Register of the Yoshikawa Family Collection, 1937-1947
Register of the Yoshikawa Family Collection,
1937-1947
Collection number: Mss235
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University of the Pacific
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- Date Completed:
- November 1998
- Encoded by:
- Don Walker
Container List
FAMILY CORRESPONDENCE
Yoshikawa, Richard, 1937-1944
Yoshikawa, Richard, May-Aug, 1945
Yoshikawa, Richard, Sept-Dec, 1945& n.d.
Yoshikawa, Richard, 1946-1947
Yoshikawa, Edward Fumio, 1939-1944
Yoshikawa, Edward Fumio, 1945
Yoshikawa, Amy, 1944-1945
Other Family Members, 1941-1944
Miscellaneous correspondence and obituaries
MISCELLANEOUS PUBLICATIONS, MEMORABILIA, ETC.
Rohwer Relocation Center Bulletin (10-9-42)
The Pen [Rohwer literary magazine] (1943)
Lil Dan'l: "One Year in a Relocation Center" (1943)[Rohwer publication]
Hi-lites (Wint 42-43;10/4, 11/2 1943; 2/14, 3/2, 4/6, 4/13, 5/4, 5/11 1945)
Rohwer High School Student Handbook, Resume yearbook (1944)
El Joaquin final edition (1942)
Relocation camps (life after) PM (5-21-44)
War Relocation Authority form, work leave
War Relocation Authority, Washington D.C., publications
World War II clippings
Pins, misc.
Autograph books
Membership and identification cards
Tickets and ticket stubs
U.S. flag
Art work
Miscellaneous memorabilia
Songs
Japanese certificates
Religious and club activities
Outpost (12-12-42)
Notes, poems
Rohwer Relocation Center Reunion Material 1990
Inside View Japanese American Evacuee Center at Rohwer, Arkansas 1941-1945 . Other title: Growing Up at the Japanese-American Relocation Center Rohwer, Arkansas 1941-45 . Compiled by Colburn Cox Stuart, Program of Desha County Historical Society, McGehee, Arkansas, Spring 1979
FAMILY SCHOOLWORK
Schoolwork, Amy Yoshikawa
Class work, notes
Assorted papers
Misc. assignments
Misc. schoolwork
Misc. schoolwork
Biology schoolwork
Classroom correspondence
Assorted notebooks, work
Projects, notebooks
School papers, reports, assignments
FAMILY SCHOOLWORK #2
Yoshikawa, Edward Fumio
Yoshikawa, Yukio
Yoshikawa, Richard Shizuo
Misc. school work
Yoshikawa, Tadao
Yoshikawa, Amy, biology notebook
Misc. writing projects
Misc. papers
Yoshikawa, Amy, teaching
RICHARD YOSHIKAWA PAPERS AND DOCUMENTS
Certificates and documents
Selective Service and War Department papers
Records and documents
Receipts and financial papers
Diary, 1937
Diary, 1938
Redress letters and documents
FAMILY PAPERS AND DOCUMENTS
Yoshikawa, Amy, certificates and documents
Yoshikawa, Amy, Rohwer memorabilia
Yoshikawa, Edward, papers
Yoshikawa, Edward, receipts and financial papers
Yoshikawa, Nisuke and Misaho, document
Yoshikawa, Tadao, Birth Certificate
Yoshikawa, Yukio, certificates and diplomas
Ogawa, James Junichi, Selective Service report and misc. papers
Yoshikawa family Rohwer block assignment
Hironaka, Suezo, papers
Personal and business cards
Helen Takeko Takahashi Rowher High School Diploma (January 1944)
