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Twenty-first California yearly meeting of Friends, 1915 (ddr-csujad-57-38)
img Twenty-first California yearly meeting of Friends, 1915 (ddr-csujad-57-38)
Group portrait of men, women, and children before a two-story house. [Handwritten note on photo] Twenty First California Yearly Meeting of Friends, Whittier, 1915. Title from note. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FFC-0037
Boys Sunday school class (ddr-csujad-57-34)
img Boys Sunday school class (ddr-csujad-57-34)
A woman poses with boys and a dog before a house and two bicycles. [Handwritten note on verso] Boys Sunday School class Mrs. Alva Starbuck, teacher [Stamped on verso] C M Baldwin Photo / Whittier CA. Title from note. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FFC-0033
Anti-Can'ts (ddr-csujad-57-33)
img Anti-Can'ts (ddr-csujad-57-33)
A group of men and women pose standing in front of and on the interior stairs of a structure. They are dressed in formal wear. [Handwritten on photo] Brownell / Sept 11 - 1917. [Stamped on photo] A. E. Baxter / Whittier, Cal. [Sign visible in photo] ANTI-CAN'TS. See this object in the California State Universities …
Friends Church apportionment July 1902 (ddr-csujad-57-48)
doc Friends Church apportionment July 1902 (ddr-csujad-57-48)
List of names and donation amounts. ''Apportionment for Friends Church July 1902.'' See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FFC-0047
Friends congregants (ddr-csujad-57-13)
img Friends congregants (ddr-csujad-57-13)
Eight women standing behind six men and one boy, presumably members of the First Friends Church in Whittier, Calif. [Handwritten on photo] August 26, 1917 See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FFC-0013
Pastor of Whittier First Friends Church: Mahlon Perry (ddr-csujad-57-53)
img Pastor of Whittier First Friends Church: Mahlon Perry (ddr-csujad-57-53)
Portrait housed in envelope marked "Pastors" in Whittier First Friends Church archives. [Handwritten on verso] Mahlon Perry [Pastor 1905-10-01 to 1908-07-01.] See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FFC-0052
Pastor of Whittier First Friends Church: Elias Jessup (ddr-csujad-57-54)
img Pastor of Whittier First Friends Church: Elias Jessup (ddr-csujad-57-54)
Portrait housed in envelope marked "Pastors" in Whittier First Friends Church archives. [Handwritten on verso] Elias Jessup [Pastor 1888-11-10 to 1890-02-08.] See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FFC-0053
Yearly meeting of Friends Church, 1915 (ddr-csujad-57-5)
img Yearly meeting of Friends Church, 1915 (ddr-csujad-57-5)
Yearly meeting of Friends' Church, 1915. Men stand behind seated women and children to pose for a group portrait outdoors, before a two-story structure. [Handwritten on photo] Yearly Meeting of Friends' Church 1915 [Handwritten on verso] 85-05-08.315 [This is a Whittier Museum accession number.] See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project …
Dr. Elias Jessup's home (ddr-csujad-57-44)
img Dr. Elias Jessup's home (ddr-csujad-57-44)
In the foreground, First Friends Church (Whittier, Calif.). In the background, the home of Dr. Elias Jessup. [Handwritten on photo] Dr. Elias Jessup's home 1888 First Friends Church [Stamped on photo] S. Hobson, Photographer. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FFC-0043
Pastor of Whittier First Friends Church: J.J. Mills (ddr-csujad-57-49)
img Pastor of Whittier First Friends Church: J.J. Mills (ddr-csujad-57-49)
Portrait housed in envelope marked "Pastors" in Whittier First Friends Church archives. [Handwritten on verso] J. J. Mills. [Included with photo, separate paper printed] October 5, 1902. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FFC-0048
Pastor of Whittier First Friends Church: Robert Cope (ddr-csujad-57-51)
img Pastor of Whittier First Friends Church: Robert Cope (ddr-csujad-57-51)
Portrait housed in envelope marked "Pastors" in Whittier First Friends Church archives. [Handwritten on verso] Robert Cope [Pastor 1948-09-01 to 1956-08-31.] See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FFC-0050
First California yearly meeting of Friends (ddr-csujad-57-40)
img First California yearly meeting of Friends (ddr-csujad-57-40)
Rows of chairs are filled with male and female spectators facing a stage at the front of a room, where two rows of black-clad men and women sit and stand. A framed photograph of John Greenleaf Whittier hangs on the wall above the people on stage, along with some streamers. [Printed on paper attached to matboard] …
Friends Church apportionment June 1, 1901 (ddr-csujad-57-47)
doc Friends Church apportionment June 1, 1901 (ddr-csujad-57-47)
List of names and donation amounts. "Friends Church Apportionment, June 1st, 1901 / William M. Hiatt, Attorney and Counselor at Law, Whittier, Cal." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FFC-0046
Pastor of Whittier First Friends Church: Levi Mills (ddr-csujad-57-59)
img Pastor of Whittier First Friends Church: Levi Mills (ddr-csujad-57-59)
Portrait housed in envelope marked "Pastors" in Whittier First Friends Church archives. [Handwritten on verso] Levi Mills [Pastor 1902-10-11 to 1905-10-01.] See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FFC-0058
Grace Shinoda Nakamura Interview (ddr-densho-1003-8)
vh Grace Shinoda Nakamura Interview (ddr-densho-1003-8)
Nisei female. Born February 18, 1927, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in Los Angeles. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, lived for a time in Colorado before returning to California. After the war, became a teacher and an artist.

