California State University Japanese American Digitization Project: An ExhibitMain MenuIntroductionBefore the WarIssei and Nisei in the WestExecutive Order 9066Mass removalIncarcerationConcentration campsServiceNisei in the warResettlementReconstructing HomeRedressA nation makes amendsReflectionsMaking sense of it allTimelineGraphic from exhibition poster, "Timeline"Educational Guides and ResourcesRelated ResourcesList of external resources relating to the exhibit topicPrint-ready PostersDownload Print-ready posters for your eventsAbout CSUJADDescription of the CSUJAD Project and call for historical resource donations
Perseverance
12016-12-12T10:24:07-08:00Steve Kutay2a3698b64111c4575df6dabf06e183b410497fa31407216Daily life at the campsgallery2017-03-14T11:33:58-07:00Steve Kutay2a3698b64111c4575df6dabf06e183b410497fa3Incarcerees adapted to their sudden dislocation by creating self-reliant communities that enlisted local talents from within, such as dentists, farmers, and tailors as well as groups of shared social interests, that together helped resume some sense of normalcy in an otherwise extraordinary and stressful circumstance.
12017-02-08T21:37:23-08:00Steve Kutay2a3698b64111c4575df6dabf06e183b410497fa3Rohwer camp football game, 1942 (SJS)9A War Relocation Authority photograph with the description "A view of the football crowd at a game between teams representing Stockton and Santa Anita Assembly Centers."media/sjs_fla_0874.jpgplain2017-03-14T11:41:25-07:00Steve Kutay2a3698b64111c4575df6dabf06e183b410497fa3
12017-02-08T21:35:44-08:00Steve Kutay2a3698b64111c4575df6dabf06e183b410497fa3Gila River farmers holding daikon, 1942 (SJS)6A War Relocation Authority photograph with the description "Evacuee farmers are harvesting Daikon, a large radish like vegetable which is a great delicacy among the Japanese people. It is eaten either raw, cooked or pickled. The seed for this crop was loaned by the Min Omata, unit foreman, from Fresno, California. This center harvested 65 acres of this vegetable, and is the only WRA project growing it in large quantities."media/sjs_fla_0872.jpgplain2017-03-14T11:43:24-07:00Steve Kutay2a3698b64111c4575df6dabf06e183b410497fa3
12017-02-08T21:25:39-08:00Steve Kutay2a3698b64111c4575df6dabf06e183b410497fa3Manzanar School Children (CSUDH)5A photograph of children during recess. The caption reads: "The smaller children in camp enjoy their 'recess' period. (Notice the white child on the extreme left.... many of the children of the relocation camp staff attended the camp school)"media/apsc_14_01_005.jpgplain2017-03-14T16:29:15-07:00Steve Kutay2a3698b64111c4575df6dabf06e183b410497fa3
12017-02-08T21:28:05-08:00Steve Kutay2a3698b64111c4575df6dabf06e183b410497fa3George Naohara at Manzanar (CSUDH)5Camp incarceree, George Naohara, shortly after arriving at Manzanar, California.media/George Naohara_Manzanar.jpgplain2017-03-14T16:31:18-07:00Steve Kutay2a3698b64111c4575df6dabf06e183b410497fa3
12017-02-08T21:32:43-08:00Steve Kutay2a3698b64111c4575df6dabf06e183b410497fa3Heart Mountain general store, 1942 (SJS)5A War Relocation Authority photograph with the description "Typical scene in the Community Enterprise Stores at the Heart Mountain Relocation Center. Chief stocked items are tobacco, drug sundries, a limited line of canned and packaged groceries and general notations. Stores are operated on a cooperative basis. The limited profit is returned to the evacuee residents."media/sjs_fla_0869.jpgplain2017-03-14T16:37:11-07:00Steve Kutay2a3698b64111c4575df6dabf06e183b410497fa3
12017-02-08T21:34:05-08:00Steve Kutay2a3698b64111c4575df6dabf06e183b410497fa3Tule Lake Fashion Show, 1942 (SJS)5A War Relocation Authority photograph with the description "A fashion show was one of the many exhibits held at this relocation center on Labor Day. Great skill was shown in dressmaking and tailoring, and was thoroughly appreciated by the large audience which witnessed this display."media/sjs_fla_0870.jpgplain2017-03-14T16:39:19-07:00Steve Kutay2a3698b64111c4575df6dabf06e183b410497fa3
12017-02-08T21:29:19-08:00Steve Kutay2a3698b64111c4575df6dabf06e183b410497fa3Funeral, circa 1944 (CSUDH)4A large group gathers for a photograph with a casket as the central focal point. This photo appears to have been taken inside an incarceration camp, or possibly Crystal City Interment Camp. It is associated with the Japanese Peruvian community. All of the people in this photograph are men.media/moc_02_09_001-1.jpgplain2017-03-14T11:39:24-07:00Steve Kutay2a3698b64111c4575df6dabf06e183b410497fa3
12017-02-08T21:30:24-08:00Steve Kutay2a3698b64111c4575df6dabf06e183b410497fa3Surgeons (SSU)4Surgical procedure in progress at Granada.media/nbea08-02-004.jpgplain2017-03-14T16:43:17-07:00Steve Kutay2a3698b64111c4575df6dabf06e183b410497fa3
