oip_mss356.xml Guide to the Robert C. Sims Collection on Japanese Americans Sims (Robert C.) Collection on Japanese Americans Processed by Bethany Owens and Cheryl Oestreicher Boise State University Special Collections and Archives 2016

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2022-04-12. English Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. Boise State University Special Collections and Archives Robert C. Sims Collection on Minidoka and Japanese Americans MSS 356 39.5 linear feet 67 boxes, 1 oversize folder 1891-2014 The Robert C. Sims Papers contains material relating to his life-long research of Japanese Americans in World War II. This includes government reports and files, personal narratives and letters, interviews, articles and other media resources, books, photographs, and other materials. This collection also contains Sims' personal files, such as correspondence, speeches and presentations, published articles and reviews, and awards he received throughout his academic and personal career. English .

Robert (Bob) Sims taught at Boise State University for thirty years (20th Century U.S. History and American Ethnic Studies) and served as Dean of the College of Social Sciences and Public Affairs before retiring in 1999. Raised in Oklahoma, he received his Ph.D. in American History from the University of Colorado (1970) and was an NEH Fellow in Ethnic Studies at Columbia University (1977-78).

His career at Boise State was marked by his commitment to scholarship and to the support and encouragement of students, even as Professor Emeritus during his retirement. A colleague said of him, "He helped to shape the college and was an effective and compassionate leader. He also had a reputation as a tireless advocate for faculty in the college and was praised by students as a conscientious mentor."

Soon after his arrival at BSU, Bob discovered documents related to the World War II Minidoka Relocation Center for Japanese and Japanese Americans, located near Eden, Idaho. (Because the U.S. Post Office there was named Hunt, it became known as Hunt Camp.) This was the beginning of his life's work and passion: researching, documenting, writing and lecturing about life in the incarceration centers in general, but particularly Minidoka. He developed strong personal relationships with members of the Japanese American community throughout the Pacific Northwest, whose lives, experiences and stories touched him deeply.

Bob's prolific research and scholarship contributed to the establishment of the Minidoka Internment National Monument as a unit of the National Park Service Monument in 2001 (now Minidoka National Historic Site). He served as a key member and subject area expert for the National Park Service for over five years during the development of the Minidoka General Management Plan. He also served on the board of the Friends of Minidoka. In 2011 Bob received a National Park Service "Partnership Excellence Award" for his work as a founding member of the Minidoka Civil Liberties Symposium. This annual event, which offers college and continuing education credits, focuses on current issues regarding civil liberties and constitutional rights and is a part of the Site's educational program

For over 40 years, he traveled throughout Idaho and the Northwest speaking at conferences and to groups large and small about the Japanese American experience during World War II. He covered topics as varied as medical care, governance, education, art, the response of local communities, the bitter ironies of U.S. military service of internees, loyalty requirements, as well as the businesses, careers, and homes that were left behind during incarceration. He became the historian for all matters relating to Minidoka. Bob's style of blending personal stories and scholarly presentations brought this unique American story to life and connected it to current events.

Additionally, Bob served on the Idaho Humanities Council (IHC) for four years and participated in many projects funded by the NEH and the IHC. In 2004 he received the Outstanding Achievement in the Humanities award, given annually by the IHC. Other recognitions include the Idaho Historical Society's Esto Perpetua award for contributions in preserving Idaho's history (2009), and the Boise City Department of Arts and History honor for Contributions to History Education (2009).

Bob died in May 2015. It is the wish of his family that his writings and research will serve to continue his commitment to social justice and the public good.

[Biography written by Betty and Sarah Sims.]

Collection is available for research.

Donated by Betty Sims in 2015.

[item description], Robert Sims Collection on Minidoka and Japanese Americans, Box [number] Folder [number], Boise State University Special Collections and Archives.

The Robert C. Sims Papers contains material relating to his life-long research of Japanese Americans in World War II. This includes government reports and files, personal narratives and letters, interviews, articles and other media resources, books, photographs, and other materials. This collection also contains Sims' personal files, such as correspondence, speeches and presentations, published articles and reviews, and awards he received throughout his academic and personal career.

Minidoka Relocation Center Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 Governors Minidoka Relocation Center 1941-2014

Contains files relating to Idaho, Minidoka Relocation Center, and surrounding areas, including. It contains documents relating to the creation and building of the center.

Beginning and Histories 1 1891-2010

Contains histories of the surrounding areas, mainly written by individuals who were at the camp or remember it. Also included are reports on the camp's construction and completion.

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Beginning and Histories of Minidoka Relocation Center 1 1-20 Articles 1940s 66 Articles 1975-2010 66 Articles 2001-2009 English. 67 Photos, Diagrams, and Maps 2 1942-2001

Photos of Minidoka Relocation Camp and the Minidoka International Monument. The photos are primarily from the 1943 Minidoka Interlude and a presentation about the Minidoka Relocation Camp and the Puyallup Assembly Center (Camp Harmony). Also includes personal photos of Sims of the Minidoka National Monument site and surrounding areas (1970s-2000s).

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Introduction to "The Fence at Minidoka" 1972 1 21 Photos: Minidoka and Puyallup (many from the Minidoka Interlude) 1 22 Photos: Minidoka and Puyallup undated 2 1-2 Norakuro Band undated 2 3 Photos: Minidoka undated 2 4-18 Diagrams and Maps undated 2 19-24 Minidoka Internment National Monument Archaeological Base Map, National Park Service 2001 12 County and Plat Maps 12 Maps 66 Diagrams and Maps 67 Military and FBI Reports 3 1942-1945

Files on draftees and selective service, volunteers, and the Minidoka Parent-Soldier Association. FBI reports on suspected subversive activities and investigations within the camps. Note: see 'Administration and Reports' for additional military reports.

Military and FBI Reports 1942-1945 3 1-17 Articles 2000-2010 66 Administration and Reports 4 1942-1945

Reports, memos, and correspondence of the Administration Management division as well as financial information, bulletins, a directory, and general reports from the many branches of the Minidoka self-government. This includes Maintenance, Arbitration committee, Community Analysis, Reports Division, Relocation, Internal Security, Family Health and Welfare, and Community Management. There are also weekly, monthly, and quarterly from the Project Director.

Bulletins, Memos, Reports 1942-1945 3 18-33 Weekly, Monthly, and Quarterly Reports 1942-1945 4 1-19 General Reports, Arbitration Committee, and Community Analysis 1942-1945 5 1-14 General Reports, Family Health and Welfare, Expatriation and Repatriation, and Legal Services 1942-1945 6 1-31 Legal Services, Business Enterprise, Consumers Co-op 1942-1945 7 1-15 Community 5 1942-1945, 2003-2014

Community and club activities, social gatherings and interactions, councils and committees, Block Manager meetings, and bulletins. Includes art and poetry, health, community conflicts and solutions, and religion.

"Minidoka: An Analysis of Changing Patterns of Social Interaction" 1949 7 16-18 Community Analysis, Community Services, and Community Advisory Council 1942-1945 7 19-27 Self-Government, Community Government, Clubs and Activities, Bulletins, Religion 1942-1945 8 1-25 George Nakashima, Art, Poetry, Religion 1942-1945 9 1-24 Minidoka Irrigator and Interlude 6 1942-1945, 1971

Copies of the Minidoka Irrigator and Interlude as well as other media. Note: most articles on Minidoka are in the Series 2, Subject Files: Subseries 11, Articles.

Minidoka Irrigator and Minidoka Interlude 1945-1945 9 25-29 Minidoka Irrigator and Minidoka Interlude 1942-1945, 1971 10 1-4 Ted Matsuda, Minidoka Diary (reprinted in Twin Falls Times News) 10 5 Personal Narratives, Letters, and Diaries 7 1932-1950, 1976-2003

Narratives from residents and staff of the relocation center. Also has letters and diaries from internees and excerpts from their arrival at Minidoka.

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Project Directors Narratives, including W.E. Rawlings 10 6-9 Letters from Resettlers 10 10-15 Kamekichi Tokita Diary 10 16-18 Oral Histories/Interviews with: John Tateishi, Miki Uchida, Mary Fujii Henshall, Laura Maeda, Yamato Ichihashi, Lonny Kaneko, Nakano Family/Heyburn, Sat Ichikawa, George Townsend 11 1-9 Quotes, Stories, Correspondence 11 10-18 Education 8 1942-1947, 1991, 2003-2004

Materials about education at Minidoka, including reports on activities, personal narratives, letters to teachers, student papers, and community involvement. Many are files from Arthur Kleinkopf, Superintendent of Education at the Minidoka Relocation Center, and Jerome T. Light, Principle of the Minidoka Junior/Senior High Schools. Kleinkopf kept and published a diary of his time at Minidoka, and Jerome T. Light wrote his dissertation for a Doctorate in Education on the Junior/Senior High Schools at Minidoka. Note: There is an interview with Arthur Kleinkopf in the Box 45, Folder 12.

