Holly H. Onomiya papers, 1942-1992 (bulk 1942-1945)

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Holly H. Onomiya papers, 1942-1992 (bulk 1942-1945)

1942-1945

https://search.library.berkeley.edu/permalink/01UCS_BER/10rhv18/alma991044235129706532

Contains correspondence, photographs, and other documents relating to the Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colo. Correspondence is mostly from Japanese-American soldiers to the Blue Star Service Club. Many of the documents pertain to everyday life at the Relocation center including programs, meal passes and newsletters. Photographs depict evacuation day, the grounds in Amache, the Hirooka, Yoshioka Onomiya and Tanizawa families, Holly Onomiya, funeral services, administrative staff and group activities including the USO.

2 boxes (.8 linear ft.)

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Hirooka family

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Onomiya family

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Onomiya, Holly H.

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Holly Haruye Onomiya was born Mar. 27, 1923 in Ukiah, Calif. She was interned in the Granada Relocation Center in Amache, Colo. from 1942 to 1945. From the description of Holly H. Onomiya papers, 1942-1992 (bulk 1942-1945). (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 85037195 ...

Blue Star Service Club.

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Tanizawa family

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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...

Yoshioka family

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United Service Organizations (U.S.)

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The United Service Organizations (USO) was incorporated in the state of New York on February 4, 1941, as a joint operation by the YMCA, YWCA, National Catholic Community Service, the National Jewish Welfare Board, the Traveler's Aid Association, and the Salvation Army, to provide religious, spiritual, social, welfare, educational, and entertainment services to men and women in the armed forces during World War II. The USO has continued to provide these services to the present. From t...