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Testimony of Tsuguo Ikeda (ddr-densho-67-176)
Written testimony of Tsuguo Ikeda. Incarcerated in the North Portland Assembly Center, Oregon, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. This testimony was presented at the CWRIC hearing in Seattle, Washington, on Wednesday, September 9, 1981, in the section titled "Documents Illustrating Camp Experiences and Attitudes."
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Testimony of Masao Takahashi (ddr-densho-67-192)
Written testimony of Masao Takahashi. Incarcerated in Missoula internment camp, Montana, Santa Fe internment camp, New Mexico, and Crystal City internment camp, Texas. This testimony was presented at the CWRIC hearing in Seattle, Washington, on Thursday, September 10, 1981, in the section titled "Japanese Speakers."
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Testimony of James Tsujimura (ddr-densho-67-241)
Written testimony of Dr. James Tsujimura of Portland, Oregon. Incarcerated in the North Portland Assembly Center, Oregon, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. This testimony was presented at the CWRIC hearing in Seattle, Washington, on Friday, September 11, 1981, in the section titled "Multiple Impact."
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Testimony of John A. Yamasaki Eyon (ddr-densho-67-307)
Written testimony of John A. Yamasaki Eyon, born in Shinsu, Japan. Incarcerated in the Lordsburg internment camp, New Mexico, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. This testimony was submitted for the CWRIC hearings in Seattle, Washington, September 9-11, 1981. Personal information excised by Densho.
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Testimony of Earl Nishimura (ddr-densho-67-139)
Written testimony of Earl Nishimura, President of the Honolulu, Hawaii, Chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League. This testimony was presented at the CWRIC hearing in Seattle, Washington, on Wednesday, September 9, 1981, in the section titled "The Hawaiian Experience." Personal information excised by Densho.
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Seattle Pacific College confirmation of attendance letter (ddr-one-5-192)
Photocopy of a declassified letter from Seattle Pacific College in Seattle, Washington for Keisaburo Koyama. It states that he was a student at the school from 1923 to 1924 and that he was under the guardianship of Mr. Hiroshi Saito of the Japanese Consul.
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 40 No. 17 (April 29, 1955) (ddr-pc-27-17)
Selected article titles: "Deportation orders may be reviewed by courts, Supreme Court decides" (p. 1), Washington JACL representative writes book publisher about Nisei loyalty on basis of charges levelled by columnist Tajiri" (p. 2), "Georgia marriage laws prohibit interracial residence in some cases" (p. 7).
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 58, No. 24 (December 13, 1963) (ddr-pc-35-50)
Selected article titles: "EDC-MDC Proposal Launching JACL Civil Rights Fund OK'd" (p. 1), "Washington Newsletter: Civil Rights Delay" (pp. 1-2), "Nagoya Teacher Apologizes for Racial Bias Among Japan Pen Pals" (pp. 1, 3), and "Kawakita Now Man Without a Country" (p. 3).
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 56, No. 24 (June 14, 1963) (ddr-pc-35-24)
Selected article titles: "Chuman Musters L.A. Against Birmingham-Type Violence" (pp. 1-2), "Washington Newsletter: Commemorative Services" (pp. 1-2), "Sen. Fong Inserts Nisei WW2 Review in Congressional Record" (pp. 2-3), and "Devotion of JACLers on June 2 Com'ittee Undaunted by Rain" (p. 3).
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 53, No. 23 (December 8, 1961) (ddr-pc-33-49)
Selected article titles: "Washington Newsletter: American Image of Japan" (pp. 1-2), "Congress Inouye to Keep Up Campaign of Rebuke to Young Men Trying to Avoid Military Service; Says Nation Going Soft" (p. 1), and "Festival Introduces Japanese Culture to Many St. Louisans" (p. 4).
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 52, No. 21 (May 26, 1961) (ddr-pc-33-21)
Selected article titles: "Washington Newsletter: Shame of Our Nation" (p. 1), "Rowher WRA Cemetery May Become Nat'l Shrine Maintained by Nat'l Park Service" (p. 1), "Prejudice and Hawaiian Dialect" (p. 2), and "Nisei Psychologist Granted $62,000 to Study Rise of Japanese American Delinquency" (p. 3).
