Yoshito Fujii Papers, 1942-1945
Table of Contents
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 Note
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 Description
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 Information
The papers of Harry R. Hatate (folders 2 & 3) also document the maintenance worker labor dispute at Minidoka (volume 3 below).
Administrative Information
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 Collection
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Description: Accession No. 1582-001: Yoshito Fujii papers, circa 1940?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.
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Accession No. 1582-002: Yoshito Fujii papers, 1942-1945
1.5' linearScope 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.
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WRA Housing Division
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Description: Policy and RegulationsContainer: Volume page I/5-6, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Clearance ProcedureContainer: Volume page I/7, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Outside VisitorsContainer: Volume page I/8, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Adjustment BoardContainer: Volume page I/9, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Housing CensusContainer: Volume page I/11, Accession 1582-002
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Description: AdjustmentContainer: Volume page I/13-14, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Short Term LeavesContainer: Volume page I/16, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Segregation and AdjustmentContainer: Volume page I/17-18, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Housing for Community ActivitiesContainer: Volume page I/19, Accession 1582-002
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Description: 2000 from the Tule Lake CampContainer: Volume page I/20-23, Accession 1582-002
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Description: List of RepatriatesContainer: Volume page I/25, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Sample of Case Workers' ReportsContainer: Volume page I/26, Accession 1582-002
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Consumers' Cooperative Enterprise
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Description: Minutes of Inter-Project Cooperative ConferenceContainer: Volume page I/27, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Inter-Project Communication MemosContainer: Volume page I/28-33, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Balance Sheet of Consumer Enterprise, Topaz, UtahContainer: Volume page I/34, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Minidoka Consumers' Cooperative Membership DuesContainer: Volume page I/35, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Inter-Project CommunicationContainer: Volume page I/36-37, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Letter to Mr. Gerald Richardson, Washington, D.C.Container: Volume page I/38-39, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Federal & State Unemployment TaxContainer: Volume page I/40, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Operating Agreement, Enterprise & WRAContainer: Volume page I/41-42, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Articles of Incorporation of the Minidoka Consumers' CooperativeContainer: Volume page I/43, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Additional Shoe Ration CurrencyContainer: Volume page I/48, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Administrative Instruction No. 28, Financial Condition of EnterpriseContainer: Volume page I/49, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Letter from Otto Rossman, Sr. AdvisorContainer: Volume page I/50-51, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Fidelity National Bank's LetterContainer: Volume page I/52, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Question on Employment Tax LiabilityContainer: Volume page I/53, Accession 1582-002
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US Securities & Exchange Commission
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Description: Subject: Public OfferingContainer: Volume page I/54-56, Accession 1582-002
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Description: ReplyContainer: Volume page I/57, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Regional Office, Seattle, Wash.Container: Volume page I/58-59, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Special LicenseContainer: Volume page I/60-62, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Operating AgreementContainer: Volume page I/64-66, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Letter of Recommendation for Mr. Taikichi FujiharaContainer: Volume page I/67, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Administrative Instruction No. 94, Issuance of Work ClothingContainer: Volume page I/68-69, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Movies ShowingContainer: Volume page I/70, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Patronage DividendsContainer: Volume page I/71, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Movies, Flowershop, Fish Store, and NewspaperContainer: Volume page I/72, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Inter-Project Consumers' Enterprise, Employment and Its Rating - CharterContainer: Volume page I/73, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Minutes of Federation of Business - Enterprise ConferenceContainer: Volume page I/74-87, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Montgomery Ward, CatalogsContainer: Volume page I/88, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Administrative NoticesContainer: Volume page I/89-91, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Joint Meeting with the Administrative Staff MembersContainer: Volume page I/92-93, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Membership - Stamp TaxContainer: Volume page I/94, Accession 1582-002
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Description: License and Job Classification for LaborersContainer: Volume page I/95-96, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Petition from Barbers and DataContainer: Volume page I/97-99, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Memo - Fish Supplies in the DietContainer: Volume page I/100, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Corporation License TaxContainer: Volume page I/101, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Chicago ConferenceContainer: Volume page I/102, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Inter-Office MemoContainer: Volume page I/104-105, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Operating StatementContainer: Volume page I/106, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Balance Sheet as of Dec. 31, 1943Container: Volume page I/107, Accession 1582-002
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Community Government