PHOTOGRAPHS--ROHWER RELOCATION CENTER/STOCKTON ASSEMBLY CENTER
Agriculture
3 Stoop labor in fields
4 Laborer in fields; pickup in bkgrd.
Children
1 Rose Futamachi Sasaki
3 Portrait--man w/ baby #1
4 Portrait--man w/ baby #2
5 Portrait--man w/ two children
6 Nisuke Yoshikawa, Tad and Yukio
7 Portrait--Christian Sunday School class w/ teachers
8 4 girls on bridge, Right: Amy Nishikawa Watanabe
9 Tadao Yoshikawa [w/ football gear]
13 Portrait--boy #5 [w/ sunflowers]
14 Portrait--boy #6 [w/ sunflowers]
16 Tad Yoshikawa(L) Yuke Yoshikawa(R)
17 Tad Yoshikawa(L) Yuke Yoshikawa(R)
18 Top: Tad Yoshikawa Bottom: Yuke Yoshikawa
19 Tadao Yoshikawa(L) Yukio Yoshikawa(R)
20 Tad Yoshikawa(L) Yuke Yoshikawa(R)
21 (L-R) Yuke Yoshikawa(4th), Tad Yoshikawa(5th)
22 Tadako Yoshikawa(L) Yukio Yoshikawa(R)
23 Portrait--three boys #4 [on porch]
24 Portrait--boy toddler
25 Portrait--girl toddler
Fire
1 Panoramic view of blaze #1
2 Panoramic view of blaze #2
3 Panoramic view of blaze #3
4 Panoramic view of blaze #4
5 Firefighters in action #1
6 Firefighters in action #2
7 Firefighters in action #3
8 Firefighters in action #4
9 Firefighters in action #5
Miscellany [housing, community council, playground, press room, Red Cross]
