708 items
708 items

Collection
Umeyo Sakagami Collection (ddr-densho-328)
The Umeyo Sakagami Collection consists of photographs from four albums ranging in date from the 1930s to the 1950s. Topics include: life in the Pacific Northwest before the war, experiences in the camps, Umeyo Sakagami's brothers' (Masao and Matsuo) service in the 442nd Regimental Combat Team and the Military Intelligence Service, her travels after the war …

Narrator Ernie Iyama
Nisei male. WGrew up in California. During World War II, was removed to the Tanforan assembly center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah.

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Asano Terao Interview II Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-109-9)
Daughter helps to support family by working in a doctor's office in Salt Lake City, Utah (Japanese language)
This interview was conducted in Japanese and was translated so as to convey Mrs. Terao's way of speaking as closely as possible. For example, there are instances in which she makes some grammatical errors. These mistakes are conveyed …

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Miss Wakayama's class (ddr-densho-454-1)
Miss Wakayama's third or fourth grade class in Topaz. Written on the back in the upper left corner is "Yoshiye Handa Class-3rd grade teacher- Miss Wakayama Topaz, Utah" in green ink. Written on the back in the upper right corner is "Yoshiye" in pencil. Written on the in the lower right corner on an attached piece …

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Tulean Dispatch Vol. 6 No. 34 (August 25, 1943) (ddr-densho-65-285)
Selected article titles: "New Program in "This is America" Series" (p. 1), "Scholarship Fund Tops $1000 With Aid of P.T.A." (p. 1), "2000 Boxes Made By Factory" (p. 1), "Thursday & Friday: Elementary Schools To Hold Open House" (p. 1), "Mostly Seasonal Work in Pacific Intermountain Area" (p. 1), "Facts About Central Utah Relocation Center Given" …

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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 21 No. 18 (November 3, 1945) (ddr-pc-17-44)
Selected article titles: "Reveal Nisei GIs Served With Allied Units" (p. 1), "National JACL Plans to Enter Oyama Case Testing Validity Of California Alien Land Law" (p. 1), "WRA Closes Central Utah Camp On Time as Last Group Leaves" (p. 1), "Last Evacuee Family at Hunt Refused to Leave Center" (p. 2), "U.S. Deportation Program May …

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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 24 No. 10 (March 15, 1947) (ddr-pc-19-11)
Selected article titles: "Utah Legislature Repeals State's Alien Property Law" (p. 1), "Loyalty of Japanese American Group in Wartime Praised by Admiral Nimitz at Hearing" (p. 1), "Masaoka Learns New Congress Policy on Deportation May Not Affect Japanese Alien Group" (p. 2), "Japanese Americans at WRA Camp Helped Develop New Guayule Rubber Processes" (p. 2), "Disclose …

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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 60, No. 22 (May 28, 1965) (ddr-pc-37-22)
Selected article titles: "History Project: Nisei Homesteads near Heart Mountain" (p.1), "Calif. FEPC Budget Slashed, Housing Program in Danger" (p.1), "Author Michener says 'Hawaii Way Ahead' in Civil Rights Fight, Might Return to Isles" (p.1), "Immigration Bill Timetable" (p.2), "Utah Opens Own Rights Commission" (p.3), "'Myakawa Rd.' in Houston Linked to Ill-Fated Rice-Growing PRoject Originator in …

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Yoshimi Oda (ddr-csujad-38-72)
Photographed is Yoshimi Jim Oda posing in a farm field. It is probably taken in Rupert, Idaho, or Utah. The caption reads: Yoshimi Oda, young but well built. [In Japanese]. A photo from "George Naohara photo album" (csudh_nao_0001), page 18. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_01_18_005

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Frank Oshita (ddr-csujad-38-53)
A photo of Frank Oshita given to George Nobuo Naohara. It is probably taken in Rupert, Idaho, or Utah. Autographed by Frank Oshita on October 15, 1942. A photo from "George Naohara photo album" (csudh_nao_0001), page 14. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_01_14_006

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Blue-eyed mischievous boy (ddr-csujad-38-54)
Photographed is George Nobuo Naohara holding a Caucasian boy. It is probably taken in Rupert, Idaho, or Utah. The caption reads: Blue-eyed mischievous boy. [In Japanese]. Title from caption. A photo from "George Naohara photo album" (csudh_nao_0001), page 14. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_01_14_007

