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Alameda Japanese American History Project
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Japanese American Service Committee (JASC) and Chicago Japanese American Historical Society (CJAHS) Oral History Project Collections
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CSU Japanese American History Digitization Project
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Densho
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Friends of Minidoka
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Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation
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Japanese American Museum of San Jose
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Japanese American National Museum
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Manzanar National Historic Site
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Dennis M. Ogawa Nippu Jiji Photograph Collection
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Japanese American Museum of Oregon
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The Pacific Citizen
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Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Temple Archives
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Seattle Chapter JACL
Alameda Japanese American History Project
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Alameda Japanese American History Project Oral History Collection (ddr-ajah-1)
This collection consists of interviews with Nisei and Sansei talking about the Japanese American community in Alameda, California. The project partners include The Internet Archive (archive.org), the Alameda Library, the Buddhist Temple of Alameda, Buena Vista United Methodist Church, Rhythmix Cultural Works, and Densho. The Alameda Museum also contributed but was not a partner in the …
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Alameda Japanese American History Project: Joe Iwataki Military Service Collection (ddr-ajah-2)
The album contains photos and documents from Joe Iwataki’s military service in WWII including time at MIS language school and posting to the Pacitic theatre. Collection includes material from MIS reunions.
Joe Iwataki was born in Alameda, California and enlisted in the military in Spring of 1941. After Pearl Harbor he was assigned to guard duty …
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Alameda Japanese American History Project: Buddhist Temple of Alameda Collection (ddr-ajah-3)
Photos of members of the Buddhist Temple of Alameda, including social activities, events, historical photos of early temple locations, programs from Temple events, bylaws.
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Alameda Japanese American History Project: Buena Vista United Methodist Church Collection (ddr-ajah-4)
The collection covers the history and growth of the Buena Vista United Methodist Church from it beginnings in the early 20th century, and includes early photos of the church and originally leaders and community groups. Founded as the Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church, the church became the Buena Vista Methodist church in 1950.
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Alameda Japanese American History Project: Alameda Sports Collection (ddr-ajah-5)
Photos and documents related to the Alameda Mudhens football team, Alameda Acorns basketball team and the Alameda Taiiku-Kai baseball teams, dedication of a plaque marking the the location of the Alameda baseball diamond as the ATK Field in honor of the pre-WWII team.
The ATK played in the west coast league primarily against other Japanese American …
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Alameda Japanese American History Project: Family and Community Collection (ddr-ajah-6)
Collection includes photographs and ephemera from the Alameda community including individuals, families, businesses and community organizations such as the YMBA. There is a set of objects related to the Imagire Sewing School, including biographical notes about the founder, Shizuko Imagire.
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Alameda Japanese American History Project: Digital Stories Collection (ddr-ajah-8)
This collection contains short digital stories documenting the experience of Alameda's Japanese Americans and is part of the California of the Past: Digital Storytelling Project. The project was produced by the Alameda Free Library with a grant from the California State Library.
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Alameda Japanese American History Project: Takano Yasutaro Collection (ddr-ajah-9)
Collection consists of photos of carved wood panels done by Takano Yasutaro while incarcerated at Amache. Includes document describing the carvings, the story behind the images and biographical information about Yasutaro.
Japanese American Service Committee (JASC) and Chicago Japanese American Historical Society (CJAHS) Oral History Project Collections
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Japanese American Service Committee (JASC) and Chicago Japanese American Historical Society (CJAHS) Oral History Project Collection (ddr-chi-1)
This collection consists of interviews conducted during the "Then They Came For Me: Incarceration of Japanese Americans During WWII and the Demise of Civil Liberties" exhibit sponsored by Alphawood Gallery in Chicago, Illinois, along with additional interviews conducted subsequent to the closing of the exhibit. All interviews are held in the collections of the archival collections …
CSU Japanese American History Digitization Project
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CSU Dominguez Hills Henry Y. Ikemoto Collection (ddr-csujad-1)
Henry Y. Ikemoto Collection contains correspondence, photographs, articles, chronologies, rosters, books, booklets, programs, reunion yearbook, and album. It depicts Americans of Japanese ancestry’s military service, mainly Anti-Tank Company, 100th Infantry Battalion, 442nd Regimental Combat Team, and Military Intelligence Service. It also describes activities by organizations and reunions of Japanese American veterans and the Rohwer incarceration camp. …
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San Jose State Schmidt (Willard E.) Papers (ddr-csujad-2)
The Willard Schmidt collection, documents some of the administrative duties of Willard Schmidt, the Chief of Internal Security for the War Relocation Authority and the Tule Lake incarceration/segregation camp. This collection contains administrative records and photos documenting the Tule Lake camp, the largest incarceration camp with a peak population of 18,789 and with the most turbulent …
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CSU Dominguez Hills Toshio Oku Photo Album (ddr-csujad-3)
The photo album is a collection of Tule Lake incarceration camp photos including photos of a fire, group photo of the Electrical Department, and inside the print shop of the Newell Star. The album highlights Toshio Oku (1925-2010), the son of Naojiro Oku (1893-1979) and Misao Oku (1902-2000) who was incarcerated at Tule Lake and worked …
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CSU Dominguez Hills James H. Osborne Nisei Collection (ddr-csujad-4)
The James H. Osborne Nisei Collection contains mainly correspondence between Emiko and Usami Terada, incarcerees in the Rohwer incarceration camp, McGehee Arkansas, and the Thomas family in Lawndale, California and some photographs of the Teradas and the Thomases. The letters describe the trip from the Santa Anita Assembly Center to the Rohwer incarceration camp, their lives …
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CSU Dominguez Hills Okine Collection (ddr-csujad-5)
The Okine Collection contains materials collected by Seiichi and Tomeyo Okine who were Issei flower growers in Whittier, California. It includes correspondence, photographs, financial documents, and a photo album. A large portion of the collection consists of family correspondence with Seiichi and Tomeyo Okine, including letters from their Nisei children, Masao and Makoto Okine, both soldiers …
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CSU Fresno JACL-CCDC Japanese American Oral History Collection (ddr-csujad-6)
The JACL-CCDC Japanese American Oral History collection contains oral histories capturing the experience of Japanese Americans, primarily Nisei, living in the San Joaquin Valley. Topics primarily include incarceration and post-war experiences.
See complete finding aid at: http://dsc.calstate.edu/1164?r=cam
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CSU Fresno Japanese Americans in World War II Collection (ddr-csujad-7)
The Japanese Americans in World War II collection contains both contemporary and contemporaneous materials about the incarceration of people of Japanese ancestry during World War II from the perspective of Japanese Americans, the United States government, and others.
See complete finding aid at: http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf4n39n6th/
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CSU Fresno Success Through Perseverance (ddr-csujad-8)
A Japanese American oral history project undertaken in 1979-1980, funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities and archived at the Fresno County Public Library.
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CSU Bakersfield Edwin Sasaki Oral History Collection (ddr-csujad-9)
Oral history interview of Edwin (Ed) Sasaki, a professor of the Psychology Department, conducted by the Public History Institute at California State University, Bakersfield. Professor Sasaki was born in Sacramento, California, in November 1940 and grew up in Weiser, Idaho. He recollects his family’s experiences during the World War II, being arrested as a suspect and …
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CSU Dominguez Hills Crystal City Peruvian Letters Collection (ddr-csujad-10)
The Crystal City Peruvian Letters Collection contains three letters written by Kiyoko and Yoshihiko Matsuura, Japanese Peruvians interned at the Crystal City Internment, Texas, to their mother/grandmother, Kiyoko Noda, who remains in Lima, Peru.
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CSU Dominguez Hills Tazu Kawamoto Photo Album (ddr-csujad-11)
The Tazu Kawamoto Photo Album contains one album of mostly photographs compiled by Tazuko "Tazu" Kawamoto that document various people, events, and activities throughout 1939-1943. Included are photographs, flyers, invitations, and business cards relating to Tazu Kawamoto’s personal life, with a focus on events during the World’s Fair on San Francisco’s Treasure Island in 1939. This …
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CSU Dominguez Hills Tsugitada Kanamori Collection (ddr-csujad-12)
This collection contains one box of documents belonging to Tsugitada Kanamori. Materials in this collection mostly pertain to Kanamori's efforts regarding canceling his renunciation and reinstating his American citizenship. See complete finding aid at: http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8cv4pc8/
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CSU Dominguez Hills Owen Sylvester Tule Lake Photo Collection (ddr-csujad-13)
The Owen M. Sylvester Photograph Collection (1942-1943, undated) contains 32 black-and-white photographs taken by Sylvester at Tule Lake. The majority of the photographs were taken inside the Tule Lake Incarceration Camp in Newell, California in November 1943 and feature scenes containing housing quarters, the stockade area, imprisoned Japanese Americans, and members of the 772nd Military Police …
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CSU Fresno TOMO Foundation (ddr-csujad-14)
The TOMO Foundation in Illinois donated the collection, which contains documents by and about the Japanese-American experience during World War II.
See complete finding aid at: http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf896nb2n1/
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CSU Northridge Eddie S. Muraoka Collection (ddr-csujad-15)
Eddie S. Muraoka was incarcerated during the Second World War at the Manzanar incarceration camp in Manzanar, California. The collection includes scrapbooks filled with news clippings on Japanese American incarceration, dated 1942-1980s. It also includes loose issues of Pacific Citizen, Kashu Mainichi, Rafu Shimpo, and Maui Kanyaku Imin (Centennial Edition).
See complete finding aid at: http://findingaids.csun.edu/archon/?p=collections/controlcard&id=8
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CSU Northridge Japanese-American Internment Camp Materials (ddr-csujad-16)
The Japanese American incarceration camps during World War II were administered by the War Relocation Authority. Camp incarcerees independently wrote and distributed many of their own documents associated with the camp newspapers, camp stores, school publications, and other camp activities. This group of materials contains non-War Relocation Authority documents issued in the incarceration camps or that …
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CSU Northridge Japanese-American Relocation Center Newspapers (ddr-csujad-17)
During the incarceration of the Japanese Americans from 1942-1945, newspapers recording camp activities and providing news of events outside the camps were issued by the incarcerees from the beginning of their confinement in temporary assembly centers and permanent relocation centers. This collection of newsletters consists of nineteen titles from nine different camps. See complete finding aid …
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CSU Northridge Relief and Support Groups for Japanese Americans During World War II Collection (ddr-csujad-18)
Many non-governmental groups sought redress for Japanese Americans incarcerated during World War II. This collection contains reports, correspondence, publicity, and other documents issued by the Committee on Resettlement of Japanese Americans, National Japanese American Student Relocation Council, Pacific Coast Committee on American Principles and Fair Play, YMCA, American Friends Service Committee, and Japanese American Citizens League. …
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CSU Northridge War Relocation Authority Collection (ddr-csujad-19)
The War Relocation Authority (WRA) was created on March 18, 1942, by Executive Order of the President, No. 9102. This new civilian agency was to be responsible for "the relocation (of evacuees) in appropriate places, providing for their needs in such manner as may be appropriate, and supervising their activities." The collection consists of reports, memoranda, …
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CSU Northridge Reverend Wendell L. Miller Collection (ddr-csujad-20)
Reverend Wendell L. Miller was pastor of the University Methodist Church, Los Angeles. He became involved in local politics when gambling and prostitution began edging toward the area surrounding the University of Southern California (USC) campus. Miller founded the Citizens Independent Vice Investigating Committee (C.I.V.I.C.), which also campaigned against crime and corruption in City Hall, ultimately …
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California Polytechnic State Smith Family Papers on World War II (ddr-csujad-21)
Papers of two generations of the Smith family, Dr. Frank Herron Smith and his son Dr. Morris Eugene “Gene” Smith, including vintage broadsides and government reports on the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II and correspondence from the elder Smith to government officials advocating for improved treatment and safety for returning incarcerees.
See complete …
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Sonoma State California Folklore Miscellany (ddr-csujad-22)
The California Folklore Miscellany collection is comprised of material documenting various aspects of North Bay history, with a focus on beliefs, folkways, folk speech, historical characters, legends, pioneer stories and children's lore. The majority of the materials were gathered from folklore classes taught by Dr. Hector Lee at Sonoma State University. See complete finding aid at: …
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Sonoma State Gaye LeBaron Collection (ddr-csujad-23)
The Gaye LeBaron Collection houses the research material of newspaper columnist Gaye LeBaron, relating to the North Bay region of California. Files hold support materials for more than 8,200 newspaper columns written for The Press Democrat newspaper in Santa Rosa, California. Included are research notes, correspondence, newspaper clippings, monographs, local documents, journal issues, photographs, oral histories, …
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UC Santa Barbara Frank Chin Papers (ddr-csujad-24)
These materials are from box 73 and 74 of the Frank Chin Papers. The Frank Chin Papers contain personal and professional correspondence between Frank Chin and Michi Weglyn relating to particular projects on which either author was working as well as files related to the Day of Remembrance Tribute to Michi Weglyn.
See complete finding aid …
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UC Santa Barbara Japanese in America, circa early 1900s-1960s (ddr-csujad-25)
Japanese in America, circa early 1900s-1960s, boxes 7-12: The collection contains photographs and albums of the Japanese in the United States, mainly Washington, California, Colorado, and Utah. The photographs include family portraits and snapshots capturing their community activities and local events, such as picnic, wedding, funeral, local associations’ activities, etc., mostly taken in the early 1900s. …
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UC Santa Barbara Robert Billigmeier Collection (ddr-csujad-26)
The Robert Billigmeier collection is comprised of materials collected during his work and stay at the Tule Lake incarceration camp conducting research for the University of California’s Japanese Evacuation and Resettlement Study (JERS). The collection includes: photographs taken during his time at Tule Lake; a scrapbook created by students at Tule Lake in 1942; camp publications; …
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CSU Dominguez Hills Indonesian Sailors Deportation Photograph Collection (ddr-csujad-27)
This collection of nine images documents the detention of a group of Indonesian seamen in 1947 as they await the outcome of deportation proceedings in the federal courts. The images show these roughly 200 men at an immigration detention center in downtown San Francisco, at the Southern Pacific depot in San Francisco, and on ship called …
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CSU Channel Islands Japanese Internment Collection (ddr-csujad-28)
The Japanese Internment Collection consists of three oral histories which focus on the personal experiences of Marilyn Fordney, Santa Anita Racetrack, Boys Town; George Wakiji, Santa Anita Racetrack, Gila River; Morris Abe of Tule Lake, and Cherry Abe of Topaz.
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CSU Fullerton Center for Oral and Public History Japanese American Oral History Project Collection (ddr-csujad-29)
The Japanese American Oral History Project features oral histories with narrators who talk about their lives, pre and post World War II, but most specifically, about their experience being incarcerated in camps during World War II.
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CSU Fullerton Center for Oral and Public History Children's Village at Manzanar Oral History Project (ddr-csujad-30)
The Children's Village at Manzanar Oral History Project features oral histories with narrators who talk about their lives, pre and post World War II, but most specifically, about their experience at the Children's Village at Manzanar.
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CSU Northridge Japanese Americans in the San Fernando Valley Oral History Project Collection (ddr-csujad-31)
The Japanese Americans in the San Fernando Valley Oral History Project documents the lives of Japanese Americans who lived, or are currently living, in the San Fernando Valley. The participants are multi-generational, with many who experienced firsthand internment and prejudice during World War II. The narrators also shared stories of farming, family emigration from Japan, and …
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CSU Dominguez Hills Minidoka Incarceration Camp Photograph Album (ddr-csujad-32)
The Minidoka Incarceration Camp Photograph Album is a photograph album featuring images from the Minidoka incarceration camp. It may have been compiled by Lona Haug, vice-principal of the Blk 10 school at Minidoka in 1943. The album features a photograph of Ben Kuroki, a Japanese American who served in the United States Army Force during World …
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CSU Dominguez Hills Colonisation Japonaise au Perou (ddr-csujad-33)
Colonisation Japonaise au Perou is a family album compiled by a Japanese Peruvian Family. The collected photographs depict the lives of the Japanese Peruvians in 1930-1950. Included are photographs of Japanese Peruvian workers and landscapes in a plantation, baseball players of Asahi, activities of a men's club, aircrafts landed in the field in Peru, and family …
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CSU Dominguez Hills Hiroshi Fukuwa Manzanar Diary (ddr-csujad-34)
The Hiroshi Fukuwa Manzanar Diary consists of a diary written by Hiroshi Fukuwa, Kibei Nisei of Los Angeles, California, along with newsletters, clippings, and handwritten notes created/collected in the incarceration camps during World War II. The diary details his incarceration experiences in the Manzanar camp in California, the Gila River camp in Arizona, and the Tule …
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CSU Dominguez Hills Kuwahara Family Papers (ddr-csujad-35)
The Kuwahara Family Papers contains documentation of the Kuwahara family depicting the daily life and people incarcerated in the Poston camp in Arizona during World War II. Materials include: junior high school, high school, and camp community newsletters in both Japanese and English, a short travel journal written by Kenji Kaware of his time away from …
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CSU Dominguez Hills Manzanar Photo Album (ddr-csujad-36)
The Manzanar Photo Album contains photographs and newspaper clippings about the Manzanar incarceration camp. Photographs include images of children, barracks, funerals, along with two additional photos from a welcome party for Dr. Furukochi at the Koyasan Betsuin in Los Angeles and a photograph of the Santa Fe Japanese Baseball Team. The newspaper clippings in the collection …
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CSU Dominguez Hills Mike Hiranuma Family Photographs (ddr-csujad-37)
The Mike Hiranuma Family Photographs contains 16 images of the Hiranuma family at the Heart Mountain incarceration camp in Wyoming.