1 Community Council [?]Top Left: Kik Toyofuku, Bottom Left: Ruby Matsusjiro
2 Newspaper office [?] Right: Frank Arato, Left: Shig Takahashi
3 Machine shop or pressroom
5 Medical staff w/ ambulance L-R: Paul Mansumoto
6 Medical staff w/ ambulance #2
Portraits A
1 One man #1 [leaning on porch]
2 One man #2 [squatting]
3 One man #3 [striped t-shirt]
5 One man #5 [w/ wood sculptures]
7 One man #7 [suit & tie]
11 One man #11 [in front of bldg.]
13 Dick Shimazaki [bldgs. in bkgrd.]
14 One man #14 [in cowboy hat]
15 One man #15 [hands on hips]
16 One man #16 [full-length port.; trees in bkgrd.]
17 One man #17 [signed "Hasegawa"]
18 One man #18 [in hat]
20 One man #20 [seated in curb]
21 One man #21 Nisuke Yoshikawa
22 One man #22 [striped t-shirt; arms folded]
23 One man #23 Butch Hayashi
24 One man #24 [standing in wildflowers]
25 One man #25 [leaning on railing]
26 One man #26 Mel Fukumoto (Lodi) [seated on porch]
27 One man #27 [seated on bench in front of bldg.]
28 One man #28 Butch Hayashi
30 One man #30 [standing beside tree]
32 One man #32 [rt. foot on porch]
33 One man #33 [seated w/ magazine on porch]
34 One man #34 [bldg. in bkgrd.]
35 One man #35 [in front of woodpile; hands on hips]
36 One man #36 [leaning against car]
37 One man #37 [sitting in car]
38 One man #38 [in front of woodpile]
39 One man #39 [shirtless; in shorts]
40 One man #40 [arms folded across chest]
41 One man #41 Shugo Muraoka
42 One man #42 [standing in front of bldg.]
43 One man #43 Dr. Hagime Kanagawa
44 One man #44 Dr. Hagime Kanagawa
45 One man #45 Dr. Hagime Kanagawa
46 One man #46 [standing in front of bldg.]
47 One man #47 [sitting in vehicle]
48 One man #48 Maurice Nakao
49 One man #49 John Shimikawa
50 One man #50 [reading Esquire magazine]
51 Two men #1 Left: Bob Sasaki Right: Isamu Nakamoto [in garden]
52 Two men #2 [in garden before house]
53 Two men #3 Left: Roy Kamidoi, Right: Taro Kimura
54 Two men #4 [in front of wall]
55 Two men #5 Tom Kitacawa
56 Two men #6 [sitting on porch]
57 Two men #7 [leaning on car]
58 Two men #8 [standing on porch]
59 Two men #9 Left: Gene Salcata Right: Dick Matsui
60 Groups of men #1 Left:Yoshitaro Sakai [4 men squatting]
61 Groups of men #2 [seated on bench]
62 Groups of men #3 [seated on bench; same group is #61]
63 Groups of men #4 [two rows, seated on porch]
64 Groups of men #5 [two rows, seated on porch; same group as #63]
65 Groups of men #6 [three rows, seated on porch]
66 Groups of men #7 [two rows standing]
67 Groups of men #8 [seated on curb]
68 Groups of men #9 [two rows; one squatting]
69 Groups of men #10 [three standing; trees in bkgrd.]
Portraits B
1 Nat Okazaki [striped t-shirt]
2 One woman #2 [seated on railing]
4 Lily Y. Namimoto [in front of bldg.]
5 Toyoko Hide (Ijuin) [arms behind back]
6 Grace Kagawa[on path; camp in bkgrd.]
7 Patty Okura [grasping bldg. support beam]
8 June Ito [in front of bldg.]
9 One woman #9 [in road]
10 One woman #10 [in front of bldg.]
11 One woman #11 [flowered dress]
12 One woman #12 [in front of woodpile]
14 One woman #14 [striped t-shirt]
18 One woman #18 [in front of bldg.]
19 One woman #19 [in front of bldg.]
20 One woman #20 [in front of tree & bldg.]
22 One woman #22 [next to tree; in front of bldg.]
25 One woman #25 [next to tree; in front of bldg.]
27 One woman #27 [in front of bldg.]
28 One woman #28 [bldg. in bkrd.]
29 One woman #29 [seated on bench; same person as #28]
30 One woman #30 [in front of painting of Mt. Fuji]
33 One woman #33 [seated]
34 One woman #34 [seated on bridge]
35 One woman #35 [seated on bridge; same person as #34]
37 One woman #37 [standing on porch facing bldg.; photo taken from inside]
38 One woman #38 [in kerchief; bldg. in bkgrd.]
40 Florence Kubota (Shimasaki) [standing on porch]
41 One woman #41 [standing on plank sidewalk]
42 One woman #42 [trees in bkgrd.]
44 One woman #44 [in saddle oxfords; standing on plank sidewalk]
45 Bonnie Masuda [w/ bicycle]
46 One woman #46 [seated on stump]
47 Yae Sato [in nurse's smock]
48 Yae Sato [in nurse's smock; same person as #47]
53 One woman #53 [on path; camp in bkgrd.]
54 One woman #54 [standing beside stump]
57 One woman #57 [bldg. in bkgrd.]
58 One woman #58 [next to tree]
59 One woman #59 [typing]
60 One woman #60 [in front of tree]
63 One woman #63 [seated in front of ivy-covered bldg.]
64 One woman #64 [seated]
65 Masa Yakahi [in front of bldg.]
66 One woman #66 [in front of bldg.]
67 One woman #67 [seated on stump]
69 One woman #69 [trees in bkgrd]
70 One woman #70 [under arbor]
71 One woman #71 [seated on railing]
72 One woman #72 [seated on railing]
73 One woman #73 [on path; camp in bkgrd.; same person as #53]
78 One woman #78 [standing on porch]
80 One woman #80 [standing on bridge, pointing]
81 One woman #81 [standing on porch]