Teachers, Operations, Curriculum, Library, Nursery School 11 19-41 Student Papers 11 42-43 Student Papers 12 1-9 Adult Education, Vocational Education 12 10-22 Diary, Arthur Kleinkopf, Superintendent of Education 12 23-24 Dissertation, Jerome Light, "The Development of a Junior-Senior High School Program in a Relocation Center for People of Japanese Ancestry During the War with Japan" 12 25-26 Dissertation, Jerome Light, "The Development of a Junior-Senior High School Program in a Relocation Center for People of Japanese Ancestry During the War with Japan" 13 1-7 Dissertation, Jerome Light, "The Development of a Junior-Senior High School Program in a Relocation Center for People of Japanese Ancestry During the War with Japan" 14 1-4 Labor 9 1942-1944

Reports, memos, letters, and surveys on disputes, work conflicts, labor progression, and agricultural yields.

Employees, Pay Distribution, Salaries, Age Distribution 14 5-10 Boilermens Dispute, Pickling Plant Conflict, Coal Strike, Mail Strike, Warehouse Conflict, Labor Problems 14 11-25 Consumers Cooperative, Planting and Crops, Agriculture, Farming 14 26-32 15 1-2 Resettlement and Camp Closure 10 1943-1947

Materials on internees who received permanent leave to do farm work and other labor, the announcement of the official decision to close the relocation centers and send internees back, the establishment of and daily workings in the Relocation Advisory Council and Relocation Division, and reports on relocation and resettlement. There are also WRA Final Accountability Reports and Records Surplus Data Files.

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Plans, Legislation, Meetings, Hearings 15 3-8 Relocation Advisory Council, Relocation Guidance Council 15 9-11 Relocation Division, Resettlement 15 12-18 Closure, Leaves, Final Reports 15 19-31 The War Relocation Authority (WRA) Final Accountability Roster of the Minidoka Relocation Center 15 32-34 The War Relocation Authority (WRA) Final Accountability Roster of the Minidoka Relocation Center 16 1-3 Minidoka Surplus Data Files 16 4-7 Selling the Land of the Minidoka Relocation Center 16 8 Minidoka International Monument 11 1979-2008

Nomination to include Minidoka on the Historical Places Register, particularly files on preserving internment camps from the National Park Service. There are pamphlets, fliers, articles, and the congressional recording of the 1979 dedication; the in-house draft of the General Management Plan (GMP) and Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) from 2005-2006 with a summary of public comment; and. Also included are pamphlets and brochures for the site and information on surviving Minidoka barracks.

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Quotes from Internees, Dedication Ceremonies (including Frank Church speech), Articles, Official Proclamations, National Park Service 16 9-19 Articles, Minidoka Historic Site and Monument 1979-2007 66 National Park Service Reports 17 1-3 Jeffrey Burton and Mary Farrell, "This is Minidoka: An Archaeological Survey of Minidoka Internment National Monument, Idaho" 2001 17 4 Neil King, "Seeking Understanding Through Our Legacy" 2002 17 5 Pilgrimage, Bill Vaughn Presentation 2003-2005 17 6-7 National Park Service Reports: Archaeology, Annotated Bibliography, Draft General Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement, Public Comment 2004-2005 17 8-14 National Park Service Reports: Archaeology, Annotated Bibliography, Draft General Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement, Public Comment 2004-2005 18 1-8 Letters to the Editor 2001 18 9 National Park Service Minidoka Internment National Monument, Planning 2003 67 National Park Service Minidoka Internment National Monument, Wayside Exhibit Concept Plan 2008 67 Minidoka National Historic Site Information Packet 18 10 Pamphlets and Brochures 18 11 Japanese American National Heritage Coalition (Gerald Yamada) 18 12 Neil King 18 13 Idaho Farm and Ranch Museum (Hunt Barracks) 18 14 National Park Service Minidoka Relocation Center Surviving Barracks Research Project 18 15 Subject Files 2 Civilian Assembly and Relocation Centers and Memorials 1 1941-1948, 1973-2014

Contains general information on life inside the relocation centers and internment camps, including Arizona camps, Bainbridge Island Japanese American Memorial, Potsun (Colorado River) Relocation Center, Gila River, Puyallup (Camp Harmony), Hawaiian camps, Heart Mountain, Hood River, Kooskia, Manzanar, Missoula, Pomona, Rowher, Santa Fe and Lordsburg, Tule Lake, and Central Utah (Topaz).

Arizona Camps 18 16 Bainbridge Island 18 17-19 Bainbridge Island 19 1-3 Colorado River Relocation Center 19 4 Gila River Relocation Center 19 5 Camp Harmony, Puyallup Assembly Center 19 6-11 Hawaii 19 12-14 Heart Mountain, Wyoming 19 15-18 Hood River 19 19-20 Hood River 20 1 Kooskia Interment Camp 20 2 Manzanar 20 3-4 Missoula 20 5 Pomona Assembly Center 20 6 Puyallup and Minidoka 20 7 Rowler Art 20 8 Santa Fe 20 9-11 Tule Lake 20 12-17 Topaz, Utah 20 13-21 Camps and Centers 20 22-38 Writings and Scholarship about Camps and Internment 21 1-26 Writings and Scholarship about Camps and Internment 22 1-4 Articles, Internment 1988-2007 66 Articles: Bainbridge Island, Heart Mountain, Manzanar, Gila River, Tuna Canyon, Tanforan 1989-2014 English. 66 Photos and Slides 2 1916-1951,1988-2006

Photos, negatives, and slides on Japanese Americans in the military, in daily and community life, and art (most are copies or reproductions).

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Early Issei and Nisei 1915-1922 22 5-6 Coyote Club 1941 22 7 Copies of Photos in Ron James' Presentation on Pocatello-Blackfoot Nikkei Community 22 8 Copies 22 9 Idaho 22 10 Boise Japanese Photos in the Sigler Collection 22 11 World War II Japanese Americans 1943 22 12 From Masa 22 13 Brooks Andrews, Blue Bus 22 14 Japanese Americans in Oregon, World War II 22 15 Issei Citizenship Banquet (?) 22 16 War Relocation Authority (Resettlement) 22 17 Japanese Choiristers 22 18 On Stage at Japanese Hall, Pocatello 1950s 22 19 Manzanar Relocation Center 22 20 Scrapbook 1940s 22 21 Military 22 22 Yalta Conference, Franklin D. Roosevelt, National Japanese American Historical Society Calendars, Watanabe, Mary Yoden needlework, Japanese graves in Pocatello Cemetery, Teresa Tamura 23 1 Copies 23 2 Roger Shimomura Art in the Camps, Dr. Seuss Cartoons during World War II 23 3 Japanese Americans in Idaho 23 4 Slides 23 5-7 Slides 24 1-4 Johnson and Son of Minidoka 24 5 Francis Stewart 24 6 Russell Lee 24 7 War Relocation Authority Photos of Japanese American Evacuation and Resettlement 24 8-9 Japanese Float in 4th of July Parade, Boise 1919 67 Photocopied photos from U.S. Office of War Information 1944 67 Resources, Census Data and Guides 3 1850-2001

Some statistics on Japanese Americans but mostly U.S Census data between 1850-1990. Also contains guides to online resources such as the Farm Security Administration photos of Idaho, the Online Archive of California (OAC) guide to the Japanese American Evacuation and Resettlement Records (JERS), and files on locating resources on the Japanese and Japanese Americans.

Census Data 24 10-15 Chronology and Camp Statistics 24 16 Guide to the Farm Security Administration 24 17 NARA Photo Inventory 25 1 Resources on Asian Pacific American Artists at the Archives of American Art 25 2 Papers of the U.S. Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians 25 3 Online Archive California 25 4-9 Japanese American Evacuation and Resettlement Catalog of Material in the General Library 25 10-11 Bibliographies, Directories, and Materials at Libraries and Museums 26 1-14 Prewar and Immigration 4 1863, 1891-1946, 1977-1985, 2000-2005

Contains letters, reports, publications, and other writings on business, labor, problems with the Japanese, and society and culture.

