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Jimmie Omura Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1002-11-7)
Description of siblings in Japan; working as a schoolboy in Pocatello, Idaho
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 …
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Y. Tazuma Collection (ddr-densho-24)
The Y. Tazuma collection focuses on the Tazuma family, owners of a store in Seattle's Nihonmachi, or Japantown. This collection contains photographs of the family, their store, and a photograph of the family at the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho.
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Family Camp Applicant Now Interned at Santa Fe, New Mexico (ddr-one-5-203)
Photocopy of a declassified memo on Keizaburo Koyama on his request to be reunited with his family in Minidoka, Idaho. Two initials are next to the option for "Parole to WRA without rehearing" option. On the bottom is written seven statements on Koyama including his occupation being a dentist, his memberships, his Army report, that he …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 15 No. 10 (August 6, 1942) (ddr-pc-14-13)
Selected article titles: "Manzanar Nisei Send Petition To President Asking Overseas War Combat Duty, Says Nash" (p. 1), "Army Announces New Evacuee Movements to Idaho, Wyoming" (p. 1), "Military Regulations Relaxed as Family Attends Seattle Funeral" (p. 2), "Fair Play Group Contributes to Test Case Fund" (p. 3), "Mexico to Intern Citizens of Japan Living on …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 48, No. 10 (March 6, 1959) (ddr-pc-31-10)
Selected article titles: "Hawaii Statehood passes Senate group; JACLer hopes future pleas unnecessary" (p. 1), "Lip service to brotherhood idea not enough, CLers told" (p. 1), "Idaho governor signs marriage bill" (p. 1), "Washington's governor, Seattle mayor, Mike Masaoka address" (p. 3), "Project to aid Issei old folks in homes aired" (p. 5), "JACLer testifies for …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 66, No. 17 (April 26, 1968) (ddr-pc-40-17)
Selected article titles: "TV writer aims gripe at JACL mass protest" (p. 1), "Grateful Chicago Japanese Americans see first of 150 gift trees planted" (p. 1), "UH students air feelings about draft, riots in mainland and war in Vietnam" (p. 1), "Idaho governor lauds Nisei Idahoans as efficient, excellent farmers" (p. 1), "The race problem" (p. …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 72, No. 13 (April 2, 1971) (ddr-pc-43-13)
Selected article titles: "JACL asks Asian administrators for Sac'to, San Diego schools" (p. 1), "JACL executives prepare for July interim session" (p. 1), "Idaho Falls Eagles Lodge inducts 4 Nisei" (p. 1), JACL heads bid for White House office on Oriental Americans" (p. 1), "Distinguished service cross for valor awarded Fowler Sansei" (p. 1), "U.S. immigration …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 55, No. 17 (October 26, 1962) (ddr-pc-34-43)
Selected article titles: "Nisei in Washington and Idaho Facing Their 'Moment of Truth' on Nov. 6" (p.1), "U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Schneider Case Testing I&N Act's Denaturalization Section" (p.1), "California Sued by Issei Widow Charging Alien Land Law Denied Right to Inheritance" (p.1-2), "Alien Land Law Claim Fight" (p.2), "Kennedy Signs No-Tax Claims Legislation" (p.3), …
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Occupancy permit and work agreement (ddr-csujad-38-552)
Form FSA-382, "Occupancy permit and work agreement," singed by George Nobuo Naohara on September 7, 1942. It grants to George the privilege to occupy a labor camp in Ontario-Payette, Idaho, and participate in community activities. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_05_13_004
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Yoshimi Oda (ddr-csujad-38-72)
Photographed is Yoshimi Jim Oda posing in a farm field. It is probably taken in Rupert, Idaho, or Utah. The caption reads: Yoshimi Oda, young but well built. [In Japanese]. A photo from "George Naohara photo album" (csudh_nao_0001), page 18. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_01_18_005
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Frank Oshita (ddr-csujad-38-53)
A photo of Frank Oshita given to George Nobuo Naohara. It is probably taken in Rupert, Idaho, or Utah. Autographed by Frank Oshita on October 15, 1942. A photo from "George Naohara photo album" (csudh_nao_0001), page 14. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_01_14_006
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Blue-eyed mischievous boy (ddr-csujad-38-54)
Photographed is George Nobuo Naohara holding a Caucasian boy. It is probably taken in Rupert, Idaho, or Utah. The caption reads: Blue-eyed mischievous boy. [In Japanese]. Title from caption. A photo from "George Naohara photo album" (csudh_nao_0001), page 14. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_01_14_007
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Geo Naohara (ddr-csujad-38-29)
Photographed is George Nobuo Naohara holding a basket filled with potatoes in front of Civilian Conservation Corps mobile camps, Rupert, Idaho. The caption reads: Geo Naohara. Title from caption. A photo from "George Naohara photo album" (csudh_nao_0001), page 9. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_01_09_003
