Education

Most of the Nisei (second-generation Japanese Americans) who grew up on the West Coast lived in relatively small sections of the city and shared common experiences in the public schools as well as Japanese language schools. The World War II incarceration interrupted thousands of students' elementary, high school and university educations.

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img Japanese teachers on Awaji Island (ddr-densho-259-99)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "4 posed group photographs in which [Shidzuyo Yasui] appears they must have been taken at Sumoto School in Awaji." Shidzuyo Yasui is pictured in the second row, third from the left.

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img Teacher and students on Awaji Island (ddr-densho-259-126)

Shidzuyo Yasui (front row, second from left) with female students from the Sumoto School on Awaji Island, Japan.

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img Teachers at Sumoto School in Japan (ddr-densho-259-77)

Caption by Yuka Yasui: "Mom [Shidzuyo Yasui] - Last Row 2nd from Left. Sumoto, Awaji where she taught 1912." Caption by Homer Yasui: "[Shidzuyo] taught home economics there."

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img Japanese teachers on Awaji Island (ddr-densho-259-100)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "4 posed group photographs in which [Shidzuyo Yasui] appears they must have been taken at Sumoto School in Awaji."

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img Japanese women on Awaji Island (ddr-densho-259-101)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "4 posed group photographs in which [Shidzuyo Yasui] appears they must have been taken at Sumoto School in Awaji." Shidzuyo Yasui is pictured in the center.

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doc Correpsondence regarding a JACL National Scholarship (ddr-densho-277-191)

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doc White River Valley Chapter, Valley Civic League scholarship recipients (ddr-densho-277-69)

A list of the JACL White River Valley Chapter members who received scholarships between 1961 and 2008

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doc Postcard to Molly Wilson from Mary Murakami (November 1, 1943) (ddr-janm-1-35)

Postcard to Molly Wilson from Mary Murakami (November 1, 1943). It is postmarked November 1, 1943 from Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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doc Letter (with envelope) to Mollie Wilson from Sadae (Lillian) Nishioka (August 9, 1943) (ddr-janm-1-96)

Handwritten letter to Molly Wilson from Sadae (Lillian) Nishioka (August 9, 1943). Envelope is postmarked August 11, 1943 from the Poston (Colorado River) Incarceration Camp in Parker, Arizona.

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doc Birthday card (with envelope) to Mollie Wilson from Sandie Saito (ddr-janm-1-26)

Birthday greeting card written by Sandie Saito to Mollie Wilson. White/purple card with illustration in purple/green of a bouquet of pansies, borders in purple. "Birthday Remembrance" on top center on front of card. Includes white envelope addressed to Mollie Wilson; not stamped nor postmarked.

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol 68, No. 13 (March 28, 1969) (ddr-pc-41-13)

Select article titles: "JACL backs tax hike for Richmond area schools" (p. 1); "Broadcasters Criticized For Bias In Hiring" (p. 1); "JACL explains its role in Title 2 court case" (p. 3); "Dedication of Nisei Hall at Presidio of Monterey gives wide recognition to Japanese Americans" (p. 5); "Test case against detention camps law set for ...

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 95, No. 4 (July 23, 1982) (ddr-pc-54-29)

Selected article titles: "U.S. Appellate Court Rules INS Raids Violate Constitutional Rights" (pp. 1, 3), "Kokekokko: 'Japanese Camps'" (p. 6), "Inouye's 6 Steps to Reduce Tensions for War" (p. 8), and "Chief Justice Warren and the Japanese Detention Cases" (pp. 8, 12).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 104, No. 6 (February 13, 1987) (ddr-pc-59-6)

Selected article titles: "Hearing Set for Appeals of Ruling in Hirabayashi Case" (p. 1), "Formerly Weller St.: Street in Little Tokyo Named for Astronaut" (pp. 1-2), "Government Plan to Put Arab Immigrants in Camps Alleged" (pp. 1, 3), and "Defining 'Multicultural Education'" (p. 5).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 44, No. 13 (March 29, 1957) (ddr-pc-29-13)

Select article titles: "JACL seeks deletion of 'Fuzz Young' text, use of 'Japs' may bias children" (p. 1); "First Japanese PW Taken in WW2 Found Working For Car Firm" (p. 1); "Nat'l Campaign on Anti-Nisei TV-Films Opens" (p. 1); "Hearing dates for Hawaii statehood set in both Houses" (p. 1); San Francisco 'Nipponmachi' suffers light ...

