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Short story: "Homecoming" (ddr-densho-468-72)
Typed draft with notes. Assignment for English 212. Story is missing pages 2-3.
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Short story: "Heavy fog rolled in from the Pacific" (ddr-densho-468-75)
Assignment for English 211, Section II. Part 1 ("Hope") is set in 1941 and follows a Japanese American who moved to Yokohama in 1939 and returned to the US disillusioned two years later. The main character, Johnny Obata, then faces anti-Japanese racism and unemployment. Part two ("Faith") follows Johnny's experiences following Pearl Harbor. In Part 3 …
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Draft: "I am at this moment" (ddr-densho-468-150)
Handwritten draft or journal entry with thoughts on philosophy, metaphysics, and religion
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Short story: "Behold, A Sower Went Forth To Sow" (ddr-densho-468-77)
Typed draft. Assignment for English 212 course: "Satire: Part one". Undated.
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Instant Pudding and Predigested Brains (ddr-densho-468-241)
Treatise on the psychological impact of slogans and advertisement. Possibly a speech delivered at the Interprofessional Institute.
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Letter to Frank (ddr-densho-468-139)
Typed letter on four half-sheets mounted to full sheet of paper.
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Preface to the Duolog with short story (ddr-densho-468-69)
Typed draft. Missing page between preface and page 2 (story begins abruptly on p. 2). Paper #3 for English 211, Section II
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Notes for didactic novel "Johnny Obata" (ddr-densho-468-76)
Sketches of ideas for novel involving Johnny Obata character from ddr-densho-468-75. Author comments on his relationship to Nisei group and expresses concern for Nisei individuals (but not the group as a whole).
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Letter from the Ishikawas to the Matsuos and Johnny (ddr-densho-468-251)
Thank you for Christmas gifts with details of plans for trip to visit in New York in April, introduction to Ann and Don Farber, and new vehicle.
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Letter from the Ishikawas to Ejohn (ddr-densho-468-248)
Letter discussing reunion trip with updates on the family [note: heavy water damage]
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Draft: "more re: NBC special" (ddr-densho-468-156)
Essay with thoughts on NBC special, civil disobedience of Jane Fonda and Ramsay Clark, and racial element of activism/bigotry with handwritten notes on reverse.
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Letter from Joe Ishikawa to Sioux City Art Center Board of Directors, Trustees, et al (ddr-densho-468-244)
Letter of resignation from directorship at Sioux City Art Center
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Draft: Eulogy for John DeJong (Page 1) (ddr-densho-468-254)
Two versions of the first page of a typed draft eulogizing John DeJong
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Draft: "We Brought 'em back alive" (ddr-densho-468-253)
Article submitted to Ladies Home Journal on traveling with young children on a family trip to Mexico
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Letter from Joseph Ishikawa to Ray McConnell (ddr-densho-468-194)
Thank you and correction for article in Lincoln Journal on swimming pool integration efforts
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Letter from Joseph Ishikawa to Shirley (ddr-densho-468-189)
Letter explaining resignation in protest of swimming pool segregation
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Yo, Foo, Fusa, Chiyo, Tosh, Joe, Hash (ddr-densho-468-368)
Black and white group photo of seven people on the deck of a ship. Caption on album page: "Yo, Foo, Fusa, Chiyo, Tosh, Joe, Hash" written in white pencil.