705 items
705 items
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Letter from D.S. Myer to Charles Ernst answering questions regarding Crystal City (ddr-densho-356-979)
Letter from WRA Director D.S. Myer to Central Utah Relocation Center Director Charles F. Ernst responding to a series of memos requesting information about Crystal City Camp. Myer directs further questions to the officer in charge at Crystal City, advises that internees who transfer to Crystal City should not expect to be granted permanent leave until …
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Yoshiye Handa Yasuda Interview (ddr-densho-1000-485)
Nisei female. Born August 26, 1934, in San Francisco, California. Grew up in San Francisco's Japantown neighborhood, where father ran a carpentry business. During World War II, removed to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. After leaving camp, returned to San Francisco with parents and finished high school. While still in …
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Sam Mihara Interview (ddr-densho-1000-516)
Nisei male. Born February 1, 1933, in San Francisco, California. Grew up in San Francisco's Japantown, where father edited a bilingual newspaper. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to the Pomona Assembly Center, California, and the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. After leaving camp, lived for a time in Salt Lake City, Utah, before returning …
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Norm Hayashi Interview (ddr-densho-1000-468)
Sansei male. Born September 11, 1939, in Oakland, California. Grandfather, father, and other family members established a nursery business in San Francisco, California prior to World War II. During the war, removed with family to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. After the war, the family returned to San Francisco and …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 42, No. 8 (February 24, 1956) (ddr-pc-28-8)
Selected article titles: "Lane-Hillings Claims Bill Passes House Judiciary Committee" (p. 1), "Sen. Kuchel Denounces Writer of Letter to Magazine on Senate Floor" (p. 1), "'Lincoln Yamamoto' letter reviving smear against Nisei seen as 'most damaging' to JACL legislative efforts in Washington" (p. 1), "Nisei grower ships dried persimmon crop from Placer County orchard" (p. 2), …
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Mr. Seki (ddr-csujad-38-15)
Photographed is Mr. Seki, who is a friend of George Nobuo Naohara, standing in a farm field. It is presumably taken at Civilian Conservation Corps Camp, Rupert, Idaho, or Utah. The caption reads: Never buy cheap stuff. Mr. Seki. [In Japanese]. Title from caption. A photo from "George Naohara photo album" (csudh_nao_0001), page 2. See this …
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Desert Sentinel, Vol. I No. 12, May 14, 1943 (ddr-csujad-17-2)
School newspaper published at the Gila River incarceration camp. Features and items include a report on a bond drive and on a "Kampus Karnival"; news about the debate team and about a talent show, as well as about goings-on at Topaz, Utah; Manzanar, California; Echoes, Wyoming; Hunt, Idaho; and Amache, Colorado; and illustrations. See this object …
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George Naohara photo album (ddr-csujad-38-1)
A photo album compiled by George Nobuo Naohara, a Kibei Nisei, who was incarcerated at Manzanar, Jerome, and Tule Lake incarceration camps during World War II. Included are photographs taken during/after World War II, depicting his farm labor experience in Idaho and Utah, incarceration in the Jerome incarceration camp, and Army language school training. See this …
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Weekly Press Review No. 1 (ddr-densho-156-315)
Original summary: Several developments accounted for a rise in newspaper items about WRA this week. The Senate investigation was, of course, top news event, with the opening of the Chicago employment office and Congressman Leroy Johnson's resolution also of interest. Other important news sources were school construction at Granada, Governor Maw's visit to Central Utah, and …
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Daily Press Review, Vol. IV, No. 23 (ddr-densho-156-240)
Article titles: "Enemy Aliens in West to Get Travel Permits"; "Classification of Japanese"; "Japanese Laborers Sought at Red Lodge"; "Japanese Start Arriving at Granada, Colo., Camp"; "Cody Evacuee Center Has First Death"; "Western Montana May Use 900 Japs in Beet Harvest"; "Defense Office Will Handle Alien Passes"; "Official Urges Regimenting of Japanese on Farms"; "Other Jap …
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Ron Wakabayashi Interview (ddr-densho-1000-460)
Sansei male. Born November 13, 1944, in Reno, Nevada, where parents had resettled after leaving the concentration camps in Topaz, Utah, and Rohwer, Arkansas, during World War II. Grew up in East Los Angeles. Involved in a number of community social service organizations in Los Angeles, such as Oriental Concern and the Asian American Drug Abuse …
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Giro Nakagawa Interview (ddr-densho-1000-422)
Nisei male. Born March 13, 1921, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in Kent, Washington, where parents ran a farm. In the 1930s, moved to South Bend, Washington, to work for the New Washington Oyster Company. During World War II, removed to the Pinedale Assembly Center, California, and soon left to work on farms in Utah for …
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Robert "Rusty" Kimura Interview (ddr-densho-1004-16)
Nisei male. Born January 19, 1915, in Sacramento, California. During World War II, sent to the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. Volunteered for the military out of camp, and was recruited to serve in the Military Intelligence Service.
