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Yoshito Fujii Papers, 1942-1945
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Fujii, Yoshito
- Title
- Yoshito Fujii Papers
- Dates
- 1942-1945 (inclusive)19421945
- Quantity
- approximately 1 cubic foot
- Collection Number
- 1582
- Summary
- Papers of a Japanese American businessman and civic leader who was removed from Seattle to the Minidoka Relocation Center in Idaho during World War II
- Repository
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University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
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Open to all users.
- Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was partially provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Yoshito Fujii was a Seattle Issei hotel owner and civic leader. During the incarceration experience, he played an important role in the organization of a viable community at the Minidoka Relocation Center in Hunt, Idaho. He served as chairman of the first Board of Directors there and was later chairman of the Community Council.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Scrapbook, compiled by Fujii, of minutes and memoranda relating to the Japanese community interned at Minidoka Relocation Center, Idaho, during World War II; together with his notes on the history of the Japanese in the Pacific Northwest.
Other Descriptive InformationReturn to Top
The papers of Harry R. Hatate (folders 2 & 3) also document the maintenance worker labor dispute at Minidoka (volume 3 below).
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
Organized into 2 accessions.
- Accession No. 1582-001, Yoshito Fujii papers, 1610-1930
- Accession No. 1582-002, Yoshito Fujii papers, 1942-1945
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Accession No. 1582-001: Yoshito Fujii papers, circa 1940?Return to Top
14 pages
Scope and Content: Notes on Japanese History in the Northwest, covering the period approximately 1610-1930. The notes are undated, but since the ending timeframe is the 1930s, it was probably written in the 1940s.
Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.
Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Accession No. 1582-002: Yoshito Fujii papers, 1942-1945Return to Top
1.5' linear
Scope and Content: The collection consists of a three-volume scrapbook that contains, among scores of items, minutes, memoranda, reports, and correspondence dating from 1942 to 1945.
Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.
Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Acquisition Info: Y. Fujii, Dec. 16, 1979.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
WRA Housing Division |
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| volume-page | Accession | ||
| I/5-6 | 1582-002 | Policy and Regulations |
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| I/7 | 1582-002 | Clearance Procedure |
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| I/8 | 1582-002 | Outside Visitors |
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| I/9 | 1582-002 | Adjustment Board |
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| I/11 | 1582-002 | Housing Census |
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| I/13-14 | 1582-002 | Adjustment |
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| I/16 | 1582-002 | Short Term Leaves |
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| I/17-18 | 1582-002 | Segregation and Adjustment |
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| I/19 | 1582-002 | Housing for Community Activities |
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| I/20-23 | 1582-002 | 2000 from the Tule Lake Camp |
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| I/25 | 1582-002 | List of Repatriates |
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| I/26 | 1582-002 | Sample of Case Workers' Reports |
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Consumers' Cooperative Enterprise |
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| volume-page | Accession | ||
| I/27 | 1582-002 | Minutes of Inter-Project Cooperative Conference
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| I/28-33 | 1582-002 | Inter-Project Communication Memos |
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| I/34 | 1582-002 | Balance Sheet of Consumer Enterprise, Topaz, Utah
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| I/35 | 1582-002 | Minidoka Consumers' Cooperative Membership Dues
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| I/36-37 | 1582-002 | Inter-Project Communication |
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| I/38-39 | 1582-002 | Letter to Mr. Gerald Richardson, Washington, D.C.