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CSU Dominguez Hills George and Mitzi Naohara Papers (ddr-csujad-38)
The George and Mitzi Naohara Papers consists of photo albums and scrapbooks compiled by George and Mitzi Naohara, and other documents pertaining to the Naohara and Masukawa family. Contained are photographs, correspondence, documents, and memorabilia depicting their experiences during World War II. George Nobuo Naohara is a Kibei Nisei, and his experiences include his farm labor …
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CSU Dominguez Hills Natsumeda Family Granada Camp Collection (ddr-csujad-39)
The Natsumeda Family Granada Camp Collection includes material from the Natsumeda family. The collection contains a YBA Sunday service program booklet and a Granada incarceration camp directory.
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CSU Dominguez Hills Tsuyoshi Roy Nakai Collection (ddr-csujad-40)
The Tsuyoshi Roy Nakai Collection includes reports and and handwritten notes related to the Manzanar incarceration camp and the Nakai family.
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CSU Dominguez Hills Sumi Family Manzanar Photographs (ddr-csujad-41)
The Sumi Family Manzanar Photograph includes one photograph of the Sumi family at the Manzanar incarceration camp.
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CSU Dominguez Hills Takano Family Papers (ddr-csujad-42)
The Takano Family Papers contains materials from members of the Takano Family in Los Angeles, California, including Issei immigrants, Itsuhei and Tomoyo Takano and Kumaji and Tsuruno Meguro, and their Nisei children, Fumio Fred and Yoneko Takano. The papers covers from prewar through post-war, including the period of the forced evacuation and incarceration during the war …
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CSU Dominguez Hills Terminal Island/Port of Los Angeles Collection (ddr-csujad-43)
The Terminal Island/Port of Los Angeles Collection documents the neighborhoods, businesses, and landscapes on Terminal Island, Catalina Island, San Pedro, and other neighboring cities during World War II.
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CSU Monterey Bay Monterey Peninsula Japanese American Citizens League Collection (ddr-csujad-44)
The Monterey Peninsula Japanese American Citizens League Collection features the records of the Monterey Peninsula chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League, including correspondence, meeting minutes, scrapbooks, and event planning materials. It also includes materials documenting the history of Japanese Americans in Monterey and WWII incarceration camps.
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CSU Northridge Heart Mountain Relocation Center Collection (ddr-csujad-45)
The Heart Mountain Relocation Center was built during the summer of 1942 and received its first contingent of Japanese Americans on August 12, 1942. It is located in Park County, northwestern Wyoming. The collection contains Community Camp Council meeting minutes, camp laws, correspondence, the case of People of Heart Mountain vs. Tom Yamada, and other documents.
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CSU Stanislaus Nisaburo Aibara Collection (ddr-csujad-46)
The Nisaburo Aibara Collection features materials from the Turlock Social Club, a local Japanese-American community group active between 1939 and 1970. It contains documents regarding the Stockton, Turlock and Merced Assembly Centers and Japanese American Citizens League chapters. The Collection also features correspondences with reactions, responses, and preparations for the forced evacuation. Additionally, the Collection has …
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Eastern California Museum Merritt Photo Collection (ddr-csujad-47)
The collection was donated by Ralph "Pete" Merritt, Jr. and Patricia Merritt. It is comprised of photographs from an album created by L. Josephine Hawes, the Chief Nurse at the Manzanar Hospital, and individual photographs collected by Ralph P. Merritt, the Project Director of the Manzanar War Relocation Center.
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Eastern California Museum Harry Bentley Wells and Shirley Elizabeth Wells Collection (ddr-csujad-48)
Collection of documents and ephemera from Harry Bentley Wells, teacher at Manzanar War Relocation Center High School and Shirley Elizabeth Wells, registered nurse (R.N.) at Manzanar War Relocation Center. This collection includes correspondence, memos, reports, student papers, grade book, commencement program, prom invitation, and other memorabilia from the eleven months H. Bentley Wells was employed at …
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Go For Broke National Education Center Sue Kato Collection (ddr-csujad-49)
The Sue Kato Collection consists of personal materials documenting Sue Kato's (nee Ogata) time serving in World War II with the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. Sue Kato served as a clerk at Fort Devens and Fort Myers as well as a translator with the language and translation sections at Camp Ritchie.
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Historical Society of Long Beach Ishii Collection (ddr-csujad-50)
The Ishii Collection features images and documents relating to the Ishii family, Frank Toru Ishii and Hisa Fujii Ishii, donated by daughters Frances Ishii Lyon and Kiyo Anne Fujimoto
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Historical Society of Long Beach Long Beach and Pearl Harbor Collection (ddr-csujad-51)
The Long Beach and Pearl Harbor collection consists of materials collected and/or created during the Historical Society of Long Beach exhibition, "Long Beach Remembers Pearl Harbor." Materials include documents, correspondence, photographs, and video recordings
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Historical Society of Long Beach Newspaper Photograph Collection (ddr-csujad-52)
The Newspaper Photograph Collection is made up of photographs that were printed in the Long Beach Press-Telegram and Independent newspapers, between the 1950s and early 2000s
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Historical Society of Long Beach Oral History Collection (ddr-csujad-53)
The Oral History Collection at the Historical Society of Long Beach is a living collection, growing with each new recording the HSLB produces. The collection includes recordings with members of local politics, the LGBTQ community, and various community members.
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Historical Society of Long Beach Risinger Photograph Collection (ddr-csujad-54)
The Risinger Photograph Collection consists of prints and negatives taken by Joseph Risinger (10/22/1913 - 03/24/2007). Risinger was a staff photographer for the Long Beach Independent and Press-Telegram papers from the 1940s through the 1970s.
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CSU Sacramento Japanese American Archival Collection (ddr-csujad-55)
The Japanese American Archival Collection documents the people, places, and daily life of Japanese Americans, primarily those who lived in the once thriving community of pre-war Florin in the Sacramento region, as well as the conditions in American incarceration camps during World War II. The approximately 7,000 original items include personal and official letters, photographs, diaries, …
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Sonoma State University North Bay Ethnic Archive (ddr-csujad-56)
The North Bay Ethnic Archive features material related to the forced relocation of northern San Francisco Bay Area residents to the Granada (Amache) incarceration camp, Colorado. It includes correspondence, photographs, and reports. Some of the original items are housed with the Sonoma County Japanese American Citizens League (JACL), and were borrowed for digitization courtesy of the …
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Whittier Public Library First Friends Church Photographs and Records (ddr-csujad-57)
The collection consists of images and documents from its establishment in 1887 to the mid-20th century. Also included are images and documents of two missions of Whittier's First Friends Church: the Kotzebue Friends Church, in Kotzebue, Alaska; and the Friends Japanese Church in Norwalk, formerly located near the intersection of Orange Street and Rosecrans Avenue.
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Bain Collection (ddr-densho-2)
The Bain collection, 1920s-1940s, focuses on the daily and recreational activities of the Nishimura and Yorita families, originally from Seattle, Washington. This collection contains several photographs of farming, fishing, and swimming. The majority of the collection focuses on the incarceration of the two families at Minidoka, Idaho, and Tule Lake, California. Many photographs document their jewelry-making …
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Sawa Collection (ddr-densho-3)
The Sawa collection, early 1900s-1930s, contains images from Days, Washington. This collection documents the work and leisure activities of the Nakashima family, who owned a dairy farm.
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Ito Collection (ddr-densho-5)
The Ito collection, 1940s, features photographs of WRA camp inmates working on farms in Utah and Montana under the seasonal leave program. Also included are photographs of a family that relocated to Spokane, Washington, after World War II. Densho interviewed collection donor Toshio Ito in 1998.
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Kamikawa Collection (ddr-densho-6)
The Kamikawa collection, 1998, consists of photographs from the Nisei veterans reunion in Honolulu, Hawaii.
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Kaneko Collection (ddr-densho-7)
The Kaneko collection, 1944, consists of War Relocation Authority (WRA) resettlement photographs of the Kaneko and Isoda families. The two families relocated to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, during World War II, and the WRA photographed their home and daily activities. The pictures were accompanied by captions worded in a positive manner to encourage Japanese Americans to leave the …
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Kashino Collection (ddr-densho-8)
The Kashino collection, 1998, focuses on the Nisei veterans reunion in Honolulu, Hawaii. Densho interviewed collection donor Louise Kashino in 1998.
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Kawaguchi Collection (ddr-densho-9)
The Kawaguchi collection, 1930s, focuses on the Shiraishi family, who were farmers from Bellevue, Washington. In addition to photographs of agricultural activities, the collection contains images of picnics and sports.
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Kinoshita Collection (ddr-densho-10)
The Kinoshita collection (1940s, 1970s, and 1980s-1990s) contains photographs from the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Several photographs show the staff of the Minidoka Irrigator, the camp's newspaper. The collection also documents the redress movement from its inception, and includes photographs from various Japanese American Citizens League conventions. Densho interviewed collection donor Cherry Kinoshita in 1997.
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Klimek Collection (ddr-densho-11)
The Klimek collection, 1998, documents the pilgrimage to the site of the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Photographs depict participants viewing barracks, old foundations from the camp, and Castle Rock and attending a memorial service at Linkville cemetery in Klamath Falls, Oregon.
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Kunitsugu Collection (ddr-densho-12)
The Kunitsugu collection, circa 1918-1930s, focuses on the business and leisure activities of the Kunitsugu family of Seattle, Washington. Seattle's prewar Nihonmachi area appears in the background of several of the photographs.
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Mamiya Collection (ddr-densho-13)
The Mamiya collection, c.1918-1960s, records the business and leisure activities of the Asaba and Shibata families of Seattle, Washington. Dance and graduation programs from the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho, are also shown. Densho interviewed collection donor Yoshi Mamiya in 1998.
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Mitsui Collection (ddr-densho-14)
The Mitsui collection, 1998, documents the Nisei veterans reunion in Honolulu, Hawaii.
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Mitsuoka Collection (ddr-densho-15)
The Mitsuoka collection, 1917-1940s, includes photographs of oyster farming in Washington State, canneries in Alaska, Japanese American Boy Scout troops on outings, and leisure activities such as skiing. Daily life at Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho, is also well-documented in photographs of cooking, doing laundry, and participating in sports.
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Murakami Collection (ddr-densho-16)
The Murakami family operated the Higo Ten-Cent Store in Seattle's International District (formerly Nihonmachi). Photographs in this collection, early 1900s-1950s, include interior and exterior views of the business and one family portrait. Densho interviewed collection donors, sisters Ayako and Masako Murakami, in 1997.
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Natsuhara Collection (ddr-densho-18)
The Natsuhara collection, 1920s-1930s, focuses on the agricultural, business, and leisure activities of Japanese Americans in the White River Valley area of Washington State. There are also photographs of farm children.
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Okawa Collection (ddr-densho-20)
The Okawa collection, circa 1918-1940s, features photographs of picnics and other leisure activities of the Japanese American community before World War II. The concentration camp at Minidoka, Idaho, is also shown.
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Saul Collection (ddr-densho-22)
The Saul collection consists of images and documents related to Japanese American military service during World War II. Topics include: 522nd Field Artillery Battalion, 442nd Regimental Combat Team, 100th Infantry Battalion, Military Intelligence Service, rescue of the Lost Battalion, liberation of Dachau, etc. The content of this collection was brought together from multiple sources both organizational …
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Tazuma Collection (ddr-densho-23)
The Tazuma collection, 1917-1950s, focuses on the Tazuma family, owners of a store in Seattle's Nihonmachi. This collection contains photographs of the family, their store, and recreational activities such as football and judo. There are also several views of the family at the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Documents include Bunshiro Tazuma's immigration papers and the Tazumas' …
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Y. Tazuma Collection (ddr-densho-24)
The Y. Tazuma collection focuses on the Tazuma family, owners of a store in Seattle's Nihonmachi, or Japantown. This collection contains photographs of the family, their store, and a photograph of the family at the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho.
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Yamada Collection (ddr-densho-25)
The Yamada collection, early 1900s-1950s and 1990s, focuses on the Iseri family, who resided in the White River Valley area of Washington State before World War II and in Weiser, Idaho, after the war. The photographs depict agricultural life and community activities such as sports, mochitsuki, and religious ceremonies. This collection also includes mass removal and …
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Yanagihara Collection (ddr-densho-26)
The Yanagihara collection contains materials from the pre-War, War, and post-War years. The pre-War photographs show life for the Yanagihara family. The Wartime photographs show life at Minidoka concentration camp in Hunt Idaho. The post-War photographs include events such as the redress movement and the memorial to Japanese American soldiers at the Nisei Veterans Hall in …
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Uchida Collection (ddr-densho-27)
The Uchida collection consists of one photograph of matsutake (pine mushroom) hunting, a popular pastime for Japanese Americans both before and after World War II.
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Akizuki Collection (ddr-densho-28)
This Akizuki collection, 1920s-1940s, documents some locations in Bellevue, Washington, and includes one photo of Seattle's Public Market in the 1920s.
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Fugita Collection (ddr-densho-29)
The Fugita collection consists of one photograph of fishermen in the Rio Vista area of California in the 1930s.
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S. Ohashi Collection (ddr-densho-30)
The Ohashi collection is comprised of photographs of the Japanese language school in Seattle, Washington, when it was used as a hostel for Japanese Americans immediately after World War II.
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Tsuji Collection (ddr-densho-31)
The Tsuji collection consists of two photographs of the Japanese language school in Seattle, Washington, when it was used as a hostel for Japanese Americans immediately after World War II.
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H. Nakagawa Collection (ddr-densho-32)
The H. Nakagawa collection consists of several photographs of the Japanese language school in Seattle, Washington, when it was used as a hostel for Japanese Americans immediately after World War II.
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Nishitani Collection (ddr-densho-33)
The Nishitani collection consists of several photographs of the Oriental Gardens, a Japanese-run nursery in Seattle, Washington, prior to World War II. Densho interviewed collection donor Martha Nishitani in 1998.
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Bainbridge Island Japanese American Community Collection (ddr-densho-34)
The collection of the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Community, 1890s-1940s, consists primarily of photographs of strawberry farms, businesses, sawmills, and the church and school activities of the Japanese American community on Bainbridge Island, Washington. The collection also includes photographs of the Bainbridge Island community of Port Blakely, the mass removal of Japanese Americans from Bainbridge Island, …
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Densho Collection (ddr-densho-35)
The Densho collection consists of historic photographs of early Seattle and surrounding areas, as well as current photographs of historical sites and community events. This collection includes photographs of Tule Lake, California; Minidoka, Idaho; the Nisei veterans Memorial Day service in Seattle, Washington, and photos of the Golden Potlatch festival in Seattle, Washington, c. 1911. Also …
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Museum of History & Industry Collection (ddr-densho-36)
The collection of the Museum of History & Industry of Seattle, Washington, circa 1914-1940s, focuses on the mass removal of Japanese Americans from Bainbridge Island and Seattle, Washington. Staff photographers for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, a local newspaper, took all the photographs. There are also several images of prewar Nihonmachi and postwar memorial services for Nisei soldiers.
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National Archives and Records Administration Collection (ddr-densho-37)
The National Archives and Records Administration collection, 1940s, primarily focuses on the ten War Relocation Authority camps. The collection also documents the exploits of Nisei soldiers who served with the 100th Infantry Battalion, the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, the 522nd Field Artillery Battalion, and the Military Intelligence Service.
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Seattle Buddhist Temple Archives Collection (ddr-densho-38)
The collection of the Seattle Buddhist Temple Archives, early 1900s-1940s, focuses on the Seattle Buddhist Temple and church-related activities such as picnics, entertainment, and the Bon Odori festival.
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Wing Luke Asian Museum Collection (ddr-densho-39)
The photographs in the collection of the Wing Luke Asian Museum, Seattle, Washington, 1920s-1940s, focus primarily on oyster farming and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. The images from Minidoka include barracks, schools, and leisure activities such as sports and arts and crafts.
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Washington State Historical Society Collection (ddr-densho-42)
The collection of the Washington State Historical Society at Tacoma, Washington, contains a single photograph of Seattle's Nihonmachi, or Japantown, in the early 1900s.
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Seattle Japanese Language School Collection (ddr-densho-43)
The Seattle Japanese Language School collection contains photographs of the pre-World War II Japanese Language School in Seattle, Washington.
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K. Ross Toole Archives, University of Montana at Missoula (ddr-densho-44)
The collection of the K. Ross Toole Archives, University of Montana, contains photographs of the Department of Justice internment camp at Fort Missoula, Montana.
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UW Nikkei Alumni Association Collection (ddr-densho-45)
The UW Nikkei Alumni Association collection contains photographs of Japanese American student groups at the University of Washington both before and after World War II.
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J. Egashira Collection (ddr-densho-46)
The J. Egashira collection, early 1900s-1930s, contains images from Days, Washington. This collection documents the work and leisure activities of the Nakashima family, who owned a dairy farm.
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Seattle Times Collection (ddr-densho-56)
The Seattle Times collection contains articles about Japanese Americans published in the Seattle Times newspaper between 1900 and 1949. The articles were selected by Densho staff and downloaded from the Seattle Times website. They appear to have been originally scanned from microfilm. Cropped versions of each article as well as the original full page are available.
