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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.

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…

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.

"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.""

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. …

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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 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 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…

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 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,…

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.

[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…

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.

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…

2"x1.5" negative. Photograph of people exiting a train from the Jerome Relocation Center in Arkansas with luggage and military personnel standing near the train, Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Wyoming. Two men exit the train as three guards…

"2x3 negative. Photograph of the mess hall staff from Lower Block 2 posing outside of a mess hall, Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Wyoming. Many among the staff are wearing aprons."

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.

5"x7" print. Photograph of a man shoveling coal at Minidoka Relocation Center, Idaho. The man stands at the entrance to a building with a sign reading, "Keep Out: Boilerman only." In addition to coal, several pieces of wood are stacked near the…

3.5x5 print. A photograph of Makio (Mike) Hide in his army uniform. The photograph was taken in Macon, Georgia in July 1945. The uniform includes a hat and tie.

"2x3 negative. Photograph of a little girl riding a tricycle outside of the barracks, Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Wyoming."

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.

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…

"2x3 negative. Photograph of Koto Hirahara posing in her garden in front of her family barrack 15-9-A, Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Wyoming."

4x2.5 negative. This photograph is of Kiyo Hide and Marie Bressler standing next to each other in front of a barrack at Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Wyoming. The Hide family provided help to Bresslers on their farm in Lyman, Nebraska in the…