Joseph Ishikawa Collection ddr-densho-468
552 items
552 items




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Short story draft [incomplete]: "A bunch of us were down at the Chili Bowl" (ddr-densho-468-63)
Typed draft, less than a page. Two versions.
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Short story draft [incomplete]: "Coward's Pay" (ddr-densho-468-64)
Typed draft, two versions. First version is less than one sentence. Second version is one incomplete paragraph. Handwritten story sketch on second page.

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Story outline and short story: John Citizen Junior (ddr-densho-468-66)
Typed outline and draft of story set in World War II

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Short story: "For two blocks on either side of Central Avenue" (ddr-densho-468-67)
Typed draft. "Sunny Jim" story.

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Short story: "The outcast" / "The alien within" (ddr-densho-468-68)
Four typed drafts. First draft describes a Japanese American girl in the mid-20th century. Second, third, and fourth drafts describe incarceration. The story's name changes from "The outcast" to "The alien within" between drafts 2 and 3. Final draft has perspective shift from third-person narrator to first-person.

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Preface to the Duolog with short story (ddr-densho-468-69)
Typed draft. Missing page between preface and page 2 (story begins abruptly on p. 2). Paper #3 for English 211, Section II

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Short story: "Homecoming" (ddr-densho-468-72)
Typed draft with notes. Assignment for English 212. Story is missing pages 2-3.

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Short Story: "Satire: Part two" (ddr-densho-468-73)
Typed draft. Assignment for English 212 course. Undated.

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Short story: "Uprooted" (ddr-densho-468-74)
Assignment for English 211 course. Story consists of dialogue between a mother and her daughter, a second-grade student. The mother and daughter are Japanese-Americans incarcerated during World War II. The mother is trying to explain the situation while answering the daughter's questions.

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Short story: "Heavy fog rolled in from the Pacific" (ddr-densho-468-75)
Assignment for English 211, Section II. Part 1 ("Hope") is set in 1941 and follows a Japanese American who moved to Yokohama in 1939 and returned to the US disillusioned two years later. The main character, Johnny Obata, then faces anti-Japanese racism and unemployment. Part two ("Faith") follows Johnny's experiences following Pearl Harbor. In Part 3 …