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| I/40 | 1582-002 | Federal & State Unemployment Tax |
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| I/41-42 | 1582-002 | Operating Agreement, Enterprise & WRA |
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| I/43 | 1582-002 | Articles of Incorporation of the Minidoka Consumers'
Cooperative |
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| I/48 | 1582-002 | Additional Shoe Ration Currency |
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| I/49 | 1582-002 | Administrative Instruction No. 28, Financial Condition
of Enterprise |
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| I/50-51 | 1582-002 | Letter from Otto Rossman, Sr. Advisor |
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| I/52 | 1582-002 | Fidelity National Bank's Letter |
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| I/53 | 1582-002 | Question on Employment Tax Liability |
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US Securities & Exchange Commission |
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| volume-page | Accession | ||
| I/54-56 | 1582-002 | Subject: Public Offering |
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| I/57 | 1582-002 | Reply |
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| I/58-59 | 1582-002 | Regional Office, Seattle, Wash. |
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| volume-page | Accession | ||
| I/60-62 | 1582-002 | Special License |
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| I/64-66 | 1582-002 | Operating Agreement |
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| I/67 | 1582-002 | Letter of Recommendation for Mr. Taikichi Fujihara
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| I/68-69 | 1582-002 | Administrative Instruction No. 94, Issuance of Work
Clothing |
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| I/70 | 1582-002 | Movies Showing |
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| I/71 | 1582-002 | Patronage Dividends |
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| I/72 | 1582-002 | Movies, Flowershop, Fish Store, and Newspaper
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| I/73 | 1582-002 | Inter-Project Consumers' Enterprise, Employment and
Its Rating - Charter |
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| I/74-87 | 1582-002 | Minutes of Federation of Business - Enterprise
Conference |
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| I/88 | 1582-002 | Montgomery Ward, Catalogs |
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| I/89-91 | 1582-002 | Administrative Notices |
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| I/92-93 | 1582-002 | Joint Meeting with the Administrative Staff Members
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| I/94 | 1582-002 | Membership - Stamp Tax |
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| I/95-96 | 1582-002 | License and Job Classification for
Laborers |
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| I/97-99 | 1582-002 | Petition from Barbers and Data |
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| I/100 | 1582-002 | Memo - Fish Supplies in the Diet |
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| I/101 | 1582-002 | Corporation License Tax |
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| I/102 | 1582-002 | Chicago Conference |
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| I/104-105 | 1582-002 | Inter-Office Memo |
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| I/106 | 1582-002 | Operating Statement |
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| I/107 | 1582-002 | Balance Sheet as of Dec. 31, 1943 |
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Community Government |
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| volume-page | Accession | ||
| I/108-111 | 1582-002 | Organization |
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| I/112 | 1582-002 | Election Rules for Community Council |
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| I/113 | 1582-002 | First Community Council |
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| I/114-116 | 1582-002 | Officers and Committee Members |
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| I/117-121 | 1582-002 | Minutes of the Community Council Meeting |
March 9, 1944 |
| I/121-122 | 1582-002 | Minutes of the Community Council Meeting |
March 14, 1944 |
| I/123-130 | 1582-002 | Joint Meeting of Community Council and Block
Commissioners |
March 21, 1944 |
| I/131-135 | 1582-002 | Minutes of the Community Council Meeting |
March 28, 1944 |
| I/136-138 | 1582-002 | Supplemental Reports |
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Minidoka Community Government |
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Minutes |
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| volume-page | Accession | ||
| II/3-7 | 1582-002 | Community Council Meeting |
April 4, 1944 |
| II/8-9 | 1582-002 | Community Council Meeting |
May 10, 1944 |
| II/10-16 | 1582-002 | Mediation Committee Meeting |
Jan. 7, 1944 |
| II/17-19 | 1582-002 | Block Delegates Meeting |
Jan 8, 1944 |
| II/20-21 | 1582-002 | Mediation Committee Meeting |
Jan. 9, 1944 |
| II/22-25 | 1582-002 | Joint Meeting of Mediation Committee and Sanitation
Representatives |
Jan. 10, 1944 |
| II/26-28 | 1582-002 | Joint Meeting of Boilermen, Janitors and
Janitoresses |
Jan. 10, 1944 |
| volume-page | Accession | ||
| II/29 | 1582-002 | Letter Addressed to Mr. Stafford, Project Director