Harper's Magazine, "Pictures of the Japanese" 1863 26 15 Report of the Japanese Consul at San Francisco Regarding Idaho 1891-1894 26 16 Letter from Governor Willey Re: Smallpox Scare 1892 26 17 Expulsion of Japanese Workers from Idaho 1892 26 18 Chronology of Japanese American History 26 19 "Japanese in Business in Idaho," Immigration Commission Report 1911 26 20 Japanese American Prisoners at State Penitentiary 1912 26 21 Henry Ricks and Edward Levine 1917-1922 26 22 Idaho Documents 26 23 Report on the Japanese Situation in Oregon 1920 26 24 "Shall Japanese Americans be Treated with Fairness and Justice or Not?" 1921 26 25 "Social Life of Japanese in America" (excerpt of dissertation) 1927 26 26 Japanese Associations 26 27 Fujita, "The Japanese Associations in America" 1929 26 28 Hawaii Japanese Associations 26 29 V. Matsumoto, "Japanese American Women and the Creation of Urban Nisei Culture in the 1930s" 26 30 J.A. Rademaker, "The Japanese in the Social Organization of the Puget Sound Region" 1934 26 31 "Anti-Japanese Sentiment in the Pacific Northwest 1937-1941 27 1 FSA Photographs, Great Depression, Idaho (descriptions only) 27 2 Japanese American Courier 1940 27 3 Portland's Japantown 1940 27 4 Alaska Material from CWRIR Records 27 5 Iwasaki Diary 27 6 Carol Zabilski, "Dr. Kyo Koike, 1989-1947" 1977 27 7 "The Anti-Japanese Crusade in Arizona's Salt River Valley" 1934-1935 27 8 "An Early Account of Japanese Life in the Pacific Northwest" 1979 27 9 R. Daniels, "Japanese America, 1930-1941" 1985 27 10 Y. Ichioka, "James Sakamoto and the Japanese American Courier, 1928-1942" 27 11 "Baseball and Seattle's Japanese American Courier League, 1928-1941" 27 12 "Problem of Biculturalism: Japanese American Identity and Festival Before World War II" 2000 27 13 B. Cannon, "Water and Economic Opportunity: Homesteaders, Speculators, and the U.S. Reclamation Service, 1904-1924" 2002 27 14 David Yoo, "IQ, Japanese Americans, and the Model Minority Myth in the 20s and 30s" 2003 27 15 "Ousting Japanese Language Schools: Americanization and Cultural Maintenance in Washington State, 1919-1927" 2003 27 16 "Good American Subjects Done Through Japanese Eyes: Race, Nationality, and the Seattle Cambia Club, 1924-1929" 2003 27 17 Translations 27 18 U.S. Department of State, "Japanese Emigration and Immigration to American Territory" 1909 27 19 Herbert H. Gowen, "The Problem of Oriental Immigration in the State of Washington" 27 20 "Japanese Immigration" 1919 27 21 Idaho Legislature Special Session 1938 27 22 Dual Citizenship 27 23 David Glaser, "Migration in Idaho's History" 1967 27 24 Roger Daniels, "American Historians and East Asian Immigrants" 1974 27 25 Roger Daniels, "Racism and Immigration Restriction" 27 26 "Japanese in Utah" 27 27 "The Angel Island Immigration Station" 27 28 "Asian Immigrants - Adjustment and Integration" 27 29 "Problems and Service Needs of Asian Americans in Chicago: An Empirical Study" 27 30 Philip Notarianni, "Utah's Ellis Island: The Difficult 'Americanization' of Carbon County" 1979 27 31 Yuji Ichioka, "Japanese Immigrant Women in the United States" 1980 27 32 Yuzo Murayama, "The Economic History of Japanese Immigration to the Pacific Northwest, 1890-1920" 27 33 Yuzo Murayama, "The Economic History of Japanese Immigration to the Pacific Northwest, 1890-1920" 28 1-2 "Issei: Portrait of a Pioneer" 28 3 Walz, "Japanese Settlement in the Intermountain West, 1882-1946" 2001 28 4 Early Japanese Immigration 28 5 Encyclopedia Brittanica Article on "Aliens" 28 6 "East to America" (excerpt) 28 7 Japanese Immigration and Japanese-U.S. Relations 28 8 Prewar Articles 28 9 Labor 5 1919, 1942-2009

Articles, government reports, and documents about Japanese Americans buying land, farm labor, labor shortages, farm laborers from war relocation camps, modern farm laborers and prisoners of war, and Japanese American railroad workers.

Industrial Commission Report on Alien Labor 1901 28 10 Farming, Agriculture, Sugar Beets, Property Ownership, Union 28 11-30 Farming, Agriculture, Sugar Beets, Property Ownership, Union 29 1-9 Railroad Labor 29 10-11 Anderson Ranch Dam 1944 29 12 "The Tsukamotos: From Labor to Prosperity" 29 13 Thesis on Japanese Americans in the Eastern Oregon Malheur County 29 14 Attitudes Toward Japanese and Japanese Americans 6 1910, 1942-1946, 1963-1981, 1990-2010

Contains letters, publications, reports, and papers on attitudes toward the Japanese and Japanese Americans from pre-World War II to post-war America. Also includes a radio address with Governor Clark of Idaho over the Japanese Americans in Idaho.

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Patty Limerick, "Disorientation and Reorientation: The American Landscape Discovered from the West" 29 15 Robert O'Brien, "Selective Dispersion as a Factor in the Solution of the Nisei Problem" 1944 29 16 Asiatic Exclusion League, "The White Man: For Racial Segregation and International Equity" 1910 29 17 Surveys of Public Opinions in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Utah 29 18-22 American Legion Magazine, "Japs in Our Yard" 1943 29 23 Radio Address of Governor Clark about the Japanese in Idaho 1942 29 24 The Commonweal, "The Japanese" 29 25 Saburo Kido Letter Re: Attitude of Hawaiian Soldiers Toward Mainland Nisei 1944 29 26 "Ganging Up on the Japanese Americans" 1944 29 27 G. Nettler, "Relationship Between Attitude and Information Concerning the Japanese in America" 1945 29 28 Rostow, "Our Worst Wartime Mistake" 29 29 J.J.B. Morgan, "Attitudes of Students Toward the Japanese" 1945 29 30 WRA Community Analysis Report, "Exploratory Survey of California Attitudes Toward the Return of the Japanese" 1945 30 1 "Report on Conditions in Yuba and Sutter Counties" 30 2 "Reception of the American Japanese in Southern California" 30 3 Tolbert Kennedy, "Racial Tensions Among Japanese in the Intermountain Northwest" 1946 30 4 Nettler and Golding, "The Measurement of Attitudes Toward the Japanese in America 1946 30 5 "The Plight of Japanese Americans During World War II" 30 6 Sister Joan Mary Lipscomb, "Public Opinion in Idaho Toward the Minidoka Relocation Center for Japanese Evacuees in World War II" 1965 30 7 Daniels, "The Western Reaction to the Relocated Japanese Americans: The Case of Wyoming" 1971 30 8 Droker, "Seattle Race Relations During the Second World War" 1976 30 9 Asian Images in American Film 30 10 Richard Minear, "Cross-Cultural Perception and World War II, American Japanists of the 1940s and Their Image of Japan" 1980 30 11 "Montana's Treatment of Japanese Americans During World War II" 1981 30 12 Anti-Japanese Letters 1990 30 13 Japanese Americans and American Racism 1995 30 14 Daniels, "Incarceration of the Japanese Americans: A Sixty-Year Perspective" 2002 30 15 Japanese and American Propaganda in World War II 2010 30 16 Pat Frayne, Report on Information Program 30 17 Flier, Protesting Return 30 18 "Japan Bashing" 30 19 Evacuation and Resettlement 7 1941-1947, 1959, 1969-2004

Includes letters and reports about resettlement and the adjustment of the Japanese Americans after the war ended; the evacuation of the Japanese Americans to the Assembly and Relocation Centers beginning in 1942; and relocation and resettlement including indefinite leave for farm labor and the revocation of E.O. 9066 at the end of 1944.

Evacuation: Alaska, Canada, Washington, Utah 30 20-25 Japanese Population in Western Defense Command Area 1942 30 26 Conference on Evacuation of Enemy Aliens (Salt Lake City) 1942 30 27 Letter from Commandant 13th Naval District on Bainbridge Japanese 1942 30 28 Charles Iglehart, "Citizens Behind Barbed Wire" 1942 30 29 National Defense Migration Report 1942 30 30-31 Final Report: Japanese Evacuation from the West Coast from the Headquarters Western Defense Command and Fourth Army 1942 30 32 Evacuation and Relocation 30 33-37 WRA, "Wartime Exile: The Exclusion of the Japanese Americans from the West Coast" 1946 31 1 WRA, "The Relocation Program" 1946 31 2 "The Wartime Handling of Evacuee Property" 1946 31 3 "Effects of Evacuation on Japanese American Youth" 1947 31 4 Articles and Reports, Evacuation and Relocation 31 5-19 Resettlement and Relocation 31 20-24 Reports: WRA, Relocation Planning Office 1944-1945 31 25-36 Resettlement: Children, Boise Valley, Snake River Valley, Seattle, Chicago 31 37-41 Resettlement: Los Angeles, Seattle, Chicago, Midwest, Washington, Intermountain, Philadelphia, California, Employment, Families 32 1-16 Japanese American Community 8 1941-2006

Includes material on the everyday life of the Japanese Americans both during and after WWII, such as Japanese characteristics and language, religion, culture, assimilation, education, psychology, media, art, as well as how Japanese Americans impacted American society.

