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(This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.)","extent":"02:55:07","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-375","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":618,"namepart":"Takayo Tsubouchi Fischer"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Sharon Yamato"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Tani Ikeda"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr007fs9v","namepart":"Tsubouchi, Takayo Doris"}],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Los Angeles, California","creation":"October 25, 2011","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Takayo Tsubouchi Fischer narrator \nSharon Yamato interviewer \nTani Ikeda videographer Tsubouchi, Takayo Doris 88922nr007fs9v","download_large":"denshovh-ftakayo-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1002-3","model":"entity","index":"11 661/{'value': 696, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1002-3/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1002-3/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1002/denshovh-bernest-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1002/denshovh-bernest-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Ernest Besig Interview","description":"White male. Born in May 30, 1904, in Albany, New York. Founder and Executive Director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California from 1934 to 1971. Fought for civil rights throughout his career, and was involved in the General Strike in San Francisco, the McCarthy Era, and the Free Speech, civil rights, and anti-war movements. Represented Fred Korematsu in 1942 in his case against the United States government.
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(This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life histories, instead primarily focusing on issues surrounding the resistance movement itself.)","extent":"01:42:25","links_children":"ddr-densho-1002-2","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":82,"namepart":"Shosuke Sasaki"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Chizu Omori"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Emiko Omori"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Emiko Omori and Paul Mailman"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr0060627","namepart":"Sasaki, Shosuke"}],"contributor":"Emiko and Chizuko Omori Collection","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Seattle, Washington","creation":"September 28, 1992","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Shosuke Sasaki narrator \nChizu Omori interviewer \nEmiko Omori interviewer \nEmiko Omori and Paul Mailman videographer Sasaki, Shosuke 88922nr0060627","download_large":"denshovh-sshosuke-02-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-pc-28-24","model":"entity","index":"17 667/{'value': 696, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-28-24/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-pc-28-24/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-pc-28/ddr-pc-28-24-mezzanine-c35df10f8d-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-pc-28/ddr-pc-28-24-mezzanine-c35df10f8d-a.jpg"},"title":"Pacific Citizen, Vol. 42, No. 24 (June 15, 1956)","description":"Selected article titles: \"Claims bill ready for consideration on Senate floor within two weeks\" (p. 1), 'Alien Land Law Repeal Measure Set as Prop. 13\" (p. 1), \"Nat'l JACL Director Satow visits Nation's capital, visits with California congressmen\" (p. 1), \"Reveal identity of Nisei meeting housing bias in SF area as Richmond-El Cerrito CLer\" (p. 1), \"Poultry farmer invited for Japan inspection tour\" (p. 2), \"L.A. County Supervisors Favor Repeal of Alien Land Law Proposition\" (p. 3), \"JACLer appointed to staff of President's Committee on Government Contracts in DC\" (p. 3), \"New York JACL joins 'Operation Unity', for Museum of Immigration fund appeal\" (p. 3), \"Sacramentan named for Masaoka award\" (p. 4), \"JACL officials to address first Hi-Co conference of Nisei students and leaders\" (p. 5), \"Chicago pushes survey for nursing home for aged Issei as definite need found\" (p. 7), \"Senate judiciary committee releases report on claims bill; House-passed measure 'meritorious, favorably recommended'\" (p. 8).","extent":"11.5W x 17H","links_children":"ddr-pc-28-24","creators":[{"role":"author","namepart":"Japanese American Citizens League"}],"topics":[{"term":"Activism and involvement -- Civil rights","id":"234"},{"term":"Community activities -- Associations and organizations -- The Japanese American Citizens League","id":"20"},{"term":"Journalism and media -- Community publications -- Pacific Citizen","id":"389"},{"term":"Race and racism -- Discrimination","id":"37"},{"term":"World War II -- Economic losses","id":"59"}],"format":"doc","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"namepart":"Tajiri, Larry"},{"namepart":"Tajiri, Guyo"},{"namepart":"Mineta, Helen"},{"namepart":"Satow, Masao W."