Japanese Americans in Hawaii during World War II: Resources: Databases and Articles

Access any of the UHWO databases listed below (you will need to log in with your UH username and password to search them): 

These full-text articles come from peer-reviewed journals that may help with your research (UHWO log-in required to access them):

1.  "Incarcerating Japanese Americans" by Roger Daniels 

This article talks about what was done to Japanese-Americans during World War II and asks the question: "Could it happen again?"

2.  "Interning the "Non-Alien" Other: The Illusory Protections of Citizenship" by Natsu Taylor Saito

3.  "Letter to My Father From His Friend Overseas August, 1944" by Sharon Hashimoto

The Densho Encyclopedia is a free and publicly accessible website that provides information on many aspects of the Japanese American story during World War II. This online encyclopedia is vetted by a group of professors and scholars in history and Asian American studies.

A couple of examples of the benefits of using a vetted, subject-specific source like this is that there is scholarly information on topics that might not necessarily be covered in more generalized encyclopedias:

Honouliuli Internment Camp

No No Boys

Access the full free resource here: http://encyclopedia.densho.org/