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Articles, Japanese Americans 1932-1941 66 Blayney Matthews, "The Specter of Sabotage" 1941 32 17 "How to Tell Japanese from Chinese" 32 18 Language, World War II Glossary 32 19 Distinguishing Between Japanese and Chinese 1942 32 20 "Dealing with Japanese Americans" 1943 32 21 B. Stevens, "The Japanese Americans in Oregon" 1945 32 22 Ina Sugihara, "I Don't Want to Go Back" 1945 32 23 Forrest E. LaViolette, "Americans of Japanese Ancestry" 1945 32 24 Robert Francis Spencer, "Japanese Buddhism in the United States, 1940-1946: A Study in Acculturation" 1947 32 25-27 Dorothy S. Thomas, "Some Social Aspects of Japanese American Demography" 1950 33 1 "Education in Assimilation of Japanese: A Study in the Houston Area of Texas" 1952 33 2 "Current Leadership Problems Among Japanese Americans" 1953 33 3 Caudill and De Vos, "Achievement, Culture and Personality: The Case of Japanese Americans" 1956 33 4 Mamoru Iga, "The Japanese Social Structure and the Source of Mental Strains of Japanese Immigrants in the United States" 1957 33 5 Miyamoto, "The Japanese Minority in the Pacific Northwest" 1963 33 6 "Growth and Distribution of Minority Races in Seattle, WA" 1964 33 7 "America's Other Racial Minority" 1966 33 8 "The Japanese American Family: A Perspective for Future Investigations" 1968 33 9 "The Culturally Advantaged: A Study of Japanese American Pupils" 1971 33 10 "Mutual Perceptions of Racial Images: White, Black, and Japanese Americans" 1971 33 11 "Class or Ethnic Solidarity: The Japanese American Company Union" 1971 33 12 "Asian-Americans: A Success Story?" 1973 33 13 John W. Connor, "Joge Kankei: A Key Concept for an Understanding of Japanese American Achievement" 33 14 KAID, "A Tragic Past" 1974 33 15 Harry H.L. Kitano, "Japanese Americans: The Development of a Middleman Minority" 1974 33 16 Script for KAID Production 1974 33 17 Tom Owan, "Asian-Americans: A Case of Benighted Neglect" 1975 33 18 "How Children's Books Distort the Asian-American Image Bridge: An Asian-American Perspective" 1976 33 19 George Sugasawara Photo Essay, "Growing Up Japanese American" 1976 33 20 Amy Iwasaki Mass, "Asians as Individuals: The Japanese Community" 1976 33 21 Raymond Okamura, "Revisions in Japanese-American History: A Review of Books Published in 1976" 1977 33 22 Leonetti, "The Japanese American Community Study" 1977 33 23 Mears, "Resident Orientals" 1978 33 24 "Psychoanalysis and Follow-up: The Personal and Cultural Meaning of the Experience of a Nisei in Treatment" 1980 33 25 "Japanese American Communities in Chicago and the Twin Cities" 1980 33 26 Stephen Shanesy, "Wood with a Soul" (George Nakashima) 1981 33 27 N. Tsuchida, "Asian and Pacific American Experiences: Women's Perspective" 1982 33 28 "Exogamy and Change in the Biosocial Structure of a Modern Urban Population" (Seattle) 1982 33 29 "Japanese American Response to Psychological Disorder" 1984 33 30 "The Japanese American Experience: An Approach Through Psychoanalysis and Follow-up" 1986 33 31 "Margaret Mead and Behavioral Scientists in World War II" 1987 33 32 "Identificational Assimilation of Japanese Americans: A Reassessment of Primordialism and Circumstantialism" 1992 33 33 "Surviving Democracy's 'Mistake': Japanese Americans and the Enduring Legacy of Executive Order 9066" 1993 33 34 Japanese Americans in Japan during World War II 33 35 "Alaska at War, 1941-1945" 1995 33 36 "Dr. Seuss Goes to War" 1999 33 37 Munio Makuuchi 2000 34 1 Rita Takahashi, "The Nikkei Experience in the Pacific Northwest" 2000 34 2 Caroline C. Simpson, "An Absent Presence: Japanese Americans in Post-war American Culture, 1945-1960" 2002 34 3 "'Patriotic Drunk': To be Yellow, Brave, and Disappeared" 2003 34 4 Japanese American Women and Religion 2003 34 5 Samantha Marshall play, "Nisei" 2006 34 6 Comments Excerpts on Books with exhibits at Japanese-American National Museum 34 7 Literary History of the American West, Asian-American Literary Traditions 34 8 Art, Allen Eaton 34 9-10 Japanese American Students and Education 9 1943-1944, 1969, 1985-2001

Files about the impact the war had on students and teachers, relocation of college-age nisei to universities, and students awarded degrees many years after the war ended. Also includes lesson plans on how to bring the Japanese American experience into the classroom.

Eunice Glenn, "Education Behind Barbed Wire" 1944 34 11 William Zeller, "An Educational Drama: The Educational Program Provided the Japanese-Americans During the Relocation Period, 1942-1945" 1969 34 12 Yanato Ichinashi, "We Almost Wept" 1996 34 13 Thomas James, "College Nisei" 1985 34 14 College Nisei Statistics 34 15 "Japanese Students Reunited After Wartime Separation" 1986 34 16 Lane Ryo Hirabayashi, "The Impact of Incarceration on the Education of Nisei Schoolchildren" 1986 34 17 Berkeley Graduation Ceremony for 1942 Graduates 1992 34 18 "Asian-Americans in Washington State" 1998 34 19 G. Okihiro, "Storied Lives: Japanese-American Students and World War II" 1999 34 20 Takuji Yamashita, First Nikkei Graduate of UW Law School 1999-2000 34 21 Allan Austin, "From Concentration Camps to Campus: A History of the National Japanese-American Student Relocation Council" 2001 34 22-23 Allan Austin, "From Concentration Camps to Campus: A History of the National Japanese-American Student Relocation Council" 2001 35 1 "Japanese American Students at the University of Nebraska" 2002 35 2 Japanese American Student Relocation in World War II (Stanford) 2003 35 3 University of Washington Articles 2005-2006 35 4-5 Oregon "Honorary Degrees" Bill 2007 35 6 Oberlin College's Japanese American Students, Evacuation, and Education 2013 35 7 College of Idaho 35 8 Teachers' Workshop 1942 35 9 V. Matsumoto, "Putting the Camps into UCLA's Curriculum" 1993 35 10 "Us and Them," Teaching Tolerance Curriculum Kit 1995 35 11 "Teaching Japanese American Incarceration" 2004 35 12 JACL, "What it Means to be an American: Lesson Plans on Race and the Media in Times of Crisis" 2004 35 13 Bainbridge Curriculum Controversy 2004-2005 35 14 Asian-American Curriculum Project List of Books 2007 35 15 Jerome T. Light, "Working for a Better World" for the Teaching American History Program" 2011 35 16 Estelle Ishigo, Jarda Lesson Plan 35 17 Military Service, POWs, and Counter-Intelligence 10 1899-1934, 1941-1983, 2001-2011

Material about the 442nd Regiment, Japanese Inductees and evasion cases, draftees, both American POWs and Japanese POWs, as well as Japanese American Medal of Honor recipients. Also a few pre-war Japanese reports and correspondence on American intelligence on subversive activities.

442nd Combat Team circa 1945 35 18 442nd Infantry and Combat Team 2003-2011 35 19-22 Memorandum on Summary of West Coast and Honolulu Reports 1941 35 23 Regarding Furloughs to Soldiers of Japanese Ancestry 1942 35 24 CWRIC, Japanese Inductees 1943 35 25 Carey McWilliams, "Strange Homecoming" 1944 35 26 "Draft Evasion Cases," Idaho Statesman 1944 35 27 Roger Baldwin, "The Japanese Americans in Wartime" 1944 36 1 "19 Days: From the Apennines to the Alps," 5th Army Campaign 1945 36 2 "Tributes to Japanese American Military Service in World War II" 1963 36 3 Steson Conn, "Guarding the United States and Its Outposts" 1964 36 4 C. Lindbergh, "Attitudes Toward Japanese Soldiers" 1970 36 5 Allan Beekman, "The Niihau Incident" 1982 36 6 Navy V-12 Program 1987 36 7 Japanese American Women in the Military During World War II 2003 36 8 "Japanese Americans and the U.S. Army" 2003 36 9 IPBS Notes on "Camps and Combat" 2010 36 10 Nisei in the Military 36 11 Military Service 36 12-13 Wake Island, Prisoners, Morrison-Knudsen 1942 36 14-16 Wake Island 1975-1983 36 17-18 Japanese Prisoners of War 1983-2001 36 19-24 Bendetsen Correspondence 1981 36 25 William Kenzo Nakumara, James K. Okubo 2005 36 26-28 Meiji Document on Idaho 1899-1900 36 29 Pre-World War II Correspondence between Japanese Americans and Japanese Consul 1910 36 30 Bonner Fellers, "Psychology of the Japanese Soldier" 1934 36 31 Evacuation of Atka and Pribilof, Alaska 1942 37 1 Military Intelligence Service Language School 1942 37 2 Suspected Subversive Activities of Japanese American Evacuees 1942-1942 37 3 Bill Hosokawa 1942-1944 37 4 Tokyo Rose 1976 37 5 "The Search for Spies: American Counterintelligence and the Japanese American Community, 1931-1942" 1979 37 6 Herzig, "Japanese Americans and Magin" 1984 37 7 Fiset, "U.S. Censorship of Enemy Alien Mail in World War II" 2001 37 8 A. Austin, "Loyalty and Concentration Camps in America: The Japanese-American Precedent and the Internal Security Act of 1950" 2001 37 9 Articles 11 1928-2012

Includes newspaper articles on topics throughout the collection. Note: articles are mostly by date or source, not subject.

