Dorothy and Hiroshi Kaneko Papers

Minidoka Relocation Center

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Concentration camp established by U.S. War Relocation Authority near Hunt, Idaho, for internment of U.S. citizens of Japanese ancestry. From the description of Records, 1942-1945. (University of Idaho Library). WorldCat record id: 42926264 ...

Japanese American Service Committee (Chicago, Ill.)

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The Chicago Resettlers' Committee was established in 1945 for the purpose of aiding in the resettlement of Japanese Americans who were displaced from their homes as a result of U.S. involvement in World War II. When the task of resettlement had been completed, the agency became the Japanese American Service Committee of Chicago in 1959. The Japanese American Service Committee focused on providing social services to Chicagoans of Japanese descent. From the description of Records, 1945...

Granada Relocation Center

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Records accumulated by Yatsutoshi Yoshizawa in the course of his duties as a member of the Block Managers Assembly. From the description of Records, 1943-1945. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 26282043 The Granada Relocation Center opened on Aug. 27, 1942, near the southeastern Colorado town of Granada (sometimes referred to as Amache, after the daughter of a Cheyenne chief). Most of Granada's inmates were transferred there from the Merced and Santa Anita Assembly Centers in C...

Kaneko, Hiroshi, 1917-

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Tule Lake Relocation Center

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World War II and its subsequent effects on the American nation permeated every aspect of the lives of the country's people. Although virtually everyone was touched in some respect by the war, perhaps no people, as a group, were affected more than the Japanese-Americans living in the far western states. Both aliens and American citizens of Japanese ancestry became the victims of the distrust and fear generated by both civilians and military personnel along the Pacific Coast. Viewed a...

Kaneko, Dorothy Morita, 1920-

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Born Dorothy Morita in Hood River, Or.; married Hiroshi Kaneko in 1942; the U.S. government placed the Kanekos in Tule Lake Relocation Center near Tulelake, Calif.; in 1943, the Kanekos secured jobs and were allowed out of internment camp to work as domestics in Barrington, Ill.; they moved to Chicago, Ill., after Dorothy Kaneko became pregnant; in 1944, the Kanekos and Hiroshi's father, Yagoro Kaneko, bought LaSalle Mansion, a large apartment building in Chicago which soon became a vital commun...