Case file, 1942

The collection consists of correspondence between Hiroji Hosaka and his family and friends while he was imprisoned in the Santa Fe Internment Camp, the Santa Anita Assembly Center, and the Heart Mountain incarceration camp during World War II. Also included are a copy of Hiroji Hosaka's FBI case file, prewar photographs of the Daiichi Rafu Gakuen, that is, a Japanese language school in Los Angeles, and Japanese archery, a photograph of the Heart Mountain camp, and his business cards prior to the war. Incoming and outgoing letters to and from the Santa Fe Internment Camp were censored and some information was redacted. His letters describe restrictions on outgoing mail from the internement camp. The family letters detail the pressing situations that they faced: after Hiroji, a husband of the family, was taken away, his wife and young child had to deal with his hotel business, their properties, and the mass removal and incarceration of people of Japanese ancestry from the West Coast. The community was being informed in word-of-mouth, and uncertainty and fear were depicted. Most of the items in this collection have been digitized and are available online.