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Keith One Interview Segment 5 (ddr-chi-1-10-5)
Being made fun of for ethnicity, realizing Japanese American identity
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Elaine Ishikawa Hayes Interview I Segment 43 (ddr-densho-1000-157-43)
Living and working in Illinois
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"Japanese Excluded!" (ddr-densho-68-86)
Full headline: "Japanese Excluded! Illinois City Won't Have 2 Island Nisei"
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Roger Daniels Interview III Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-416-3)
Relationship with University of Illinois Press
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Elaine Ishikawa Hayes Interview I Segment 42 (ddr-densho-1000-157-42)
Getting permission to leave camp for Illinois
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Roger Daniels Interview IV Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-418-13)
Relationship with the University of Illinois Press
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Wesley K. Watanabe Interview Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-166-12)
Memories of dental school at University of Illinois
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Betty Morita Shibayama Interview Segment 30 (ddr-densho-1000-152-30)
Living in Chicago, Illinois, postwar: ethnic composition of high school
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May Y. Namba Interview Segment 22 (ddr-densho-1000-171-22)
Leaving camp for Chicago, Illinois; being investigated by the FBI
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Gladys Koshio Konishi Interview Segment 18 (ddr-manz-1-26-18)
Being the first Japanese American family to live in Carbondale, Illinois
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Mae Kanazawa Hara Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-168-5)
Memories of working at the 1933 World's Fair in Chicago, Illinois
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Frank Konishi Interview Segment 22 (ddr-manz-1-25-22)
Moving to family with Carbondale, Illinois, the first Japanese Americans to live there
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Relocation Prospects - Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin (ddr-densho-156-158)
Written by Elmer L. Shirrell, Relocation Supervisor, Chicago.
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Shigeko Sese Uno Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1000-98-20)
Leaving Minidoka concentration camp, finding a sponsor and a warm reception in Winetka, Illinois
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Art Shibayama Interview Segment 22 (ddr-densho-1000-151-22)
Family moves to Chicago, Illinois; getting a job in a carbon paper factory with Japanese Americans
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Ai Chih Tsai Ordination Certificate (ddr-densho-446-381)
Certificate was issued by the Congregational and Christian Conference of Illinois
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George Yoshida Interview Segment 32 (ddr-densho-1000-132-32)
Decision to leave camp for Chicago, Illinois; receiving help from a network of other Nisei for employment, housing
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Man standing at attention with rifle (ddr-ajah-2-67)
Caption below photo: Eugene Harrison / Illinois
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Man standing at attention hold rifle (ddr-ajah-2-65)
Caption below photo: Wilbur McDaniel Illinois
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Envelope to Mollie Wilson from Sandie Saito (postmarked January 24, 1945) (ddr-janm-1-25)
Envelope postmarked January 24, 1945 from Chicago, Illinois.
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Diana Morita at Christian Fellowship Church (ddr-densho-409-50)
Color portrait of Diana Lynn Reiko Morita at Christian Fellowship Church on Sheridan Road. Caption on back: October 1, 1967
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Man sitting at desk (ddr-ajah-2-686)
Caption below photo: Major Dean s. McGaughey Decatur, Illinois