St. Paul Resettlement Committee (SPRC) Hostel, ca. 1946. The SPRC Hostel was located on the second floor of this building, at 191 West Kellogg Boulevard. The second floor had been previously used as a residential hotel. The SPRC leased the building, which was next door to the International Institute of St. Paul, from August of 1945 until August of 1948. Photo from the private collection of Linda Hashimoto van Dooijewert.

Residents of the St. Paul Resettlement Committee Hostel at Christmas dinner, ca. 1946. Pictured from left Yoneko Yamada (sister of Kimi Yanari), Frank Yanari (husband of Kimi), Emi Yanari (daughter in high chair), Kimi Yanari, standing, Tomiko Ogata ( dietician, holding the turkey), and Aiko Ogata, daughter of Tomiko).

Residents of the St. Paul Resettlement Committee Hostel gather for a Christmas party ca. 1946. Pictured are: seated from the left, Aiko Ogata (daughter of Tomiko), second from left, Yoneko Yamada (Kimi Yanari's sister), Tomiko Ogata (hostel dietician), Elizabeth Evans (hostel director), and Hiroko Ogata (Tomiko's daughter). Seated on floor in center is Kimi Yanari and her daughter Emi. Photo from the private collection of Linda Hashimoto van Dooijewert.

International Institute building at 183 W. Kellogg, St. Paul, 1970. This photo was taken before demolition to make way for the St. Paul Civic Center. Note the artistic rendering of a geranium in a pot on the corner of the building. The red geranium was called an “international flower” and was an important symbol to the International Institute in St. Paul. Photographer Lucy Jackson Habermann.

International Institute, 183–187 West Kellogg, St. Paul, 1949 (second building on the right). Just left of that is the building used as the St. Paul Resettlement Hostel. The International Institute moved into this building in June of 1946.

St. Paul Resettlement Committee meetings and cultural activities for Japanese and Japanese Americans were held in the club rooms at the International Institute.

Alice Tokuno (left) and Kate Iwasaki (right) looking at a list of work assignments at the St. Paul Resettlement Hostel. From a clipping of the St. Paul Dispatch, ca. 1946, included in the St. Paul Resettlement Committee records, 1942–1953 (Manuscript Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul).

Mrs. Takio Muto with her daughter Carol Ann (center) and son Curtis (left) at the St. Paul Resettlement Hostel. Takio Muto worked at the Military Intelligence Service Language School (MISLS) at Fort Snelling. From a clipping of the St. Paul Dispatch, ca. 1946, included in the St. Paul Resettlement Committee records, 1942–1953 (Manuscript Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul).

Mrs. Thomas Yamazaki with her daughters Luanne (left) and Aveline (right) at the St. Paul Resettlement Hostel. Thomas Yamazaki worked at the Military Intelligence Service Language School (MISLS) at Fort Snelling. From a clipping of the St. Paul Dispatch, ca. 1946, included in the St. Paul Resettlement Committee records, 1942–1953 (Manuscript Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul).

General William LeDuc. Photograph by Whitney’s Gallery, ca. 1865.