1042 items
1042 items
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Photo album (ddr-densho-357-639)
This photo album with a plain paper cover is fastened together with metal nails and contains 72 pages with 147 intact photographs. Three album pages are missing photographs, but have been included due to the information in the captions that remain. The bulk dates of the photographs are circa 1909-1947.\n\nThe album contains wedding photos of the …
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Maps of incarceration camps in the western United States (ddr-csujad-55-98)
Series of maps including incarceration camps in the western United States, temporary assembly centers in California, Manzanar camp in California, Gila River camp in Arizona, Topaz camp in Utah, Heart Mountain camp in Wyoming, Poston camp in Arizona, Amache camp in Colorado, Tule Lake camp in California, Rohwer camp in Arkansas, Minidoka camp in Idaho, and …
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Letter from F. de Amat, Consul of Spain, to Mr. Shizuo Sasaki, Secretary, Spanish Consul Joint Committee, Topaz, Utah, February 18, 1944 (ddr-csujad-55-886)
Correspondence from F. de Amat, Consul of Spain, to Shizuo Sasaki, Secretary, Spanish Consul Joint Committee, regarding selective service of the Japanese American citizens. Includes information from the Embassy in Washington. D.C. regarding obligations of American citizens of Japanese descent to serve in the U.S. Army. Letter relayed from the Consul of Spain in San Francisco …
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Minidoka Irrigator Vol. III No. 10 (May 1, 1943) (ddr-densho-119-37)
Selected article titles: "First Contingent of 39 Volunteers Leaves for Ft. Douglas" (p. 1), "Final Physicals Await Enlistees Before Induction" (p. 1), "Hunt's Army Volunteers Parade as Impressive Flag Dedication is Held" (p. 1), "JACL Purchases $2000 in Bonds" (p. 1), "Former Governor of Oregon Urges Ousting of Aliens" (p. 2), "Sentry Who Killed Topaz Man …
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Minidoka Irrigator Vol. IV No. 35 (November 4, 1944) (ddr-densho-119-111)
Selected article titles: "Legal Issues Involved in Test Cases Before Supreme Court. Evacuation Legality Contested by Korematsu, Endo Attorneys" (p. 1), "Nisei Have Five Objectives In Winning War" (p. 1), "Renunciation Of Citizenship Must Be Sent Atty. Gen." (p. 1), "Residents Eligible for Social Security Benefits" (p. 1), "Labor Shortage Causes Delay in Clothing Pay" (p. …
Narrator Warren H. Watanabe
Nisei male. Born August 12, 1921, in San Francisco, California. Grew up in San Francisco, where father worked as the executive secretary of the Japanese Chamber of Commerce. During World War II, removed to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. Left camp to attend college and the University of Chicago. Earned …
Narrator Ben Takeshita
Nisei male. Born August 2, 1930, in San Mateo, California. During World War II, removed with family to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. Due to parents' answers on the so-called "loyalty questionnaire," transferred to Tule Lake when it was designated a segregation center. After leaving camp, returned to San Mateo, …
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Kenneth Nobuji Iyeki Collection (ddr-densho-392)
The Kenneth Nobuji Iyeki Collection consists of photographs of the Iyeki Family and documents telling the story of their life before, during, and after World War II. The bulk of the collection is made up of pencil sketches done by Kenneth Nobuji Iyeki while he was incarcerated in Tanforan Assembly Center and Topaz concentration camp. These …
Narrator Jean Shiraki Gize
Nisei female. Born June 16, 1938, in Alameda, California. Was age three when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Removed with family to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. While in camp, father volunteered for the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. Mother answered an ad in the camp newspaper and …
Narrator Yoshiye Handa Yasuda
Nisei female. Born August 26, 1934, in San Francisco, California. Grew up in San Francisco's Japantown neighborhood, where father ran a carpentry business. During World War II, removed to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. After leaving camp, returned to San Francisco with parents and finished high school. While still in …
Narrator Frances Kajita Nishi
Nisei-Sansei female. Born in February 24, 1934, in Mosier, Oregon. Grew up in Mosier, where parents worked on an orchard and did truck farming. During World War II, removed to the Pinedale Assembly Center, California, and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Following the so-called "loyalty questionnaire" in 1943, family transferred to the Topaz concentration camp, …
Narrator Norm Hayashi
Sansei male. Born September 11, 1939, in Oakland, California. Grandfather, father, and other family members established a nursery business in San Francisco, California prior to World War II. During the war, removed with family to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. After the war, the family returned to San Francisco and …
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Kimiko Fujii Kitayama Collection (ddr-densho-433)
The Kimiko Fujii Kitayama Collection consists of materials related to the Fujii family's incarceration at Topaz Concentration Camp, Kimiko's time in college, her work as a florist and with various community organizations, and diaries from later in her life. The collection is in large part made up of meeting notes and other materials related to her …