},{"namepart":"Hosokawa, Bill"},{"namepart":"Honda, Harry K."},{"namepart":"Melville, Malcolm L."},{"namepart":"Miyakawa, Carolyn"},{"namepart":"Mimbu, William"},{"namepart":"Inadomi, George"},{"namepart":"Masada, Saburo"},{"namepart":"Kushida, Tats"},{"namepart":"Ichikawa, Ryo"},{"namepart":"Takeda, Susumu"},{"namepart":"Okada, Donald"},{"namepart":"Enomoto, Jerry"},{"namepart":"Sakurada, Smoky H."},{"namepart":"Inouye, Yoshiko"},{"namepart":"Ogawa, Elmer"},{"namepart":"Nishita, Bill"},{"namepart":"Kishino, Lloyd"},{"namepart":"Tashima, Mako"},{"namepart":"Mori, Henry"},{"namepart":"Saijo, Albert"},{"namepart":"Masaoka, Mike"},{"namepart":"Fukui, Soichi"},{"namepart":"Ota, Mabel"},{"namepart":"Sugimoto, Roy"},{"namepart":"Inagaki, George"}],"contributor":"Pacific Citizen","rights":"cc","genre":"periodical","location":"Los Angeles, California","creation":"June 15, 1956","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Japanese American Citizens League author Tajiri, Larry \nTajiri, Guyo \nMineta, Helen \nSatow, Masao W. \nHosokawa, Bill \nHonda, Harry K. \nMelville, Malcolm L. \nMiyakawa, Carolyn \nMimbu, William \nInadomi, George \nMasada, Saburo \nKushida, Tats \nIchikawa, Ryo \nTakeda, Susumu \nOkada, Donald \nEnomoto, Jerry \nSakurada, Smoky H. \nInouye, Yoshiko \nOgawa, Elmer \nNishita, Bill \nKishino, Lloyd \nTashima, Mako \nMori, Henry \nSaijo, Albert \nMasaoka, Mike \nFukui, Soichi \nOta, Mabel \nSugimoto, Roy \nInagaki, George","download_large":"ddr-pc-28-24-mezzanine-c35df10f8d-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-csujad-5-86","model":"entity","index":"18 668/{'value': 696, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-5-86/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-csujad-5-86/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-csujad-5/ddr-csujad-5-86-mezzanine-f3d4efd009-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-csujad-5/ddr-csujad-5-86-mezzanine-f3d4efd009-a.jpg"},"title":"Letter from Makoto Okine to Mr. S. Okine, July 22, 1945","description":"A letter from Makoto Okine to his father, Seiichi Okine, in the Rohwer incarceration camp. Makoto writes from \"Leghorn\" [=Livorno] Italy where he is deployed as a US Army soldier. The letter is mailed via Army/Air Post Office, New York, by U.S. Army Postal Service. In the letter, he describes his duty, guarding prisoners while they work at salvage yards. The salvage materials are loaded and shipped back to the U.S after U.S. ships unload the food rations in Livorno, Italy. He sees U.S. troops heading back to the U.S. and hopes he is going to be able to go back home soon. The handwritten note on the back of the envelope reads: Arrived on August 9, 1945, Chicago [in Japanese]. 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Yuriko Tsukada (nee Domoto) received letters from her husband Richard “Dick” Hiroshi Tsukada when they were dating in 1943 and 1944 when he left Granada (Amache) to find work. Additionally, Richard and Yuri lived apart in 1946 when he moved to New Rochelle, New York and Yuri attended Simmon's College in Boston. Additionally, Yuriko Tsukada (nee Domoto) received letters and artwork from longtime friend, artist Mine Okubo between 1948-1994 and kept several programs from art shows of Mine Okubo's work. To learn more about Mine Okubo see http://encyclopedia.densho.org/Mine_Okubo/ and to see more of her work visit Riverside Community College http://library.rcc.edu/riverside/okubo/ and the Japanese American National Musuem http://www.janm.org/collections/mine-okubo-collection which both hold physical collections of Mine Okubo's work. Yuri Tsukada wrote frequently to her brother Kaneji Domoto, and that correspondence can be found in the Kaneji and Sally (Fujii) Domoto Collection (ddr-densho-329) ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-329. \r\nYuriko Tsukada's (nee Domoto) diaries date from 1927 through 1943. \r\nHer personal records range from accounting books to school reports to personal legal documents to documents and letters related to the Domoto Bro's Nursery that her father, uncle and eldest brother managed; broadly from the 1910s through the 1940s. She also kept meeting minutes from the Committee of Immigrant Serving Agencies from December 1941 to February 1942 and case notes from Japanese Americans seeking assistance following the bombing of Pearl Harbor.