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Alien Registration Certificate of Identification (ddr-ohs-1-2)
doc Alien Registration Certificate of Identification (ddr-ohs-1-2)
Document issued to Mitsue Yabe.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ohs-1-2/
Memo regarding voluntary interment (ddr-densho-284-120)
doc Memo regarding voluntary interment (ddr-densho-284-120)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-284-120/
Bob and Masa (Ogawa) Nakayama Collection (ddr-densho-420)
Collection Bob and Masa (Ogawa) Nakayama Collection (ddr-densho-420)
The Bob and Masa (Ogawa) Nakayama Collection consists of 43 photographic prints and a graduation announcement documenting Bob and Masa's experiences during World War II. Included are scenes from life in Manzanar and Minidoka concentration camps, as well as from military life both in the United States and abroad.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-420/
Application for the Rehearing in the internment of Keizaburo Koyama. Page 1 of 2. (ddr-one-5-201)
doc Application for the Rehearing in the internment of Keizaburo Koyama. Page 1 of 2. (ddr-one-5-201)
Photocopy of a declassified application for the rehearing of Keizaburo Koyama brought about by his wife, Teru Koyama. Teru gives 12 statements on her husband starting with his arrival to the United States, his efforts to Americanize himself through education, on becoming a dentist and opening his own practice, on getting married, having kids, and becoming …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-5-201/
The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 34 No. 18 (May 3, 1952) (ddr-pc-24-18)
doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 34 No. 18 (May 3, 1952) (ddr-pc-24-18)
Selected article titles: "JACL Investigates Report Family of Nisei War Prisoner Victimized by Blackmailers" (p. 1), "Two Los Angeles Television Stations Accede to JACL's Bid to Bar Anti-Nisei Films" (p. 1), "Japan Peace Treaty Ends 'Enemy Alien' Status for Issei in United States" (p. 2), "JACL ADC Official Cautions Against Premature Optimism On Issei Citizenship Issue" …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-24-18/
Pacific Citizen, Vol. 106, No. 10 (March 11, 1988) (ddr-pc-60-10)
doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 106, No. 10 (March 11, 1988) (ddr-pc-60-10)
Four page travel section appears between pages 4 and 5 of the edition. Selected article titles: "Florin Program Honors Former Internees" (p. 1), "Mineta, Lowry Attend: Seattle Holds Annual Day of Remembrance" (p. 1), "NPS Plan to Make Manzanar Part of Nat'l Park System" (p. 3), and "Detroiters, Japanese Americans Examine United States Constitution" (p. 8).
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-60-10/
Coram Nobis Exhibit A (ddr-densho-405-3)
doc Coram Nobis Exhibit A (ddr-densho-405-3)
Memo from Edward J. Ennis to Charles Fahy regarding United States v. Hirabayashi, Yasui, and Korematsu. This document was Exhibit A 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.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-405-3/
Draft letter from George Hideo Nakamura to Dear Sir, November 1943 (ddr-csujad-55-2150)
doc Draft letter from George Hideo Nakamura to Dear Sir, November 1943 (ddr-csujad-55-2150)
Draft correspondence from George Hideo Nakamura to Dear Sir regarding Nakamura's removal from the Comet Model Airplane Company and loyalty to the United States. See also sac_jaac_2250. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2252
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2150/
Menu from the S.S. President Cleveland (ddr-csujad-55-2253)
doc Menu from the S.S. President Cleveland (ddr-csujad-55-2253)
Dinner menu served on board the S.S. President Cleveland sailing from Japan to the United States. Cover includes an illustration of Spanish dancers and musicians. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2356
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2253/
Letter from George Hideo Nakamura to Internal Security Division, November 1943 (ddr-csujad-55-2148)
doc Letter from George Hideo Nakamura to Internal Security Division, November 1943 (ddr-csujad-55-2148)
Correspondence from George Hideo Nakamura to the Internal Security Division regarding his removal from the Comet Model Airplane Company and loyalty to the United States. See also sac_jaac_2252. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2250
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2148/
Kajiko Hashisaki Interview (ddr-densho-1000-201)
vh Kajiko Hashisaki Interview (ddr-densho-1000-201)
Nisei female. Born and raised in Seattle, Washington. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, was removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Left Minidoka in 1943 to attend school in St. Paul, Minnesota. Married in 1945, and lived in Japan for sixteen months before returning to the United States and …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-201/
Will Japanese Emigrants Conquer America? (ddr-densho-1007-1838)
doc Will Japanese Emigrants Conquer America? (ddr-densho-1007-1838)
A 1971 report containing discriminatory and xenophobic arguments against Asian and other non-European immigration to the United States. It suggests that the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, also known as the Kennedy Immigration Act, had multiple harmful political, cultural, and economic consequences. This report was published by the American Immigration Committee, Vol. 1, No 3.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1838/
Committee Print of Minority Views on Tule Lake Segregation Center (ddr-densho-356-1039)
doc Committee Print of Minority Views on Tule Lake Segregation Center (ddr-densho-356-1039)
Investigation of Un-American Propaganda activities in the United States: Subcommittee of the Special Committee on Un-American Activities House of Representatives, House Resolution 282, Minority Views on Tule Lake Segregation Center. Minority report by Repressive Herman P. Eberharter of Pennsylvania regarding the Tule Lake Strike and recommendations for WRA leadership regarding their actions during the strike.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-1039/
Marian Asao Kurosu Interview Segment 21 (ddr-densho-1000-118-21)
vh Marian Asao Kurosu Interview Segment 21 (ddr-densho-1000-118-21)
Coping with speaking very little English during early years in the United States