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Manzanar Free Press Vol. II No. 55 (November 26, 1942) (ddr-densho-125-13)
Selected article titles: "Ralph Merritt Named New Director. New Project Director Arrives Tuesday Succeeding Sol Kimball" (p. 1), "Suspended Clothes Distribution" (p. 1), "Hinted 'disturbance' in Poston Revealed" (p. 1), "Busses Bring More Workers From Montana" (p. 1), "Move to Organize Community Chest" (p. 1), "Manzanar Cooperative Enterprises, Inc." (p. 2), "That Rosy Job Outside -- …
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Granada Pioneer Vol. II No. 70 (July 8, 1944) (ddr-densho-147-183)
Selected article titles: "181 Amacheans Take Indefinites" (p. 1), "Water to be Provided for Gardens, Trees" (p. 1), "Is This the American Way?" (p. 2), "Idaho: Buhl Youths Attack Nisei" (p. 4), "Issei Stabbed in Tule Lake Center" (p. 4), "Nisei File Suit to Enjoin Exclusion from West Coast" (p. 5), "Currency to Crystal City Camp …
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Sharon Tanagi Aburano Interview II (ddr-densho-1000-209)
Nisei female. Born October 31, 1925, in Seattle, Washington. Family owned and operated a successful grocery store prior to World War II. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Left camp in 1944 to attend St. Mary's School of Nursing in Rochester, Minnesota. Worked …
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Sharon Tanagi Aburano Interview I (ddr-densho-1000-208)
Nisei female. Born October 31, 1925, in Seattle, Washington. Family owned and operated a successful grocery store prior to World War II. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Left camp in 1944 to attend St. Mary's School of Nursing in Rochester, Minnesota. Worked …
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Mary Okazaki Kozu Interview (ddr-densho-1000-511)
Nisei female. Born June 14, 1931, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in Seattle, where parents ran a boarding house. During World War II, removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Left camp in 1943 and moved to Salt Lake City, Utah. Returned with family to Seattle after the war, attended the …
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May Ota Higa Interview (ddr-densho-1000-174)
Nisei female. Born March 14, 1916, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in Seattle and Ellensburg, Washington, before going to Japan to teach just prior to the onset of World War II. Returned to Seattle in 1941, and was removed with family to Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. After the war, resettled in …
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Kenji Ima Interview (ddr-densho-1000-495)
Nisei-Sansei male. Born July 15, 1937, in Seattle, Washington, where parents ran a hotel. During World War II, removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. After leaving camp, family returned to Seattle. After graduating from college and earning a post-doctoral degree, became a professor at San Diego State University. Focused …
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Takeko Yokoyama Todo Interview (ddr-densho-1000-430)
Nisei female. Born April 3, 1927, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in Seattle, where father was a truck driver and mother was a Japanese language school teacher. During World War II, removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Left camp to finish high school in Ohio and work as a …
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Fumiko Hayashida Interview (ddr-densho-1001-1)
Nisei female. Born January 21, 1911, in Winslow, Washington. Grew up in Japan and the Fletcher's Bay area of Bainbridge Island, Washington. Member of the first group of Japanese Americans to be forcibly removed from their homes and incarcerated. Incarcerated at Manzanar concentration camp, California, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho, while pregnant and caring for two …
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USO hut (ddr-csujad-55-2371)
Postcard depicting a United Service Organization hut. Caption on postcard reads: USO Hut, Pocatello, Idaho where coffee, milk, sandwiches, cakes, and stationary are distributed by volunteer workers to servicemen and women traveling on the Union Pacific Railroad. Title from caption. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2477
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Shiuko Sakai Interview (ddr-manz-1-128)
Nisei female. Born 1923 in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in Seattle where parents operated a hotel. During World War II, removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Left camp to live and work in New York, then worked for several years in Japan for the U.S. occupation forces. Returned to …
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Mamiya Collection (ddr-densho-13)
The Mamiya collection, c.1918-1960s, records the business and leisure activities of the Asaba and Shibata families of Seattle, Washington. Dance and graduation programs from the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho, are also shown. Densho interviewed collection donor Yoshi Mamiya in 1998.