1642 items
1642 items
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Trophy given to Takuritsu Morita (ddr-ajah-6-604)
Caption below photo: Trophy received by Takuritsu Morita of Alameda, CA, for 10 years of service to the Japanese school (gakuen) in Alameda. The school opening in 1916. He lived in Alameda until 1933, then moved south to Mountain View, CA, where he continued to teach at a similar school.
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Portrait of Douglas MacArthur, autographed on front (ddr-ajah-2-826)
Caption: Gen. Douglas MacArthur, hand written signature, in blue ink on a black and white print. Tokyo 1945. Collection of Joe Iwataki, who served in the Military Intelligence Service (MIS) in the South Pacific during WWII where MacArthur also served. Supplemental scan of ddr-ajah-2-742 with additional notes
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Yasuharu Koike standing on hill above barracks (ddr-ajah-2-851)
Caption below photo: Yasuharu Koike served with the MIS in the China-Burma-India campaign during WWII. Photo 1944. He was from Alameda, CA. Exact location of this photo is unknown, but it could be from the Oakland Army base where millions of tons of cargo were shipped during WWII.
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Inside of barracks with cots (ddr-ajah-2-802)
Caption: Barracks 10, where some of the "Sensei" or instructors of Japanese language were housed at Camp Savage, Minnesota. They were there to teach Japanese American Niseis as part of the Military Intelligence Service Language School. October 1942-October 1943. Supplemental scan of ddr-ajah-2-431 with additional notes.
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Japanese American baggage (ddr-densho-37-586)
Original WRA caption: Salinas, California. Baggage belonging to evacuees of Japanese ancestry has been brought to the park in the center of town ready to be trucked to the Salinas Assembly center where evacuees from this district will await transfer to a War Relocation Authority center to spend the duration.
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Racial epithet (ddr-densho-37-657)
Original WRA caption: Door of barber shop owned by Andy Hale, in a little desert town of Parker, 15 miles from where is located the Colorado River Relocation Center. Evacuees from the center, who cannot leave its confines without a pass, are discouraged from shopping in Parker, by WRA officials.
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Letter to Yuri Domoto from Min Yonekura (ddr-densho-356-332)
Letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from Minoru Yonekura in which he details his trip from Amache to Denver and finally Chicago, where he found a job and settled into a room at the local YMCA. Item tied together with all objects between ddr-densho-356-321 and ddr-densho-356-413.
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Jim Tsugawa Interview (ddr-one-7-55)
Nisei male. Born June 15, 1932, in Hillsboro, Oregon. Grew up in Hillsboro, where parents ran a produce business and farm. During World War II, removed to the Portland Assembly Center, Oregon, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Left camp for Boise, Idaho, where mother received medical treatment. Eventually returned to Oregon and served in the …
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Mary Kato - Frances Kajita Nishi Interview (ddr-densho-1000-494)
This interview is with two sisters, Mary Kato and Frances Kajita Nishi. Ten years apart in age, they grew up in Mosier, Washington, where their parents worked on an orchard and did truck farming. During World War II, the family was removed to the Pinedale Assembly Center, California, and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Following …
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Roy Ebihara Interview (ddr-densho-1000-222)
Nisei male. Born January 11, 1934, in Clovis, New Mexico, where father worked for the Santa Fe Railroad. On January 19, 1942, officials rounded up all of the Japanese Americans in Clovis and removed them from the town without warning in the middle of the night in response to an angry mob of townspeople who were …
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Sumi Okamoto Interview (ddr-densho-1000-192)
Nisei female. Born January 7, 1920, in Seattle, Washington. Spent childhood in Spokane, Washington, where father worked for the Alaska Junk Company. Attended Irving Grade School and Lewis & Clark High School. Wedding took place on December 7, 1941, the day of Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor. Husband passed away in 1946, and Ms. Okamoto worked …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 89, No. 2058 (August 31, 1979) (ddr-pc-51-34)
Selected article titles: "WSU Treats Asian American Differently" (pp. 1-2), "People on the Potomac--Frank S. Sato: Inspector General for Dept. of Transportaion" (p. 3), "Question and Answer Fact Sheet on Redress: Isn't Redress a Price Tag on Freedom?" (pp. 5, 7), and "From Headquarters: Where Are We Going?" (p. 6).
