330 items
330 items
Narrator Mits Yamasaki
Nisei male. Born February 3, 1924, in Caldwell, Idaho. In the early 1930s, sent with brothers to live in the Shonien orphanage in Los Angeles after mother develops tuberculosis. Remained in Shonien until the onset of World War II. During the war, removed with a friend's family to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the …
Narrator Alan Kumamoto
Sansei male. Born January 21, 1940, in Los Angeles, California. While very young, removed with family to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. Father joined the Military Intelligence Service out of camp, and Alan and his mother resettled in Chicago, Illinois. After father rejoined the family, they returned to …
Narrator Hiroshi Uyehara
Nisei male. Born January 1, 1916, in Oakland, California. Grew up in the Los Angeles area where father started a fish cake factory. Attended UCLA and UC Berkeley and then worked as an electrical draftsman for the Department of Water and Power for the City of Los Angeles. After Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, …
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An Oral History with Margaret Masuoka (ddr-csujad-29-25)
An interview with Margaret Masuoka, a volunteer at the Japanese American National Museum (JANM), conducted for the Japanese American Project at California State Fullerton's Center for Oral and Public History. Specifically, this interview provides insight to Masuoka's personal history dealing with the prejudice that she and her family faced due their Japanese ancestry; her family's settlement …
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Interned Japs Mob One Of Own Members (August 8, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-831)
The Seattle Daily Times, August 8, 1942, p. 1
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Santa Anita Pacemaker Vol. I No. 20 (June 24, 1942) (ddr-densho-146-20)
Selected article titles: "Diplomas Go to 250 Friday. Vierling Kersey Will Highlight Graduation Rites in Grandstand" (p. 1), "Mess Change to be Tried" (p. 1), "Avenues Renamed After Famous Horses. Change Affects Three Districts" (p. 2), "Editorial: Democracy is Not Acts of Few" (p. 6).
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Santa Anita Pacemaker Vol. I No. 39 (September 2, 1942) (ddr-densho-146-42)
Selected article titles: "Don't Take Valuables to Showers" (p. 1), "Requests to Go Out Refused" (p. 1), "All Except Special Transfers Frozen" (p. 1), "Movement Continues. Those Going to Heart Mountain Will be Notified by Tonight" (p. 1), "Residents with Baggage Outside Asked to Check" (p. 1), "Heart Mountain Housing Plan" (p. 2).
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Santa Anita Pacemaker Vol. I No. 45 (September 23, 1942) (ddr-densho-146-48)
Selected article titles: "Out-of-Bound Boundaries Established" (p. 1), "Movements to Granada and Rohwer Continue" (p. 1), "Beet Workers Head for Montana Fields. First Group Leaves Center" (p. 1), "Belongings May Not be Sent In" (p. 1), "Laundry Service Still Available" (p. 1), "Trash Crews Given Praise" (p. 2), "Residents to Call for Toilet Paper" (p. 2), …
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Santa Anita Pacemaker Vol. I No. 33 (August 12, 1942) (ddr-densho-146-36)
Selected article titles: "Keep Off Grass" (p. 1), "Issue Clothing Set. Approved Lists to be Posted at Information Centers Tomorrow" (p. 1), "Varied Experiences of Center Mailmen Reported" (p. 2), "'Beware of Golfers' Warning Posted" (p. 5), "Editorial: Fight for America in Our Way" (p. 6).
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Santa Anita Pacemaker Vol. I No. 19 (June 19, 1942) (ddr-densho-146-19)
Selected article titles: "First Checks to be Issued Tomorrow. 1200 Workers to Get Paid" (p. 1), "Amory Explains Camouflage Problems to Net Workers. Full Consideration Promised for Legitimate Grievances in Talk" (p. 1), "Cooperation on Sanitary Check-ups Lauded. Weekly Airings in Center Set" (p. 3), "Editorial: New York Nisei in USO Drive" (p. 6).