Japanese American Courier 1928-1939 37 10-12 Law and Redress 1982-1990 66 Minidoka, Japanese in Idaho 1941-1945, 1975-2010 37 13-17 Other Internment Camps 1943, 1976-2011 37 18 Twin Falls Times-News 1942, 2000-2012 37 19-25 Claric Response to April 1942 S.L.C. Meeting 1942 37 26 Dick d'Easum Article 1942 37 27 The Rupert Laborer 1942 37 28 National Geographic, "Wartime in the Pacific Northwest" 1942 37 29 West Coast Press Clippings 1944-1945 37 30 Idaho Statesman 1944 37 31 Christian Century, "Slow Justice" 1948 37 32 Pacific Citizen Stories on Eastern Idaho Nikkei Communities 1957 37 33 "Closing the Books" 1965 38 1 "The 'Quiet Minority'" 1972 38 2 "Evacuation: A Candid View" (a positive view) 1975 38 3 New York Times, "Mental Ills Hidden by Japanese of U.S." 1978 38 4 Oregonian, "Free Zone Nikkei" 1992 38 5 Northwest Asian Weekly, Aleut Internment 1994 38 6 Seattle Times, Ontario 2000 38 7 Letters Relating to Sun Valley Presentation 2001 38 8 Tayori (Nikkei concerns newsletter) 2002 38 9 Portland 2002 38 10 Smithsonian Exhibit 2002 38 11 "In Time of War" Screenplay on 442nd 2002 38 12 Nakashima Exhibit at Japanese American National Museum 2004 38 13 Hawaii Internment 2004 38 14 North Portland 2004 38 15 Greg Robinson, "Military Necessity" 2005 38 16 Japanese Language School, Rexburg 2005 38 17 Japanese Americans and Military 1941-1945, 1962-2010 38 18-19 Obituaries 2004-2014 38 20 Robert Hosokawa 1982 38 21 Frank Kumaichi Fujiata, Notebook from World War II 2007 38 22 Yuki Llewellyn 2005 38 23 Idaho Falls/Ochira Family 2005 38 24 Ayako Jinka Hendrix 2001 38 25-26 Gene Matsusaka 1997 38 27 Articles from Scrapbooks, Other Articles 1945-1945, 1995-2010 38 28-29 Minidoka 1940s 66 Minidoka 1975-2010 66 Minidoka: Civil Liberties Symposium and Pilgrimage 1992-2006 66 Minidoka: Historic Site 1979-2007 66 Other Internment Camps 1989-2014 66 Japanese Americans 1932-1941 66 Internment, Japanese Americans 1988-2007 66 Military 2000-2010 66 Histories and Personal Recollections 12 1942-1946, 1956-2010

Letters, personal narratives, and histories from Japanese Americans and others who remember World War II and the internment camps. Includes histories of cities, counties, and Japanese Americans in America, which include narratives and letters from Issei, Nisei, and Sansei about personal experiences or family stories.

Higand Family Papers, University of Washington 1942 38 30 Matsushita Letters 1942-1943 38 31 WRA Community Analysis Notes no. 8, Sacramento County and City 1945 38 32 WRA Community Analysis Notes no. 9, Placer County 1945 38 33 WRA Community Analysis Notes no. 11 1945 38 34 WRA Community Analysis Notes no. 12 1945 38 35 WRA Community Analysis Notes no. 13, San Francisco Bay Area 1945 38 36 WRA Community Analysis Notes no. 14, San Joaquin County 1945 38 37 Kasai Correspondence 1945 38 38 Berkeley Notes 1945 38 39 Biography (Suski?) 1945 38 40 History of the San Francisco District Employment Program 1946 38 41 Dorothy Swaine Thomas, "The Japanese American" 1956 38 42 Seattle Community Council, "The Japanese in Seattle" 1961 38 43 "Co-opting the Oppressors: The Case of the Japanese Americans" 1970 38 44 Bibliography, Japanese Americans in the Pacific Northwest 1971 38 45 Dale C. Jolly, "An Historical and Cultural Interpretation of Japanese Settlement in the State of Oregon from 1870-1950" 1971 38 46-47 Ito, "Speckled Sunshine in Idaho Basin" (excerpt from Issei) 38 48 Profile: Yakima Valley Japanese Community 1973 39 1 Hata & Hata, "Japanese Americans and World War II" 1977 39 2 Art Hansen Oral Histories 1974 39 3 R.K. Harris, "Life in Potlatch Was Different" 1976 39 4 Kitano and Kikumura, "The Japanese American Family" 1976 39 5 "The Japanese in Hawaii: A Historical and Demographic Perspective" 1977 39 6 P.E. Roy, "The Soldiers Canada Didn't Want: Her Chinese and Japanese Citizens" 1978 39 7 James Watanabe, "History of the Japanese of Tacoma" 1986 39 8 Yori Endo 39 9 National Geographic, "Japanese Americans: Home At Last" 1986 39 10 National Japanese American Historical Society, "Americans of Japanese Ancestry and the United States Constitution" 1987 39 11 Yuji Ichioka, "Views From Within" 1989 39 12 Roger Daniels, "Prisoners Without Trial: Japanese Americans in World War II" 1993 39 13 Taylor, "Forging of a Black Community" 1994 39 14 Lincoln County, Idaho 1995 40 1 Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler, "The Japanese American Family Album" 1996 40 2 Roger Daniels, "Outsiders in the Land of the Free: Aspects of the Asian-American Experience in the Northwest" 1996 40 3 Yoko Murakawa, "Citizenship on the Boundaries: The Experience of a Nisei in Postwar America" 2000 40 4 Ben Yorita and Philip Hayasaka, "Memories of Internment Camp" 2001 40 5 Kerry Yo Nakagawa, "Through a Diamond: 100 Years of Japanese American Baseball" 2001 40 6 "Nihonmachi: Portland's Japantown Remembered" 2002 40 7 "WPA and Japanese American Internment" 2003 40 8 Kenjo Okuda 2004 40 9 Betty Y. Taira, "Escape from Heart Mountain" 2004 40 10 Columbia River Basin Ethnic History Project, Japanese Americans 2004 40 11 New Mexico Camp 2005 40 12 "The Stolen Years," University of Washington Students in World War II 2005 40 13 "The Most Honorable Son: Ben Kuroki" 2006 40 14 "Confrontation at the Locks: A National Protest of the Japanese Evacuation" 2006 40 15 Kazuko Kay Nakao, "My Father's Gift" (Bainbridge Island) 2007 40 16 Harvo and Minnie Kumasaka 2007 40 17 Ben Kuroki 2008 40 18 Department of the Interior Commemorative Serices, "From Pearl Harbor to Peace: World War II in the Pacific" 2008 40 19 Ontario Area, "Treasure Valley was Home to Japanese During Wartime" 2009 40 20 Masa Tsukamoto 2009 40 21 Clarke Kido (Idaho Falls) 2009 40 22 Fukai Family History 2009 40 23 Fukai Family History 2009 41 1 A. Hansen, "Japanese Americans in the Interior West" 2011 41 2 Jim Akutsu 2010 41 3 Teresa Tamura Publications 41 4 "Life History of a Single Nisei Girl" 41 5 "Goodbye Obasan" 41 6 Endo, "The Japanese of Colaroado" 41 7 Rei Kihara Osaki 41 8 Eric Walz, "Idaho Farmer, Japanese Diarist, Cultural Crossings" 41 9 Shiro Imai 41 10 Yasui Family (Oregon) 41 11 Fred Maorukido 41 12 "Japanese Life in Utah" 41 13 Simplot Company History 41 14 Simon Smolinski, "Idaho's Japanese Americans" 41 15 Drawings by Inuzuka Sawtafe 67 Interviews 13 1967-2004

Includes files from the Alaska's Japanese Pioneers Research Project; interviews conducted for the Alaska Historical Society; transcriptions, narrator photos, and summaries of the taped interviews from the Densho Online Visual History Collection. Also contains transcribed interviews of Japanese Americans and others as interviewed by various people and organizations. Some of the interviewers include Ronald James for the Pocatello-Blackfoot Oral History Project, Teresa Tamura, Ronald Magden and Sadie Yamasaki, and others. There are only 2 known files of Robert Sims' own interviews.

