946 items
946 items
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Sleeping quarters of Indonesians aboard the "Marine Lynx" (ddr-csujad-27-1)
Caption found with the image reads, "Sleeping quarters of Indonesians aboard the "Marine Lynx" with deportees standing beside bunks assigned to them." This is a group of approximately 200 Indonesian seamen who are being deported from San Francisco, California to Batavia, Dutch East Indies. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project …
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Grace and Taye (ddr-csujad-11-105)
Photographed are two women, dressed in kimono, being identified by a caption as Grace and Taye [Tayeko Kawamoto]. It is most likely taken at the San Francisco World's Fair on Treasure Island in 1940. From page 39 of: Tazu Kawamoto photo album (csudh_taz_0001). See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: …
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Fair Queens (ddr-csujad-11-7)
A close-up photograph of the ladies crowned queens of the World's Fair. The second from the left is identified as Miss Japan, the center is Miss California, and the right is Miss San Francisco. From page 3 of: Tazu Kawamoto photo album (csudh_taz_0001). See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: …
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Western Union telegraph from Masao Okine to S. Okine. September 26, 1946 (ddr-csujad-5-162)
A Western Union telegram from Masao Okine to his father Seiichi Okine in Whittier, California. It notifies of Masao's arrival at San Francisco from Japan where he has been stationed as a Nisei soldier and his next destination, Chicago, where his wife, Ayame, resides. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project …
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Shigeki Sugiyama (ddr-ajah-8-7)
Shigeki Sugiyama grew up in Alameda, California. During World War II, he and his family were removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California, then transferred to the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. Shigeki left Topaz for Ann Arbor Michigan, to attend school. In 1946, he was drafted and attended Officer Candidate School, then served overseas for twenty …
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Ted Akimoto's farewell (ddr-densho-299-235)
Caption: "My men surprised me with an impromptu 'farewell' at the airbase as I boarded an air evacuation flight / back to the states. It took 42 hours with refueling stops at Guam, Johnston Island, and / Hawaii to reach San Francisco. Then it was on to Fitsimon's Hospital, Denver, Colorado. / President Truman visited the …
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Japanese Language School graduation (ddr-densho-458-93)
Eight kids and two adults in a framed folder, during the Japanese Language School Graduation in Redwood City, California, with a Japanese and an American flag behind them. Front row-left to right: Eiko Honda, Juichi Higaki, Mr. Kono, Kiyoko Kono, Namiko Honda. Back row-left to right: Kenji Yamane, Naomi Higaki, Pete Kashima, Hiroshi Nakano, Elmer Adachi. …
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Robert Moriguchi Interview (ddr-densho-1000-515)
Sansei male. Born November 11, 1931, in San Francisco, California. During World War II, removed to the Merced Assembly Center, California, and the Amache concentration camp, Colorado. After leaving camp, moved to Utah for a time before eventually returning to California and becoming a pharmacist. Served on the board of the Japanese American Citizens League and …
Narrator Grace K. Seto
Nisei female. Born September 23, 1935, in San Francisco, California. Grew up in California, where father worked as a bookkeeper. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, moved with the family to a rural community in Maryland, then to Seabrook Farms, New Jersey, before eventually returning to California.
Narrator Helen Amerman Manning
White female. Born March 23, 1916, in Bloomfield, New Jersey. Attended Michigan State College, then Stanford University for graduate courses, before becoming a high school teacher at the Minidoka concentration camp. After World War II, worked for various organizations in the field of race relations, including the San Francisco Council for Civic Unity, and the Oakland …
Narrator Toru Saito
Sansei male. Born December 11, 1937, in San Francisco, California. Nearly age four when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. Removed with family to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. In this interview, Mr. Saito discusses many of the harmful psychological effects of the World War II experience on himself and other Japanese …
Narrator Minoru J. Shibata
Nisei male. Born 1928 in San Francisco, California. Spent most of childhood on Terminal Island, California, where father was a fisherman. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, father was arrested by the FBI and the rest of the family moved to Ogden, Utah, to farm. Served in the Army Air Corps in Japan during the U.S. …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 36 No. 5 (January 30, 1953) (ddr-pc-25-5)
Selected article titles: "First quota-immigrant to farm in California" (p. 1), "Need more teachers for Seattle's Issei americanization class" (p. 1), "Now-it-can-be-told stories of personalities who changed Army attitude to organize 442nd told" (p. 2), "Second-hand TV sets from America in hands of 4,000 residents in Japan" (p. 2), "Women jurors serve for first time in …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 43, No. 26 (December 28, 1956) (ddr-pc-28-52)
