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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 Jingle, Jingle, Jangle by Mine Okubo (ddr-densho-356-672)

Copy of manuscript for "Jingle, Jingle, Jangle" by Mine Okubo with introductory letter. The pages were loosely stored and appeared to be out of order, so an attempt was made to reorder the pages.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-672/

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 The Newell Star, Vol. II, No. 1: New Year Edition (January 1, 1945) (ddr-densho-284-46)

Selected article titles: "WRA Reiterates Leave Eligibility of Evacuees" (p. 3), "Soldier's Kin to Receive Priority" (p. 4), and "Torment: A Pre-Evacuation Story" (p. 12).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-284-46/

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/