329 items
329 items
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An Oral History with Lillie Y. McCabe, Part II (ddr-csujad-29-17)
An oral history with Lillie Y. McCabe, an incarceree at the Santa Anita Temporary Assembly Center and the Granada (Amache) incarceration camp. This interview was conducted for the Japanese American Oral History Project by California State University, Fullerton. The interview covers the Anglo reverends and ministers who helped her while she was incarcerated at Amache, how …
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 …
Narrator Jeff Furumura
Sansei male. Born November 23, 1950, in Los Angeles, California. During World War II, father was in a tuberculosis sanitarium, then was taken to the Tule Lake concentration camp, California, and mother was sent to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas. Parents met in Chicago, Illinois, after leaving the camps. …
Narrator George Nakano
Sansei male. Born November 24, 1935, in Los Angeles, California. During World War II, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California and the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas. Transferred to the Tule Lake concentration camp, California, as a result of parents' answers on the so-called "loyalty questionnaire." After leaving camp, returned to California, attended school, and …
Narrator Art Ishida
Nisei male. Born June 2, 1921, in Fresno, California. Grew up in the Gardena area of Los Angeles, California, before moving to Japan with parents in 1929 and returning to California in the 1930s. During World War II, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas. Gave a qualified answer …
Narrator Sumiko Higashi
Sansei female. Born 1941 in Los Angeles, California. During World War II, the family was sent to the Santa Anita assembly center, California, and the Amache concentration camp, Colorado. After the war, returned to Los Angeles, where father was a gardener and mother worked in LA's fashion district in garment factories. Graduated from UCLA and worked …
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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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Information Bulletin No. 1 (ddr-densho-320-2)
Contains information about living quarters, meals, and other services in the camps.
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Information Bulletin No. 1 (ddr-densho-320-1)
Contains information about living quarters, meals, and other services in the camps.
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Frank Aiji Endo Family at Santa Anita Assembly Center (ddr-densho-379-659)
The caption on the page of the photograph album is "Santa Anita Sept 1942". Frank Aiji Endo, Alice Yuriko Endo, and Todd Endo at Santa Anita Assembly Center.
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Santa Anita Pacemaker Vol. I No. 13 (June 2, 1942) (ddr-densho-146-12)
Selected article titles: "DeWitt Orders Roll Taken. Two Daily Countings. Privacy Assured by Wilkinson" (p. 1), "Population Reaches 18,527. Center Passes Eureka in Size" (p. 1), "Editorial: Pacemaker, Leader in Democracy" (p. 2), "Governing Body to Cope with Problems. Charter to be Used as Model. First Election Slated for Friday" (p. 4), "Course in Democracy to …
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Santa Anita Pacemaker Vol. I No. 46 (September 26, 1942) (ddr-densho-146-49)
Selected article titles: "Last Granada Group Entrains Tomorrow" (p. 1), "Goods May be Shipped Via WRA" (p. 1), "Fire, Clean-up Crew Men Needed" (p. 1), "Farm Labor Asked for Beet Fields. All Employment is by Private Farmers; No Mass Labor Planned" (p. 1), "Two Shifts Only at Each Meal" (p. 1), "Centipede? One Man Turns in …
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Santa Anita Pacemaker Vol. I No. 42 (September 12, 1942) (ddr-densho-146-45)
Selected article titles: "Rohwer Movement Announced. Center to Send 4500 There" (p. 1), "Grandstand to Close Effective Monday" (p. 1), "Last Wyoming Group to Leave" (p. 1), "WRA Field Office Aids Residents" (p. 1), "Story of the Week: Description of Granada" (p. 2), "Editorial: Will and Determination to Do" (p. 6).
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Santa Anita Pacemaker Vol. I No. 23 (July 4, 1942) (ddr-densho-146-23)
Selected article titles: "Relocation of Students" (p. 1), "Amory Announces Free Coupon Books. Distribution Will Begin Monday from Center Cashier's Station" (p. 1), "Santa Anita Entertainers Highlighted in Talent Show" (p. 1), "Superstitious Horsemen Solve Problem of Jinx" (p. 3), "Editorial: Free Men in a Free World" (p. 6).
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Santa Anita Pacemaker Vol. I No. 25 (July 11, 1942) (ddr-densho-146-25)
Selected article titles: "Diphtheria Injections Continued" (p. 1), "White Mess Tickets Need Complete Identification" (p. 1), "Library Asks Return of Japanese Books" (p. 1), "Sewing Class for Beginners Opens" (p. 2), "Brass Band in Call for Players and Instruments" (p. 3), "Editorial: Students Bear a Great Burden" (p. 6).