2211 items
2211 items
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S.B. Council outside a barrack (ddr-csujad-44-36)
A photograph of Nisei students incarcerated at Tule Lake, California with their teacher. They are presumably student board council members. They are posing for the photo in two rows in front of a barrack. The back row is standing and the front row is seated in chairs. Photo inscription on back: "S.B. Council." Title from inscription. …
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Nisei men's basketball team (ddr-csujad-44-23)
A group photograph of eleven young Nisei men posing outside in front of a barrack at Tule Lake, California. They are presumably basketball team members. The men are in two rows. The back row is standing and the front row is kneeling. There are two basketballs on the ground in front of the group. See this …
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Manzanar Free Press Vol. 5 No. 46 (June 7, 1944) (ddr-densho-125-243)
Selected article titles: "New York Hostel Now Open to Servicemen" (p. 1), "Quell Rumors" (p. 1), "Death of First Nisei Reported in Pacific" (p. 1), "Myer Backs Japanese Return to Coast" (p. 1), "Aged-Issei Reported in Seattle for Health" (p. 1), "Tokyo Comments on Tule Lake Incident" (p. 1), "Seek to Prevent Colonization in East" (p. …
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Rocky Shimpo Vol. 11, No. 89 (July 26, 1944) (ddr-densho-148-25)
Selected article titles: "All States Providing for Soldiers' Vote"; "Coming Events"; "On the Other Hand"; "Troublesome Problem Told"; "Anti-Fascist Japanese Depicts the Artist's Conflict Under Fascism"; "Woman in Case is Visitor"; "West Coast's Relations"; "Savings Shown in Financial Statement of Credit Union"; "Private Otagari Awarded Coveted Badge"; "Want Ads"; "Experience of Evacuation"; "Bridge Tourney"; "Tule Lake …
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Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 158 (December 22, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-243)
Selected article titles: "More Work Ahead for Men of U.S. 10th Corps"; "Cleveland Couple Tell Plans to be Married"; "Name Patrons for League Dance"; "Sheriff of Grass Valley Going on Own Campaign"; "Charge Spying on Ships in 1941 on Coast"; "Major Aiso Scheduled to Leave for Nippon"; "Truman's FEPC Stand Arouses Antagonism"; "Induction of Fathers Dropped"; …
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Daily Press Review, Vol. III, No. 18 (ddr-densho-156-220)
Article titles: "Jap Couple Married With F.B.I. Blessing"; "Evacuation of All Japanese is Ordered"; "Greeley Assembly Told of Dangerous Jap Clique in U.S."; "Portland Japanese Assembly Center Still Temporary"; "Population of Tule Lake Relocation Project Now 12,480"; "Judge Expected to Rule That Curfew, Evacuation Orders are Constitutional"; "Edict Bans Guns for Japanese"; "Facts on Evacuee Labor …
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Weekly Press Review No. 45 (ddr-densho-156-358)
Original summary excerpts: A CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR correspondent found the emphasis this week was shifting from the Tule Lake center itself to the "somewhat more calm and judicial precincts of a congressional committee room in Washington, D.C." Reports on new developments at the center were limited to the discovery of a "moonshine" still, plus a quantity …
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Daily Press Review, Vol. III, No. 21 (ddr-densho-156-222)
Article titles: "Army to Transfer Last of Japanese"; "Yolo County Beet Growers Face Labor Shortage"; "Coast Evacuee Group Arrives"; "Japanese School Plan Discussed"; "Camp Reduces Internee Total"; "Japs Must Pay Extra to Hunt"; "Farm Labor Problems Told"; "Washington Merry-Go-Round"; "Harvest Labor Shortage Seen"; "Jap Labor May be Obtained to East Labor Shortage"; "Church Services Held at …
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Japanese Americans in internment camps 1942-1946, physical layout of the WRA camps (ddr-csujad-55-2495)
Document detailing the physical layout and qualities of incarceration camps. Covers: isolation centers, assembly centers, permanent relocation centers, farm area, administrative area, internee area, barracks, mess hall, boiler room, recreation hall, block manager, ward, hospital schools, canteens, utilities, employment and salary, other centers, progressive project directors, camp closing, Tule Lake closure, and post-war years. See this …
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Rae Takekawa Interview (ddr-densho-1000-89)
Sansei female. Born August 27, 1927, in Bellevue, Washington. Raised on the family farm in Bellevue, Washington, prior to World War II. Was incarcerated at the Pinedale Assembly Center, California, and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Was released early to harvest sugar beets in Chinook, Montana. At the onset of World War II, her father was …
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Tulean Dispatch Vol. III No. 21 (August 10, 1942) (ddr-densho-65-16)
Selected article titles: "Wanted at Once! 80 Men to Handle Coal" (p. 1), "Placement to Have Two Branch Offices" (p. 1), "Rentable Property Must be Registered" (p. 1), "Woodwork Shop Draws Enthusiasts" (p. 1), "Respect Gov't Property Says Shirrell" (p. 1), "Army to Take Nisei Soldiers: Must Speak and Read Japanese" (p. 2), "Bank Now Open …
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Tulean Dispatch Vol. III No. 67 (October 2, 1942) (ddr-densho-65-65)
Selected article titles: "Waitresses to Receive Shoes and Uniforms" (p. 1), "Colonists Cautioned Against Interference With Wildlife" (p. 1), "Furniture Factory to Employ New Workers" (p. 1), "Cash Permits at Welfare Office" (p. 1), "Adult Education Offers Economics" (p. 1), "An Editorial: We Are Not Alone" (p. 2), "Festival Gayety to Prevail at Harvest Carnival" (p. …
