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Ambassador Horinouchi (ddr-csujad-11-4)
img Ambassador Horinouchi (ddr-csujad-11-4)
A photo of Ambassador Horinouchi along with guards. Receiving Ambassador Horinouchi at the World's Fair held on San Francisco's Treasure Island. Ambassador Kensuke Horinouchi was the Japanese Ambassador to the United States from 1939-1940. From page 2 of: Tazu Kawamoto photo album (csudh_taz_0001). See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-11-4/
Letter from John D. Seater, Chief Project Steward, Gila River Project, War Relocation Authority, United States Department of the Interior, July 30, 1945 (ddr-csujad-42-116)
doc Letter from John D. Seater, Chief Project Steward, Gila River Project, War Relocation Authority, United States Department of the Interior, July 30, 1945 (ddr-csujad-42-116)
A letter from John D. Seater, Chief Project Steward, Gila River Project, War Relocation Authority, United States Department of the Interior. It itemizes the Itsuhei Takano's belongings in his unit in the barracks, 31-2-D, in the Gila River incarceration camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: tak_01_64_001
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-42-116/
Advice of personnel action, Form OEM-1, Fumio F. Takano (ddr-csujad-42-130)
doc Advice of personnel action, Form OEM-1, Fumio F. Takano (ddr-csujad-42-130)
A personnel action form issued by War Relocation Authority, United States Department of the Interior. It records Fumio Fred Takano's termination of his temporary appointment position as a freight handler due to his acceptance of other employment. The backside includes handwritten notes. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: tak_01_70_001
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-42-130/
Kamikaze goes to college: a Japanese suicide pilot starts his freshman year at Lafayette on a scholarship started by a dead GI (ddr-csujad-49-263)
doc Kamikaze goes to college: a Japanese suicide pilot starts his freshman year at Lafayette on a scholarship started by a dead GI (ddr-csujad-49-263)
Article, titled "Kamikaze Goes to College," that is about Robert Yukimasa Nishiyama, a former pilot in the Imperial Japanese military who later attended college in the United States. An item from: page 130 and the inner back cover of the Sue Kato scrapbook (gfb_skc_001). See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-49-263/
Letter from M.J. Brickley, Registrar, Sacramento Junior College, to whom it may concern, March 26, 1942 (ddr-csujad-55-1302)
doc Letter from M.J. Brickley, Registrar, Sacramento Junior College, to whom it may concern, March 26, 1942 (ddr-csujad-55-1302)
Correspondence from M.J. Brickley to Whom it May Concern requesting permission for Yuriko Kumamoto to travel between her home and Sacramento Junior College. Includes copies of Kumamoto's Citizen's Indefinite Leave card and her membership card for the United States Cadet Nurse Corps. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1304
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1302/
Hiroshi Terry Terakawa Interview (ddr-jamsj-2-12)
vh Hiroshi Terry Terakawa Interview (ddr-jamsj-2-12)
Nisei male. Born January 3, 1929, in Kyoto, Japan. Came to United States as a young child with parents. Moved frequently as a child due to father's role as a Buddhist minister, living in places like Walnut Grove and Marysville, California. During World War II, was living in Salt Lake City. Drafted into the army and …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-jamsj-2-12/
UC Santa Barbara Japanese in America, circa early 1900s-1960s (ddr-csujad-25)
Collection UC Santa Barbara Japanese in America, circa early 1900s-1960s (ddr-csujad-25)
Japanese in America, circa early 1900s-1960s, boxes 7-12: The collection contains photographs and albums of the Japanese in the United States, mainly Washington, California, Colorado, and Utah. The photographs include family portraits and snapshots capturing their community activities and local events, such as picnic, wedding, funeral, local associations’ activities, etc., mostly taken in the early 1900s. …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-25/

