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img Enmanji Temple (ddr-csujad-23-16)

Postcard depicting the Enmanji Temple. The structure was originally built for the Manchurian Railroad Company to be exhibited at the Chicago World Fair in 1932. When the building was brought to Sonoma County and rebuilt as the Buddhist Church, Chief Abbot Ohtani of Japan granted it the title of "Temple," the only building in the United …

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doc My career (ddr-csujad-48-37)

Term Paper by Matsumura Masuru for period VII Senior Problem class, taught by Mr. Harry Bentley Wells, a teacher at Manzanar High School. Matsumura describes his desire to be an aeronautical engineer eventually. He describes the necessary training to become a pilot and a aircraft mechanic. He provides a list of technical schools and colleges that …

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doc Relation of administration to discipline (ddr-csujad-48-94)

Title: "The relation of administration to discipline." An essay on the use of classroom discipline/control for the teacher. The paper identifies four types of control: No control, Absolute teacher control, Group control, and Unselfish self control. With each the pros and cons are discussed. The author settles upon Unselfish self control as the best option, but …

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img Molly Hayes getting ready to snap Mr. Merritt holding the last evacuee in his arms (ddr-csujad-47-15)

Photograph of Molly Hayes getting ready to take a photograph of Ralph Merritt holding the last incarceree (a young boy) with a group of civil service employees observing. The group is standing at the front entrance of Manzanar with the sign, "This project officially closed November 21-1945 no admittance except on business," the administrative buildings and …

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doc Letter from Jokichi Yamanaka to Mr. S. Okine, September 12, 1947 [in Japanese] (ddr-csujad-5-218)

A letter from Jokichi Yamanaka in Hiroshima, Japan, to his brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Seiichi and Tomeyo Okine. Jokichi congratulates on the Okines' grandchild and includes updates on issues of his family, the Sasaki family, and the Nakano family in Japan. He also describes high inflation in post-war Japan, listing high prices of food and other necessities. …

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doc Redress monitor (May 1990) (ddr-csujad-55-108)

Newsletter of the Japanese American Citizens League Legislative Education Committee. Columns include, "ORA Update," "New ORA Deputy Administrator," "Congressional Hearings Underscore Department of Justice Commitment to Redress," "Eligibility Verification," "Most Canadians Will Receive Redress by September 1990," "Fundraising Update," "Jacobs vs Thornburgh," "Senator Spark Matsunaga Eulogized," "Aleuts Finally Get Payment for Internment: $12,000 Checks," "Matsui Speaks …

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img Nishida family 318 blk (ddr-csujad-38-220)

Photographed are Nishida family members incarcerated at the Poston camp in Arizona. They are friends of the Masukawa family, who used to live next door prior to the forced evacuation. The caption reads: Nishida family 318 blk. Title from caption. The handwritten notes on the back side reads: Aug. 1944, Poston, Arizona. A photo from: Mitzi …

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img U.S. soldiers in Korea (ddr-csujad-38-463)

Photograph of U.S. soldiers in Korea. The caption reads: Winter time, just before Xmas, Chinese army waiting for the freeze to the Yulu River before the big push to attack American Army. Interrogators knew jeep and truck too heavy to cross the river. However, no one know camel are crossing the river! Item from: George Naohara …

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img Sasaki family at the Jerome camp (ddr-csujad-38-274)

Photographed is the Sasaki family incarcerated at the Jerome camp in Arkansas, siting in front of the barrack, S-09-E. Includes Hiromu, Sally Sakaye, and Emiko Sasaki, and Lucy Nishina. The photo was sent from Sally Sakaye Sasaki at the Jerome camp to Mitzi Masukawa Naohara at the Poston camp in Arizona. A photo from: Mitzi Naohara …

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img General Patton tank (ddr-csujad-38-495)

Photograph of a General Patton tank in a field. The annotation reads: We were delighted that 20 General Patton tanks were finally deployed in 24th Infantry Division. The Korean War started. Initially, there were only two tanks but both were damaged during World War II. [In Japanese]. Item from: George Naohara scrapbook: Korean War and before …

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img U.S. soldiers in Korea (ddr-csujad-38-462)

Photograph of U.S. soldiers in Korea. The caption reads: Winter time, just before Xmas, Chinese army waiting for the freeze to the Yulu River before the big push to attack American Army. Interrogators knew jeep and truck too heavy to cross the river. However, no one know camel are crossing the river! Item from: George Naohara …

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img Honey buckets at Shimonoseki City (ddr-csujad-38-433)

Photographed are honey buckets loaded on carts in front of buildings in Shimonoseki, Japan. The captions read: "Honey buckets at Shimonoseki City," and "honey buckets, Shimonoseki" The building signs captured in the photo include Minato Hotel, Kanazawa Traiding Co. Korean Clothing Store, Hikari Men's Shop, and Tokio Hat. Title from caption. Item from: George Naohara scrapbook: …

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img George Naohara and Keny Kuwahara at Civilian Conservation Corps mobile camps, Rupert, Idaho (ddr-csujad-38-23)

