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Narrator John Young
Chinese American male. Born May 22, 1923, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in Los Angeles where father was an herbalist. In 1942, married a Japanese American woman and voluntarily joined her and her family in the Manzanar concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, drafted into the military and served in Europe.
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Four men in a field (ddr-densho-259-23)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Eiikichi Kusachi, Masuo Yasui, John Young and Tadao Sato standing in a field, with a couple of low, bare hills in the background. Kusachi was a pioneer Issei who lived in Dee, and he was always very prominent in the HR [Hood River] Nipponjin community affairs...John Young sold insurance in Hood River, …
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WRA worker speaks with nisei woman (ddr-densho-151-175)
Original caption: Mountain View, California. John Bird, former Director of Information for the War Relocation Authority, speaks to a young woman who is weeding a garlic field in Santa Clara County. Farmers and other evacuees of Japanese ancestry will be given opportunities to follow their callings at War Relocation Authority centers where they will spend the …
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Agenda and minutes from the Coordinating Council Conference (ddr-densho-356-891)
Agenda and minutes from the Coordinating Council Conference on March 13, 1943. Conference included sessions on: What are the elements of a good community, concrete examples of good community thinking and planning, how can we achieve a good community in Amache, Environment, Character-Building, Research-Adjustment, Resettlement
Narrator Mitsue Matsui
Nisei female. Born November 3, 1918, in San Francisco, California. As a young woman, entire family visited Japan for ten months, where she acquired the skill of Japanese typing at the Kumahira Typist Yoseisho in Hiroshima. Returned to the U.S. with most of her family (eldest brother remained in Japan) and was working at the Japanese …
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Tolan Committee representative meeting with Japanese American farmer (ddr-densho-151-216)
Original caption: San Jose, California. John W. Abbott, chief field investigator for the Tolan Congressional Defense Committee on Migration, is shown speaking to a young celery grower, on March 27, 1942, who has just completed arrangements for leasing his farm during evacuation. He holds the lease document in his hand. He and his sisters were evacuated …
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Report of committee on student teacher arrangements (ddr-csujad-55-1731)
Report and recommendations on student teacher arrangements. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1733
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Meeting Minutes from the Advisory Relocation Board (ddr-densho-356-975)
Meeting minutes from the Advisory Relocation Board Meeting on December 4, 1943. Topics covered include: purpose of the Evacuee Relocation Information Committee, formation of the advisory board, formation of the executive committee of the board, function of the executive committee, elections of members of the executive committee. Attached to the meeting minutes were fare rates for …
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Mitsue Matsui Interview (ddr-densho-1008-3)
Nisei female. Born November 3, 1918, in San Francisco, California. As a young woman, entire family visited Japan for ten months, where she acquired the skill of Japanese typing at the Kumahira Typist Yoseisho in Hiroshima. Returned to the U.S. with most of her family (eldest brother remained in Japan) and was working at the Japanese …
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8th Annual NWYBL convention (ddr-sbbt-3-5)
Group photograph of the Eighth Annual Northwest Young Buddhist League convention's White River Chapter attendees.
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Scrapbook for Fremont JACL (ddr-densho-491-179)
Containing photos, meeting notes, document related to special events, membership lists, social events from 1979
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50th Anniversary of the Japanese Congregational Church (ddr-densho-474-52)
This book traces the first fifty years of the history of the JCC in Seattle. The first four pages covering the introduction from Rev. Archie H. Hook and the brief overview of the church's history are in English, as are the photo captions throughout the book.The bulk of the text is in Japanese. The JCC members' …
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Scrapbook for Fremont JACL (ddr-densho-491-181)
Containing photos, meeting notes, document related to special events, membership lists, social events from 1980
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Scrapbook for Fremont JACL (ddr-densho-491-176)
Containing photos, meeting notes, document related to special events, membership lists, social events from 1973-1974.
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Book of 70th Anniversary of Japanese Congregational Church (ddr-densho-446-455)
The Japanese Congregational Church's 70th Anniversary coincided with the 100th Anniversary of the Japanese Christian Mission in North America. This book traces the history of JCC within the larger setting of national and local events, and some of the photos and narratives may be of interest. Ai Chih Tsai was pastor at JCC from 1948 to …
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70th Anniversary of the Japanese Congregational Church (ddr-densho-474-53)
The Japanese Congregational Church's 70th Anniversary book traces the history of JCC within the context of national and local events.
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