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Mr. and Mrs. George Amano having breakfast in their apartment in Detroit, Michigan (ddr-csujad-14-31)
Mr. and Mrs. George Amano having breakfast in their apartment in Detroit, Michigan. They came from Central Utah incarceration camp. George works as a lens grinder for Kindy Optical Company. June 20, 1943. Photo by M. Graw. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: HMLSC_TOMO_031

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Visitors pass no. 8780, WRA-38, George Naohara (ddr-csujad-38-557)
A visitors pass issued by O.D. Walters, Project Director. It authorizes George Nobuo Naohara of Utah to visit the Jerome camp in Arkansas and to be inducted to Block 8-10-E on December 3, 1945. WRA-38. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_05_13_009

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Nisei interpreter questioning a witness for the war crimes trials (ddr-densho-114-167)
Original caption: Tec 3 Ben Oshita (left) of Salt Lake City, Utah, interpreting the questions of Capt. Arthur A. Sandusky, staff attorney, asked of a possible prosecution witness for the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, in the Ministry of War Building, Tokyo, Japan. Miss Lenore Scott is the stenographer for the inquisition. This is …

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Keith Nomura for Kiyosuke Nomura (ddr-ajah-8-6)
In this video, Keith Nomura talks about his father, Kiyosuke Nomura. Kiyosuke grew up in the Bay Area and met his wife, who was born in Alameda, California. During World War II, they were removed to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. Kiyosuke wasn't able to graduate from the University of …

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Namiye Fukuzawa Interview (ddr-densho-400-3)
Namiye Fukuzawa was born on June 30, 1925, in Los Angeles, California. Namiye's father was a vegetable hauler and her mother was a housewife living in Gardena, California. During World War II, Namiye and her family relocated to Logan, Utah. After the war they moved back to Gardena, California.
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Civil Service Commission Notice of Rating (ddr-densho-365-4)
Takeharu Inouye received this Notice of Rating from the United States Civil Service Commission, indicating that he was deemed eligible in his application for a position as a laborer. This was not an appointment to a position, merely a calculated rating of his writing skills and education. Takeharu hoped to find work when he moved with …

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Chiyoko Yano Interview (ddr-densho-1013-9)
Nisei female. Born February 27, 1918, in Oakland, California. Grew up in Oakland before being removed to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. In Topaz, worked for the War Relocation Authority in the Central Statistics Division. Husband served in the OSS, the Office of Strategic Services. Lived in Japan during the …

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Shoichi Kobara Interview (ddr-densho-1015-8)
Nisei male. Born April 23, 1922, in Watsonville, California. Grew up in Watsonville until age six, then family moved to Salinas. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to Salinas Assembly Center, California, and the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. After leaving camp, lived and worked in Utah for a time before serving in Japan in the …

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Mary Okazaki Kozu Interview (ddr-densho-1000-511)
Nisei female. Born June 14, 1931, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in Seattle, where parents ran a boarding house. During World War II, removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Left camp in 1943 and moved to Salt Lake City, Utah. Returned with family to Seattle after the war, attended the …

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Yae Wada Interview (ddr-densho-1000-476)
Nisei female. Born November 3, 1919, in Berkeley, California. Grew up in Berkeley, where father ran a laundry business. Graduated from school and opened a beauty shop in 1940. During World War II, removed to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. Had two children in camp and suffered numerous medical complications. …

Narrator Lily C. Hioki
Nisei female. Born July 3, 1925, in San Jose, California. Moved with family frequently as a child before returning to San Jose for high school. In 1942, family decided to avoid incarceration by moving to Utah, and joined an automobile caravan of several families from San Jose. Lived and worked in Utah during the war primarily …

Narrator Chizuko Iyama
Nisei female. Grew up in San Francisco, California. During World War II, was removed to the Santa Anita assembly center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah.

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George Naohara's handwritten annotations (ddr-csujad-38-4)
English translations of handwritten annotations from "George Naohara photo album" (csudh_nao_0001), page 6: [Right top] I (George Naohara) and Keny Kuwahara [Kenneth Kenji Kuwahara], who had been drafted but was discharged. He was fluent in Japanese and English. Immediately after arriving at the C.C.C. Camp, an announcement of the U.S. government order was made in English. …

Narrator Judy Furuichi
Sansei female. Born December 27, 1942, in the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. Prior to World War II, parents lived and worked in Alameda, California. During World War II, the family was sent to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. After the war, the family returned to Alameda, where Judy grew up. …