumida was a youthful person in his range …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-379-40/

doc Letter from Rohwer incarcerees to War Relocation Authority (ddr-densho-379-743)

Ten members of the Rohwer community write to the War Relocation Authority to ask that Chimata Sumida not be transferred to Tule Lake. They praise his work at Rohwer as an Events speaker as well as his position on the Resettlement Board.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-379-743/

doc Letter from C. B. Price, Director of Community Activities, to Kats Nagai (ddr-densho-379-379)

Accouncement of upcoming Motion Picture Preview

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-379-379/

doc Memorandum from Kaz Ikebasu to Planning Committee (ddr-densho-379-363)

Announcement for upcoming Finance Committee meeting.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-379-363/

doc Letter from C. B. Price to Kats Nagai (ddr-densho-379-383)

C.B. Price, Director of Community Activities, thanks Kats Nagai for showing places of interest to citizens of McGehee.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-379-383/

img Group Photo of Block 7 of Rohwer Relocation Center (ddr-densho-379-736)

Group Photo of Block 7 of Rohwer Relocation Center; label: "Note: Service Place"

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-379-736/

doc Letter from Kaz Ikebasu to Kats Nagai (ddr-densho-379-360)

Kaz Ikebasu invites Kaz Nagai to Community Activities meeting to be attended by important Y.W.C.A.. Representatives.

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doc Letter from Kats Nagai to L. A. May (ddr-densho-379-338)

Thank you letter for contribution to the Community Activities Department.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-379-338/

doc Memorandum from Clubs and Organizations (ddr-densho-379-372)

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doc Memorandum from C. B. Price to Community Activities Staff Members (ddr-densho-379-377)

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doc Recommendation letter for Chimata Sumida from Nat R. Griswold (ddr-densho-379-38)

Chimata Sumida worked under his supervision for two and one-half years. His duties included lecturing nightly in Japanese to the Isseis about "news of the world." He said that Chimata Sumida had a "mind of his own," but he has cooperated with the WRA and his community even though he did not always agree with the …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-379-38/

doc Letter from Chimata Sumida to Kats Nagai (ddr-densho-379-326)

Letter to assure Kats Nagai that his daughter Grace will be safe to visit him in Rohwer.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-379-326/

doc Recommendation letter for Chimata Sumida from Joseph Hunter (ddr-densho-379-43)

Letter of recommendation from Joseph Hunter, Assistant Project Director of Rohwer, for Chimata Sumida . He wrote that Mr. Sumida's meetings on local and world events were attended by an average of 400 people and that the meetings were a "wholesome influence." He also wrote that Mr. Sumida was a man of "fine character; honest, industrious …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-379-43/

doc Letter from Jack Kiba to Kats Nagai (ddr-densho-379-385)

Letter from Jack Kiba to Kats Nagai regarding providing a list of newly organized personnel of the Clubs and Organization group.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-379-385/

doc Letter from Kaz Ikebasu to Kats Nagai (ddr-densho-379-361)

Kaz Ikebasu asks for the names of the various clubs, their presidents and their addresses that are part of Community Activities.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-379-361/

img Women and child on bench (ddr-densho-379-725)

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img Sumida and Shimidzu family portrait (ddr-densho-379-406)

The Sumida and Shimidzu families pose outside at Rohwer Relocation Center.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-379-406/

doc Letter from Corine Key, Acting Relocation Advisor, Rohwer Relocation Center to Mr. Hideo Ted Kadokawa, January 23, 1945 (ddr-csujad-55-1231)

Correspondence from Corine Key, Acting Relocation Advisor to Hideo Ted Kadokawa regarding an appointment to discuss plans for "resettlement." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1233

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1231/

doc Rohwer Club Council (Program) (ddr-csujad-55-1939)

Program outlining the development of a central council for social and recreational clubs at Rohwer incarceration camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1942

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1939/

doc Citizen's indefinite leave (ddr-csujad-55-156)

Card authorizing Woodrow Toshio Ishikawa to leave Rohwer incarceration camp for Cleveland, Ohio. Includes fingerprint on verso. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0158

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-156/

img Lil Dan'l: one year in a relocation center (ddr-csujad-55-341)

Comic strip depicting the life of a fictional character, Lil Daniel, at Rohwer incarceration camp. Covers topics related to everyday life at an incarceration camp including arrival, clothing allowances, facilities, sports, holidays, seasons, gardening, and leisure activities. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0343

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-341/

doc ROAR 1944 (ddr-csujad-55-2040)

Rohwer Junior High School yearbook for the year 1944. Includes principal's message, list of faculty and staff, list of the class of 1947, list of 8th grade and 7th grade students, summary of important dates, description of art club, first aid, home economics,knitting club, book club, marionette club, nature club, and bookcraft club; sweater girls, class …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2040/

img Rohwer WRA Camp (ddr-csujad-55-2482)

Map of the surrounding area and camp site of Rohwer incarceration camp in Desha County, Arkansas. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2588

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2482/

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