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Description: OrganizationContainer: Volume page I/108-111, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Election Rules for Community CouncilContainer: Volume page I/112, Accession 1582-002
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Description: First Community CouncilContainer: Volume page I/113, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Officers and Committee MembersContainer: Volume page I/114-116, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Minutes of the Community Council MeetingDates: March 9, 1944Container: Volume page I/117-121, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Minutes of the Community Council MeetingDates: March 14, 1944Container: Volume page I/121-122, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Joint Meeting of Community Council and Block CommissionersDates: March 21, 1944Container: Volume page I/123-130, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Minutes of the Community Council MeetingDates: March 28, 1944Container: Volume page I/131-135, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Supplemental ReportsContainer: Volume page I/136-138, Accession 1582-002
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Minidoka Community Government
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Minutes
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Description: Community Council MeetingDates: April 4, 1944Container: Volume page II/3-7, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Community Council MeetingDates: May 10, 1944Container: Volume page II/8-9, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Mediation Committee MeetingDates: Jan. 7, 1944Container: Volume page II/10-16, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Block Delegates MeetingDates: Jan 8, 1944Container: Volume page II/17-19, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Mediation Committee MeetingDates: Jan. 9, 1944Container: Volume page II/20-21, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Joint Meeting of Mediation Committee and Sanitation RepresentativesDates: Jan. 10, 1944Container: Volume page II/22-25, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Joint Meeting of Boilermen, Janitors and JanitoressesDates: Jan. 10, 1944Container: Volume page II/26-28, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Letter Addressed to Mr. Stafford, Project DirectorContainer: Volume page II/29, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Summaries of Our Observation on the Dispute Between the Administration and Maintenance WorkersContainer: Volume page II/30-37, Accession 1582-002
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Agendas
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Description: Regular Monthly Joint Meeting with the Block CommissionersDates: May 16, 1944Container: Volume page II/38, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Special Community Council MeetingDates: May 29, 1944Container: Volume page II/39, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Special Community Council MeetingDates: June 6, 1944Container: Volume page II/40, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Special Joint Meeting with the Block CommissionersDates: June 7, 1944Container: Volume page II/41, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Special Community Council MeetingDates: June 14, 1944Container: Volume page II/42, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Regular Monthly Joint Meeting with the Block CommissionersDates: June 20, 1944Container: Volume page II/43, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Regular Monthly Joint Meeting with the Block CommissionersDates: June 18, 1944Container: Volume page II/44, Accession 1582-002
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Minutes
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Description: Special Joint Meeting of Community Council (Old & New Members)Dates: Sept. 5, 1944Container: Volume page II/48-50, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Community Council MeetingDates: Sept. 26, 1944Container: Volume page II/51-52, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Community Council MeetingDates: Oct. 2, 1944Container: Volume page II/53-56, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Special Council MeetingDates: Oct. 2, 1944Container: Volume page II/57-58, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Community Council MeetingDates: Oct. 24, 1944Container: Volume page II/61-62, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Special Community Council MeetingDates: Oct. 26, 1944Container: Volume page II/63-64, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Community Council MeetingDates: Nov. 7, 1944Container: Volume page II/65-67, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Community Council MeetingDates: Nov. 28, 1944Container: Volume page II/68-69, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Special Community Council MeetingDates: Dec. 4, 1944Container: Volume page II/70-71, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Community Council MeetingDates: Dec. 19, 1944Container: Volume page II/72-73, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Community Council MeetingDates: Jan. 16, 1945Container: Volume page II/74-75, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Meeting of Community Council and the Block Commissioners with Mr. S. T. KimballDates: Jan. 4, 1945Container: Volume page II/76-80, Accession 1582-002
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Description: The Japanese Translation of the Minutes Mentioned AboveContainer: Volume page II/81-86, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Summary of WRA Policies and Procedures for the Final Phase of the Relocation ProgramContainer: Volume page II/87-96, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Minutes of Meeting of the Community Council and the Block Commissioners, with Mr. D. S. Myer, National DirectorDates: Feb. 19, 1945Container: Volume page II/97-124, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Public Announcement Made by Mr. Dillon S. Myer, National DirectorDates: early 1945Container: Volume page II/125, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Report to Mr. Myer from Residents of MinidokaDates: Feb.19, 1945Container: Volume page II/126-132, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Letter from Mr. Stafford to Community Council ChairmanContainer: Volume page II/133, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Letter to Mr. Stafford from Stafford School PTAContainer: Volume page II/134-135, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Minutes of Joint Meeting of the Old and New Community Council and the Block CommissionersDates: Mar. 12, 1945Container: Volume page II/143-144, Accession 1582-002
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Supplementary Documents
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Description: Center RegulationsDates: July 10, 1942Container: Volume page III/2-32, Accession 1582-002
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Labor Dispute - Between Administration and Maintenance Workers
