2184 items
2184 items
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Advance release (Office of War Information), OWI-2712 (November 1, 1943) (ddr-csujad-55-1908)
Press release regarding the purpose and process of segregation at Tule Lake, movement of segregants between WRA Centers, security at Tule Lake, unrest among incarcerees, strike and violence, interventions by the administration, and international press. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1911
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Memorandum from W. L. Ramsey to Ai Chih Tsai (ddr-densho-446-183)
Destination and Assignment Instructions: Travel Orders to Tokyo.
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Japanese passport (ddr-densho-23-5)
English and French translations of the Japanese passport belonging to Bunshiro Tazuma. The Issei, mostly young Japanese males, began immigrating to the United States in the late 1800s. Many were farmers or students with dreams of returning to Japan after making their fortunes in America. The vast majority never realized this dream.
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Undokai picnic and field day (ddr-densho-259-362)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "This was the familiar undokai--a combination picnic and field day--which almost every Nikkei community all over the United States held in the summertime for their people. This photo shows maybe half of the Japanese from Hood River Valley, and it was taken at the Yasui Mosier ranch."
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Coram Nobis Exhibit B (ddr-densho-405-4)
Memo from Edward J. Ennis to Herbert Wechsler regarding Korematsu v. United States. This document was Exhibit B in the coram nobis litigation. This document was available in conjunction with "Race, Rights and Reparation: Law and the Japanese American Internment" by Eric K. Yamamoto, Margaret Chon, Carol Izumi, Jerry Kang, and Frank Wu.
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Newspaper clipping regarding Gerhart Hauptmann (ddr-njpa-1-673)
Caption on front: "Germany's great dramatist calls upon the president: Gerhart Hauptmann, who has come to the United States to take part in the celebration of the centenary of the death of Goethe, leaving the White House with the German Ambassador, Herr von Prittwitz und Gaffron. (Harris & Ewing, from Times Wide World Photos.)"
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Noboru Shirai aboard Tatsuta Maru (ddr-csujad-55-1316)
Black and white photograph depicting Noboru Shirai standing next to a life preserver aboard the Tatsuta Maru bound for the United States. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1318
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Mensaje Para Camara de Representantes Japonesa de Subditos Japoneses on Estados Unidos (ddr-csujad-55-879)
Correspondence from Japanese nationals at Heart Mountain incarceration camp to the Japanese government (via the Spanish Ambassador to the United States). See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0881
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Instructional aid for aliens on indefinite leaves (ddr-csujad-55-28)
Instructions regarding procedures and paperwork for indefinite leave from an incarceration camp for incarcerees who are not United States citizens or nationals. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_00031
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Issei father (ddr-densho-151-310)
Original caption: Near Florin, California. This Issei, the father of seven children, came to the United States from Japan when he was a boy. Formerly he was in the wholesale grocery business in Los Angeles and came to Florin, California just before the freezing order came through for all persons of Japanese ancestry.
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Yoshihara Collection (ddr-densho-332)
Yoshihara collection. Centers around George and Hisano Yoshihara whose son Elmer served in the U.S. Army during the occupation of Japan and was later killed in Korea. Elmer's fiance whom he met in Japan was later brought to the United States. Includes photographs and documents
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Letter from Ai Chih Tsai to Immigration and Naturalization Service (ddr-densho-446-163)
Request for visa extension through 1947
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Letter from Ai Chih Tsai to U.S. Department of Justice Immigration and Naturalization Service, Chicago (ddr-densho-446-221)
Response to letter dated May 28, 1946. First entry to US on Sept 1, 1938, as student on Taiyo Maru at San Francisco. Most recent entry to US on Dec 17, 1945, on SS General Freeman at Seattle after USSBS. Will leave US on June 12 on USS Marine Lynx for 1-year mission with UNRRA.
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Letter from Carl C. Donaugh, United States Attorney for Portland, Oregon on requesting a rehearing for Keizaburo Koyama (ddr-one-5-206)
Photocopy of a declassified typed letter from Carl C. Donaugh, United States Attorney for Portland, Oregon, to Edward J. Ennis, Director, Alien Enemy Control Unit about Dr. Keizaburo Koyama, Japanese alien. Donaugh writes that he is attaching an affidavit from Teru Koyama, Dr. Koyama's wife, petitioning for a rehearing. He also mentions several letters and phone …
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Letter from Ed Bethune, Personnel Technician, United States Department of the Interior War Relocation Authority, November 7, 1945 (ddr-csujad-5-101)
A recommendation letter for Hatsuno Hotty Okine written by Ed Bethune, United States Department of the Interior War Relocation Authority, who is her supervisor when she is employed in "the Evacuee Personnel Section of the Rohwer Relocation Center." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: oki_01_31_001
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Statement of Release (ddr-densho-446-141)
Tsai has been employed by Columbia University on behalf of U.S. Navy. He will be available for other employment as of September 30, 1944
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Letter from Lt. George Kerr to whom it may concern (ddr-densho-446-142)
Letter recommending Ai Chih Tsai for another position. Tsai has been working for Kerr since April 29, 1944. Translation Unit.
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Letter from Major Robert S. Loney to whom it may concern (ddr-densho-446-159)
Letter of recommendation for Ai Chih Tsai detailing his work as a research analysis with the U.S. War Department
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Letter from Elaine Schulman to Ryo Tsai (ddr-densho-446-154)
Check enclosed ($53.47) for compensation for Tsai's services while employed in Office of War Intelligence.
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Kay Kido Threw Her Trousseau Overboard to Become American (ddr-one-3-76)
November 5, 1953 issue of the Mt. Adams Sun, Volume XIX, Number 6. The newspaper contains an article on the front page titled "Kay Kido Threw Her Trousseau Overboard to Become American." The article is about the Kenjiro and Miyuki "Kay" Kida process for American citizenship and their experiences living in the United States.
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 27 No. 24 (December 18, 1948) (ddr-pc-20-50)
Selected article titles: "National Democratic Chairman McGrath Endorses Proposal for Equality in Naturalization" (p. 1), "JACL ADC to Back Move To Extend GI Brides Act" (p. 1), "Hope for Eventual Settlement Of Problem of Peru Japanese Internees in United States Seen" (p. 2), "Report Hundred Apply for U.S. Linguist Posts in Tokyo" (p. 8).
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Letter from Eji Suyama to Pacific Citizen (ddr-csujad-24-92)
A letter from Eji Suyama to Pacific Citizen regarding the exclusion of Nisei from universities in the United States during World War II. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: chi_07_009
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Letter to Harry L. Stafford (ddr-sbbt-2-29)
An unsigned letter addressed to Harry L. Stafford explaining what information would be helpful to incarcerees as they leave camp. The author, likely Yoshito Fujii, requests to become a field agent for the War Relocation Authority to gather information from the eastern United States to assist incarcerees in finding opportunities outside of the camps.