Alaska's Japanese Pioneers Research Project: Tad and Cherry Fujioka 1990 41 16 Alaska's Japanese Pioneers Research Project: Patrick K. Hagiwara 1991 41 17 Alaska's Japanese Pioneers Research Project: Hana Yasuda Kangas 1990-1991 41 18 Alaska's Japanese Pioneers Research Project: Mamie Moto Karmun 1991 41 19 Alaska's Japanese Pioneers Research Project: William Y. Kimura 1990 41 20 Alaska's Japanese Pioneers Research Project: Mack and Harue Mori 1991 41 21 Alaska's Japanese Pioneers Research Project: Marie Matsuno Nash 1991 41 22 Alaska's Japanese Pioneers Research Project: Robert T. Ohashi 1990 41 23 Alaska's Japanese Pioneers Research Project: Komatsu Ohashi and Hope Oharhi 1990 42 1 Alaska's Japanese Pioneers Research Project: Alice Mikami Snodgrass 1991 42 2 Alaska's Japanese Pioneers Research Project: Isamu Taguchi 1990 42 3 Alaska's Japanese Pioneers Research Project: Irene Takizawa and Helen Nakashima 1990 42 4 Alaska's Japanese Pioneers Research Project: William N. Tatsuda 1990 42 5 Alaska's Japanese Pioneers Research Project: Ethel Terashita and Walter Iu Kuyama 1991 42 6 Alaska's Japanese Pioneers Research Project: George Yanagimachi 1991 42 7 "An Alaskan Tale: Story of Frank Yasuda" 1991 42 8 Densho: Visual Histories Narrator Photos and Summaries of Interviews 42 9 Densho: Akutsu, Gene 42 10 Densho: Akutsu, Jim 42 11 Densho: Bannai, Lorraine and Paul 42 12 Densho: Bartholomew, Yone 42 13 Densho: Embrey, Sue K. 42 14 Densho: Frisino, Joseph 42 15 Densho: Fugami, George 42 16 Densho: Fujii, Frank 42 17 Densho: Fukuhara, Francis Mas 42 18 Densho: Groves, Fumiko Yueda 42 19 Densho: Harui, Junkoh 42 20 Densho: Hashiguchi, Mitsuko 43 1 Densho: Hayase, Susan 43 2 Densho: Hayashida, Fumiko 43 3 Densho: Hayashida, Seichi 43 4 Densho: Herzig, Aiko Yoshinaga 43 5 Densho: Harabayshi, Gordon 43 6 Densho: Hirasuna, Fred 43 7 Densho: Hirata, Mary 43 8 Densho: Hirotaka, Tokio; Matsuzawa, Joe; Ito, Toshio 43 9 Densho: Homma, Mutsu 43 10 Densho: Hori, Takashi; Muzuta, Yoshito; Tazuma, Elmer 43 11 Densho: Hoshino, Akio 43 12 Densho: Hosokawa, Bill 43 13 Densho: Ikeda, Tsuguo "Ike" 43 14 Densho: Inouye, Daniel 43 15 Densho: Ito, Susumu 43 16 Densho: Kajihara, Hitoshi 43 17 Densho: Kandu, John 43 18 Densho: Kashino, Louise 43 19 Densho: Kinoshita, Cherry 43 20 Densho: Kitamoto, Frank 43 21 Densho: Kobayashi, Kenge 43 22 Densho: Koshiyama, Mits 43 23 Densho: Koyama, Spady 43 24 Densho: Kubota, Sadaichi 43 25 Densho: Kurose, Akiko 43 26 Densho: Macbeth, Angus 43 27 Densho: Marutani, William 43 28 Densho: Matsui, Takashi 43 29-30 Densho: Matsuoka, Tom 43 31 Densho: Miyake, Yukiko 43 32 Densho: Mizukami, Robert E. 43 33 Densho: Miyamoto, Frank 43 34 Densho: Miyatake, Henry 44 1 Densho: Moriguchi, Tomio 44 2 Densho: Murakami, Ayako and Masako 44 3 Densho: Nakagawa, Mako 44 4 Densho: Nakano, Bert 44 5 Densho: Nakano, Yaeko, Kinichi, Hiroshi, and Stan 44 6 Densho: Nakao, isami 44 7 Densho: Nishimura, Bill 44 8 Densho: Nishitani, Martha 44 9 Densho: Noji, Fumi 44 10 Densho: Norton, Chizuko 44 11 Densho: Okabe, Sue Takimoto 44 12 Densho: Olds, Charles 44 13 Densho: Otani, Kunio 44 14 Densho: Sakahara, Toru and Kiyo 44 15 Densho: Sasaki, May 44 16 Densho: Sasaki, Shosuke 44 17 Densho: Sato, Rick 44 18 Densho: Sato, Sarah 44 19 Densho: Sato, Tad 44 20 Densho: Sato, Tad; Kato, Chris; Mamiya, Yoshi 44 21 Densho: Suzuki, Nobu 44 22 Densho: Takahashi, June 44 23 Densho: Takekawa, Rae 44 24 Densho: Tanemura, Peggy 44 25 Densho: Tokiwa, Rudy 44 26 Densho: Tomihiro, Chiye 44 27 Densho: Tsutakawa, Ayame 45 1 Densho: Ujifusa, Grant 45 2 Densho: Uno, Shigeko Sese 45 3 Densho: Uyehara, Grayce 45 4 Densho: Uyeno, Ben 45 5 Densho: Watanabe, Edith 45 6 Densho: Watanabe, Harvey 45 7 Densho: Watanabe, Masao 45 8 Densho: Yamasaki, Frank 45 9 Lila Andrews Wilson 1967 45 10 Yoshisaola Kawai, Issei Oral History Project 1970 45 11 Arthur Kleinklopf (taught at Minidoka) 1975 45 12 Fred and Yoshi Oshi 1976 45 13 Tomi Ishino 1976 45 14 Transcripts of Tapes of Southwest idaho Subjects, JARP, Interviewed by Robert Sims 1976 45 15 K. Ishizuka Interviews for Film Project 1979 45 16-17 Summary of Postwar Interview with Miss E. Okida 1979 45 18 Interview and Letters of Art and Nanami Sasaki 1986 45 19 Idaho Educational Public Broadcasting, History of Idaho: Interview with Seichi and Chiyoko Hayashida 1989 45 20 Frank Okada, Smithsonian 1990 45 21 Summary Tape Index: Mal Mafune 1995 45 22 Summary Tape Index: Mrs. Midori Furushiro 1997 45 23 Mas Yamashita 2000 45 24 Second Interview with Masa Tsukamoto and George Shiozawa 2001 45 25 Ham Teruo Koba 2002 45 26 Notes on Introductory Meeting and Initial Interviews of George and May Shiozawa and Paul and Sanaye Okamura 2002 45 27 Harry and Yone Watanabe 2003 45 28 Mary Ann and Bob Endo 2003 46 1 Toshi Yamada Higashi and Kunio Yamada 2003 46 2 Dorothy Hirai 2003 46 3 Shizu Mori Yamamoto 2003 46 4 George, Kinuk, Marie, Joe, and Alyce Sato 2003 46 5 Mary Yoden 2003 46 6 Donna Wakamatsu Bell 2003 46 7 Jim Katsumi Shikashio 2003 46 8 Yuki Hirada Yokota 2003 46 9 Miye Hikidu and Kazu Kawamura; Frank and Kimi Tominaga; and Toshi Higashi and Kunio Yamada 2003 46 10 Frank and Kimi Timinage 2003 46 11 Alice Konishi, Marjorie Konishi Ugaki, etc. 2004 46 12 Hero and Jun Shiosaki 2004 46 13 Ti Tamura 2007-2009 46 14 Miye Hikidu and Kazu Kawamura 46 15 Alaska Notes 46 16 Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center Oral Histories 46 17 Americans for Historical Accuracy, Lillian Baker, and Michelle Malkin 14 1988, 2001-2005

Writings of those who defend the decision to incarcerate the Japanese Americans during WWII, including those of Michelle Malkin, Lillian Baker, Val Don Dickerson, June Thresher, and the Americans for Historical Accuracy.

Val Don Hickerson, "Memories of Seaside and the Oregon Coast 1927-1955" 46 18 Lillian Baker; Correspondence with Val Don Hickerson 46 19 Lillian Baker, "Dishonoring America: The Collective Guilt of American Japanese" 46 20 Lillian Baker, Americans for Historical Accuracy 46 21 Michelle Malkin 46 22 Robinson and Muller on Mechelle Malkin, "Defense of Internment" 47 1 June Thresher 47 2 Americans for Historical Accuracy 47 3 Daniel Pipes 47 4 Law and Redress 15 1917-1923, 1941-1964, 1974-2005

Files on land/alien land laws in Idaho, Oregon, and California as well as policies, amendments, repeals, and acts relating to Japanese and Japanese Americans. Also contains information on Minoru Yasui and other court cases and the Redress Bill. Note: There is a taped interview with Min Yasui.

