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doc Valentine's Day card (with envelope) to Molly Wilson from Sandie Saito (February 1943) (ddr-janm-1-14)

Valentine's Day card to Molly Wilson from Sandie Saito (February 1943). White/blue card with illustration in blue/red of two singing blue birds with a treble musical scale and red heart in the background. "A valentine message for you" is on the top center on front of card. Envelope is postmarked February 1943 from the Granada (Amache) …

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img Japanese Americans harvesting onions (ddr-densho-37-510)

Original WRA caption: Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado. Evacuee and appointed personnel office workers assisting in the onion harvest on the project farm during the volunteer farm harvest program. During the two week period when practically all project offices and sections went "all out" to help bring in the farm crops, more than eighty acres of …

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doc Amache remembered 1942-1945 (ddr-csujad-55-2695)

Pamphlet listing Amache memorial dedication schedule and the program of Amache reunion banquet/dance at Regency Hotel in Denver, Colorado, and historical photographs of the Granda (Amache) incarceration camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2859

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vh Eddie Owada Interview (ddr-manz-1-37)

Nisei male. Born December 22, 1925, in Tacoma, Washington. Grew up primarily on Vashon Island, Washington. Removed to the Pinedale Assembly Center and the Tule Lake concentration camp, Washington, later transferring to the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Drafted into the army and served with the Military Intelligence Service. Worked for the U.S. Forest Service and eventually …

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vh Alfred "Al" Miyagishima Interview (ddr-manz-1-27)

Nisei male. Born December 2, 1926, in Scottsbluff, Nebraska. Family operated grocery store prior to World War II. Moved to Stockton, California, due to father's illness. Removed to Stockton Assembly Center and Gila River concentration camp, Arizona. Resettled in Nebraska and finished high school. Drafted into the army in 1945, and joined family in Denver, Colorado, …

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vh Joseph Norio Uemura Interview (ddr-densho-1014-3)

Nisei male. Born July 3, 1926, in Portland, Oregon. Grew up in Portland before moving to Denver, Colorado, where his father, a Baptist minister, was transferred. Lived in Denver during World War II, where family helped Japanese Americans leaving camps to find housing and work. Paul Robert and Jean Schuman Hanna Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus, since …

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Collection Wada and Homma Family Collection (ddr-densho-157)

This collection consists of photographs and documents from the Wada and Homma families. Reverend Masahiko Wada was a Baptist minister in Japan and in the Gardena area of California before World War II. The collection includes photographs from the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming, and the Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado.

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Collection George Ochikubo Collection (ddr-densho-159)

This collection is comprised of photographs taken by George Ochikubo, a native of Portland, Oregon. During World War II, he and his family were removed to the Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado, where he took numerous striking and dramatic photographs using a 4x5 speed graphic camera. In memory of George Ochikubo.

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Narrator Louie Watanabe

Nisei male. Born August 22, 1925, in Walnut Grove, California. Grew up in Walnut Grove, where parents owned and operated a restaurant and rooming house. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to the Merced Assembly Center, California, and Granada concentration camp, Colorado. Left camp for Chicago, Illinois, and worked in various places, including Colorado Springs …

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Collection Hideo Takeuchi Collection (ddr-densho-204)

This collection consists of photographs from Hideo Takeuchi, who was in the Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado, during World War II. Mr. Takeuchi was employed as a firefighter while in camp. While in camp, he purchased a Bessel 620 camera though a catalog and built a darkroom and enlarger to process his photographs.

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vh Jimmie Omura Interview Segment 23 (ddr-densho-1002-11-23)

Acquitted of government's charges; returning to Denver, Colorado

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 …

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vh Jimmie Omura Interview Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1002-11-19)

Avoiding mass removal by moving to Denver, Colorado

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 …

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doc Tulean Dispatch Vol. 7 No. 12 (October 9, 1943) (ddr-densho-65-412)

Selected article titles: "100 Men Wanted Immediately to Unload Coal and Wood -- Report to Placement, 1208" (p. 1), "Fuel Shortage Imminent. Best Warns That Coal Rationing Will Affect Center Residents" (p. 1), "Third Stage of Evacuation" (p. 2), "Camp Life is Deteriorating Nisei, Warns Elmer L. Shirrell" (p. 2), "Negroes Migrate to Former Japanese Colonies …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 48, No. 11 (March 13, 1959) (ddr-pc-31-11)