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Sato Collection (ddr-densho-60)
The Sato collection consists of three photographs from the personal family collection of Rick Sato, who was interviewed by Densho in 1998.
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Hayashida Collection (ddr-densho-61)
The Hayashida Family collection includes photos and documents showing daily life of the Nishinaka family, including Fumiko Nishinaka Hayashida and siblings on Bainbridge Island before the war, documents related to the disposition and caretaking of the Fumiko and Saburo Hayashida property while the family was interned at Manzanar and Minidoka, correspondence with friends and family on …
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Watanabe Collection (ddr-densho-62)
The Watanabe collection consists of photographs from the personal family collection of Edith and Harvey Watanabe, who were each interviewed separately by Densho in 1996.
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Hashiguchi Collection (ddr-densho-63)
The Hashiguchi collection consists of personal photographs from the family of Mitsuko Hashiguchi, who was interviewed by Densho in 1998.
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M. Nakagawa Collection (ddr-densho-64)
The M. Nakagawa collection consists of photographs and documents from the personal collection of Mako Nakagawa, who was interviewed by Densho in 1998. Some of the materials depict life in the Crystal City internment camp, Texas.
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Tulean Dispatch Collection (ddr-densho-65)
This collection consists of selected issues of the Tulean Dispatch, a newspaper published by the inmates at the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Many of the issues are originals, and were donated to Densho by Joe Matsuzawa in 2001.
Additional issues of the Tulean Dispatch were provided by the Library of Congress as microfilm scans, and …
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Fujii Collection (ddr-densho-66)
The Fujii collection consists of personal photographs from the family of Frank S. Fujii, who was interviewed by Densho in 1997.
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Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians Collection (ddr-densho-67)
This collection consists of selected papers collected by the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (CWRIC), which was created on July 30, 1980 by an act of Congress. Formed mainly to investigate matters surrounding the incarceration and to recommend appropriate remedies, the CWRIC had no power to correct grievances and was viewed as a …
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Bainbridge Island Review Collection (ddr-densho-68)
This collection consists of selected articles from the Bainbridge Island Review, a community paper from Bainbridge Island, Washington. During World War II, the Bainbridge Island Review was the sole newspaper on the West Coast to continuously speak out against the mass removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans, primarily through the editorials of Walt Woodward, editor from …
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San Francisco Chronicle Collection (ddr-densho-69)
This collection contains selected articles from the San Francisco Chronicle. The articles are all from the early 1900s, and demonstrate the anti-Asian sentiment depicted in the U.S. media at the time.
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Ikeda Collection (ddr-densho-72)
The Ikeda collection consists of photographs and documents from the personal collection of Tsuguo "Ike" Ikeda, who was interviewed by Densho in 2000. Mr. Ikeda was an avid creator of scrapbooks, and he documented a wide range of years from World War II and beyond.
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Hirata Collection (ddr-densho-75)
The Hirata collection contains one photograph from the personal collection of Mary Hirata, who was interviewed by Densho in 1998. The photograph is of her four brothers in the military.
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Kamihara Collection (ddr-densho-76)
The Kamihara collection consists of personal photographs from the family of Chiyo Kamihara.
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Kiuchi Collection (ddr-densho-77)
The Kiuchi collection consists of personal photographs from the family of George Kiuchi. The three photos document life in Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho.
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T. Matsuoka Collection (ddr-densho-78)
The T. Matsuoka collection consists of two photographs from the personal collection of Tom Matsuoka, who was interviewed by Densho in 1998.
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Sasaki Collection (ddr-densho-81)
The Sasaki collection consists of one photograph from the personal family collection of May K. Sasaki, who was interviewed by Densho in 1997. The photo is of a Japanese American baseball team in 1917.
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Suguro Collection (ddr-densho-83)
The Suguro collection consists of two prewar-era photographs from the personal family collection of Ed Suguro.
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Mukai Collection (ddr-densho-87)
The Mukai collection contains one photograph from the personal family collection of Gary Mukai. The photo is of two recent immigrants from Japan in the early 1900s.
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J. Matsuoka Collection (ddr-densho-89)
The J. Matsuoka collection consists of two cartoons drawn by artist Jack Matsuoka.
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Okimoto Collection (ddr-densho-90)
The Okimoto collection consists of one drawing by artist Ruth Okimoto.
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A. Shibayama Collection (ddr-densho-91)
The A. Shibayama collection is comprised of photographs from the personal family collection of Art Shibayama, a Japanese Peruvian who was interviewed by Densho in 2003. The photos depict Art's life in prewar Peru, as well as his activities in Crystal City internment camp, Texas, and his military service in Europe.
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Yoshida Collection (ddr-densho-92)
The Yoshida collection consists of photographs from the personal family collection of musician George Yoshida, who was interviewed by Densho in 2002.
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Ansel Adams Collection (ddr-densho-93)
This collection is comprised of photographs from the Library of Congress's repository of photographs from the collection of photographer Ansel Adams. The photographs document life in the Manzanar concentration camp during 1943.
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Japanese American Courier Collection (ddr-densho-96)
This collection consists of selected articles from the Japanese American Courier, which was the first English-language weekly published exclusively for the Nisei community. It was published and edited by James Sakamoto, one of the founding members of the Japanese American Citizens League. The Courier's first issue was published on January 1, 1928, and its last issue …
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Heart Mountain Sentinel Collection (ddr-densho-97)
This collection consists of the Heart Mountain Sentinel, a newspaper published by the inmates at the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. The paper was published from 1942 until 1945.
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Aoki Collection (ddr-densho-101)
The Aoki collection consists of one photograph of the staff of the Japanese American Courier, a Seattle-area Japanese American-published newspaper.
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Kondo Collection (ddr-densho-102)
The Kondo collection consists of photographs and documents from the personal family collection of Kara Kondo, who was interviewed by Densho in 2002. Many of the materials depict Kara's life growing up in Wapato, Washington, prior to World War II.
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Inouye Collection (ddr-densho-103)
The Inouye collection consists of documents from the personal papers of Dr. Ruby Inouye, who was interviewed by Densho in 2003.
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Kurose Collection (ddr-densho-104)
The Kurose collection (1930s-1990s) consists of photographs, documents, and objects from the personal family collection of Akiko Kurose, who was interviewed by Densho in 1997.
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Tsubota Collection (ddr-densho-105)
The Tsubota collection consists of photographs from the personal family collection of Minoru "Min" Tsubota, who was interviewed by Densho in 2003. The photographs document Minoru's life growing up in Kent, Washington, through his incarceration at Tule Lake concentration camp, and finally through his military service.
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B. Shibayama Collection (ddr-densho-106)
The B. Shibayama collection consists of photographs from the personal family collection of Betty Morita Shibayama, who was interviewed by Densho in 2003. The photographs document Betty's life in prewar Hood River, Oregon, her experiences in Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho, and her involvement in the fight for redress for Japanese Latin Americans.
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Matsumoto Collection (ddr-densho-107)
The Matsumoto collection consists of photographs from the personal family collection of Ranger Roy H. Matsumoto, who was interviewed by Densho in 2003. Mr. Matsumoto was one of the famed Merrill's Marauders, and the photographs depict aspects of his life from his childhood in California through his induction into the Ranger Hall of Fame.
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Magden Collection (ddr-densho-109)
These images were collected by Ron Magden, a prominent historian in the Pacific Northwest. The collection is comprised of photographs from the Tacoma/Fife area of Washington State. Densho interviewed Mr. Magden in 2004.
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Ishikawa Hayes Collection (ddr-densho-111)
The Ishikawa Hayes collection consists of photographs from the personal family collection of Elaine Ishikawa Hayes, who was interviewed by Densho in 2004. Many of the photographs depict life in Tule Lake concentration camp, California.
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Uyeda Groves Collection (ddr-densho-113)
The Uyeda Groves collection, 1900s-1950s, features photographs of the Uyeda family, who resided in Hiroshima, Japan, Rock Springs, Wyoming and Seattle, Washington. The collection also includes photographs of Minidoka concentration camp and Seattle's postwar Issei community. The collection donor, Fumiko Uyeda Groves, was interviewed by Densho in 1998.
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Seattle Nisei Veterans Committee Collection (ddr-densho-114)
The Seattle Nisei Veterans Committee collection includes photographs of Japanese American soldiers and linguists during World War II and the postwar occupation of Japan. These WWII photographs are from the U.S. Army and contain original captions. The collection also consists of postwar memorial services and activities of the Seattle Nisei Veterans Committee (NVC). The Seattle NVC …
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UT Institute of Texan Cultures at San Antonio Collection (ddr-densho-115)
The UT Institute of Texan Cultures at San Antonio collection consists of photographs from several of the lesser-documented World War II Department of Justice internment camps. The Institute of Texan Cultures, part of the University of Texas, is a museum dedicated to enhancing the understanding of cultural history, science, and technology and their influence upon the …
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ManyMountains.org Collection (ddr-densho-116)
The ManyMountains.org collection features a single photograph of a poetry group from the Santa Fe Department of Justice internment camp.
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K. Murakami Collection (ddr-densho-117)
The K. Murakami collection consists of two photographs of children in Seattle's prewar Nihonmachi, or Japantown, neighborhood.
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Yasutake Collection (ddr-densho-118)
The Yasutake collection consists of photographs from the personal family collection of siblings Mitsuye May Yamada, Tosh Yasutake and Joe Yasutake, who were each interviewed by Densho in 2002.
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Minidoka Irrigator Collection (ddr-densho-119)
This collection consists of selected issues of the Minidoka Irrigator, a newspaper published by the inmates at the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. The paper was published from 1942 until 1945. Many of the issues are originals, and were donated to Densho by Cherry Kinoshita, who was on the staff of the Irrigator.
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North Portland Evacuazette Collection (ddr-densho-120)
This collection consists of issues of the North Portland Evacuazette, a newspaper published at the Portland Assembly Center, Oregon. The paper was published from May through August of 1942.
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Pacific Citizen Collection (ddr-densho-121)
This collection contains several issues of the Pacific Citizen, an English-language newspaper published by the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL). The newspaper was first published in 1929, and became the JACL's official publication in 1932.
For more information, please visit www.pacificcitizen.org.
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Frank Abe Collection (ddr-densho-122)
Accession 1: The Frank Abe Collection consists of three photographs from the Heart Mountain draft resistance movement. Included are two photographs of the trial of the Heart Mountain draft resisters and one photograph of Fair Play Committee leader Frank Emi. All photographs are from the website www.resisters.com. This website is a companion to the documentary Conscience …
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Inui Collection (ddr-densho-123)
The Inui Collection features five photographs of Seattle's Japanese American community from 1920-1943. Included are photographs of two Japanese American schools, a New Years Day celebration, and a group of internees at Santa Fe internment camp, New Mexico.
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Tamura Collection (ddr-densho-124)
The Tamura Collection focuses on the prewar recreational activities of a group of Issei. The photographs feature gatherings in Seattle's Nihonmachi (Japantown), outings to parks and beaches, hiking on Mt. Rainier and Mt. Hood, and trips to Selleck, Washington. Also included is one photograph of Tule Lake concentration camp, Idaho.
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Manzanar Free Press Collection (ddr-densho-125)
This collection consists of the Manzanar Free Press, a newspaper published by the inmates at the Manzanar concentration camp, California. The paper was published from 1942 until 1945.
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Yoshihara Collection (ddr-densho-126)
The Yoshihara Collection consists of several documents from the 1940s, including a poem written in Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho, an application for U.S. citizenship, and government-issued identification cards.
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Grant Hirabayashi Collection (ddr-densho-127)
The Grant Hirabayashi Collection features five photographs and documents from the personal collection of Grant Hirabayshi, who was interviewed by Densho in 2006. The collection focuses on Mr. Hirabayashi's work as one of the famed Merrill's Marauders during World War II and as an interpreter and translator during the U.S. occupation of Japan.
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Frank Kubo Collection (ddr-densho-128)
The Frank Kubo Collection, 1910s-1960s, focuses on the leisure and business activities of a group of Japanese Americans from Seattle, Washington. Included are photographs of Seattle landmarks, Tsutakawa Company and Furuya Company picnics and camping trips, and Pacific Market, a Japanese American operated grocery store on Jackson Street in Seattle. Also featured are several photographs of …
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Akimoto Collection (ddr-densho-129)
The Akimoto collection contains three photographs of the Akimoto family, who operated University Cleaners, a dye works business located in Seattle, Washington. These photos were also used in the book, The Green Lake Japanese American Community, 1900-1942.
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Fukano Collection (ddr-densho-130)
The Fukano collection features six photographs of the prewar Japanese American community in North Seattle. Included are four photographs of the Green Lake Young People's Club and two photographs of the M & M Dye Works, a small business operated by the Fukano family. These photographs were also used in the book, The Green Lake Japanese …
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Hirano Collection (ddr-densho-131)
Included in the Hirano collection is one photograph of Junction Produce Co., an Issei-run produce store located in the Green Lake area of Seattle, Washington prior to World War II. This photograph was also used in the book, The Green Lake Japanese American Community, 1900-1942.
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Ishii Collection (ddr-densho-132)
The Ishii Collection consists of two photographs of Oriental Gardens, a Japanese-run nursery and florist prior to World War II. These photographs were also used in the book, The Green Lake Japanese American Community, 1900-1942.
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Kanno Collection (ddr-densho-133)
The Kanno collection features three photographs of a Japanese American community gathering in the Green Lake neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. These photographs were also used in the book, The Green Lake Japanese American Community, 1900-1942.
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Kumasaka Collection (ddr-densho-134)
The Kumasaka collection, circa 1913-1930s, features the leisure and business activities of the Japanese American community of Green Lake, an area located in North Seattle. The Kumasaka family ran the Green Lake Gardens Company, a five-acre complex of greenhouses and farms. These photos were also used in the book, The Green Lake Japanese American Community, 1900-1942.
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M. Ohashi Collection (ddr-densho-135)
The M. Ohashi collection includes three photographs of the Tamura family, who operated Royal Dye Works in the Fremont area of Seattle prior to World War II. These photographs were also used in the book, The Green Lake Japanese American Community, 1900-1942.
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Tanagi Collection (ddr-densho-136)
The Tanagi collection, circa 1930s, features the leisure and business activities of the Japanese American community of Green Lake, an area located in North Seattle. Prior to World War II, the Tanagi family leased a farm on what is now a commercial shopping mall. These photos were also used in the book, The Green Lake Japanese …
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Ota Collection (ddr-densho-137)
Included in the Ota collection is one photograph of the Ota family home. This photograph was also used in the book, The Green Lake Japanese American Community, 1900-1942.
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Uyeji Collection (ddr-densho-138)
The Uyeji collection includes the leisure and business activities of the Uyeji family, who operated a farm in North Seattle prior to World War II. These photographs were also used in the book, The Green Lake Japanese American Community, 1900-1942.
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Hayashi Collection (ddr-densho-139)
The Hayashi collection includes one photograph of the Hayashi family home, which was also used in the book, The Green Lake Japanese American Community, 1900-1942.
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Mihara Collection (ddr-densho-140)
The Mihara Collection features photographs of the Mihara family as well as the personal correspondence written by Genji Mihara to his wife during his World War II imprisonment in various detention camps. Mihara, a prominent Issei leader of the Japanese American community, was arrested immediately following the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, and …
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Gila News-Courier Collection (ddr-densho-141)
This collection consists of the Gila News-Courier, a newspaper published by the inmates at the Gila River concentration camp, Arizona. The paper was published from 1942 until 1945.
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Topaz Times Collection (ddr-densho-142)
This collection consists of the Topaz Times, a newspaper published by the inmates at the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. The paper was published from 1942 until 1945.
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Rohwer Outpost Collection (ddr-densho-143)
This collection consists of the Rohwer Outpost, a newspaper published by the inmates at the Rohwer concentration camp, Arkansas. The paper was published from 1942 until 1945.
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Denson Tribune Collection (ddr-densho-144)
This collection consists of the Denson Tribune, a newspaper published by the inmates at the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas. The paper was published from 1942 until 1944.
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Poston Chronicle Collection (ddr-densho-145)
This collection consists of the Poston Chronicle, a newspaper published by the inmates at the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. Poston consisted of three separate sections, designated Poston I, II and III. As a result, many of the Chronicle's issues contain pages contributed by the different sections. The paper was published from 1942 until 1945.
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Santa Anita Pacemaker Collection (ddr-densho-146)
This collection consists of issues of the Santa Anita Pacemaker, a newspaper published at the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California. The paper was published from April through August of 1942.
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Granada Pioneer Collection (ddr-densho-147)
This collection consists of the Granada Pioneer, a newspaper published by the inmates at the Granada concentration camp, Colorado. The paper was published from 1942 until 1945.
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Rocky Shimpo Collection (ddr-densho-148)
This collection contains several issues of the Rocky Shimpo, a vernacular newspaper published out of Denver, Colorado. The paper was published in both English and Japanese.
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Tanforan Totalizer Collection (ddr-densho-149)
This collection consists of issues of the Tanforan Totalizer, a newspaper published by the inmates at the Tanforan Assembly Center, California. The paper was published from May through September of 1942.
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Colorado Times Collection (ddr-densho-150)
This collection contains several issues of the Colorado Times, a newspaper published in both English and Japanese during World War II. Although not published in an incarceration camp, this paper served as a source of information for residents of the Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado.
