Box 5

Scope and Contents Contain ID cards, certificates, notices, letters, permits, and other documents regarding George Nobuo Naohara’s work and leave clearance during the war. Materials were issued by California Department of Employment, War Relocation Authority, United States Employment Service, and Farm Security Administration. There are documents regarding his transfer to the Tule Lake Segregation Center, including a copy of his letter addressing the Spanish Embassy to apply for expatriation to Japan from the...

Scope and Contents Contain documents issued to Tomosuke and Koyuta Masukawa during World War II. Included are an alien registration receipt card (Form AR-3) and certificate of identification (Form AR-AE-23), certificate change of residence notice (Form PM-2), registration certificate (D.S.S. Form 2), government property release for evacuees (WRA-Colo.River-86), civilian message form (Form 1616) by American Red Cross, and alien's travel permits (WRA-394). There is also a class note complied by Mitzi Masukawa...

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Contain materials regarding Tomosuke and Koyuta Masukawa's immigration. Included are an inspection card, certificate of registration, certificate of inoculation, Imperial Japanese Government passport, alien tax receipt, and a paper framed family photograph probably taken in Japan in 1915. There are also Tomosuke Masukawa's receipts for U.S. Postal money order, Moneta Commercial Bank book, and his death certificate.

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Two term papers, "A Kibei's view of life in relocation camps during WWII" and "Life in camp: three different views," along with audio cassette tapes prepared by Eileen Naohara Yoshimura, who is a daughter of George and Mitzi Naohara. She submitted them to Prof. Donald T. Hata when she was a student at CSU Dominguez Hills. She conducted interviews with her parents, uncle, and aunt, and collected and analyzed their stories about their incarceration experiences during World War II.

Scope and Contents From the Series: This series contains materials documenting the Masukawa family’s immigration and incarceration experiences as well as George Naohara’s incarceration, U.S. Army language school training, and Korean War experiences. Included are albums and scrapbooks compiled by George and Mitzi Naohara, certificates, a passport, receipts, WRA forms, alien registration receipt card, ID cards, correspondence, and permits which were issued to the Masukawa and Naohara family, and a Buddhist altar made by hand...

Scope and Contents From the Series: This series contains materials pertaining to the postwar camp reunion and pilgrimage, which were collected by George and Mitzi Naohara. Included are a Manzanar pilgrimage booklet, Poston camp reunion booklets, photographs, clippings, a roster of reunion participants, pamphlets, and brochures. There is also a 1989 calendar which includes images from the several incarceration camps, such as, Poston, Heart Mountain, Tule Lake, Manzanar, Granada, and Santa Fe New Mexico and was compiled by the...

Scope and Contents From the Series: This series contains materials pertaining to the postwar camp reunion and pilgrimage, which were collected by George and Mitzi Naohara. Included are a Manzanar pilgrimage booklet, Poston camp reunion booklets, photographs, clippings, a roster of reunion participants, pamphlets, and brochures. There is also a 1989 calendar which includes images from the several incarceration camps, such as, Poston, Heart Mountain, Tule Lake, Manzanar, Granada, and Santa Fe New Mexico and was compiled by the...

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Contained are a booklet, "Democracy and Japanese Americans," written by Norman Thomas, describing the forced evacuation and incarceration of people of Japanese ancestry during World War II; and a blank form of "Change of residence" report card whose return address is: Mr. Dillon S. Myer, Director, War Relocation Authority, Barr Building, Washington 25, D.C. Form WAR-148C. rev.