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Woman in front of tree (ddr-densho-335-84)
img Woman in front of tree (ddr-densho-335-84)
The caption written on the back of the photograph reads "Oct - 8 - 1926. Causeir Lucy Baltimore"
Joseph Frisino Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-117-10)
vh Joseph Frisino Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-117-10)
Working for the Baltimore News Post

Mr. Frisino was suffering from a slight cough during the two days of this interview.

Joseph Frisino Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-117-3)
vh Joseph Frisino Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-117-3)
Description of childhood neighborhoods near Baltimore, Maryland

Mr. Frisino was suffering from a slight cough during the two days of this interview.

Joseph Frisino Interview Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1000-117-1)
vh Joseph Frisino Interview Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1000-117-1)
Family background, growing up near Baltimore, Maryland

Mr. Frisino was suffering from a slight cough during the two days of this interview.

Tulean Dispatch Vol. 6 No. 37 (August 28, 1943) (ddr-densho-65-393)
doc Tulean Dispatch Vol. 6 No. 37 (August 28, 1943) (ddr-densho-65-393)
Selected article titles: "Physical Exams Begin Here" (p. 1), "Films of Baltimore, New York Will be Shown Sat." (p. 1), "Laundry at Canteens Only" (p. 1), "New England Area Good for Relocation" (p. 1).
Joseph Frisino Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-117-4)
vh Joseph Frisino Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-117-4)
Racial segregation in the schools, prejudicial news coverage, and ethnic discrimination in Baltimore

Mr. Frisino was suffering from a slight cough during the two days of this interview.

Charles Olds Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-121-2)
vh Charles Olds Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-121-2)
Volunteering to work for the War Relocation Authority, establishing a relocation office in Baltimore, Maryland

This interview took place at the 2000 Tule Lake Pilgrimage in Klamath Falls, Oregon.

Joseph Frisino Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-117-9)
vh Joseph Frisino Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-117-9)
Attending mechanical drawing school, graduating from high school and beginning of newspaper career at the Baltimore News Post

Mr. Frisino was suffering from a slight cough during the two days of this interview.

Gila News-Courier Vol. II No. 65 (June 1, 1943) (ddr-densho-141-101)
doc Gila News-Courier Vol. II No. 65 (June 1, 1943) (ddr-densho-141-101)
Selected article titles: "Openings for 20 Student Nurses in Baltimore, M.D." (p. 1), "Editorial: Opportunity on Farms" (p. 2), "Labor Shortage: Hogs Deprived of Vitamins" (p. 3), "Temporary: Reunion for Families Halted" (p. 3), "Instructive Activities: Sentence Suspended in 7 Juvenile Delinquency Case" (p. 4).