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Dorothea Lange Collection (ddr-densho-151)
The Dorothea Lange Collection, March-July 1942, features photographs taken by Dorothea Lange, who was hired by the government to visually record the World War II incarceration of Japanese Americans. The photographs document the many different stages of mass removal and incarceration in California and contain original captions written by Dorothea Lange.
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Evelyn Dell Collection (ddr-densho-152)
The Evelyn Dell Collection features photographs of Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming, where Ms. Dell worked as a fourth grade teacher. The collection focuses on education in camp and includes photographs of students, teachers and administrators, camp facilities, and school celebrations.
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Manzanar National Historic Site Collection (ddr-densho-153)
This collection contains contains photographs and documents collected by the Manzanar National Historic Site. The Manzanar National Historic Site, administered by the National Park Service, was established to preserve the stories of the internment of nearly 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II and to serve as a reminder to this and future generations of the …
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Katayama Collection (ddr-densho-154)
The Katayama collection contains photographs from the Katayama family. The photos include portraits taken in Japan in the early 20th century, as well as photographs depicting life in Tule Lake concentration camp, California, during World War II.
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Merrill Collection (ddr-densho-155)
The Merrill Collection consists of personal papers belonging to Mr. Kenneth Merrill, who worked in the procurement office at Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. The collection includes personal correspondence with Japanese Americans who had already left camp, as well as War Relocation Authority publications. Also included are forms for the procurement of items for the camp, and …
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Bigelow Collection (ddr-densho-156)
This collection consists of photographs and documents from the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Documents include student essays as well as numerous reports and publications from the War Relocation Authority sent to all of the camps including Minidoka.
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Wada and Homma Family Collection (ddr-densho-157)
This collection consists of photographs and documents from the Wada and Homma families. Reverend Masahiko Wada was a Baptist minister in Japan and in the Gardena area of California before World War II. The collection includes photographs from the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming, and the Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado.
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George Ochikubo Collection (ddr-densho-159)
This collection is comprised of photographs taken by George Ochikubo, a native of Portland, Oregon. During World War II, he and his family were removed to the Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado, where he took numerous striking and dramatic photographs using a 4x5 speed graphic camera.
In memory of George Ochikubo.
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James G. Lindley Collection (ddr-densho-160)
These photographs are from the collection of James G. Lindley, project director of the Granada (Amache) concentration camp. The scans were made from color slides depicting everyday life in Granada, with an emphasis on camp personnel and administrative staff.
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Catherine Ludy Collection (ddr-densho-161)
The Catherine Ludy collection contains photographs of the Granada (Amache) concentration camp. Born and raised in Colorado, Catherine Ludy was an English teacher at Amache high school. The photographs in this collection focus primarily on the education system at Amache.
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Ted Nagata Collection (ddr-densho-162)
This collection contains photographs of various Japanese American communities in Utah, before, during and after World War II. The photos were compiled for the book Japanese Americans in Utah, published in 1996 for the JA Centennial Committee.
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Amache Co-op Collection (ddr-densho-163)
This collection consists of photos that were part of a publication by the Amache Consumer Enterprises, Inc. This successful co-op was established at the Amache (Granada) concentration camp, Colorado.
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Taki Family Collection (ddr-densho-164)
This collection consist of photographs and documents from a Nisei man from Tacoma, Washington. During World War II, he served in France and Italy with the 100th Battalion and later with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team when the 100th became the 442nd's 1st Battalion.
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Mayeno Family Collection (ddr-densho-166)
This collection consists of photographs and documents from the Mayeno family, relatives of the owners of the Maneki Restaurant in Seattle, Washington. The collection contains photographs of the restaurant's Japanese garden prior to World War II, as well as materials from the internment camps in Santa Fe and Lordsburg, New Mexico.
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Kuroishi Family Collection (ddr-densho-167)
The Kuroishi Family Collection features photographs and documents from the family of Iwao Kuroishi, an Issei who was the proprietor of the Chop Suey House restaurant in Los Angeles, California, prior to World War II. The collection includes photographs from the Rohwer concentration camp, Arkansas, and documents relating to the family's resettlement to Omaha, Nebraska, after …
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Helen Amerman Manning Collection (ddr-densho-171)
This collection contains documents donated to Densho by Helen Amerman Manning, a high school teacher at the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho, during World War II. The collection includes several publications by the War Relocation Authority.
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Kobayashi Collection (ddr-densho-173)
This collection contains two documents from Densho narrator Thomas Kobayashi. He served with the Military Intelligence Service during World War II, and the documents are from the Military Intelligence Service Language School at Camp Savage, Minnesota.
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Horiuchi Collection (ddr-densho-174)
The Horiuchi Collection contains family photos belonging to Densho narrator Bernadette Suda Horiuchi. The photographs chronicle her life in pre-World War II Seattle to her marriage to artist Paul Horiuchi and life in Wyoming.
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Davis Collection (ddr-densho-175)
The Davis collection contains several items related to the Rohwer camp high school. Ellene Wilson Cooper was a schoolteacher at Rohwer during World War II. While there, she met and married Samuel Leo Davis, Sr. Their son, Samuel Leo Davis, Jr., saved these items over the years.
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Nakano Collection (ddr-densho-177)
The Nakano collection consists of several photographs belonging to Densho narrator James Nakano. Originally born in Hawaii, Mr. Nakano was removed to the mainland U.S. during World War II. The photographs in this collection were taken at the Tule Lake concentration camp, California.
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Tokunaga Collection (ddr-densho-178)
This collection features photographs belonging to Densho narrator Tosh Tokunaga, who was interviewed in 2009. The photos depict the lumber mill at Selleck, Washington, where many Japanese Americans were employed prior to World War II.
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Akira Nakamura Family Collection (ddr-densho-179)
This collection contains photographs and documents belonging to Mr. Akira Nakamura, who served in the U.S. Military Intelligence Service during World War II. In 1945, he was selected to serve in Okinawa interrogating Japanese prisoners of war. The collection includes photographs of Okinawan civilians and U.S. soldiers. Also included are drawings and calligraphy given to Mr. …
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Kimi Yamada Yanari Family Collection (ddr-densho-180)
This collection consists of documents compiled by Kimi Yamada, who was incarcerated at the Stockton Assembly Center, California, in 1942. The documents are all typed copies of essays written by detainees at Stockton.
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Takeo Tsuji Family Collection (ddr-densho-181)
This collection is comprised of documents from the personal collection of Takeo Tsuji, who was held in the Tule Lake concentration camp, California, during World War II. Many of the documents are related to Mr. Tsuji's efforts to have his belongings restored to him after the war.
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Ouchi Family Collection (ddr-densho-182)
The Ouchi Family Collection is comprised of photographs belonging to the Ouchi and Mimbu families. Many of the photos depict Issei hiking on Mt. Rainier in Washington state prior to World War II. There are also many images of prewar family outings and community gatherings.
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Kenji Harada Collection (ddr-densho-184)
The Kenji Harada Collection consists of letters written by Kenji Harada, a Nisei incarcerated in the Poston concentration camp, Arizona, during World War II. The letters are written to his friend Dave Stickler and his mother Miriam Stickler in Carmichael, California near Sacramento where he resided before the war. Kenji Harada contracted pneumonia while in Poston, …
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Yabu Family Collection (ddr-densho-185)
This collection contains family photographs from the collection of Densho narrator Shig Yabu.
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Clarice Osterud Hargiss Collection (ddr-densho-186)
This collection consists of letters written to Clarice Osterud Hargiss, a student at the University of Washington during World War II. The letters were written by two Nisei friends, one in the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho, and the other at the Tule Lake concentration camp, California.
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Arikawa Family Collection (ddr-densho-187)
The Arikawa collection consists primarily of photographs taken at the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas, along with some family photographs.
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Yamanaka Collection (ddr-densho-188)
This collection contains documents and photographs from Densho narrator K. Morgan Yamanaka. The documents include letters and papers regarding Tule Lake, California, during the time it was designated a segregation center, including documents about the Tule Lake stockade and renunication of citizenship.
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Arbo-Gram Collection (ddr-densho-189)
This collection consists of issues of the Arbo-Gram, which was the newspaper for the Marysville Assembly Center, California, open from May 8, 1942, to June 29, 1942. The newspaper provided information about activities and sports, living conditions, and the move to permanent camps.
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Fresno Grapevine Collection (ddr-densho-190)
This collection consists of issues of the Fresno Grapevine, which was the newspaper for the Fresno Assembly Center, California, open from May 8, 1942, to June 29, 1942. The newspaper provided information about activities and sports, living conditions, and the move to permanent camps.
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Mercedian Collection (ddr-densho-191)
This collection consists of issues of the Mercedian, which was the newspaper for the Merced Assembly Center, California, open from May 6, 1942, to September 15, 1942. The newspaper provided information about activities and sports, living conditions, and the move to permanent camps.
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Pinedale Logger Collection (ddr-densho-192)
This collection consists of issues of the Pinedale Logger, which was the newspaper for the Pinedale Assembly Center, California, open from May 7, 1942, to July 23, 1942. The newspaper provided information about activities and sports, living conditions, and the move to permanent camps.
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Pomona Center News Collection (ddr-densho-193)
This collection consists of issues of the Pomona Center News, which was the newspaper for the Pomona Assembly Center, California, open from May 7, 1942, to August 24, 1942. The newspaper provided information about activities and sports, living conditions, and the move to permanent camps.
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Puyallup Camp Harmony News-Letter Collection (ddr-densho-194)
This collection consists of issues of the Puyallup Camp Harmony News-Letter, which was the newspaper for the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, open from April 28, 1942, to September 12, 1942. The newspaper provided information about activities and sports, living conditions, and the move to permanent camps.
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Salinas Village Crier Collection (ddr-densho-195)
This collection consists of issues of the Salinas Village Crier, which was the newspaper for the Salinas Assembly Center, California, open from April 27, 1942, to July 4, 1942. The newspaper provided information about activities and sports, living conditions, and the move to permanent camps.
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Stockton El Joaquin Collection (ddr-densho-196)
This collection consists of issues of the Stockton El Joaquin, which was the newspaper for the Stockton Assembly Center, California, open from May 10, 1942, to October 17, 1942. The newspaper provided information about activities and sports, living conditions, and the move to permanent camps.
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Tulare News Collection (ddr-densho-197)
This collection consists of issues of the Tulare News, which was the newspaper for the Tulare Assembly Center, California, open from April 20, 1942, to September 4, 1942. The newspaper provided information about activities and sports, living conditions, and the move to permanent camps.
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Turlock TAC Collection (ddr-densho-198)
This collection consists of issues of the Turlock TAC, which was the newspaper for the Turlock Assembly Center, California, open from April 30, 1942, to August 12, 1942. The newspaper provided information about activities and sports, living conditions, and the move to permanent camps.
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Walerga Wasp Collection (ddr-densho-199)
This collection consists of issues of the Walerga Wasp, which was the newspaper for the Sacramento Assembly Center, California, open from May 6, 1942, to June 26, 1942. The newspaper provided information about activities and sports, living conditions, and the move to permanent camps.
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Hiratsuka Collection (ddr-densho-200)
This collection contains photographs and documents from the family of Densho narrator Margaret Junko Morita Hiratsuka.The collection includes Ms. Hiratsuka's father's photos from the Santa Fe internment camp, New Mexico, as well as written testimonials from his friends and family asking for his release.
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Masao Sakagami Collection (ddr-densho-201)
This collection contains photographs and documents from the collection of Masao Sakagami. The photos were taken by Mr. Sakagami when he was serving with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team during World War II.
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Fujita Family Collection (ddr-densho-203)
The Fujita family collection consists of documents belonging to issei Frank Kumaichi Fujita. The letters and other documents relate to Mr. Fujita's alien status and his requests for travel permits and change of parole status.
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Hideo Takeuchi Collection (ddr-densho-204)
This collection consists of photographs from Hideo Takeuchi, who was in the Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado, during World War II. Mr. Takeuchi was employed as a firefighter while in camp. While in camp, he purchased a Bessel 620 camera though a catalog and built a darkroom and enlarger to process his photographs.
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Bill Fuchigami Collection (ddr-densho-205)
This collection consists of documents and one photograph from Bill Fuchigami, who was in the Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado, during World War II.
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Gates Family Collection (ddr-densho-211)
The Gates Family Collection, 1942-1943, contains correspondence from the Matsuda and Morishita families to Mrs. Charles Gates. The Gates, Matsuda, and Morishita families were friends in Seattle, Washington before the outbreak of World War II and the correspondence covers the Matsuda's and Morishita's life at Puyallup "Camp Harmony" Assembly Center, Washington and later at Poston (Colorado …
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Henrietta Schoen Collection (ddr-densho-223)
The Henrietta Schoen Collection consists of photographs, correspondence, and other ephemera collected by Henrietta Schoen during her time as head nurse at Santa Fe internment camp, New Mexico.
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The Northwest Times Collection (ddr-densho-229)
The Northwest Times Collections includes full editions of the newspaper, a Seattle-based Japanese American publication that ran from 1947-1955 (collection covers 1947-1951).
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Yoshio "Kokomo Joe" Kobuki Collection (ddr-densho-234)
The Yoshio "Kokomo Joe" Kobuki Collection contains approximately 30 photographs of jockey Yoshi "Kokomo Joe" Kobuki and his winning mounts (June 1941-October 1941). Includes races in Crescent City, Pleasanton, Fresno, and Eureka, CA.
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Yamashita Family Collection (ddr-densho-241)
The Yamashita Family Collection contains Kiyoshi Yamashita's undergraduate diploma, program, and honors bulletin, which the University of Washington sent to him while he was incarcerated at Tule Lake concentration camp, California (1942).
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Hatchimonji Collection (ddr-densho-242)
The Hatchimonji Collection contains 34 photographs of Kumezo Hatchimonji, his family, his store, farming, and Heart Mountain, c 1923-1956.
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Suzuki Family Collection (ddr-densho-243)
The Suzuki Family Collection contains photographs from Warren Suzuki. They cover life at Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho during the war and a pilgrimage back in later years.
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Taniguchi Family Collection (ddr-densho-252)
The Taniguchi Family Collection consists of one photograph album containing prints that record the history of the Taniguchi family from the early to later 20th century in both Japan and the United States.
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Harry Hiroshi Imamura Collection (ddr-densho-253)
The Harry Hiroshi Imamura Collection consists of 7 paintings by Harry Hiroshi Imamura. These paintings capture the journey to and life in Manzanar concentration camp, California. Mr. Imamura began painting in the 1970s after he sold his truckstop restaurant, the East Valley Cafe.
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Takeda Family Collection (ddr-densho-254)
The Takeda Family Collection contains a photograph and documents related to Senichiro Takeda's time at Tule Lake concentration camp, Californina, Seabrook Farms, and correspondence with Wayne M. Collins.
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Frice Family Collection (ddr-densho-257)
The Frice Family Collection consists of two documents. One is the Granada (Amache) Directory, a listing of all the incarcerees, staff members, and organizations in camp. And the other is a marriage scroll for Baba Nobuzo and Miye Kato.
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Ichikawa Family Collection (ddr-densho-258)
The Ichikawa Family Collection contains a photograph album with approximately 200 pictures of the Ichikawa family and their communities in Oregon (c.1935-1942) and Anderson Dam, ID (1945-c.1960). Added to the collection in 2018, a booklet written by Satoru Ichikawa about his parents' experience during World War II and documents from 1944-1946.
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Yasui Family Collection (ddr-densho-259)
The Yasui Family Collection consists of two photograph albums and 173 additional photographs belonging to Homer Yasui. The photographs document the Yasui family's life in Hood River, Oregon before the outbreak of World War II.
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Scene and Nisei Vue Collection (ddr-densho-266)
The Scene and Nisei Vue Collection contains complete copies of approximately 70 issues of two similar Nisei oriented pictorial magazines: Nisei Vue (1948-50) and Scene (1949-55).
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Tsuchida Family Collection (ddr-densho-271)
The Tsuchida Family Collection consists of documents related to Kiwamu Tsuchida's time in the United States army.
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Shyoko Hiraga Collection (ddr-densho-273)
The Shyoko Hiraga Collection consists photographs, postcards, and portraits related to the Hiraga family.
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Shosuke Sasaki Collection (ddr-densho-274)
This collection consists of documents from the personal collection of Mr. Shosuke Sasaki, an Issei who immigrated to the U.S. in 1919. During World War II he was incarcerated in Minidoka, Idaho, and later worked for Standard & Poor's financial institution for many years. His papers document his work with Minidoka's Welfare Department, as well as …
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Frances Haglund Collection (ddr-densho-275)
The Frances Haglund Collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, clippings and other miscellaneous documents about Frances Haglund's time as a teacher at Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho.
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White River Valley JACL Chapter Collection (ddr-densho-277)
The White River Valley JACL Chapter Collection consists of correspondence, meeting minutes, newsletters, photographs, and other miscellaneous ephemera documenting the chapter's history.
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Kyota Watanabe Collection (ddr-densho-278)
The Kyota Watanabe Collection consists of one photograph album, photographic prints, and documents related to the Watanabe family's life in Seattle, Washington and in Japan.
