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Collection Evan Johnson Collection (ddr-manz-3)

The Evan Johnson Collection consists of photographs taken by Evan Johnson when he came to Manzanar in December, 1969 with a group from UC Davis Asian American Studies Department. In these images, he captured a moment in history: the birth of a grassroots movement that led to the creation of the Manzanar Committee, which in turn …

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Collection Friends of Manzanar Collection (ddr-densho-1003)

This collection consists of interviews conducted in partnership with Friends of Manzanar. The group's mission is to work with the National Park Service and other interested groups to preserve and restore the Manzanar site, and to interpret its stories, resources and lessons, for this and future generations.

For more information about Friends of Manzanar, please visit …

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Collection Eastern California Museum Harry Bentley Wells and Shirley Elizabeth Wells Collection (ddr-csujad-48)

Collection of documents and ephemera from Harry Bentley Wells, teacher at Manzanar War Relocation Center High School and Shirley Elizabeth Wells, registered nurse (R.N.) at Manzanar War Relocation Center. This collection includes correspondence, memos, reports, student papers, grade book, commencement program, prom invitation, and other memorabilia from the eleven months H. Bentley Wells was employed at …

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img Ireito (ddr-csujad-36-15)

Photograph of a monument, "Ireito," at the Manzanar incarceration camp cemetery. Man pictured standing near monument. A photo from: Manzanar Photo Album. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: man_01_016

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img Photograph of a group of people posing in front of the Manzanar hospital (ddr-csujad-47-208)

Photograph of a group of women who worked at the Manzanar hospital posing in the hospital garden at the Manzanar incarceration camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0352

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img Japanese American reading in library (ddr-densho-151-435)

Original caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. A barrack building has been turned into a library at this War Relocation Authority center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry. A trained librarian of Japanese ancestry employs techniques in the management of this library which already contains a large stock of books donated by friends.

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img Japanese American in field (ddr-densho-151-375)

Original caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Ogura Shuichi, born in Pasadena. He attended Pasadena Junior College and was a visiting student at the California Institute of Technology. He is now working as a plant statistician for the guayule rubber experiment project at this War Relocation Authority center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry.

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img Japanese Americans standing in line for soap (ddr-densho-151-34)

Original WRA caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Evacuees of Japanese ancestry at this War Relocation Authority center line up at Warehouse Number 26 for their allotment of soap. Four bars of soap are distributed to each apartment on designated days. One representative of each apartment room must appear presenting his identification tag.

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img Students studying in shade (ddr-densho-151-365)

Original caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. An elementary school with voluntary attendance has been established with volunteer evacuee teachers, most of whom are college graduates. No school equipment is as yet obtainable and available tables and benches are used. However, classes are often held in the shade of the barrack building.

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img Japanese Americans experimenting with guayule (ddr-densho-151-387)

Original caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Chemists, nurserymen, and plant propagators at this War Relocation Authority center assemble to witness a new experiment in an attempt to resolve the amount of rubber produced in a small quantity of the guayule plant. Frank Hirosawa, research rubber chemist, is seated in the foreground.

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img Field crew foreman (ddr-densho-151-390)

Original caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Johnny Fukazawa, foreman of fields Numbers 3, 4, 5, and 6, heading a 20-man field crew on the farm project, says there are many problems they have to solve in their agricultural work at this War Relocation Authority center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry.

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vh Ann Sugimoto Interview (ddr-manz-1-72)

Nisei female. Born September 22, 1916, in Los Angeles, California, and grew up in Venice, California. Married before World War II, and removed during the war to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. Had a child in camp. After leaving Manzanar, lived in Ohio for a number of years before returning to California.

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img Man and boy (ddr-densho-359-1090)

Jitsuzo Nakata and his grandson, Wayne Nakata, pose for a photograph next to a sprinkler at Manzanar Concentration Camp in California.

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img Child born in a concentration camp (ddr-densho-61-6)

Fumiko Hayashida's son Satoru Leonard Hayashida at 100 days old. He was born August 15, 1942 in Manzanar concentration camp, California.

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doc Postcard to a Nisei man from his sister (ddr-densho-153-155)

Excerpt: "Thank you for the last letters we have received from you." Sent from Manzanar concentration camp, California, to Chicago, Illinois.

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doc Letter to a Nisei man from his sister (ddr-densho-153-51)

Excerpt: "Heres hoping to find you getting well from the intestinal flu." Sent from Manzanar concentration camp, California, to Chicago, Illinois.

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doc Letter to two Nisei brothers from their sister (ddr-densho-153-117)

Excerpt: "Yes, yes, yes, a picture of a professor with glasses came." Sent from Manzanar concentration camp, California, to Chicago, Illinois.

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doc Letter to a Nisei man from his sister (ddr-densho-153-49)

Excerpt: "How are you? Just dropping a couple lines before I study. " Sent from Manzanar concentration camp, California, to Chicago, Illinois.

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doc Letter to a Nisei man from his brother (ddr-densho-153-35)

Excerpt: "I believe the last time I wrote you was last friday." Sent from Manzanar concentration camp, California, to Chicago, Illinois.

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doc Postcard to two Nisei brothers from their sister (ddr-densho-153-187)

Excerpt: "Nothing to do but loaf, but just the same I'm writing." Sent from Manzanar concentration camp, California, to Chicago, Illinois.

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doc Letter to a Nisei man from his sister (ddr-densho-153-88)

Excerpt: "Here I am, I just ate supper, & heres what we had." Sent from Manzanar concentration camp, California, to Chicago, Illinois.

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doc Postcard to a Nisei man from his mother and sister (ddr-densho-153-159)

Excerpt: "This time I am anxious to waite to hear from you." Sent from Manzanar concentration camp, California, to Chicago, Illinois.

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doc Letter to a Nisei man from his sister (ddr-densho-153-78)

Excerpt: "A beautiful post card and a letter came this swell morning." Sent from Manzanar concentration camp, California, to Chicago, Illinois.

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doc Letter to a Nisei man from his sister (ddr-densho-153-136)

Excerpt: "Well, you don't blame me for worrying do you?" Sent from Manzanar concentration camp, California, possibly to Camp Robinson, Arkansas.

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doc Postcard to a Nisei man from his mother (ddr-densho-153-158)

Excerpt: "How are you? We recieved your letter which enclosed nice picture." Sent from Manzanar concentration camp, California, to Chicago, Illinois.

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