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doc Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-22)

Excerpt: "Sunday I slept most of the time I wasn't churching or eating or finishing my grades to give out yesterday." Sent from Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho.

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doc Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-52)

Excerpt: "Monday was calm enough -- Bob Coombs returned from Sacamento in fine shape and we got up to date on news." Sent from Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho.

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doc Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-70)

Excerpt: "Tonight I am quite well caught up, with my grades all ready and the senior grade point averages under way." Sent from Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho.

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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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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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doc Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-17)

Excerpt: "Monday night we learned at choir that instead of a rehearsal Thursday we were getting a farewell concert for the project." Sent from Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho.

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doc "Minidoka: Preliminary Report in a New Frontier Community" (ddr-densho-155-18)

Full title: "Minidoka: Preliminary Report in a New Frontier Community. Administrators, Colonists Strive to Solve Immediate Problems of Dust, Crowded Barracks. The Faces of Minidoka Reflect the Determination of Its Residents to Meet the Challenge of Arid Sageland, Wind and Sun on the Idaho Desert"

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img Rev. and Mrs. H.N. Sugimaro on their wedding day (ddr-densho-395-16)

Rev. and Mrs. H.N. Sugimaro pose for the camera on their wedding day, in front of a display of flowers, at the Minidoka concentration camp. Written on front: To Mr. and Mrs. Bito [sic]; Rev. H.N. and Mrs. Sugimaro; Aug. 4, 1945 on Minidoka, Idaho.

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vh Mary Hirata Interview (ddr-densho-1000-22)

Nisei female. Born 1926, in Wenatchee, Washington. Grew up in Wenatchee and moved to Seattle with family in 1938. Incarcerated at the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Resettled during World War II in Pocatello, Idaho. Returned to Seattle after World War II.

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doc Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-57)

Excerpt: "This week has been like winter and today has been raining so we snuggled indoors and have played Chinese checkers all afternoon." Sent from Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho.

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doc Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-80)

Excerpt: "We have been deluged with clerical help in the office and there have been 25 prisoners of war loading freight since Tuesday." Sent from Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho.

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doc Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-71)

Excerpt: "This past week I've been doing things between sneezes. My hay fever (sheep grass?) has hit me harder this year than before." Sent from Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho.

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doc Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-63)

Excerpt: "If I thought I was busy at any time during the last two years, it was a mild form of self-indulgence!" Sent from Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho.

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doc Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-34)

Excerpt: "It's late, but I drank quite a bit of coffee at a party here in the dorm tonight and I'm not sleepy." Sent from Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho.

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doc Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-79)

Excerpt: "There is really very little news this week. The first part was very hot and yesterday and today have been unseasonably cool." Sent from Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho.

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vh Robert T. Ohashi Interview (ddr-densho-1000-350)

Nisei male. Born July 24, 1925, in Ketchikan, Alaska. Grew up in Ketchikan, where parents ran a store. During World War II, was removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. After leaving camp, went with family to work for a time in Idaho before eventually returning to Ketchikan.

(Nisei male. …

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vh Tsuguo "Ike" Ikeda Interview I Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-123-14)

Journey to Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho; booing a teacher who spoke of "democracy" in camp

As a teenager prior to World War II, began keeping scrapbooks with newspaper articles and memorabilia, a lifetime habit.

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vh Robert T. Ohashi Interview Segment 22 (ddr-densho-1000-350-22)

Becoming a pharmacist

Nisei male. Born July 24, 1925, in Ketchikan, Alaska. Grew up in Ketchikan, where parents ran a store. During World War II, was removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka incarceration camp, Idaho. After leaving camp, went with family to work for a time in Idaho before eventually returning to …

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vh Robert T. Ohashi Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-350-10)

Recreational activities growing up

Nisei male. Born July 24, 1925, in Ketchikan, Alaska. Grew up in Ketchikan, where parents ran a store. During World War II, was removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka incarceration camp, Idaho. After leaving camp, went with family to work for a time in Idaho before eventually returning …

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vh Robert T. Ohashi Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-350-4)

Attending school

Nisei male. Born July 24, 1925, in Ketchikan, Alaska. Grew up in Ketchikan, where parents ran a store. During World War II, was removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka incarceration camp, Idaho. After leaving camp, went with family to work for a time in Idaho before eventually returning to Ketchikan.

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vh Robert T. Ohashi Interview Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1000-350-20)

Serving in the military

Nisei male. Born July 24, 1925, in Ketchikan, Alaska. Grew up in Ketchikan, where parents ran a store. During World War II, was removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka incarceration camp, Idaho. After leaving camp, went with family to work for a time in Idaho before eventually returning …

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vh Robert T. Ohashi Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-350-5)

Attending Japanese language school

Nisei male. Born July 24, 1925, in Ketchikan, Alaska. Grew up in Ketchikan, where parents ran a store. During World War II, was removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka incarceration camp, Idaho. After leaving camp, went with family to work for a time in Idaho before eventually returning …

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vh Robert T. Ohashi Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-350-3)

Growing up in Ketchikan

Nisei male. Born July 24, 1925, in Ketchikan, Alaska. Grew up in Ketchikan, where parents ran a store. During World War II, was removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka incarceration camp, Idaho. After leaving camp, went with family to work for a time in Idaho before eventually returning …

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vh Robert T. Ohashi Interview Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1000-350-18)

Returning to Ketchikan

Nisei male. Born July 24, 1925, in Ketchikan, Alaska. Grew up in Ketchikan, where parents ran a store. During World War II, was removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka incarceration camp, Idaho. After leaving camp, went with family to work for a time in Idaho before eventually returning to …

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vh Robert T. Ohashi Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-350-2)

Parents' arranged marriage

Nisei male. Born July 24, 1925, in Ketchikan, Alaska. Grew up in Ketchikan, where parents ran a store. During World War II, was removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka incarceration camp, Idaho. After leaving camp, went with family to work for a time in Idaho before eventually returning to …

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-350-2/

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