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Hamanaka Family Collection (ddr-densho-280)
The Hamanaka Family Collection is comprised of documents, newspaper clippings, and ephemera from the life of Joe Hamanaka. Materials include clippings of Joe's writing in Broadway High School's student newspaper, wartime materials, as well as JACL's 17th Biennial National convention materials.
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War Relocation Authority Documents Collection (ddr-densho-282)
The Government Documents collection is comprised of reports and studies published by the War Relocation Authority. The bulk of the items are focused on the lives and treatment of Japanese Americans during World War II.
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Newell Star Collection (ddr-densho-284)
The Newell Star Collection contains items collected by the Ina Family, including editions of the Newell Star and Tule Lake Cooperator newspapers as well as various documents distributed to those residing at the Tule Lake incarceration camp from 1944-1946. Note: not all editions of the Newell Star appear in this collection.
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Milton and Molly (Kageyama) Maeda Collection (ddr-densho-287)
The Milton and Molly (Kageyama) Maeda Collection consists of photographs and ephemera documenting Milton and Molly Maeda's lives from their upbringings in Portland, Oregon & Dee, Oregon, to attendance at Oregon State College (now Oregon State University) where they met, their marriage in the Portland Assembly Center, and their lives after World War II.
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Co-op News (Topaz) Collection (ddr-densho-288)
Collection of newspapers published by the co-op at the Topaz (Central Utah) concentration camp, Utah. The newspapers discuss co-op administration and concerns, as well as everyday life.
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Tule Lake Cooperator Collection (ddr-densho-289)
A small collection of the Tule Lake Cooperator, a newsletter created by the Tule Lake concentration camp Co-op.
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Jichikai Jiho (Crystal City) Collection (ddr-densho-290)
This collection consists of selected issues of the Jichikai Jiho, a Japanese-language newspaper for the Crystal City Residents' Association.
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Shimomura Collection (ddr-densho-291)
The Shimomura Collection contains yearbooks and documents from the concentration camps and Assembly Centers.
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Nishioka Family Collection (ddr-densho-292)
The Nishioka Family Collection consists of three photographs from Topaz concentration camp.
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Migita and Sakahara Collection (ddr-densho-293)
The Migita and Sakahara Collection consists of 34 photographs of Buddhist funerals in Yakima, Washington, Seattle, Washington, and Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming.
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Gerald Kajitani Collection (ddr-densho-294)
The Gerald Kajitani Collection consists of 73 Kodachrome slides taken by Gerald Kajitani at the 1974 Tule Lake pilgrimage.
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Eiichi Yamashita Collection (ddr-densho-296)
The Eiichi Yamashita Collection contains photographs documenting Eiichi Yamashita and his family's life in the Pacific Northwest and their work as oyster farmers.
Eiichi Yamashita participated in two visual history interviews with Densho in 2014. The can be found at the following links: Eiichi Yamashita Interview I: https://ddr.densho.org/interviews/ddr-densho-1000-423-1/ Eiichi Yamashita Interview II: https://ddr.densho.org/interviews/ddr-densho-1000-424-1/
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Gidra Collection (ddr-densho-297)
66 Issues of Gidra from its founding in 1969 until 2001.
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Mabel Sugiyama Eto Family Collection (ddr-densho-298)
The Mabel Sugiyama Eto Family Collection contains one photograph album and 20 loose photographic prints. Subjects range from life in Tule Lake and Topaz (Central Utah) concentration camps to temporary agricultural leave and post-war relocation.
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Theodore Akimoto Family Collection (ddr-densho-299)
The Theodore Akimoto Family Collection consists of materials from Theodore Akimoto's time with the 44nd Regimental Combat Team, Military Intelligence Service, 71st Signal Service Battalion, and Photo Division SCAP. The majority of the images document Ted Akimoto's time as a U.S. Army photographer during the occupation of Japan.
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Clara Hattori Collection (ddr-densho-300)
The Hattori Collection mainly consists of 4 photograph albums created by Clara Hattori. The photographs document Clara Hattori's life between 1939 and 1955, including: the 1939 World's Fair in San Francisco, Tule Lake, and life after the war.
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Final Accountability Rosters Collection (ddr-densho-305)
This collection contains the Final Accountability Rosters from the 10 concentration camps. These reports were compiled during the closures of all camps and contains information about each person, including: name, family number, date of birth, marital status, citizenship status, alien registration number, method of original entry into the center, date of entry, pre-evacuation address, center address, …
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Joe Seto Collection (ddr-densho-307)
The Joe Seto Collection consists of 5 military portraits of members of the Seto Family.
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Mae Hara Collection (ddr-densho-308)
The Mae Hara Collection is comprised of photographs and documents from the personal family collection of Mae Hara, a Japanese American who was interview by Densho in 2004. The photos depict Mae's prewar life in Seattle, Washington. The documents concern her family's Oyster business pre-war, relocation to Minidoka, and post war life.
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Etsuko Osaki Collection (ddr-densho-310)
The Etsuko Osaki Collection is comprised of photographs from the personal family collection of Etsuko Osaki, a Japanese American who was interviewed by Densho in 2013. The photographs depict the lives of Etsuko's family during internment and after the war.
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Pauline Miyata Collection (ddr-densho-313)
The Pauline Miyata Collection is comprised of mostly pre-war era photographs in Oregon and Washington. These photos depict the Shigeno, Asaba, and Miyata families, as well as many photos of classmates in the 1930s. A business report from the berry farm some of the family worked on is also included. A few photos depict life at …
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Kazuichi Takanishi Collection (ddr-densho-314)
The Kazuichi Takanishi Collection is comprised of government documents the family gained through the Freedom of Information Act. The documents detail Takanishi's arrest after Pearl Harbor, his interragation, internment, parole to Chicago, Illinois, and return to Hawaii after the war ended.
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Brimhall Collection (ddr-densho-315)
The Brimhall Collection contains photographs of the Brimhall Family during their time at Gila River concentration camp. Jesse D Brimhall and Lilla Brimhall both worked in the camp, Jesse as a vocational shop teacher and Lilla as a nurse. The photographs in this collection show the couple with their sons Jesse (Duke) and Bruce at their …
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Sakahara and Tanaka Families Collection (ddr-densho-316)
A family photograph album documenting the Sakahara and Tanaka families' pre-World War II life on Vashon Island and other areas of Washington State.
The Tanakas were farmers on Vashon Island between 1916 and 1940. Hatsuguma Tanaka was buried on Vashon Island in 1940. Hatsuguma's wife Momoye later married Sam Torakichi Migita and moved to Wapato, Washington. …
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Barbara P. Narita Collection (ddr-densho-317)
The Barbara P. Narita Collection contain photographs, negatives, and documents related to the 1976 movie version of Farewell to Manzanar. Included are Barbara Narita's journal and scene stills taken during filming.
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T.K. Pharmacy Collection (ddr-densho-319)
The T.K. Pharmacy Collection consists of letters, invoices, and other documents related to the daily business of a Japanese American owned and run pharmacy in Denver, Colorado during the 1940s. Many of the letters and orders come from Japanese and Japanese Americans incarcerated in the 10 WRA concentration camps. Requests range from sake to art supplies …
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Seiki Miyasato Collection (ddr-densho-320)
The Seiki Miyasato collection is comprised of personal correspondences, WRA documents, a copy of the Portland Orgonian’s “The Wrong Ancestors” article, and a photographic portrait from the personal family collection of Seiki Ronald Miyasato, a Japanese American incarceree who was held at the Santa Anita assembly center and both the Gila River and Minidoka concentration camps. …
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Fujii and Mori Families Collection (ddr-densho-321)
The Fujii and Mori Families Collection consists of 6 photograph albums documenting life in Tacoma and Vashon Island, Washington before World War II, incarceration at Heart Mountain and Jerome concentration camps and relocation to California after the war.
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Ami Kinoshita Collection (ddr-densho-322)
The Ami Kinoshita Collection is comprised of nine photographs from the family's personal collection. These photos, mostly taken in pre-war era, depict Ami Kinoshita's wedding day, honeymoon, and her family in Oregon and Washington. One photo was taken at Minidoka.
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Fred Shiosaki Collection (ddr-densho-323)
The Fred Shiosaki Collection consists of a few photographs and a letter. Mr. Shiosaki is a narrator; he was born and raised in Spokane, WA and currently lives in Seattle. He served in the 442nd Regimental Combat Team and fought in Europe during WWII. These photos depict his time as a soldier, and later, his wedding.
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Kinuta Uno Collection (ddr-densho-324)
The Kinuta Uno Collection consists of letters and documents regarding the Uno Family's life in Seattle, Washington pre-World War II through their removal and life in Pinedale Assembly Center, Tule Lake and Minidoka concentration camp. Pre-war topics include: family business dealings and Kinuta Uno's work with the Northwest American Japanese Association, Seattle Zairyudobo, and the Consulate …
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Nimura Family Collection (ddr-densho-325)
Materials of the Nimura Family spanning from the arrival of Shizuko Nimura to the United States as the picture bride of Junichi Nimura through their life building a family in California. The collection centers on the life of their eldest child, Hisa, born in 1925 and her experience during the incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII …
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Matsuo Sakagami Collection (ddr-densho-326)
The Matsuo Sakagami Collection consists of photographs and ephemera from the 1930s through the 1950s. Topics include: recreational activities such as fishing and picnicking, weddings and funerals, and sports such as baseball and judo. Second accession consists of two photo albums from the 1930's. Album 1 contains photos of Matsuo Sakagami's tour of Japan with his …
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Jerome T. Light Collection (ddr-densho-327)
The Jerome T. Light Collections consists of two bound volumes containing the dissertation of Jerome T. Light entitled "The Development of a Junior-Senior High School Program in a Relocation Center for People of Japanese Ancestry during the War with Japan" submitted to the School of Education of Leland Stanford Junior University for his degree of Doctor …
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Umeyo Sakagami Collection (ddr-densho-328)
The Umeyo Sakagami Collection consists of photographs from four albums ranging in date from the 1930s to the 1950s. Topics include: life in the Pacific Northwest before the war, experiences in the camps, Umeyo Sakagami's brothers' (Masao and Matsuo) service in the 442nd Regimental Combat Team and the Military Intelligence Service, her travels after the war …
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Kaneji and Sally (Fujii) Domoto Collection (ddr-densho-329)
Accessions 1-2: The Kaneji and Sally (Fujii) Domoto collection consists mostly of correspondence to Kaneji Domoto from his wife Sally, and his sisters Wakako and Yuriko. The letters primarily date between 1942 and 1952, when Kaneji was on the East Coast looking for work and his family was held at Amache, and after WWII when his …
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Maryknoll Seattle Collection (ddr-densho-330)
The Maryknoll school was a Catholic-run school in Seattle. This collection includes a box of Maryknoll-related slides, photos and documents.
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Takasugi Family Collection (ddr-densho-331)
The Takasugi Family Collection contains photographs and documents related to Minoru and Mitsuye (Sano) Takasugi and their family's life at Rohwer concentration camp. Topics include: Minoru and Mitsuye's wedding, their children, and life in the camps.
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Yoshihara Collection (ddr-densho-332)
Yoshihara collection. Centers around George and Hisano Yoshihara whose son Elmer served in the U.S. Army during the occupation of Japan and was later killed in Korea. Elmer's fiance whom he met in Japan was later brought to the United States. Includes photographs and documents
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Min & Uhachi Tamesa Collection (ddr-densho-333)
The Min & Uhachi Tamesa Collection consists of correspondence, photographs, documents, and ephemera related to the lives of Uhachi Tamesa and his son Min Tamesa. Much of the collection documents Min's life as a draft resister, his imprisonment at Leavenworth Penitentiary, and Uhachi's support of his son during that period. Also, found in the collection are …
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May Sakuma Collection (ddr-densho-334)
The May Sakuma Collection consists of one composition notebook. Some time after World War II May Okano Sakuma wrote this essay about her experiences in Minidoka concentration camp. Topics include: schools, working at the hospital, social life, the Irrigator, strikes, and camp conditions.
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Thomas & Agnes Rockrise Collection (ddr-densho-335)
The Thomas and Agnes Rockrise collection consists of letters, photographs, and ephemera. These materials cover their life in New York City and upstate New York. Thomas Rockrise was an architect. He practiced under both his English name, Thomas S Rockrise, and his Japanese name, Iwahiko Tsumanuma. Agnes (Asbury) Rockrise worked a practical nurse and companion in …
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Lake Sequoia Retreat Archive Collection (ddr-densho-336)
The Lake Sequoia Retreat Archive Collection consists of photographs and documents from the Lake Sequoia Retreat (LSR), a summer camp for Japanese American Christian youth which ran from 1946 until 1990. This retreat was organized after Japanese Americans returned to California after World War II. It was organized by the Central California Young People's Christian Conference …
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Guyo Tajiri Collection (ddr-densho-338)
The Guyo Tajiri Collection consists of photographs, correspondence, and documents chronicling the life of Tsuguyo "Guyo" Marion Okagaki Tajiri and her husband Larry Tajiri. Photographs cover Guyo Tajiri's life and family from infancy through adulthood. The letters and documents highlight Guyo and Larry Tajiri's work running the Pacific Citizen from 1942 to 1952, Guyo's help in …
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Doris & Carl Saito Collection (ddr-densho-339)
The Doris & Carl Saito Collection consists of photographs, documents, illustrations, and ephemera from the Saito Family's time at Heart Mountain concentration camp. There are photographs depicting life in the camps, needlework done by Asano Ota, fashion illustrations by Doris Saito, and photographs and documents regarding Carl Saito's time in the 442nd Regimental Combat Team.
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California Young People's Christian Conference Collection (ddr-densho-341)
The California Young People's Christian Conference Collection consists of two scrapbooks of clippings, programs and photos from conferences, social activities and events held by the Northern California Young People Christian Conference, the Bay Region Young People's Christian Conference, the Central California Young People's Christian Conference and the Fresno Young People's Fellowship.
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Inyo County Free Library Collection (ddr-densho-342)
The Inyo County Free Library Collection consists primarily of documents published by the War Relocation Authority. The collection also contains the transcripts of several speeches given by personnel from the Manzanar concentration camp, California, and correspondence regarding establishing a library at Manzanar.
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Ralph P. Merritt Collection (ddr-densho-343)
The Ralph P. Merritt Collection is a part of the Eastern California Museum holdings. This portion of the collection consists of photographs from an album belonging to Josephine Hawes, Chief Nurse at Manzanar concentration camp. The photographs document the lives of the staff and Japanese American incarcerees at Cow Creek and Manzanar. Topics included: hospital staff, …
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Frank Sato Collection (ddr-densho-345)
The Frank Sato collection is composed of photographs and documents belonging to Frank Sato, former Inspector General for the both Department of Veterans Affairs and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. During his post-federal career, Frank Sato played an active role in the redress movement, serving as the President of the Japanese American Citizen League from 1984-1986. …
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Paul Bannai Collection (ddr-densho-346)
The Paul Bannai Collection consists of a photograph album of documenting the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians hearings. Images include meetings of the Seattle committee and scenes from the Seattle, Washington D.C., and Los Angeles hearings.
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Matsuzawa Collection (ddr-densho-347)
The Matsuzawa Collection consists of one panoramic photograph showing the August 10,1930 dedication of the Bellevue Community Center in Bellevue, Washington.
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Mary and Victor Ikeda Collection (ddr-densho-348)
The Mary and Victor Ikeda Collection consists of photographs mainly from the Ikeda and Kinoshita families' time at Minidoka concentration camp. Topics include baseball and basketball in camp, employment in the Administration Building, and Francis "Bako" Kinoshita's funeral after being killed in action while fighting in Italy with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team.
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Kosai-Takemoto Collection (ddr-densho-349)
The Kosai-Takemoto Collection includes photos from the Kosai family and Japanese American community in Tacoma, Washington before the war. There are several photos of Eiko and Ken at Tule Lake, including their wedding. Redress and reparations documents to the descendants of Masa Kosai are included.
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Shizuko and Shigenori Oiye Collection (ddr-densho-350)
The Shizuko and Shigenori Oiye Collection consists of photographs, works of art, correspondence, and documents related to the Oiye's life in Tacoma, Washington before the war, their removal to Tule Lake concentration camp, and their return to Seattle, Washington post-war. Included are drawings and paintings done by Shigenori Oiye while he was at Tule Lake, some …
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Takagishi Family Collection (ddr-densho-351)
The Takagishi Family Collection, circa 1920-1930s, includes photographs of an Atlas Cafe sponsored picnic, a parade in downtown Seattle, Washington, portraits of individuals, and several letters in Japanese.
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Sasha Hohri Collection (ddr-densho-352)
The Sasha Horhi Collection is comprised of paper documents related to the activities of the East Coast Japanese Americans for Redress, the National Council for Japanese American Redress, and the Redress movement broadly. Among the documents are personal testimonies that were presented to the Congressional Commission on the Wartime Internment and Relocation of Civilians, planning documents …
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Nippon Kan Heritage Association Collection (ddr-densho-353)
The Nippon Kan Heritage Association (NKHA) was a nonprofit organization founded in Seattle, Washington in the 1980s, after the Nippon Kan theater was restored. NKHA was not directly associated with the theater but did produce content that was put on there. This collection documents an exhibit put on by the NKHA: "The Way It Was: Northwest …
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Kubota Garden Foundation Collection (ddr-densho-354)
The Kubota Garden Foundation Photograph Collection documents the history of Kubota Garden, a commercial nursery and display garden established in 1927 by Fujitaro Kubota and owned by the City of Seattle since 1987. The collection contains photographs of the Garden, the Kubota family, the work of the Kubota Gardening Company, and of the activities of the …
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Gentaro Takahashi Collection (ddr-densho-355)
The Gentaro Takahashi Collection consists of photos, documents and ephemera from the time of Gentaro Takahashi’s arrival in the United States in 1907 to the 1970’s. The collection includes family photos in the U.S. and Japan, photos of Takahashi's travels in the U.S. including Duluth, Minnesota and Yellowstone National Park, correspondence and academic work from Boston …
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Yuriko Domoto Tsukada Collection (ddr-densho-356)
This collection consists of Yuriko Tsukada (nee Domoto)’s photographs, correspondences, personal records, diaries, and Granada (Amache) Camp Administrative Records related to the Social Welfare Department.
