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20, U.C. J. Women's Club
UC Berkeley Japanese American Women's Club 1937. Kay Yamashita is second from right first row. Miya Oshima (future name is Kashiwase) is far left, front row. Asako Sakai is second from left, front row (future wife of John Yamashita). Iyo is fourth…
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…
All Center Conference
All-Center Conference in Salt Lake City, Feb. 16-22, 1945 (Topaz administrators convened the conference after the West Coast was opened for camp inmates to return to and the closing of the camps was announced in Jan. 1945). Sus was one of the…
American Friends Service Committee Youth Retreat Flyer
This announcement and description of the youth programming by the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC). Handwriting on the top of the first page says "For Ted"
Ann Dion research
Ann Tamaki Dion wrote a history that covers both sides of her family, her father's family history (Min Tamaki) and her mother's family history (Iyo Yamashita). These excerpts pertain to the Yamashita family history.
Application for Special Transfer - Tomi applies to have her daughter Kimi, son in law Bob, and grandaughter Martha join her at Topaz from Fresno Detention "Assembly" Center.
Tomi writes out a paragraph explaining her case to be reunited with her daughter, son in law and grandaughter and asking for them to be transferred to Topaz since the camps are becoming more permanent.