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.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-118-21/
Marian Asao Kurosu Interview Segment 71 (ddr-densho-1000-118-71)
vh Marian Asao Kurosu Interview Segment 71 (ddr-densho-1000-118-71)
Mixed feelings upon hearing that the United States had won the war

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.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-118-71/
CSU Fresno Japanese Americans in World War II Collection (ddr-csujad-7)
Collection CSU Fresno Japanese Americans in World War II Collection (ddr-csujad-7)
The Japanese Americans in World War II collection contains both contemporary and contemporaneous materials about the incarceration of people of Japanese ancestry during World War II from the perspective of Japanese Americans, the United States government, and others.

See complete finding aid at: http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf4n39n6th/

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-7/
Tsutomu and Ruth (Yamada) Matsumoto Collection (ddr-densho-432)
Collection Tsutomu and Ruth (Yamada) Matsumoto Collection (ddr-densho-432)
The Tsutomu and Ruth (Yamada) Matsumoto Collection contains letters written between Ruth Yamada Matsumoto and Matsuye Koike when they were in Santa Anita Assembly Center, Rohwer concentration camp, Fort Bismarck and Fort Missoula. There are also two of Ruth's photograph albums that record life in Japan and the United States.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-432/
Yellow Peril on Wane Throughout Country. Immigration of Orientals Decreases and United States Actually Losing Japanese. (August 4, 1910) (ddr-densho-56-176)
doc Yellow Peril on Wane Throughout Country. Immigration of Orientals Decreases and United States Actually Losing Japanese. (August 4, 1910) (ddr-densho-56-176)
The Seattle Daily Times, August 4, 1910, p. 10
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-56-176/
United States Department of Justice Immigration and Naturalization Service Office of District Director, Seattle, Washington, Report of Enemy Alien (ddr-one-5-251)
doc United States Department of Justice Immigration and Naturalization Service Office of District Director, Seattle, Washington, Report of Enemy Alien (ddr-one-5-251)
Photocopy of a declassified report on the status of Keizaburo Koyama. The report notes that Koyama is moving from the Minidoka War Relocation Project in Hunt, Idaho to 3615 B Cottonwood, Apartment 9918 in Vanport, Oregon. His status is still listed as parolee. The form lists his occupation at the time of arrest as "farm laborer," …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-5-251/
Letter from Tom C. Clark, Assistant Attorney General of the United States, to Frank Herron Smith, May 31, 1945 (ddr-csujad-21-7)
doc Letter from Tom C. Clark, Assistant Attorney General of the United States, to Frank Herron Smith, May 31, 1945 (ddr-csujad-21-7)
Referencing Clark's May 4, 1945 letter to Harry Truman regarding violence against Japanese Americans on the West Coast, Clark informs Smith that unless a federal law is violated, the FBI can not be involved. See related Letter from Frank Herron Smith to President Harry S. Truman, May 4, 1945. See this object in the California State …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-21-7/
Institution ceremony and installation of officers of Nisei Post, no. 8985: veterans of foreign wars of the United States (ddr-csujad-55-174)
doc Institution ceremony and installation of officers of Nisei Post, no. 8985: veterans of foreign wars of the United States (ddr-csujad-55-174)
Program for the Institution Ceremony and Installation of Officers of Nisei Post, No. 8985, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States. Includes list of officers, donors, program participants, and ceremony schedule. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0176
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-174/
Message from the President of the United States on the Segregation of Loyal and Disloyal Japanese in Relocation Centers (ddr-densho-356-1037)
doc Message from the President of the United States on the Segregation of Loyal and Disloyal Japanese in Relocation Centers (ddr-densho-356-1037)
Formal message from President Franklin Roosevelt to the Senate regarding Senate Resolution 166 on the segregation of loyal and disloyal Nikkei in camps.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-1037/
Gentaro Takahashi Collection (ddr-densho-355)
Collection Gentaro Takahashi Collection (ddr-densho-355)
The Gentaro Takahashi Collection consists of photos, documents and ephemera from the time of Gentaro Takahashi’s arrival in the United States in 1907 to the 1970’s. The collection includes family photos in the U.S. and Japan, photos of Takahashi's travels in the U.S. including Duluth, Minnesota and Yellowstone National Park, correspondence and academic work from Boston …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-355/

Narrator Michiko Kornhauser

Shin-Issei female. Born July 21, 1936, in Sasebo, Japan. Was a child in Okayama during World War II. After the war, immigrated to the United States and lived and worked in various places including Honoulu, Hawaii, and Portland, Oregon.
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/693/
U.S. Department of Justice Alien Enemy Questionnaire page 6 of 26. (ddr-one-5-126)
doc U.S. Department of Justice Alien Enemy Questionnaire page 6 of 26. (ddr-one-5-126)
Photocopy of a declassified questionnaire used to determine if the person named is to be considered an enemy alien. This page covers questions 15b - 23a of 111. Dr. Koyama states that he was never convicted of a crime while in the United States and that he does not possess any special scientific skill, knowledge, or …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-5-126/
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