Idaho Alien Land Bill Controversy 1917 47 5 James Sakamoto Testimony at House Sub-Committee on Immigration and Naturalization Hearing 1920 47 6 Idaho Alien Land Law, H.B. 108 1923 47 7 Oregon Alien Land Laws 1923, 1945 47 8 First Security Bank - Policy on Japanese Accounts 1941 47 9 Idaho State Bar Proceedings, "Trading with the Enemy Act" 1942 47 10 Minoru Yasui 1940-1942, 1986 47 11-13 ACLU Archives Relating to Japanese Americans 1942-1950 47 14 Endo Case 1944 47 15 Oregon Land Law 1945-1997 47 16-17 California Land Law/Anti-Japanese Land Law 1947 47 18-19 S. 1872, Introduction of a Bill to Repeal the Emergency Detention Act of 1950 1969 47 20-21 H.R.7763 to Amend the Japanese American Evacuation Claims of 1948 1955 47 22-24 Amendment to Idaho Constitution 1960 47 25 Sidney Fine, "Mr. Justice Murphy and the Hirabayashi Case" 1964 47 26 Don Hata, "Japanese Americans and World War II" 2006 47 27 Proclamation Rescinding Executive Order 9066, President Ford 1976 47 28 Fiset, "Public Employees of Japanese Ancestry in Washington State" 1976-1977 47 29 JACL National Committee for Redress 1978 47 30 Norman Mineta, "Legislation Establishing a Commission on the World War II Japanese American Internment" 1979 47 31 Mike Lowry, Redress Bill 1979 47 32 Roger Daniels, "Japanese Relocation and Redress in North America: A Comparative View" 1982 47 33 Redress, Congressional Record 1982 47 34 Mike Lowry, Introduces World War II Civil Liberties Violation Redress Act 1983 47 35 McNeil-Lehrer Report, "Japanese Internment Camp Report" 1983 47 36 Alec Dubro, "The Japanese American Internment" 1983 47 37 Personal Justice Denied, Part 2: Recommendations 1983 47 38 Redress Act, Civil Liberties Act of 1988 1988 47 39-41 Publications on Redress 1989-1990 47 42 "Against All Odds: The Japanese Americans' Campaign for Redress" Case Program 1990 48 1 "Children of Inmates" The Effects of the Redress Movement Among Third Generation Japanese Americans" 1991 48 2 Department of Justice, Statement of John R. Dunne Before the Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations 1992 48 3 Department of Justice on Redress Payments 1993 48 4 "Due Process: Americans of Japanese Ancestry and the United States Constitution" 1995 48 5 Amicus Curiae Brief of Fred Korematsu 2004 48 6 HR 360 2005 48 7 Poster for the Commission Hearings for Reparations/Redress from the National Coalition for Redress and Reparations 48 8 Daniels, "The Japanese American Cases" 48 9 Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) and Nikkei Jin Kai 16 1917-1965, 1974-2010

Contains files on the Nikkei Jin Kai but is mostly JACL and, in particular, the Pocatello-Blackfoot Chapter. Includes JACL meetings and minutes, financial information, meetings and material for the Pocatello-Blackfoot Oral History Project, publications, and papers about JACL chapters. Also some early accounts of the JACL during World War II and its role in Japanese American evacuation.

Nikkei Jin Kai Administrative Files 1985-1991 48 10-11 Japanese American Research Project, Japanese Association of Central Idaho (in Japanese with some translations) 1917-1935 48 12 Oral History Project by Rita Takahashi 48 13-16 Japanese Businesses 48 17 Pocatello Newspaper Articles 1941-1942 48 18 Research on JACL 48 19-21 Pocatello-Blackfoot JACL Harvest Banquet 2005 48 22 "The Lim Report" by Deborah Lim 48 23 Intermountain Nisei Directory 1940 48 24 JACL Emergency National Meeting 1942 48 25 JACL Emergency Meeting 1942 49 1-4 Special Emergency National Conference Participation by Pocatello-Blackfoot JACL 1942 49 5 "A Lesson in American History: The Japanese American Experience," JACL Curriculum and Resource Guide 2002 49 6 Kiyo Morimoto, "An Examination of the Japanese American Community in Pocatello" 1952 49 7 History of Chubbuck 49 8 George Shiozawa, "About Local Japanese" 49 9 Toyono Fukumoto Akiyama 49 10 History of IDL-JACL 1940-1965 49 11 Intermountain District Council 19681984 49 12 JACL Chapter of the Year Entry 1975 49 13 Study to Identify Needs and Direction for JACL 49 14 Sakamoto to FDR 1942 49 15 Letters and Memos Regarding the JACL 1942-1945 49 16-17 James Sakamoto, "The Seattle JACL and its Role in Evaluation" 49 18 Art Hansen, "Jimmie Omura's 1947 Crusade Against the JACL" 2003 49 19 "The Case for the Nisei," Brief of the JACL 1944 49 20 JACL Pamphlets 49 21 Citizenship Booklet 1953 49 22 Federal Textbook on Citizenship 1951 49 23 Congressional Record Tributes to the JACL 1955, 1972 49 24-25 Ken Mochizuki, "History of the Seattle Chapter JACL" 2000 50 1 Saburo Kido, "JACL in Wartime" 1944 50 2 Henry Y. Kasai Papers 50 3 Allen Austin, "The JACL and the Ethnic Community in Cincinnati, Ohio, 1942-1950" 2003 50 4 Snake River JACL 2000 50 5 Pocatello-Blackfoot JACL Newsletters 1962-1984 50 6-10 JACL Newsletters 2005-2010 50 11 JACL Meeting Minutes, Newsletters, Building Donations, Administrative Documents 1992-2007 50 12 Quarterly Reports 1975-1984 50 13 Membership Roster 50 14 Pocatello-Blackfoot JACL Charter Members 50 15 Pocatello-Blackfoot JACL Roster of Presidents 50 16 People and Families Related to the Pocatello-Blackfoot JACL 50 17 JACL Materials 50 18 Personal Files 3 Speeches and Presentations 1 1973-2014

Includes many of Sims' speeches, lectures, and presentations about World War II and Japanese Americans, graduation speeches as Dean of the College of Social Sciences and Public Affairs, and to the JACL community.

See archives staff for access to digital files. Researchers are not permitted to copy or download any digital files.

Idaho and Japanese American Relocation in World War II 1973 51 1 Oral History Workshop at JACL Northwest Intermountain Regional Convention 1973 51 2 Japanese Day, College of Idaho 1974 51 3 Idaho's Japanese Americans: A Chapter in the State's Growth 1975 51 4 Discrimination and Japanese Americans 1976 51 5 Japanese in Idaho 1976 51 6 The Japanese Experience in Idaho 1977 51 7 JACL Intermountain District Council Speech 1977 51 8 Japanese in Idaho 1978 51 9 Japanese American Relocation in Idaho in World War II 1978 51 10 Minidoka and the Magic Valley 1979 51 11 Seattle Conference 1980 51 12 Japanese Americans and Ethnic Politics 1980 51 13 Japanese American Relocation During World War II 1980 51 14 Japanese Canadians and Japanese American History During World War II 1981 51 15 Hailey Centennial Celebration 1981 51 16 Salt Lake Speech 1983 51 17 Speech at the Social Sciences and Public Affairs School Meeting 1987 51 18 44th Annual Snake River Chapter JACL Graduation Banquet 1989 51 19 Speech to Faculty 1990 51 20 Speech to Faculty 1991 51 21 Opening Address at the 4th Annual Student SSPA Conference 1992 51 22 Speech to Faculty 1992 51 23 Address to Faculty, "The Care and Feeling of Deans: An Owner's Manual" 1993 51 24 Issei Pioneers in Oregon 1994 51 25 Unsigned Letter to Seichi Hayashida 1994 51 26 From Urban to Rural: Forced Ruralization of Japanese Americans in World War II 1995 51 27 You Don't Need to Wait Any Longer to Get Out: Japanese American Evacuees as Farm Laborers During World War II 1995 51 28 Defining the Japanese American Community of the Pacific Northwest 1996 51 29 Japanese Americans in the Military in World War II 51 30 Address at the College of SSPA Graduation Ceremony 1999 51 31 The Other Concentration Camps 2000 51 32 The "Free Zone" Nikkei in World War II 2000 52 1 Good Schools are Essential: The Educational Program at Minidoka 2001 52 2 Art in Japanese American Camps 2002-2014 52 3 An Academic Celebration of Idaho Symposium: Aspects of Human Diversity in Idaho 2002 52 4 The "Free Zone" Nikkei: Japanese Americans In Idaho and Oregon in World War II 2004 52 5 SSPA Alumni Luncheon 2004 52 6 Idaho Military Museum Talk 2005 52 7 Fettuccine Forum: Boise and a Sense of Purpose 2005 52 8 College of Southern Idaho 2006 52 9 Emeriti Lunch 2007 52 10 Civil Liberties Symposium: Presidential Powers in Wartime 2007 52 11 Minidoka: A Japanese American Camp in the Idaho Desert 2009 52 12 Teaching American History Workshop 2011 52 13 Civil Liberties Symposium: Minidoka: An American Story 2011 52 14 Japanese Americans in the World War II Military 2012 52 15 Minidoka Pilgrimage, Civil Liberties Symposium 2014 52 16 Japanese Americans in Idaho, and The Pocatello-Blackfoot Nikkei Community: 1892-1945 52 17 Another Kind of Homecoming: Return of Japanese Americans to the West Coast After World War II 52 18 JACL Slide Series Narrative 52 19 The Japanese Minority in the History of Idaho 52 20 Legal Issues in Relocation 52 21 Published Articles 2 1970-2007

Sims' published articles in journals, magazines, or other publications. Also includes his research on Governors in Idaho between 1936-1938 (Barzilla W. Clark).

