Girls League Representatives Hi-Y meeting in a Heart Mountain High School classroom, 1944.
Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945.
Photograph of students Hannah Hayano, Margaret Hiuga, and Hisako Takehara conducting a Girls League Representatives Hi-Y meeting in a Heart Mountain High School classroom, Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Wyoming.
Hirahara, Frank
George and Frank C. Hirahara Collection, sc 14
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1944
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Typing class at Minidoka Relocation Center
Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945.
Photograph of several students at a typing class at Minidoka Relocation Center, Idaho. Each student is typing from a text resting next to the typewriter.
George and Doris McIntyre Papers, sc 14.5
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Reflections, program for the first Heart Mountain Relocation Center Reunion, 1982
Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945.
This is the program for the first Heart Mountain Reunion. It was held on April 2-3, 1982 in Los Angeles, California, nearly 40 years after the first internees arrived at Heart Mountain.
Heart Mountain Reunion Committee
Tom Hide Collection , sc 14.1
Heart Mountain Reunion Committee
1982
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Frank Emi interview excerpt about World War II draft
Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945.
This interview by Frank Emi was given on April 25, 1982 as part of a larger project by Frank Chin that includes several interviews by draft resisters at Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Wyoming. Central to the draft resistance at Heart Mountain was the Fair Play Committee. The committee, which included Emi, advised individuals at Heart Mountain with objections to the draft to refuse induction until their concerns were addressed.
Frank Emi and Frank Chin
Frank Chin Oral History Collection, cg 654
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1982-04-25
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Sumo wrestling tournament at Heart Mountain Relocation Center
This film contains footage of a sumo wrestling tournament at Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Wyoming. This includes the ritual preceding the matches, portions several matches, and a celebration at the end of the tournament.
George or Frank C. Hirahara
George and Frank C. Hirahara Collection, sc 14
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Form letter about Japanese American redress
Japanese Americans--Reparations.
This letter is a notification from the United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division infroming the individual to expect a check for redress related to the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II.
United States. Department of Justice. Civil Rights Office.
Tom Hide Collection, sc 14.1
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circa 1992
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They're Friendly in New England
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945--Public Opinion; Japanese Americans -- New England -- Public opinion; Concentration camps -- United States.
Included are several articles contained in the pamphlet and a letter with its English translation. The alternate title to this pamphlet is "What New England newspapers say about Japanese Americans." This work contains copies of newspaper articles and letters about the attitude of New Englanders toward Japanese Americans. This publication was primarily intended to encourage those interned in World War II relocation centers to resettle in areas outside the West Coast. Letters in the back of the pamphlet are in Japanese and English. There is an inscription on the cover written in Japanese.
War Relocation Authority
Tom Hide Collection, sc 14.1
Washington, D.C. : Dept. of the Interior, War Relocation Authority, [1944?]
circa 1944
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Photocopy of the Evacuazette, June 5, 1942
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; Concentration camps -- United States.
Photocopy of the Evacuazette, Volume 1, Number 6. This issue of the Evacuazette announces the arrival of hundreds of Japanese Americans from central and eastern Washington.
North Portland Assembly Center
Tom Hide Collection, sc 14.1
Portland, OR: North Portland Assembly Center
1942-06-05
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Relocation of Japanese Americans
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945.
This pamphlet is focused on the relocation of Japanese Americans that started in 1942. It includes information of the Relocation Program, the distinction between the evacuated people and citizens of Japan, the relocation centers, student relocation, and conservation of evacuee property. This pamphlet also goes into some detail about the living conditions, food, medical care, and work opportunities of the relocation facilities. There are various pictures throughout the pamphlet of Japanese Americans living at these relocation centers.
War Relocation Authority
Tom Hide Collection, sc 14.1
Washington, D. C. : War relocation authority : G.P.O., 1943.
1943
Public Domain
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The Bruins, an intramural basketball team
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
Photograph of the Bruins, the Boys Intramural Basketball Class E Champions, posing with a basketball outside of Heart Mountain High School for the yearbook, first row: Toshio Doi, John Murata, William Uiye; second row: Tak Okamoto, Earl Santo, Tom Yasumi, Hajime Moriwaki, Seiichi Yano, and includes Yosh Takami, Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Wyoming.
