468 items
468 items
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Mary Ishimoto Watanabe Interview (ddr-phljacl-1-1)
Nisei female. Born September 29, 1920, in San Jose, California. Grew up in Cupertino, California. Attending San Jose State College when World War II broke out. Sent to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. Left camp with the help of the National Student Relocation Council to attend graduate school. …
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Mary Nakata Tomita Interview (ddr-ajah-1-4)
Nisei female. Born August 6, 1931, in Alameda, California. Had a twin sister, and as an infant was adopted by mother's cousin and her husband. Grew up in Alameda, where adoptive father ran a garage. During World War II, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. Returned to …
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Elliot Yoshinobu Horikoshi Interview (ddr-densho-1000-503)
Nisei male. Born December 26, 1938, in Salem, Oregon. Family moved frequently before the war due to father's profession as a Methodist minister. During World War II, removed to Portland Assembly Center, Oregon, and the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. After leaving camp, family moved to Boston, Massachusetts, where father could attend graduate seminary school. Eventually …
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Carolyn Takeshita Interview (ddr-densho-1000-217)
Sansei female. Born June 2, 1937 in Los Angeles, California. Family removed to Poston concentration camp, Arizona, and resettled in Denver, Colorado, after World War II. Moved to Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles in 1950. Returned to Colorado and attended high school and college in Denver. Worked as a speech pathologist and educator. Active in …
Narrator Nobu Shimokochi
Nisei male. Born November 13, 1928, in Los Angeles, California. During World War II, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. After leaving camp eventually returned to California.
Narrator Judy Murakami
Sansei female. Born June 18, 1940, in Portland, Oregon, where father was a prominent pharmacist. As an infant, removed with family to the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. After leaving camp, family resettled in St. Paul, Minnesota.
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Dave Kawamoto Interview (ddr-densho-122-9)
Nisei male. Born December 16, 1916, in Cupertino, California. Attended San Jose State College, where he was an NCAA wrestling champion. Immediately after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, tried to enlist in the U.S. Air Corps, but was refused on account of his Japanese ancestry. Was one semester short of earning a business degree when he …
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Heart Mountain Sentinel Vol. II No. 16 (April 17, 1943) (ddr-densho-97-124)
Selected article titles: "Insubordination?" (p. 1), "Nisei are Forewarned by Changing Policies" (p. 1), "May Draft Nisei in WRA Centers" (p. 1), "WRA Broadens Policy on Leaves as Acceptance by Public Improves" (p. 1), "Cost of Living Lower in Middle West Than in S.F." (p. 2), "Editorials: Three Possibilities Ahead" (p. 4), "Sketching, Music, Painting Taught" …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 18 No. 17 (May 20, 1944) (ddr-pc-16-21)
Selected article titles: "WRA Survey Reveals Most Japanese American Evacuees Have Never Visited Japan" (p. 1), "39 Evacuee Women Return to West Coast Homes With Permission of Gen. Emmons" (p. 1), "Wyoming Court Sets Date for Draft Trial. 63 Heart Mountain Youths Will Get Joint Trial on Charges" (p. 1), "Chicago Leads In Relocation Of Evacuees" …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 49, No. 5 (July 31, 1959) (ddr-pc-31-31)
Selected article titles: "442nd hero elected Hawaii's congressman. Fong succeeds in bid for Senate seat" (p. 1), "Grant Ujifusa of Wyoming only Nisei at 'Nation'" (p. 1), "House committee strips strongest section of new civil rights bill" (p. 1), "Role of Nisei in promoting Japan for Olympics told" (p. 2), "Sansei in group planning to float …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 60, No. 10 (March 5, 1965) (ddr-pc-37-10)
Selected article titles: "1st Civil Rights Bill Passed in State of Utah" (p.1), "Home-Owners near Farm Labor Camp Protest Skid-Row Recruits" (p.1), "Wyoming Governor Signs Act Repealing Miscegenation Law" (p.1), "Immigration Testimony" (p.2), "First California Gray Whale Captured Alive for Sea World by Nisei Commercial Whaler, Considered Top U.S. Sharpshooter" (p.3), "Hawaii's Reapportionment Task Toughened by …
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Manzanar Free Press Vol. II No. 8 (August 7, 1942) (ddr-densho-125-44)
Selected article titles: "Pomona Center to Wyoming" (p. 1), "Co-op Schedules First Meet. Block Delegates to Attend Sat. Meeting" (p. 1), "Army Seeks Citizen Translators. Sends Lt. Colonel to Conduct Survey" (p. 1), "New Caucasian Officials on Duty" (p. 1), "Optometrist Due in Center Saturday" (p. 1), "Two Local Couples in Wedding Rites" (p. 1), "Recommend …
