Box 2

Scope and Contents Contained are a pamphlet, booklets, forms, and notices issued and distributed by War Relocation Authority and Western Defense Command during World War II. Included are: Instructions to all persons of Japanese ancestry: a pamphlet issued by Western Defense Command, including the exclusion orders and instructions for persons of Japanese ancestry residing in Los Angeles County, California ...

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Included are journals and narratives written by Atsushi Art Ishida in Japanese. Materials detail the mass removal after the attack on Pearl Harbor, trips to the Santa Anita Assembly Center and Jerome incarceration camp, life in the camp, transfer to the Tule Lake Segregation Center, and hearings held in the camp to follow up his answers to questions 27 and 28 of the form that is known as the "loyalty questionnaire" and his intention for U.S. citizenship renunciation.

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Material is a Japanese newspaper clipping featuring Atsushi Art Ishida's incarceration experiences during the war.

Scope and Contents Included are two messages sent from Atsushi Art Ishida's mother, Saku Ishida, in Hiroshima, Japan to him and his brother, Takashi Ishida. The messages were initially sent to their address in Artesia, California where they resided prior to the forced evacuation, but later forwarded to the Jerome incarceration camp in Arkansas where they were incarcerated. Delivered with the assistance of the Red Cross, including Société de la Croix-Rouge du Japon, Comité international de la Croix-Rouge,...

Scope and Contents Contained are materials collected by Atsushi Ishida during the mass removal and incarceration in the Santa Anita Accembly Center in California. Included are:Name tags, work notices, mess hall cards, worker's rotating cards, and others Information bulletin (Arcadia, California): two issues of a camp newspaper distributed in the Santa Anita Assembly CenterPersonal...

Scope and Contents Contained are documents and various ephemera and memorabilia collected by Atsushi Art Ishida during his incarceration in the Jerome incarceration camp in Arkansas. Included are:Statement of United States citizen of Japanese ancestry, DSS Form 204A: two sets of the form, that is known as the "loyalty questionnaire." The forms are filled by Atsushi Art Ishida. ...

Scope and Contents Contained are materials collected by Atsushi Art Ishida during his incarceration in the Minidoka camp in Idaho. Included are:Transfer notice, gate slip, and receipt form issued when he was transferred to the Minidoka camp Information for those entitled to travel grant: a travel grant information and authorization form issued by War Relocation Authority, giving step-by-step instructions to Atsushi Art...

Scope and Contents Contained are materials collected by Atsushi Art Ishida while he was reestablishing his life in Chicago, Illinois after being released from the Minidoka incarceration camp in Idaho. Included are:Notices and bills regarding leaving the camp for Chicago: notices, U.S. Government bills of lading and tally-out, freight bill and arrival notice issued by War Relocation Authority to Atsushi Art Ishida when he moved in Chicago, Illinois 1945...