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Japanese American Courier Vol. 13, No. 669 (November 9, 1940) (ddr-densho-96-704)
doc Japanese American Courier Vol. 13, No. 669 (November 9, 1940) (ddr-densho-96-704)
Selected article titles: "Real Christianity Bars Intolerance" (p. 1), "Pink Tea" (p. 2), "Hornets, Chinese Win First AA Games" (p. 3), "New Consignment of Adamic's Book Arrives this Week" (p. 4)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-96-704/
Japanese American Courier Vol. 14, No. 692 (April 19, 1941) (ddr-densho-96-727)
doc Japanese American Courier Vol. 14, No. 692 (April 19, 1941) (ddr-densho-96-727)
Selected article titles: "Library Service Told as Part of Anniversary Fete" (p. 1), "Pink Tea" (p. 2), "Hang Overs" (p. 3), "Large Crowd Due at Gathering of Young Buddhists" (p. 4)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-96-727/
Japanese American Courier Vol. 13, No. 668 (November 2, 1940) (ddr-densho-96-703)
doc Japanese American Courier Vol. 13, No. 668 (November 2, 1940) (ddr-densho-96-703)
Selected article titles: "Adamic Calls for Real Americanism" (p. 1), "Pink Tea" (p. 2), "Sports" (p. 3), "Adamic Book as Prize Found One in Great Demand" (p. 4)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-96-703/
Japanese American Courier Vol. 1, No. 17 (April 21, 1928) (ddr-densho-96-45)
doc Japanese American Courier Vol. 1, No. 17 (April 21, 1928) (ddr-densho-96-45)
Selected article titles: "Japan Doubts New Navy Plan; Awaits 1931 Pact Revision" (p. 1), "Sport Scope" (p. 2), "Pink Tea" (p. 3), "Down Main Street" (p. 4)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-96-45/
Japanese American Courier Vol. 1, No. 50 (December 8, 1928) (ddr-densho-96-78)
doc Japanese American Courier Vol. 1, No. 50 (December 8, 1928) (ddr-densho-96-78)
Selected article titles: "Policy of Japan Toward China is Called Economic" (p. 1), "Sport Scope" (p. 2), "Pink Tea" (p. 3), "Down Main Street" (p. 4)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-96-78/
Japanese American Courier Vol. 1, No. 31 (July 28, 1928) (ddr-densho-96-59)
doc Japanese American Courier Vol. 1, No. 31 (July 28, 1928) (ddr-densho-96-59)
Selected article titles: "Kwansei Accorded Warm Welcome at Baseball Banquet" (p. 1), "Sport Scope" (p. 2), "Pink Tea" (p. 3), "Down Main Street" (p. 4)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-96-59/
Japanese American Courier Vol. 1, No. 20 (May 12, 1928) (ddr-densho-96-48)
doc Japanese American Courier Vol. 1, No. 20 (May 12, 1928) (ddr-densho-96-48)
Selected article titles: "Southern Troups Kill Japanese in Tsinan; Japanese Troops to be With-Drawn with Protection Assurance" (p. 1), "Sport Scope" (p. 2), "Pink Tea" (p. 3), "Down Main Street" (p. 4)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-96-48/
Japanese American Courier Vol. 1, No. 8 (February 18, 1928) (ddr-densho-96-36)
doc Japanese American Courier Vol. 1, No. 8 (February 18, 1928) (ddr-densho-96-36)
Selected article titles: "Crisis Foreseen as Wave of Prosperity Sweeps Country" (p. 1), "Sport Scope" (p. 2), "Pink Tea" (p. 3), "'Down Main Street" (p. 4)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-96-36/
Japanese American Courier Vol. 1, No. 43 (October 20, 1928) (ddr-densho-96-71)
doc Japanese American Courier Vol. 1, No. 43 (October 20, 1928) (ddr-densho-96-71)
Selected article titles: "Citizen's Society in San Francisco to Pick Officers" (p. 1), "Sport Scope" (p. 2), "Pink Tea" (p. 3), "Down Main Street" (p. 4)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-96-71/
Japanese American Courier Vol. 1, No. 14 (March 31, 1928) (ddr-densho-96-42)
doc Japanese American Courier Vol. 1, No. 14 (March 31, 1928) (ddr-densho-96-42)
Selected article titles: "Safeguard World for Democracy Says Premier" (p. 1), "Sport Scope" (p. 2), "Pink Tea" (p. 3), "Down Main Street" (p. 4)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-96-42/
Japanese American Courier Vol. 1, No. 10 (March 3, 1928) (ddr-densho-96-38)
doc Japanese American Courier Vol. 1, No. 10 (March 3, 1928) (ddr-densho-96-38)
Selected article titles: "Orientals' Wives May Enter Country in New Proposal" (p. 1), "Sport Scope" (p. 2), "Pink Tea" (p. 3), "Down Main Street" (p. 4)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-96-38/
Japanese American Courier Vol. 1, No. 53 (December 29, 1928) (ddr-densho-96-81)
doc Japanese American Courier Vol. 1, No. 53 (December 29, 1928) (ddr-densho-96-81)
Selected article titles: "Japanese Prince Lauds Americans at Tokyo Dinner" (p. 1), "Sport Scope" (p. 2), "Pink Tea" (p. 3), "Down Main Street" (p. 4)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-96-81/
Mitsuye May Yamada Interview Segment 35 (ddr-densho-1000-137-35)
vh Mitsuye May Yamada Interview Segment 35 (ddr-densho-1000-137-35)
Working on book Desert Run while attending Yaddo, an artists' retreat

