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Takami Hibiya's indefinite leave application (ddr-densho-381-140)
doc Takami Hibiya's indefinite leave application (ddr-densho-381-140)
Takami Hibiya's leave application from Minidoka concentration camp to work at the Navy Language School at the University of Colorado.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-381-140/
Yoshi, Janet, and a friend at the University of Colorado (ddr-densho-381-186)
img Yoshi, Janet, and a friend at the University of Colorado (ddr-densho-381-186)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-381-186/
Letter from Helen G. Duggan to Joseph Ishikawa (ddr-densho-468-147)
doc Letter from Helen G. Duggan to Joseph Ishikawa (ddr-densho-468-147)
Refusal of admission to the University of Colorado
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-147/
College transcript (ddr-densho-338-330)
doc College transcript (ddr-densho-338-330)
College transcript for Guyo Tajiri from the University of Colorado.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-338-330/
Frank Konishi Interview (ddr-manz-1-25)
vh Frank Konishi Interview (ddr-manz-1-25)
Nisei male. Born December 2, 1928 in Fort Lupton, Colorado. Family operated dairy farm. Received undergraduate degree from Colorado A&M (now Colorado State University) and doctorate from Cornell University. Worked as Professor of Nutrition until retirement.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-25/
Newspaper clipping (ddr-densho-338-138)
doc Newspaper clipping (ddr-densho-338-138)
Newspaper clipping annoucing Guyo Tajiri being named Phi Beta Kappa at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-338-138/
doc "Chinese Americans: Film, Fiction and Fact" lecture announcement (ddr-densho-1007-1450)
Lecture featuring Ding and four others at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Dated June 15, year unspecified.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1450/
Takami Hibiya's instructor card (ddr-densho-381-123)
doc Takami Hibiya's instructor card (ddr-densho-381-123)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-381-123/
Takami Hibiya's instructor card (ddr-densho-381-122)
doc Takami Hibiya's instructor card (ddr-densho-381-122)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-381-122/
Lynne Horiuchi Interview (ddr-densho-1000-501)
vh Lynne Horiuchi Interview (ddr-densho-1000-501)
Sansei female. Born June 10, 1945, in Denver, Colorado, where parents moved after leaving camp during World War II. Grew i[ om Denver, where father had an insurance company. Attended the University of Colorado and then Colorado College. Studied abroad in Italy before moving to California. Eventually earned a PhD and became an architectural historian.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-501/
Alley Watada Interview (ddr-manz-1-30)
vh Alley Watada Interview (ddr-manz-1-30)
Nisei male. Born July 20, 1930, in Plateville, Colorado. Grew up in Fort Lupton, Colorado, where parents ran a farm. Continued farming in Fort Lupton during World War II, employing German prisoners of war as well as Japanese Americans who had been in concentration camps. Attended Colorado State University and UC Davis, earning a PhD in …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-30/
Takashi Moriuchi Interview (ddr-phljacl-1-18)
vh Takashi Moriuchi Interview (ddr-phljacl-1-18)
Nisei male. Born August 31, 1919, in Livingston, California. Grew up in Livingston and graduated from the University of California at Berkeley. During World War II, removed to the Merced Assembly Center, California, and the Amache concentration camp, Colorado. Left camp to farm in Fort Collins, Colorado. Eventually started a family and moved to New Jersey.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-phljacl-1-18/
Letter from Ai Chih Tsai to Glenn W. Shaw, Navy Language School (ddr-densho-446-140)
doc Letter from Ai Chih Tsai to Glenn W. Shaw, Navy Language School (ddr-densho-446-140)
Tsai is unable to accept position since he is working for a Navy-Columbia University project.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-140/
doc "Japanese Nisei" (ddr-densho-419-1)
A poem written by Min Yasui. The original poem is a part of the Minoru Yasui Collection which is held at the Auraria Library Special & Digital Collections Department, University of Colorado Denver. Contact [email protected] for use permissions and more information.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-419-1/
doc "Why Are We Here?" (ddr-densho-419-4)
A poem written by Min Yasui. The original poem is a part of the Minoru Yasui Collection which is held at the Auraria Library Special & Digital Collections Department, University of Colorado Denver. Contact [email protected] for use permissions and more information.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-419-4/
Nonfiction manuscript:
doc Nonfiction manuscript: "Road to Freedom" with submission letter and rejection letter (ddr-densho-468-158)
Manuscript of nonfiction narrative describing experience as Japanese-American seeking student leave from World War II incarceration. The manuscript incorporates letters to various college admission staff. Page one is a submission letter to the Yale Review. Page two is a rejection slip.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-158/
doc "That Damned Fence" (ddr-densho-419-3)
A poem written by Min Yasui while he was incarcerated in Minidoka concentration camp. The original poem is a part of the Minoru Yasui Collection which is held at the Auraria Library Special & Digital Collections Department, University of Colorado Denver. Contact [email protected] for use permissions and more information.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-419-3/
doc "The Soliloquy of an African Ant-Eater" (ddr-densho-419-2)
A poem Min Yasui wrote under the pseudonym, "The Mad Mongolian" while he was in Multnomah County Jail. The original poem is a part of the Minoru Yasui Collection which is held at the Auraria Library Special & Digital Collections Department, University of Colorado Denver. Contact [email protected] for use permissions and more information.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-419-2/

