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Collection contains black and white photographs, clippings and sketches related to Ikebana arrangements and exhibitions. Japanese language is present. Material is mounted in a brown photo album.

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Collection contains a hand-knitted sweater created by Sae Ikeya while interned at Minidoka Relocation Center. She made the sweater for her daughter, Junko Ikeya Mizuta.

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Collection contains an issue of the Minidoka Irrigator (1944) and a bookmark created by Sae Ikeya (1944) while interned at Minidoka.

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This is a hand written instructional manual for making a WATA-IRE (PaddedJacket). This was one of the items people used to learn to saw at the sewing class at JASC. The book is written in Japanese.

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Collection contains three photographs of Emperor Hirohito and Empress Nagako’s visit to Chicago.

Scope and Contents The Izui Family Papers consists of Mikisaburo Izui’s hand-painted stones (1942) and handmade journals with botanical notes and sketches (1942-1962). Also present is a scrapbook created by Matakichi Izui that includes government documents related to his naturalization as a U.S. citizen, his internment experience, his jobs and photographs and itineraries related to his travels throughout the U.S (1917-1976). The collection includes Suzu Izui’s instruments and musical composition booklets...

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Collection contains a lacquered plate and a Japanese fan branded with the "J. Toguri Mercantile Co." logo. Materials were likely given to customers as promotional items.

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The collection includes War Ration Books for the Oda family, a camp directory of Amache, magazines, newsletters, and redress related documents.

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Collection contains reports and board minutes generated by the Chicago Resettlers Committee (ca. 1947-1948) and letters of condolence related to Yasutake’s passing (1953-1954).

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The Jack Tono Papers consist of documents, testimonies, and statements taken at the "Heart Mountain 63” and Tule Lake trials and the Redress hearings; a copy of the Lim Report commissioned by the Japanese American Citizens' League to study the role of JACL in the evacuation and internment of Japanese Americans during World War II; and Jack Tono’s speeches and personal interviews.