Narrator Joseph Frisino

Male of Italian and Irish descent. Born 1919 in Baltimore, Maryland. Grew up in the countryside outside of Baltimore with his parents, younger sister, and maternal grandmother. Raised Catholic, he attended public schools until graduating in 1936 at age seventeen. Began working for the Baltimore News Post in 1937 until the draft of 1940 when he …
Colorado Times Vol. 31, No. 4298 (April 17, 1945) (ddr-densho-150-11)
doc Colorado Times Vol. 31, No. 4298 (April 17, 1945) (ddr-densho-150-11)
Selected article titles: "Nisei Find Welcome in S.F."; "Nisei Back on Italian Front -- Prefer France"; "L.A. Physician Denied Old Post"; "Joint YPCF-YBA Meeting"; "L.A. Civic Group Assails Japanese Fund Proposal"; "New Group Will Fight Nisei Return"; "Nisei Slashed in Chicago Cafe"; "Baltimore Relocation Office Closes"; "YBA Holds Memorial for Roosevelt."
Rohwer Relocator Vol. I No. 26 (October 26, 1945) (ddr-densho-143-314)
doc Rohwer Relocator Vol. I No. 26 (October 26, 1945) (ddr-densho-143-314)
Selected article titles: "Mr. Narita's Letter to Center Residents" (p. 1), "Fund Started to Rebuild Burned Home" (p. 2), "Demand for Nisei Workers Exceeds Supply in Baltimore" (p. 2), "First Nisei G.I. to Join Veteran's Administration" (p. 2), "New Job Offers in East Reserved for Rohwerites" (p. 4), "Minidoka Closes Ahead of Schedule" (p. 4), "WRA …
Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 49 (April 23, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-138)
doc Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 49 (April 23, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-138)
Selected article titles: "7 Veterans Appear in State Senate"; "On the Other Hand"; "Oko Resigns from Hollywood Legion Post"; "Charge Action to Cheap Politics and Racism"; "Challenge Attitude of Vancouver's Mayor"; "Arson Case Going Up for Trial"; "Local Author Writes of State 'Maturity'"; "Want Ads Today"; "Close Baltimore Office"; "Camp Romance is Over"; "Autonomous Units"; "Colorado …
Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 127 (October 24, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-213)
doc Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 127 (October 24, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-213)
Selected article titles: "Negotiate for Labor Housing"; "On the Other Hand"; "Psychologist to Speak Before University Students"; "Silver Stars"; "Unusual Church Winds Up Fete"; "Unbiased Protection"; "Won't Dim Heroism"; "Express Concern for Famished Civilians"; "Parents Seeking Citizenship Now"; "Colonel Signals Guest"; "Ex-Denverite to Open Baltimore Processing Plant"; "Cooperative Community in Operation at Hunter's Pt."; "They've Changed …
Joseph Frisino Interview (ddr-densho-1000-117)
vh Joseph Frisino Interview (ddr-densho-1000-117)
Male of Italian and Irish descent. Born 1919 in Baltimore, Maryland. Grew up in the countryside outside of Baltimore with his parents, younger sister, and maternal grandmother. Raised Catholic, he attended public schools until graduating in 1936 at age seventeen. Began working for the Baltimore News Post in 1937 until the draft of 1940 when he …
Letter to Yuri Domoto from Richard Tsukada (ddr-densho-356-436)
doc Letter to Yuri Domoto from Richard Tsukada (ddr-densho-356-436)
Letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from her future husband Richard "Dick" Tsukada. Dick writes about his journey to Philidelpha, including a stop to see Kaneji Domoto (Yuri's brother) who was staying around Baltimore, together Dick and Kaneji visited Washington D.C. to see sights and have dinner. Dick also details the next steps in his journey to …
Our 110,000 New Boarders (ddr-csujad-19-45)
doc Our 110,000 New Boarders (ddr-csujad-19-45)
This article from "Baltimore Sunday sun," published on February 7, 1943, by J.P. McEvoy talks about why to spend $80,000,000 a year to keep in sterile "Relocation Camps" for Japanese Americans who might be loyal to the United States or industrious food producers. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: …
Colorado Times Vol. 31, No. 4313 (May 22, 1945) (ddr-densho-150-26)
doc Colorado Times Vol. 31, No. 4313 (May 22, 1945) (ddr-densho-150-26)
Selected article titles: "Bridges Raps Union for Discrimination Against Nisei"; "San Francisco and the Darker Races"; "Fort Lupton YBA to Sponsor Graduation Dance"; "Would Ban Japanese"; "46 Nisei to Live in Baltimore"; "Soldier in Pacific Demands Respect for Nisei"; "Churchill Hails Nisei Combat Team for Italy Victories"; "WRA Will Free Japanese Despite Coast Violence"; "Quakers Erase …
Our 110,000 new boarders (ddr-csujad-55-180)
doc Our 110,000 new boarders (ddr-csujad-55-180)
Opinion article by J.P. McEvoy on the Japanese incarceration during World War II. Includes the author's perspective on implications of the incarceration for American taxpayers and armed forces, history of Japanese labor in the United States, and opinion on the incarceration. Condensed from the Baltimore Sunday Sun. A version of this article also appeared in Reader's …

Narrator Aaron Zajic

Born in Baltimore, Maryland. During the Redress Movement, worked for the Department of Justice's Office of Redress Administration (ORA), which was established to identify and administer reparations payments to eligible individuals. Was the ORA's Manager, Stage II Verification Team, from 1990 to 2000. By 1993 some of the ORA staff began working on Civil Rights investigations, …
Letter from Tadashi Ishida to Mr. & Mrs. Y Ishida (ddr-densho-535-116)
doc Letter from Tadashi Ishida to Mr. & Mrs. Y Ishida (ddr-densho-535-116)
Check-in letter from Fort Meade, Maryland, written 14 days after the last letter from Camp Blanding. Tad is bunking with Shiro; the barracks are "swell, and nice." The fort is 45 minutes from D.C. and Baltimore, and the men can leave whenever they'd like if they're not on duty; Tad and Shiro plan to go to …
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