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| II/30-37 | 1582-002 | Summaries of Our Observation on the Dispute Between
the Administration and Maintenance Workers |
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Agendas |
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| volume-page | Accession | ||
| II/38 | 1582-002 | Regular Monthly Joint Meeting with the Block
Commissioners |
May 16, 1944 |
| II/39 | 1582-002 | Special Community Council Meeting |
May 29, 1944 |
| II/40 | 1582-002 | Special Community Council Meeting |
June 6, 1944 |
| II/41 | 1582-002 | Special Joint Meeting with the Block Commissioners
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June 7, 1944 |
| II/42 | 1582-002 | Special Community Council Meeting |
June 14, 1944 |
| II/43 | 1582-002 | Regular Monthly Joint Meeting with the Block
Commissioners |
June 20, 1944 |
| II/44 | 1582-002 | Regular Monthly Joint Meeting with the Block
Commissioners |
June 18, 1944 |
Minutes |
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| volume-page | Accession | ||
| II/48-50 | 1582-002 | Special Joint Meeting of Community Council (Old
& New Members) |
Sept. 5, 1944 |
| II/51-52 | 1582-002 | Community Council Meeting |
Sept. 26, 1944 |
| II/53-56 | 1582-002 | Community Council Meeting |
Oct. 2, 1944 |
| II/57-58 | 1582-002 | Special Council Meeting |
Oct. 2, 1944 |
| II/61-62 | 1582-002 | Community Council Meeting |
Oct. 24, 1944 |
| II/63-64 | 1582-002 | Special Community Council Meeting |
Oct. 26, 1944 |
| II/65-67 | 1582-002 | Community Council Meeting |
Nov. 7, 1944 |
| II/68-69 | 1582-002 | Community Council Meeting |
Nov. 28, 1944 |
| II/70-71 | 1582-002 | Special Community Council Meeting |
Dec. 4, 1944 |
| II/72-73 | 1582-002 | Community Council Meeting |
Dec. 19, 1944 |
| II/74-75 | 1582-002 | Community Council Meeting |
Jan. 16, 1945 |
| II/76-80 | 1582-002 | Meeting of Community Council and the Block
Commissioners with Mr. S. T. Kimball |
Jan. 4, 1945 |
| II/81-86 | 1582-002 | The Japanese Translation of the Minutes Mentioned
Above |
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| volume-page | Accession | ||
| II/87-96 | 1582-002 | Summary of WRA Policies and Procedures for the Final
Phase of the Relocation Program |
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| II/97-124 | 1582-002 | Minutes of Meeting of the Community Council and the
Block Commissioners, with Mr. D. S. Myer, National Director |
Feb. 19, 1945 |
| II/125 | 1582-002 | Public Announcement Made by Mr. Dillon S. Myer,
National Director |
early 1945 |
| II/126-132 | 1582-002 | Report to Mr. Myer from Residents of Minidoka
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Feb.19, 1945 |
| II/133 | 1582-002 | Letter from Mr. Stafford to Community Council Chairman
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| II/134-135 | 1582-002 | Letter to Mr. Stafford from Stafford School PTA
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| II/143-144 | 1582-002 | Minutes of Joint Meeting of the Old and New Community
Council and the Block Commissioners |
Mar. 12, 1945 |
Supplementary Documents |
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| volume-page | Accession | ||
| III/2-32 | 1582-002 | Center Regulations |
July 10, 1942 |
Labor Dispute - Between Administration and Maintenance
Workers |
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| volume-page | Accession | ||
| III/34 | 1582-002 | Letter to Mr. Stafford, Proj. Director |
Jan. 7, 1944 |
| III/35-37 | 1582-002 | The Arbitration Committee's Observation and
Recommendations |
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| III/38 | 1582-002 | Memo to Janitorial Service Workers |
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| III/39 | 1582-002 | Copy of Teletype Message from Mr. Myer, WRA Wa
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| III/40 | 1582-002 | Letter from Mr. Stafford to Community Council
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| III/41 | 1582-002 | Recommendation from Council Mediation Committee
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| III/42 | 1582-002 | Letter from Mr. Stafford to Mr. Hatade [i.e.,
Hatate], Supervisor, and All Maintenance Employees |
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| III/43 | 1582-002 | Minutes of Mediation Committee Meeting |
Jan. 7, 1944 |
| III/44-49 | 1582-002 | Minutes of Joint Meeting with
Mr.Stafford |
Jan. 7, 1944 |
| III/50-52 | 1582-002 | Minutes of Block Delegates |
Jan. 8, 1944 |
| III/53 | 1582-002 | Minutes of Mediation Committee |
Jan. 9, 1944 (2:00 p.m.) |
| III/54 | 1582-002 | Minutes of Mediation Committee |
Jan. 9, 1944 (4:30 p.m.) |
| III/55-58 | 1582-002 | Minutes of Joint of Mediation Committee and
Sanitation Representatives |
Jan. 10, 1944 (10 a.m.) |
| III/59-61 | 1582-002 | Minutes of Joint Meeting of Boilermen, Janitors,
& Janitoresses |
Jan. 10, 1944 (3:00 p.m.) |
Labor Dispute - In the Construction of Project
Gymnasium |
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| volume-page | Accession | ||
| III/62 | 1582-002 | Memorandum from Mr. Stafford to Council Chairman
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| III/63 | 1582-002 | Memorandum to Mr. Rawlings, Ass. Proj. Director in
Charge of Operations |
Oct. 20, 1944 |
| III/64-67 | 1582-002 | Our Reply to Mr. Stafford |
Oct. 27, 1944 |
| III/68 | 1582-002 | Letter from Mr. Stafford |
Oct. 27, 1944 |
| III/69 | 1582-002 | Copy of Memo to Mr. Rawlings |
Oct. 25, 1944 |
| III/70-71 | 1582-002 | Copy of Letter from Mr. Plank, Sr. Engineer, to Mr.
