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Narrator Amy Uyematsu

Sansei female. Born in 1947 in Pasadena, California. Parents were incarcerated at the Manzanar concentration camp, California, and Gila River concentration camp, Arizona, during World War II. Graduated from the University of California at Los Angeles with a mathematics degree. Taught math for more than thirty years in the Los Angeles Unified Schools. Began publishing poetry …

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vh An Oral History with Mitsuhiko H. Shimizu - Segment 1 (ddr-csujad-29-57-1)

Issei community leader and businessman in Los Angeles's Little Tokyo recounts his arrest by Federal Bureau of Investigation after Pearl Harbor, his experiences in internment camps in North Dakota and Louisiana, and the Manzanar incarceration camp, California. This oral history was conducted for the Japanese American Oral History Project, Oral History Program, CSU Fullerton. Translated into …

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doc Fresno Grapevine Vol. I No. 7 (June 13, 1942) (ddr-densho-190-7)

Selected article titles: "Colorful Program to End Flag Week. Impressive Ceremonies Scheduled" (p. 1), "Flag Day Program" (p. 1), "Improvements" (p. 2), "Hospital 3 Grounds to Be Improved" (p. 3), "Few People Break Curfew Regulations" (p. 3), "Dance Under the Stars" (p. 3), "Children May Get Book Room" (p. 3), "'Cock-Eyed Mayor' From Kaneko-Kai Steals Show" …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 15 No. 4 (June 25, 1942) (ddr-pc-14-7)

Selected article titles: "Eisenhower Out, Myer Appointed WRA Director!" (p. 1), Senators Rap 'Concentration Camp' Bill" (p. 1), "Native Daughters Seek Ban On Citizenship for Nisei" (p. 1), "800 Citizens Stage 'Strike' At Santa Anita" (p. 1), "National Committee Prepares Relocation of Nisei Students" (p. 2), "Curfew Charge Filed Against Three Nisei" (p. 2), "Have Confidence …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 15 No. 9 (July 30, 1942) (ddr-pc-14-12)

Selected article titles: "Citizens May Leave Relocation Centers Under New Program. Procedure Set Up by WRA Which Will Permit Departure to Jobs Outside Defense Command" (p. 1), Arguments Continued in Korematsu Case" (p. 1), "Warren Enters Endo Case as 'Friend of Court'" (p. 2), "Severe Storm Lashes Poston As Roofs Torn Off Barracks" (p. 3), "Sixty-Nine …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 16 No. 20 (May 20, 1943) (ddr-pc-15-20)

Selected article titles: "Supreme Court Upholds Nisei Citizenship" (p. 1), "WRA Centers Recognized As Mistake, Says Myer; Relocation to be Speeded" (p. 1), "Nisei Soldier is Reported War Prisoner of Japanese" (p. 1), "No Race is 'Unassimilable' Says Vancouver Columnist" (p. 2), "Conference on Resettlement Convened in New York City" (p. 3), "Hawaii's Nisei May Volunteer …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 63, No. 26 (December 23-30, 1966) (ddr-pc-38-51)

Select article titles: "Why leadership of Japanese community at time of Evacuation fell upon JACL" (p. A1); "Order of Evacuation Brings on One of America's Greatest Swindles" (p. A3); "The Closing of Manzanar" (p. B1); "Worthy Partners for Building Peace" (p. Supplement 1); "Immigration, Evacuation Claims, Civil Rights" (p. B17). The holiday issue included advertisements bought …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 70, No. 5 (February 6, 1970) (ddr-pc-42-5)

Selected article titles: "Seats limited for Matsunaga talk" (p. 1), "'Project Reading' to be emphasized, ethnic studies also planned in Fowler" (p. 1), "School supplies and craft material needed for shipment to U.S. Indians" (p. 1), "Industrial security act passes 274-65" (p. 1), "JACL pursues justice on Dr. Noguchi case" (p. 1), "Parents held responsible for …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 113, No. 18 [November 29, 1991] (ddr-pc-63-43)

Select article titles: "Developments in Phoenix murder case: Four men charged in case are dismissed" (p. 1), "Asian American leaders meet to discuss communication" (p. 1), "The Rap on Ice: Rapper Ice Cube's latest album has rocked the world because of what many consider to be racist lyrics" (p. 1), "Handling hate crimes" (p. 1), "Manzanar …

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doc Senior problems quiz (ddr-csujad-48-130)

A quiz assigned during the Senior Problems course taught by Harry Bentley Wells at Manzanar High School, there is no student listed on the assignment. The quiz describes the means that a "Jack Jones" would learn his father's business from the ground up eventually taking over and having enough savings to invest in stock, and supply …

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doc Term report: what will my future ambition be? (ddr-csujad-48-1)