Photographs in this collection are of the Domoto and Tsukada families before 1941.
The correspondences are to Yuriko Tsukada (nee Domoto) from friends and family while she was held in Merced …
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Terakawa Collection (ddr-densho-357)
The Terakawa Collection consists of four photograph albums created by Hanako Terakawa. Hanako's parents, Tadaichi and Yoni Yoshioka, immigrated from Japan and settled in Hayward, California in the early 1900's. In Hayward, they started a family and had five children. They owned a nursery and maintained several greenhouses built around 1913. The earliest photograph album primarily …
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Harano Collection (ddr-densho-358)
The Harano Collection consists of 18 editions of Japanese American community publications: The Nisei Weekender, The Vanguard, and Crossroads. Also included are a number of oversize prints documenting the Japanese American Christian community in California pre-war and two Young People's Christian Conferences from the 1930s.
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Okano Family Collection (ddr-densho-359)
The Okano Family Collection is comprised of photographs, letters, and ephemera from the personal family collection of Pam Okano. The photographs depict the lives of the of the Kawamotos, Okanos, and Otsukas prewar in Japan and Western Washington, as well as during the war when the family was granted leave to work in Caldwell, Idaho, and …
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Nobuko Omoto Collection (ddr-densho-361)
The Nobuko Omoto Collection consists of a scrapbook kept by Nobuko Sakai Omoto to remember the Bainbridge Island Japanese American community and their removal during World War II. Nobuko's scrapbook includes newspaper clippings from the local Seattle newspapers which were sent by her friend Phyllis Waltz Jones while Nobuko was incarcerated in Manzanar. Other content in …
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Konishi Family Collection (ddr-densho-362)
Photographs of Konishi family while incarcerated at Heart Mountain concentration camp. The Konishi family consists of Frank Masao Konishi, Shizue Konishi, Tom Konishi, and Marie Michiko (Konishi) Coon. The family's address while at Heart Mountain concentration camp was 12-11 C. Tom Konishi was separated from his parents and sister when he answered "no" on questions 27 …
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Kuwahara Family Collection (ddr-densho-363)
Photograph of the wedding party at Sam Sakamoto and Hanaye (Fujiwara) Sakamoto's wedding. The photograph was taken by Frank C. Hirahara. To view more photographs of the Sakamoto wedding and other photographs taken by Frank C. Hirahara please visit the Japanese American Museum of Oregon's Frank C. Hirahara Collection.
Heart Mountain photographs concentrating on Kimi Kuwahara …
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Takeharu Inouye Collection (ddr-densho-365)
At the age of thirteen, Takeharu Inouye and his immediate family experienced forced relocation to the Sacramento Assembly Center (Walerga), and were subsequently moved to the Tule Lake concentration camp. They remained at Tule Lake for the duration of WWII due to their "disloyal" sentiments. Takeharu recorded his experiences at Tule Lake in three diaries, which …
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Iino Family Collection (ddr-densho-368)
Accession 1: This collection contains selections from two photo albums. One album of photographs and other materials associated with Corporal William Iino's military service with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team in Italy and France between 1944 and 1945. The second album contains photographs and other materials associated with the 50th reunion of the 442nd RCT in …
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Donna Ayako Tsufura Collection (ddr-densho-370)
Draft script of play "Origami" by Donna Ayako Tsufura, and advertising ephemera.
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Sata Family Collection (ddr-densho-371)
The Sata Family Collection consists of a painting of Gila River by Dick Sata, one photograph of Gila River, and a presidential apology from Bill Clinton.
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American Concentration Camps Volumes 1-9 Collection (ddr-densho-372)
The documents printed here in these nine volumes trace and explicate not only the decision to submit a whole people to internal exile but also delineate the execution and modification of the policy during the course of the war. The documents were drawn largely from the archives of the government department chiefly responsible, the War department, …
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Ozaki Family Collection (ddr-densho-373)
Collection of 75 Ozaki family photographs from 1930s-1960s with images from Poston, pre-war LA, WWII deployment in India and Myanmar, post-war Chicago, Georgia, and Florida.
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Masao and Doris Abe Collection (ddr-densho-374)
Scrapbook containing clippings and ephemera related to the wartime service of Japanese American soldiers from Hawaii, one copy of Yank Magazine from 1944, and pamphlet from 1983 exhibit on The Japanese-American soldier in World War II at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
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Kikoshima Family Collection (ddr-densho-375)
Collection containing 1943 Hunt High School yearbook and 'memory books' from Hunt High School Reunions in Seattle from 1983 to 2003.
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Kaneji Domoto Architecture and Landscape Photograph Collection (ddr-densho-377)
The Kaneji Domoto Architecture and Landscape Photograph Collection consists of slides, negatives, and photographic prints documenting the career of Kaneji Domoto. The majority of the images come from between the 1960s and 1980s, showing projects he designed both in process and completed.
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Kanzaki Family Collection (ddr-densho-378)
The Kanzaki Family Collection consists of 5 family photo albums from 1922-1939, a five year diary from 1939-1942, select pages from a 1942 baby book and 78 additional photographs from 1920s-1960s.
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Hibiya Family Collection (ddr-densho-381)
The Hibiya Family collection consists of War Relocation Authority administrative documents, a series of photographs from the Allied bombing of Tokyo, and personal documents and photographs from the Hibiya family.
Disclaimer: this collection contains graphic materials from the aftermath of the Tokyo bombings.
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Fukutaki Family Collection (ddr-densho-382)
The Fukutaki Family Collection, from the 1940s, includes Gila River concentration camp newspapers, documents, survey map, high school yearbook, and photographs. It also features documents and newspaper articles from war-time Minneapolis and photographs from post-war Pasadena -- including a panoramic congregational photo from 1962 Pasadena Union Presbyterian Church.
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Tokuda Family Collection (ddr-densho-383)
The Tokuda Collection consists of three accessions. Accession 1 of the Tokuda collection contains a photograph album of George Tokuda's from his time as a student at the University of Washington in Seattle. Other subjects in the album include summers working in Alaska, and friends and family growing up in Mukilteo. This collection also includes other …
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Mizu Sugimura Collection (ddr-densho-384)
The Mizu Sugimura Collection consists of photographs documenting the first Day of Remembrance which took place in Seattle, Washington on November 25, 1978. Mizu Sugmiura and Yasushi Satomi recorded their participation by taking these photographs. The images show the beginning of the event where participants gathered at the site of the former Sick's Stadium. From there …
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Morikawa Family Collection (ddr-densho-385)
Fujio Morikawa kept a journal while incarcerated at Lordsburg U.S. Army internment camp. In his journal included translations of letters, news articles, and announcements; notes on English grammar and mathematics; essays on different topics; and calligraphy. The collection includes selections of this journal.
The collection also includes a roster of Lordsburg inmates; a daily paper from …
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Yotsu Iwata Collection (ddr-densho-387)
Collection consists of photograph of collector, her Manzanar Mass Hall card, two work assignments for mess halls at Manzanar, and three booklets titled "Gathas and Service" published and distributed by the Manzanar Buddhist Church.
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Patricia Shigeno Collection (ddr-densho-388)
Collection contains 27 photographs of hops farms in Oregon, community activities, and family pictures.
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Matsuoka Family Collection (ddr-densho-390)
The Matsuoka Family collection consists of personal family documents, photographs, books, and objects belonging to the Matsuoka family. The collection is primarily made up of photographs, Harry's family history, and Walter's high school experience. Also included are materials from the Amache concentration camp where the family was incarcerated and reunions that the family was involved with. …
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Yoshioka Family Collection (ddr-densho-391)
Collection of 69 photographs and 4 documents from the Yoshioka family. The photographs are of Kiyoko Yoshioka nee Maeda's life, mainly pre-war California and Japan, some from Poston, and some in post-war California.
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Kenneth Nobuji Iyeki Collection (ddr-densho-392)
The Kenneth Nobuji Iyeki Collection consists of photographs of the Iyeki Family and documents telling the story of their life before, during, and after World War II. The bulk of the collection is made up of pencil sketches done by Kenneth Nobuji Iyeki while he was incarcerated in Tanforan Assembly Center and Topaz concentration camp. These …
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Ron Ikejiri Collection (ddr-densho-393)
Ronald Ikejiri worked on the creation of the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Incarceration of Citizens (CWRIC) as a representative for the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) to Washington, DC. The collection consists of photos and correspondence from that period as well as several family photos.
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Tatsuo and Lili Inouye Family Collection (ddr-densho-394)
The Tatsuo and Lili Inouye Family Collection contains correspondence, photographs, programs and manuscripts centered around the Inouye family.
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Bitow Family Collection (ddr-densho-395)
The Bitow Family Collection consists of one scrapbook containing 111 photographs. The collection is primarily photographs of weddings and other community events attended by Seiso Bitow and his wife Kimiko. The collection also includes several family portraits from the Bitow and Maeda families.
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Matsui Family Collection (ddr-densho-397)
Three photograph albums covering from 1943-1948. Two albums cover the the service that Takashi Matsui and Mitsue Matsui gave to Military Intelligence Service during World War II. The third album covers Takashi Matsui's military service during the United States's occupation of Japan after World War II.
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Southern California Ehime Kenjinkai 75th Anniversary Book (ddr-densho-398)
In 1985, the Ehime Nanka Kenjinkai celebrated their 75th anniversary. To commemorate the event, the Kenjinkai compiled an anniversary book to document and preserve the history of the Ehime people in America. The book contains a collection of personal essays written by the Issei and Nisei, photographs of Ehime Prefecture, and interviews with officers of the …
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Sumi Family Collection (ddr-densho-399)
Photos and documents (passports) from three generations of the Sumi family in San Francisco, during internment at Topaz camp, post WWII in New York, and in Europe during Yuichi "Lou" Sumi's military service after the war.
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South Bay JACL Oral History Collection (ddr-densho-400)
This collection consists of interviews conducted by the South Bay Chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League as part of the South Bay History Project. The project seeks to preserve the history of Japanese American settlement in the greater South Bay community, a Southern California region south of Playa Del Rey and north of Long Beach. …
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Arthur Yakabi Collection (ddr-densho-401)
Collection consists of Arthur Yakabi's testimony to the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Citizens and his handwritten autobiography.
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Prichett Family Collection (ddr-densho-402)
Photographs, correspondence, and documents including forms, Cecil F. Prichett's resume, and education and family programs at the Manzanar camp from the Prichett family's time employed at Manzanar.
Books include "Death Valley - Its Impounded Americans" by Ralph P. "Pete" Merritt, Jr.; "English Japanese Conversation Dictionary" by Arthur Rose-Innes; "Born Free and Equal" by Ansel Adams; and …
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Archdiocese of Seattle Collection (ddr-densho-403)
The Catholic Archdiocese of Seattle Archives focuses on Our Lady Queen of Martyrs parish, a Japanese-Filipino national parish in Seattle administered by the Maryknoll Sisters and Fathers from 1925-1953. The collection primarily documents parish and school buildings before the removal and incarceration of the parish’s Japanese parishioners. The records also include a photo of the Kinoshita …
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Tagami Family Collection (ddr-densho-404)
The Tagami Family Collection consists of materials related to Tokeo "Toke" T. Tagami's travels between the United States and Japan, his travels across the United States, and his time in the Military Intelligence Service.
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Coram Nobis Litigation Collection (ddr-densho-405)
The Coram Nobis Litigation Collection contains documents related to the reconsideration of three cases of Japanese Americans who challenged the exclusion orders or curfew that reached the Supreme Court in the 1940s: Fred Korematsu, Gordon Hirabayashi, and Min Yasui.
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Uchiyama Collection (ddr-densho-406)
200 letters written to Kathleen Koga Uchiyama from Alvin Uchiyama while awaiting deployment, and during his military service in Italy in 1944-1945. Also six letters from Kathleen to Alvin written from Highland Park, Illinois, Heart Mountain camp and after the camp closed from Mt. View California.
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The North American Times Yearbook, 1936 Edition (ddr-densho-407)
The North American Time Yearbooks contain information and photos of local Pacific Northwest businesses and families, as well as articles related to the Japanese community in the Northwest.
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George L. Townsend Papers (ddr-densho-408)
Correspondence, writings and photos from George Townsend related to Townsend's time working for the WRA at Minidoka.
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Morita Cole Family Collection (ddr-densho-409)
Photos of the Morita family on their property in Oregon prior to incarceration at Minidoka and after the war in Chicago.
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Rikita Honda Collection (ddr-densho-411)
Collection of family photographs of Rikita Honda and his family and a FBI memo regarding the arrest of Rikita Honda following the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
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Masao Roy Hayashi Family Collection (ddr-densho-412)
Collection contains one Hayashi family photo, Masao's senior yearbook from Poston's high school, and a letter from his brother in the army to his sister in camp.
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Minidoka Interlude Collection (ddr-densho-413)
1942-1943 edition of the Minidoka Interlude
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George Sunada Collection (ddr-densho-415)
Collection of George Sunada's military service and redress appeal.
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Miyagi Family Collection (ddr-densho-416)
A collection of personal documents and photographs of the Miyagi family's experience in the Poston Assembly Center. Postcards were written in 1942 to Yuhachi Miyagi from his daughters. Letters from William Miyagi in the European Theater to his sister Takeko Miyagi in Poston. One letter from Gonkichi Nakamura to Clarence R. Walter. Photographs of Donald Miyagi …
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Min Yasui Collection (ddr-densho-419)
The Min Yasui Collection consists of four poems written my Min Yasui between 1942 and 1945. In these pieces, Yasui reflects on war and the treatment of the Japanese American community as they were forcibly removed from the West Coast.
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Bob and Masa (Ogawa) Nakayama Collection (ddr-densho-420)
The Bob and Masa (Ogawa) Nakayama Collection consists of 43 photographic prints and a graduation announcement documenting Bob and Masa's experiences during World War II. Included are scenes from life in Manzanar and Minidoka concentration camps, as well as from military life both in the United States and abroad.
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Arai and Kawaguchi Family Collection (ddr-densho-430)
The collection contains materials (photos, documents, journals, and ephemera) related to the Arai and Kawaguchi families, including documents related to the family's incarceration at Minidoka and relocation. Particularly, the life and work of architect Allen Kichio Arai, who designed the Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Temple in 1940, including blueprints and design notes for the project.
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Densho eNews Collection (ddr-densho-431)
The Densho eNews Collection contains all editions of the monthly Densho eNews, starting from its beginning in 2006 until the present.
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Gerald L. Beppu Collection (ddr-densho-435)
This collection consists of one interview conducted by author Josh Tuininga. The interview is not a full life history, focusing instead on Gerald L. Beppu's family's experiences during and after World War II, including the establishment of their family business, Linc's Tackle Shop. This interview was supported, in part, by a grant from 4Culture.
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James Seigo Miwa Family Collection (ddr-densho-437)
The collection contains materials from James Seigo Miwa's family, with a focus on James Seigo Miwa's arrest and detainment during World War II, and his son Lawrence Miwa's lawsuit against the Office of Alien Property to recoup the family's properties and business assists seized by the US government during World War II.
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Dell Uchida Collection (ddr-densho-439)
Collection of 17 photographs of the Minidoka and Tule Lake concentration camps.
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Roy Takai Collection (ddr-densho-440)
The Roy Takai collection contains 2 photographs, one of the Santa Fe Detention Center's Broadcast Section circa 1944, one of a farewell party in Seattle circa 1939, and a letter explaining the two photographs.
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Hirokichi "Harry" Hayashi Family Collection (ddr-densho-441)
Collection of documents and photographs related to the Hayashi family and their nursery business in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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Wakaichi "Buck" Ohashi Family Collection (ddr-densho-442)
Wakaichi "Buck" Ohashi Family Collection is a photo album of the Ohashi family. The album primarily contains photographs of the Ohashi family and the Japanese American community in Ketchikan, Alaska prior to WWII.
Jasomatsu "George" Ohashi (1872-1934) immigrated to Ketchikan, Alaska around 1900 with his wife Shika, leaving his young son Wakaichi “Buck” in Japan. He …
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Wakako Domoto Collection (ddr-densho-443)
Collection consists of a photo album kept by Wakako Domoto of her travels, her friends, siblings, nieces and nephews, and documents from her time at Amache.
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Marubayashi Family Collection (ddr-densho-444)
Newsletters, pamphlets and documents related to the organizing work of the Anti-Bakke Coalition and other student organizations opposing the 1978 Bakke Decision, 1979 Sears Lawsuit and other anti-affirmative action legislation. Collection includes copies of student newsletters from Asian Student Unions at various California universities.
