Poetry

doc Scatterbrain masterpieces: short stories, poetry, jokes, cartoons, carnival editions (ddr-csujad-26-45)

Student created magazine consisting of several drawings, poems, and short stories including: "Spectacular flight" by Mary Furuta, "Nisei learns to smile again" by Teiko Hamaguchi, "Small but solid" by Sam Himoto, "Terrific teens" by Rose Hiraoka, "Too young" by Toshi Iwasaki, "Glamour ain't hay" by Helen Kanemasu, "Alone with brother" by Natalie Nakamura, "17 a boy" …

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img Tule Lake scrapbook (ddr-csujad-26-53)

Scrapbook created in Tule Lake camp by Japanese American students. Contents include drawings, art, holiday greeting cards prints, poetry and signatures of student groups. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: mei_03_20_001

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img Tule Lake scrapbook illustrated page (ddr-csujad-26-64)

Scrapbook page features a pastel drawing of women showering and in various states of undress in camp barracks. Illustration is accompanied by a poem "Barrack room ballads" about the lack of both privacy and comfort of women using camp barracks showers and toilets. Tule Lake scrapbook (ucsb_mei_0053), page 31. See this object in the California State …

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doc Wolf song (ddr-csujad-48-74)

Lyrics from the poem , titled: "The Wolf Song." Transcription is found in item: ecm_wells_9074. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_wells_0074

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doc Cactus blossoms (ddr-csujad-55-48)

Collection of poetry written by incarcerees. Includes illustrations. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_00052

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doc El Curriente presents what a life (ddr-csujad-55-2683)

The pages of the first El Curriente is devoted to the trials and tribulations of adolescent life. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2847

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doc I love you (ddr-csujad-55-1907)

Handwritten poem about spring and love, most likely by an incarceree at Tule Lake incarceration camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1910

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doc Postonia (ddr-csujad-55-45)

Poem written by incarceree about children and the Poston incarceration camp in Parker Arizona. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_00049

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doc Florin Chapter of Japanese American Citizens' League documents on choral speaking (ddr-csujad-55-2465)

Instructional document on "choral speaking" with poems. Includes "The Gypsies," "The Baseball Game," "Wasted Word," "Clouds," and "The Night Wind." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2571

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2465/

doc Fresno West Side (ddr-csujad-8-13)

Oral history interview with Mr. Nori Masuda, Mrs. Masako Inada, Mrs. Fumi Nakajima, and Mrs. Setsu Hirasuna. Information on the oral history project is found in: csuf_stp_0012A; Glossary in: csuf_stp_0014. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FCPL Fresno West Side

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doc Poem written in camp (ddr-densho-126-1)

Jim Yoshihara wrote the poem "Damned Fence" while incarcerated at Minidoka.

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doc Poem (ddr-densho-179-220)

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doc Poem (ddr-densho-179-221)

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doc Booklet (ddr-densho-453-4)

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doc WCCA Assembly Center 1942 North Portland, Ore. Poetry Journal No. 1 (ddr-densho-453-3)

Handwritten on Holland Linen notebook. Additional title in Japanese

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doc Senryu Poem Collection 1944 (ddr-densho-453-2)

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doc WCCA Assembly Center 1942 North Portland, Ore. Poetry Journal No. 2 (ddr-densho-453-1)

Handwritten on Holland Linen notebook

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 52, No. 3 (January 20, 1961) (ddr-pc-33-3)

Selected article titles: "JACL Policy on Aging Adopted by White House Conference: Issei Background Cited as Factor" (p. 1), "Advocates of Financing Program for Age Through Social Security in Huge Majority" (p. 1), "Issei Poem Read Before Emperor" (p. 3), and "Hope Someday 'Most Successful Lobbyist in Washington' Will Be Decorated for His Crusade to Aid …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 53, No. 25 (December 22, 1961) (ddr-pc-33-51)

Special holiday issue organized into sections A 1-24, B 1-16, and C 1-4. Selected article titles: "'Evacuation' JACL Statement and Command Decision" (pp. A-1, A-3-A-7), "Nisei Actors Come of Age" (p. A-8), "Chronology of War Relocation Authority Activities" (pp. A-22-A-23), and "JACL vs. Lechner" (pp. B-15-B-16). The holiday issue included advertisements bought by JACL members and …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 75, No. 5 (August 4, 1972) (ddr-pc-44-30)

Selected article titles: "Hoover Opposition to Evacuation Told in His Last Article" (p.1), "Butterick to Rid Derogatory Label" (p.1), "Nixon-Tanaka Two-Day Summit in Hawaii Set" (p.3).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-44-30/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 104, No. 7 (February 20, 1987) (ddr-pc-59-7)

Selected article titles: "'Hate Crimes': Fight Goes on in Congress, on Streets" (pp. 1-2, 4-5), "Hongo Offers a Poet's View of JA Experience" (pp. 1, 8), "JACL's Future Function" (p. 4), and "Could Matsui Win the '88 Senate Race?" (p. 5).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-59-7/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 116, No. 16 (April 23, 1993) (ddr-pc-65-16)

Select article titles: "Hate crimes increase in Los Angeles County" (p. 1); JACL approves of verdicts in Rodney King trial" (p. 1); "Literary history offers Nisei poets from WWII camps" (p. 4); "Book on crime in Japan, U.S." (p. 4).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-65-16/

doc "Drawing the Line" for Yosh Kuromiya (ddr-densho-122-557)

Typed poem by Lawson Fusao Inada, signed on last page. Poem was later published in 1997 in Inada's collection "Drawing the Line" published by Coffee House Press, Minneapolis, MN, in 1997.

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doc Gidra, Vol. II, No. 2 (February 1970) (ddr-densho-297-11)

Selected article titles: "Ford Foundation" (p. 2), "Community Dat at U.C.L.A." (p. 2), "The March" (p. 5), "'White Male Qualities!' Oriental Males Reply" (p. 9).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-297-11/

doc Gidra, Vol. I, No. 9 (December 1969) (ddr-densho-297-9)

Selected article titles: "Asian Americans to March for Peace" (p. 2), "U.S. to Return to Okinawa" (p. 2), "Arm Busted at UCLA" (p. 3), "Hi Pot Victory!" (p. 3), "A Requiem for O.C." (p. 7), "The Conscientious Objector" (p. 11), "Change the Draft" (p. 11).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-297-9/

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