"James P. Pope, Senator from Idaho," Idaho Yesterdays 1971 52 22 "Idaho's Criminal Syndicalism Act: One State's Response to Radical Labor," Labor History Journal 1974 52 23 "New Deal Relief Programs in Idaho" (includes research on the Great Depression" 52 24-26 The World Book Encyclopedia Entries 1996 53 1 Idaho Governors Research 1936-1938 53 2-18 Idaho Governors Research 1936-1938 54 1-8 "The Japanese American Experience in Idaho," Idaho Yesterdays 1978 54 9 Review of "Idaho Governors" 1996 54 10 "Japanese American Contributions to Idaho's Economic Development" 1978 54 11 "A Fearless, Patriotic, Clean-Cut Stand: Idaho's Governor Clark and Japanese American Relocation in World War II," Pacific Northwest Quarterly 1979 54 12 "Japanese Americans in Idaho," Japanese Americans: From Relocation to Redress 1986 54 13 "Japanese in Idaho" (unpublished) 1991 54 14 "You Don't Need to Wait Any Longer to Get Out: Japanese American Evacuees as Farm laborers During World War II," Idaho Yesterdays 2000 54 15 "Free Zone Nikkei" 2005 54 16 "Loyalty Questionnaires and Japanese Americans in World War II," Advocate 2007 54 17 Reviews by Robert Sims 3 1974-2012

Contains reviews Sims wrote about history articles and books.

Elmo Richardson, "Dams, Parks, and Politics: Resource Development and Preservation in the Truman-Eisenhower Era," Pacific Northwest Quarterly 1974 54 18 Janet Thomas, "This Side of the Mountains: Stories of Eastern Idaho," Idaho Heritage 1976 54 19 Three Works on the Gold Rush, Idaho Heritage 1977 54 20 Leonard Arrington, "David Eccles: Pioneer Western Industrialist," Journal of Forest History 1977 55 1 Carl Abbott, "Colorado: A History of the Centennial State," Pacific Northwest Quarterly 1977 55 2 Arnon Gutfeld, "Montana's Agony," Arizona in the West Quarterly Journal of History 1980 55 3 Takeo Uyo Nakano, "Within the Barbed Wire Fence: A Japanese Man's Account of His Internment in Canada," Journal of American Ethnic History 1983 55 4 Roger Daniels, "Concentration Camps: North America," Pacific Northwest Quarterly 1983 55 5 Robert W. Righter, "Crucible for Conservation: The Creation of Grant Teton national Park," Utah Historical Quarterly 1983 55 6 Ronald Takaki, "Strangers from a Different Shore: A History of Asian Americans," International Migration Review 1991 55 7 Carlos A. Schwantes, "In Mountain Shadows: A History of Idaho," Oregon Historical Quarterly 1995 55 8 Sandra C. Taylor, "Jewel of the Desert: Japanese American Internment at Topaz," Idaho Yesterdays 1995 55 9 Mike Mackey, "Remembering Heart Mountain: Essays on Japanese American Internment in Wyoming," Pacific Northwest Quarterly 1999-2000 55 10 Yoon K. Pak, "Wherever I Go, I Will Always be a Loyal American: Schooling Seattle's Japanese Americans During World War II," Oregon Historical Quarterly 2003 55 11 Todd Stewart, "Placing Memory: A Photographic Exploration of Japanese American Internment," Oregon Historical Quarterly 2009 55 12 Priscilla Wagner, "Imprisoned in Paradise: Japanese Internee Road Workers at the World War II Kooskia Internment Camp," Idaho Archaeologist 2011 55 13 Brian Dempster, "Making Home from War: Stories of Japanese Exile and Resettlement in the Pacific Historical Review 2012 55 14 Other Reviews 55 15 Personal Files 4 1972-2010

Contains personal correspondence, awards, application for Associate Dean at Boise State University, a collection of pamphlets and programs of lectures he attended and/or spoke at, and personal photos. Also includes the correspondence, programs, and itineraries of the Minidoka Pilgrimages and Civil Liberties Symposiums from 2006-2011.

Application and Recommendation Letters 1984 56 1 Articles 1984-2009 66 The Frank Church and Len Jordan Benefit with Sims Performing in Stephen Vincent Benet's "John Brown's Body" 1986 56 2 JACL Oratorical Contest 2002 56 3 Mayor's Award 2009 56 4 Idaho Humanities Council Award 2005 56 5 Japanese American Heritage Series, College of Idaho 1975 56 6 Pamphlets and Programs 1970s 56 7 Professional Activities 1972-1978 56 8 Pamphlets and Programs 1980s-2000s 56 9-11 Brochures and Invitations 56 12 Articles 1973-2014 56 13 Theresa S. Twiford, "Moving West: Irish Immigrant Women's Progression to and Establishment in Casper, Wyoming" 2001 57 1 Correspondence, Emory Andrews 1972 57 2 Correspondence, Bob Nakamura 1976-1976 57 3 Rod Tatsuno 2001 57 4 Friends of Minidoka 2005-2009 57 5 Correspondence 1974-2007 57 6-7 Correspondence, Project on Japanese Heritage, College of Idaho 1974-1975 57 8 Thank You Letters from Foothills Elementary School of Arts and Sciences 2009 57 9 Teresa Tamura Photos and Letters 2001 57 10 Laurin and Arthur Mayeno 2002 57 11 Helen Ammerman Interview 57 12 Special Postmarked Envelopes 2002 57 13 Personal Photos: Minidoka Dedication, Larry LaRocco, Russia, Rose City Cemetery, Pilgrimage, Idaho Humanities Council Award, Pat Beiter, Gene Akatsu 1978-2005 57 14-15 Personal Records 1998-2007 57 16 Civil Liberties Symposium and Minidoka Pilgrimage 2006-2011 58 1-9 Handwritten and Typed Notes 59-62 Articles, Civil Liberties Symposium and Minidoka Pilgrimage 1992-2006 66 Flash drives and CDs 68-69 Audiovisual 4 The Japanese Americans (filmstrip) 1971 63 Japanese Heritage Series: John Takehara, Pottery 1975 63 Japanese Heritage Series: Toe-Kai Dancers, Dr. Louie Attebery, Judo Demonstration 1975 63 "A Tragic Past: Idaho and Japanese American Relocation in World War II" 63 "Hito Hata" 63 Japanese Relocation (OWI) English. 63

16mm film. Digitized and available on YouTube.

Microfilm: Library of Congress, National Archives, UCLA 63 Japanese Heritage Serices: John Takehara, Pottery 64 Minidoka Remembered (2 VHS) 64 CSI Program: Commemoration 50th Anniversary of the Minidoka Relocation Center (2 VHS) 1992 64 Min Yasui 1983 64 Snake River Chapter JACL, The Legacy Continues 64 Japanese Relocation (OWI) English. 64

VHS. Digitized and available on YouTube.

A Tragic Past: Idaho and Japanese Relocation in World War II 64 Color of Honor 64 Okubo Dedication 64 Roy and Nori Oyama; Uncommon Courage Military Intelligence Serices 64 Sun Valley Writers Conference 2002 65 1 Interviews: Sashichi Koyama, Henry Fujii, E.A. Huntley 1967 65 2-6 Hank Soyehira, Emmett 1976 65 7 New Horizons in Education, KBSU, Minidoka 2006 65 8 Paul Naher Interview of Tomi Ishino 1976 65 9 Mrs. Hosoda, Emmett 1976 65 10-11 K. Ishizuka 1979 65 12-13 James Tanaka 65 14 Mrs. Thoreson 65 15 Mrs. Endo 1994 65 16 Hisako Saito 1994 65 17 Art and Nami Sasaki 1994 65 18-19 Russ Redmon, Mac Mafune 1995 65 20 Densho Project 1999 65 21-22 Seattle NPR 1998 65 23 Minori Yasui 1983 65 24 Idaho Humanities Council Sponsored, Japanese Internment Camp, KBSX 2002 65 25 Music, possibly World War II 65 26 K. Ishizuka Interview for film project 1979 65 28-29 Female interview 65 31 Paul and Sinamaya Okanura 2005 65 32 Female interview 65 33-35 Fresh Air Steven Colbert Interview 65 36 Frank Church Conference, former Ambassador to Israel 63 39 Interview about the Japanese School 63 42 Albert Wada 2006 63 43 Chiyo N. Horiuchi 1995 63 44 An Eye for Injustice Book Project 1 linear feet 1 box 2005-2019 70

Materials from Susan M. Stacy relating to the writing, editing, and publishing of An Eye for Injustice.