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1942 2 2 Missoula Alien Enemy Detention Center
Floyd Schmoe reports to AFSC in Philadelphia about a visit to the Missoula, Montana detention center. He provides great detail about the camp and the organization, physical layout, family members visiting their fathers/husbands. He also makes…
1945 11 29 Letters between from Robertson Fort and Yone Nakazawa, and her brother in law, Karl Nakazawa. She was born in Japan, educated in the U.S., interned and now fears deportation.
Robertson Fort, secretary of Japanese American Relocation of the Philadelphia AFSC writes to Yone and Karl, trying to be of help to them. He mentions a trial happening in D.C. The brother in law served in the army. He asks for assistance from…
1944 4 14, Letter from Myer to Nason
D. S. Myer (director of the War Relocation Authority) writes to John Nason (president o the National Japanese Americna Student Relocation Council and preident of Swarthmore College) about what he envisions or proposes for the future of the National…
1944 3 27 Letter from Nason to Myer
Nason writes about the future role of the Nation Japanese American Student Relocation Council. He wants the work to be slowed down and ultimately terminated. While others like Bodine are interested in the Council taking an even more active role…
1944 5 7 Letter from Nisei high school graduate in Manzanar to the Student Relocation Council
Mizumoto writes personally about his childhood (in white areas and in Terminal Island) and his reason for wanting to be a lawyer. His parents discourage him from trying to go to college or write poetry. (His poem "Manzanar" won a prize.)
1944 Nisei college leaders report on Japanese in camp
The National Japanese American Student Relocation Council organized for nisei leaders who were relocated to college campuses return to the camps they left for 4-6 weeks during their summer break to study what camp in life is like, and how nisei…
1945 12 26 Letter from Nakamura to Morris
Nakamura writes to Morris about the Crystal City Detention Center in Texas where Peruvian nationals of Japanese ancestry are being held. Most of them have already been sent to Japan (prisoner exchanges?). The roughly 40 families who remain want to…
Chizu and Nurse Aides in front of Topaz Hospital
Official WRA photo of "Nurses Aides" in front of Topaz hospital. We know that Chizu was a registered nurse but she is in the photo in the back row in front of the door. She is short and you can see her hair parted in the middle.
Evacuation photo of Mochida family
Susan (Yamashita) Bowers writes that Hiroko Mochida (one of the girls in the picture) took me under her wing at Uncle John's church and we used to go out afterwards, to the beach, etc. She brought me to the singles group where I met Tom. She was a…
Tom photo album 1
Shows Tom as a boy scout and kid.
Tom photo album 2
Tom, dated 1938, high school portrait?
A man and his dog visit Topaz
Ken Yamashita writes: Candid photo in the Utah Historical Society. A Japanese American living in Salt Lake City visited friends in Topaz with his dog. Naturally Kix, who grew up with dogs, had to see it. Kix is on the right next to the dog. I…
1945 12 18 Letter from Dept of Justice to National Conference on Japanese Americans, regarding renunciants and repatriation
The War Division of the Department of Justice replies to recommendations for Japanese Americans made by the Conference on Japanese Americans. The policy is established: no Japanese aliens and renunciant American citizens of Japanese ancestry will be…
1945 11 29 Letter from Morris to Conard about Renunciants
Morris to discusses the history for how renunciation of U.S. citizenship was created by the WRA as an option for Japanese Americans in camps. It was a response to threats of much more grave legislation to allow for the automatic deportation of all…
1945 12 1 Letter from William Inouye to Tuleans
William Inouye, formerly interned at Tule Lake, encourages fellow Tuleans to move to Philadelphia where he now lives. he describes welcoming Hakujin Quakers who have supported issei and niseis there. He finished college and works as a chemist and his…
1945 10 5 Letter from Esther Rhoads to Fort
Esther B. Rhoads, of the Southern California AFSC Branch based in Pasadena writes to the AFSC Philadelphia office. She expresses concerns that G. Raymond Booth is trying to pass federal legislation to keep the camps open. Rhoads thinks the Friends…
1945 12 4 Letter from Esther Rhoads to Fort
Esther Rhoads responds to Fort about a AFSC report that was published that was highly critical of WRA workers. She writes about the progress in opening up more than half of 30 hostels to Japanese Americans moving back to Southern California, the work…
1945 12 4 Letter from Rhoads to Morris
Rhoads writes to Morris, responding with her dismay at a report that was circulated from the Service Committee to hostel directors that was harsh or critical in tone (may have been about WRA workers or some service workers mistreating people? See…
1945 12 1 Letter from Wakefield to Brinton with report from conditions in Tokyo inserted in middle
Wakefield writes that of a meeting of 65 national agencies working with Japanese Americans, some find that there has been grave concerns of issue and nisei on the west coast who have been deprived of civil rights. They are experiencing problems…
1942 12 1 A list of American firms or companies which used to be in Japan
A list of U.S. companies that had connections to Japan. Not sure what entity produced this list.