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doc Japanese family in America (ddr-csujad-55-50)

Article reprinted from the "Annals of The American Academy of Political and Social Science" on the status of Japanese in the United States. Article includes sections on the Unique Position of the Japanese, Minority Groups in the United States, Background of the Japanese in California, After the War Began, Evacuation, Factors Strengthening Family Solidarity, Summary, and …

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doc Opinion (War Relocation Authority), no. 80 (August 5, 1944) (ddr-csujad-55-1672)

Report from Philip M. Glick, Solicitor, War Relocation Authority on the effect of alien land laws on the acquisition of property by individuals of Japanese ancestry. Covers the character of alien land law prohibitions, California alien land laws, the act of 1913, the act of 1920 as amended by acts of 1923 and 1927, amendment of …

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vh Nellie Mitani Interview (ddr-manz-1-88)

Nisei female. Born January 31, 1919, in Mesa, Arizona. Grew up in Arizona, where family ran a produce farm. Attended college, and after marrying husband, a Buddhist minister, moved to Bakersfield, California. During World War II, removed to the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. While in Poston, husband was picked up by the FBI and transferred to …

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vh George Murakami Interview (ddr-densho-1014-16)

Nisei male. Born 1934 in Guadalupe, California. During World War II, removed to the Tulare Assembly Center, California, and the Gila River concentration camp, Arizona. After leaving camp, returned to the Sacramento area. Served in the U.S. Air Force, and eventually resettled in Minnesota.

(This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the …

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vh Hiroshi Uyehara Interview (ddr-phljacl-1-13)

Nisei male. Born January 1, 1916, in Oakland, California. Grew up in the Los Angeles area where father started a fish cake factory. Attended UCLA and UC Berkeley and then worked as an electrical draftsman for the Department of Water and Power for the City of Los Angeles. After Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, …

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vh Alice E. Sumida Interview (ddr-one-7-44)

Nisei female. Born July 18, 1914, in Osco Flaco, California. Grew up in Pismo Beach, California. During World War II, moved to a farm labor camp near Nyssa, Oregon. Lived and farm for a time in Idaho before eventually settling in Portland, Oregon.

(This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department …

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vh Constance Yamashiro Interview (ddr-chi-1-18)

Sansei female. Born May 6, 1938, in Los Angeles, California. During World War II, sent to the Manzanar concentration camp, California, with her parents and grandparents. After leaving camp, the family resettled in Chicago, Illinois, where her mother did factory work. (This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the U.S. Department of …

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vh Diana Morita Cole Interview (ddr-densho-1000-483)

Nisei female. Born May 26, 1944, in the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Prior to World War II, parents lived in Hood River, Oregon. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, they were removed to the Pinedale Assembly Center, California, and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California, before transferring to Minidoka. After leaving camp, the family resettled in …

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vh Chizuko Norton Interview (ddr-densho-1000-73)

Nisei female. Born July 3, 1924, in Seattle, Washington. Spent prewar childhood in Japan; Bellevue, Washington; and Kirkland, Washington. Incarcerated at Pinedale Assembly Center, California, and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Returned to Seattle after the war, obtained master's degree from the University of Washington in the field of social work. Founded Seattle's first alternative school …

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vh Tokio Hirotaka - Toshio Ito - Joe Matsuzawa Interview (ddr-densho-1000-23)

Mr. Hirotaka was born in 1910, Mr. Matsuzawa was born in 1913, and Mr. Ito in 1922. All three are Nisei males, born and raised in Bellevue, Washington. They and their families were incarcerated at the Pinedale Assembly Center, California, and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Prior to the war, their families were part of a …

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vh Alan Kumamoto Interview (ddr-densho-1000-464)

Sansei male. Born January 21, 1940, in Los Angeles, California. While very young, removed with family to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. Father joined the Military Intelligence Service out of camp, and Alan and his mother resettled in Chicago, Illinois. After father rejoined the family, they returned to …

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doc Heart Mountain Sentinel Vol. IV No. 11 (March 10, 1945) (ddr-densho-97-223)

Selected article titles: "Nisei Names Back on Hood River Honor Roll. Post Agrees with Demand Following Sharp Protests from Legion Commander" (p. 1), " Editorial: Fantasy and Discrimination" (p. 4), "California Alien Land Law: Its Constitutionality is Questioned" (p. 5).

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doc Department of Justice Alien Enemy Control Unit Routing Slip (ddr-one-5-221)

Photocopy of a declassified routing slip for Keizaburo Koyama. In the remarks section of the slip, a rehearing was recommend on July 30, 1943 and that files for Koyama's case were requested and then transferred to Los Angeles, California.

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 60, No. 12 (March 19, 1965) (ddr-pc-37-12)

Selected article titles: "Washington State Legislators Order Land Law Repeal for '66" (p.1), "Non-Japanese Who Contributed to Nisei Community Due Awards" (p.1), "California Seeks 5,100 Mexican Farm Workers" (p.1, 3), "Shame of Selma" (p.2).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 106, No. 5 (February 6, 1988) (ddr-pc-60-5)

Selected article titles: "Nikkei Group Honors Frank for Redress Efforts" (p. 1), "Bills Backed by Matsunaga Approved" (p. 2), "Jerome Camp Holding Reunion in California" (p. 3), and "John Aiso: 1909-1987: Army Intelligence Relied on Nisei" (p. 10).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 106, No. 3 (January 22, 1988) (ddr-pc-60-3)

Selected article titles: "Hirabayashi Case May Go to High Court" (p. 1), "Northern California Leaders Support Nakanishi" (pp. 1-2), "Congressman Vouches for JACL's Collaboration with Army in 1942" (pp. 2-3), and "Matchmaking Japanese-Style" (pp. 3, 5).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 81, No. 13 (September 26, 1975) (ddr-pc-47-38)

Selected article titles: "Ex-WRA Worker Helping Resettle Vietnam Refugees" (p. 1), "JACL California Tri-District: Stronger National Voiced" (pp. 1-2), "Wendy M. Yoshimura: Sansei Arrested with Patty Hearst" (p. 1), and "Minority One: Hawaii Revisited" (p. 2).

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doc Postcard from Anna Brooks, 1942 June 8 (ddr-csujad-20-23)

Postcard from Anna Brooks regarding Leila Hofstetter. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: WLM_01-46_12

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doc Block managers and secretaries (ddr-csujad-45-72)

List of block managers and their secretaries. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: HMRC_01-02_005

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doc Turlock Farm Corporation notes (ddr-csujad-46-41)

Turlock Farm Corporation miscellaneous record, including member names. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: csus_nac_0041

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img Photographs of Thelma McBride posing in a kimono (ddr-csujad-47-324)

Photographs of Thelma McBride posing in a kimono. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0480

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doc Granada Pioneer, Edition 2, Issue 21, January 15, 1944 (ddr-csujad-17-9)

Newspaper published at the Granada incarceration camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: JARC_02-07_04

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doc Granada Pioneer, Edition 2, Issue 20, January 8, 1944 (ddr-csujad-17-8)

Newspaper published at the Granada incarceration camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: JARC_02-07_03

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doc Granada Pioneer, Vol. I, No.5, November 11, 1942 (ddr-csujad-17-6)

Newspaper published at the Granada incarceration camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: JARC_02-01_06

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doc Granada Pioneer, Vol. I, No.61, May 1, 1943 (ddr-csujad-17-7)

Newspaper published at the Granada incarceration camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: JARC_02-04_01

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