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Oral history interview with George I. Azumano conducted by George Katagiri in four sessions, from March 12 to November 10, 1992, as part of the Japanese American Oral History Project. Azumano discusses his early life as a second-generation Japanese American in Portland before World War II; his family’s experience of incarceration by the U.S. government during World War II; and his businesses, Azumano Insurance and Azumano Travel.

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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.

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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.

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Typescript copy of "The Deportation of the Japanese from Toledo, Oregon," dated November 26, 1973. The document is a senior seminar research paper regarding the history of Japanese people in the Pacific Northwest and an incident concerning Japanese laborers at the Pacific Spruce Company in Toledo, Oregon. With bibliography.

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Oral history interview with Chiyo Endo conducted in Japanese by Nadyne Yoneko Dozono on February 28 and March 2, 1992, as part of the Japanese American Oral History Project. Endo discusses her early life in Fukushima, Japan, her marriage to Kanichi Endo after immigrating to the United States, and her experiences after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.

Abstract Oral history interview with Tom S. Fujita conducted by Jim Strassmaier in seven sessions from January 6 to March 1, 1995, as part of the Japanese American Oral History Project. Fujita discusses his experiences as a second-generation Japanese American in Milkwaukie, Oregon, before World War II; his experiences of incarceration by the U.S. government at the Minidoka Relocation Camp during the war; and his later career as a research chemist and advanced organic chemistry professor in...

Abstract Hideo Hashimoto (born 1911) was a Methodist minister and peace activist. During World War II, he was incarcerated by the U.S. government at the Jerome Relocation Center in Denson, Arkansas. After the war, he became a professor of religious studies at Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon. Collection includes correspondence, lectures, speeches, information leaflets, newsletters, articles and testimonies, primarily regarding Hashimoto's work for peace and human rights. Also included are...

Abstract Oral history interview with Corky T. Kawasaki conducted by Etsu Osaki in two sessions, on April 12 and May 10, 1995, as part of the Japanese American Oral History Project. Kawasaki discusses his experiences as a Japanese American in the Pacific Northwest, including operating a grocery store in Seattle, Washington, before World War II, being incarcerated by the U.S. government at the Tule Lake and Minidoka camps during the war, and owning the Bush Garden restaurant in Portland, Oregon, after...

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Correspondence between Bernard B. Kliks (1915-2001) and Minoru Yasui (1916-1986), clippings about Yasui compiled by Kliks, and Kliks' correspondence regarding reunions of the University of Oregon Law School class of 1939. Kliks was an attorney in Portland, Oregon; he and Yasui attended the University of Oregon Law School together. Yasui was a Japanese American lawyer who challenged the constitutionality of a curfew placed on Japanese Americans during World War II.

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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.