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doc Letter to Michi Weglyn, April 11, 1992 (ddr-csujad-24-97)

A letter to Michi Weglyn about Frank Chin's "Kaguya Hime" manuscript. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: chi_07_014

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-24-97/

doc Silvertail (ddr-densho-335-76)

A children book manuscript written by Agnes Rockrise.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-335-76/

doc Notes on Silvertail (ddr-densho-335-77)

Feedback notes on Agnes Rockrise's manuscript Silvertail.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-335-77/

doc Short story: "Old King Bosworth was celebrating" (ddr-densho-468-4)

Typed draft with handwritten notes

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-4/

doc Short story: "I bin in this town" (ddr-densho-468-59)

Handwritten draft

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-59/

doc Story ideas (ddr-densho-468-18)

Three notecards with story ideas. 1. "Like reaching for the moon"; 2. two plot sketches; 3. Title "Some of my best friends are racists"

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-18/

doc Short story: "Uprooted" (ddr-densho-468-74)

Assignment for English 211 course. Story consists of dialogue between a mother and her daughter, a second-grade student. The mother and daughter are Japanese-Americans incarcerated during World War II. The mother is trying to explain the situation while answering the daughter's questions.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-74/

doc Draft: "One dawn, a long time ago" (ddr-densho-468-166)

Short handwritten draft

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-166/

doc Short story: "Homecoming" (ddr-densho-468-72)

Typed draft with notes. Assignment for English 212. Story is missing pages 2-3.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-72/

doc Short story: "The Bear who Spoke Russian" with rejection letter from "The Reporter" (ddr-densho-468-87)

Typed manuscript.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-87/

doc Short story: "The devil and Faust" (ddr-densho-468-55)

Half typed half handwritten

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-55/

doc Short story draft [incomplete]: "Jack Fujimoto was enjoying himself for the first time in months" (ddr-densho-468-62)

Typed draft, less than a page

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-62/

doc Short story: "Souvenir" (ddr-densho-468-57)

Typed draft

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-57/

doc Short story: "Second Meeting" with rejection letter from Good Housekeeping (ddr-densho-468-86)

Typed manuscript.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-86/

doc Story notes and two poems (ddr-densho-468-15)

Three notecards on one sheet. The first card has story notes describing the relationship between three characters. The second and third cards have an unfinished draft of a sonnet.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-15/

doc Short story draft [incomplete]: "Coward's Pay" (ddr-densho-468-64)

Typed draft, two versions. First version is less than one sentence. Second version is one incomplete paragraph. Handwritten story sketch on second page.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-64/

doc Short story: "Jeremy" (ddr-densho-468-78)

Typed draft.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-78/

doc Short story: "Heavy fog rolled in from the Pacific" (ddr-densho-468-75)

Assignment for English 211, Section II. Part 1 ("Hope") is set in 1941 and follows a Japanese American who moved to Yokohama in 1939 and returned to the US disillusioned two years later. The main character, Johnny Obata, then faces anti-Japanese racism and unemployment. Part two ("Faith") follows Johnny's experiences following Pearl Harbor. In Part 3 …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-75/