65 items
65 items
Collection
Morooka Family Collection (ddr-densho-457)
The Morooka Family Collection consists primarily of letters from three siblings, Amy, John, and Martha, to close family friend Violet Sell. The Morooka siblings write to Violet regularly with updates on their experiences at Tulare Assembly Center, Gila River, and after leaving camp. They keep Violet posted on their efforts to participate in the small church …
Narrator Alan Nishio
Sansei male. Born August 9, 1945, at the Manzanar concentration camp, California, where his parents were incarcerated during World War II. Grew up in the Venice area of California, and became increasingly politically active while attending the University of California, Berkeley, during the Free Speech Movement during the late 1960s. Earned a master's degree at the …
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Chizuko Judy Sugita de Quieiroz Interview (ddr-densho-1000-252)
Nisei female. Born September 15, 1932, in Lodi, California. Grew up in Jersey Island, a small island in the Sacramento Delta. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, removed to the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. After leaving camp, returned with family to Los Angeles, California. Graduated from Long Beach State and earned a …
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Letter from Corine Key, Relocation Adviser, Rohwer Relocation Center, to Federal Public Housing Authority Project Director, November 1, 1945 (ddr-csujad-5-97)
A letter from Corine Key, Relocation Advisor at the Rohwer incarceration camp to Federal Federal Public Housing Authority Project Director in Long Beach, California. It certifies that the Okines are eligible for federal housing on the basis of their sons' service with the U.S. Army. Enclosed with other items: csudh_oki_0099, csudh_oki_0100, and csudh_oki_0101. See this object …
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Card from Margaret Elizabeth Toy to Mitzi Naohara, March 1942 (ddr-csujad-38-405)
A birthday card from Margaret Elizabeth Toy to Mitzi Masukawa Naohara for her 19th birthday on March 16. The caption reads: On my 19th birthday from Margaret just before evacuating from Long Beach, together with a necklace, 1942. An item from: Mitzi Naohara scrapbook (csudh_nao_0400), page 32. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese …
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House in front of Long Beach City limits sign (ddr-csujad-43-16)
Photograph number 949 of a house with a Long Beach City limits sign behind it. A car is parked behind the sign. Handwritten note on negative sleeve reads: Habitation near N.A.S. [Naval Air Station] and N.O.B. [Naval Operation Base] Roosevelt Base T.I. (Terminal Island). Negative scan. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American …
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Letter from Dillon S. Myer, Director, War Relocation Authority, to J. Flores, March 1943 (ddr-csujad-51-2)
Correspondence between Dillon S. Myer, Director of War Relocation Authority, and Long Beach resident J. Flores. In the letter, War Relocation Authority is requesting character verification for Shigetoshi Sugiyama, a Japanese American who listed Flores as a reference when applying to leave the incarceration camp. WRA-140. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American …
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Letter from Jennie G. Hermon, Clerk, Local Board No. 277, Selective Service System, to Nobuo Naohara, March 2, 1945 (ddr-csujad-38-573)
A letter from Jennie G. Hermon, Local Board No. 277, Selective Service System, to George Nobuo Naohara incarcerated in the Tule Lake camp in California. It requires George to answer all the questions in DDS from 304A. It appears that George did not follow their instruction, crossing out his answers on the forms, and the office …
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Alien registration receipt card, Form AR-3, Koyuta Masukawa (ddr-csujad-38-540)
An alien registration receipt card for Koyuta Masukawa. It is singed by her Nisei son, Tsutomu Masukawa. Form AR-3. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_05_07_001
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Statement of United States citizen of Japanese ancestry, DSS form 304A, Nobuo Naohara (ddr-csujad-38-576)
Statement of United States citizen of Japanese ancestry, DSS form 304A, partially filled by Selective Service System for George Nobuo Naohara. The attached letter is found in item: csudh_nao_0552. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_05_15_005
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Letter from Jennie G. Hermon, Clerk, Local Board No. 277, Selective Service System, to Nobuo Naohara, June 13, 1945 (ddr-csujad-38-575)
A letter from Jennie G. Hermon, Local Board No. 277, Selective Service System, to George Nobuo Naohara incarcerated in the Tule Lake camp in California. It is the second notice requiring George to complete DDS form 304A, following their instruction. It appears that George did not respond to their previous letter, which is found in item: …
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Statement of United States citizen of Japanese ancestry, DSS form 304A, Nobuo Naohara (ddr-csujad-38-574)
Statement of United States citizen of Japanese ancestry, DSS form 304A, partially filled by Selective Service System for George Nobuo Naohara. The attached letter is found in item: csudh_nao_0550. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_05_15_003
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Washington D.C.: you wouldn't want to live there (ddr-csujad-49-222)
Article titled, "Washington, D.C.: You Wouldn't Want to Live There," by Gil Bailey from "Southland Sunday, (February 21, 1971)." Also included is a newspaper clipping about freezing temperatures in Washington, D.C. dated on February 8, 1977. Item from: pages 108 of the Sue Kato scrapbook (gfb_skc_001). See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American …
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Oldest honor medal winner lives quietly in San Clemente (ddr-csujad-49-267)
Article from "Press-telegram" titled, "Oldest Honor Medal Lives Quietly in San Clemente," by Ken Inouye and dated October 18, 196. An item from: page 130 and the inner back cover of the Sue Kato scrapbook (gfb_skc_001). See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 2019_002_001_080_11
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Envelope from Selective Service Local Board no. 277 to Nobuo Naohara (ddr-csujad-38-577)
An envelope from Selective Service Local Board no. 277 to George Nobuo Naohara incarcerated in the Tule Lake camp in California. It appears that "Statement of United States citizen of Japanese ancestry," DSS form 304A, was enclosed in the envelope. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_05_15_006
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Note from Local Board No. 277, Selective Service System, to George Naohara, December 11, 1944 (ddr-csujad-38-572)
A note from Local Board No. 277, Selective Service System, to George Nobuo Naohara incarcerated in the Tule Lake camp in California. It requires George to answer all questions in DSS form 304A. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_05_15_001
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Anaheim Street looking northeast (ddr-csujad-43-263)
Photograph number 10875 of Anaheim Street. Handwritten note on the back side reads: Anaheim Street Viaduct Anaheim Street near Henry Ford Avenue looking n.e. [northeast]. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ter_04_090_001
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Frank Toru Ishii (ddr-csujad-50-3)
Photograph portrait of Frank Toru Ishii. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: hslb_ish_0003
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Letter to D.S. Myer, Director, War Relocation Authority (ddr-csujad-51-3)
A handwritten letter from J. Flores to Dillon S. Myer, Director, War Relocation Authority. Flores is responding to a reference request (hslb_lbph_0061) from the War Relocation Authority about his Japanese American neighbor, Shigetoshi Sugiyama, who had applied to leave the incarceration camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: hslb_lbph_0062
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Vicki Ikeguchi, 4 years old, wearing kimono and twirling a parasol (ddr-csujad-52-8)
A young girl wearing a floral printed kimono, standing in front of a white fence with vegetation behind it. The caption printed with the image in the newspaper reads, "Wearing her 'visiting' kimono and twirling a parasol, 4-year-old Vicki Ikeguchi, 1707 Pacific Ave., poses a trifle reluctantly for the cameraman. There are said to be 400 …
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Sumi Seki , 63, of Long Beach, has become an activist concerning the World War II internment and human rights (ddr-csujad-52-40)
A woman, wearing a white shirt and floral print skirt, poses in front of pottery and furniture. Two quotes attached to image read, "Sumi Seki, interred in Jerome Ark. during WWII as a 'precaution' Actually a racist move by our government" and "These days Sumi Seki, 63, of Long Beach, has become an activist concerning the …
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Oral history with Jean Yamaguchi (ddr-csujad-29-80)
An oral interview with Jean Yamaguchi, resident living in Hawaii during the attack on Pearl Harbor. The interview was conducted for the Japanese American Oral History Project by California State University, Fullerton. Transcript is found in item: csufccop_jaoh_0196. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 2377_T01
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Japanese American women (ddr-densho-325-226)
Written on back of photograph " At Marina's home Long Beach Sept. 7, 1947"
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Nisei woman (ddr-densho-325-237)
A friend of Hisa Nimura posing next to their car.
Written on back of photograph "Long Beach Sept 7, 1947"
