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Japanese Americans -- Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 24 Collections and/or Records:

Broadside of Western Defense Command instructions to all persons of Japanese ancestry

 Collection
Identifier: Coll619
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1942 May

Civilian Exclusion Orders Nos. 18-98

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1321
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1942

Oral history interview with Nadyne Yoneko Dozono

 Collection
Identifier: SR976
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1998 January 23-February 5

Oral history interview with Margaret L. Furrow

 Collection
Identifier: SR1071
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1985 August 22-September 26

Hideo Hashimoto papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2986
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...
Dates: 1939-1994

Oral history interview with George Iwasaki

 Collection
Identifier: SR958
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1992 August 19-September 16

Oral history interview with Randall B. Kester

 Collection
Identifier: SR 11093
Abstract

Oral history interview with Randall B. Kester conducted by Donna L. Sinclair from February 21 to May 11, 2005, as part of the United States District Court Oral History Project. Kester was a lawyer and served on the Oregon Supreme Court from 1957 to 1958.

Dates: 2005 February 21-May 11

Bernard B. Kliks papers relating to Minoru Yasui and University of Oregon Law School reunions

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 920
Abstract

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.

Dates: circa 1938-1993

Mizuta family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2636
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1941-1947

Oral history interview with John Y. Murakami

 Collection
Identifier: SR 952
Abstract Oral history interview with John Y. Murakami conducted by George Katagiri from July 13-20, 1992, as part of the Japanese American Oral History Project. Murakami, the son of Japanese immigrants, was born in Sherwood, Oregon. During World War II, Murakami served in the U.S. Army while his family was incarcerated at the Minidoka War Relocation Center. He was awarded a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star. After the war, he worked in construction and taught at Benson Polytechnic High School in...
Dates: 1992 July 13-20