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Bakerfield High School Archive Collection (ddr-densho-448)
1943 graduation program from Denson High School
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Joh Sekiguchi Collection (ddr-densho-450)
The Joh Sekiguchi Collection consists of one binder of research documents. Joh compiled the information for a presentation on the incarceration given in 1994. The research includes copies of the Inyo Museums Newsletter, maps, and other documents related to Manzanar.
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Makoto Mimaki Collection (ddr-densho-451)
The Makoto Mimaki Collection consists of photographs of Makoto's military service, primarily in Europe.
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Emil Sandquist Family Collection (ddr-densho-452)
The Sandquist collection consists of a portrait of Emil Sandquist, a board game with two sets of instructions, and a letter written in both English and Japanese. The letter is from Emil Sandquist to his son, Robert "Bobby" Sandquist, from the Portland Assembly Center.
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Masaki Kinoshita Poetry Collection (ddr-densho-453)
Collections includes three notebooks of Japanese poetry composed by various poets and scribed by Masaki Kinoshita, two at the Portland Assembly Center, one at Minidoka. And one small booklet of Japanese poetry.
The books have been translated by Shelley Baker-Gard, Michael Frieling, and Satsuki Takikawa, and will be published in May of 2023 as: They Never …
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Yoshiye (Handa) Yasuda Collection (ddr-densho-454)
Yoshiye (Handa) Yasuda Collection contains two photographs of 3rd grade classes, honeymoon plans for Tetsu and Yoshiye Yasuda, and a magazine containing images of the great Alaskan earthquake in 1964. Yoshiye's husband, Tetsu, built one of the only surviving piers in the earthquake and was called on to help redesign the pier.
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Benjamin Gosney Collection (ddr-densho-455)
Letter to Benjamin Coleman Gosney from Tomio Itabashi who describes his time at the Pinedale Assembly Center and his move to Tule Lake. Itabashi was a former co-worker of Gosney's and attended high school with Gosney's daughter.
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Shigaki Family Collection (ddr-densho-456)
Photos of Shigaki and Kawakami family in camp and immediately after returning to Seattle. Includes a set of photos of making mochi.
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Morooka Family Collection (ddr-densho-457)
The Morooka Family Collection consists primarily of letters from three siblings, Amy, John, and Martha, to close family friend Violet Sell. The Morooka siblings write to Violet regularly with updates on their experiences at Tulare Assembly Center, Gila River, and after leaving camp. They keep Violet posted on their efforts to participate in the small church …
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Naomi Higaki Family Collection (ddr-densho-458)
108 photographs documenting the Higaki family. Naomi Higaki grew up in Redwood City, California where he attended school and graduated from Sequoia Union High School in 1942. When World War II started the family (except for Naomi's father Nobuo who had been sent to a detention camp) moved to Kimberly, Idaho in April 1942 where they …
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Haruko Nagaishi Collection (ddr-densho-459)
11 photographs depicting life of the Nagaishi family before, during, and after WWII. Most photos show Hasuko Nagaishi.
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Hiroshi Eguchi Collection (ddr-densho-460)
1 photograph containing an image of Asian American students at a conference in front of UW building.
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Tommy Howard Collection (ddr-densho-461)
Copy of surrender documents from Japanese government surrender to Allied forces
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Tsutomu "Tom" Fukuyama Collection (ddr-densho-462)
Documents containing an autobiography of Rev. Tom Fukuyama's time at Minidoka and his work as a Reverend at First Congregational Church and as a music instructor. Also included is two newspaper clippings. One clipping contains information about the Reynolds Hotel in Seattle. Two photographs showing Betty Marie Adkins with boys and girls at Minidoka and one …
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James Komoto Collection (ddr-densho-463)
The James Komoto Collection consists of one photograph album with photographs primarily of James' friends and family at Heart Mountain and other concentration camps. The collection also includes a few photographs from before World War II and outside of the concentration camps.
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Frank and Kimi (Kuwahara) Komoto Collection (ddr-densho-464)
Two photo albums containing photos from Heart Mountain and immediately after returning home, primarily of the staff of the mess hall and fire department at Heart Mountain.
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Murakami Family Collection (ddr-densho-467)
Collection consists of selected items from family photo album of the Mitsuko Murakami/Seigo Otani families, including several photos from Minidoka and the Otani family's relocation to Cleveland after the war.
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Koji Shinsako Family Collection (ddr-densho-470)
Collection consists of 10 photos taken at Amache camp, primarily of Eiko Nancy Shinsako as a child in camp.
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C. Moxley Featherston Collection (ddr-densho-472)
This collection contains a photograph of the Featherston family at Minidoka and the autobiographical writings of C. Moxley Featherston. Featherston was an attorney with the War Relocation Authority from 1942-1945. He served as a Project Attorney in several camps including Minidoka, Gila River, and Amache (Granada). His autobiographical writing explores the war years, how he got …
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Frank Miwa Collection (ddr-densho-475)
The collection is comprised of photographs primarily taken by Frank Miwa of family and friends before the war in the San Francisco Bay Area in California and at Poston in Arizona.
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Warren Higa Family Collection (ddr-densho-478)
The Higa collection includes two portraits of members of the Moriguchi family and a 1973 edition of Boys' Life that includes an illustration celebrating a heroic act by 16-year-old Warren Higa. The Higa collection also includes Orville C. Shirey's book Americans: The story of the 442nd Combat Team and one of the editions of the World …
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Toru Miyoshi Family Collection (ddr-densho-480)
The Miyoshi collection includes negatives retrieved from the basement of Lisa Daum's uncle's drug store. The collection also includes the 1934-1935 Southern California Nisei Directory, which includes information on Japanese Americans living and working in Southern California, and the 1940-1941 Commemorative Issue 2600th anniversary Yearbook and Directory, primarily for Japanese Americans in California.
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Watanabe & Kimura Family Collection (ddr-densho-481)
The Kimura collection includes a pamphlet for the dedication of the Watanabe-Kimura Apartment. The back of the pamplet depicts Paul Watanabe and Grace Watanabe's degrees in Bachelor of Arts from Hardin-Simmons University (formerly Simmons University). The collection also includes photographs of the Watanabe-Kimura apartments, the apartment building sign showing the name of the apartments, the apartment’s …
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Fremont JACL Collection (ddr-densho-491)
The collection consists of documents collected by the Fremont JACL (then the Washington Township JACL) with information on property ownership and agricultural work of Japanese Americans in the area in advance of the population's removal. Also included are nine scrapbooks with photos, documents, meeting notes for Fremont and South Alameda County JACL from 1949-1980.
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Densho Visual History Collection (ddr-densho-1000)
This collection consists of a diverse set of interviews conducted by Densho starting in 1996. The interviews focus on many aspects of Japanese American history, from early U.S. immigration to present-day issues. The collection also includes interviews with non-Japanese American individuals who have in some way been involved in or impacted by the Japanese American experience. …
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Bainbridge Island Japanese American Community Collection (ddr-densho-1001)
This collection consists of interviews conducted by the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Community (BIJAC). BIJAC's mission is to share with the wider community the history and culture of Japanese Americans, and to promote the safeguarding of civil and constitutional rights for all. Japanese Americans living on Bainbridge Island were the first of more than 120,000 forced …
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Emiko and Chizuko Omori Collection (ddr-densho-1002)
The Emiko and Chizuko Omori Collection consists of interviews conducted for filmmaker Emiko Omori's documentary Rabbit in the Moon, which aired on PBS in 1999. The film explores the conflict surrounding the resisters of conscience movement in the World War II concentration camps, as well as the divisiveness of the postwar Japanese American communities. The interviews …
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Friends of Manzanar Collection (ddr-densho-1003)
This collection consists of interviews conducted in partnership with Friends of Manzanar. The group's mission is to work with the National Park Service and other interested groups to preserve and restore the Manzanar site, and to interpret its stories, resources and lessons, for this and future generations.For more information about Friends of Manzanar, please visit …
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gayle k. yamada Collection (ddr-densho-1004)
The gayle k. yamada Collection consists of interviews conducted by filmmaker gayle k. yamada for her 2003 documentary, Uncommon Courage: Patriotism and Civil Liberties. The interviews are typically not life histories, instead primarily focusing on the interviewees' World War II experiences in the Military Intelligence Service.
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Japanese American Film Preservation Project Collection (ddr-densho-1005)
This collection contains interviews conducted by journalist Wendy Hanamura, producer of the Emmy-winning documentary "Honor Bound: A Personal Journey." Two of the interviews in this collection feature 8 mm home movie footage shot by incarcerees in Heart Mountain and Topaz concentration camps. In 2005, the interviewees provided voiceover narration of their orginal film footage.
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Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre Collection (ddr-densho-1006)
The interviews in this collection were conducted by the JC Legacy Project, a project of the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Cultural Centre is a community-based, not-for-profit, charitable organization that provides programs, events and facilities to promote an understanding and appreciation of Japanese culture and Japanese Canadian heritage for Canadians of all …
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Loni Ding Collection (ddr-densho-1007)
The Loni Ding Collection consists of raw interviews conducted by filmmaker Loni Ding for her two documentaries, Nisei Soldier: Standard Bearer for an Exiled People (1983) and The Color of Honor: The Japanese American soldier in WWII (1987). The two films were among the first and most influential on the subject of the Japanese American soldiers …
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National Japanese American Historical Society Collection (ddr-densho-1008)
This collection consists of interviews conducted by the National Japanese American Historical Society (NJAHS), a nonprofit organization dedicated to the collection, preservation, authentic interpretation, and sharing of historical information of the Japanese American experience for the diverse broader national community. The interviews in this collection focus primarily on Japanese Americans who served in the Military Intelligence …
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New Mexico JACL Collection (ddr-densho-1009)
This collection consists of interviews conducted by the New Mexico chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League.For more information about the chapter, please visit www.nmjacl.org.
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Preserving California's Japantowns Collection (ddr-densho-1010)
This collection consists of interviews conducted in partnership with Preserving California's Japantowns, a project of California Japanese American Community Leadership Council (CJACLC), dedicated to documenting historic resources from pre-World War II Japantowns.For more information about the project, please visit www.californiajapantowns.org.Funding for these interviews was provided by a grant from the California State Library through …
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Raechel Donahue and Garrett Lindemann Collection (ddr-densho-1011)
This collection contains interviews conducted for the 2011 Documentary Heart Mountain: An All American Town, produced by Raechel Donahue and Garrett Lindemann.
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Steven Okazaki Collection (ddr-densho-1012)
The Steven Okazaki Collection consists of interviews conducted by filmmaker Steven Okazaki for his 1984 Oscar-nominated documentary, Unfinished Business. The film profiles Gordon Hirabayashi, Fred Korematsu, and Minoru Yasui and their legal fight to have their World War II convictions overturned. The interviews are audio-only, and are typically not life histories, instead primarily focusing on issues …
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Topaz Museum Collection (ddr-densho-1013)
This collection consists of interviews conducted in partnership with the Topaz Museum, a volunteer, non-profit organization whose mission is to preserve the original site of the World War II Internment Camp near Delta, Utah, to interpret its impact on the internees, their families, and the citizens of Utah and to educate the public in order to …
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Twin Cities JACL Collection (ddr-densho-1014)
This collection contains interviews conducted in partnership with the Twin Cities chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL), an organization whose mission is to secure and maintain the human and civil rights of Americans of Japanese ancestry and others victimized by injustice.For more information about the Twin Cities chapter of the JACL, please visit …
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Watsonville - Santa Cruz JACL Collection (ddr-densho-1015)
This collection consists of interviews was conducted in partnership with the Watsonville - Santa Cruz chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League.For more information about the chapter, please visit www.watsonvillesantacruzjacl.org.
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Whitworth College-North by Northwest Collection (ddr-densho-1016)
This collection contains interviews conducted by Whitworth College and North by Northwest Entertainment. The interviews were used in the making of the 2004 documentary In Time of War: The Japanese American experience of WWII, produced by Andrea Dilley and David Tanner.
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Emi Kuboyama, Office of Redress Administration (ORA) Oral History Project (ddr-densho-1020)
In 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered the evacuation and incarceration of Japanese Americans with Executive Order 9066. Forty-six years later, Congress sought to belatedly address this injustice with the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, which established a process of redress for those harmed by 9066. Housed within the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division, the …
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Naoko Wake Collection of Oral Histories of US Survivors of the Atomic Bombs (ddr-densho-1021)
This collection consists of ten interviews that historian Naoko Wake conducted in 2011-15 for her book American Survivors: Trans-Pacific Memories of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Five of the interviews are with US survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, while the other five are with medical and legal professionals and community activists who …
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Katsugo Miho Collection (ddr-densho-1022)
This collection consists of seven interviews conducted by Michiko Kodama Nishimoto and Warren Nishimoto with The Center for Oral History in the Department of Ethnic Studies at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa.
Friends of Minidoka
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War Relocation Authority, Minidoka Collection (ddr-fom-1)
The War Relocation Authority, Minidoka Collection contains a set of previously undigitized negatives take between 1943 and 1945 at Minidoka. These negatives were held at the National Archives and were digitized by the Friends of Minidoka. Topics include: camp scenes, education, fire crews, farming, religion, sports, and vocations.
Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation
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Okumoto Collection (ddr-hmwf-1)
Photograph collection of Yoshio Okumoto documenting his time at the Heart Mountain Relocation Center.
Japanese American Museum of San Jose
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San Jose Landscape Gardeners Association Photographic Collection (ddr-jamsj-1)
The San Jose Landscape Gardeners Association Photograph Collection is comprised of photographs depicting daily professional and social activities of the association and its women's auxiliary group.
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Japanese American Museum of San Jose Collection (ddr-jamsj-2)
This collection consists of interviews conducted in partnership with the Japanese American Museum of San Jose (JAMsj). The museum's mission is to preserve and disseminate the culture and history of Japanese Americans, with a special focus on the Santa Clara Valley. Many of the interviews in this collection focus on the pre- and postwar Japantown neighborhood …
Japanese American National Museum
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Mollie Wilson Murphy Collection (ddr-janm-1)
Mollie Wilson Murphy was an African-American woman who lived in Boyle Heights during World War II. She had many Japanese-American friends who were forced into concentration camps during the war. This collection comprises of the correspondences between Mollie and her friends in camp. The Mollie Wilson Papers include correspondence, school photographs, and miscellaneous photos in Boyle …
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Fumio Nakamura Collection (ddr-janm-2)
One panoramic photograph of Corporal Edward Nakamura's military funeral. Taken in 1946 in Puʻunēnē, Maui, Hawai'I, when the remains of Corporal Edward Etsuzo Nakamura were finally returned to the family (KIA in November 1943). The photograph was taken in front of the family's home in a plantation village, McGerrow Camp, which no longer exists.
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Tsuyako Kitashima Collection (ddr-janm-4)
Various materials from Topaz, Redress, the National Coalition for Redress and Reparations (NCRR), and the Japanese American Citizens' League (JACL) by Tsuyako "Sox" Kitashima. Kitashima was born in Hayward, California in 1918. Her and her family were among the 120,000 Japanese Americans forcefully interned in war relocation camps during World War Two. They were first taken …
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Santa Anita Pacemaker Newspapers Collection (ddr-janm-5)
The Santa Anita Pacemaker was a newspaper published for approximately 19,000 Japanese Americans who were relocated to the Santa Anita racetrack turned assembly center for the temporary internment of Japanese Americans. The newspaper ran for six months in 1942 and was the longest running newspaper out of all the Japanese American assembly centers. It was published …
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The Rohwer Outpost Newspapers Collection (ddr-janm-6)
Newspaper of the Rohwer Incarceration camp located in McGehee, Arkansas which had a peak population of 8,475 in November of 1943. The Rohwer Outpost ran from October 24, 1942 to July 21, 1945 and was published twice a week on Wednesdays and Saturdays. It was then renamed the Rohwer Relocator released by the WRA to provide …
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Japanese American National Museum Collection (ddr-janm-13)
This collection consists of interviews conducted in by the Japanese American National Museum of Los Angeles, California in partnership with Densho.
For more information about the museum, please visit www.janm.org.
Manzanar National Historic Site
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Manzanar National Historic Site Collection (ddr-manz-1)
The Manzanar National Historic Site Collection contains interviews conducted by the Manzanar Oral History Project. These interviews document the experiences of Japanese Americans who were incarcerated at Manzanar and other facilities during World War II, and are preserved at the Manzanar National Historic Site Archives.
The Manzanar National Historic Site, administered by the National Park Service, …
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Kango Takamura Collection (ddr-manz-2)
The Kango Takamura Collection contains 76 paintings and sketches Takamura created during his time at Santa Fe Internment Camp and Manzanar concentration camp. The artwork depicts daily life in the camps, including scenes of education, living conditions, agriculture, and more. The physical collection is maintained at UCLA Library Special Collections.
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Evan Johnson Collection (ddr-manz-3)
The Evan Johnson Collection consists of photographs taken by Evan Johnson when he came to Manzanar in December, 1969 with a group from UC Davis Asian American Studies Department. In these images, he captured a moment in history: the birth of a grassroots movement that led to the creation of the Manzanar Committee, which in turn …
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Shinjo Nagatomi Collection (ddr-manz-4)
The Shinjo Nagatomi Collection consists of 3 photograph albums and various documents compiled by Reverend Shinjo Nagatomi about his time at Manzanar War Relocation Center. Rev. Nagatomi was the lead Buddhist minister at Manzanar. Topics cover life in camp, family, weddings and celebrations, and Buddhisim.