Narrator Kenji Ogawa

Sansei male. Born April 16, 1942, in Manzanar, California. In 1943, parents signed "no-no" on the so-called "loyalty questionnaire" and were transferred to the Tule Lake segregation center, California. Moved with family to Japan, and returned to the United States in the 1950s to attend high school.
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/854/
The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 23 No. 14 (October 12, 1946) (ddr-pc-18-41)
doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 23 No. 14 (October 12, 1946) (ddr-pc-18-41)
Selected article titles: "Northern California ACLU Says Government Still Holding 631 Persons at Texas Camp" (p. 1), "Protest Restrictive Covenants At West Los Angeles Meeting. Civil Rights Groups Support Right of Japanese American Family to Occupy New Home" (p. 1), "500 Japanese Canadians Deported to Japan Aboard United States Army Vessel" (p. 2), "Federal Judge Raps …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-18-41/
Alien tax receipt (ddr-csujad-38-539)
doc Alien tax receipt (ddr-csujad-38-539)
An alien tax receipt issued by Nihon Yuisen Kabushiki Kaisha. It certifies that Tomosuke Masukawa, who boarded on Tatuta [Tatsuta] Maru from Yokohama, Japan, on November 1, 1938, and arrived at Los Angeles Harbor, paid 8 dollars of alien tax required by the United States. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-38-539/
Letter from Wilbur E. Peacock, Manager, and H. L. Gee, Senior Interviewer, War Manpower Commission, United States Employment Service, to George Naohara, April 29, 1943 (ddr-csujad-38-556)
doc Letter from Wilbur E. Peacock, Manager, and H. L. Gee, Senior Interviewer, War Manpower Commission, United States Employment Service, to George Naohara, April 29, 1943 (ddr-csujad-38-556)
A letter from War Manpower Commission and United States Employment Service to George Nobuo Naohara in Salt Lake, Utah, where he has been employed as a farm laborer. It informs that his request for certificate of separation from the work was denied due to insufficient reasons. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American …
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Background for the relocation program (ddr-csujad-48-110)
doc Background for the relocation program (ddr-csujad-48-110)
Titled as: The background for the relocation program (prepared for information of Staff of the War Relocation Authority). It also describes the early Japanese migration to the United States and some of the economic and social aspects of American Japanese life. Transcription is found in item: ecm_wells_9919. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-48-110/
'What about Hugh Kiino' (ddr-csujad-19-82)
doc 'What about Hugh Kiino' (ddr-csujad-19-82)
This article from a magazine "Harper's," vol. 187, no. 1121 (October 1943), by S. Burton Heath is about a Japanese American citizen called Hugh Kiino. It addresses how Kiino, his wife, and seven thousand other Japanese Americans were forced by the United States army to leave their homes, desert their businesses and enter incarceration camps. See …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-19-82/
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: …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-19-45/
Letter from Robert K. Bratt, Administrator for Redress, Office of Redress Administration, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice (ddr-csujad-42-154)
doc Letter from Robert K. Bratt, Administrator for Redress, Office of Redress Administration, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice (ddr-csujad-42-154)
A copy of a letter from Robert K. Bratt, Administrator for Redress, Office of Redress Administration, Civil Rights Division, United States Department of Justice, addressing a recipient who is a spouse of a deceased eligible for the redress payment. The recipient is presumably Yoneko Takano. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-42-154/
Declaration of eligibility by the spouse of a deceased eligible person identified by the Office of Redress Administration (ddr-csujad-42-149)
doc Declaration of eligibility by the spouse of a deceased eligible person identified by the Office of Redress Administration (ddr-csujad-42-149)
Attachment page 1 and the reverse side completed by Yoneko Takano. The forms were presumably attached to the letter sent from Robert K. Bratt, Administrator for Redress, Office of Redress Administration, Civil Rights Division, United States Department of Justice, which is found in item: csudh_tak_0148. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-42-149/
Letter from James L. Shelly, Area Supervisor, U.S. Department of the Interior, to Mr. Fumio Takano, April 19, 1946 (ddr-csujad-42-132)
doc Letter from James L. Shelly, Area Supervisor, U.S. Department of the Interior, to Mr. Fumio Takano, April 19, 1946 (ddr-csujad-42-132)
A letter from James L. Shelly, Area Supervisor, United States Department of the Interior, responding to Fumio Fred Takano's wage claim. It appears that Fumio has submitted a wage claim to recover unpaid wages for two days. It instructs him to submit the further information. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-42-132/
Program of events in honor of World War II Medal of Honor recipients, June 21-22, 2000 (ddr-csujad-1-206)
doc Program of events in honor of World War II Medal of Honor recipients, June 21-22, 2000 (ddr-csujad-1-206)
A program for events in honor of World War II Medal of Honor recipients held in June 21-22, 2000. Lists 22 recipients, including names, titles, combat team names, and where and when they served. Includes mostly Japanese-American soldiers serving in the armed services of the United States. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-1-206/
Registration schedule (ddr-csujad-55-189)
doc Registration schedule (ddr-csujad-55-189)
Schedule for incarcerees to fill out the Statement of United States Citizen of Japanese Ancestry (form DSS 304a) and Application for Leave Clearance (form WRA 126) from February 18 through February 26, 1943. Schedule includes dates for males and females from each block in the Tule Lake camp. See this object in the California State Universities …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-189/

