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doc Janitor foreman-job order #3-F (ddr-csujad-55-632)

Description of the Janitor position at Heart Mountain incarceration camp outlining number of janitors, locations, duties, and hours. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0634

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doc Employee driver's license, Form WRA-22, Masami Iwasa (ddr-csujad-55-162)

Poston employee driver's license authorizing Masami Iwasa to operate a government owned vehicle as part of employment as a Supply and Transportation Officer with the War Relocation Authority. Form WRA-22. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0164

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-162/

doc Statement of United States citizen of Japanese ancestry, Form DSS 304A (ddr-csujad-55-184)

Questionnaire distributed to male U.S. citizens of Japanese ancestry over the age of 17, commonly known as the, "loyalty questionnaire." Individuals were required to supply information regarding place of birth; date of birth; places of residence; height; weight; hair color; eye color; voter status (when and where he first registered); if married, his wife's ancestry; the …

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doc Certificate of identification, Form AR-AE-23, Misao Nakano (ddr-csujad-55-177)

Certificate of identification for Misao Nakano including personal data, photograph, registration number, fingerprint, signature, and, "Notice to Holder of this Certificate." Form AR-AE-23. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0179

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-177/

doc General information bulletin (Cody, Wyo.), series 5 (September 5, 1942) (ddr-csujad-55-641)

General Information Bulletin, Series 5, published at the Heart Mountain incarceration camp, Wyoming, on September 5, 1942. Bulletin including news, events, and topics related to Heart Mountain incarceration camp. Includes: Special Labor Day program set; Community enterprises on cooperative basis; Meeting notices; Internal security information; Church notices; General information; and Tap water now fit to drink. …

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doc General information bulletin (Cody, Wyo.), series 27 (October 17, 1942) (ddr-csujad-55-659)

General information bulletin, series 27, published at the Heart Mountain incarceration camp, Wyoming on October 17, 1942. Bulletin including news, events, and topics related to Heart Mountain incarceration camp. Includes: City planning boar formed; Church services in permanent locale; Religious activities; Week-day activities; Civilians, soldiers visitors here; Issue mackinaw jackets to workers; Payment of sales tax …

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doc Citizen's indefinite leave, Teimei Tim Okimura (ddr-csujad-55-23)

Certificate authorizing Teimei Tim Okimura indefinite leave from the Jerome incarceration camp to Kalamazoo, Michigan. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_00026

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doc When you leave the relocation center (ddr-csujad-55-792)

Pamphlet on instructions for leaving the "relocation center." Covers: Giving notice of time of arrival; Travelers' aid society; Report of arrival and change of address cards; Travel and change of address for aliens; Relocation assistance payments; Special regulations in Western Defense Command; Relocation officers; War manpower restrictions on job changes; West coast security problems; Shipment of …

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doc Teacher and the War Relocation project (ddr-csujad-55-1735)

Essay on teachers and the War Relocation Project. Covers the history and activities of the War Relocation Authority and Relocation Centers, evacuation ("mass removal"), consumer enterprises, role of schools in the incarceration camps, WRA educational policy, educational program, relation of incarceration camp schools to public school systems, school population and organization, selection of personnel, school program, …

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doc Clipping from Chicago American with review of The World of Suzie Wong (ddr-densho-367-293)

Article title: Suzie Thin - but fun

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doc Clipping from Detroit Times with review of The World of Suzie Wong (ddr-densho-367-287)

Article title: Suzie's World Colorful

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doc Article from Daily News about The World of Suzie Wong (ddr-densho-367-228)

Article title: 'Suzie Wong' a Belasco Weeper

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doc Clipping from Boston Traveler with review of The World of Suzie Wong (ddr-densho-367-260)

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doc Megan Sunahara's family pictorial paper (ddr-densho-495-38)

Japanese Family Pictorial History project by Megan Sunahara

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doc Growing Up in Portland (ddr-densho-496-1)

Written account from Kazuyoshi Kawata about his childhood and upbringing in Portland leading up to evacuation.

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doc In the Service (ddr-densho-496-2)

Written account from Kazuyoshi Kawata about his time serving in the Army of the U.S.

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doc From Internment to Going Off to War, 1942-1943 (ddr-densho-496-5)

Written account from Kazuyoshi Kawata about his experience in Minidoka and enlisting in the War

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doc My Early Years, 1924-1942 (ddr-densho-496-4)

Written account from Kazuyoshi Kawata about his early life and family.

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doc In the Army, 1943-1946 (ddr-densho-496-6)

Written account from Kazuyoshi Kawata about his time serving in the Army of the U.S.

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doc Kazuyoshi Kawata Biography (ddr-densho-496-7)

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doc Ordination papers by Masayoki Wakai (ddr-densho-498-24)

Masayoshi Wakai's ordination papers expressing his religious history, Christian beliefs, and considerations leading to ministry.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-498-24/

doc Suffering Enriches Our Lives (ddr-densho-498-30)

"Suffering Enriches Our Lives" by Masayoshi Wakai. Wakai writes about the suffering of Japanese Americans during evacuation and relocation that has brought out kindness and fellowship. He states, "by undergoing similar difficulties and hardships, thus creating a sense of fellowship in suffering, we find that men here do try to help each other meet the difficulty …

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