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Poetry

Scatterbrain masterpieces: short stories, poetry, jokes, cartoons, carnival editions

Student created magazine consisting of several drawings, poems, and short stories including: "Spectacular flight" by Mary Furuta, "Nisei learns to smile again" by Teiko Hamaguchi, "Small but solid" by Sam Himoto, "Terrific teens" by Rose Hiraoka, "Too young" by Toshi Iwasaki, "Glamour ain't hay" by Helen Kanemasu, "Alone with brother" …
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Tule Lake scrapbook

Scrapbook created in Tule Lake camp by Japanese American students. Contents include drawings, art, holiday greeting cards prints, poetry and signatures of student groups. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: mei_03_20_001
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Tule Lake scrapbook illustrated page

Scrapbook page features a pastel drawing of women showering and in various states of undress in camp barracks. Illustration is accompanied by a poem "Barrack room ballads" about the lack of both privacy and comfort of women using camp barracks showers and toilets. Tule Lake scrapbook (ucsb_mei_0053), page 31. See …
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Wolf song

Lyrics from the poem , titled: "The Wolf Song." Transcription is found in item: ecm_wells_9074. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_wells_0074
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Fresno West Side

Oral history interview with Mr. Nori Masuda, Mrs. Masako Inada, Mrs. Fumi Nakajima, and Mrs. Setsu Hirasuna. Information on the oral history project is found in: csuf_stp_0012A; Glossary in: csuf_stp_0014. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FCPL Fresno West Side
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Poem written in camp

Jim Yoshihara wrote the poem "Damned Fence" while incarcerated at Minidoka.
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Booklet


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WCCA Assembly Center 1942 North Portland, Ore. Poetry Journal No. 1

Handwritten on Holland Linen notebook. Additional title in Japanese
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