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Rocky Shimpo Vol. 11, No. 131 (November 1, 1944) (ddr-densho-148-64)
Selected article titles: "On the Other Hand"; "League Chief Visits Coast"; "Mrs. Roosevelt Greets Young Couple Resettling in Buffalo"; "Big Town Visited by Quartet of Nisei Soldier Veterans"; "Want Ads"; "Busseis Enjoy Halloween Dance"; "Fallacy of Racial Myth is Disclosed"; "Shig Yasutake Given Praise by General"; "Nisei American in Glendale Very Ill"; "'No Thanks,' Says Hawaii"; …
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Rocky Shimpo Vol. 11, No. 83 (July 12, 1944) (ddr-densho-148-19)
Selected article titles: "How to Mail to Prisoners"; "Kaltenborn "Owes" Debt to Citizens"; "On the Other Hand"; "Orient Experts Will Assemble"; "WAC Private Visits Wyoming W.R.A. Project"; "Stay Home, Rail Men's Request"; "Big Throng Attends League Holiday Affair"; "Press Investigation of Battery Charges"; "Effect of Military Activities Told"; "CIO Banning Discrimination"; "Visiting Nurse's Work Given Praise"; …
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General information bulletin (Cody, Wyo.), series 10 (September 14, 1942) (ddr-csujad-55-645)
General information bulletin, series 10, published at the Heart Mountain incarceration camp, Wyoming on September 14, 1942. Bulletin including news, events, and topics related to Heart Mountain incarceration camp. Includes: Investigation of mess situation under way; Mattress and bed supply sufficient; Temporary judges and alternates named; and Heart attack fatal to man. See this object in …
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General information bulletin (Cody, Wyo.), series 3 (August 29, 1942) (ddr-csujad-55-638)
General information bulletin, series 3, published at the Heart Mountain incarceration camp, Wyoming on August 29, 1942. Bulletin including news, events, and topics related to Heart Mountain incarceration camp. Includes: Banking facilities; Housing adjustments; Visits by Nisei soldiers; Barber shops; Stores; Post Office; Fire regulations; and Releases and transfers. See this object in the California State …
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General information bulletin (Cody, Wyo.), series 2 (August 26, 1942) (ddr-csujad-55-637)
General information bulletin, series 2, published at the Heart Mountain incarceration camp, Wyoming on August 26, 1942. This issue titled: Highlights of Remarks by Mr. C.E. Rachford to First Heart Mountain Colonists. Bulletin outlining remarks from C. E. Rachford to incarcerees regarding restrictions, duties, and operations at Heart Mountain incarceration camp. See this object in the …
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Nobu Shimokochi Interview (ddr-densho-1011-7)
Nisei male. Born in Los Angeles, California. During World War II, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. After leaving camp eventually returned to California.
(This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and …
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Donald Yamamoto Interview (ddr-densho-1011-2)
Nisei male. Born 1930 in San Jose, California. During World War II, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. After leaving camp, returned to California.
(This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and …
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Susumu Mukushima Interview (ddr-chi-1-4)
Nisei male. Born October 8, 1942, in Los Angeles, California. During World War II, mother and father received special dispensation to delay going to the Santa Anita Assembly Center to give birth. After Susumu was born, the family was sent to Santa Anita and then the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming, and later transferred to Tule …
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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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Hal Keimi Interview (ddr-densho-1000-458)
Nisei male. Born October 23, 1931, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in the Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles, where parents ran a dry cleaning business. During World War II, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. After leaving camp, lived for a time in a trailer park …
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Harry K. Yoshikawa Interview Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-278-16)
Voluntarily staying at Heart Mountain incarceration camp, Wyoming
Due to technical difficulties during the taping of this interview, the interviewer's voice is considerably louder than the narrator's. 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 …
Narrator Rick Sato
Nisei male. Born April 27, 1927, in Wapato, Washington. Family farmed in Yakima Valley, Washington, before the war. Incarcerated at the Portland Assembly Center, Oregon, and Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. Served briefly in the Military Intelligence Service (MIS). Resettled in Wapato, Washington.
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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 …