118 items
118 items
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Photograph of the Manzanar administrative buildings with a flag flying (ddr-csujad-47-156)
Photograph of the Manzanar administrative buildings with a flag flying in the center courtyard. The snow-covered Sierra Nevada is in the background. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0272
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Photograph of the apple orchard at Manzanar (ddr-csujad-47-155)
Photograph of the apple orchard at Manzanar incarceration camp. The foreground is cleared desert, with the background of the snow-covered Sierra Nevada. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0271
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Fumie I. Shimada Interview (ddr-manz-1-44)
Nisei female. Born July 7, 1939, in Sparks, Nevada. Grew up in Sparks, where father worked as a machinist for the Southern Pacific Railroad for twenty-two years. In February 1942, father was fired from his job. Over forty years later, Ms. Shimada fought successfully for redress for the fired railroad workers and their families.
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Photograph of a man in a robe standing with the Sierra Nevada in the background (ddr-csujad-47-246)
Photograph of a man in a robe standing with the Sierra Nevada in the background at Manzanar incarceration camp. Utility poles can be seen in the background. The writing on the robe reads, "MD, USA." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0391
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 111, No. 5 (August 31, 1990) (ddr-pc-62-30)
Select article titles: "No. Cal-Western Nevada-Pacific JACL Director Retires After 15 Years"(p.1); "JACL HQ Rebuts Uyeda's 'Accusations'"(p.1); "What's Wrong With Being a Bridge to Japan? Nisei Have a Vested Interest in Its Well-Being"(p.5); "Two Years Ago on Aug. 10, President Reagan Sets Government Motion for Apology and Redress"(p.6).
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Photograph of Manzanar with mountains in the background (ddr-csujad-47-339)
Photograph of Manzanar incarceration camp taken from a guard tower looking toward the Sierra Nevada mountains. The staff housing and administrative buildings visible along with several cars. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0498
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Photograph of the Little family (ddr-csujad-47-310)
Photograph of the Little family getting ready to depart the Manzanar incarceration camp with the Sierra Nevada in the background. They are leaning against the family car. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0461
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Men shoveling snow from roof of barracks (ddr-ajah-2-782)
Caption: Snow makes life for Army soldiers difficult. Location is either Belden, in Northern California, or somewhere near Reno, Nevada. The U.S. Army sent Joe Iwataki ad his outfit to this area of California to guard trains, tracks and tunnels. Iwataki was from Alameda, CA. January 1942. Supplemental scan of ddr-ajah-2-290 with additional notes.
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Photograph of man standing in a farm field at Manzanar with Sierra Nevada in the background (ddr-csujad-47-58)
Photograph of a man standing in the middle of a farm field near Manzanar incarceration camp. The crop looks fully grown, and there is a tractor in the middle left of the photograph. The Sierra Nevada can be seen in the background. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0093
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 103, No. 14 (October 3, 1986) (ddr-pc-58-39)
Selected article titles: "Change in JACL Election Laws Urged: Bloc Voting, Proxies at Issue After Charges of 'Coercion'" (pp. 1-2, 5), "JA Ethnic Hospitals Gone But Still Needed, Researcher Says" (pp. 1, 8), "Congressmen, Community Leaders Protest: Minorities React Angrily to Nakasone's Remark on Race" (pp. 1, 3), and "GM Exec, Nevada Official Chided for Calling …
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Photograph of a sentry guard at Manzanar incarceration camp (ddr-csujad-47-54)
Photograph of a sentry guard with a rifle looking over flat land covered with rocks at Manzanar. The Sierra Nevada are in the background with very little snow on them. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0089
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Photograph of the Manzanar hospital (ddr-csujad-47-340)
Photograph of the hospital at Manzanar incarceration camp taken from across the street with a vehicle parked in front. The snow-covered Sierra Nevada are visible in the background. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0499
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Manzanar Free Press Vol. 6 No. 64 (January 31, 1945) (ddr-densho-125-308)
Selected article titles: "Adult English Activity Hall Holds Open House" (p. 1), "Union Pacific Brakeman Extradited to Nevada on Assault Charges" (p. 1), "Ask Victory Gardeners Pay Membership Dues" (p. 1), "Nisei Assured of Warm Welcome to University" (p. 1), "Invitation to F.B.I." (p. 2), "Heart Mountain Center Wins Fire Week Award" (p. 2), "Negro Leaders …
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Daily Press Review, Vol. V, No. 11 (ddr-densho-156-251)
Article titles: "Graduates of U.W. Teach at Jap Camp"; "Nevada Legion Seeks to Curb U.S. Japanese"; "Japanese Plead to Aid with Crops"; "Machinery is Set Up for Japanese Labor"; "Still a Japanese"; "Japanese Colony Population Reaches Almost 10,000 Mark"; "Japanese Evacuees Begin Work in South Idaho Harvest Fields"; "Behind the News"; "80 Negroes Jailed for Forming …
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Alameda Japanese American History Project: Joe Iwataki Military Service Collection (ddr-ajah-2)
The album contains photos and documents from Joe Iwataki’s military service in WWII including time at MIS language school and posting to the Pacitic theatre. Collection includes material from MIS reunions.
