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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 47, No. 8 (August 22, 1958) (ddr-pc-30-34)

Select article titles: "Crucial issues before conventioners" (p.1); "Japanese press still ignores progress of U.S.-born Nisei" (p.7); "Congress approves bills to aid alien status adjustment in U.S." (p.8) Week of Biennium Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah

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doc Rohwer Outpost Vol. III No. 30 (October 13, 1943) (ddr-densho-143-107)

Selected article titles: "Housing Movement. Stearns Outlines Procedures for Changing Apartments" (p. 1), "Shooting Incident in Utah; Press Severe Court Sentence" (p. 2), "More Evacuee Property to Arrive from West Coast" (p. 3), "Editorial: Good News and Bad" (p. 6).

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doc Poston Chronicle Vol. XV No. 14 (August 28, 1943) (ddr-densho-145-400)

Selected article titles: "Same Treatment Given Segregants by Enterprises" (p. 1), "Articles Declared Contraband at Tule" (p. 1), "Segregants Urged to Take Warm Clothing" (p. 1), "Investigation Urged Relocators for Utah" (p. 2), "Postonians Warned Against Black Widow" (p. 3).

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img Wedding portrait (ddr-densho-298-32)

Caption in album: "Wedding in July 1941. The bride? Our sis - silly! Of course everything else went Kerplunk when Pearl Harbor was attacked and we evacuated - first to Walerga and then to Tule Lake, Calif., Granada, Colo., and finally Topaz, Utah."

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img Japanese American soldiers on furlough (ddr-densho-37-568)

Original WRA caption: Topaz, Utah. Back from the fighting front on furloughs to visit their families at Topaz Relocation Center are left to right: Ben Moriwaki, and Fred Tamakassubo. These fighting men saw real action during occupied Attu under heavy fire.

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img The Mayeda family (ddr-densho-477-693)

Photograph of three generations of the Mayeda family at Mitsuko (Nakahara) Isoshima's 75th birthday party. The caption below the photo reads "Some of the Mayeda clan came from Calif, Utah, E. Washington Old family friends & Aunt Edna's family" in black ink.

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img Man and woman standing in doorway of barracks (ddr-ajah-6-396)

Caption below photo: Chiyoko Date and her father, Hajime at Topaz, Utah incarceration camp. Note their name on the front of their barracks, number 19-3-B. They entered Topaz on September 9, 1942. The Dates were from Alameda, CA.

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doc The Newell Star, Vol. II, No. 45 (November 9, 1945) (ddr-densho-284-97)

Selected article titles: "Relocation Division Offices Consolidated" (p. 1), "Tule Farm Operations Near End After Record Harvest" (p. 1), "Transportation Set for 1000 Resettlers a Week" (p. 2), and "Another Ghost Town: Central Utah Relocation Center Closes on Schedule" (p. 3).

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Collection Mabel Sugiyama Eto Family Collection (ddr-densho-298)

The Mabel Sugiyama Eto Family Collection contains one photograph album and 20 loose photographic prints. Subjects range from life in Tule Lake and Topaz (Central Utah) concentration camps to temporary agricultural leave and post-war relocation.

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vh Ken Yoshida Interview (ddr-densho-1000-428)

Nisei male. Born July 31, 1923, in Tacoma, Washington. Lived in Tacoma for a few years before moving with family to Redwood City, California, where family ran a flower nursery. During World War II, removed to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz (Central Utah) concentration camp, Utah. While in Topaz, refused to obey the …

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doc The Northwest Times Vol. 2 No. 62 (July 24, 1948) (ddr-densho-229-129)

"One-Year Enlistments Commence for 18-Year-Olds at Seattle Armed Forces Recruiting Office" (pg. 1), "Canada Plans Special Body for Loss Aid" (pg. 1), "National JACL Office Candidates for 1948-1950 Term Announced; To Be Inducted at Utah Convention" (pg. 1)

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 60, No. 6 (February 5, 1965) (ddr-pc-37-6)

Selected article titles: "Immigration Amendments Due Early Committee Study" (p.1-2), "Utah Legislature for Validating Mixed Marriages before Repeal" (p.1), "Snake River Valley Issei-Nisei Lauded" (p.1), "Santa Maria Issei Popularizes Salads with Extensive Lettuce, Celery Farming" (p.1).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 56, No. 5 (February 1, 1963) (ddr-pc-35-5)

Selected article titles: "Repeal of Utah Mixed Marriage Ban Held Likely" (pp. 1, 4), "Nat'l JACL Credit Union in 'Excellent Shape', Declares 4 1/2 Pct. Dividends; Members Not Fully Using Services" (pp. 1, 4), and "Washington Newsletter: 1st Amendment Decisions" (p. 2).

