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Japanese Americans
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Ansel Adams's Photographs of Japanese-American Internment at Manzanar 
 In 1943, Ansel Adams documented the Manzanar War Relocation Center in California and the Japanese Americans interned there. This site provides side-by-side digital scans of both Adams' 242 original negatives and his 209 photographic prints, collection highlights, Adams' book "Born Free and Equal," a selected bibliography, and a chronology of Adams' life. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/anseladams/ Topics: California: History, History, Photograph Collections: History, World War II Last updated Feb 17, 2007 California Japantowns
This website explores "the historic legacies of Japantown communities across the state and the vibrant communities of the three remaining Japantowns in California," in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and San Jose. Features maps of the three Japantowns with architectural heritage information, profiles of other Japanese American communities in the state, stories, bibliography, preservation resources, and more. A collaboration of the California Japanese American Community Leadership Council and Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California. http://www.californiajapantowns.org/ Topics: California: History, United States History Last updated Apr 15, 2008 Clara Estelle Breed: Centennial 1906-2006
This site celebrates the life and work of San Diego librarian Clara Breed (1906-1994) and her advocacy for Japanese Americans incarcerated during World War II. Includes photographs, a bibliography, and links to a biography and video files. Created by the San Diego Public Library to commemorate the centennial of her birth. http://www.sandiego.gov/public-library/news-events/missbreed.shtml Topics: Notable People, United States History, World War II Last updated Apr 18, 2006 Confinement and Ethnicity: An Overview of World War II Japanese American Relocation Sites
This full-text, illustrated, online book tells the story of the forced evacuations of nearly 120,000 Japanese-American citizens following Pearl Harbor and each of the War Relocation Authority internment camps to which they were sent. Noteworthy features include a solid narrative history, extensive bibliographical references, and architectural drawings of barracks, mess halls, and other detention camp buildings. From the National Park Service's Links to the Past resources. http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/anthropology74/ Topics: History, Literature & Books, National Parks & Forests, United States History, World War II Last updated Jul 11, 2007 Conscience and the Constitution
Explores how 63 Japanese-Americans in 1944 "stood trial for resisting the draft at the concentration camp at Heart Mountain, Wyoming." Contains profiles of the resisters, a timeline of events, information on the trial and ostracism by the Japanese-American community, the role of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) and spokesman Mike Masaoka, and the Fair Play Committee. Includes related documents, audio, video, and lesson plans. Online companion to PBS documentary of same title. http://www.pbs.org/itvs/conscience/ Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Lesson Plans, Nonfiction by Genre, United States History, World War II Last updated Nov 8, 2004 Dear Miss Breed: Letters from Camp
A retrospective of San Diego Public Library children's librarian Clara Breed, who became "a lifeline to the outside world" for Japanese American children relocated during World War II to internment camps. Breed "distributed stamped and addressed postcards to her young friends, asking them to write to her and describe their life in camp." The site documents life in the camps with letters, photographs, and audio and video files. From the Japanese American National Museum. http://www.janm.org/exhibitions/breed/title.htm Topics: Correspondence, History, Notable People, United States History, World War II Last updated Jul 29, 2009 Densho: The Japanese American Legacy Project
With the goal of documenting oral histories of Japanese Americans incarcerated during World War II, the site features essays on the causes of the incarceration along with selected oral history videos. Includes lesson plans, a glossary, a timeline, a bilingual (English and Japanese) exhibition, oral history archives (free registration required), and related links. From Densho, an organization whose Japanese name means "to pass on to the next generation." http://www.densho.org Topics: History, Lesson Plans, Nonfiction by Genre, United States History, World War II Last updated Aug 30, 2004 Discover Nikkei: Japanese Migrants and Their Descendents
Material "about Nikkei people -- Japanese emigrants and their descendants who have created communities throughout the world. ... Nikkei also include people of mixed racial descent who identify themselves as Nikkei." Features a "real people" video archive (with transcripts and audio only), community forum, encyclopedia of Nikkei migration (covering countries in North and South America), and links to related sites organized by topic. Available in several languages. From the Japanese American National Museum. http://www.discovernikkei.org/en/ Topics: History By Place, United States History Last updated Mar 25, 2009 Exploring the Japanese American Internment Through Film & the Internet
This website "utilizes a rich collection of video clips as a starting point for examining the many aspects and implications of the Japanese American internment." Essays and video clips explore topics related to World War II and prewar discrimination, experiences in the internment camps, and the postwar period and impact of the internment camps today. Produced by the National Asian American Telecommunications Association (NAATA). http://www.asianamericanmedia.org/jainternment/ Topics: World War II Last updated Feb 12, 2007 Face to Face: Stories From the Aftermath of Infamy
