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img Photograph of a woman holding an infant in front of a building at Manzanar (ddr-csujad-47-234)

Photograph of a woman holding an infant in front of a building at Manzanar incarceration camp. This was probably taken in the hospital garden. The infant is swaddled in a white blanket and the woman is wearing a striped jacket. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0378

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img Photograph of a couple posing in front of a car near the Manzanar hospital (ddr-csujad-47-258)

Photograph of a couple posing in front of a car at Manzanar incarceration camp. Behind them the hospital garden and building are visible. The car is a WRA vehicle with license plate, "US WRA M123." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0406

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img Photograph of Manzanar with snow on the ground and guard tower in the background (ddr-csujad-47-336)

Photograph of cleared ground at Manzanar incarceration camp with puddles and melting snow on the ground. In the distance a guard tower is visible and the snow-covered Sierra Nevada are in the background. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0495

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Narrator Fumino Tsuchiya-Knox

Sansei female. Born February 20, 1945, at the Manzanar concentration camp, California. Prior to the war, her father, an Issei, was a curator at the Harding Museum in Chicago. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, her parents decided to volunteer to go early to Manzanar to help set up the camp. After leaving Manzanar, the family …

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Collection Kango Takamura Collection (ddr-manz-2)

The Kango Takamura Collection contains 76 paintings and sketches Takamura created during his time at Santa Fe Internment Camp and Manzanar concentration camp. The artwork depicts daily life in the camps, including scenes of education, living conditions, agriculture, and more. The physical collection is maintained at UCLA Library Special Collections.

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Collection Sohei (John) Hohri and Harold Landon Letters Collection (ddr-janm-18)

This collection contains handwritten, illustrated letters sent from Sohei (John) Hohri while incarcerated at Manzanar in California to his friend, Harold Landon. The bulk of the documents are dated from 1941 to 1943. A few letters date from the postwar period, ranging from 1972 to 1982 and 1997 to 2011.

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vh Jack Y. Kunitomi Interview II Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-376-7)

Moving to Heart Mountain instead of returning to Manzanar

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vh Mo Nishida Interview I Segment 26 (ddr-densho-1000-380-26)

Early involvement with the Manzanar Pilgrimage

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vh Art Hansen Interview I Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-295-14)

Getting to know the key players in Manzanar

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vh Art Hansen Interview I Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-295-15)

Publishing an article on the Manzanar Riot

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vh Bruce T. Kaji Interview I Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-289-12)

Witnessing the so-called "Manzanar riot"

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vh Bruce T. Kaji Interview I Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-289-11)

First impressions of Manzanar: "it was very primitive"

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vh Shig Miyaki Interview Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-259-12)

First impressions of Manzanar; interacting with Pacific Northwesterners

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vh Rose Matsui Ochi Interview II Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-277-4)

Involvement in establishing Manzanar as a national historic site

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vh Rose Matsui Ochi Interview II Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-277-7)

Effort to establish Manzanar as a national historic landmark

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vh Rose Matsui Ochi Interview II Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-277-6)

Testifying before the House Committee on behalf of Manzanar

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vh Charlie Matsubara - Mary Matsubara - Evelyn Togami Interview Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1009-3-17)

First impressions of Manzanar: living with other bachelors

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vh Yoshimitsu Suyematsu Interview Segment 14 (ddr-one-7-66-14)

Arriving in Manzanar among the first groups

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vh Arnold T. Maeda Interview Segment 26 (ddr-densho-1003-5-26)

Involvement with the Manzanar Reunion Committee

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vh Arnold T. Maeda Interview Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1003-5-8)

Studying music in Manzanar with Louis Frizzell

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vh Nancy Nakata Gohata Interview Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1003-3-8)

Going to Manzanar with family as an infant

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vh Kenji Suematsu Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1003-11-6)

A child's memories of Manzanar Children's Village

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vh Kenji Suematsu Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1003-11-5)

Being removed to Manzanar Children's Village

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vh Akira Kageyama Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1003-15-9)

The journey by bus to Manzanar

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vh Akira Kageyama Interview Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1003-15-18)

Returning to former site of Manzanar to go fishing

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