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 56, No. 7 (February 15, 1963) (ddr-pc-35-7)

Selected article titles: "Calif. Textbooks Criteria Allow for Minorities" (p. 1), "Bipartisan Bill Introduced to Change Immigration Quota, Law" (pp. 1, 3), "$2,600 Added to History Project Fund; Acknowledge Pledges Being Fulfilled" (pp. 1-2), and "Why Am I a JACLer?" (p. 2).

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-35-7/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 58, No. 15 (October 11, 1963) (ddr-pc-35-41)

Selected article titles: "Anti-Nisei Discrimination in Armed Forces Said Negligible" (p. 1), "JACL Observer at 2nd U.S.-Japan Confab on Cultural and Educational Interchange" (p. 1), and "Washington Newsletter: Civil Rights Strategy" (p. 2).

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-35-41/

img Boarding school students (ddr-densho-111-5)

Students at Winnebago Indian boarding school where Elaine Ishikawa Hayes' mother worked.

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doc Letter to Kinuta Uno at Fort Missoula (ddr-densho-324-8)

Correspondence from Kinuta Uno's daughter discussing plans for their removal and how they had to quit school after being banned from going into the city limits.

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doc Standard Teaching Credential (ddr-densho-338-480)

A Standard Teaching Credential with a specialization in elementary teaching earned by Guyo Tajiri.

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 84, No. 23 (June 17, 1977) (ddr-pc-49-23)

Selected article titles: "Some Aliens Barred from Buying More Minnesota Agricultural Land" (p.1-2), "School Board Calls Teacher to Explain 'Japs'" (p.1, 4), "San Benito County Only West Coast JACL Intact Through Evacuation" (p.2), "Pediatrics Professor Pioneers Use of Drugs to Aid Children with Cancer" (p.4), "In Support of Fine Arts" (p.5).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 84, No. 20 (May 27, 1977) (ddr-pc-49-20)

Selected article titles: "Move Underway to Repeal Law Evacuating Canada's Japanese" (p.1), "CRA Asks Court to Evict JACL from Sun Bldg" (p.1, 7), "Asian Americans Pledge $200,000 to Aid Democrats Next Four Years" (p.1), "'Quality Education' as Seen for 3rd World Students" (p.4), "Aid for A-Bomb Survivors" (p.5).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 84, No. 16 (April 29, 1977) (ddr-pc-49-16)

Selected article titles: "Inouye Urges Military Draft" (p.1), "Minority Enrollment in L.A. Schools Rises to two-thirds; Asians Near 6%" (p.1), "Powerless Position Helped Shaped Nisei" (p.1-2), "The Question of Nisei Loyalty" (p.4).

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img Two school girls (ddr-densho-321-655)

Caption in album: "Kiku / Hakata, Fukuoka, Japan." Kiku on right.

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 54, No. 14 (April 6, 1962) (ddr-pc-34-14)

Selected article titles: "Chuman Visit of Nation's Capital Proves Noteworthy and Very Hectic" (p.1-2), "High Court Agrees Wash. Fair Housing Law Unconstitutional" (p.1), "Wartime Japanese Plans to Liberate Hawaiian Natives from U.S. Found in Preface to History of Hawaii in Japanese Ridiculed" (p.2), "Louisiana Local Option Law Permitting Closing of Public ...

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 77, No. 07, (August 17, 1973) (ddr-pc-45-32)

Select article titles: "Away a Day from Watergate: Praises Embarrass Inouye" (p.1); "Need $250,000 for JACL Bldg." (p.1); "Ruling Hits Private Schools" (p.3); "George Takei for Los Angeles City Council Election Sept. 18, 1973" (p.3).

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-45-32/