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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:

Oral history interview with Gus J. Solomon

 Collection
Identifier: SR1226
Abstract

Oral history interview with Gus J. Solomon conducted by Rick Harmon from July 23 to October 18, 1984, as part of the United States District Court Oral History Project. Solomon was a judge for the U.S. District Court of Oregon.

Dates: 1984 July 23-October 18

Oral history interview with Monroe Sweetland

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Identifier: SR1130
Abstract

Oral history interview with Monroe Sweetland conducted by Rick Harmon from November 16, 1984, to October 26, 1987, as part of the Oregon Legislature Oral History Series. Sweetland was an Oregon state representative and senator.

Dates: 1984 November 16-1987 October 26

Oral history interview with Monroe Sweetland

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Identifier: SR1130-1
Abstract

Oral history interview with Monroe Sweetland conducted by Andrew Bryans on March 16, 2002, as part of the Oregon Legislature Oral History Series. Sweetland was an Oregon state representative and senator.

Dates: 2002 March 16

Hideto Tomita letters

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2704
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1942-1945

Saku Tomita diary

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Identifier: Mss1482
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1942

Frances Toyooka memoir

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Identifier: Coll 891
Abstract

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.

Dates: 2016

Oral history interview with Jim Tsugawa

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Identifier: SR12292
Abstract

Oral history interview with Jim Tsugawa conducted by Sankar Raman and Elizabeth Mehren on July 19, 2018, for The Immigrant Story. Tsugawa was born in Hillsboro, Oregon, in 1932, and was incarcerated at the Minidoka War Relocation Center in Jerome County, Idaho, during World War II. He later served in the U.S. Army and became a dentist in Portland, Oregon.

Dates: 2018 July 19

Tule Lake incarceration center employee handbook and map

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 944
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1944 September; circa 1944

Tule Lake Pilgrimage, August 26-28, 1994: A Report Prepared for the Background Informations on the Tule Lake Center

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Identifier: Coll 909
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1994

Oral history interview with Tatsuro Yada

 Collection
Identifier: SR960
Abstract

Oral history interview with Tatsuro Yada conducted by Taka Mizote on March 8, 1992, as part of the Japanese American Oral History Project. Yada was born in Portland, Oregon, and grew up in Salem. After graduating from Willamette University, he took over the family farm. During World War II, he and his family were incarcerated by the U.S. government at the Tule Lake Relocation Center in California. After their release, he returned to farming.

Dates: 1992 March 8