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doc Postcard to two Nisei brothers from their sister (ddr-densho-153-173)

Excerpt: "How're you guys getting along?" Sent from Manzanar concentration camp, California, to Chicago, Illinois.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-153-173/

doc Letter to two Nisei brothers from their sister (ddr-densho-153-98)

Excerpt: "Thank you for the letters." Sent from Manzanar concentration camp, California, to Chicago, Illinois.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-153-98/

doc Letter to a Nisei man from his sister (ddr-densho-153-67)

Excerpt: "This morning I finished ironing." Sent from Manzanar concentration camp, California, to Chicago, Illinois.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-153-67/

doc Postcard to a Nisei man from his sister (ddr-densho-153-197)

Excerpt: "Just received the music package." Sent from Manzanar concentration camp, California, to Chicago, Illinois.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-153-197/

doc Postcard to two Nisei brothers from their sister (ddr-densho-153-194)

Excerpt: "Here it is the fourth." Sent from Manzanar concentration camp, California, to Chicago, Illinois.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-153-194/

doc Letter from Edmund G. Brown to Kimiko Fujii (ddr-densho-433-433)

Edmund G. Brown, Governor of California, writes to Kimiko Fujii about the current primary campaign.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-433-433/

doc Brochure for Sansuien, the Garden of the Mountain Stream (ddr-densho-377-3)

A University of California Botanical Garden brochure highlighting Sansuien, the Garden of the Mountain Stream.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-377-3/

doc Soldiers for Righteousness (ddr-densho-1007-1823)

News article published in Hokubei Mainichi Newspaper in San Francisco, California on February 19, 1986.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1823/

doc Souvenir to Yuri Domoto from Yoshito Shibata (ddr-densho-356-244)

Souvenir art cards to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from Yoshito Shibata of Oakland and Berkeley, California.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-244/

vh Tomiye Terasaki Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-122-7)

Raising three children in Los Angeles, California (Japanese language)

This interview was conducted in Japanese. It was translated so as to convey Mrs. Terasaki's way of speaking as closely as possible. For example, there are instances in which she makes some grammatical errors. These mistakes are conveyed through similar grammatical errors in English, in order to …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-122-7/

vh Tomiye Terasaki Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-122-9)

Description of Walerga Assembly Center, California (Japanese language)

This interview was conducted in Japanese. It was translated so as to convey Mrs. Terasaki's way of speaking as closely as possible. For example, there are instances in which she makes some grammatical errors. These mistakes are conveyed through similar grammatical errors in English, in order to recreate …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-122-9/

vh Fred Hirasuna Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1000-21-1)

Born in California

This interview was conducted at the Voices of Japanese American Redress Conference, held on the UCLA campus and sponsored by the UCLA Asian American Studies Center and the UCLA School of Public Policy and Social Research. Because of the full conference schedule, our interviews were limited to one hour. The interviews therefore focused …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-21-1/

vh Ernest Besig Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1002-3-6)

Opinions in San Francisco, California and the ACLU split over issue of incarceration

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1002-3-6/

vh Frank Miyamoto Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1002-1-7)

Research study's focus on protest within Tule Lake concentration camp, California

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1002-1-7/

vh Harry Ueno Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1002-7-3)

Getting married, selling produce in a market in Los Angeles, California

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1002-7-3/

vh Harry Ueno Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1002-7-10)

First impressions of Manzanar concentration camp, California: dust and bad food

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1002-7-10/

vh Harry Ueno Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1002-7-9)

The day of mass removal: traveling to Manzanar, California, by bus

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1002-7-9/

vh Harry Ueno Interview Segment 35 (ddr-densho-1002-7-35)

Thoughts on poor condition of Tule Lake concentration camp, California

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life histories, …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1002-7-35/

vh Aiko Herzig Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1002-8-9)

Life in Manzanar concentration camp, California: lack of privacy, "dreadful food"

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1002-8-9/

Collection Japanese American National Museum Collection (ddr-janm-13)

This collection consists of interviews conducted in by the Japanese American National Museum of Los Angeles, California in partnership with Densho. For more information about the museum, please visit www.janm.org.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-janm-13/

Collection Santa Anita Pacemaker Collection (ddr-densho-146)

This collection consists of issues of the Santa Anita Pacemaker, a newspaper published at the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California. The paper was published from April through August of 1942.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-146/

vh James Sakamoto Interview (ddr-jamsj-2-1)

Nisei male. Born April 18, 1924, in Mayfield, California. Spent prewar childhood years in Alviso, California. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941, moved with family to Stockton, California, in an attempt to avoid mass removal. Despite this, was removed to the Stockton Assembly Center, California, and the Rohwer concentration camp, Arkansas. Resettled in Colorado …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-jamsj-2-1/

doc Letter from Amy [Emiko Nakawaki] to Mr. and Mrs. A.W. Thomas, December 11, 1957 (ddr-csujad-4-28)

A holiday letter with greetings on Christmas and New Year from Amy Nakawaki [=Emiko AmyTerada] in Anaheim, California to Mr. and Mrs. A.W. Thomas in Lawndale, California. The letter includes general correspondence, including updates on her, Sam [=Usami], and Tsuyoshi. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nis_06_030

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-4-28/

av Keith Nomura for Kiyosuke Nomura (ddr-ajah-8-6)

In this video, Keith Nomura talks about his father, Kiyosuke Nomura. Kiyosuke grew up in the Bay Area and met his wife, who was born in Alameda, California. During World War II, they were removed to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. Kiyosuke wasn't able to graduate from the University of …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-8-6/

vh Toshiko Aiboshi Interview (ddr-manz-1-112)

Nisei female. Born July 8, 1928, in Boyle Heights, California. At an early age, went to live with family friends when father passed away and mother contracted tuburculosis. During World War II, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado. While in camp, mother relapsed and Toshiko again went …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-112/

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