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Description: Letter to Mr. Stafford, Proj. DirectorDates: Jan. 7, 1944Container: Volume page III/34, Accession 1582-002
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Description: The Arbitration Committee's Observation and RecommendationsContainer: Volume page III/35-37, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Memo to Janitorial Service WorkersContainer: Volume page III/38, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Copy of Teletype Message from Mr. Myer, WRA WaContainer: Volume page III/39, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Letter from Mr. Stafford to Community CouncilContainer: Volume page III/40, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Recommendation from Council Mediation CommitteeContainer: Volume page III/41, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Letter from Mr. Stafford to Mr. Hatade [i.e., Hatate], Supervisor, and All Maintenance EmployeesContainer: Volume page III/42, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Minutes of Mediation Committee MeetingDates: Jan. 7, 1944Container: Volume page III/43, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Minutes of Joint Meeting with Mr.StaffordDates: Jan. 7, 1944Container: Volume page III/44-49, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Minutes of Block DelegatesDates: Jan. 8, 1944Container: Volume page III/50-52, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Minutes of Mediation CommitteeDates: Jan. 9, 1944 (2:00 p.m.)Container: Volume page III/53, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Minutes of Mediation CommitteeDates: Jan. 9, 1944 (4:30 p.m.)Container: Volume page III/54, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Minutes of Joint of Mediation Committee and Sanitation RepresentativesDates: Jan. 10, 1944 (10 a.m.)Container: Volume page III/55-58, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Minutes of Joint Meeting of Boilermen, Janitors, & JanitoressesDates: Jan. 10, 1944 (3:00 p.m.)Container: Volume page III/59-61, Accession 1582-002
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Labor Dispute - In the Construction of Project Gymnasium
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Description: Memorandum from Mr. Stafford to Council ChairmanContainer: Volume page III/62, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Memorandum to Mr. Rawlings, Ass. Proj. Director in Charge of OperationsDates: Oct. 20, 1944Container: Volume page III/63, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Our Reply to Mr. StaffordDates: Oct. 27, 1944Container: Volume page III/64-67, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Letter from Mr. StaffordDates: Oct. 27, 1944Container: Volume page III/68, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Copy of Memo to Mr. RawlingsDates: Oct. 25, 1944Container: Volume page III/69, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Copy of Letter from Mr. Plank, Sr. Engineer, to Mr. RawlingsDates: Oct. 26, 1944Container: Volume page III/70-71, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Copy of a Letter from Mr. Myer to Mr. StaffordDates: Oct. 20, 1944Container: Volume page III/72, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Letter from Mr. Stafford to Community Council ChairmanDates: Nov. 13, 1944Container: Volume page III/73-76, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Diagram of Relationship of All Concerned and Their Responsibilities in Gym. ConstructionContainer: Volume page III/77, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Notice of Meeting to Mr. OmuraDates: Nov. 13, 1944Container: Volume page III/78, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Japanese Recruiting Notice for Work CrewContainer: Volume page III/79, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Copy of Teletype Message from Mr. Stafford to Mr. MyerDates: Nov. 15, 1944Container: Volume page III/80, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Signed Petition from Hunt High School Student Council to Community Council ChairmanDates: Nov. 17, 1944Container: Volume page III/81, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Office Memorandum from Mr. Stafford to Community Council ChairmanDates: Nov. 17, 1944Container: Volume page III/82-83, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Teletype to Mr. Myer, Wn.Dates: Nov. 20, 1944Container: Volume page III/84-86, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Letter from Mr. Stafford to Council ChairmanDates: Dec. 2, 1944Container: Volume page III/87-88, Accession 1582-002
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Closing Pickling Plants and Some Labor Problems
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Description: Letter to Mr. Davidson, Ass. Proj. Director, in Charge of OperationDates: Mar. 11, 1944Container: Volume page III/89, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Letter from Mr. Miller, Acting Proj. Director, to Council ChairmanDates: Mar. 14, 1944Container: Volume page III/90-91, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Minutes of Joint Meeting of the Pickling Plantworkers and Representatives of the Farm DivisionDates: Mar. 18, 1944Container: Volume page III/92-95, Accession 1582-002
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Suspension of the Community Activities Program
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Description: Letter to Mr. StaffordDates: Oct. 31, 1944Container: Volume page III/96-98, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Letter from Mr. Stafford to Council ChairmanDates: Nov. 10, 1944Container: Volume page III/99-100, Accession 1582-002
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Disbanding of the Emergency Crew Set-up
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Description: Letter from Mr. Stafford to Council ChairmanDates: Nov. 27, 1944Container: Volume page III/101, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Letter from Mr. Stafford to Council ChairmanDates: Nov. 29, 1944Container: Volume page III/102, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Letter from Mr. Stafford to Council ChairmanDates: Dec. 12, 1944Container: Volume page III/102-106, Accession 1582-002
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Coal Hauling Operation & Labor Problem
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Description: Letter from Mr. Stafford to Council ChairmanDates: Nov. 30, 1944Container: Volume page III/107, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Letter from Mr. Stafford to Council ChairmanDates: Dec. 7, 1944Container: Volume page III/108-109, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Copy of Memo to Mr. GoodingDates: Dec. 6, 1944Container: Volume page III/110, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Memo from Mr. Barrett, Proj. AttorneyDates: Dec. 9, 1944Container: Volume page III/111, Accession 1582-002
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Description: Special Report to Mr. Kimball, Community Org. Advisor W.R.A.Container: Volume page III/112-114, Accession 1582-002
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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)