\r\nThe Administrative Records are from Yuriko Tsukada's (nee Domoto) time as a Social Worker at Granada (Amache) and at Merced Assembly Center. These records include: internal memos regarding office work, blank forms, social welfare worker’s studies, resettlement efforts, family reunification polices, and the transfer of individuals from Tule Lake to Amache.","links_children":"ddr-densho-356","creators":[{"role":"author","namepart":"Tsukada, Yuriko (Domoto)"},{"role":"author","namepart":"War Relocation Authority"}],"language":["eng","jpn"],"contributor":"Densho","public":"1","rights":"cc","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Tsukada, Yuriko (Domoto) author \nWar Relocation Authority author","download_large":"ddr-densho-356-147-mezzanine-d72e8751c6-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-pc-29-30","model":"entity","index":"20 670/{'value': 696, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-29-30/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-pc-29-30/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-pc-29/ddr-pc-29-30-mezzanine-3f573a4b5c-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-pc-29/ddr-pc-29-30-mezzanine-3f573a4b5c-a.jpg"},"title":"Pacific Citizen, Vol. 45, No. 4 (July 26, 1957)","description":"Select article titles: \"TV Critic says Anti-Nisei Films Should be Junked\" (p. 1); Aliens seeking adjustment of residence status allowed trips to U.S. possessions; Japanese circus performer can visit Hawaii\" (p. 1); Library Named in Memory of Ex-Calif. Issei\" (p. 2); \"U.S.-Japan gov't cooperation assured for Nisei businessman's international confab\" (p. 2); Hawaiian students gather material for booklet to offset Tulsa editorial against statehood for Tulsa public schools\" (p. 3); \"Transplated Texan & wife in New York want to help Japanese brides get adjusted\" (p. 3); \"Out-of-court settlement gives children back to war bride who tried to kill them\" (p. 3); \"One-man sumi drawing of Arizona Nisei regarded as 'unusual,' 'accomplished'\" (p. 3); \"Singer Pat Suzuki signs Hollywood record contract\" (p. 3); \"Endowment Fund Increases as Claimants Paid\" (p. 5); \"Ex-Gov. Sprague of Oregon To Be Given JACL Scroll\" (p. 5); \"Friendliness of Coloradans credited with easing bias\" (p. 6); \"Nat'l JACL cooperating with Civil Rights Leadership Conference on Senate measure\" (p. 8); \"Civil rights bill amended in Senate\" (p. 8).","extent":"11W x 17H","links_children":"ddr-pc-29-30","creators":[{"role":"publisher","namepart":"Japanese American Citizens League"}],"topics":[{"term":"Activism and involvement","id":"120"},{"term":"Activism and involvement -- Civil rights","id":"234"},{"term":"Activism and involvement -- Politics -- Hawaiian statehood","id":"236"},{"term":"Arts and literature -- Performing arts","id":"247"},{"term":"Arts and literature -- Performing arts -- Film","id":"249"},{"term":"Arts and literature -- Visual arts","id":"180"},{"term":"Geographic communities -- California","id":"271"},{"term":"Geographic communities -- California -- Los Angeles","id":"272"},{"term":"Geographic communities -- Oregon","id":"284"},{"term":"Community activities -- Associations and organizations -- The Japanese American Citizens League","id":"20"},{"term":"Identity and values -- Issei","id":"43"},{"term":"Identity and values -- Japanese American identity","id":"47"},{"term":"Identity and values -- Nisei","id":"44"},{"term":"Immigration and citizenship -- Anti-immigration sentiment","id":"178"},{"term":"Immigration and citizenship -- Law and legislation","id":"340"},{"term":"Journalism and media -- Community publications -- Pacific Citizen","id":"389"},{"term":"Race and racism -- Discrimination","id":"37"},{"term":"Redress and reparations","id":"110"}],"format":"doc","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"periodical","location":"Los Angeles, California","creation":"07/26/1957","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Japanese American Citizens League publisher","download_large":"ddr-pc-29-30-mezzanine-3f573a4b5c-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-csujad-5-191","model":"entity","index":"21 671/{'value': 696, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-5-191/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-csujad-5-191/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-csujad-5/ddr-csujad-5-191-mezzanine-055e7552cc-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-csujad-5/ddr-csujad-5-191-mezzanine-055e7552cc-a.jpg"},"title":"Letter from Makoto Okine to Mr. S. 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Sincerely, Helen Keller.\"\r\n\r\nCaption on reverse [translation]: Helen Keller Finally Comes to Japan - Introducing the 'Talking Book' - (Tokyo) April 2, 1937. Helen Keller, the 'saint of three burdens,' departed San Francisco at noon on the 1st aboard the Yusen Asama Maru headed for Japan with her secretary Polly Thomson and Pastor Komuro Tokuji of the New York Methodist Church and his wife. She will arrive at Yokohama on April 15 and will speak in about 20 cities stretching from Hokkaido in the north to Kyushu in the south as well as in Korea and Manchuria until early July. She will introduce the 'talking book' that she has devised and soothe her comrades in other countries suffering from 'physical deficiencies'. Photographs: 1. 