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Tulean Dispatch Vol. 5 No. 28 (April 22, 1943) (ddr-densho-65-208)
Selected article titles: "Six Point Program to Back Marcantonio Bill: Asiatic Groups Campaign" (p. 1), "Civil Service Open to Citizens, Revealed: Sign-up at Placement; Exams to Be Held Soon" (p. 1), "Christians to Hold Services" (p. 1), "Nisei May Take Steps Now to Enter Language School" (p. 1), "Block Contributors Raise $225" (p. 1), "Tule Lake …
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Letter to Yuri Domoto from Yoshito Shibata (ddr-densho-356-221)
Envelope and letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from Yoshito Shibata in which he discusses the ease in which all the solider took to studying and wonders if its in part because many of the soldiers are college graduates. He then discusses in detail the ways Nisei soldiers interact with locals and the widespread dating that is …
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Attached answers to affidavit questions (ddr-csujad-12-27)
This item contains the more in-depth answers to questions on the affidavit that Tsugitada Kanamori submitted. In these extended answers to questions about Kanamori's repatriation to Japan and his refusal to pledge allegiance to the United States, he discusses his fear of violence and desire to keep his family together which resulted in his answering of …
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Pacific Citizen Vol. 21 No. 22 (ddr-densho-121-3)
Selected article titles: "Six Nisei GIs Killed, 16 Hurt in Plane Crash" (p. 1), "Trailer Homes for Returning Evacuees" (p. 1), "Attorney Wirin Not Connected With Tule Lake Cases" (p. 1), "Outrigger Club Officials Will Continue Anti-Oriental Policy" (p. 1), "Nisei Soldiers Lead Armistice Parade In Italy" (p. 1), "Two Counties Bar Aid to Evacuee Group" …
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Hideo Hoshide Interview I (ddr-densho-1000-184)
Nisei male. Born September 25, 1917, in Tacoma, Washington. Grew up in Tacoma except for living in Japan for several years at age four. Attended the University of Washington in Seattle, majoring in Political Science, Far Eastern Studies, with a minor in journalism. Prior to World War II, worked as sports editor for community newspaper, The …
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Hideo Hoshide Interview II (ddr-densho-1000-185)
Nisei male. Born September 25, 1917, in Tacoma, Washington. Grew up in Tacoma except for living in Japan for several years at age four. Attended the University of Washington in Seattle, majoring in Political Science, Far Eastern Studies, with a minor in journalism. Prior to World War II, worked as sports editor for community newspaper, The …
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Masamizu Kitajima Interview (ddr-densho-1000-287)
Nisei male. Born August 1, 1933, in Ookala, Hawaii. At a young age, sent to Japan to live with grandfather and begin ministry training, but returned to the U.S. just before the onset of World War II. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, father, a prominent Buddhist minister, was picked up and arrested by the FBI. …
Narrator Sarah Sato
Sansei female. (Mother and father born in Hawaii.) Born February 1925 in Peru. Spent prewar childhood in Peru and Hawaii. Father picked up by the FBI and detained after bombing of Pearl Harbor. Was incarcerated at Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas, and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Renounced citizenship in order to stay with parents, and was …
Narrator George M. Yoshino
Nisei male. Born February 25, 1921, in Bellevue, Washington. Grew up in Bellevue, where parents operated a farm. During World War II, removed to the Pinedale Assembly Center and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. While in camp, obtained temporary leave to work for a railroad company. Volunteered for the military, and served with the Military Intelligence …
Narrator Osamu Mori
Nisei male. Born July 13, 1928, in Wilmington, California. Grew up in San Pedro, California, where parents operated a farm. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, removed with family to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas. Family answered "no-no" on the so-called "loyalty questionnaire," and was …
Narrator Masako Murakami
Sansei female. Born March 27, 1934, in San Francisco, California. Parents were both Kibei from Seattle, Washington, and Bakersfield, California. Grew up in San Francisco, California, where father was in sales. During World War II, removed to the Gila River concentration camp, Arizona. After father signed "no-no" on the so-called "loyalty questionnaire," transferred to the Tule …
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Tomio Itabashi and Frances (Itabashi) Nishimura Collection (ddr-densho-493)
This collection consists of objects, documents, photographs, and pamphlets from the Itabashi family, siblings Tomio Itabashi and Frances Nishimura (Itabashi) and their aunt and uncle, Kuni and Buichiro Itabashi. The family lived in Auburn, Washington prior to the war, where they operated a dairy farming business and were involved in a Supreme Court of Washington State …
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Letter from Eva Koyama to Edward J. Ennis, Director, Alien Enemy Control Unit. Page 4 of 5. (ddr-one-5-216)
Photocopy of a declassified handwritten letter from Eva Koyama, daughter of Teru and Keizaburo Koyama, to Edward J. Ennis, Director, Enemy Alien Control Unit. Eva writes that she loves and misses her father greatly, but that she also thinks of the other girls her age whose fathers are currently serving in the military, so she can …