264 items
264 items
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Letter from Masao Okine to [Hatsuno] Hotty Okine, April 24, 1945 (ddr-csujad-5-76)
A letter from Masao Okine in Fort Meade, Maryland, to his sister, Hatsuno Hotty Okine in the Rohwer incarceration camp, Arkansas. He encloses a dependency allotment form 620 in the letter and instructs Hatsuno to fill it out and talk to the Red Cross for assistance. He also asks her to send him a letter and …
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Manzanar Free Press Vol. III No. 33 (April 24, 1943) (ddr-densho-125-125)
Selected article titles: "Pox is Increasing" (p. 1), "Progress Made on Resettlement Claims WRA Director. Myer Expresses Fervent Hopes for Residents' Future Lives" (p. 1), "National Week for Boys and Girls Starts Today. Fourfold Purpose to Develop Potentialities of Youngsters" (p. 1), "Maritime Union Offers Work to Nisei Seamen" (p. 1), "Evacuees May Start Enterprise to …
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Manzanar Free Press Vol. III No. 11 (February 6, 1943) (ddr-densho-125-101)
Selected article titles: "Bruce Clears Confusion Co-op Rebates" (p. 1), "Many Apply for Stored Property" (p. 1), "Adventure-Romance Show Coming Here" (p. 1), "Beet Crew Augmented by Two New Additions. Selection of Representatives to Inspect Beet Fields Due Soon" (p. 1), "Brothers Held for Resisting FBI Men" (p. 1), "Activity Finds Manzanar Red Cross Busy" (p. …
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Minidoka Irrigator Vol. III No. 1 (February 27, 1943) (ddr-densho-119-172)
Selected article titles: "Plans Pushed to Establish Red Cross Chapter Here. Membership Fund Drive Proposed" (p. 1), "New Irrigator Means Progress" (p. 1), "Army Recruiting Team to Leave Early Next Week" (p. 1), "177 Former Bainbridge People Here" (p. 1), "Registration of Residents Completed in Center. Almost 7,000 Over 17 Years of Age Interviewed During Two …
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Tulean Dispatch Vol. 4 No. 59 (January 28, 1943) (ddr-densho-65-145)
Selected article titles: "Annual Co-op Membership Meeting Sat." (p. 1), "'Gay Desperado' Is Next Film" (p. 1), "$84 is Donated to Junior Red Cross" (p. 1), "Block Depots Are Opened" (p. 1), "College Level Registration: Psychology Class Sign-up is Friday" (p. 1), "National Confab Minutes: JACL Meeting is Next Thurs." (p. 1), "First Aid Class Will …
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U.S. Department of Justice Alien Enemy Questionnaire page 24 of 26. (ddr-one-5-146)
Photocopy of a declassified questionnaire used to determine if the person named is to be considered an enemy alien. This page covers questions 98b - 102b of 111. Koyama continues to answer "No" to all questions regarding his or family involvement in foreign governments or their military. He also states that he has never aided an …
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Memo from Co-ordinating Committee to Chief of Police Schmidt [Willard E. Schmidt], February 3, 1944 (ddr-csujad-2-72)
Calls for special meeting of the Project Director, Advisory Council, and Co-ordinating Committee to discuss Committee recommendations, and refers to four attached memoranda, each from Co-ordinating Committee 1608-A to R. [Raymond] R. Best, Project Director, dated February 2, 1944 and written by Byron Akitsuki, Executive Secretary. Subjects of the memoranda are: Receipt of Red Cross Gift …
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Poston hi-light (ddr-csujad-55-1838)
Album created by students in Mrs. Courage's Junior Core Class at Poston incarceration camp. Includes introduction, facts about Poston, vital statistics, community council, school code, attendance rules and procedures, community enterprise, home life and block life, first sand storm, Dust of Poston (poem), Mom, Pop, and Me (poem), Red Cross, county fair, Night in Poston (poem), …
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Tulean Dispatch Vol. 4 No. 91 (March 10, 1943) (ddr-densho-65-175)
Selected article titles: "Hostel Will Take Resettlers to House Evacuees Job Seeking in East: Public Meeting Tonight to Present Project" (p. 1), "Minidoka Leads 5 Camps in Army Volunteers" (p. 1), "Granada Red Cross Drive" (p. 1), "6608 to be Used For Alien Registration" (p. 1), "Friends Group Advises All Citizens to Register" (p. 1), "Thurs. …
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Resettlement handbook (ddr-densho-493-34)
"Resettlement Handbook" with front cover illustration of a person considering locations on a large globe. Published by the Evacuee Information Office of the Granada Project. Resource and instruction book for leaving camp. Instructions for how to make transportation arrangements and apply for transportation funding, close out clothing allowance, employment and last paychecks, return of government property, …
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Typed and notarized letter from Teru Koyama to Edward J. Ennis, Director, Enemy Alien Control Unit. Page 2 of 13. (ddr-one-5-229)
Photocopy of a typed letter from Teru Koyama to Edward J. Ennis concerning the rehearing of Keizaburo Koyama's case. On the second page, Teru writes about how long she thought about writing this letter and only did so after receiving encouragement and permission to do so from Washington, D.C. She addresses the two reasons why her …
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Virgil W. Westdale Interview (ddr-densho-1000-280)
Male of Japanese and European ancestry. Born July 8, 1918, in Millersburg, Indiana. Grew up on family farms in Indiana and Michigan. Became a licensed pilot, and, during World War II, volunteered for the War Training Service as a flight instructor. Reassigned to the 442nd Regimental Combat Team as part of the Fire Direction Center. Split …
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Minidoka Irrigator Vol. III No. 2 (March 6, 1943) (ddr-densho-119-30)
Selected article titles: "Red Cross Fund Drive Starts Mon. Sumida Announces Plans to Canvass Entire Project" (p. 1), "WRA Staff Here Backs Bond Sale 100 Per Cent" (p. 1), "Work to Start on Coal Pits; Stafford Will Lead Shovel Crew" (p. 1), "Schmoe Arrives, Accompanied by G. Hirabayashi" (p. 1), "Male Registrants May Make Changes" (p. …
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Letter to Nobuko from Beverly Fitting | July 26,1944 (ddr-janm-17-69)
1 envelope, 2 paged letters. Written to Nobuko Nakamura, George Nakamura's sister, from Beverly Fitting in La Crosse, Wisconsin, dated July 26, 1944 at 9:30 pm. The letter writes about George being moved into various hospitals. The letter is partially torn on one side, resulting in lost text.\n\nOn recto of envelope, green Air 20 cent stamps …