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145 items
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Down by the Bitterroot River (ddr-csujad-55-1338)
Four mounted black and white photographs depicting "Aunt Mary" with two individuals and Montana landscapes. Caption reads: Down by the Bitterroot River. Title from caption. From the Mary F. Clark scrapbook, "Before I Forget, 1942-1947" page 9. See also sac_jaac_1334 through sac_jaac_1529. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1340
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Many Japanese Leave City for Montana Prison. At Least 80 of 119 Arrested Belived Confined at Fort Missoula. (December 29, 1941) (ddr-densho-56-564)
The Seattle Daily Times, December 29, 1941, p. 1
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Fresno Grapevine Vol. I No. 4 (June 3, 1942) (ddr-densho-190-4)
Selected article titles: "Talent Parade on Tap Tonight. Amateurs to Compete for Prizes. Varety [Variety] Show Billed" (p. 1), "Workers Needed in Montana" (p. 1), "Blackout Instructions" (p. 1), "On Sanitation" (p. 2), "Pastimers Collide in Freak Accident" (p. 3), "Santa Anita Loses 5,000 Pop Bottles" (p. 3), "Baton Twirling Class is Planned" (p. 3), "Issei …
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Federal Bureau of Investigation Case file for Keizaburo Koyama. Page 1 of 4. (ddr-one-5-169)
Photocopy of a declassified file on Keizaburo Koyama by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The document speaks on Koyama's hearing at Fort Missoula, Montana and being found to be an enemy alien. The decision was based largely on Koyama having a subscription to the magazine put out by the Sokoku Kai. The panel felt that his …
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Camp No. 30 (ddr-csujad-56-312)
Camp No. 30: Missoula, Montana, U.S.A. logo. The original image is housed with the Sonoma County Japanese American Citizens League (JACL), and was borrowed for digitization courtesy of the JACL. This image belongs to a group of images related to the Akutagawa family. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: …
Narrator Fumiko M. Noji
Nisei female. Born October 13, 1909, in Bellingham, Washington. Lost her United States citizenship when she married an Issei through an arranged marriage. Before 1920, her husband's family established Columbia Greenhouse, one of the first Japanese American-owned greenhouse businesses. Incarcerated at Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Husband was held by the …
Narrator Kazuko Uno Bill
Nisei female. Born June 5, 1921, in Seattle, Washington. Raised in South Park, Washington where family operated a small produce farm. Attended Cleveland High School and the University of Washington. Was in senior year of college on December 7, 1941. Father picked up by FBI following the bombing of Pearl Harbor and sent to Missoula internment …
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Notice of Hearing from the Department of Justice, District of Oregon, Portland for Keizaburo Koyama (ddr-one-5-111)
Photocopy of a declassified document from the Department of Justice, Alien Enemy Hearing Board, on the detention of Keizaburo Koyama. The notice tells Koyama that he will go before the Board at the Courts Martial Room, at the Immigration and Naturalization Service Detention Station at Fort Missoula, Montana on February 2, 1942 at 3:30 o'clock. He …
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Manzanar Free Press Vol. II No. 41 (October 24, 1942) (ddr-densho-125-1)
Selected article titles: "Issei and Kibei Now Eligible for Permanent Relocation. New Procedure Also Calls for Local Investigation; Applications Taken" (p. 1), "Minors Need Work Permits" (p. 1), "Soap Issuance to Discontinue" (p. 1), "New Christian Group Launched" (p. 1), "Poison Mystery" (p. 1), "Dispute Between Beet Workers and Montana Employers Settled. Good Treatment Accorded to …
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Whites Refuse to Work With Japanese. Strike Occurs in the Freight Yard of the Great Northern at Great Falls, Montana. (May 20, 1906) (ddr-densho-56-62)
The Seattle Daily Times, May 20, 1906, p. 15
Narrator Hannah Hirabayashi
Nisei-Sansei female. Born 1938 in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in the town of Christopher, now part of Auburn, Washington, where parents ran a grocery store. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, father was arrested by the FBI and sent to the Fort Missoula internment camp, Montana. The rest of the family went to the Puyallup Assembly …
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Work-leave crew (ddr-densho-5-8)
Japanese Americans harvesting sugar beets on the Lundeen farm. The Tom Matsuoka family relocated permanently to Montana. Other workers were from Tule Lake concentration camp who received permission to leave during the sugar beet harvest. Front (left to right): Ray Marks, Gus Lundeen, and John Matsuzawa. Back: Rulee Matsuoka (child on far left), unidentified, Itaro Ito, …
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Manzanar Free Press Vol. II No. 26 (September 19, 1942) (ddr-densho-125-66)
Selected article titles: "Nash Leaving for Washington Post. Project Director Named to Important Post Heading S.A. Division of Economic Warfare" (p. 1), "Grand Openings Held by Kitchens" (p. 1), "Manzanar Farm Nets Thousands" (p. 1), "Idaho Furlough" (p. 1), "Japanese Music Policy Explained" (p. 1), "Plant Physicists Arrive from Santa Anita" (p. 1), "300 Off to …
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Daily Press Review, Vol. IV, No. 23 (ddr-densho-156-240)
