712 items
712 items
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Roger Baldwin, Executive director of the ACLU (ddr-densho-122-705)
From Manuscripts Division, J. Willard Marriott Library University of Utah. \nhttps://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s61s0122
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Four people standing with the Utah State Capitol in the background (ddr-manz-10-31)
Original caption: "Jiro Iwata on Furlough."
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Letter sent to T.K. Pharmacy from Topaz (Central Utah) concentration camp (ddr-densho-319-310)
Request for Keni Kochoyaku medicine.
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Letter from T. Nozawa to Greyhound Bus Station in Fillmore, Utah (ddr-densho-423-410)
Asking about missing baggage that was sent on from Denver. Letter likely written by Tomoye (Nozawa) Takahashi
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War Department Notification of Personnel Action (ddr-densho-365-5)
This Notification of Personnel Action from the War Department granted Takeharu Inouye a temporary appointment as a warehouse laborer in Ogden, Utah. Takeharu hoped to find work when he moved with his family to Utah after their internment in Tule Lake during WWII.
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War Department Notification of Personnel Action (ddr-densho-365-6)
This Notification of Personnel Action from the War Department granted Takeharu Inouye a probational appointment as a warehouse laborer in Ogden, Utah. Takeharu hoped to find work when he moved with his family to Utah after their internment in Tule Lake during WWII.
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Umeyo Sakagami and a friend (ddr-densho-328-244)
Caption in album: "Hisa's summer vacation to Seattle / 1951 / from Brigham City, Utah / Jane and me."
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Topaz Camp (ddr-densho-357-774)
Hanako Terakawa's caption: "Taken at Topaz, Utah 1944?" Families gather around a picnic table to eat.
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Letter from Tomoye Takahashi to Henri Takahashi and Tomoyuki Nozawa (ddr-densho-410-235)
Describing her work as a domestic in Provo, Utah, likes the woman she is working for.
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Couple sitting on steps in front of house (ddr-densho-467-16)
Man dressed in uniform. Caption below photo: Sue and 'Happy' Fujikado / Taken at Salt Lake City, Utah
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Office of the Rocky Mountain Times (ddr-densho-162-45)
First intermountain Japanese newspaper started in 1907, later merged with the Utah Nippo. Proprietor Mr. Shiro Iida.
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Group in Ogden (ddr-densho-201-727)
Caption in album: "Ogden, Utah / Me [Masao Sakagami], Ume [Sakagami], Shigeko [Kawashima] / Tats, Matsu [Sakagami], Jim [Tateoka]."
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T/Sgt. Tom Nagata (ddr-densho-338-195)
Caption on reverse: "T/SGT Tom Nagata / Pacific Citizen / Japanese-American Citizen's League / Salt Lake City, Utah."
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Class photo from Topaz (ddr-ajah-6-657)
Caption below photo: School class at Topaz, Utah incarceration camp, 194-1945 Kazumaro was from Alameda, CA.
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Letter to Rev. Robert Inglis from Hiro Katayawa (ddr-densho-498-37)
Letter to Robert Inglis from Hiro Katayama letting him know that they are going to Topaz, Utah.
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Sam Naito Interview Segment 4 (ddr-one-7-1-4)
Attending the University of Utah after "voluntary evacuation" 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 …
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Co-op News (Topaz) Collection (ddr-densho-288)
Collection of newspapers published by the co-op at the Topaz (Central Utah) concentration camp, Utah. The newspapers discuss co-op administration and concerns, as well as everyday life.
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Japanese Americans working on camp water mains (ddr-densho-37-556)
Original WRA caption: Topaz, Utah. Young volunteer workers, residents at the Topaz Relocation Center, completing the water mains.
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Hisa Kano (ddr-densho-328-242)
Caption in album: "Hisa's summer vacation to Seattle / 1951 / from Brigham City, Utah / Hisa Kano at Brigham City."
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Mae Yoshiko (Miwa) Higaki (ddr-densho-458-87)
Portrait in photo folder. Note from donor: Mae Miwa circa 1945. Printed on folder: Austin Studios California-Utah
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"12th Annual Intermountain District Young Buddhist League Conference" (ddr-densho-255-189)
Bottom right: "12th Annual Intermountain District Young Buddhist League Conference January 24-25 48 Davis High School Utah."
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 24 No. 7 (February 22, 1947) (ddr-pc-19-8)
Selected article titles: "Utah Senate Passes Alien Land Law Repeal" (p. 1), "Report 900 Stranded Nisei Cleared for Return to U.S. Retained American Citizenship During War; All Carefully Screened, Says U.S. Official" (p. 1), "AFL Central Labor Council Urges Legislative Repeal Of Alien Property Law in Utah" (p. 8).
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Drawing of the laundry buildings at Tanforan Assembly Center (ddr-densho-392-10)
Caption written by Kenneth Iyeki: "These are the laundry buildings from which all the internees left for Topaz, Utah. As the time for the trip to Utah neared, fences were put up around these three makeshift structures and people were leaving the camp every day like herds of cattle."
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Topaz Camp (ddr-densho-357-763)
Two unnamed women stand on their front steps with two children between them in the camp in Topaz, Utah.