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1723 items
1723 items

Collection
Lake Sequoia Retreat Archive Collection (ddr-densho-336)
The Lake Sequoia Retreat Archive Collection consists of photographs and documents from the Lake Sequoia Retreat (LSR), a summer camp for Japanese American Christian youth which ran from 1946 until 1990. This retreat was organized after Japanese Americans returned to California after World War II. It was organized by the Central California Young People's Christian Conference ...

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Registration form for the 1974 CCYPCC and LSR Snow-Hike Reunion (ddr-densho-336-669)
Registration for the 1974 Central California Young People's Christian Conference/Lake Sequoia Retreat Snow-Hike Reunion.

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Bus headed to summer camp (ddr-densho-336-297)
The 1970s Lake Sequoia Retreat summer camps. The bus left from the Japanese Congregational Church in Fresno, California.

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Bus headed to summer camp (ddr-densho-336-296)
The 1970s Lake Sequoia Retreat summer camps. The bus left from the Japanese Congregational Church in Fresno, California.

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Scenery from a bus headed to summer camp (ddr-densho-336-300)
The 1970s Lake Sequoia Retreat summer camps. The bus left from the Japanese Congregational Church in Fresno, California.

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Scenery from a bus headed to summer camp (ddr-densho-336-298)
The 1970s Lake Sequoia Retreat summer camps. The bus left from the Japanese Congregational Church in Fresno, California.

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Scenery from a bus headed to summer camp (ddr-densho-336-299)
The 1970s Lake Sequoia Retreat summer camps. The bus left from the Japanese Congregational Church in Fresno, California.

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Campers boarding the bus to summer camp (ddr-densho-336-292)
The 1970s Lake Sequoia Retreat summer camps. The bus was leaving from the Japanese Congregational Church in Fresno, California.

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Bus headed to summer camp (ddr-densho-336-294)
The 1970s Lake Sequoia Retreat summer camps. The bus was leaving from the Japanese Congregational Church in Fresno, California.

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Bus headed to summer camp (ddr-densho-336-295)
The 1970s Lake Sequoia Retreat summer camps. The bus was leaving from the Japanese Congregational Church in Fresno, California.

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Campers boarding the bus to summer camp (ddr-densho-336-293)
The 1970s Lake Sequoia Retreat summer camps. The bus was leaving from the Japanese Congregational Church in Fresno, California.

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Music contract for the March Hares (ddr-densho-336-668)
A contract for the March Hares to perform at the 1974 Central California Young People's Christian Conference/Lake Sequoia Retreat Snow-Hike Reunion.

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Article in the Hokubei Mainichi (ddr-densho-336-902)
A letter to the editor, written by Brad Shirakawa, about the state of various California chapters of the Young People's Christian Conference and the Lake Sequoia Retreat.

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Candlelight ceremony (ddr-densho-336-1152)
The 1978 Lake Sequoia Retreat summer camp. Left to right: Rev. Nick Iyoya, Marice Tatsuno.

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On the road from Fresno to Lake Sequoia (ddr-densho-336-1768)
The 1986 Lake Sequoia Retreat summer camp.


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Bobby Estrella during balloon toss (ddr-densho-336-1512)
The 1984 Lake Sequoia Retreat summer camp.


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Campers taking communion on the last day of camp (ddr-densho-336-1611)
The 1985 Lake Sequoia Retreat summer camp.



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Group photograph of the Lake Sequoia Retreat campers, 1958 (ddr-densho-336-100)
The 1958 Lake Sequoia Retreat summer camp.

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1976 Lake Sequoia Retreat camper questionnaire (ddr-densho-336-716)
The 1976 Lake Sequoia Retreat summer camp.

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Bertha Starkey sitting on a log (ddr-densho-336-57)
The 1946 Lake Sequoia Retreat summer camp.\nCaption on front: "Bertha Starkey: From Cleveland, Ohio. She was a missionary to Japan before WWII, then came to Reedley, CA. During the war, she lived in Poston with the internees. After the war she returned to Japan. (Per Ron Koda)."

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Four campers sitting on a sofa (ddr-densho-336-138)
The 1969 Lake Sequoia Retreat summer camp. Left to right: unidentified, unidentified, Leslie Matsuo, Carole Morita.