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Oak leaf from Laura Iguchi, Lawrence, Kansas (ddr-csujad-38-354)
A dried pressed leaf of Oak which was sent from Laura Iguchi in Lawrence, Kansas to Mitzi Masukawa Naohara at the Poston camp in Arizona. The caption reads: Oak leaf from Laura Iguchi, Lawrence, Kansas, Oct. 22, 1943. Title from caption. An item from: Mitzi Naohara scrapbook (csudh_nao_0400), page 4. See this object in the California …
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Denson Tribune Vol. II No. 39 (May 16, 1944) (ddr-densho-144-171)
Selected article titles: "New Type Interviews Conducted" (p. 1), "Ancestry is Immaterial" (p. 1), "Kansas City is Favorable" (p. 2).
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Letter (with envelope) to Molly Wilson from Yuri Shimokochi (December 23, 1944) (ddr-janm-1-61)
Handwritten letter to Molly Wilson from Yuri Shimokochi (December 23, 1944). Envelope is postmarked December 23, 1944 from Lawrence, Kansas.
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Letter (with envelope) to Molly Wilson from Yuri Shimokochi (October 4, 1943) (ddr-janm-1-60)
Handwritten letter to Molly Wilson from Yuri Shimokochi (October 4, 1943). Envelope is postmarked October 5, 1943 from Kansas City, Missouri.
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Seattle Chapter, JACL Reporter, Vol. 22, No. 10, October 1985 (ddr-sjacl-1-401)
Newsletter covering the following topics: ADC Committee protest ?Year of the Dragon?; need people to write Sen. Roth (Delaware) and Cong. Glickman (Kansas).
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Current relocation opportunities; Current housing situation, Kansas City area for eeriod ending March 10, 1944, Kansas City, Missouri District (ddr-csujad-55-828)
Report on job vacancies and opportunities for "resettlers" in the Kansas City area. Includes summary of jobs, housing, and a list of job titles and pay for males and females. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0830
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Relocator News Week, Vol. I No. 2 (October 14, 1943) (ddr-densho-141-170)
Selected article titles: "Cincy Reports Favorable" (p. 1), "Trade Schools Open Classes" (p. 1), "Ashfork Motel Reserv. Planned" (p. 1), "1000 Relocated at Kansas City" (p. 1).
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Daily Nebraskan: "Dean Thompson Offers No Comment Regarding Big Six Race Controversy" (ddr-densho-468-183)
Article regarding integration of Big Six athletics
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Granada Pioneer Vol. I No. 107 (October 9, 1943) (ddr-densho-147-108)
Selected article titles: "Akiyama Suffers No Racial Discrimination in Kansas City" (p. 1), "'Take a Chance' Evacuees Receive Best Job Offers" (p. 3), "Disloyals: Will be Sent Back to Japan" (p. 4).
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Tsuguo "Ike" Ikeda Interview I Segment 21 (ddr-densho-1000-123-21)
Leaving camp: living and working while attending Ottawa University, Ottawa, Kansas, on scholarship
As a teenager prior to World War II, began keeping scrapbooks with newspaper articles and memorabilia, a lifetime habit.
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Manzanar Free Press Relocation Supplement Vol. 1 No. 9 (June 16, 1945) (ddr-densho-125-376)
Selected article titles: "Details Given on Land Laws of Various States" (p. 1), "Portland Committee Holds Open House" (p. 1), "Several Hundred Nisei Now in Kansas City" (p. 3), "National War Labor Board Hires Nisei" (p. 4).
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Elaine Clary Stanley Interview (ddr-manz-1-110)
White female. Born April 5, 1920, in Union town, Kansas. Grew up in California, where parents moved when she was young. During World War II, took a job as a physical education teacher at the Manzanar concentration camp, California.
Narrator Howard H. Furumoto
Nisei male. Grew up in Hilo, Hawaii. Was a veterinary student at Kansas State University when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. Volunteered for the Military Intelligence Service, and served in Burma with the Merrill's Marauders.
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Christmas card (with envelope) to Molly Wilson from Yuri Shimokochi (December 13, 1944) (ddr-janm-1-62)
Christmas card to Molly Wilson from Yuri Shimokochi (December 13, 1944). White card, metallic silver border with illustration in red/green of two red flowers. "Greetings" is on the front of card. Envelope is postmarked December 13, 1944 from Kansas City, Missouri.