This site uses video, audio, and reader commentary to connect the experiences of Japanese Americans in the early 1940s with those of Arab and Muslim Americans in the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attacks. Includes a glossary, classroom materials, fact sheets, and related links. From Independent Television Service (ITVS). http://www.itvs.org/facetoface/ Topics: September 11 & Beyond, United States History, World War II Last updated Aug 18, 2005 Frank S. Matsura Image Collection
A collection of 1600 photos of the city of Okanogan, Washington, taken by Japanese-American professional photographer Frank S. Matsura between 1907 and 1913. Searchable, and browsable by topic (automobiles, baseball, basketball, children, Conconully Dam, dogs, farms, horses, hotels, irrigation, laborers, self-portraits, studio portraits, Native Americans, postcards, railroads). From the Department of Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries. http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/holland/masc/xmatsura.html Topics: Agriculture, Baseball, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, Photography, U.S. History By Place, United States History, Water Last updated Apr 22, 2003 Go For Broke Educational Foundation
The goal of this organization is "to preserve the 'American story' of the Japanese American World War II veterans." The site features clips from over 100 oral histories, a timeline, maps, photographs, lesson plans, and material for children as well as the interactive "Virtual Veteran Experience" that chronicles the lives of five veterans. Also includes links to related sites. Requires free registration to view complete oral histories. Searchable. http://www.goforbroke.org/ Topics: Communities & Groups, Lesson Plans, Military, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections: History, World War II Last updated Mar 31, 2004 Japanese American Archival Collection (JAAC) ImageBase
This website "presents about 1400 images in a searchable database of selected photographs and images of artifacts related to the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II." Search, or browse by medium (artifact, document, or photograph) or curricular materials by topic (such as daily life and ceremonies and holidays). From the Special Collections and University Archives of California State University, Sacramento. http://digital.lib.csus.edu/jaac/ Topics: Photograph Collections: History, World War II Last updated Apr 20, 2009 Japanese American Exhibit and Access Project
This site "Provides enhanced access to the UW Libraries holdings on the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II. Included in the project is a virtual exhibit focusing on the Puyallup assembly center, Camp Harmony, and enhanced access to archival guides and inventories of the UW Libraries Manuscripts and University Archives Division." There is also a brief discussion of the war time relocation of Japanese Canadians from British Columbia to inland areas. http://www.lib.washington.edu/exhibits/harmony/ Topics: U.S. History By Place, United States History Last updated Jan 15, 2003 Japanese American National Museum
Site of a Los Angeles museum "dedicated to sharing the experience of Americans of Japanese ancestry." Resources include a collection guide, information on World War II relocation camps, a chronology of Japanese Americans in American wars (1868-1988), a FAQ on Japanese Americans, and related links. Also provides information on museum events and exhibits. http://www.janm.org/ Topics: California: History, United States History Last updated Dec 4, 2004 Japanese American Relocation Digital Archive
This searchable collection of over 200 photographs from the Los Angeles Examiner "documents the relocation of Japanese Americans in California during World War II [primarily from 1941-1946]." Most of the photos cover life in the camps at Manzanar, Santa Anita, Tanforan, and Tule Lake, and post-war repatriation to Japan. From the Digital Archive, University of Southern California (USC). http://digarc.usc.edu/search/controller/view/jarda-m4.html?view=1 Topics: California: History, History, Photograph Collections: History, United States History, World War II Last updated Aug 17, 2007 Japanese Americans in the Columbia River Basin
This site describes Japanese Americans in the Columbia River Basin area of Idaho, Oregon, and Washington state. Provides history from the 1880s when legislation excluding "Chinese immigration created demands for new immigrant labor." Describes Japanese arrivals, labor, communities, associations, and culture, as well as discrimination, World War II, and recovery during the postwar era. Includes a bibliography and searchable database of historical materials. From the Columbia River Basin Ethnic History Archive. http://www.vancouver.wsu.edu/crbeha/ja/ Topics: Geography, Social Issues, United States History, Water Last updated Jun 20, 2004 Letters From the Japanese American Internment
In this history lesson plan, "students make deductions about life in an internment camp by reading and comparing letters written to [children's librarian] Clara [Estelle] Breed." Provides images of the letters, photos, links to related Smithsonian exhibitions, and a reading list. From the Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies. http://smithsonianeducation.org/educators/lesson_plans/japanese_internment/ Topics: World War II Last updated Feb 15, 2007 Life Interrupted: The Japanese American Experience in WWII Arkansas