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 88, No. 2030 (February 16, 1979) (ddr-pc-51-6)
Selected article titles: "Four Nikkei Legislators in Washington Support JACL Redress; Air 3 Concepts" (pp. 1-2), "Feb. 19: 'A Day of Remembrance'" (pp. 1, 4), "Names Compiled for Tule Lake Capsule" (p. 3), and "Nisei in Japan: The State of the Union" (p. 5).
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Japanese Americans boarding ship (ddr-csujad-7-10)
Japanese Americans boarding ship to return to Japan, Seattle, Washington, November 24, 1945. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: HMLSC_JA_f10
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Nisei soldiers (ddr-densho-114-112)
Original caption: Tommy Teraji of Los Angeles, Co. A of the 62nd Inf. Trng. Bn. is being thrown by Akira F. Shibukawa, Seattle, Washington, Co. A of the 62nd Inf. Trng. Bn., who is very well-trained in jujitsu. Camp Robsinson, Arkansas, February 19, 1942.
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Gila News-Courier Vol. II No. 73 (June 19, 1943) (ddr-densho-141-110)
Selected article titles: "Increased Production Asked of Gila Farms" (p. 1), "Washington OK's Use of Aliens" (p. 1), "Assimilation is YP Topic Sunday" (p. 1), "Editorial: Smear Campaign Challenges Nisei" (p. 2), "Discrimination Faces Censure" (p. 2), "Industrial Union Council Helps Relocation Program" (p. 4).
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Gila News-Courier Vol. II No. 74 (June 22, 1943) (ddr-densho-141-111)
Selected article titles: "Rivers Seasonal, Indefinite Leaves Scale Thousand. Dispersal is Over Wider Area" (p. 1), "More Recruits Sought by Army" (p. 1), "Reiterates: No Evacuees in State After War" (p. 1), "Friendliness Balances Antagonism" (p. 2), "Dies Committee Reproved by Washington Post" (p. 2).
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Denson Tribune Vol. I No. 36 (July 2, 1943) (ddr-densho-144-77)
Selected article titles: "Housing Rumors Dispelled. Chicago Open to Evacuees" (p. 1), "Board to Review Leave Applications for Eastern Defense Command Work. Eligibility for War Jobs to be Checked" (p. 1), "Dies Committee: Receives Spanking" (p. 2), "Washington CIO Group Backs Resettlement" (p. 3).
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Oyster processing building (ddr-densho-39-21)
Original museum description: Photograph, black and white glossy of a building on pilings in the water. It was used in the oyster business. This could be at Willapa Bay in southwestern Washington. Some fingerprint and gray mark on photo. (Info from original museum description)
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Vandalized Japanese American property (ddr-densho-37-760)
Original WRA caption: Tacoma Buddhist Church, Tacoma, Washington. View showing the results of pilferage of evacuee property originally stored in the Tacoma Buddhist Church. Gained admittance through this end of building. Trunks pilfered unidentified. These stored articles are owned by members of the church.
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YBA Tacoma Baseball Team (ddr-one-1-28)
Black and white photographic negative of a Japanese American baseball team in uniforms that read "YBA". The team has been identified as from Tacoma, Washington. First from the right in the front row: Ted Taniguchi, First from the right in the back row: Stogie Kawabata.
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Pelican (ddr-one-1-542)
Color slide of a pelican perched on a rock. Image was most likely at the Portland Zoo in Washington Park (later moved to its current location from what is now the Japanese Gardans and renamed Oregon Zoo). According to donor processed on June 14, 1964.
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Ryoko Kobayashi Interview (ddr-chi-1-16)
Nisei female. Born September 20, 1926, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in Seattle during the Great Depression. In the late 1930s, moved with family to the Los Angeles area. During World War II, removed to the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas. After camp, resettled in Chicago.
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Seattle Chapter, JACL Reporter, Vol. 32, No. 8, August 1995 (ddr-sjacl-1-428)
Newsletter covering the following topics: President?s column by Cal Takagi on 50th anniversary of the end of WWII; monument to Jimmie and Misao Sakamoto unveiled at Keiro NH; obit by Bob Shimabukuro to Cal Anderson, gay Washington State Senator who passed away from AIDS.
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Fred Shiosaki Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-190-5)
Family dynamics, values
This interview was conducted as part of a project to capture stories of the Japanese American community of Spokane, Washington. Densho worked in collaboration with the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture.
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Ed Tsutakawa Interview Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1000-196-1)
Description of siblings
This interview was conducted as part of a project to capture stories of the Japanese American community of Spokane, Washington. Densho worked in collaboration with the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture.