Japanese Americans -- Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945
Found in 33 Collections and/or Records:
Oral history interview with George I. Azumano
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.
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 Chiyo Endo
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.
Oral history interview with Tom S. Fujita
Oral history interview with Margaret L. Furrow
Oral history interview with Margaret L. Furrow conducted by Bill Koen from August 22 to September 26, 1985. Furrow worked as a fruit picker and fruit packer for Nakamura Orchards, Inc. in Hood River, Oregon.
Hideo Hashimoto papers
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.