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One of the guard towers at Santa Anita Assembly Center (ddr-csujad-29-122)
One of the guard towers at the Santa Anita Assembly Center where Amy Uno Ishii was incarceration following her forced evacuation. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: P042
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Graduating girls' class in Japan (ddr-densho-259-85)
Shidzuyo Yasui is pictured in the third row, second from the right. Caption by Homer Yasui: "Maybe at the school in Tsuyama, Okayama-ken, Japan, where [Shidzuyo] had also taught for a short time in 1910. This also looks like a girls' graduating class, but [Shidzuyo] and the other teachers are dressed differently."
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Family portrait of Issei and Nisei (ddr-densho-259-371)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Family portrait of the Karasawa family. Some time in the late 19 teens, the Karasawa family moved to Hood River, where they opened a laundry, on Oak Street, I think. They were one of the few Japanese families who lived permanently in town, although there had been other sojourners."
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Takeharu Inouye obituary (ddr-densho-365-17)
Takeharu Inouye's obituary in an Idaho newspaper. Inouye passed away in Glenn's Ferry, Idaho, where he had worked as a ranch hand until his retirement. After his release from Tule Lake, Inouye stayed close with his family, moving with them and primarily working in warehouses and on farms in Utah and Idaho.
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Photograph of War Relocation Authority (ddr-csujad-55-2634)
A scene in the Chicago Relocation Division of the War Relocation Authority where relocatees are being interviewed for relocation and assistance. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2798
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Working in field prior to mass removal (ddr-densho-151-454)
Original caption: Centerville, California. Hands of woman farm- worker preparing soil for transplanting tomato plants, in a field in Alameda County, California, several weeks before evacuation. Farmers and other evacuees of Japanese ancestry will be given opportunities to follow their callings in War Relocation Authority centers where they will spend the duration.
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Students reciting Pledge of Allegiance (ddr-densho-151-153)
Original caption: San Francisco, California. Flag of allegiance pledge at Raphael Weill Public School, Geary and Buchanan Streets. Children in families of Japanese ancestry were evacuated with their parents and will be housed for the duration in War Relocation Authority centers where facilities will be provided for them to continue their education.
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Japanese Americans arriving to Stockton (ddr-densho-151-248)
Original caption: Stockton, California. People of Japanese ancestry from the Lodi grape-producing district. Their identification numbers and family groups are checked by officials as they leave the buses. They are then directed to the place where their baggage is checked for contraband; medically examined, and assigned to their place in the barracks.
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Schoolchildren with American flag (ddr-densho-151-53)
Original WRA caption: San Francisco, California. Flag of allegiance pledge at Raphael Weill Public School, Geary and Buchanan Streets. Children in families of Japanese ancestry were evacuated with their parents and will be housed for the duration in War Relocation Authority centers where facilities will be provided for them to continue their education.
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Japanese Americans arriving to Stockton (ddr-densho-151-250)
Original caption: Stockton, California. People of Japanese ancestry from the Lodi district. Their identification numbers and family groups are being checked by officials as they leave the buses. They are then directed to the place where their baggage is checked for contraband; medically examined, and assigned to their place in the barracks.
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Japanese Americans sitting outside barracks (ddr-densho-151-278)
Original caption: Sacramento, California. Student evacuees of Japanese ancestry. Most of these boys have attended the University of California for a period of up to three years. They have been at this Assembly center for several days and are awaiting transfer to a War Relocation Authority center where they will spend the duration.
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Japanese Americans arriving to Stockton (ddr-densho-151-249)
Original caption: Stockton, California. People of Japanese ancestry from the Lodi grape-producing district. Their identification numbers, and family groups are checked by officials as they leave the buses. They are then directed to the place where there baggage is checked for contraband; medically examined, and assigned to their place in the barracks.
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Michiko Hara Kawaguchi Interview (ddr-manz-1-115)
Nisei female. Born September 30, 1925, in San Francisco, California. Grew up in San Francisco where father ran a dry cleaning business. During World War II, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. After leaving camp, lived in Indiana and attended college. Eventually returned to California.