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doc Letter to Rev. Robert Inglis from The Tanaka Family (ddr-densho-498-39)

Letter to Robert Inglis from the Tanaka Family thanking him for his kindness and letting him know that they are making the journey to Topaz, Utah. Mention of Mr. and Mrs. K. Saito and their son who are taking up the offer to go to St. Louis.

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vh Kan Yagi Interview (ddr-manz-1-103)

Nisei male. Born July 31, 1926, in Kelton, Utah. Grew up in Kelton, where father worked for the railroad. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, father was fired from the railroad. Mr. Yagi was drafted into the military during World War II. Eventually moved to Portland, Oregon.

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img Three young women standing in doorway of barracks (ddr-ajah-6-395)

Caption below photo: Chiyoko Date (left), her sister, Florence and a friend at Topaz, Utah incarceration camp. Note their name on the front of their barracks, number 19-3-B. The Dates entered Topaz on September 9, 1942. They were from Alameda, CA. January 2, 1944

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vh Dorothy Michiko Ishimatsu Interview (ddr-densho-1000-398)

Nisei female. Born June 17, 1927, in Mayfield, California. Grew up in the Mountain View area, where family ran a berry farm. After Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, family decided to move to Utah to avoid mass removal. Attended high school in Utah before returning to California to enroll in San Jose State University. Remained in San …

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vh Roy Ebihara Interview Segment 21 (ddr-densho-1009-1-21)

Transferring to Topaz concentration camp, 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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vh Sam Naito Interview Segment 13 (ddr-one-7-1-13)

Family's decision to move to 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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doc Testimony of Haru Isaki (ddr-densho-67-186)

Written testimony of Haru Isaki of Oakland, California. Incarcerated in the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. This testimony was presented at the CWRIC hearing in Seattle, Washington, on Wednesday, September 9, 1981, in the section titled "Topaz Relocation Center." Personal information excised by Densho.

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doc Tulean Dispatch Vol. 7 No. 14 (October 14, 1943) (ddr-densho-65-414)

Selected article titles: "Japanese Schools Will Soon Start" (p. 1), "Accident Injures Firemen. Speeding Fire Truck Rolls Twice While Turning Corner" (p. 1), "Public Address System Available for Residents" (p. 1), "Council Studies on Deportation of Japanese" (p. 2), "Utah Camp Terrorists Face Jail and F.B.I. Charges" (p. 3).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol 68, No. 7 (February 14, 1969) (ddr-pc-41-7)

Select article titles: "Immigration centennial plans for fall revealed" (p. 1); "Matsunaga focuses on S.F. State issue" (p. 1); "Japan and President Nixon" (p. 2); "JACL To Support Human Rights Body For Utah" (p. 4); "PSWDC civil rights workshop hears views of two 'involved' Sansei youth" (p. 4).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 76, No. 22, (June 8, 1973) (ddr-pc-45-22)

Select article titles: "San Mateo City Council Anti-Nikkei Bias Festering" (p.1); "Aged Issei Seen as Target of Pressure from Nikkei Groups, Says Utah Savant" (p.1); "Bannai Looms as First Nisei to Sit in Assembly" (p.1); "Jobless Sac'to Asian Teachers Protest Hawaii Recruitment"(p.3).

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doc Manzanar Free Press Vol. IV No. 9 (October 6, 1943) (ddr-densho-125-173)

Selected article titles: "Arrest Five for Hoodlumism in Utah" (p. 1), "Reveal Official Effort to Preserve Japanese American Status in Hawaii" (p. 1), "Federal Agents Visit Manzanar" (p. 1), "Quell Segregation Rumor" (p. 1), "Honor Segregees at Judo Tourney" (p. 2), "Refer Problems on Race to President" (p. 2).

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doc Topaz Times Vol. VII No. 6 (April 19, 1944) (ddr-densho-142-297)

Selected article titles: "Army Rejects 22 Topaz Draftees in Physicals" (p. 1), "Tule Lake: WRA Arrests Five Evacuees" (p. 1), "No Discrimination Felt by Cleveland Evacuees" (p. 2), "Persecutors of Nisei Denounced by AAF Captain in Time Magazine" (p. 4), "Restrictions on Evacuees in Utah Counties Relaxed" (p. 5).

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img Topaz WRA Relocation Camp (ddr-csujad-55-2483)

Map of the Topaz incarceration camp and surrounding area in Millard County, Utah. Includes camp data and statistics. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2589

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vh Gloria Toshiko Imagire Interview (ddr-manz-1-46)

Nisei female. Born June 25, 1935, in Vacaville, California. Grew up in Vacaville before being removed to the Turlock Assembly Center, California, and the Gila River concentration camp, Arizona, during World War II. After the war, lived briefly with parents in Ogden, Utah, before returning to the Sacramento area.