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doc Granada Pioneer Vol. II No. 39 (March 18, 1944) (ddr-densho-147-152)

Selected article titles: "Amache to Receive 500 Jeromites in June" (p. 1), "Spanish Consul Cannot Act in Behalf of Nisei" (p. 1), "Myer Releases Analysis Report on 'Kibei' Problem" (p. 5), "AFL Unions Spearhead Persecution of Evacuated Nisei in Utah" (p. 6).

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vh Nancy K. Araki Interview I (ddr-densho-1000-305)

Sansei female. Born October 16, 1937, in San Francisco, California. During World War II, removed to the Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado. Family briefly left camp for Utah before voluntarily entering the Topaz concentration camp, Utah, when mother was pregnant. After leaving camp, returned to San Francisco and resumed elementary school.

(This material is based upon …

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vh Nancy K. Araki Interview II (ddr-densho-1000-357)

Sansei female. Born October 16, 1937, in San Francisco, California. During World War II, removed to the Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado. Family briefly left camp for Utah before voluntarily entering the Topaz concentration camp, Utah, when mother was pregnant. After leaving camp, returned to San Francisco and resumed elementary school.

(This material is based upon …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 56, No. 1 (January 4, 1963) (ddr-pc-35-1)

Selected article titles: "Why $200,000 has been donated: Japanese History Project serves many purposes-seven 'projects' envisioned within $450,000 program;" "Civil rights in California, Utah up for improvement;" "Cold fact of SJR 21 loss explained;" "1st Session, 88th Congress;" "How San Francisco Nihonmachi was redesigned."

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 84, No. 6 (February 18, 1977) (ddr-pc-49-6)

Selected article titles: "Prison System Chief Tells it Like it Is" (p.1, 11), "50% of Nisei Can't Afford to Retire at 65" (p.1), "Japanese & Non-Japanese Marriages Rising" (p.), "Utah Japanese: Survival in Hard Times" (p.), "'Terrible Subject' Becomes 'Constant Reminder'" (p.8).

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doc Topaz Times Vol. V No. 21 (November 20, 1943) (ddr-densho-142-240)

Selected article titles: "Exchange Ship Reaches Japan Safely, Nov. 14" (p. 1), "One Person Caught in Canteen Entry" (p. 1), "Two Editorial Reprints: Let's Make Ourselves Clear" (p. 2), "The Tule Lake Riot" (p. 2), "Utah Governor Protects Nisei Rights in Speech" (p. 3).

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doc Topaz Times Welcome Issue (September 17, 1942) (ddr-densho-142-1)

Selected article titles: "Welcome to Topaz" (p. 1), "First Day" (p. 2), "Where to Go" (p. 2), "Topaz: Our City" (p. 2), "Administrative Staff of Central Utah Relocation Project" (p. 3), "Hand Baggages" (p. 3), "School to Open" (p. 3), "Scrap Lumber" (p. 3).

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doc Letter to Takeko Miyagi from Noby Okamoto (ddr-densho-416-15)

Letter to Takeko Miyagi from Noby (Tamaki) Okamoto. Noby updates Takeko about Kana Uyechi's living situtaion and plans as her son Joe Uyechi relocated to Utah. Noby also tells Takeko about Takeko's older brother William Miyagi staying with her before shipping out to Fort Snelling.

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vh Karlene Koketsu Interview (ddr-manz-1-95)

Nisei female. Born January 7, 1935, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in the Sawtelle area of Los Angeles. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. After leaving Manzanar, lived briefly with family in Utah before eventually returning to California.

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vh Marion I. Masada Interview (ddr-manz-1-155)

Nisei female. Born in California. Grew up in Salinas, California. During World War II, incarcerated in the Salinas Assembly Center, California, and the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. After leaving camp, lived and worked in San Francisco for a time before moving to Ogden, Utah.

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vh Heidi Sakazaki Interview (ddr-densho-1010-15)

Nisei female. Born March 28, 1928, in Clarksburg, California. Grew up in the Sacramento area prewar. During World War II, was removed with family to the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, worked in Utah and Los Angeles before eventually returning to Sacramento.

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vh Miyo Minnie Uratsu Interview Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-335-16)

Attending school in Utah

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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