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img Close-out sale at nursery (ddr-densho-151-305)

Original caption: Berkeley, California. Residents of Japanese ancestry are closing out their businesses in preparation for the coming evacuation. They will be moved into War Relocation Authority centers to spend the duration.

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vh Ann Fujikawa Interview (ddr-densho-1011-9)

Nisei female. Born in Berkeley, California. During World War II, removed to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. After the war, returned to Berkeley.

(This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed …

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vh Dave Tatsuno Interview Segment 6 (ddr-jamsj-2-6-6)

Attending University of California Berkeley before World War II

This interview was conducted by the Japanese American Museum of San Jose, and is part of a project entitled "Lasting Stories: The Resettlement of San Jose Japantown," a collaborative project between the Japanese American Museum of San Jose and Densho.

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doc Sacramento JACL presents salute to Bob Matsui (ddr-csujad-55-2718)

Bob Matsui was a graduate at University of California, Berkeley, in 1963. At UC Berkeley, he was both vice-president and president of the Nisei Student Club. In Sacramento, he was actively involved with the JACL and held positions of secretary, delegate to the national convention and chapter president. See this object in the California State Universities …

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img Wedding portrait of Kenji Tomita and Mary Nakata (ddr-ajah-6-47)

Caption below photo: Kenji Tomita marries Mary Nakata, June 1957 at North Berkeley Methodist Church in California. Both were born in Alameda, CA., Kenji had know Mary from the time she was a very young child.

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vh Ann Fujikawa Interview Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1011-9-1)

Growing up in Berkeley, California

This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.

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vh Minoru Endo Interview (ddr-phljacl-1-9)

Nisei male. Born February 14, 1917, in San Francisco, California. Grew up in San Francisco and attended the University of California at Berkeley. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. Served in the Military Intelligence Service. After the war, resettled in New York.

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vh PJ Hirabayashi Interview (ddr-densho-1000-314)

Sansei female. Born May 18, 1950, in San Rafael, California. Grew up in San Rafael, eventually attending California State University, Hayward, and University of California, Berkeley. Earned a master's degree from San Jose State University. Involved in civil rights and Asian American issues while in school. Along with husband, Roy Hirabayashi, founded San Jose Taiko.

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vh Rev. Michael Yoshii Interview (ddr-ajah-1-10)

Sansei male. Born August 10, 1952, in Berkeley, California. Graduated from UC Berkeley with a degree in social welfare. Attended the Pacific School of Religion and graduated with an MDiv. Appointed full-time pastor to the Buena Vista United Methodist Church in Alameda, California, in 1988. Served as pastor for more than thirty years, leading the church's …

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vh Isao East Oshima Interview (ddr-densho-1014-7)

Nisei male. Born April 20, 1921, in Berkeley, California. Family moved frequently as a child, and was living in Oakland, California, when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941. During World War II, removed to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. Left camp for Cleveland, Ohio, eventually settling permanently in the Twin …

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vh Ben Chikaraishi Interview (ddr-chi-1-11)

Nisei male. Born September 10, 1921, in Colusa, California. As a child, family moved to Stockton, California, where parents owned a hotel. Was attending the University of California at Berkeley when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, and the family was sent to the Rohwer concentration camp, Arkansas. Left camp to live in Chicago, Illinois, where he became …

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vh Takashi Moriuchi Interview (ddr-phljacl-1-18)

Nisei male. Born August 31, 1919, in Livingston, California. Grew up in Livingston and graduated from the University of California at Berkeley. During World War II, removed to the Merced Assembly Center, California, and the Amache concentration camp, Colorado. Left camp to farm in Fort Collins, Colorado. Eventually started a family and moved to New Jersey.

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Letter from University of California Berkeley Vice President Monroe E. Deutsch to President Roosevelt and response from Edward J. Ennis (ddr-densho-1007-1036)

doc Letter from University of California Berkeley Vice President Monroe E. Deutsch to President Roosevelt and response from Edward J. Ennis (ddr-densho-1007-1036)

Xeroxed copy. Advocates against the internment of Italian, German and Japanese Americans. Response is from Edward J. Ennis, director of the Alien Enemy Control Unit.

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vh Bob Utsumi Interview (ddr-densho-1013-8)

Nisei male. Born November 12, 1928, in Oakland, California. Grew up in Oakland before being removed to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah, during World War II. Returned to Oakland with family and attended the University of California at Berkeley before enlisting in the U.S. Air Force. Established career in the …

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img Ernest Lawrence (ddr-njpa-1-844)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Nobel Prize in Physics Goes to American. (Berkeley, California) Domei. The Nobel Prize in Physics , the highest honor for scientists in the world, was awarded to University of California professor Ernest Lawrence (38) for his accomplishments in research on splitting the atom. Photograph: a happy Dr. Lawrence. [Stamped] November 30, 1939."

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doc Letter to Yuri Domoto from Yoshito Shibata (ddr-densho-356-246)

Letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from Yoshito Shibata in which he informs Yuri about the beautiful views from Angel Island and his plan to visit the Bay Area again to see his family's nursery and possibly visit their Alma Mater (University of California, Berkeley).

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vh Mark M. Nakagawa Interview II (ddr-densho-1000-301)

Sansei male. Born February 16, 1955, in Los Angeles, California. Graduated from UCLA and the Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley. Served as pastor in Sacramento and West Los Angeles before being appointed Senior Minister at the Centenary United Methodist Church in Los Angeles in 2000.

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vh Mark M. Nakagawa Interview I (ddr-densho-1000-288)

Sansei male. Born February 16, 1955, in Los Angeles, California. Graduated from UCLA and the Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley. Served as pastor in Sacramento and West Los Angeles before being appointed Senior Minister at the Centenary United Methodist Church in Los Angeles in 2000.

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vh Paul Takagi Interview (ddr-densho-1000-327)

Nisei male. Born May 3, 1923, in Auburn, California. Grew up in the Sacramento Valley, where parents ran a farm. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. Worked as a hospital orderly in camp. Forced to sit with a young man who had been shot during the "Manzanar Riot," and quit job …

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Collection 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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