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Rev. Michael Yoshii Interview Segment 2 (ddr-ajah-1-10-2)
Arrival in Alameda, California, as the pastor of the Buena Vista Methodist Church
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Ties that Bind: Generations of Faith (ddr-ajah-4-65)
A video commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the Buena Vista United Methodist Church in Alameda, California.
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Footage from Ties That Bind: Generations of Faith (2 of 3) (ddr-ajah-4-67)
Footage featuring services and interviews from the Buena Vista United Methodist Church in Alameda, California. Shot for a documentary commemorating Buena Vista's centennial called Ties That Bind: Generations of Faith, produced by Wendy Hanamura.
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Footage from Ties That Bind: Generations of Faith (3 of 3) (ddr-ajah-4-68)
Footage featuring services and interviews from the Buena Vista United Methodist Church in Alameda, California. Shot for a documentary commemorating Buena Vista's centennial called Ties That Bind: Generations of Faith, produced by Wendy Hanamura.
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Footage from Ties That Bind: Generations of Faith (1 of 3) (ddr-ajah-4-66)
Footage featuring services and interviews from the Buena Vista United Methodist Church in Alameda, California. Shot for a documentary commemorating Buena Vista's centennial called Ties That Bind: Generations of Faith, produced by Wendy Hanamura.
Narrator Jo Takata
Sansei female. Born January 16, 1944, at the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. After leaving camp, the family returned to Alameda, California, where they had lived before World War II. Jo grew up in Alameda and became a high school teacher. Involved with the Buena Vista United Methodist Church and numerous other Japanese American community activities in …
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Jo Takata for Nellie Takeda (ddr-ajah-8-8)
In this video, Jo Takata talks about her mother, Nellie Takeda. Nellie was born in Alameda, California, and was married just before the bombing of Pearl Harbor. During World War II, removed to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. After the war, returned to Alameda and lived for a number years …
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Home movie footage of the Buena Vista United Methodist Church snow trip (ddr-ajah-4-71)
Home movies of the snow trip in Lake Tahoe of the Buena Vista United Methodist Church. Includes scenes of the church's annual Spring Festival or Bazaar, Easter service with an Easter egg hunt, and a church picnic held at Crab Cove, Alameda, California. Home movies taken by Haruo "Howe" Hanamura (April 10, 1919 - August 18, …
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Jo Takata Interview (ddr-ajah-1-6)
Sansei female. Born January 16, 1944, at the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. After leaving camp, the family returned to Alameda, California, where they had lived before World War II. Jo grew up in Alameda and became a high school teacher. Involved with the Buena Vista United Methodist Church and numerous other Japanese American community activities in …
Narrator Michael Yoshii
Sansei male. Born August 10, 1952, in Berkeley, California. Graduated from UC Berkeley with a degree in social welfare. Attended the Pacific School of Religion and graduated with an MDiv. Appointed full-time pastor to the Buena Vista United Methodist Church in Alameda, California, in 1988. Served as pastor for more than thirty years, leading the church's …
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Alameda Japanese American History Project Oral History Collection (ddr-ajah-1)
This collection consists of interviews with Nisei and Sansei talking about the Japanese American community in Alameda, California. The project partners include The Internet Archive (archive.org), the Alameda Library, the Buddhist Temple of Alameda, Buena Vista United Methodist Church, Rhythmix Cultural Works, and Densho. The Alameda Museum also contributed but was not a partner in the …
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Large group photo outside church (ddr-ajah-4-57)
Printed on photo front: Japanese Methodist Church "Last Issei Services" Alameda, California, February 15, 1942. Caption below photo: On February 15, 1942, the JME church held a farewell service conducted by Rev. Shigeo Shimada and attended by 120 members and friends, many of whom stepped forward for baptism. Dr. J.B. Cobb and his wife, former missionaries …
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Rev. Michael Yoshii Interview (ddr-ajah-1-10)
Sansei male. Born August 10, 1952, in Berkeley, California. Graduated from UC Berkeley with a degree in social welfare. Attended the Pacific School of Religion and graduated with an MDiv. Appointed full-time pastor to the Buena Vista United Methodist Church in Alameda, California, in 1988. Served as pastor for more than thirty years, leading the church's …
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Ties That Bind: Generations of Faith (ddr-densho-1024-25)
Documentary film about this history of the Buena Vista United Methodist Church, a Japanese American church in Alameda, California , on its 100th anniversary. Using family photographs, home movies and other sources, the film takes us through the church's history in ten and twenty year intervals, highlighting its founding and early growth through the Issei era, …