(This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. …
Narrator Karlene Koketsu
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.
Narrator Heidi Sakazaki
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.
Narrator Kiyo Sakahara
Nisei female. Born February 8, 1920, in South Park, Washington. During World War II, incarcerated at the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Resettled during the war to Salt Lake City, Utah, and returned to Seattle after the end of World War II.
Narrator Kan Yagi
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.
Narrator Marion I. Masada
Nisei female. Born January 13, 1933, 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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Scrapbook of the Monterey Peninsula Junior Japanese American Citizens League (ddr-csujad-44-199)
Scrapbook of the Monterey Peninsula Junior Japanese American Citizens League. Features color photographs of Junior JACL members playing games together and socializing at dinners, dances, picnics, and at the beach. Several photographs also document the group's trip to Utah for the National Junior JACL Convention. A number of pages include captions cut from magazines and other …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 19 No. 13 (September 30, 1944) (ddr-pc-16-40)
Selected article titles: "One-Fourth of Evacuees May Not Return to Former Coast Homes, Says WRA Director" (p. 1), "California Wins First Case on Anti-Alien Law" (p. 1), "Three Arrested on Draft Charges at Central Utah Camp" (p. 1), "Report Race Riot Balked by Police In Canadian City" (p. 2), "California Citizens Reported Uninterested in Persecution Of …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 24 No. 25 (June 28, 1947) (ddr-pc-19-26)
Selected article titles: "House Group Favors Evacuee Claims Bill. Proposal Redrafted to Give Justice Department Authority In Indemnification Program" (p. 1), "House Committee Approves Bill To Stay Deportation of Aliens" (p. 1), "Utah Governor Hails Citizenship Of Nisei Residents of State" (p. 2), "House Will Vote on Citizenship for Parents of Nisei War Dead" (p. 2), …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 42, No. 5 (February 3, 1956) (ddr-pc-28-5)
Selected article titles: "Early Senate move on Mongolian labor bill urged by JACL" (p. 1), "'Home Again' lauded by Utah congressman as clear testimony of U.S. way of life" (p. 1), "White River Valley civic, business leaders sign petition to aid evacuees" (p. 1), "Nisei nominations by Ike in Senate" (p. 1), "Nisei columnist sees repercussions …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 48, No. 2 (January 9, 1959) (ddr-pc-31-2)
Selected article titles: "Suit filed to protest yen exchange rate of bank claims" (p. 1), "Nisei attorney asked to defend confessed killer, but asks out" (p. 1), "Calif. attorney general rules against anti-racial frats on state college" (p. 1), "Nisei subcommittee formed for Utah civil rights group" (p. 1), "Ellison appointment to vacant Court of Claims …
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Pacific Citizen, Whole No. 2156, Vol. 93, No. 12 (September 18, 1981) (ddr-pc-53-37)
Selected article titles: "Anti-JACL, anti-redress witnesses pepper CWRIC-Seattle" (p. 1), "NAACP's Wilkins challenged JACL forward on civil rights" (p. 1), "Aleuts uprooted by Japan forces, too" (p. 1), "Did the U.S. government believe the Nikkei were 'guilty' in 1941?" (p. 2), "Five-year program with Utah aged Nikkei coming to an end" (p. 3), "JACL raps British …
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Nisei men harvesting sugar beets (ddr-csujad-38-51)
Photographed are two Nisei men standing in a field, presumably in Rupert, Idaho, or Utah. The same image is found in item: csudh_nao_0050. The caption reads: Starting in the early morning, I harvested sugar beets. There was still ground frost remaining. It was a tough job. [In Japanese]. A photo from "George Naohara photo album" (csudh_nao_0001), …