82 One woman #82 [standing on porch]
84 One woman #84 [seated on stump]
85 One woman #85 [seated on bench; house in bkgrd.]
86 Bessie Humita Ouye [in front of ivy-covered wall]
87 One woman #87 [in front of house]
89 Ruby Matsuhiro Fujinaka
93 One woman #93 [trees in bkgrd.]
94 One woman #94 [grasping bldg. support beam]
95 One woman #95 [w/ parasol]
96 Alyce Sasaki [bldg. in bkrd.]
98 One woman #98 [standing by woodpile]
99 One woman #99 [holding briefcase]
100 One woman #100 [in old-fashioned dress w/ lace bodice]
101 One woman #101 [in stone church doorway, Ferncliff, Ark.]
102 One woman #102 [on swing]
103 One woman #103 [standing in vegetable garden]
104 One woman #104 [standing on porch]
105 Two women #1 [reading]
106 Two women #2 [in front of bldg.]
107 Two women #3 [in front of tree & bldg.]
108 Sally Okura (L) [bldg. in bkgrd.]
109 Kay Usui (L) Jeane Ishida (R) [in front of bldg.]
111 Marietta Hatori (L) Helen Oshiro (R) [standing & leaning on woodpile]
112 Janet Higashi (L) Yshiko Higashi (R) [arms folded]
113 Yuki Roi (L) [on porch]
115 Two women #11 [on porch]
116 Two women #12 [in front of bldg.]
117 Two women #13 [camp in bkgrd.]
118 Two women #14 [on porch]
119 Two women #15 [on porch]
120 Two women #16 [on plank sidewalk]
121 Groups of women #1 [2 rows on porch]
122 Groups of women #2 [2 rows on porch]
123 Right: Amy Yoshikawa [4 women in front of bldg.]
124 Right: Amy Yoshikawa [on bridge]
126 Right: Amy Yoshikawa [3 women]
127 Groups of women #7 [3 women]
128 Right: Amy Yoskikawa [4 women in front of bldg.]
129 Right: Amy Yoshikawa [same 4 women as #128]
130 Groups of women #10 [camp in bkgrd.]
131 Groups of women #11 [trees in bkgrd.]
132 Left: Florence Kubota Mid: Helen Furuyama Right: Masa Yakahi [beside "no parking" sign]
133 Left: Florence Kubota Mid: Helen Furuyama Right: Masa Yakahi [2nd view of women in #132]
134 Kazue Koro (Second from the left) [seated on, or leaning on stump]
135 Kazue Koro (Second from the left)[2nd view of #134]
136 Left to Right: Kiya Matsumoto (2nd), Eiko Kimura (3rd), Maggie Hagio (4th) [on porch]
137 Left to Right: Kiya Matsumoto (2nd), Eiko Kimura (3rd), Maggie Hagio (4th) [2nd view of #136]
138 Groups of women #18 [standing on path; trees in bkgrd.]
139 Groups of women #19 [3 women on porch]
140 Groups of women #20 [4 women in kimonos w/ parasols]
141 Groups of women #21 [2nd view of #140]
142 Left to Right Ester Ouye Murakami, May Ouye, Bessie Hurita [3 women on bridge
143 Groups of women #23 [3 women w/ camp in bkgrd.]
144 Groups of women #24 [trees in bkgrd.]
145 Groups of women #25 [4 women on bridge]
146 Groups of women #26 [in front of bldg.]
147 Groups of women #27 [on bridge. looking over railing]
148 Left to Right: Miyo Okazaki, Takako Wado Kemotso, Jane Okazaki, Yoskika Onishi, Natsuye Okazaki, Terri Mikasu [in front of ivy-covered bldg.]
149 Groups of women #30 [in front of bldg.; some books; incl. white woman]
150 Left to Right: Florence Shimazaki Kubota (1st), Maggie Hagio Wamaguchi (6th), Kiyo Matsumoto Yamaguchi (7th) [same women as in #125]
School
1 Large, seated outdoor crowd #1
2 Large, seated outdoor crowd #2
3 Large, seated outdoor crowd #3
4 Small outdoor gathering #1
5 Small outdoor gathering #2
6 Small outdoor gathering #3
7 Children in covered wagon #1
8 Children in covered wagon #2
9 R-L Hippo Ito, Bob Sasaki, Tak Kubota, Shig Ho, Benny Okura, Max Kenmatsu, Mr. Okura bldgs. in bkgrd.
10 Ed Endow, Ernie Yamaguchi, Gary Kikawa, Richard Yoshikawa, Mrs. Toshiyuki dining
11 Crowd gathered around camp bridge; 2 women on bridge
14 Two men (seated), 3 women
15 Man & woman seated on porch
16 Man & 3 women; trees in bkgrd.
17 Two men, 2 women in front of bldg.
18 One man, 2 women; camp in bkgrd.
19 One man, 3 women, 2 girls
20 Family, Father, Mother and twins
21 Two men, 3 women, 2 children
23 Man & woman on porch
24 Man & woman leaning on counter
25 Man & woman; bldg. in bkgrd.
26 Fred Yamaguchi (Right)
27 Misaho and Nisuke Yoshikawa
28 Man & woman in front of bldg. [same people as #27]
29 Older woman, 2 young women
30 Man & woman in front of house
31 Man w/ arms around woman
32 Man & woman seated on porch
33 Three women [candid]
34 Two men, woman [candid]
35 Man & woman on porch
36 Mixed group w/ luggage [?]; bldgs. in bkgrd. [same group as #9]
Social
1 Girls' class w/ white teacher, Front Row 3rd from the left: Elise Muraoka
2 Girls' class w/ white teacher #2
3 Girls' class w/ white teacher, Front row 3rd from the left: Mary Okura, 4th from left: Keiko Ogawa
4 Girls' class w/ white teacher, 5th from right:Dorthy Hamamura Suzuki
5 Top L-R: Tefs Matsumoto (4th), Frank Matsumoto (5th) Bottom L-R: Tsukasa Matsueda (3rd), Joe Matsuo (4th), Akiro Kume school boys in front of blkbrd.
