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img Kiyoko at the farm (ddr-densho-391-24)

Photograph of Kiyoko (Maeda) Yoshioka standing in front of her home and farm.

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doc Letter to Mrs. Jones from Mary H. Yoshioka (ddr-densho-391-1)

Letter to Mrs. Jones from Mary H. (Yoshioka) Higuchi. In the letter Mary provides a detailed biography of her life and why that has informed her desire to become a teacher.

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img Kiyoko at the farm (ddr-densho-391-25)

Photograph of Kiyoko (Maeda) Yoshioka sitting down in front of her home and farm.

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img Three people (ddr-densho-388-17)

Photograph of three people standing in a field in front of a tractor. Caption on photograph: "June 1932"

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 45, No. 11 (September 13, 1957) (ddr-pc-29-37)

Select article titles: "JACL hails signing of civil rights bill" (p. 1); "$1.3 Million claims measure signed by Ike" (p. 1); Senate Interior Committee urges Hawaii statehood without further delaying action" (p. 1); "Cut red tape for Nisei hero" 9p. 3); "Texas would bar Negro GIs wedded to German wives" (p. 3); "Spot survey by U.S. …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 46, No. 13 (March 28, 1958) (ddr-pc-30-13)

Select article titles: "Unemployment situation in California may stop resumption of temporary farm labor" (p.1); "St. Louis Nisei part of trio talking on Brotherhood Week for 11th consecutive year; efforts believed paying off" (p.3); "Regret use of 'Jap' on TV interview" (p.5) Starting in this issue, the volume number in the header changes from 46 to …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 51, No. 16 (October 14, 1960) (ddr-pc-32-42)

Select article titles: "Major civil rights case added for review by high tribunal" (p. 1); "32 of 38 AJAs Succeed in Hawaii Primary" (p.1); "Three generations of single Japanese American family work together to harvest lettuce crop for Seattle market" (p.3)

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 51, No. 21 (November 18, 1960) (ddr-pc-32-47)

Select article titles: "Idaho law prohibits Issei vote" (p.1); "Moses Lake Nisei farmers pioneer in processing peppermint leaves for oil" (p.2); "West Fresno Hit by Election Day Voter Challenges" (p.8)

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 53, No. 2 (July 14, 1961) (ddr-pc-33-28)

Selected article titles: "Proposed Regulations on Nondiscriminatory Policy in Federal Civil Service Reviewed by Special JACL Committee" (p. 1), "'Command Decision': Evacuation, Part 7" (p. 1), "Umekichi Takahashi of Reno Believed to Be First Permanent Issei Resident in America" (p. 3), and "Webster, Tex., Cradle of Rice Farms, Put on Map Because of Success of Issei" …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 62, No. 10 (March 11, 1966) (ddr-pc-38-10)

Select article titles: "Virginia Supreme Court Upholds its Ban Against Mixed Marriage" (p.1); "Voting Rights law of 1965 endorsed" (p. 1); "Hawaii's Reapportionment Case" (p. 2); "Nisei Farmers Cynical of Industry Boom" (p. 3).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 62, No. 7 (February 16, 1966) (ddr-pc-38-7)

Select article titles: "Greater participation of Nisei in gov't urged at San Jose JACL installation" (p.1); "Immigration history of U.S. told in brief in forthcoming 'This Week'" (p.1); "South Seattle Farming Areas May Be Boeing's" (p.1).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 81, No. 5 (August 1, 1975) (ddr-pc-47-30)

Selected article titles: "Not a Screamer: A Quiet Activist in House" (pp. 1, 3), "The Oji Family: Diversification--How Family Farmers Survive in Modern Age of Agribusiness" (p. 1), "From the Frying Pan: Golden Age in Hawaii" (p. 2), and "Four Years Pass, 'Untold Story' Still Untold" (p. 3).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 81, No. 14 (October 3, 1975) (ddr-pc-47-39)

Selected article titles: "Nisei Farm Problems Aired" (p. 1), "Nikkei Back at Poston for Look" (pp. 1-2), "Manzanar Plaque Found Defaced" (p. 1), and "From the Frying Pan: John Dean on Redress" (p. 2).

