World War, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans
Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:
Broadside of Western Defense Command instructions to all persons of Japanese ancestry
The collection consists of a broadside detailing the provisions of Civilian Exclusion Order No. 46 issued by General J. L. Dewitt on May 6, 1942. The order directs all persons of Japanese ancestry in Clackamas and eastern Multnomah counties to be evacuated to Civil Control Stations for forced incarceration during World War II.
Civilian Exclusion Orders Nos. 18-98
Collection includes broadside exclusion orders, Nos. 18-98, 1942, ordering all persons of Japanese ancestry to evacuate, and broadside "Instructions to All Persons of Japanese Ancestry," April 24-May 27, 1942.
Oral history interview with Nadyne Yoneko Dozono
Oral history interview with Nadyne Yoneko Dozono conducted by Clark Hansen from January 23 to February 5, 1998, as part of the Japanese American Oral History Project. Dozono was a Japanese American born in Portland, Oregon. From 1931 to 1953, she lived in Japan, where she experienced World War II as though she were a Japanese citizen. After the war, she worked with the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission.
Oral history interview with George Iwasaki
Oral history interview with George Iwasaki conducted by Etsu Osaki from August 19 to September 16, 1992, as part of the Japanese American Oral History Project. Iwasaki was a Japanese American farmer and was incarcerated with his family during World War II.
Mizuta family papers
Collection includes correspondence, documents, photographs, and ephemera, primarily relating to the Mizuta family's incarceration at the Heart Mountain Relocation Center in Wyoming; clearance for family members to leave the incarceration center to operate a farm; and family members' military service during the war. Family members represented in the collection include Fred Mizuta, George Mizuta, Haruye Izuta, Ito Mizuta, and Nobuo Mizuta.
Oral history interview with John Y. Murakami
Hideto Tomita letters
Hideto Tomita was a Portland, Oregon, Japanese American who was incarcerated by the U.S. government at the Minidoka camp in Idaho and later joined the 442nd regiment of the U.S. Army. Collection consists of Tomita's correspondence with Cora B. Oliver, a former teacher, 1942-1945, regarding his experiences of incarceration, of basic training in Mississippi, and of life at the front in Italy and France.
Saku Tomita diary
Manuscript bound diary, May 2-September 10, 1942, in Japanese, with a typescript English translation by Zuigaku Kodachi, 1975, about Saku Tomita's experiences at the Portland Assembly Center, a temporary detention camp in Portland, Oregon, during World War II.
Frances Toyooka memoir
Memoir of Frances Toyooka, typed by and with an introduction by her daughter, Janet Thibault. Toyooka, a second-generation Japanese American woman, was living in Troutdale, Oregon, when the United States entered World War II. The memoir primarily concerns her experience being incarcerated by the U.S. government at Minidoka, and then living at the Twin Falls Labor Camp, but also discusses living in Vanport, Oregon, and then northeastern Portland, Oregon, following the war.
Tule Lake incarceration center employee handbook and map
An employee handbook for the Tule Lake incarceration center and a map of the center. Tule Lake was a facility in northern California where the U.S. government incarcerated Japanese Americans during World War II.