Japanese Americans -- Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945
Found in 33 Collections and/or Records:
Hideto Tomita letters
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.
Saku Tomita diary
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.
Frances Toyooka memoir
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.
Oral history interview with Kay N. Toyooka
Oral history interview with Jim Tsugawa
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.
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.
Yabe family papers
Oral history interview with Tatsuro Yada
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.