The University of Arkansas and the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles focus this site on the experiences of Japanese Americans in World War II Arkansas. In an appealing open book format, it provides history, educational links, materials and resources for teachers and the public, reading lists, a timeline, archival photos, recent press articles, downloadable posters, panoramic views, maps pinpointing Rohwer and Jerome camps, and driving directions from Little Rock. http://www.lifeinterrupted.org/ Topics: History, Photograph Collections: History, U.S. History By Place, United States History, World War II Last updated Feb 24, 2003 National Japanese American Historical Society (NJAHS)
This San Francisco based non-profit organization is "dedicated to the preservation, promotion, and dissemination of materials relating to the history and culture of Japanese Americans." Contains exhibits and information on Japanese Americans in the Military Intelligence Service, baseball, and the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. Includes basic facts about the Word War II detention camps, a calendar of events, related links, and more. http://www.nikkeiheritage.org/ Topics: United States History Last updated Aug 6, 2004 One Book, One Campus: "Snow Falling on Cedars"
The University of Maine at Farmington's One Book, One Campus program was created to unify the campus through "a shared common reading experience." This site focuses on "Snow Falling on Cedars," by Washington state author David Guterson. It features a brief biography of the author, historical background and synopsis of the book, and the book's awards and reviews, plus a list of relevant articles and Web sites. http://library.umf.maine.edu/OBOC/2002/home.html Topics: Authors by Region: United States, United States History Last updated May 15, 2007 P.O.V.: Civil Wrongs and Rights: The Fred Korematsu Story
Companion to a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) documentary about Fred Korematsu and his court case claiming the forced internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II was unconstitutional. The site provides an introduction to the Korematsu story, video clips, and links to related sites (including those for the Supreme Court opinion, internment camps, and other PBS programs). http://www.pbs.org/pov/ofcivilwrongsandrights/ Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, United States History, World War II Last updated Sep 8, 2009 Register of the Japanese American Research Project (JARP): The Estelle Ishigo Papers, 1941-1957
Contains correspondence, writings, drawings, and paintings of Estelle Ishigo, documenting World War II Japanese American internment life "in the Heart Mountain Relocation Camp [Wyoming] and the Federal Public Housing Authority resettlement trailer camps in Southern California." Includes biography. From the Library, Department of Special Collections, University of California, Los Angeles. http://hamachi.library.ucla.edu/ishigo/ Topics: Art by Region, California: History, Correspondence, Notable People: Women, United States History, World War II Last updated Jul 6, 2006 Telling Their Stories: Oral History Archives Project
High school students from the Urban School of San Francisco conducted and transcribed interviews and created audio and video files about Holocaust survivors, U.S. soldiers who helped liberate concentration camp prisoners, and Japanese Americans held in internment camps in World War II. Includes links to related sites. http://www.tellingstories.org/ Topics: History, Judaism, Nonfiction by Genre, United States History, World War II Last updated Jun 1, 2006 War Relocation Authority Camps in Arizona, 1942-1946
"This Web exhibit features images from approximately forty photographs taken for the War Relocation Authority and vividly depicts life in Arizona's two camps." From "Through Our Parents' Eyes: History & Culture of Southern Arizona," a project between the University of Arizona and the greater Tucson and Souther Arizona community. http://parentseyes.arizona.edu/wracamps/ Topics: History, Photograph Collections: History, U.S. History By Place, World War II Last updated Jul 22, 2004 War Relocation Authority Photographs of Japanese-American Evacuation and Resettlement, 1942-1945
A searchable and browsable collection of over 7,000 photographs and 300 Kodachrome slides taken by the War Relocation Authority (WRA) during World War II, documenting the internment of Japanese and Japanese Americans evacuated from California, Oregon, and Washington state. Also includes images of pre-evacuation and resettlement. Includes hundreds of photographs by Dorothea Lange. From the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. A part of the Online Archive of California (OAC). http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf596nb4h0 Topics: History, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, United States History, World War II Last updated Jul 3, 2006 The War Relocation Centers of World War II: When Fear Was Stronger than Justice
A lesson plan designed to study the U.S. government's confinement of people of Japanese ancestry to relocation centers during World War II. Resources include maps, readings, photographs and layouts of the Manzanar (California) and Rowher (Arkansas) camps, activities, and links to related Web sites. From the U.S. National Park Service program, Teaching with Historic Places. http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/89manzanar/89manzanar.htm Topics: California: History, History, Lesson Plans, National Parks & Forests, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Nature & Wildlife, World War II Last updated Jun 20, 2007 |
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