Agriculture

Many Issei (first-generation Japanese immigrants) began as sharecroppers. Others sought to buy land, but the Issei had to overcome obstacles preventing them from competing with white farmers. California and other states passed alien land laws prohibiting Asian immigrants from purchasing or leasing agricultural land. There were ways around the discriminatory laws: an Issei father could put the property in the name of his American-born child, or issei could form corporations in which a majority of the shareholders were American citizens. Despite the alien land laws, Issei farmers played a significant role in West Coast agriculture. In the years just prior to World War II, Japanese American families grew 35 percent of the produce in California. By the 1920s, Japanese Americans supplied 75 percent of the produce and half the milk to the Puget Sound region.

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doc Japanese American Courier Vol. 9, No. 416 (January 1, 1936) (ddr-densho-96-451)

Selected article titles: "Young Show Trend As Real Americans" (p. 1), "Pacific Relations Will Hinge on Tariff Cut; Japan Must Expand" (p. 2), "Second Generation Japanese Are Now Pioneering in American Life" (p. 3), "Here's How, 1936!" (p. 4), "A Nisei Mel

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-96-451/

doc Japanese American Courier Vol. 6, No. 277 (April 29, 1933) (ddr-densho-96-310)

Selected article titles: "Farm Aid Plans Pushed by Diet; Farm Debts Big" (p. 1), "Sport Scope" (p. 2), "Pink Tea" (p. 3), "Out-of-Town News" (p. 4)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-96-310/

doc Japanese American Courier Vol. 1, No. 7 (February 11, 1928) (ddr-densho-96-35)

Selected article titles: "Press Needs Censor as do Theatres; Should be Cleaned" (p. 1), "Sport Scope" (p. 2), "Pink Tea" (p. 3), "U.S. Grain Export Reaches Grand Total in 1927" (p. 4)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-96-35/

doc Japanese American Courier Vol. 9, No. 424 (February 29, 1936) (ddr-densho-96-459)

Selected article titles: "Roosevelt Gets New Farm Bill; Taxes Discussed" (p. 1), "Pink Tea" (p. 2), "Hang-overs" (p. 3), "Out-of-Town News" (p. 4)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-96-459/

doc Japanese American Courier Vol. 8, No. 400 (September 14, 1935) (ddr-densho-96-435)

Selected article titles: "Youth Can Assure Future in Farming" (p. 1), "Pink Tea" (p. 2), "Hang-overs" (p. 3), "Out-of-Town News" (p. 4)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-96-435/

doc Japanese American Courier Vol. 4, No. 189 (August 8, 1931) (ddr-densho-96-220)

Selected article titles: "Agriculture Vies with Industry in Japan's Problem" (p. 1), "Girls to Compete for Tennis Titles in Local Matches" (p. 2), "Pink Tea" (p. 3), "Kamide to Appear in Vocal Program for Benefit Fund" (p. 4)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-96-220/

img Group of 5 farmers digging (ddr-densho-468-443)

Black and white photo of a group of men and women digging in a field.

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img People in field (ddr-densho-468-444)

Black and white photo of a group of people posing in a field. Caption on album page: "And eat 'em too" written in white pencil.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-444/

doc Tally of Japanese American farmers and acreage leased and owned (ddr-ajah-7-17)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-7-17/

doc Letter from Harry Kondo to Pete Aiello, Greco Canning Co. (ddr-ajah-7-12)

Enclosing contract for sale of tomato plants

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doc Tally of Japanese American farmers and acreage leased and owned (ddr-ajah-7-18)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-7-18/

doc Tally of Japanese American farmers and acreage leased and owned (ddr-ajah-7-2)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-7-2/

doc Tally of farms managed by Japanese Aliens (ddr-ajah-7-3)

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doc Summary of farm acreage owned or farmed by Japanese Americans or Alien Japanese (ddr-ajah-7-5)

Covering Washington township, Eden Township and Alameda County for 1941-1942

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doc Short story: "The outcast" / "The alien within" (ddr-densho-468-68)

Four typed drafts. First draft describes a Japanese American girl in the mid-20th century. Second, third, and fourth drafts describe incarceration. The story's name changes from "The outcast" to "The alien within" between drafts 2 and 3. Final draft has perspective shift from third-person narrator to first-person.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-68/