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Santa Anita Pacemaker Vol. I No. 12 (May 26, 1942) (ddr-densho-146-11)
Selected article titles: "Hope of New Life at Santa Anita Thrills New Arrival" (p. 1), "Center's Election Postponed a Week. Newcomers to be Offered Chance to Vote for Council" (p. 1), "Gamblers Sentenced. Leaders Find $250 or 125 Days in Jail" (p. 3).
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Santa Anita Pacemaker Vol. I No. 43 (September 16, 1942) (ddr-densho-146-46)
Selected article titles: "Work Offered in Sugar Beet Fields. Volunteers to Receive Standard Wages for Labor During Harvest" (p. 1), "Lack of Mess Workers Disclosed" (p. 1), "Evacuees in Arizona to Harvest Cotton" (p. 2), "Former Resident Hurt at Poston" (p. 2), "Proper Use of Wood Advised" (p. 2), "Editorial: Kids Without a Country" (p. 6).
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Santa Anita Pacemaker Vol. I No. 22 (July 1, 1942) (ddr-densho-146-22)
Selected article titles: "New Visiting Days Calendar Revealed" (p. 1), "Total of 733 Men Register in Draft. Male Residents, 18-20, Comply With Selective Service Act" (p. 1), "Additional Showers, Laundries to Function as Heaters Arrive" (p. 1), "New Ticket System Hailed as Success" (p. 3), "Editorial: Education Leads to Finer Future" (p. 6).
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Santa Anita Pacemaker Vol. I No. 49 (October 5, 1942) (ddr-densho-146-52)
Selected article titles: "Rohwer Move Completed Tomorrow A.M." (p. 1), "Departures Set Back an Hour. Trains to Go at 10 A.M., Not 9" (p. 1), "District VII to be Moved to Stables" (p. 1), "Relocation Vignettes: From Both Sides of the Fence" (p. 2), "Send Extra Luggage as Baggage" (p. 2).
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Santa Anita Pacemaker Vol. I No. 6 (May 8, 1942) (ddr-densho-146-5)
Selected article titles: "Center Nears Capacity. Population Now Over 15000" (p. 1), "Here's How to Get Married" (p. 2), "Valuables to be Safe" (p. 2), "Library Receives Donations. Variety Increased" (p. 3).
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Santa Anita Pacemaker Vol. I No. 9 (May 19, 1942) (ddr-densho-146-8)
Selected article titles: "Regulations on Food, Appliances Clarified. Babies, Elderly, Ill People to Get Special Diets Soon" (p. 1), "Rosters Must be Complete" (p. 1), "Artist Makes Use of Sense of Humor" (p. 3), "Services Observe 'I Am American' Day. Patriotic Theme and Hymns Feature Religious Group Meetings Sunday" (p. 3), "Daily English Classes Start for …
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Santa Anita Pacemaker Vol. I No. 41 (September 9, 1942) (ddr-densho-146-44)
Selected article titles: "New Group Starts Next Week. Granada to Get 3000 Angelenos" (p. 1), "More Leave for Wyoming. Population of Center Drops" (p. 1), "Shoes Must be Claimed" (p. 1), "Friends Write: Train Trip to Heart Mountain" (p. 1), "Cleanliness Stressed" (p. 1), "Library Calls Books Back" (p. 1), "Editorial: Remember We Are Americans" (p. …
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Santa Anita Pacemaker Vol. I No. 30 (July 29, 1942) (ddr-densho-146-30)
Selected article titles: "Shoe Issuance" (p. 1), "Ban on Records in Japanese" (p. 1), "New Service Begun. Dry Cleaning, Laundry Starts" (p. 1), "Census Takers Perform Extra Services with Work" (p. 2), "Santa Anita Center Gets Plug from Business Week" (p. 3), "Editorial: Allegiance to a Single Belief" (p. 6), "Rice is Largest Item of Food" …