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img Large group (ddr-densho-388-1)

Photograph of large group of men, women and children gathered on a hops farm. Captions on front of photograph: "Sept 1936" in black ink and "K.Chiquo, Hop Grower Sec-1 1936 No. 14." from the negative. Caption on the back is partially obscured, reads "Sept. 8 193 Chas. Chikuo Ranch, Independence Aug" and stamped in purple ink …

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img Farm (ddr-densho-388-21)

Photograph of an unidentified man standing in field. Caption on photograph: "'38" in black ink. Caption on card stock: "Kent 1938" in blue ink.

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img Three people (ddr-densho-388-18)

Photograph of three unidentified men standing together in a field with hops visible in the background. Caption on front of photograph: "Sept, 1935" in blue ink. Caption on back of photograph: "Taken Aug-Sept-1935 At Chikuo Hop Ranch Independence Oregon" in black ink.

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img Chikuo Hop Ranch (ddr-densho-388-2)

Photograph of 7 men and a young girl standing on a wooden platform next to a truck loaded tall with bags. Caption on the front of the photograph "Chikuo Hop Ranch Sept. 1936" Caption on the back: "Taken Sept. 8, 1936 at Chikuo Hop Ranch Independence, Aug." and stamped in purple ink "Trover Studio Salem, Oregon"

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 44, No. 15 (April 12, 1957) (ddr-pc-29-15)

Select article titles: "CL renews Hawaii statehood plea: Far East aspect of U.S. foreign policy would be strengthened by admission" (p. 1); Canadian Nisei patato grower protest dumping of U.S. spud surplus in Canada" (p. 1); "100 Million in Japan by '64 May 'Blow off Roof'" (p. 2); "San Jose-Okayama become sister cities" (p. 2); "Jefferson …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 47, No.10 (September 5, 1958) (ddr-pc-30-36)

Select article titles: "Snake River Valley potato farmers worry over 'no price" and Sansei" (p.1); "Job discrimination against Nisei going 'underground'" (p.3); "Historical account of Japanese Canadians in British Columbia set for Centennial" (p.8)

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 56, No. 16 (April 19, 1963) (ddr-pc-35-16)

Selected article titles: "Wheat Farmers Urged to Study Facts of May 21 Referendum" (pp. 1-2), "20th Anniversary Rites of Nisei in Armed Forces Slated" (pp. 1, 4), "Washington Newsletter: Democratic Civil Rights Bill" (pp. 2, 4), and "California May Go into Business of Recruiting Migrant Labor for Domestic Farms to Replace Braceros, If Song Bill Passes" …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 78, No. 9 (March 8, 1974) (ddr-pc-46-9)

Selected article titles: "$30,000 More Needed to Meet JACL Budget" (p. 1), "Washington Newsletter: Protecting the 'Image'" (p. 2), and "Cortez Growers Now 50 Years, Gross $4-Million" (p. 3).

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img Suejiro Kosai standing in field (ddr-densho-349-25)

On back: "Suejiro on strawberry farms"

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doc Kenjiro Kida's diary (ddr-one-3-123)

Bound diary with gray cover. The year on the front cover is based on the Japanese imperial calendar and says Meiji 43 (1910). Written in by Kenjiro Kida while working for George Pyatt. He wrote in it in both Japanese and English. Contents of diary about weather and daily life working for George Pyatt in White …

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img Two men harvesting potatoes near Minidoka (ddr-densho-420-8)

Masa Ogawa's cousin. Caption on reverse: "Here is myself / taken while I / was working at / the local farm / nearby the camp / in 1943 or 44. / Don't I look / a mess huh? / Well I will send / you a better one / soon. / Roy / P.S. me without …

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