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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…

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.

[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…

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.

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,…

2"x1.5" negative. Photograph of Sergeant Ben Kuroki speaking from an outdoor stage at a ceremony in his honor and holding a book from Heart Mountain commemorating his visit , Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Wyoming. Children surround are sitting…

This is a photograph of Shiro Takeda sitting on the deck of a ship to Japan in April 1932. He is wearing a suit and glasses and is seated in front of an emissions pipe. After graduating from Lincoln University, Takeda visited Japan before returning…

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…

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.

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…

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…

Photograph of an intramural basketball team from Washington State College called the Independents. During the 1944-1945 school year, the team compiled a record of 5-1. The team was comprised mainly of Japanese Americans. The team consisted of Mac…

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…

1.5x2 negative. This is a photograph of three members of the Washington State College track team, including Tom Hide who is the middle runner. The runner lined up to the left of Hide may be Sam Higuchi. The runners are crouched in a starting…

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…

2x3 negative. Photograph of Torakichi Sam Migita and other men making mochitsuki inside of Mess Hall 15-30, Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Wyoming. Migita is swinging a wooden mallet as another man in an apron turns and stretches the mochi. …

"2x3 negative. Photograph of two young men sitting on the porch of the Shimizu family barrack at Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Wyoming. Behind the young men is a sign that reads "Dream Castle: S. Shimizu and family.""

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.

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…

1.5"x2.5" negative. Photograph of young men sitting on rocks and looking down onto the barracks from a distance, Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Wyoming.