Narrator Elaine Clary Stanley
White female. Born April 5, 1920, in Union town, Kansas. Grew up in California, where parents moved when she was young. During World War II, took a job as a physical education teacher at the Manzanar concentration camp, California.
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Daily Press Review, Vol. VI, No. 20 (ddr-densho-156-284)
Article titles: "Kansas to Use Japanese Labor to Harvest Beet Crop"; "Rumor Regarding Pay of Japanese Quelled"; "Dempsey Answers Japanese Colonization 'Insinuations'"; "Living Conditions at Projects"; "Evacuation of Coast Japanese Completed..."; "Harvesting Progressing: Crop Saved"; "Hawaii to Evacuate Some Japs"; "...Three More Bay Area Suspects Ousted..."
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Daryl Keck Interview (ddr-densho-1000-177)
White male of German descent. Born December 5, 1921, in Oketo, Kansas. Worked for a shipyard on Terminal Island, California, when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Served in the United States Air Force during World War II, and presently lives in Hammett, Idaho.
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Poston Chronicle Vol. XXI No. 24 (December 5, 1944) (ddr-densho-145-592)
Selected article titles: "Corn Products Company in Kansas City Wants Forty Nisei Workers" (p. 1), "More Reported Wounded in France" (p. 1), "Issei May Write to NYC Resettlement Council in Japanese" (p. 1), "No Leaves Granted During Holiday Season" (p. 1), "Please Don't Dump Your Burning Charcoal" (p. 4).
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Relocation offices (ddr-csujad-55-856)
List of relocation offices in Salt Lake City, Chicago, Denver, New York, Kansas City, Boston, and Little Rock. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0858
Narrator Daryl Keck
White male of German descent. Born December 5, 1921, in Oketo, Kansas. Worked for a shipyard on Terminal Island, California, when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Served in the United States Air Force during World War II, and presently lives in Hammett, Idaho.
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Manzanar Free Press Vol. 5 No. 23 (March 18, 1944) (ddr-densho-125-220)
Selected article titles: "Spanish Embassy Corrects Misleading Draft Letter" (p. 1), "Colony Splits Over Japanese Problem" (p. 1), "Chinese Nisei Hits Racial Persecution" (p. 1), "38 Young Men Take Special Army Test" (p. 1), "Nisei Faces Charge of Sedition Acts" (p. 2), "More Jobs Open in Kansas for Niseis" (p. 2).
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Gila News-Courier Vol. III No. 30 (October 30, 1943) (ddr-densho-141-180)
Selected article titles: "D. S. Myer Tells Kansans of Challenge on Home Front" (p. 1), "Editorial: Buy a Share in Youth" (p. 2), "Pacific Coast Psychology Unwanted in Kansas City" (p. 2), "Monument for Soldiers Planned" (p. 3), "Consolidation of Blocks to be Left to Rivers by Wash." (p. 3).
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Gila News-Courier Vol. III No. 99 (April 8, 1944) (ddr-densho-141-254)
Selected article titles: "Nisei May Use Absentee Ballot " (p. 1), "Twenty-One Men Named for Induction April 17" (p. 1), "Visitor: Compares Gila with Heart Mt." (p. 1), "Editorial: Seeing is Believing" (p. 2), "Clarification Issued on Possession of Animals" (p. 2), "Opportunities for Private Enterprise in Kansas" (p. 5).
Narrator Shizuko "Suzie" Sakai
Nisei female. Born April 14, 1922, in Yakima, Washington, and grew up in Central Washington state. During World War II, removed to the Portland Assembly Center, Oregon, and the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. Left camp to attend college in Kansas and North Carolina. Eventually returned to the West Coast.
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Colorado Times Vol. 31, No. 4324 (June 16, 1945) (ddr-densho-150-38)
Selected article titles: "Christian Science Monitor: Big Problems Confront Nisei in Relocation. Greatest Assistance Found by Grapevine Route of Friendliness -- Housing Major Problem"; "The Open Forum: Let the Federal Government Move in on Them!"; "Relocation Ups and Downs in Southern California"; "Changes Made in Denver JACL Ball"; "Kansas City Hostel to Open"; "Violence Decried."