Rawlings |
Oct. 26, 1944 |
| III/72 | 1582-002 | Copy of a Letter from Mr. Myer to Mr. Stafford
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Oct. 20, 1944 |
| III/73-76 | 1582-002 | Letter from Mr. Stafford to Community Council
Chairman |
Nov. 13, 1944 |
| III/77 | 1582-002 | Diagram of Relationship of All Concerned and Their
Responsibilities in Gym. Construction |
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| III/78 | 1582-002 | Notice of Meeting to Mr. Omura |
Nov. 13, 1944 |
| III/79 | 1582-002 | Japanese Recruiting Notice for Work Crew |
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| III/80 | 1582-002 | Copy of Teletype Message from Mr. Stafford to Mr.
Myer |
Nov. 15, 1944 |
| III/81 | 1582-002 | Signed Petition from Hunt High School Student
Council to Community Council Chairman |
Nov. 17, 1944 |
| III/82-83 | 1582-002 | Office Memorandum from Mr. Stafford to Community
Council Chairman |
Nov. 17, 1944 |
| III/84-86 | 1582-002 | Teletype to Mr. Myer, Wn. |
Nov. 20, 1944 |
| III/87-88 | 1582-002 | Letter from Mr. Stafford to Council Chairman
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Dec. 2, 1944 |
Closing Pickling Plants and Some Labor Problems
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| volume-page | Accession | ||
| III/89 | 1582-002 | Letter to Mr. Davidson, Ass. Proj. Director, in
Charge of Operation |
Mar. 11, 1944 |
| III/90-91 | 1582-002 | Letter from Mr. Miller, Acting Proj. Director, to
Council Chairman |
Mar. 14, 1944 |
| III/92-95 | 1582-002 | Minutes of Joint Meeting of the Pickling
Plantworkers and Representatives of the Farm Division |
Mar. 18, 1944 |
Suspension of the Community Activities Program
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| volume-page | Accession | ||
| III/96-98 | 1582-002 | Letter to Mr. Stafford |
Oct. 31, 1944 |
| III/99-100 | 1582-002 | Letter from Mr. Stafford to Council Chairman
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Nov. 10, 1944 |
Disbanding of the Emergency Crew Set-up |
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| volume-page | Accession | ||
| III/101 | 1582-002 | Letter from Mr. Stafford to Council Chairman
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Nov. 27, 1944 |
| III/102 | 1582-002 | Letter from Mr. Stafford to Council Chairman
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Nov. 29, 1944 |
| III/102-106 | 1582-002 | Letter from Mr. Stafford to Council Chairman
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Dec. 12, 1944 |
Coal Hauling Operation & Labor Problem |
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| volume-page | Accession | ||
| III/107 | 1582-002 | Letter from Mr. Stafford to Council Chairman
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Nov. 30, 1944 |
| III/108-109 | 1582-002 | Letter from Mr. Stafford to Council Chairman
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Dec. 7, 1944 |
| III/110 | 1582-002 | Copy of Memo to Mr. Gooding |
Dec. 6, 1944 |
| III/111 | 1582-002 | Memo from Mr. Barrett, Proj. Attorney |
Dec. 9, 1944 |
| volume-page | Accession | ||
| III/112-114 | 1582-002 | Special Report to Mr. Kimball, Community Org. Advisor
W.R.A. |
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Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Concentration camp inmates--Idaho--Hunt
- Concentration camps--Idaho--Hunt
- Concentration camps--Idaho--Hunt--Management
- Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
- Japanese Americans--Northwest, Pacific--History
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Idaho--Hunt
- World War, 1939-1945--Japanese Americans
Personal Names
- Fujii, Yoshito--Archives
- Myer, Dillon S. (Dillon Seymour), 1891-1982
Corporate Names
- Minidoka Relocation Center
Form or Genre Terms
- Scrapbooks
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)
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