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Yosh Nakamura Interview (ddr-densho-1000-385)
vh Yosh Nakamura Interview (ddr-densho-1000-385)
Nisei male. Born June 30, 1925, in Rosemead, California. Grew up in the Rosemead area. During World War II, removed to the Tulare Assembly Center, California, and the Gila River concentration camp, Arizona. Left camp and lived in Des Moines, Iowa, for a time before being drafted into the military. Served in Europe with the 442nd …
Subscription for Japanese Church (ddr-csujad-57-24)
doc Subscription for Japanese Church (ddr-csujad-57-24)
A written list of names of Whittier First Friends Church members and amounts pledged to help build the Norwalk Japanese church. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FFC-0024
Western Union telegraph from Makoto Okine to S. Okine. August 20, 1946 (ddr-csujad-5-157)
doc Western Union telegraph from Makoto Okine to S. Okine. August 20, 1946 (ddr-csujad-5-157)
A Western Union telegram from Makoto Okine to his father Seiichi Okine in Whittier, California. It notifies of Makoto's arrival to Beale Air Force Base, California from Europe where he has been stationed as a Nisei soldier. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: oki_02_07_001
Documents on the members of the Friends Japanese Church in Norwalk during the incarceration (ddr-csujad-57-25)
doc Documents on the members of the Friends Japanese Church in Norwalk during the incarceration (ddr-csujad-57-25)
A collection of documents regarding the incarceration camps of the members of the Friends Japanese Church in Norwalk, associated with the First Friends Church in Whittier, California. Includes meeting minutes, letters, and a report of Japanese Committee 1941-1942. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FFC-0025
Alaska: the indigenous church at work (ddr-csujad-57-4)
doc Alaska: the indigenous church at work (ddr-csujad-57-4)
A history of the partnership between the First Friends Church of Whittier, California, and the people of the Kotzebue Sound area of Northwestern Alaska. Verso: [Stamped] Harry Haworth Photography / P. O. Box 575 - Altadena, California. [Handwritten] Kotzebue Friends Church [Handwritten, faded] Please return to Helen Stanton. See this object in the California State Universities …
Western Union telegraph from Masao Okine to S. Okine. September 26, 1946 (ddr-csujad-5-162)
doc Western Union telegraph from Masao Okine to S. Okine. September 26, 1946 (ddr-csujad-5-162)
A Western Union telegram from Masao Okine to his father Seiichi Okine in Whittier, California. It notifies of Masao's arrival at San Francisco from Japan where he has been stationed as a Nisei soldier and his next destination, Chicago, where his wife, Ayame, resides. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project …
Western Union telegraph from Masao Okine to Makoto Okine, October 8, 1946 (ddr-csujad-5-171)
doc Western Union telegraph from Masao Okine to Makoto Okine, October 8, 1946 (ddr-csujad-5-171)
A telegram from Masao Okine in Chicago, Illinois, to Makoto Okine in Whittier, California. It notifies that Masao has received money to purchase a car. The arrival date of the telegraph, October 9, 1946, is recorded on the backside of the envelope. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: oki_02_16_001

Narrator Arthur Ogami

Nisei male. Born April 10, 1922, in Whittier, California. Spent childhood in California, before being removed to Manzanar concentration camp in 1942. Left Manzanar several times to work as a beet topper for local farmers. Decided to expatriate to Japan because of mother's wishes, and was transferred to Tule Lake concentration camp. In 1945, was moved …
Kotzebue Friends Church church service (ddr-csujad-57-2)
img Kotzebue Friends Church church service (ddr-csujad-57-2)
Interior view of the Kotzebue Friends Church, of Kotzebue, Alaska. Children and adults sit in pews, wearing warm winter clothing. This church was established as a mission of the First Friends Church, of Whittier, California. Verso: [Stamped] Harry Haworth Photography / P. O. Box 575 - Altadena, California. [Handwritten] Kotzebue Friends Church Church Service [Handwritten] #597. …
Grace Shinoda Nakamura Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1003-8-6)
vh Grace Shinoda Nakamura Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1003-8-6)
Maternal grandfather's establishment of a Christian church

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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