Shosuke Sasaki Collection

ddr-densho-274

This collection consists of documents from the personal collection of Mr. Shosuke Sasaki, an Issei who immigrated to the U.S. in 1919. During World War II he was incarcerated in Minidoka, Idaho, and later worked for Standard & Poor's financial institution for many years. His papers document his work with Minidoka's Welfare Department, as well as his prominent role in formulating the "Seattle Plan" for redress in the early 1970s. Mr. Sasaki also led an effort to eliminate the perjorative use of the word "Jap" in print media.

c.1940s-1980s

c.1940s-1980s

194 documents

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Courtesy of Shosuke Sasaki

194 Objects

Letter regarding a publishing company's use of term
doc Letter regarding a publishing company's use of term "Jap" (ddr-densho-274-1)
Letter from Clifford Uyeda to Shosuke Sasaki about a recently revived campaign against a large publishing company for use of the term "Jap" in its printed materials. In the 1950s and 1960s, Mr. Sasaki was the leader of a movement against the use of the word "Jap" in movies and print media.
Letter regarding a publishing company's use of term
doc Letter regarding a publishing company's use of term "Jap" (ddr-densho-274-2)
Letter from Raymond Okamura to Shosuke Sasaki about a recently revived campaign against a large publishing company for use of the term "Jap" in its printed materials. In the 1950s and 1960s, Mr. Sasaki was the leader of a movement against the use of the word "Jap" in movies and print media.
Letter regarding a publishing company's use of term
doc Letter regarding a publishing company's use of term "Jap" (ddr-densho-274-3)
Letter from Neil Gotanda of the Asian Law Caucus to Shosuke Sasaki about a recently revived campaign against a large publishing company for use of the term "Jap" in its printed materials. In the 1950s and 1960s, Mr. Sasaki was the leader of a movement against the use of the word "Jap" in movies and print …
Letter regarding the dictionary definition of
doc Letter regarding the dictionary definition of "Jap" (ddr-densho-274-4)
Letter from Raymond Okamura to Shosuke Sasaki regarding a dictionary changing its definition of the word "Jap." In the 1950s and 1960s, Mr. Sasaki was the leader of a movement against the use of the word "Jap" in movies and print media.
Letter regarding the dictionary definition of
doc Letter regarding the dictionary definition of "Jap" (ddr-densho-274-5)
Letter from Shosuke Sasaki to Ben Nakagawa of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) urging the JACL to take up the campaign against publishing companies for their use of the word "Jap."
Letter regarding a campaign against use of the term
doc Letter regarding a campaign against use of the term "Jap" (ddr-densho-274-6)
Letter from Shosuke Sasaki to Raymond Okamura regarding the revival of a campaign against publishing companies for their use of "Jap." In the 1950s and 1960s, Mr. Sasaki was the leader in a movement against the use of the word "Jap" in movies and print media.
Letter regarding JACL involvement in campaign against the term
doc Letter regarding JACL involvement in campaign against the term "Jap" (ddr-densho-274-7)
Letter from Shosuke Sasaki to Raymond Okamura. In the 1950s and 1960s, Mr. Sasaki was the leader of a movement against the use of the word "Jap" in movies and print media.
Letter regarding JACL involvement in campaign against the term
doc Letter regarding JACL involvement in campaign against the term "Jap" (ddr-densho-274-8)
Letter from Shosuke Sasaki to Clifford Uyeda. In the 1950s and 1960s, Mr. Sasaki was the leader of a movement against the use of the word "Jap" in movies and print media.
Letter:
doc Letter: "Efforts to Circumvent Individual Reparations Payments" (ddr-densho-274-9)
Open letter from the Seattle Evacuation Redress Committee refuting the arguments against individual redress payments.
Letter:
doc Letter: "Case for Individual Reparations Payments" (ddr-densho-274-10)
Open letter from the Seattle Evacuation Redress Committee arguing for individual redress payments.

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