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Oral history with Shonin Yamashita (ddr-csujad-29-385)
An oral interview with Shonin Yamashita, an Issei and incarceree at the Poston War Relocation Center. The interview was conducted for the Japanese American Oral History Project by California State University, Fullerton. Transcript is found in item: csufccop_jaoh_0950. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 1519_T01
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Letter from Stephen L. Weber to Bilin Tsai (ddr-densho-446-365)
Follow-up letter on Nisei Honorary Degree
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Letter from Joseph Ishikawa to Joseph Conard (ddr-densho-468-102)
Letter concerning Ishikawa's admission to the University of Nebraska
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Umeyo Sakagami and Shigeko Kawashima at Long Beach (ddr-densho-328-437)
Caption in album: "My Summer Vacation (1949) Los Angeles, California / Long Beach, California."
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California and her less favored minorities: a study in the background of the evacuation of persons of Japanese ancestry from the Pacific Coast (ddr-csujad-55-1648)
Historical narrative by Ruth E. McKee, WRA Historian discussing California statehood, early immigration to California, race and racism, Chinese immigration to California, Japanese immigration to California, attitudes towards Japanese, laws and legislation, and a chronology of events related to California immigration. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1650
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Phyllis Fechner Interview (ddr-manz-1-81)
White female. Born July 8, 1930, in Fullerton, California. Grew up in Bishop, California. Remembers vising the Manzanar concentration camp, California, during World War II.
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Japanese Land Case in California Court. Relation of National Treaties to State Property-Holding Laws Is Argued. (December 5, 1916) (ddr-densho-56-291)
The Seattle Daily Times, December 5, 1916, p. 17
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Japanese Attacked by College Students. Servant Knocked to Ground and Brutally Beaten on University of California Campus. (January 31, 1909) (ddr-densho-56-142)
The Seattle Daily Times, January 31, 1909, p. 3
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Map of the central group of the Maywood Colonies at Corning, Tehama County; Heart of the Maywoold Colonies Corning, California (ddr-csujad-55-2496)
Map and document regarding the Maywood Colonies in Corning, California. Covers population growth and agricultural development in California, Shasta Dam, water rights, farming and employment in Corning, and the olive industry. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2602
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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)
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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Some of the Delegates From San Jose- Nob, Harry, Fred, John, Yone, Kay, Herman, Sat, Myer, Harry, Akira, Kis, Tsugio, Mr. & Mrs. Massey, Geprge, Ben, Chet, Switch, Tubby, and Jack (ddr-jamsj-1-130)
San Jose delegates attending Seventh Annual California Landscape Gardener's Convention held in Southern California.
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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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Miyoko Sakai Nagai Interview (ddr-manz-1-120)
Nisei female. Born October 4, 1925, in San Diego, California. Grew up in Los Feliz, California, where family ran a successful flower shop. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, eventually returned to California.
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Sadako Nimura Kashiwagi Interview (ddr-manz-1-172)
Nisei female. Born in Sacramento, California. Grew up in Newcastle, California, where parents were tenant farmers. During World War II, removed to the Marysville Assembly Center, California, and then to the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Remained in Tule Lake when it was converted to a segregation center. After leaving camp, returned to California.
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Marian Asao Kurosu Interview Segment 50 (ddr-densho-1000-118-50)
Trip to Pinedale Assembly Center, California; heat and dehydration
During this interview, Mrs. Kurosu alternately speaks in both English and Japanese. As a result, the English translation of the transcript contains [Jpn.] and [Eng.], which indicate whether the original dialogue was spoken in Japanese or English.
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Marian Asao Kurosu Interview Segment 48 (ddr-densho-1000-118-48)
Deciding what to take to Pinedale Assembly Center, California
During this interview, Mrs. Kurosu alternately speaks in both English and Japanese. As a result, the English translation of the transcript contains [Jpn.] and [Eng.], which indicate whether the original dialogue was spoken in Japanese or English.
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Margaret Stanicci Interview (ddr-manz-1-66)
Nisei female. Born December 28, 1918, in La Crescenta, California. Grew up in California where father operated a flower business. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. Lived in Chicago and New York after leaving camp, before eventually returning to California.
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Photo of members of the Otsu and Ushijima families with text of Dorothea Lange's work documenting Evacuation Day in Centerville, California (ddr-ajah-2-840)
Image titled: Reconstructing Dorothea Lange, the JACL and the Japanese in Centerville
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Manzanar from the Inside (ddr-densho-342-3)
Text of an address delivered before the Commonwealth Club of California, San Francisco, California, July 31, 1942.
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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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Marian Asao Kurosu Interview Segment 63 (ddr-densho-1000-118-63)
Problems at Tule Lake concentration camp, California: scorpions, ticks and sagebrush
During this interview, Mrs. Kurosu alternately speaks in both English and Japanese. As a result, the English translation of the transcript contains [Jpn.] and [Eng.], which indicate whether the original dialogue was spoken in Japanese or English.