Joseph Ishikawa Collection ddr-densho-468

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Draft:
doc Draft: "Race 4 in Japan" (ddr-densho-468-153)
Essay on race, Japanese ethnicity, and visit to pre-war Japan
Draft essay:
doc Draft essay: "It is obvious that mr. w. h. anderson is neither" (ddr-densho-468-154)
Reflection on racism, anti-Japanese sentiment, Japan's military government, and Japanese-American identity.
Biographical poem (ddr-densho-468-155)
doc Biographical poem (ddr-densho-468-155)
Typed draft of poem based on Ishikawa's childhood and experiences in World War II
Draft:
doc Draft: "more re: NBC special" (ddr-densho-468-156)
Essay with thoughts on NBC special, civil disobedience of Jane Fonda and Ramsay Clark, and racial element of activism/bigotry with handwritten notes on reverse.
Draft (ddr-densho-468-157)
doc Draft (ddr-densho-468-157)
Water damaged fragment of personal essay or memoir.
Nonfiction manuscript:
doc Nonfiction manuscript: "Road to Freedom" with submission letter and rejection letter (ddr-densho-468-158)
Manuscript of nonfiction narrative describing experience as Japanese-American seeking student leave from World War II incarceration. The manuscript incorporates letters to various college admission staff. Page one is a submission letter to the Yale Review. Page two is a rejection slip.
Draft:
doc Draft: "He was bewildered" (ddr-densho-468-162)
Handwritten poetry draft reflecting on anti-Japanese slur
Do They Ever Ask Hunchbacks? (ddr-densho-468-164)
doc Do They Ever Ask Hunchbacks? (ddr-densho-468-164)
Typed draft of essay on brotherhood week with handwritten notes
Partial draft (ddr-densho-468-165)
doc Partial draft (ddr-densho-468-165)
Water damaged fragment of personal essay on brotherhood
The dogma of organization (ddr-densho-468-167)
doc The dogma of organization (ddr-densho-468-167)
Typed draft of essay or diary. The draft explores how the socialist party shares the weaknesses of organized religion
Three notes (ddr-densho-468-170)
doc Three notes (ddr-densho-468-170)
Sequence of three handwritten notecards with reflections on World War II based on experience visiting Japan in 1939-1940.
Notes:
doc Notes: "Background" (ddr-densho-468-171)
Sequence of three handwritten notecards with background information on Japanese-Americans at outbreak of World War II.
Notes for letter to Tommy (ddr-densho-468-172)
doc Notes for letter to Tommy (ddr-densho-468-172)
Notes for a letter to Tommy protesting his decision to join the army. Includes discussion of Nisei identity, conscientious objection on religious grounds, and segregation
Draft letter to Mrs. Young (ddr-densho-468-173)
doc Draft letter to Mrs. Young (ddr-densho-468-173)
"If there is a problem, please remember that it wouldn't have existed if we hadn't been forced into glorified concentration camps."
Notes on war (ddr-densho-468-174)
doc Notes on war (ddr-densho-468-174)
Two handwritten notecards with thoughts on the war as a part of life, not an interruption of it

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