Term paper by George Odahara for period V Social Problems class taught by Mr. Harry Bentley Wells, a teacher at Manzanar High School. He discusses working in a print shop during middle and high school to become a printer. However, after the war started he changed paths to become a farmer, believing he would never be …

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doc Memorandum from Harry Bentley Wells (ddr-csujad-48-79)

Memorandum concerning discipline in the Manzanar Secondary Schools with suggestions to modify existing rules and policies, written by Harry Bentley Wells. He discusses the lack of consistency in enforcing the rules and notices by each teacher as a cause of the issues. Wells then offers a number of suggestions to modify existing rules and forms used …

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doc Economy class record book (ddr-csujad-48-43)

Metal comb bound book titled, "Economy Class Record Book," which Harry Bentley Wells used as a grade book while at Manzanar High School. The inside cover includes a key to the marks, the first several pages track attendance, followed by student names and grades for the courses he taught, the back cover has a list of …

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doc Term paper: poultry raising (ddr-csujad-48-63)

Term Paper by Masao Hayashida for period III Senior Problems class taught by Mr. Harry Bentley Wells, a teacher at Manzanar High School. Masao discusses the in detail the steps necessary to be a good poultry farmer. He discusses the types of chickens, the required habitat and living conditions as well as necessary steps to profit …

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img Cost per barracks--$2,848.55! (ddr-csujad-47-24)

Photograph of carpenters working to construct the barracks at Manzanar. A utility poles is connected to a primary connection point. Several stacks of cut and un-cut lumber are visible as is a ladder next to one of the utility poles. The Inyo Mountains are in the background. Caption reads: Cost per barracks -- $2848.55! Title from …

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img Questions? Answers here (ddr-csujad-47-27)

A man and woman at Manzanar incarceration camp looking at a sign on a barrack that reads:"Information" beneath that sign is a vertical sign with Japanese writing. At the base of the barrack is a wooden sign that reads "BLK 1 BLDG 9." Two men are exiting the barrack standing by the doorway. Caption reads: Questions? …

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img Free Press reporters as posed by Bob Brown in the Victory Garden (ddr-csujad-47-12)

Photograph of several Manzanar Free Press reports posed by Bob Brown in one of the Victory Gardens. The barracks of Block 18 and Mt. Williamson are in the distance. A group of people can be seen standing next to one of the barracks. The caption reads: Free Press reporters as posed by Bob Brown in the …

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doc Information Digest No. 31 (ddr-densho-156-391)

Section titles: "Military Police Leave Manzanar"; "Officials Meet with WPB"; "Conference on Relocation Program"; "Fryer Returns"; "Paper Reports Unrest at Jerome"; "Progress on Indefinite Leave Program"; "Conference on Property"; "Chicago Conference on Employment"; "School Construction Reports In"; "Leave Applications Inventoried"; "Student Relocation Head Here"; "Administrative Instructions Issued"; "Business Service Office Opens"; "Model-Making Shop a Possibility'; "Family …

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vh Jack Y. Kunitomi Interview II (ddr-densho-1000-376)

Nisei male. Born October 10, 1915, in California. Married prior to mass removal, and was sent to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. Transferred to the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming, and worked on the camp newspaper. Drafted into the army and served with the Military Intelligence Service in the Philippines and occupied Japan.

(This material is …

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vh Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga Interview II (ddr-densho-1000-250)

Nisei female. Born August 5, 1924, in Sacramento, California. Grew up in Sacramento and Los Angeles. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California, and transferred to the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas. Washington representative and researcher for National Council for Japanese American Redress (NCJAR) and primary archival researcher for Commission on Wartime Relocation …

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vh Jack Y. Kunitomi Interview I (ddr-densho-1000-355)

Nisei male. Born October 10, 1915, in California. Married prior to mass removal, and was sent to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. Transferred to the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming, and worked on the camp newspaper. Drafted into the army and served with the Military Intelligence Service in the Philippines and occupied Japan.

(This material is …

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vh Mas Okui Interview (ddr-densho-1003-13)

Nisei male. Born October 4, 1931, in Los Angeles, California. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, returned to the Los Angeles area. Was drafted into the military and served during the Korean War. Became a teacher, and is active in Japanese American community organizations.

(This material is based …

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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.

(This material is based upon work assisted by …

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vh Kato Okazaki Interview (ddr-densho-1001-18)

Nisei male. Born 1923, and grew up on Bainbridge Island, Washington, prior to World War II. During the war, removed with family to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. Drafted into the military during the war and served in Europe and France with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team.

(This material is based upon work assisted by a …

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vh Sadayoshi Omoto Interview (ddr-densho-1001-37)

Nisei male. Born October 5, 1922, in Bainbridge Island, Washington. Was attending the University of Washington when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. During World War II, was removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. Was drafted into the military and served with the Military Intelligence Service.

(This material is based upon work assisted …

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