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Mas Okabe Collection (ddr-manz-5)
The Mas Okabe Collection contains photographs and documents related to the Okabe Family, including their repatriation to Japan and military service in the United States after World War II.
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Grace Maruki Wertz Collection (ddr-manz-6)
The Grace Maruki Wertz Collection is comprised of photographs from Grace Maruki and her family's experiences during World War II at the Manzanar concentration camp, California. Materials include snapshots of family members in camp as well as a number of portrait photographs of Grace's classmates with handwritten notes and signatures on them.
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Martha Shoaf Collection (ddr-manz-7)
The Martha Shoaf Collection is comprised of photographs from Martha Shoaf, a fourth grade teacher at the Manzanar concentration camp, California, during World War II. Materials include photographs of Shoaf's students and fellow teachers at Manzanar.
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Mary Jean Kramer Spallino Collection (ddr-manz-8)
The Mary Jean Kramer Spallino Collection is comprised of photographs and documents from Mary Jean Kramer, a teacher at the Manzanar concentration camp, California, during World War II. Materials include photographs of camp, personnel forms, Manzanar High School newsletters and yearbooks, and ephemera such as school event invitations and programs.
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Rose Honda Collection (ddr-manz-9)
The Rose Honda Collection is comprised of photographs and documents from the Manzanar concentration camp, California, during World War II. Materials include a photograph of a funeral in camp, Christian church publications, ephemera such as school performance programs, and documents regarding requests to leave camp.
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Rosie Maruki Kakuuchi Collection (ddr-manz-10)
The Rosie Maruki Kakuuchi Collection is comprised of photographs from Rosie Maruki and her family's experiences primarily during World War II at the Manzanar concentration camp, California. Materials include snapshots of family members and friends in camp as well as some postwar photos of the family in Los Angeles and immigration documents from Rosie's Issei parents.
Dennis M. Ogawa Nippu Jiji Photograph Collection
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Nippu Jiji Photograph Archive, "Gaijin" Collection (ddr-njpa-1)
This collection consists of photographs and newspaper clippings under the original "Gaijin" section of the Nippu Jiji photograph library. The materials in the "Gaijin" Collection document international figures and events, primarily in the 1930s and 1940s.
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Nippu Jiji Photograph Archive, "Gaijin Hawai'i" Collection (ddr-njpa-2)
This collection consists of photographs and newspaper clippings under the original "Gaijin Hawai'i" section of the Nippu Jiji photograph library. The materials in the "Gaijin Hawai'i" Collection document international figures and their interactions with Hawai'i, primarily during the 1940s and 1950s.
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Nippu Jiji Photograph Archive, "Japanese" Collection (ddr-njpa-4)
This collection consists of photographs and newspaper clippings under the original "Japanese" section of the Nippu Jiji photograph library. The materials in the "Japanese" Collection document Japanese figures and events, primarily in the 1930s and 1940s.
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Nippu Jiji Photograph Archive, "Japanese American" Collection (ddr-njpa-5)
This collection consists of photographs and newspaper clippings under the original "Japanese American" section of the Nippu Jiji photograph library. The materials in the "Japanese American" Collection document Japanese American community news, primarily in the 1930s through the 1950s.
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Nippu Jiji Photograph Archive, "Manchurians" Collection (ddr-njpa-6)
This collection consists of photographs and newspaper clippings under the original "Manchurians" section of the Nippu Jiji photograph library. The materials in the "Manchurians" Collection document events in Manchuria during the 1930s and 1940s.
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Nippu Jiji Photograph Archive, "Scenery (Japan)" Collection (ddr-njpa-8)
This collection consists of photographs and newspaper clippings under the original "Scenery (Japan)" section of the Nippu Jiji photograph library. The materials in the "Scenery (Japan)" Collection document shrines, castles, gardens, and other scenery in Japan.
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Nippu Jiji Photograph Archive, "War Related" Collection (ddr-njpa-13)
This collection consists of photographs and newspaper clippings filed under the original "War-Related/Military" section of the Nippu Jiji photograph library. The materials in the "War Related" Collection (primarily from the mid-1930s to early 1940s) document Axis and Allied military campaigns; events on the European and Japanese home front; and colonial occupations across Africa, Asia and the …
Japanese American Museum of Oregon
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Frank C. Hirahara Collection (ddr-one-1)
Photographs taken by Frank C. Hirahara during the post-war resettlement years in Portland, Oregon. This collection includes over 1500 photographic prints, negatives, and 35mm color slides along with personal artifacts and other historical records. These newly discovered images focus on missing facets of Portland’s Japanese American community from 1948 - 1954, as well as Hirahara’s award …
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Shiuko Sakai Collection (ddr-one-2)
The collection consists of photographic prints, negatives and watercolor paintings taken or made while the creator was incarcerated at the Minidoka concentration camp during World War II and after when she worked as an administrative assistant for Army Intelligence in Occupied Japan. The bulk of the collection is focused on the photographic prints the creator took …
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Kenjiro and Miyuki “Kay” Kida Family Collection (ddr-one-3)
This collection consists of personal correspondence, legal documents, photographic prints, news clippings, and other materials related to a Japanese American family from White Salmon, Washington. These historical records trace a journey that included hurdles of federal and state laws, war and incarceration, exile and resettlement. Significantly, the collection includes firsthand accounts of the Portland Assembly Center …
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Dr. Keizaburo Koyama Family Collection (ddr-one-5)
The collection consists of English and Japanese correspondence written primarily to Dr. Keizaburo "Kei" Koyama while he was detained at Department of Justice detention facilities (Fort Missoula, MT, Fort Sill, OK, Camp Livingston, LA, and Santa Fe Detention Center, NM). The letters were sent by his friends and family in Portland, friends detained at other Department …
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Japanese American Museum of Oregon Visual History Collection (ddr-one-7)
This collection consists of interviews conducted and processed in partnership with Japanese American Museum of Oregon, whose mission is to preserve and honor the history and culture of Japanese Americans in the Pacific Northwest, to educate the public about the Japanese American experience during World War II, and to advocate for the protection of civil rights …
The Pacific Citizen
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The Nikkei Shimin 1929 Collection (ddr-pc-1)
This collection contains the inaugural edition of the Nikkei Shimin, later to become the Pacific Citizen.
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Pacific Citizen 1932 Collection (ddr-pc-4)
This collection contains one edition of the 1932 volume of the Pacific Citizen.
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Pacific Citizen 1933 Collection (ddr-pc-5)
This collection contains one edition of the 1933 volume of the Pacific Citizen.
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Pacific Citizen 1935 Collection (ddr-pc-7)
This collection contains 3 editions of the 1935 volume of the Pacific Citizen.
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Pacific Citizen 1937 Collection (ddr-pc-9)
This collection contains 4 editions of the 1937 volume of the Pacific Citizen.
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Pacific Citizen 1938 Collection (ddr-pc-10)
This collection contains 7 editions of the 1938 volume of the Pacific Citizen.
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Pacific Citizen 1939 Collection (ddr-pc-11)
This collection contains 4 editions from the 1939 volume of the Pacific Citizen.
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Pacific Citizen 1940 Collection (ddr-pc-12)
This collection contains 2 editions from the 1940 volume of the Pacific Citizen.
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Pacific Citizen 1941 Collection (ddr-pc-13)
This collection contains 9 editions from the 1941 volume of the Pacific Citizen.
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Pacific Citizen 1942 Collection (ddr-pc-14)
This collection contains 30 editions from the 1942 volume of the Pacific Citizen.
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Pacific Citizen 1943 Collection (ddr-pc-15)
This collection contains 50 editions from the 1943 volume of the Pacific Citizen.
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Pacific Citizen 1944 Collection (ddr-pc-16)
This collection contains 51 editions from the 1944 volume of the Pacific Citizen.
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Pacific Citizen 1945 Collection (ddr-pc-17)
This collection contains 52 editions from the 1945 volume of the Pacific Citizen.
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Pacific Citizen 1946 Collection (ddr-pc-18)
This collection contains 52 editions from the 1947 volume of the Pacific Citizen.
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Pacific Citizen 1947 Collection (ddr-pc-19)
This collection contains 52 editions from the 1947 volume of Pacific Citizen.
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Pacific Citizen 1948 Collection (ddr-pc-20)
This collection contains 51 editions from the 1948 volume of the Pacific Citizen.
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Pacific Citizen 1949 Collection (ddr-pc-21)
This collection contains 52 editions from the 1949 volume of the Pacific Citizen.
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Pacific Citizen 1950 Collection (ddr-pc-22)
This collection contains 52 editions from the 1950 volume of the Pacific Citizen.
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Pacific Citizen 1951 Collection (ddr-pc-23)
This collection contains 52 editions from the 1952 volume of the Pacific Citizen.
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Pacific Citizen 1952 Collection (ddr-pc-24)
This collection contains 52 editions from the 1952 volume of the Pacific Citizen.
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Pacific Citizen 1953 Collection (ddr-pc-25)
This collection contains 52 editions from the 1953 volume of the Pacific Citizen.
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Pacific Citizen 1954 Collection (ddr-pc-26)
This collection contains 53 editions from the 1954 volume of the Pacific Citizen.
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Pacific Citizen 1955 Collection (ddr-pc-27)
This collection contains 52 editions from the 1955 volume of the Pacific Citizen.
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Pacific Citizen 1956 Collection (ddr-pc-28)
The Pacific Citizen 1956 Collection contains all the editions of the Pacific Citizen published in 1956.
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Pacific Citizen 1957 Collection (ddr-pc-29)
The Pacific Citizen 1957 Collection contains all the editions of the Pacific Citizen published in 1957.
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Pacific Citizen 1958 Collection (ddr-pc-30)
The weekly editions of Pacific Citizen from 1958 starting in January 3, 1958 through December 1958.
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Pacific Citizen 1959 Collection (ddr-pc-31)
All of the editions of the Pacific Citizen from 1959.
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Pacific Citizen 1960 Collection (ddr-pc-32)
The weekly editions of Pacific Citizen from 1960 starting in January 1, 1960 through December 1960.
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Pacific Citizen 1961 Collection (ddr-pc-33)
The Pacific Citizen 1961 Collection contains all the editions of the Pacific Citizen published in 1961.
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Pacific Citizen 1962 Collection (ddr-pc-34)
The Pacific Citizen 1962 Collection contains all the editions of the Pacific Citizen published in 1962.
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Pacific Citizen 1963 Collection (ddr-pc-35)
The Pacific Citizen 1963 Collection contains all the editions of the Pacific Citizen published in 1963.
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Pacific Citizen 1964 Collection (ddr-pc-36)
The Pacific Citizen 1964 Collection contains all the editions of the Pacific Citizen published in 1964.
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Pacific Citizen 1965 Collection (ddr-pc-37)
The Pacific Citizen 1965 Collection contains all the editions of the Pacific Citizen published in 1965.
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Pacific Citizen 1966 Collection (ddr-pc-38)
All the issues for volumes 62 and 63 of the Pacific Citizen covering January 1966 through December 1966.
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Pacific Citizen 1967 Collection (ddr-pc-39)
The weekly editions of Pacific Citizen from 1967 starting in January 6, 1967 through December 1967.
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Pacific Citizen 1968 Collection (ddr-pc-40)
The weekly editions of Pacific Citizen from 1968 starting in January 5, 1968 through December 1968.
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Pacific Citizen 1970 Collection (ddr-pc-42)
The Pacific Citizen 1970 Collection contains all the editions of the Pacific Citizen published in 1970.
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Pacific Citizen 1971 Collection (ddr-pc-43)
The Pacific Citizen 1971 Collection contains all the editions of the Pacific Citizen published in 1971.
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Pacific Citizen 1972 Collection (ddr-pc-44)
The Pacific Citizen 1972 Collection contains all the editions of the Pacific Citizen published in 1972.
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Pacific Citizen 1973 Collection (ddr-pc-45)
The Pacific Citizen 1973 Collection contains all the editions of the Pacific Citizen published in 1973.
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Pacific Citizen 1974 Collection (ddr-pc-46)
The Pacific Citizen 1974 Collection contains all the editions of the Pacific Citizen published in 1974.
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Pacific Citizen 1975 Collection (ddr-pc-47)
The Pacific Citizen 1975 Collection contains all the editions of the Pacific Citizen published in 1975.
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Pacific Citizen 1976 Collection (ddr-pc-48)
The Pacific Citizen 1976 Collection contains all the editions of the Pacific Citizen published in 1976.
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Pacific Citizen 1977 Collection (ddr-pc-49)
The Pacific Citizen 1977 Collection contains all the editions of the Pacific Citizen published in 1977.
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Pacific Citizen 1978 Collection (ddr-pc-50)
The Pacific Citizen 1978 Collection contains all the editions of the Pacific Citizen published in 1978.
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Pacific Citizen 1979 Collection (ddr-pc-51)
The Pacific Citizen 1979 Collection contains all the editions of the Pacific Citizen published in 1979.
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Pacific Citizen 1980 Collection (ddr-pc-52)
The Pacific Citizen 1980 Collection contains all the editions of the Pacific Citizen published in 1980.
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Pacific Citizen 1981 Collection (ddr-pc-53)
All of the editions from the Pacific Citizen from 1981.
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Pacific Citizen 1982 Collection (ddr-pc-54)
The Pacific Citizen 1982 Collection contains all the editions of the Pacific Citizen published in 1982.
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Pacific Citizen 1983 Collection (ddr-pc-55)
Collection contains all of the editions of the Pacific Citizen from 1983.
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Pacific Citizen 1984 Collection (ddr-pc-56)
The Pacific Citizen 1984 Collection contains all the editions of the Pacific Citizen published in 1984. Pacific Citizen, Vol. 98, No. 5 is missing because it was not present in the bound volume scanned by Densho.
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Pacific Citizen 1985 Collection (ddr-pc-57)
The Pacific Citizen 1985 Collection contains all the editions of the Pacific Citizen published in 1985.
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Pacific Citizen 1986 Collection (ddr-pc-58)
The Pacific Citizen 1986 Collection contains all the editions of the Pacific Citizen published in 1986.
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Pacific Citizen 1987 Collection (ddr-pc-59)
The Pacific Citizen 1987 Collection contains all the editions of the Pacific Citizen published in 1987.
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Pacific Citizen 1988 Collection (ddr-pc-60)
The Pacific Citizen 1988 Collection contains all the editions of the Pacific Citizen published in 1988.
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Pacific Citizen 1989 Collection (ddr-pc-61)
The Pacific Citizen 1989 Collection contains all the editions of the Pacific Citizen published in 1989.
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Pacific Citizen 1990 Collection (ddr-pc-62)
All of the issues of the Pacific Citizen from the year 1990.
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Pacific Citizen 1991 Collection (ddr-pc-63)
The Pacific Citizen 1991 Collection contains all the editions of the Pacific Citizen published in 1991.
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Pacific Citizen 1992 Collection (ddr-pc-64)
The Pacific Citizen 1992 Collection contains all the editions of the Pacific Citizen published in 1992.
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Pacific Citizen 1993 Collection (ddr-pc-65)
The Pacific Citizen 1993 Collection contains all the editions of the Pacific Citizen published in 1993.
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Pacific Citizen 1995 Collection (ddr-pc-67)
The Pacific Citizen 1995 Collection contains all the editions of the Pacific Citizen published in 1995.
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Pacific Citizen 1996 Collection (ddr-pc-68)
The Pacific Citizen 1996 Collection contains all the editions of the Pacific Citizen published in 1996.
Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Temple Archives
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Community Collection (ddr-sbbt-1)
The Community Collection consists of materials related to the Seattle area and the Japanese American community on the West Coast.
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World War II Collection (ddr-sbbt-2)
The World War II Collection consists of lists of goods stored by the Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Temple for members during mass removal, correspondences from Yoshito Fujii and his family, community organization documents from the Minidoka concentration camp, a travel permit application for Reverend Tatsuya Ichikawa, and a photograph from a camp funeral conducted by Reverend Terao.
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Conventions Collection (ddr-sbbt-3)
The Conventions Collection consists of materials related to regional Buddhist conventions and events, hosted by or attended by Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Temple members.
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Temple History and Records Collection (ddr-sbbt-4)
The Temple History and Records Collection consists of photographs and documents related to the founding of the Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Temple, various Temple buildings, and administrative records.
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Temple Organizations and Events Collection (ddr-sbbt-6)
The Temple Organizations and Events Collection consists of photographs and documents related to a variety of organizations and events hosted by the Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Temple. Primarily composed of photographs, materials in this collection highlight events hosted by the Temple's Fujinkai, Gojikai, Dharma School, Lotus Kidettes Drill Team, Lotus Lumbini Girls, Boy Scouts, Camp Fire Girls, …
Seattle Chapter JACL
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Seattle JACL Newsletter Collection (ddr-sjacl-1)
Bulletins from the Seattle Chapter of the Japanese American Citizen League covering the years of 1950-1991.
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Seattle JACL Oral History Collection (ddr-sjacl-2)
In September 2021, the Seattle Chapter of Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) celebrated its 100th Anniversary. This collection of interviews is a part of Seattle JACL's project to document and pass on its history and legacy. Underwritten by grants from the National JACL Legacy Fund and the Robert Chinn Foundation, teams of Seattle JACL members and …