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Daily Press Review, Vol. VI, No. 3 (ddr-densho-156-267)
Article titles: "Relocation Project Tries Hog Raising"; "Enemy Aliens Need Permit to Move"; "War Revises Social Work"; "Lions Protest Teacher Shift"; "Abortion Guilt Verdict is Given"; "War Relocation Director Comes to Can Center"; "1000 Klamath Citizens in Parade to Potato Field"; "Japanese Coming to Labor Camp"; "Horses Used for Messenger Service"; "Call Meeting on Beet Labor"; …
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Daily Press Review, Vol. VI, No. 8 (ddr-densho-156-272)
Article titles: "Jap Soldiers Permitted to Visit Center"; "Larger Space is Sought by Tulelake P.O."; "Japanese Couple Marry"; "Hunt School Official Tells Education Plans"; "Hunt Medical Chief Goes to Arkansas"; "Japanese Station Names Changed"; "Heilbrenner Notifies McNary Investigation Needed"; "Editorial: 'Most Italians are Loyal'"; "Newell News Items"; "Student Relocation"; "Montanan Asks Roosevelt Aid for Beet Fields, …
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Kenneth Narahara Interview (ddr-ajah-1-2)
Sansei male. Born December 16, 1936, in Oakland, California. Grew up in Alameda, California, where parents had a florist business. Immediately after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Japanese Americans were forced to leave Alameda, so the family split up and moved to Oakland. Removed to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. …
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Nancy K. Araki Interview I (ddr-densho-1000-305)
Sansei female. Born October 16, 1937, in San Francisco, California. During World War II, removed to the Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado. Family briefly left camp for Utah before voluntarily entering the Topaz concentration camp, Utah, when mother was pregnant. After leaving camp, returned to San Francisco and resumed elementary school.
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Nancy K. Araki Interview II (ddr-densho-1000-357)
Sansei female. Born October 16, 1937, in San Francisco, California. During World War II, removed to the Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado. Family briefly left camp for Utah before voluntarily entering the Topaz concentration camp, Utah, when mother was pregnant. After leaving camp, returned to San Francisco and resumed elementary school.
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Satsuki Ina Interview (ddr-densho-1000-474)
Sansei female. Born May 25, 1944, in the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Her parents, both Kibei, grew up in San Francisco, California. During World War II, they were incarcerated at the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. They signed "no-no" on the so-called "loyalty questionnaire," renounced their U.S. citizenship, and were transferred to Tule Lake when it …
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Letter from Tadashi Ishida to Mr. & Mrs. Y Ishida (ddr-densho-535-119)
Tad and Shiro saw "Roughly Speaking" at the movies; it was "a nice picture." So far, Tad has been "running around having a nice time" at Fort Meade. Says the living quarters are very nice, just like a college campus. Tad and company are living in the fort itself, not in the camp. The weather is …
Narrator Kiwamu "Kiyo" Tsuchida
Nisei male. Born February 2, 1923, in Auburn, Washington. Grew up in Auburn, where father worked for the Great Northern Railroad and the family also ran a farm. During World War II, removed to the Pinedale Assembly Center and Tule Lake concentration camp, Oregon. Family then transferred to the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. Kiwamu left camp …
Narrator Ron Wakabayashi
Sansei male. Born November 13, 1944, in Reno, Nevada, where parents had resettled after leaving the concentration camps in Topaz, Utah, and Rohwer, Arkansas, during World War II. Grew up in East Los Angeles. Involved in a number of community social service organizations in Los Angeles, such as Oriental Concern and the Asian American Drug Abuse …
Narrator Hikaru Morohoshi
Kibei Nisei male. Born October 4, 1915, in Stockton, California. As a young child, sent to Japan to live with grandparents and attend school. Returned to California at age eighteen, and drafted into the U.S. military. Discharged from the army after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. Removed to the Tanforan Assembly Center, Washington, and the Topaz concentration …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 16 No. 15 (April 15, 1943) (ddr-pc-15-15)
Selected article titles: "Three Nisei Soldiers Win Army Decorations" (p. 1), "Gen. DeWitt Opposes Return of Evacuees. 'Jap's a Jap,' Declared Army Commander; Repudiates Citizen Rights of Japanese Americans" (p. 1), "Topaz Resident Killed by Shot Fired by M.P." (p. 1), "Japanese Americans Carried Out Special Assignment" (p. 1), "FBI Director Says Japanese in Hawaii Not …
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Manzanar Free Press Vol. III No. 14 (February 17, 1943) (ddr-densho-125-105)
Selected article titles: "Block Managers Hear Director" (p. 1), "Registration Questions and Their Answers" (p. 1), "Registration of Residents Nears Completion" (p. 1), "Shoe Ration to be Effected Here" (p. 1), "Eight Hundred Peru Japanese Interned" (p. 1), "WRA Opens Relocation and Field Stations. Action Announced After Series of Conferences Held in January" (p. 1), "Peace …