Photographed are George Nobuo Naohara and Kenneth Kenji Kuwahara standing in front of Civilian Conservation Corps mobile camps, Rupert, Idaho. The caption reads: We started thinning sugar beets. What we are holding are buckets and water. [In Japanese]. The same image without captions is found in item: csudh_nao_0032. A photo from "George Naohara photo album" (csudh_nao_0001), …

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img Tule Lake scrapbook "Christmas cards" (ddr-csujad-26-58)

Scrapbook page features a black and red holiday card block print depicting camp barracks and a star behind a cattail plant reading "Tule Lake greetings" designed and cut by craft class students and includes name of "Cleone Norman" in lower right corner. The print is noted as being the most popular. Tule Lake scrapbook (ucsb_mei_0053), page …

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doc Essay: you can't have everything (ddr-csujad-48-28)

Essay by Yoshio Kusayanagi for Senior Problems class taught by Mr. Harry Bentley Wells, a teacher at Manzanar High School. Yoshio describes the need to try to get the most out of every day, and not waste away your life. He identifies the need to preserve through any hardship and give one's all to win past …

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doc Memo from the Office of the Superintendent, May 29, 1943 (ddr-csujad-48-45)

Memo from the Office of the Superintendent about Manzanar policy regarding professional hours for teachers under civil service. The memo discusses the need to work 48 hours per week over six days and the tasks that may accomplish this such as supervising study hall and preparing lessons for the upcoming days. Transcription is found in item: …

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img Photograph of a departure by WRA escort en route to Reno (ddr-csujad-47-7)

Photograph of a "departure by WRA escort in station wagon en route to Reno." The license plate is M115 and there are at least five people in the car with luggage tied on to the tailgate. Barracks and utility poles can be seen in the background as well as the Sierra Nevada. Quoted description is from …

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img Picking the site (ddr-csujad-47-30)

Photograph of the Owens Valley Coordinating Committee picking the site for the Manzanar Incarceration Camp. From left to right: Wallace Howard (FBI), Rex Nicholson (WCCA), Col. McGill (U.S. Army), Ralph P. Merritt (Chairman, Owens Valley Coordinating Committee), Clayton E. Triggs (WCCA), and Col. Kelton (U.S. Army). Caption reads: Picking the site. Title from caption, which was …

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img Sue Kato scrapbook (ddr-csujad-49-1)

Scrapbook of Sue Kato's (nee Ogata) time serving in World War II with the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. Sue Kato served as a clerk at Fort Devens and Fort Myers as well as a translator with the language and translation sections at Camp Ritchie. Scrapbook items include Women's Army Auxiliary Corps pamphlets, newspaper and magazine clippings, …

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doc Memo from [Willard E.] Schmidt, Chief of Administrative Police, to [Raymond R.] Best, [1944] (ddr-csujad-2-78)

Regards arming the Administrative Police Section, including reasons for using the sawed-off shotgun vs. the 45 automatic pistol for security purposes, and the potential for escalation of tensions in a "divided camp (anti and pro, status quo)." See also the related typewritten memo, Memorandum from Willard [E.] Schmidt, Chief, Administrative Police, to R. R. [Raymond R.] …

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doc Letter from incarcerees requesting release of prisoners, April 17, 1944 (ddr-csujad-2-14)

Letter from incarcerees requesting the release of 21 inmates from the army stockades at Tule Lake Camp. Names: Kazama, Masami; Shimada, Shunichi; Harauchi, Akio; Kusuda, Masanao; Gushiken, Yoshitsune; Gushiken, Yoshio; Matsumoto, Mitsuru; Matsumoto, Tsuneto; Masuoka, Hiro; Tarumoto, Sadaichi; Obara, Wataru; Shimamura, Hiroichi; Fujii, Yoshio; Aoki, Jin; Kurashige, Kenichi; Okata, Masanao; Nakahara, Tokushige; Morikawa, Masao; Morikawa, Shigeto; …

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img Japanese family (ddr-csujad-25-15)

A page from an album containing Japanese family photographs. Four photographs are pasted on the page. The photographs appear to have been taken in Washington in the early 1900s. Include Japanese men in suits, woman in western dress, and children. Also include a photograph of a Japanese man in suites and children riding on a horse …

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img Japanese family, female children (ddr-csujad-25-300)

A page from a photo album including Japanese family photographs. Six photographs are pasted on the page. Includes: Japanese or Japanese American female children along with Caucasian female children. In one of the photographs, Japanese female children pose holding "hagoita." Another photograph captures a United States Army Air Corps aircraft taken in July 1932, most likely …

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img Trip to Japan (ddr-csujad-25-321)

A page from a photo album including Japanese family photographs. Pasted on the page are six photographs taken during a Japan trip. Include: a Japan Airlines airplane, the tour group, and buildings with the billboard advertising the film, "A gathering of eagles," in Japan. These were most likely taken in 1963 when this film was released …

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doc Notice from Hugo W. Wolter, Acting Chief, Community Services, War Relocation Authority Gila River Project, June 24, 1943 (ddr-csujad-42-92)

A notice issued by War Relocation Authority Gila River Project. It clarifies the process of the leave requests from the incarcerees whose answers to the questions 27 and 28 are in the negative. It instructs "those wishing to change their answers to questions 27 and 28" to write a letter to L. H. Bennett, Project Director …

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