3200 items
3200 items
Narrator Rick Sato
Nisei male. Born April 27, 1927, in Wapato, Washington. Family farmed in Yakima Valley, Washington, before the war. Incarcerated at the Portland Assembly Center, Oregon, and Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. Served briefly in the Military Intelligence Service (MIS). Resettled in Wapato, Washington.
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Robert T. Ohashi Interview Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-350-13)
Hearing about FBI arrests of Issei in the community
Nisei male. Born July 24, 1925, in Ketchikan, Alaska. Grew up in Ketchikan, where parents ran a store. During World War II, was removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka incarceration camp, Idaho. After leaving camp, went with family to work for a time …
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Robert T. Ohashi Interview Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-350-14)
Leaving Alaska by ship: mother brings a washing machine along
Nisei male. Born July 24, 1925, in Ketchikan, Alaska. Grew up in Ketchikan, where parents ran a store. During World War II, was removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka incarceration camp, Idaho. After leaving camp, went with family to work for a …
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Richard Kosaki Interview Segment 30 (ddr-janm-13-1-30)
Receiving a fellowship to work in Washington, D.C.; helping with Lyndon Johnson's campaign for presidency
This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the …
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Jimmie Omura Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1002-11-2)
Prewar Japanese American community on Bainbridge Island, Washington
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, instead primarily …
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Jim Hirabayashi Interview Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1002-5-1)
Growing up in small town of Thomas, Washington
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, instead primarily …
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Earl Hanson Interview Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-160-16)
Description of atmosphere on Bainbridge Island, Washington, after the Japanese Americans had been removed
This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views …
Narrator Akio Hoshino
Nisei male. Born April 28, 1919, in Seattle, Washington. Spent prewar years in Seattle's Central area. Incarcerated at the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Resisted draft orders and was imprisoned at McNeil Island Penitentiary, Washington. Resettled in Seattle area after release.
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Mamiya Collection (ddr-densho-13)
The Mamiya collection, c.1918-1960s, records the business and leisure activities of the Asaba and Shibata families of Seattle, Washington. Dance and graduation programs from the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho, are also shown. Densho interviewed collection donor Yoshi Mamiya in 1998.
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Wing Luke Asian Museum Collection (ddr-densho-39)
The photographs in the collection of the Wing Luke Asian Museum, Seattle, Washington, 1920s-1940s, focus primarily on oyster farming and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. The images from Minidoka include barracks, schools, and leisure activities such as sports and arts and crafts.
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Masaru Horiuchi Collection (ddr-densho-476)
Collection is comprised of three legal briefs filed in San Francisco and Los Angeles by the Japanese American Citizens League concerning Alien and Citizen civil rights, in particular related to property and immigration status, and one transcript of hearings held on Washington, D.C.
Narrator May Ota Higa
Nisei female. Born March 14, 1916, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in Seattle and Ellensburg, Washington, before going to Japan to teach just prior to the onset of World War II. Returned to Seattle in 1941, and was removed with family to Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. After the war, resettled in …
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Dairy farm (ddr-densho-46-2)
Kamezo and Miye Nakashima were from Saga-ken, Japan. They settled in Days, Washington in the early 1900s. Their 1,300-acre farm was largely self-sustaining and the Nakashimas purchased only dry goods. Produce such as corn, potatoes, lettuce, and fruit were grown on the farm. The property line of the farm extended far beyond the tree line shown …
Narrator Gene Akutsu
Nisei male. Born September 23, 1925, in Seattle, Washington. Spent prewar childhood in Seattle's Nihonmachi. Incarcerated at Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Refused to participate in the draft and was imprisoned at McNeil Island Penitentiary, Washington, for draft resistance. Resettled in Seattle.
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 16 No. 16 (April 22, 1943) (ddr-pc-15-16)
Selected article titles: "Nisei Soldier May Visit Evacuated Areas" (p. 1), "Army Commander's Attitude Balked Plan to Return Some Evacuees to Coast, Is Report" (p. 1), "Lt. Gen. DeWitt 'Misquoted' on Statement Opposing Evacuees, Washington Sources Declare" (p. 1), "Army Guards Withdrawn From Inner Relocation Camp Areas" (p. 1), "Loyalty of Nisei Evacuees Told By WRA …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 18 No. 22 (June 24, 1944) (ddr-pc-16-26)
Selected article titles: "First Nisei Volunteer from WRA Center Killed in Action Recently on Italian Front" (p. 1), "150 Letters From Pasadena, Promising Jobs, Housing for Evacuees, Sent to Washington" (p. 1), "Hammer Attacks on Two Aliens at Tule Reported" (p. 1), "Federal Judge Takes Cases Of Draft Delinquents Under Advisement as Arguments End" (p. 2), …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 49, No. 6 (August 7, 1959) (ddr-pc-31-32)
Selected article titles: "Sansei teacher denied Virginia position" (p. 1), "36 AJAs elected to Hawaii state senate and house" (p. 1), "Filipino attitude on Japan softens" (p. 3), "Hard work, good water, eating fresh fruit seen as key to longevity of Fowler Issei" (p. 4), "Three neighboring high schools in Turlock to sport Sansei student body …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 49, No. 5 (July 31, 1959) (ddr-pc-31-31)
Selected article titles: "442nd hero elected Hawaii's congressman. Fong succeeds in bid for Senate seat" (p. 1), "Grant Ujifusa of Wyoming only Nisei at 'Nation'" (p. 1), "House committee strips strongest section of new civil rights bill" (p. 1), "Role of Nisei in promoting Japan for Olympics told" (p. 2), "Sansei in group planning to float …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 49, No. 10 (September 4, 1959) (ddr-pc-31-36)
Selected article titles: "JACL nominates Rep. Inouye as 'outstanding young man'" (p. 1), "40 and 8 fail to eliminate own race bias" (p. 1), "Japanese industrial team winds up U.S. tour with turkey dinner in typical home" (p. 3), "Suggest Washington Office be dropped, National be liaison between chapters" (p. 5), "Watsonville Issei processing apples all …
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Japanese family (ddr-csujad-25-33)
A page from an album containing Japanese family photographs. Three photographs are pasted on the page. Those photographs appear to be taken in Washington in the early 1900s. Include a portrait of a Japanese man in academic dress and photographs of infants dressed for a Japanese traditional ceremony for newborns. See this object in the California …
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Japanese family (ddr-csujad-25-14)
A page from an album containing Japanese family photographs. Four photographs are pasted on the page. The photographs appear to be taken in Washington in the early 1900s. Include Japanese men in suits, woman in western dress, and children. Also include a group of Japanese children in school uniform at a picnic. See this object in …
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Japanese men in suits (ddr-csujad-25-9)
A page from an album containing Japanese family photographs. Four photographs are pasted on the page. All photographs appear to be taken in Washington in the early 1900s. Include a photograph of Japanese men in suits, which is also found in: ucsb_jia_0001. Also includes a photograph of a stone building. See this object in the California …
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Portraits of Japanese family (ddr-csujad-25-17)
A page from an album containing Japanese family photographs. Six photographs are pasted on the page. The photographs appear to have been taken in the early 1900s in Washington. Include portraits of Japanese men in costume and Japanese woman in kimono. Also include a photograph of steam locomotive 2022. See this object in the California State …