Frank Hirahara
George and Frank C. Hirahara Collection, sc 14
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Excerpt from Heart Mountain Carpenters' Club Directory.
Carpenters--Heart Mountain Relocation Center (Wyo.)--Directories; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
This excerpt includes the directory cover and a list of one of the carpentry crews, which were assigned according to block number. Notice that many in the crew arrived to the camp from the same region. The information listed includes the worker's name, block number, city of origin, prior profession, a Japanese place of origin, and hobbies.
Heart Mountain Carpenters' Club
Tom Hide Collection, sc 14.1
Heart Mountain Carpenters' Club
1944
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Men sawing wood at Minidoka Relocation Center
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
A photograph of two men running a board through a table saw at Minidoka Relocation Center, Idaho. The men are smoking and wearing hats. Three other men in the shop are wathing. Several boards are piled near the saw.
George and Doris McIntyre Collection, sc 14.5
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How to Tell Japs from Chinese
Japanese Americans--History--20th century.
This article appearing in the December 22, 1941 issue of Life magazine was written in response to violence against Chinese Americans based on their mistaken identity as people of Japanese descent. This reflects both the acceptance of anger against Japanese Americans after Pearl Harbor (there is, after all, no attempt to dissuade people from attacking people of Japanese ancestry) and the historical conflation of people of East Asian descent. The visuals portray men of Chinese descent as having "delicate" and "long-boned" faces, whereas men of Japanese descent have a "more massively boned head" and a "heavier beard."
Life, December 22, 1941, Page 81
Chicago, Ill.: Time, Inc.
1941-12-22
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People seated in a mess hall at a farewell party for Julius Egashira
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
Photograph of people, including Takematsu and Harry Suda, seated at a table with food at a farewell party for Julius Egashira in a mess hall, Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Wyoming. Several tables are captured in this photograph. There is a stove in the foreground.
George Hirahara
George and Frank C. Hirahara Collection, sc 14
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1945-01-02
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Evacuazette, August 20, 1942
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
The Evacuazette was the newsletter for the North Portland Assembly Center, which housed Japanese Americans removed from the West Coast. The assembly centers served to provide temporary shelter as the Relocation Centers were being built. Most who detainees from North Portland left for Minidoka Relocation Center in Idaho or Heart Mountain Relocation Center in Wyoming.
North Portland Assembly Center
Tom Hide Collection, sc 14.1
Portland, Or.: North Portland Assembly Center.
1942-08-20
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Crates and luggage stored in a warehouse.
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
Crates and luggage stored in a warehouse at Minidoka Relocation Center, Idaho. Several men and women stand amongst the containers.
George and Doris McIntyre Papers, sc 14.5
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We Came
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
This poem printed in the 1944 Heart Mountain High School yearbook, the Tempo, describes the arrival to Heart Mountain in terms of the bleak landscape and living conditions. Also including are a number of photographs superimposed over a drawing of a cloud of dust or snow in the wind.
George and Frank C. Hirahara Collection, sc 14.
Heart Mountain, Wyo.: Heart Mountain High School.
1944
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Aerial photograph of Heart Mountain Relocation Center
Heart Mountain Relocation Center (Wyo.); Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
This is an aerial photograph of Heart Mountain Relocation Center.
Tom Hide Collection, sc 14.1
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To Our Sons and Daughters
Japanese American families
14 pages. Pages 52-65 from "United States-Japan and younger generation photos." The document is C.S. Miyazaki's reflection on the aspirations of the 'first' generation of Japanese American citizens (Issei), and what they charge the second generation (Nisei) with upholding. This includes things like respecting elders and economic ambitions. Miyazaki advocates a Japanese American identity based upon loyalty to America but centered around what he identifies as Japanese values.
C.S. Miyazaki
Tom Hide Collection, sc 14.1
1938
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Alien Fishers Bill's Target
Japanese Americans--History--20th century; Japanese Americans--Legal status, laws, etc.--United States
Clipping of an Associated Press (AP) story printed in the Spokesman Review about a bill that would ban "Japanese and other alien fishing boats from American waters."
