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Short story:
doc Short story: "Homecoming" (ddr-densho-468-72)
Typed draft with notes. Assignment for English 212. Story is missing pages 2-3.
Short story:
doc 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 …
Draft:
doc Draft: "I am at this moment" (ddr-densho-468-150)
Handwritten draft or journal entry with thoughts on philosophy, metaphysics, and religion
Short story:
doc Short story: "Behold, A Sower Went Forth To Sow" (ddr-densho-468-77)
Typed draft. Assignment for English 212 course: "Satire: Part one". Undated.
Draft (ddr-densho-468-157)
doc Draft (ddr-densho-468-157)
Water damaged fragment of personal essay or memoir.
Instant Pudding and Predigested Brains (ddr-densho-468-241)
doc 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.
Letter to Frank (ddr-densho-468-139)
doc Letter to Frank (ddr-densho-468-139)
Typed letter on four half-sheets mounted to full sheet of paper.
Preface to the Duolog with short story (ddr-densho-468-69)
doc 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
Journal entries (ddr-densho-468-98)
doc Journal entries (ddr-densho-468-98)
Possibly written during incarceration; dates unknown.
Notes for didactic novel
doc 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).
Letter from the Ishikawas to the Matsuos and Johnny (ddr-densho-468-251)
doc 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.
Letter from the Ishikawas to Ejohn (ddr-densho-468-248)
doc Letter from the Ishikawas to Ejohn (ddr-densho-468-248)
Letter discussing reunion trip with updates on the family [note: heavy water damage]
Draft:
doc 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.
Draft: Eulogy for John DeJong (Page 1) (ddr-densho-468-254)
doc Draft: Eulogy for John DeJong (Page 1) (ddr-densho-468-254)
Two versions of the first page of a typed draft eulogizing John DeJong
Draft:
doc 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
Letter from Joseph Ishikawa to Ray McConnell (ddr-densho-468-194)
doc 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
Letter from Joseph Ishikawa to Shirley (ddr-densho-468-189)
doc Letter from Joseph Ishikawa to Shirley (ddr-densho-468-189)
Letter explaining resignation in protest of swimming pool segregation
Yo, Foo, Fusa, Chiyo, Tosh, Joe, Hash (ddr-densho-468-368)
img 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.
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