Japanese Americans
Found in 26 Collections and/or Records:
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.
Tule Lake Pilgrimage, August 26-28, 1994: A Report Prepared for the Background Informations on the Tule Lake Center
Report by Berkeley, California, architect Takasumi Kojima, written in preparation for a pilgrimage to Tule Lake in memory of the incarceration of Japanese Americans. The report provides background information about the Tule Lake incarceration center specifically, as well as about government incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II in general.
Oral history interview with Mamaro Wakasugi
Oral history interview with Mamaro Wakasugi conducted by George I. Azumano on October 29, 1994, as part of the Japanese American Oral History Project. Wakasugi discusses his family background and early life as a second-generation Japanese American on farms on Bainbridge Island, Washington, and in Banks, Oregon, as well as his experiences farming in Ontario, Oregon, during World War II.
Yasui family papers
Masuo Yasui letter to Sagoro Asai
Letter from Masuo Yasui (1886-1957) to Sagoro Asai (1880-1969), written in Japanese shortly after Yasui's release from incarceration. Yasui and Asai emigrated from Japan and resided in Hood River, Oregon. Yasui owned a general store, and both operated orchards. The U.S. government accused Yasui of disloyalty after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and incarcerated him from 1941 to 1946.
Jerry Jiro Yasutome photographs
Photographs depicting the Tule Lake Relocation Center, the 1948 Vanport Flood, and students from the Northwest School of Photography. The photographs were taken and collected by Jerry Jiro Yasutome between 1945 and 1948.