Selected article titles: "Hawaii statehood bill passes Senate, 76-15" (p. 1), "Utah House OK's Civil Rights Measure 52-11" (p. 1), "Negro judge urges Philadelphia JACLers work with other minorities to fight bias" (p. 2), "Oldest U.S. Japanese Christian church seeking new building site" (p. 3), "Washington State Alien Land Law Referendum Set for 1959" (p. 8), …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 48, No. 22 (May 30, 1959) (ddr-pc-31-22)

Selected article titles: "Heavy agenda to face Nat'l Board; San Mateo JACL succeeds fighting housing bias against dentist" (p. 1), "Unruh civil rights bill passes assembly" (p. 1), "Cal. Senate comm. Oks anti-bias housing measure" (p. 2), "Colorado newsman recalls own paper's support of evacuees after Pearl Harbor" (p. 2), "Use of vested property to pay …

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img Taenaka family in a farm (ddr-csujad-25-91)

A photograph of the Taenaka family in a farm, Brighton, Colorado. Includes Tamesaburo Taenaka, Kamie Taenaka, Ukichi Taenaka [?], and Yaeko Taenaka [?], harvesting sugar beets in McMorrow's farm. The same image is found in item: ucsb_jia_0081. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_08_01_033

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img Mr. and Mrs. Frank Doi in their victory garden in Detroit, Michigan (ddr-csujad-14-32)

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Doi in their victory garden in Detroit, Michigan. Frank came from Colorado River incarceration camp. He works as an apprentice in a dental laboratory. June 20, 1943. Photo by M. Graw. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: HMLSC_TOMO_032

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img Toshikuni Taenaka in US Army uniform with gas mask (ddr-csujad-25-70)

A photograph of Toshikuni Taenaka, a Japanese American Nisei/Kibei soldier, in US Army uniform with a gas mask. He poses, standing in front of the house where probably his parents reside in Brighton, Colorado. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_08_01_012

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img Japanese American soldiers in US Army service uniform (ddr-csujad-25-62)

A photograph of two Japanese American soldiers in US Army service uniform. Inscription on the back of the photograph reads: 7-'42. The photograph is probably taken in Brighton, Colorado, where Toshikuni Taenaka's parents reside. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_08_01_004

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img Toshikuni Taenaka and Kamie Taenaka (ddr-csujad-25-106)

A photograph of Toshikuni Taenaka, a Japanese American Nisei/Kibei soldier. He poses in US Army service uniform with his mother, Kamie Taenaka. The photograph is probably taken in Brighton, Colorado, where his parents reside. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_08_01_048

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img Taenaka family in a farm (ddr-csujad-25-81)

A photograph of the Taenaka family in a farm, Brighton, Colorado. Includes Tamesaburo Taenaka, Kamie Taenaka, Ukichi Taenaka [?], and Yaeko Taenaka [?], harvesting sugar beets in McMorrow's farm. The same image is found in item: ucsb_jia_0091. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_08_01_023

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doc Letter from Aochi to Mr. and Mrs. Okine, September 1, 1945 [in Japanese] (ddr-csujad-5-89)

A letter from Aochi who resides in Denver, Colorado to Seiichi and Tomeyo Okine. He thanks the Okines for the potatoes that they sent to him. He also comments on the Okines' plan returning to California. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: oki_01_26_002

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doc Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 49 (April 23, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-138)

Selected article titles: "7 Veterans Appear in State Senate"; "On the Other Hand"; "Oko Resigns from Hollywood Legion Post"; "Charge Action to Cheap Politics and Racism"; "Challenge Attitude of Vancouver's Mayor"; "Arson Case Going Up for Trial"; "Local Author Writes of State 'Maturity'"; "Want Ads Today"; "Close Baltimore Office"; "Camp Romance is Over"; "Autonomous Units"; "Colorado …

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doc Rocky Shimpo Vol. 11, No. 153 (December 22, 1944) (ddr-densho-148-86)

Selected article titles: "Governor Pleads for Cooperation"; "On the Other Hand"; "10 Per Cent Want to Return to Coast"; "Semi-Formal New Year's Eve Dance Set"; "Supreme Court 'Frees' Niseis from Camps"; "Action Lauded"; "Fellowship to Present Play Christmas Eve"; "Want Ads Today"; "WRA Statistics"; "37 Decorated"; "Welcome Children"; "Colorado Resettlers Show Scant Desire to Return; Report"; …

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doc Weekly Press Review No. 34 (ddr-densho-156-346)

Original summary excerpt: The American Legion provided the greatest amount of news clippings this week, with departments in Washington, Ohio, Colorado, Illinois, Idaho and Arizona adopting resolutions unfavorable to WRA and the evacuees. Exclusion from the West Coast, confinement, and Army control of relocation centers were the three most popular resolution as National Commander Roane Waring …

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