Narrator Rose Ito Tsunekawa

Nisei female. Born July 9, 1930, in Salinas, California. Grew up in Salinas, where father ran a successful farm. In 1941, moved with family to Japan. Remained in Japan during World War II and worked as an interpreter. After the war, returned to the United States and presently lives in California.
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/542/

Narrator Daryl Keck

White male of German descent. Born December 5, 1921, in Oketo, Kansas. Worked for a shipyard on Terminal Island, California, when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Served in the United States Air Force during World War II, and presently lives in Hammett, Idaho.
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/201/
Portraits of elderly couple (ddr-densho-107-29)
img Portraits of elderly couple (ddr-densho-107-29)
Roy Matsumoto's paternal grandparents. Roy's paternal grandfather, Wakamatsu, was the youngest son of the Matsumoto family. He married his sweetheart and came to Kauai, HI, as a government contract laborer to work in the sugar cane fields. Upon completion of the contract, he came to the mainland United States, leased land in southern California, and operated …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-107-29/
Letter from Frank Herron Smith to J. H. Peiper, Federal Bureau of Investigation, May 4, 1945 (ddr-csujad-21-1)
doc Letter from Frank Herron Smith to J. H. Peiper, Federal Bureau of Investigation, May 4, 1945 (ddr-csujad-21-1)
Smith urges FBI action be taken to stop injustices done to Japanese American citizens during World War II. Letter mentions correspondence from a Japanese pastor in Livingston, California, near Modesto and Merced, describing "no less than eight shooting incidents in which night-riders have shot into the homes of our church members." Smith also describes shooting and …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-21-1/
Constitution: an instrument of democracy (ddr-csujad-55-2125)
doc Constitution: an instrument of democracy (ddr-csujad-55-2125)
Copy of portions of a book regarding the United States constitution, its original ideas, growth, and present use. Chapters include Before the Constitution, the Making of the Constitution, the Constitution Grows Up, Nationalism and States' Rights: The First 70 Years, Protection of Individual Rights, the Power of the President, Expanding the Constitution, Limiting the Constitution, Amending …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2125/
Japanese in Hawaii (ddr-csujad-19-86)
doc Japanese in Hawaii (ddr-csujad-19-86)
An article from "The new republic," vol. 107, no. 11, number 1450 (September 14, 1942), by Blake Clark describes the feeling in mainland United States, that the Japanese in Hawaii cannot be trusted as a result of the many rumors that came out after the attack on Pearl Harbor. See this object in the California State …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-19-86/
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