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vh Margie Y. Wong Interview (ddr-manz-1-113)

Nisei female. Born July 5, 1936, in Boyle Heights, California, where father ran a wholesale grocery business. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. Lived and attended school for a time in Salt Lake City, Utah, after leaving camp, then returned to Boyle Heights.

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Narrator Jun Kurumada

Nisei male. Born December 13, 1913, in Richfield, Utah. Grew up primarily in Ogden, Utah. Attended the University of Utah and then UC Berkeley for dental school. Established a dental practice in Salt Lake City, Utah, prior to World War II. During the war, was president of the Salt Lake City chapter of the Japanese American …

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Letter from F. de Amat, Consul of Spain, to Mr. Shizuo Sasaki, Secretary, Spanish Consul Joint Committee, Topaz, Utah, February 18, 1944 (ddr-csujad-55-886)

doc Letter from F. de Amat, Consul of Spain, to Mr. Shizuo Sasaki, Secretary, Spanish Consul Joint Committee, Topaz, Utah, February 18, 1944 (ddr-csujad-55-886)

Correspondence from F. de Amat, Consul of Spain, to Shizuo Sasaki, Secretary, Spanish Consul Joint Committee, regarding selective service of the Japanese American citizens. Includes information from the Embassy in Washington. D.C. regarding obligations of American citizens of Japanese descent to serve in the U.S. Army. Letter relayed from the Consul of Spain in San Francisco …

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Collection Ito Collection (ddr-densho-5)

The Ito collection, 1940s, features photographs of WRA camp inmates working on farms in Utah and Montana under the seasonal leave program. Also included are photographs of a family that relocated to Spokane, Washington, after World War II. Densho interviewed collection donor Toshio Ito in 1998.

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Narrator Alice Setsuko Sekino Hirai

Nisei/Sansei female. Born November 8, 1939, in San Francisco, California. Removed to Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and Topaz concentration camp, Utah. Family resettled in Salt Lake City, Utah. Moved to San Francisco after one year and back to Salt Lake City in 1950. Attended University of Utah and studied nursing. Speaks to school groups about family's …

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doc The Northwest Times Vol. 2 No. 72 (August 28, 1948) (ddr-densho-229-134)

"One of These Pretty Girls Will Be "Miss JACL' of 1948. Nine Girls Seek JACL Queen Title" (pg. 1), "Gov. Maw of Utah Will Join in National JACL Conclave" (pg. 1), "New Names Delay Renunciant Cases. Extension Granted" (pg. 2), "MacArthur Aide Sure Nisei GI Shortened War in Pacific" (pg. 4)

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img Eagle Gate (ddr-csujad-38-80)

A professional photograph titled: Eagle Gate, Salt Lake City, Utah. A photo from "George Naohara photo album" (csudh_nao_0001), page 20. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_01_20_001

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doc Rohwer Outpost Vol. VI No. 15 (February 14, 1945) (ddr-densho-143-244)

Selected article titles: "Sign-ups for Civil Service Examinations" (p. 1), "Will Help Fill Out Tax Blanks" (p. 1), "Delegates of Seven Ctrs. Meet in Utah: Conference to Last from 16-20" (p. 1), "AER Will Aid Soldiers and Their Dependents" (p. 1), "Assure Equality for Nisei Students, Sproul" (p. 3).

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doc Poston Chronicle Vol. XXIII No. 27 (July 18, 1945) (ddr-densho-145-655)

Selected article titles: "Poston Closes by December 1. Central Utah, Minidoka, November 1; Heart Mountain, Gila, November 15; Manzanar, December 1; Rohwer Dec. 15" (p. 1), "10 Returned to Hawaii" (p. 2), "Judge Says Issei Have No Right to Lease" (p. 2), "Evacuee Makes Cockroach Powder in New Orleans" (p. 4).

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doc Rocky Shimpo Vol. 11, No. 75 (June 23, 1944) (ddr-densho-148-11)

Selected article titles: "Action Committee to Combat Utah Tension"; "On the Other Hand"; "Club Sponsoring Inter-Americanism"; "Folks Want Film Repeat"; "Via Postmen"; "Sit Still"; "Farm Hands"; "Bonesteel Succeeds Emmons"; "Senate Declines to Kill FDR's Committee"; "Good Prison Record Told"; "Urge Penalty for Activity"; "Girls Launching Soft Ball Game Series."

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doc Information Roundup Vol. VI, No. 11 (ddr-densho-156-380)

Section titles: "Winter Arrives"; "Fryer in Washington"; "Railroads Recruiting Evacuees in Montana"; "Office Hours Changed"; "Arizona Closed to Cotton Picking"; "Receiving Warehouses Opened"; "2000 News Stories Briefed'; "WRA to Handle Repatriation"; "Industrial Policy Supplemented"; "Information Service at Central Utah"; "Public Relations Improve in Idaho"; "News From the Projects"; "Project Reports."

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