A University of California graduate of Japanese descent, placed
I AM AN AMERICAN sign on this store front on December 8, 1941
Persons of Japanese ancestry arrive at the Santa Anita Assembly Center from San Pedro.
Clem Albers, Arcadia, CA, April 5, 1942. (Photo No. 210-G-3B-414)
Donated Japanese American Women / Alumnae of UC Berkeley Oral Histories
From 2007-2011 Joyce Nao Takahashi and Mary Tomita of the Japanese American Women / Alumnae of UC Berkeley [JAWAUCB] headed their program to conduct audio interviews with Japanese American UC Berkeley students who were incarcerated during WWII. The following transcripts and audio are available to researchers in The Bancroft Library. Underlined transcripts below are available online. Dr. Takahashi published the article Japanese American Alumnae of the University of California, Berkeley: Lives and Legacy, including excerpts from these oral histories.
Grace (Obata) Amemiya
Photo of UC Berkeley Japanese Women's Club Fall 1938