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1945 WRA Green Bill
Provides an overview of the Green Bill which proposed that relatives (parents and spouses) of people who served in the military during WWII (and for some WWI) would be granted access to citizenship (where before they could not before because of…
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.
Threatening Letter left at Tomi's Dry Cleaning Business
Text of letter: "This is a warning. Get out we don't want you in our beautiful country go where your ancestors came from. Once a Jap always one. Get out.
This letter was included in the testimony of Min Tamaki before the Commission on Wartime…
This letter was included in the testimony of Min Tamaki before the Commission on Wartime…
Warehouse Storage Item 67
Letter from Arthur to John. Arthur knows John and says to thank Lee and old man Lee M. [Lee Mullis] as well as the Kajiwaras etc. Arthur also writes that he ran into Sus, John's brother in New York.
1944 7 25, Letters between National Presbyterian Organization and Kay.
Board of Christian Education (Presbyterian national organization based in Philadelphia) asks Kay to write a letter that would represent the Japanese American perspective in a newsletter containing voices from many young people, all without the names…
Photo of John at West 10th Methodist Hostel
Personal effects arriving at the Oakland Hostel are being check by Saburo Sasaki, Gila River (left); Mr. Joseph S. Aoki, Topaz; and Mr. J. Yamashita, Topaz. The latter is director of the hostel.--Photographer: Mace, Charles E.--Oakland, California. …
1942 6 8 Letter from Chizu to Mrs. Conard
Chizu writes to Kay's friend who has given her toys for her son Kiku and some sugar in Tanforan. She is thankful that there are some on the outside who are supportive. She writes of her worries about how the children will adjust to being part of the…
1942 6 5 Letter from Chiz to Kay and Tomi
Chiz writes a letter on behalf of the entire family incarcerated at Tanforan to Tomi and Kay who have now returned to San Francisco and should be returning to Tanforan. Kay is trying to get a job with the War Relocation Authority in Washington D.C.…
1942 5 27 Letter from Chiz to Kay
Chiz writes about her new life, after a month of living in Tanforan. Needs such as garbage collection and brooms are not being met because the inmates cannot talk to the administration in a meaningful way. She writes, “We are constantly aware of…
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…
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 9 4 Department of Justice Press Release about keeping Tule Lake and others interned after most are released from camps
The Department of Justice releases a statement saying that the people detained at Tule Lake and Justice Department camps are not released as are people from all of the other camps. The attorney general, Tom C. Clark, will review these cases. “These…