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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 75, No. 6 (August 11, 1972) (ddr-pc-44-31)

Selected article titles: "Seabrook Farms Eye Japanese Industries" (p.1), "Plight of Issei Living Below Poverty Level Raises Questions" (p.1), "San Francisco Community Group Toiling to Revitalize: (p.1).

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doc Heart Mountain Sentinel Supplement Series 293 (April 10, 1945) (ddr-densho-97-504)

Selected article titles: "Many Single People, Childless Couples Sign Up for Seabrook Farms" (p. 1), "Cleveland Evacuees Assured of Resettlement Assistance" (p. 1), "Residents Warned Against Tampering With Boilers" (p. 2).

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doc Manzanar Free Press Vol. 6 No. 33 (October 18, 1944) (ddr-densho-125-281)

Selected article titles: "Rev. Nicholson Writes of Opportunities at Seabrook Farms" (p. 1), "Community Activities Plans Series of Five Programs in Auditorium" (p. 2), "Chicago Sun Columnist Defends Nisei Soldiers" (p. 3).

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vh Masaru Ed Nakawatase Interview (ddr-phljacl-1-19)

Sansei male. Born September 29, 1943, in the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. After leaving camp, parents moved to and worked at Seabrook Farms in New Jersey. Masaru grew up in the Seabrook with the families that worked there. Became involved in the Civil Rights Movement and worked for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, the American Friends …

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doc Heart Mountain Sentinel Supplement Series 240 (October 10, 1944) (ddr-densho-97-459)

Selected article titles: "23 Girls Wanted Immediately at Curtiss Candy Company" (p. 1), "Replacements Urgently Needed by Internal Employment Office" (p. 1), "Ordnance Depot Seeks Typists, Stenographers" (p. 2), "50 Families Sought for Seabrook Farms" (p. 2).

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 39 No. 7 (August 13, 1954) (ddr-pc-26-33)

Selected article titles: "West Coast claims hearings start Aug. 30. Two days for San Francisco, three in Los Angeles scheduled" (p. 1), "Peru-Japanese refugee status near approval" (p. 2), "A day at Seabrook farms" (p. 2).

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Collection Takeda Family Collection (ddr-densho-254)

The Takeda Family Collection contains a photograph and documents related to Senichiro Takeda's time at Tule Lake concentration camp, Californina, Seabrook Farms, and correspondence with Wayne M. Collins.

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doc Gila News-Courier Vol. III No. 180 (October 19, 1944) (ddr-densho-141-336)

Selected article titles: "Men Needed to Install Stoves" (p. 1), "Bargain Sales Begin Monday" (p. 3), "Tailoring Class Next Tuesday" (p. 3), "Seabrook Farms Ask for More Employees" (p. 4), "WPB Puts Restriction on Newspaper Use" (p. 5), "

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doc Granada Pioneer Vol. II No. 44 (April 5, 1944) (ddr-densho-147-157)

Selected article titles: "Change in Family Head Deadline Set at April 12" (p. 1), "Seabrook Farms Agent Arrives to Hire Workers" (p. 5), "Post-War Problems Discussed at State-Wide Confab" (p. 5), "Nisei Change 10,000 Idle Acres to Gardens" (p. 6).

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Narrator Masaru Ed Nakawatase

Sansei male. Born September 29, 1943, in the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. After leaving camp, parents moved to and worked at Seabrook Farms in New Jersey. Masaru grew up in the Seabrook with the families that worked there. Became involved in the Civil Rights Movement and worked for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, the American Friends …

https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/1070/

doc Letter to Yuri Domoto from Sonoko Riusaki (ddr-densho-356-543)

Letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from her sister Sonoko Domoto Riusaki. Sonoko writes her congratulations to Yuri for her marriage or engagement, and details regarding her family's pending move to Seabrook Farms. Item tied together with all objects between ddr-densho-356-551 and ddr-densho-356-577.