Narrator Frank Konishi

Nisei male. Born December 2, 1928 in Fort Lupton, Colorado. Family operated dairy farm. Received undergraduate degree from Colorado A&M (now Colorado State University) and doctorate from Cornell University. Worked as Professor of Nutrition until retirement.
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/303/
Japanese language students (ddr-densho-37-749)
img Japanese language students (ddr-densho-37-749)
Original WRA caption: Navy students in the Japanese Language school at the University of Colorado learn to write by dictation. Language instructor Grayce Nakasonke (sp) corrects blackboard writing as she dictates Japanese passages. Grayce, a former Los Angeles college student spent several weeks at a War Relocation Center after evacuation from the West Coast defense area.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-749/
Joseph Norio Uemura Interview (ddr-densho-1014-3)
vh Joseph Norio Uemura Interview (ddr-densho-1014-3)
Nisei male. Born July 3, 1926, in Portland, Oregon. Grew up in Portland before moving to Denver, Colorado, where his father, a Baptist minister, was transferred. Lived in Denver during World War II, where family helped Japanese Americans leaving camps to find housing and work. Paul Robert and Jean Schuman Hanna Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus, since …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1014-3/

Narrator Lynne Horiuchi

Sansei female. Born June 10, 1945, in Denver, Colorado, where parents moved after leaving camp during World War II. Grew i[ om Denver, where father had an insurance company. Attended the University of Colorado and then Colorado College. Studied abroad in Italy before moving to California. Eventually earned a PhD and became an architectural historian.
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/990/
Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 40 (April 2, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-129)
doc Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 40 (April 2, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-129)
Selected article titles: "Ikeda vs. Calif. in Land Case"; "Girl Enrolls at Redlands University"; "On the Other Hand"; "Members of 442nd Combat Regiment Convalescing at Colorado Springs"; "Greely Soldier Was Awarded Bronze Star"; "Federal Proposal Reported Turned Down"; "Kabuki's Paintings Shown in Philadelphia"; "Denver, Bay City Youth Forums Held"; "Want Ads Today"; "Furukawa Wounded"; "Farmers Successful"; …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-148-129/

Narrator Alley Watada

Nisei male. Born July 20, 1930, in Plateville, Colorado. Grew up in Fort Lupton, Colorado, where parents ran a farm. Continued farming in Fort Lupton during World War II, employing German prisoners of war as well as Japanese Americans who had been in concentration camps. Attended Colorado State University and UC Davis, earning a PhD in …
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/308/
Connie Thorson Chandler (ddr-densho-1000-159)
vh Connie Thorson Chandler (ddr-densho-1000-159)
White female. Born 1938 in Denver, Colorado. Father worked for the Bureau of Reclamation at the time WWII broke out, so family lived in Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho, in 1942. Mrs. Chandler was a child at the time, and attended elementary school in Minidoka. Moved to Twin Falls for junior high and high school years before …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-159/
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