Mitsuye Yamada was interviewed together with her two surviving brothers, William Toshio Yasutake and Joseph Yasutake, in group sessions on October 8-9, 2002. She was interviewed individually on October 9-10, 2002.

Before being contacted by Densho, the Yasutake siblings had planned to conduct their own …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-137-35/
Mitsuye May Yamada Interview Segment 30 (ddr-densho-1000-137-30)
vh Mitsuye May Yamada Interview Segment 30 (ddr-densho-1000-137-30)
Organizing an Asian American writers group, which evolved into MultiCultural Women Writers

Mitsuye Yamada was interviewed together with her two surviving brothers, William Toshio Yasutake and Joseph Yasutake, in group sessions on October 8-9, 2002. She was interviewed individually on October 9-10, 2002.

Before being contacted by Densho, the Yasutake siblings had planned to conduct their …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-137-30/
Julie Otsuka Interview Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1000-176-18)
vh Julie Otsuka Interview Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1000-176-18)
Trying to find the balance between history and storytelling
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-176-18/
Julie Otsuka Interview Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-176-15)
vh Julie Otsuka Interview Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-176-15)
Enrolling in graduate school, researching first chapter of novel through World War II photographs
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-176-15/
Julie Otsuka Interview Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-176-17)
vh Julie Otsuka Interview Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-176-17)
The process of writing novel, inspiration from everyday life experiences
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-176-17/
Julie Otsuka Interview Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-176-16)
vh Julie Otsuka Interview Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-176-16)
A visual approach to writing
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-176-16/
Hisaye Yamamoto Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1002-10-3)
vh Hisaye Yamamoto Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1002-10-3)
Early interest in writing: getting published in the Japanese American press

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1002-10-3/
Hisaye Yamamoto Interview Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1002-10-15)
vh Hisaye Yamamoto Interview Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1002-10-15)
Early ambitions to be a writer

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life histories, instead primarily focusing on …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1002-10-15/
Hiroshi Kashiwagi Interview Segment 34 (ddr-densho-1000-165-34)
vh Hiroshi Kashiwagi Interview Segment 34 (ddr-densho-1000-165-34)
Attending Tule Lake pilgrimages in the 1970s: writing and presenting a poem about camp
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-165-34/
Hiroshi Kashiwagi Interview Segment 27 (ddr-densho-1000-165-27)
vh Hiroshi Kashiwagi Interview Segment 27 (ddr-densho-1000-165-27)
Writing another play, Laughter and False Teeth about the moral breakdown and corruption of the camp society
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-165-27/
Hiroshi Kashiwagi Interview Segment 28 (ddr-densho-1000-165-28)
vh Hiroshi Kashiwagi Interview Segment 28 (ddr-densho-1000-165-28)
Writing a play about the so-called "loyalty questionnaire" issue
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-165-28/
Hiroshi Kashiwagi Interview Segment 26 (ddr-densho-1000-165-26)
vh Hiroshi Kashiwagi Interview Segment 26 (ddr-densho-1000-165-26)
While in school, writing first play, based on a postwar experience, and seeing it performed
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-165-26/
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