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doc Manzanar Free Press Vol. 6 No. 41 (November 15, 1944) (ddr-densho-125-289)

Selected article titles: "Civil Service Exams Slated for Saturday" (p. 1), "Registration to Open for 'Beard Contest'" (p. 1), "Nisei Combat Unit Helps Rescue 'Lost Battalion'" (p. 1), "Release Statistics on Center Population" (p. 1), "Report Number Signed for Seabrook Farms" (p. 1), "Messages From Japan Await Residents" (p. 4).

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vh Shigeo Kihara Interview (ddr-manz-1-114)

Sansei male. Born January 15, 1935, in Sacramento, California. Grew up in the Florin area where parents ran a farm. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, moved with family to live and work at Seabrook Farms, New Jersey. Eventually returned to Sacramento.

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vh Rokuro Kurihara Interview (ddr-manz-1-69)

Nisei male. Born July 11, 1927, in Glendale, California. Grew up in Glendale where parents had a farm. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, worked briefly with family at Seabrook Farms, New Jersey, then attended college in Cleveland, Ohio. Eventually returned to California.

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vh Grace K. Seto Interview (ddr-manz-1-140)

Nisei female. Born September 23, 1925, in San Francisco, California. Grew up in California, where father worked as a bookkeeper. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, moved with the family to a rural community in Maryland, then to Seabrook Farms, New Jersey, before eventually returning to California.

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vh Sumiko Yamauchi Interview (ddr-manz-1-135)

Nisei female. Born January 11, 1927, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in Los Angeles, where parents ran a florist shop. During World War II, sent to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, lived and worked with family at Seabrook Farms, New Jersey, before leaving to attend school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Eventually returned to …

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Narrator Shigeo Kihara

Sansei male. Born January 15, 1935, in Sacramento, California. Grew up in the Florin area where parents ran a farm. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, moved with family to live and work at Seabrook Farms, New Jersey. Eventually returned to Sacramento.

https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/599/

Narrator Rokuro Kurihara

Nisei male. Born July 11, 1927, in Glendale, California. Grew up in Glendale where parents had a farm. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, worked briefly with family at Seabrook Farms, New Jersey, then attended college in Cleveland, Ohio. Eventually returned to California.

https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/434/

Narrator Grace K. Seto

Nisei female. Born September 23, 1935, in San Francisco, California. Grew up in California, where father worked as a bookkeeper. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, moved with the family to a rural community in Maryland, then to Seabrook Farms, New Jersey, before eventually returning to California.

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Narrator Sumiko Yamauchi

Nisei female. Born January 11, 1927, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in Los Angeles, where parents ran a florist shop. During World War II, sent to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, lived and worked with family at Seabrook Farms, New Jersey, before leaving to attend school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Eventually returned to …

https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/750/

av Oral history with Judith Matthias Pendleton (ddr-csujad-29-384)

An oral interview with Judith Pendleton, former resident of Seabrook Farms, New Jersey. The interview was conducted for the Japanese American Oral History Project by California State University, Fullerton. Transcript is found in item: csufccop_jaoh_0948. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 1514_T01

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Narrator Nori Masuda

Nisei male. Born September 11, 1916, in Fresno, California. Grew up in Fresno in Chinatown, where the city's Chinese and Japanese communities were concentrated. During World War II, removed to the Fresno Assembly Center, California, and the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas. Left camp to work for Seabrook Farms, New Jersey. Enlisted in the military and served …

https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/459/

doc Manzanar Free Press Vol. 6 No. 89 (April 28, 1945) (ddr-densho-125-334)

Selected article titles: "Twelve Called to Active Duty from Enlisted Reserve Corps" (p. 1), "Hollywood Citizen News Editorializes Nisei Return Ban" (p. 1), "Tell 'Relocation' of Appointed Personnel Staff Member" (p. 1), "Parolees Must Wait for Special Permits" (p. 1), "Temporary Housing at Seabrook Farms Nears Completion" (p. 1), "WRA to Crate All Evacuee Property" (p. …

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vh Elsa Kudo Interview Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-388-13)

Living and working at Seabrook Farms

This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.

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vh Frank K. Omatsu Interview Segment 23 (ddr-densho-1000-373-23)

Working with family at Seabrook Farms