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Pramila has a Masters in Business Administration from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management, and a B.A. from Georgetown University in English and Economics. She is also the author of Pilgrimage to India: A Woman Revisits Her Homeland (Seal Press, 2000). Pramila and HFZ Campaign have received several awards and recognitions for its work, including the City of Seattle's 2002 Civil Rights Award, the Washington Bar Association's Access to Justice Community Leadership Award, the Japanese American Citizens League Leadership Award, the Northwest Asian Weekly Foundation's Community Leaders Award, a leadership award from Congressman Jim McDermott, and the Ecumenical Leadership Award from the Washington Association of Churches. In January 2004, Pramila was named one of the top ten Puget Sound regional leaders by the Seattle Times Editorial Board."},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-137-7","model":"segment","index":"24 674/{'value': 696, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-137-7/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-137-7/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-ymitsuye-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-ymitsuye-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Mitsuye May Yamada Interview Segment 7","description":"Moving to New York City: \"a liberating experience\"
Mitsuye Yamada was interviewed together with her two surviving brothers, William Toshio Yasutake and Joseph Yasutake, in group sessions on October 8-9, 2002. She was interviewed individually on October 9-10, 2002.
Before being contacted by Densho, the Yasutake siblings had planned to conduct their own family history interviews. Individually and jointly, they and other family members had written and gathered material documenting their family history. They shared much of this with me to assist with research and preparation for the Densho interview. Mitsuye's daughter Jeni had coordinated much of the family history work. Jeni participated as a secondary interviewer during the group sessions, October 8-9, 2002.The group interview sessions were conducted in Seattle at the home of Tom Ikeda, executive director of Densho. The oldest Yasutake sibling, Reverend Seiichi Michael Yasutake, had passed away less than a year before the Densho interviewing, in December, 2001. The remaining siblings emphasized that his absence left a gap in their discussion of family history. In addition to Jeni Yamada and videographers Dana Hoshide and John Pai, also present during some portions of the group interview were Tom Ikeda, and Mitsuye Yamada's son Kai Yamada.","extent":"00:04:51","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-137-7","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":129,"namepart":"Mitsuye May Yamada"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Alice Ito"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Dana Hoshide"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","geography":[{"term":"New York","id":"\"http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7007568\""}],"rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Seattle, Washington","creation":"October 9 & 10, 2002","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Mitsuye May Yamada narrator \nAlice Ito interviewer \nDana Hoshide videographer","download_large":"denshovh-ymitsuye-01-a.jpg"}],"query":{"query":{"query_string":{"query":"New York, New York.","fields":["id","model","links_html","links_json","links_img","links_thumb","links_children","status","public","title","description","contributor","creators","creators.namepart","facility","format","genre","geography","label","language","creation","location","persons","rights","topics","image_url","display_name","bio","extent","search_hidden"],"analyze_wildcard":false,"allow_leading_wildcard":false,"default_operator":"AND"}},"aggs":{"facility":{"nested":{"path":"facility"},"aggs":{"facility_ids":{"terms":{"field":"facility.id","size":1000}}}},"format":{"terms":{"field":"format"}},"genre":{"terms":{"field":"genre"}},"rights":{"terms":{"field":"rights"}},"topics":{"nested":{"path":"topics"},"aggs":{"topics_ids":{"terms":{"field":"topics.id","size":1000}}}}},"_source":["id","model","links_html","links_json","links_img","links_thumb","links_children","status","public","title","description","contributor","creators","creators.namepart","facility","format","genre","geography","label","language","creation","location","persons","rights","topics","image_url","display_name","bio","extent","search_hidden"]}}