6 Five rows high school boys in front of blkbrd.
7 Mixed elementary classroom w/ two teachers
8 Two rows of high school girls
10 Girl in graduation costume
11 Children on playground swings
12 Women outside American Literature classroom door
13 Three women in front of bldg.
14 Two rows of women in front of bldg. #1
15 Two rows of women in front of bldg. #2
Sports
1 High school crowd [candid]
3 Row 1: Frank and Leona Inamasu (3rd&4th) Row 2: Gladys Inouye (1st) Row 3: C. Snumida (1st), Masako Sumida (2nd)
5 Group party in private home
6 Group party outside at private home (compare w/ 7.7.14)
Richard Yoshikawa
1 Baseball, Batter: Sam Iciba Catcher: Julius Nishimoto
2 Baseball: in uniform Left to Right, Top to Bottom: Ted Kamibayasi, Sam Ichiba, Frank Kamibayashi, Sam Kamibayahi, Joey Noma, Julius Nishimoto
3 Baseball: panorama of uniformed infielders during game
4 Baseball: panorama of game
5 Baseball: panorama showing pitcher in wind-up
6 Basketball: man w/ ball #1
7 Basketball: man w/ ball #2
8 Basketball: man shooting ball #1
9 Basketball: man shooting ball #2
10 Basketball: man shooting ball #3
Miscellaneous
1 Panorama of housing showing plank walk
4 Woman walking between rows of houses
5 Panorama of housing showing plank walk & woodpiles
6 Housing w/ vegetable garden
8 Panorama of housing on bare ground #1
9 Panorama of housing on bare ground #2
10 Panorama of housing in snow
11 Panorama of housing in grove of trees
12 View up road toward camp
17 Looking skyward along wall of bldg.
19 Panorama of beds of young plants
Stockton Assembly Center
3 Internees walking to trains in Stockton, California
4 Grace Kaneda and Kanegai sisters
5 Internees walking to trains in Stockton, California
6 Internees walking to trains in Stockton, California
7 Stockton Assembly Center/San Joaquin County Fairgrounds
8 Stockton Assembly Center/San Joaquin County Fairgrounds
9 Stockton Assembly Center/San Joaquin County Fairgrounds
10 Stockton Assembly Center/San Joaquin County Fairgrounds
11 Internees walking to trains in Stockton, California
12 Internee waiting on train
13 Internees walking to trains in Stockton, California
14 Internee waiting on train
15 Kanegai and Grace Kaneda
17 Tad Akaba and Stella
18 Internee waiting on train
19 Internee waiting on train
20 Internee waiting on train
21 Elizabeth and Catherine Humbargar see off internees at Stockton Assembly Center
22 Internees walking to trains in Stockton, California
23 Internee waiting on train
24 Internees walking to trains in Stockton, California
PHOTOGRAPHS OF RICHARD YOSHIKAWA
Photo Album
Richard Yoshikawa with others
Portraits of Richard Yoshikawa
Portraits and Family Home
PHOTOGRAPHS---FAMILY, FRIENDS & CLIENTS
Entertainers
Portraits of Men #1
Portraits of Men #2
Portraits of Men #3
Portraits of Men #4
Portraits of Women #1
Portraits of Women #2
Portraits of Women #3
Groups
Weddings
Miscellany
Amy Yoshikawa
PHOTOGRAPHS---NEGATIVES
Rohwer scenes
Friends & scenery
Life in Army for Ed Yoshikawa & buddies
Family & friends in Rohwer
COMMERCIAL & GRADUATIONS
PHOTOGRAPHS---OVERSIZE
4th Annual of N.C.J.S.C. Conference, Stockton, April 25-26, 1936
Northern California Japanese Students Federation, Sacramento, April 17-18, 1937
13th Annual Sacramento Valley Y.P.C.C., Feb. 19-20, 1938
7th Annual N.C. High School Japanese Student's Clubs Conference, Stockton, April 22-23, 1939
15th Annual Sacramento Valley Y.P.C.C., Stockton, March 2, 1940
Sakai wedding photo
Misc. large photographs, trick photography