“Uprooted American in Your Community” Department of the Interior, War Relocation Authority, 1945

The collection contains clippings, correspondence, photographs, awards, and related materials on the personal and professional lives of Tom and Lily Teraji. Some files on Lily’s brothers, Sam and Yoji Ozaki, are also included. Themes of interest include Tom Teraji’s athletic activities, involvement with the Boy Scouts, career with the Chicago Public School system, and various accolades, including Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays. Lily Teraji’s subseries also includes information on her family’s internment and the Compton Community College California Nisei College Diploma Program.