Selected article titles: "Saturday Evening Post Still Sees Main Point of Editorial as Valid" (p. 1), "Editorial indirectly casts doubt on JACL's primary and fundamental loyalty to U.S." (p. 1), "Yuba City Nisei joins in $450,000 damage suit against gov't, public utility for property damage caused during '55 flood" (p. 2), "Nisei assists UCLA scientist develop …
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Postcard from Joseph G. Beeaon to Mr. George Naohara, November 2, 1942 (ddr-csujad-38-553)
A postcard from Joseph G. Beeaon, Employment Investigator to George Nobuo Naohara. It responds to Goerge Naohara's application for induction into the Jerome camp, Arizona after the work in Idaho. It informs that he will be notified by the Regional Office in San Francisco, California. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization …
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Rocky Shimpo Vol. 11, No. 108 (September 11, 1944) (ddr-densho-148-42)
Selected article titles: "League Requests Permission to Re-open Office in San Francisco"; "Births Reported"; "On the Other Hand"; "'Good Chance' of Bill's Passage Seen"; "Two Coloradoans Wounded in Action"; "18-Year-Olds Will Supply '44's Needs"; "Higa to Tour Through East"; "Next-of-Kin of 45 Informed Of"; "Refused Burial"; "Wanted"; "Nineteen Boys are Indicted by Jury"; "Student Counselor"; "Want …
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Colorado Times Vol. 31, No. 4313 (May 22, 1945) (ddr-densho-150-26)
Selected article titles: "Bridges Raps Union for Discrimination Against Nisei"; "San Francisco and the Darker Races"; "Fort Lupton YBA to Sponsor Graduation Dance"; "Would Ban Japanese"; "46 Nisei to Live in Baltimore"; "Soldier in Pacific Demands Respect for Nisei"; "Churchill Hails Nisei Combat Team for Italy Victories"; "WRA Will Free Japanese Despite Coast Violence"; "Quakers Erase …
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Colorado Times Vol. 31, No. 4317 (May 31, 1945) (ddr-densho-150-31)
Selected article titles: "Stockton Union Suspended in Ban on Japanese"; "The ILWU and Racism"; "Union Advertisement in Stockton Assails Race Discrimination"; "San Francisco Chronicle: 'Punishment' in Seattle"; "Fresno Terrorism: Two Questioned in Nisei Shootings: Another Incident in Tulare County"; "Supreme Court Case Winner Seeks Job in Windy City"; "Attacks Parley Held"; "3 in Congress Hit 'Propaganda'"; …
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Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 2 (January 3, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-92)
Selected article titles: "Those Going Back Urged to Study Problems"; "Back from Colorado"; "On the Other Hand"; "Name New Commander for Language School"; "Wounded Soldier Visits Amache Family"; "Resettlement Story in Canada Disclosed: Control Shift Told"; "War Casualties in State Told"; "60,000 Can Relocate in East"; "Want Ads Today"; "Gardenan, Angeleno Receive Promotions"; "League Opens Office …
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Colorado Times Vol. 31, No. 4301 (April 24, 1945) (ddr-densho-150-14)
Selected article titles: "Interracial Tolerance Aided by Bataan Hero and Two Nisei"; "The San Francisco Chronicle: What is America Like?"; "Army Officials Investigate Fire"; "The Anti-Nisei Dynamite Case. Alien Land Act Issue Injected in Arson Trial"; "Probe Goes On in Alien Ownership of Placer Land"; "Commander of Legion Post Quits Over Nisei Vet Issue"; "Kings County …
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Portrait of Charles S. Thomas (ddr-njpa-1-2067)
Caption on reverse: "Navy Secretary Charles S. Thomas will discuss 'Automatic Production and National Defense' at the opening day luncheon of the Electronics and Automatic Production Symposium August 22 and 23 at the Sheraton-Palace Hotel, San Francisco. The meeting, sponsored by Stanford Research Institute and the National Industrial Conference Board, Inc., will include discussions by automation …
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Clara S. Hattori Interview I (ddr-densho-1000-426)
Nisei female. Born May 21, 1919, in Sacramento, California. Grew up in the Loomis area of California, where parents ran a farm and fruit orchard. Just prior to World War II, worked in the Japanese Pavilion at the San Francisco World's Fair of 1939-1940. During World War II, removed to the Marysville Assembly Center, California, and …
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Clara S. Hattori Interview II (ddr-densho-1000-427)
Nisei female. Born May 21, 1919, in Sacramento, California. Grew up in the Loomis area of California, where parents ran a farm and fruit orchard. Just prior to World War II, worked in the Japanese Pavilion at the San Francisco World's Fair of 1939-1940. During World War II, removed to the Marysville Assembly Center, California, and …
Narrator Fred Oda
Nisei male. Born September 2, 1923, in Watsonville, California. Grew up in Watsonville, where parents operated a joint barbershop and bathhouse business. During World War II, removed to the Salinas Assembly Center, California, and the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. After leaving camp, worked in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, before returning to Watsonville. Attended barber school in San Francisco, …