Associated Press
Northwest History box 51
Spokesman Review
1931-12-31
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Army unit trained at Fort Snelling, Minnesota
Japanese Americans--Military service--1940-1950
This photograph is of a Japanese American army unit trained that included Sam Okubara at Fort Snelling, Minnesota. The unit is likely part of the Military Intelligence Service Language School, in which Okubara served after World War II.
Okubara Family Collection, sc 14.2
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Instructions to all persons of Japanese ancestry
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
These are instructions for the removal of Japanese Americans living in Seattle, Washington. In addition to these instructions, evacuation orders would have also been posted informing Japanese Americans of their imminent removal. These orders followed Executive Order 9066, which gave the Western Defense Command of the Department of War the authority to exclude anybody from what it deemed strategic areas.
Western Defense Command and Fourth Army Wartime Civil Control Administration
D769.8.A6.M25 1942
San Francisco: Western Defense Command
1942-04-24
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Commemorative rice paddle for a Heart Mountain reunion
Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
14" long. This is a commemorative rice paddle from the Second Heart Mountain Reunion held in San Jose, California. The rice paddle belonged to Tom (Terumi) Hide, who was interned at Heart Mountain Relocation Center from 1942-1944. The face of the paddle is inscribed with the event and the likeness of Heart Mountain.
Heart Mountain Reunion Committee
Tom Hide Collection, sc 14.1
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1985
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Terry Takeda's indefinite leave card
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
This is a scanned copy of Terry Takeda's authorization for indefinite leave from Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Wyoming. Takeda was detained with the rest of family at Heart Mountain until his father, Shiro, was hired to teach at the United States Navy Japanese Language School in Boulder, Colorado.
War Relocation Authority
Takeda Family Collection, sc 14.3
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1943-07-15
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Letter from Sakutsu Emi [?] to George McIntyre.
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
This letter is from Sakutsu Emi [?], a former internee at Minidoka Relocation Center, to George MacIntyre, who supervised the motor pool at Minidoka. In the letter, Emi describes his current life in Seattle.
Sakutsu Emi
George and Doris McIntyre Papers, sc 14.5
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1945-09-23
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Suitcase used by Tora Okubara
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
This suitcase was used by Tora Okubara when her family was removed from their home in Mill Valley, California to Granada Relocation Center, Colorado. The suitcase is monogrammed with Okubara's initials near the handle. There is also a number written on the lid of the trunk. It is possible that this number is the family number the War Relocation Authority assigned to the Okubaras.
Okubara Family Collection, sc 14.2
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Autograph book from Heart Mountain Relocation Center.
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; Autograph albums
Tom Hide's autograph book for his graduation from Heart Mountain High School in 1944. The cover of the book is carved with the image of Heart Mountain and the word "Memories."
Tom Hide
Tom Hide Collection, sc 14.1
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1944
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Postcard from Masako Furuta to George and Koto Hirahara.
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945.
[get dimensions]. This postcard was sent from Masako Furuta to George and Koto Hirahara on July 31, 1945 from Salt Lake City, Utah when the Hirahara's were living in Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Wyoming. In the postcard, Furuta describes her experience as a farm laborer in Utah and encourages the Hiraharas to move out of the camp.
Masako Furuta
George and Frank C. Hirahara Collection, sc 14
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1945-07-31
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Letter from an American Legion committee examining "the Jap question."
Japanese Americans--History--20th Century; Japanese Americans--Washington (State)--History; Yakima County (Wash.)--History
2 pages, 8.5x14. This letter addressed to 'The Veterans of the State of Washington' on December 28, 1920 asks for support of Initiative 37, which proposed to close loopholes that allowed Asian immigrants to own land by proxy in the name of children born in the United States and friends and associates who could legally hold land.
R. K. Fay, Roy S. Campbell, and Joe W. Knight
Austin Mires Papers, cg 212
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1920-12-28
Wapato Post of the American Legion
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Bag used by Tom Hide.
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
This canvas bag was used by Tom Hide at Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Wyoming. Hide's name and family have been painted on the bag using a stencil.
Tom Hide Collection, sc 14.1
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North and Central America--United States--Wyoming--Park county--Heart Mountain Relocation Center