Article titles: "Enemy Aliens in West to Get Travel Permits"; "Classification of Japanese"; "Japanese Laborers Sought at Red Lodge"; "Japanese Start Arriving at Granada, Colo., Camp"; "Cody Evacuee Center Has First Death"; "Western Montana May Use 900 Japs in Beet Harvest"; "Defense Office Will Handle Alien Passes"; "Official Urges Regimenting of Japanese on Farms"; "Other Jap …
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Sentinel supplement, series 46 (March 16, 1943) (ddr-csujad-55-1038)
News bulletin for incarcerees covering announcements, events, programs, policies, recreational activities, and jobs at Heart Mountain incarceration camp. Current issue includes an announcement about a new plan for camp healthcare, a new beauty shop, railroad jobs, interviews, employment opportunities in Denver and Montana, shoe rations, and a fabric sale. Includes text in Japanese. See this object …
Narrator Yae Aihara
Nisei female. Born August 18, 1925 in Tacoma, Washington. Raised in Seattle, Washington, where family operated a grocery store. Attended Washington Grammar School and Garfield High School in Seattle. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, father was arrested by the FBI and sent to Missoula internment camp, Montana. Family was removed to Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, …
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Heart Mountain Sentinel Vol. II No. 20 (May 15, 1943) (ddr-densho-97-128)
Selected article titles: "3 Caucasian Staff Members in Army" (p. 1), "Shivering Handful Witness Dedication of New Flagpole" (p. 1), "424 Leave Center in Month as Project Exodus Speeded" (p. 1), "Favorable Trend Seen in National Publicity on Evacuee Problems" (p. 1), "Evacuees Helped Save $2,000,000 in Montana Beets" (p. 1), "Editorial: The Senate Views the …
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Case file for Keizaburo Koyama from the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Page 1 of 6. (ddr-one-5-98)
Photocopy of a declassified report on Keizaburo Koyama by Vincent M. Quinn on January 14, 1942. It states that Koyama was born on October 7, 1897 and immigrated to Seattle, Washington in 1914. He was working as a dentist in Portland, Oregon when the order for his arrest was issued on December 8, 1941. He was …
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An Oral History with Reverend Seytsu Takahashi (ddr-csujad-29-58)
Issei Buddhist bishop and superintendent of Kayasan Temple in Little Tokyo since 1931 recounts his wartime experiences and internment at Fort Missoula, Montana; Livingstone, Louisiana; and Crystal City, Texas. Transcribed in both Japanese and English. This oral history was conducted for the Japanese American Oral History Project, Oral History Program, CSU Fullerton. Transcript is found in …
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An Oral History with Reverend Seytsu Takahashi - Segment 1 (ddr-csujad-29-58-1)
Issei Buddhist bishop and superintendent of Kayasan Temple in Little Tokyo since 1931 recounts his wartime experiences and internment at Fort Missoula, Montana; Livingstone, Louisiana; and Crystal City, Texas. Transcribed in both Japanese and English. This oral history was conducted for the Japanese American Oral History Project, Oral History Program, CSU Fullerton. Audio is found in …
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Manzanar Free Press Vol. II No. 12 (August 17, 1942) (ddr-densho-125-48)
Selected article titles: "New Residents From Montana" (p. 1), "Send for Your Absentee Ballot" (p. 1), "Free Flower Plants Offered to Residents" (p. 1), "Three New Cases for Judicial Board" (p. 1), "Net Crews to Train. Special Classes in First Aid, Power Machine to Open for Camouflage Project Workers" (p. 1), "Local Body Asks Leader's Resignation" …
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Departure from camp (ddr-densho-37-430)
Original WRA caption: Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Heart Mountain, Wyoming. Reversing the scenes of nearly three years ago when ttrian after train brought more than 11,000 evacuees from the West Coast. Heart Mountain residents now are bidding goodbye to friends and neigbors as they return to their homes or depart for new homes and work throughtout …
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Tulean Dispatch Vol. III No. 61 (September 25, 1942) (ddr-densho-65-58)
Selected article titles: "Disposition of Private Employment Wages Left to Council. Evacuee Trust Fund Proposed" (p. 1), "Beet Workers For Montana. Openings For Family Groups" (p. 1), "Strict Mess Ration Enforced. Residents are to Dine at Their Own Respective Mess Halls" (p. 1), "Investigation of Mess Situation" (p. 1), "'I'll Do My Darndest' Promises a Beet …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 15 No. 21 (October 22, 1942) (ddr-pc-14-20)
Selected article titles: "WRA Director Believes Large Group May Be Resettled Soon" (p. 1), "War Department Official Says No Major Changes Considered In Present Relocation Program" (p. 1), "Deportation of U.S. Japanese Made Issue" (p. 1), "No Truth in Hawaiian Sabotage Rumors, Declares Bill Moran" (p. 1), "JACL Officials Investigate Montana Beet Work Conditions" (p. 2), …
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Kazuko Uno Bill Interview II (ddr-densho-1000-219)
Nisei female. Born June 5, 1921, in Seattle, Washington. Raised in South Park, Washington where family operated a small produce farm. Attended Cleveland High School and the University of Washington. Was in senior year of college on December 7, 1941. Father picked up by FBI following the bombing of Pearl Harbor and sent to Missoula internment …