Item 4 is from the Manzanar War Relocation Center Records (Collection 122). Department of Special Collections, Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles. A finding aid for the collection is available online through the Online Archive of California at http://www.oac.cdlib.org

Items 1-3, 5, and 8-11 are from the Japanese American Research Project (JARP) Collection: 2010, Series 1 (Personal Papers), Sub-series 11: The Estelle Ishigo Papers, 1941 - 1957. The papers were donated by Estelle Ishigo to the Department of Special Collections, Young Research Library, University of California Los Angeles. A finding aid for the JARP collection is available online through the Online Archive of California at http://www.oac.cdlib.org. The Estelle Ishio Papers have been digitized, and can be found on the World Wide Web at: http://hamachi.library.ucla.edu/ishigo/ and through the Online Archive of California at http://www.oac.cdlib.org/

Items 5 and 7are from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), Still Picture Branch. The creating organization is the Department of the Interior, War Relocation Authority. Photographs of the War Relocation Authority have been digitized and are available on the NARA web site at http://www.nara.gov

1. Estelle Ishigo untitled watercolor painting of a women holding a child on her back at Heart Mountain Relocation Camp. Box 719. Estelle Ishigo Papers (Collection 2010). Department of Special Collections, Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles. http://hamachi.library.ucla.edu/ishigo/surrogates/html/b719/719003C.html
2. Estelle Ishigo pencil drawing of a "Baggage Truck Preparing to Leave for Heart Mountain Camp," May 1942, 7:00 a.m. Box 719. Estelle Ishigo Papers (Collection 2010). Department of Special Collections, Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles. http://hamachi.library.ucla.edu/ishigo/surrogates/html/b719/719018C.html
3. Estelle Ishigo watercolor painting, "Home," Heart Mountain, December 1942. Box 719. Estelle Ishigo Papers (Collection 2010). Department of Special Collections, Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles. http://hamachi.library.ucla.edu/ishigo/surrogates/html/b719/719007C.html
4. "Instructions To All Persons of Japanese Ancestry." (Text) May 3, 1942. Box 74. Item 33. Manzanar War Relocation Center Records (Collection 122). Department of Special Collections, Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
5. Letter from Edo Mita to Estelle Ishigo. 13 August, 1942. Box 77. Folder 4. Estelle Ishigo Papers (Collection 2010) Department of Special Collections, Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles. http://hamachi.library.ucla.edu/ishigo/surrogates/html/b77f4/7704115-1.html and http://hamachi.library.ucla.edu/ishigo/surrogates/html/b77f4/7704115-2.html and http://hamachi.library.ucla.edu/ishigo/surrogates/html/b77f4/7704116.html
6. Photo of Japanese American family in the barracks. National Archives and Records Administration, Still Picture Branch (NWDNS). Title: Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Heart Mountain, Wyoming. A few pieces of scrap and some additiona . . ., 01/07/1943. Control Number: NWDNS-210-G-E617. Creating Organization: Department of the Interior. War Relocation Authority.
7. Photo of ice skaters. National Archives and Records Administration, Still Picture Branch (NWDNS). Control No: NWDNS-210-G-E625. Title: Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Heart Mountain, Wyoming. A young hopeful, not yet quite sure of h . . ., 01/10/1943. Creating Organization: Department of the Interior. War Relocation Authority.
8. Estelle Ishigo oil painting, "Gathering Coal at Heart Mountain Relocation Camp." No date. Box 769. Estelle Ishigo Papers (Collection 2010). Department of Special Collections, Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles. http://hamachi.library.ucla.edu/ishigo/surrogates/html/b769/769001C.html
9. Estelle Ishigo pencil drawing, "Windstorm in Heart Mountain Cemetery." Box 719. Estelle Ishigo Papers (Collection 2010). Department of Special Collections, Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles. http://hamachi.library.ucla.edu/ishigo/surrogates/html/b719/719011C.html
10. Estelle Ishigo pencil sketch of Arthur Ishigo with the caption of "Are we Americans, Again?" Box 78. Folder 5. Estelle Ishigo Papers (Collection 2010). Department of Special Collection, Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles. http://hamachi.library.ucla.edu/ishigo/surrogates/html/b78f5/7805009.html
11. Estelle Ishigo watercolor painting, "Boys with Kite." Heart Mountain. September, 1944. Box 719. Estelle Ishigo Papers (Collection 2010). Department of Special Collections, Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles. http://hamachi.library.ucla.edu/ishigo/surrogates/html/b719/719008C.html

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