3146 items
3146 items
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 57, No. 6 (August 9, 1963) (ddr-pc-35-32)
Selected article titles: "Present Civil Rights Struggle May Take Lesson from Nisei Efforts to Achieve Success, Rep. Miller Says at Oakland" (pp. 1-2), "JACL Expands Its View on Rights Bill in House" (pp. 1, 4), "Washington Newsletter: Accommodation Controversy" (p. 2), and "PC Letterbox: Nisei Advises Nisei to Do 'Soul Searching'" (p. 2).
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 56, No. 15 (April 12, 1963) (ddr-pc-35-15)
Selected article titles: "Washington Newsletter: Supreme Court and Religious Freedom" (pp. 1-2), "Philadelphia JACL Installation Hailed as 'Most Successful' with Rep. Matsunaga, Marutani, Masaoka, Yoshino on Program" (pp. 1-2), "Matsunaga: Nisei Should Rid Prewar Attitudes" (p. 3), and "Ex-Missionary to Japan Well-Known to Evacuees to Attend PSWDC Convention" (p. 4).
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 56, No. 4 (January 25, 1963) (ddr-pc-35-4)
Selected article titles: "Washington Newsletter: Lest We Forget: 442nd RCT Formed 20 Years Ago" (pp. 1-2), "Berkeley City Council Passes Tough Ordinance Prohibiting Bias in Housing, Each Day of Bias Considered as Separate Offense" (p. 1), "Spark M. Matsunaga" (p. 2), and "Congressman Matsunaga Urges Nisei to Take on Full-Fledged Citizenship" (p. 2).
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 108, No. 19 (May 19, 1989) (ddr-pc-61-19)
Selected article titles: "Appropriations Process: Senate-House Conference Approves $150 Million for Redress Payments in FY 1990 Federal Budget" (p. 1), "Japanese Americans Seek to Defend Redress in Court" (p. 1), "Washington Asian Legislator Hails Enactment of 'English Plus' Law" (p. 2), and "By the Board: JACL's 'Mega-Fund' Proposal: Another Perspective" (p. 4).
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Pacific Citizen, Whole No. 2150, Vol. 93, No. 6 (August 7, 1981) (ddr-pc-53-31)
Selected article titles: "Newsmedia editorials speak out on reparations" (p. 1), "Chinese, Filipinos top Japanese in '80 U.S. census" (p. 1), "Mexico hosts 700 Nikkei at Pan-American" (p. 1), "Court points 'loaded weapon' of Korematsu to all" (p. 2), "Editorial: Inside the gilded ghetto" (p. 3), "Washington Hearings -- One Sansei's View" (p. 4).
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Poston Press Bulletin Vol. IV No. 11 (September 8, 1942) (ddr-densho-145-102)
Selected article titles: "Liaison Officer for WRA, Indian Service is 10 Days Poston Visitor. Dr. McNickle on Tour of Centers to Study for New Washington Post" (p. 1), "Documentarian Here on Two-Day Visit" (p. 1), "25 MPH is Speed Limit Between Poston 1, 2 & 3. Cooperation of Army & Private Cars Sought" (p. 2).
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Poston Chronicle Vol. XXI No. 3 (October 17, 1944) (ddr-densho-145-571)
Selected article titles: "Calif. Baptist Group Espouses Nisei Cause" (p. 1), "Evacuation Cases Under Consideration by Supreme Court" (p. 1), "Outcome of Ochikubo Injunction Suit Will Not Decide Return to Coast of All Evacuees" (p. 3), "Internal Security Has Washington Visitors" (p. 3), "It May be Cheaper to Grow Bald from Now On" (p. 3).
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Four young men sitting on porch (ddr-densho-383-404)
University of Washington students sitting on the porch of the Japanese Students Club house at 4115 15th Avenue NE. Left to right: James Hara, Michael Arima, George Tokuda, and Frank Yamashita. James Hara was a pharmacy student who graduated in 1933. Written on back of photograph: "James Hara, Micheal[sic] Arima, Frank Yama '30".
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Franklin D. Roosevelt and his Scottie, Falla (ddr-njpa-1-1537)
Caption on reverse: "President Roosevelt feeds his Scottie. 'Falla,' the most envied dog in America, begs for his supper as President Franklin D. Roosevelt holds his bowl on high. Falla, a Scottie, has been the President's pet for several years and enjoys the run of the White House in Washington. Approved by appropriate U.S. authority."
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Mitsuko Hashiguchi Interview (ddr-densho-1000-12)
Nisei female. Born January 25, 1921, in Bellevue, Washington. Raised on a Bellevue farm, married and had a child before being incarcerated at the Pinedale Assembly Center, California, Tule Lake concentration camp, California, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. In her interview, she discusses the Japanese American community in Bellevue before and after World War II.
