California

img New Japanese Congregational Church (ddr-csujad-57-21)

Two-story church building with five people standing on the front steps. There are two mentions of a Japanese Congregational Church in Montebello in the Whittier Daily News (1945-05-15, p. 8, c. 6 and 1948-11-03, p. 4, c. 6). [Handwritten caption on photo] New Japanese Congregational Church [Handwritten on verso] 44. Title from caption. See this object …

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img Anti-Can'ts (ddr-csujad-57-33)

A group of men and women pose standing in front of and on the interior stairs of a structure. They are dressed in formal wear. [Handwritten on photo] Brownell / Sept 11 - 1917. [Stamped on photo] A. E. Baxter / Whittier, Cal. [Sign visible in photo] ANTI-CAN'TS. See this object in the California State Universities …

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doc Minutes of the California yearly meeting of Friends Church, Whittier, California, 1944 (ddr-csujad-57-28)

Includes a letter from Samuel Ishikawa of Friends Japanese Church. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FFC-0028

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doc Minutes of the California yearly meeting of Friends Church, Whittier, California, 1942 (ddr-csujad-57-26)

Includes Report of Friends Mexican Missions and Report of Japanese Mission: The Norwalk Work. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FFC-0026

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doc Japanese Church debt 1929 (ddr-csujad-57-12)

Amounts pledged by Friends congregations of Whittier, East Whittier, Burbank, and Pasadena, to help build Friends Japanese Church, located at 12043 (6470 E.) (219) Orange Street, Norwalk, Calif. [Handwritten document] Japanese Church debt 1929 [List of names and amounts. Includes categories Burbank, E. Whittier, and Pasadena.] Title from note. See this object in the California State …

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doc Friends Church apportionment July 1902 (ddr-csujad-57-48)

List of names and donation amounts. ''Apportionment for Friends Church July 1902.'' See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FFC-0047

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img Friends congregants (ddr-csujad-57-13)

Eight women standing behind six men and one boy, presumably members of the First Friends Church in Whittier, Calif. [Handwritten on photo] August 26, 1917 See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FFC-0013

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img Pastor of Whittier First Friends Church: Mahlon Perry (ddr-csujad-57-53)

Portrait housed in envelope marked "Pastors" in Whittier First Friends Church archives. [Handwritten on verso] Mahlon Perry [Pastor 1905-10-01 to 1908-07-01.] See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FFC-0052

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img Pastor of Whittier First Friends Church: Elias Jessup (ddr-csujad-57-54)

Portrait housed in envelope marked "Pastors" in Whittier First Friends Church archives. [Handwritten on verso] Elias Jessup [Pastor 1888-11-10 to 1890-02-08.] See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FFC-0053

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doc Letter from Aquilla H. Pickering, 1898 (ddr-csujad-57-46)

Letter written by Aquilla H. Pickering, describing the founding of the City of Whittier by members of the Religious Society of Friends. "Story of locating Whittier." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FFC-0045

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img Dr. Elias Jessup's home (ddr-csujad-57-44)

In the foreground, First Friends Church (Whittier, Calif.). In the background, the home of Dr. Elias Jessup. [Handwritten on photo] Dr. Elias Jessup's home 1888 First Friends Church [Stamped on photo] S. Hobson, Photographer. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FFC-0043

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img Pastor of Whittier First Friends Church: J.J. Mills (ddr-csujad-57-49)

Portrait housed in envelope marked "Pastors" in Whittier First Friends Church archives. [Handwritten on verso] J. J. Mills. [Included with photo, separate paper printed] October 5, 1902. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FFC-0048

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img Pastor of Whittier First Friends Church: Robert Cope (ddr-csujad-57-51)

Portrait housed in envelope marked "Pastors" in Whittier First Friends Church archives. [Handwritten on verso] Robert Cope [Pastor 1948-09-01 to 1956-08-31.] See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FFC-0050

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img Katsumi Shigamatsu (ddr-csujad-57-17)

A man holds the hand of a little girl. Behind them is a truck and a building. [Handwritten on photo] At mission Whittier, Katsurmi Shigamatsu, 1924 [Handwritten on verso] Katsumi Shigematsu / 9 yes old girl / June 10, 1924 at Japanese Mission Whittier. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project …

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doc Minutes of the California yearly meeting of Friends Church, Whittier, California, 1943 (ddr-csujad-57-27)

Includes part of report of Friends Mexican Missions, and Report of the Japanese Mission. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FFC-0027

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img Friends Japanese Church (ddr-csujad-57-16)

A man and woman of short stature standing with a taller man on the front steps of the Friends Japanese Church. [Sign over the church door] FRIENDS JAPANESE CHURCH / G. T. HAYASHI, Pastor. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FFC-0016

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img Eighteenth California yearly meeting of Friends, Whittier 1912 (ddr-csujad-57-36)

Group portrait of California Yearly Meeting of Friends, Whittier, California. ''Eighteenth California Yearly Meeting of Friends Whittier 1912. E.L. Meyer Photo, Ontario, Cal.'' Title from caption. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FFC-0035

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img First California yearly meeting of Friends (ddr-csujad-57-40)

Rows of chairs are filled with male and female spectators facing a stage at the front of a room, where two rows of black-clad men and women sit and stand. A framed photograph of John Greenleaf Whittier hangs on the wall above the people on stage, along with some streamers. [Printed on paper attached to matboard] …

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doc Friends Church apportionment June 1, 1901 (ddr-csujad-57-47)

List of names and donation amounts. "Friends Church Apportionment, June 1st, 1901 / William M. Hiatt, Attorney and Counselor at Law, Whittier, Cal." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FFC-0046

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img Easter with no church (ddr-csujad-57-18)

Group photo of children and adults outdoors. [Handwritten note on photo] Easter with no church. Apr. 20, 1924 [Handwritten on verso] On Easter Sunday. Apr. 20, '24. At the S.S. Norwalk, Calif. [illegible] outside [illegible]. No church. Title from note. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FFC-0018

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img California yearly meeting of Friends 1894, Whittier College (ddr-csujad-57-41)

Young men and women are seated on a lawn with trees behind them. They are seated in the shape of two hearts missing their points, or a large and small numeral three. [Handwritten on verso] C. E. Group taken at the first Y. M. held at Whittier 1894, W College Campus. L.F.H. See this object in …

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img Pastor of Whittier First Friends Church: Levi Mills (ddr-csujad-57-59)

Portrait housed in envelope marked "Pastors" in Whittier First Friends Church archives. [Handwritten on verso] Levi Mills [Pastor 1902-10-11 to 1905-10-01.] See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FFC-0058

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img Woman's bible class (ddr-csujad-57-32)

A group of women pose on the front steps of a Whittier house belonging to Griffith and Cora Milhous. They belong to the Woman's Bible Class of the First Friends Church of Whittier, Calif. [Handwritten on verso] Anna Tomlinson / Woman's Bible Class First Friends Church Whittier, Calif. See this object in the California State Universities …

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doc Hiroshi Kusakai interview (ddr-csujad-6-16)

Oral history interview with Hiroshi Kusakai. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: SCRC_KUSAKAI_HIROSHI

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doc Eric Andow interview (ddr-csujad-6-2)

Oral history interview with Eric Andow. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: SCRC_ANDOW_ERIC

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