Joe Iwataki was born in Alameda, California and enlisted in the military in Spring of 1941. After Pearl Harbor he was assigned to guard duty …
Narrator Ron Wakabayashi
Sansei male. Born November 13, 1944, in Reno, Nevada, where parents had resettled after leaving the concentration camps in Topaz, Utah, and Rohwer, Arkansas, during World War II. Grew up in East Los Angeles. Involved in a number of community social service organizations in Los Angeles, such as Oriental Concern and the Asian American Drug Abuse …
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Photograph of the guard tower on the northwest corner of Manzanar with Sierra Nevada in the background (ddr-csujad-47-86)
Photograph of the guard tower on the northwest corner of Manzanar with Sierra Nevada in the background. The photograph is taken from outside of the camp boundaries. The floodlight and accompanying power lines can also be seen. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0135
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Photograph of eight women standing outside next to a barracks with the Sierra Nevada in the background (ddr-csujad-47-186)
Photograph of eight women (employees of the Manzanar hospital) standing outside next to a barracks at Manzanar incarceration camp. Several women are wearing robes. The snow-covered Sierra Nevada are visible in the background. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0322
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Photograph of a group of men tilling a Manzanar farm with the Sierra Nevada in the background (ddr-csujad-47-55)
Photograph of a group of incarcerees pulling a harrow through a field near the Manzanar incarceration camp. Seven men are pulling the harrow, one is guiding it, and the other is supervising. The Sierra Nevada can be seen in the background. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0090
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 39 No. 14 (October 1, 1954) (ddr-pc-26-40)
Selected article titles: "'White' Member Only policy has exhange o.k." (p. 1), "Sen. McCarran in sudden death, collapses after rally in Nevada. Great champion of Japanese American mourned by nation" (p. 1), "Girl of noble Japanese birth learning American ways by being secretary for Los Angeles firm; she likes it" (p. 1), "Lodi farmer stabbed to …
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Photograph of two women standing and sitting on a gate at Manzanar (ddr-csujad-47-182)
Photograph of Martha Shoaf standing in front of a gate with another woman sitting on top of the gate. Martha is holding a bundle of fabric. The background are several bare trees and the Sierra Nevada. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0308
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Photograph of Manzanar with snow on the ground and guard tower in the background (ddr-csujad-47-336)
Photograph of cleared ground at Manzanar incarceration camp with puddles and melting snow on the ground. In the distance a guard tower is visible and the snow-covered Sierra Nevada are in the background. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0495
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Photograph of an administrative building at Manzanar (ddr-csujad-47-158)
Photograph of a grassy field in front of staff housing at Manzanar incarceration camp. The snow-covered Sierra Nevada can be seen in the background. Two cars are visible in the middle right of the photograph. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0274
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George H. Morishita Interview (ddr-manz-1-137)
Nisei male. Born in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in the Los Angeles area. During World War II, was removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, lived in Sawtelle, California, for a time before being drafted in the army and serving in Korea. Lived in Arizona and Nevada after the war.
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Postcard from George Naohara to Mitzi Naohara (ddr-csujad-38-378)
A postcard from George Nobuo Naohara to Mitzi Masukawa Naohara incarcerated at the Poston camp in Arizona. He writes from Reno, Nevada, and describes what he witnesses there. An item from: Mitzi Naohara scrapbook (csudh_nao_0400), page 17. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_03_18_002