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Maynard Horiuchi Interview (ddr-densho-1000-229)
Female. Born August 8, 1925, in Vallejo, California. Due to father's career as a prominent Navy admiral, moved frequently while growing up, living in Hawaii, Cuba, California, China and Japan. Worked as an editor for the military in Washington, D.C., and Japan. While in Japan, met future husband, Lucius Horiuchi. Presently lives in Sonoma, California.
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Frank Kitamoto Interview (ddr-densho-1001-25)
Sansei male. Born 1939 in Bainbridge Island, Washington. Incarcerated with parents at Manzanar concentration camp, California, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Returned to Bainbridge Island after end of World War II. President of the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Community (BIJAC), a community organization dedicated to the preservation of Japanese American history on Bainbridge Island.
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Minidoka Relocation Center (ddr-csujad-55-2497)
Map of the Minidoka incarceration camp prepared for the Hunt High School class reunion in Seattle, Washington. Includes farm, barracks, and other camp facilities. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2603
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The Isoshima Family on a trip (ddr-densho-477-277)
Photograph of the Isoshima with the Washington State Capitol building in the background. Back row from left to right: Elaine Isoshima, Mitsuko (Nakahara) Isoshima, and Takeo Isoshima. Front row left to right: Naomi Isoshima, Susan Isoshima, and Glenn Isoshima. The caption to the side of the photo reads "Many Family Trips" in black ink.
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Shimako "Sally" Kitano Interview (ddr-manz-1-54)
Nisei female. Born April 6, 1932, in Bainbridge Island, Washington. Grew up on Bainbridge, and was eight years old when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Removed with family to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. Before the war was over, moved to Chicago, Illinois. Returned to Bainbridge Island after World War II.
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Nisei helping to post exclusion orders (ddr-densho-34-46)
Some of the Nisei men on Bainbridge Island helped the soldiers hand out and post the exclusion notice that gave instructions for the exclusion of the Japanese American community on Bainbridge Island. Bainbridge Island, Washington was one of the first areas to be evacuated due to its proximity to the Puget Sound Naval Shipyards.
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Seattle Japanese Language School Collection (ddr-densho-43)
The Seattle Japanese Language School collection contains photographs of the pre-World War II Japanese Language School in Seattle, Washington.
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Copy of letter from Ryo Morikawa to Charlotte Louise Peltcher (ddr-densho-446-426)
Request by Ryo to classmate Charlotte for photos from 1939 yearbook that she lost during the war
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Fred Shiosaki Interview (ddr-densho-1000-190)
Nisei male. Born August 23, 1924 in the area of Spokane, Washington, known as Hillyard. Grew up in a multi-ethnic Hillyard area where his parents owned the Hillyard Laundry. When World War II began, was a senior at Rogers High School. Went on to attend Gonzaga University and then volunteered for military service, joining the 442nd …
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Mas Akiyama (ddr-densho-1000-188)
Nisei male. Born May 19, 1917, in Eastport, Idaho, and spent childhood in Spokane, Washington. In 1933 traveled to Japan with family where father became ill and died. Attended school in Japan for three years and then returned to Spokane in 1936 and worked on a farm. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, volunteered for military …
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Tom Matsuoka Interview (ddr-densho-1000-47)
Kibei male. Born August 1, 1903, in Sprecklesville, Maui, Hawaii. Taken to Japan in 1905 and raised by grandparents. Returned to the United States in 1919, joining father at Barneston sawmill in Washington. Married and farmed in Bellevue, Washington. Founded Bellevue Seinenkai and managed the Bellevue Vegetable Growers Association prior to World War II. Was picked …
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Walt Woodward Interview (ddr-densho-1000-104)
White male. Born February 25, 1910, in Seattle, Washington. Co-publisher (with his wife Milly) and editor of the newspaper, The Bainbridge Review, from 1935-1963. During World War II, The Bainbridge Review was the sole newspaper on the West Coast to continuously speak out against the mass removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans, primarily through Woodward's editorials. …
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Yasashi Ichikawa Interview I (ddr-densho-1000-111)
Issei female. Born 1907 in Shimonoseki, Japan. Attended school in Japan, and was encouraged by father to study English. Married a Buddhist minister and immigrated to the United States. Lived in Fresno, California, then returned to Japan for two years. Moved to Seattle, Washington, where husband was a minister at the Seattle Buddhist Temple. During World …
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Yasashi Ichikawa Interview II (ddr-densho-1000-112)
Issei female. Born 1907 in Shimonoseki, Japan. Attended school in Japan, and was encouraged by father to study English. Married a Buddhist minister and immigrated to the United States. Lived in Fresno, California, then returned to Japan for two years. Moved to Seattle, Washington, where husband was a minister at the Seattle Buddhist Temple. During World …
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Fred Shiosaki Interview Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1000-190-20)
Witnessing segregation Mississippi: "It was a just completely different world for us"
This interview was conducted as part of a project to capture stories of the Japanese American community of Spokane, Washington. Densho worked in collaboration with the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture.