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Tetsujiro "Tex" Nakamura Interview (ddr-densho-1000-263)
Nisei male. Born July 16, 1917, in San Francisco, California. Grew up in Sacramento, and graduated from UC Berkeley in 1939. During World War II, was removed to the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Voluntarily stayed in Tule Lake after it was designated a Segregation Center, and worked in the legal aid office. Assisted attorney Wayne …
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Frank K. Omatsu Interview (ddr-densho-1000-373)
Nisei male. Born March 31, 1924, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in Los Angeles where father worked as a produce buyer. During World War II, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas. Left camp to work in Chicago, and was drafted into the military. Served with the Military …
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Shig Miyaki Interview (ddr-densho-1000-259)
Nisei male. Born November 18, 1923, on Terminal Island, California. Grew up on Terminal Island, where father was part of the large Japanese American fishing community. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. While at Manzanar, joined the irrigation crew and took expeditons out in the hills surrounding camp to …
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Tom Matsuoka Interview (ddr-densho-1000-47)
Kibei male. Born August 1, 1903, in Sprecklesville, Maui, Hawaii. Taken to Japan in 1905 and raised by grandparents. Returned to the United States in 1919, joining father at Barneston sawmill in Washington. Married and farmed in Bellevue, Washington. Founded Bellevue Seinenkai and managed the Bellevue Vegetable Growers Association prior to World War II. Was picked …
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Harry Kawahara Interview (ddr-densho-1000-368)
Nisei male. Born September 14, 1931, in San Leandro, California. Grew up in San Leandro, where father ran a farm. During World War II, removed to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. After leaving camp, moved with family to Salt Lake City for a year before returning to San Leandro. After …
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Yasu Koyamatsu Momii Interview (ddr-densho-1000-374)
Nisei female. Born October 23, 1921, in Seattle, Washington. Moved to Los Angeles, California, with family around age six. Had graduated from high school and was attending a trade school in dressmaking when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. During World War II, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Gila River concentration camp, Arizona. …
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Art Shibayama Interview (ddr-densho-1000-151)
Nisei male. Born June 6, 1930, in Callao, Peru. Grew up in Peru, raised by both parents and grandparents. During World War II, taken with parents to the United States on a U.S. troop transport ship. Lived in the Crystal City internment camp, Texas, until family moved to work at Seabrook, New Jersey, a produce work …
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Robert A. Nakamura Interview (ddr-densho-1003-4)
Nisei/Sansei male. Born July 5, 1936, in Venice, California. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, lived for a time in Denver before returning to Los Angeles. After the war, became a pioneering filmmaker. Founder of Visual Communications, the oldest community-based media arts center in the United States. Along …
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Letter from John (Sohei) Hohri to Harold Landon (ddr-janm-18-4)
Letter from John (Sohei) Hohri to Harold Landon, dated March 4, 1942. The envelope is addressed to Harold Landon in West Los Angeles, California from John Sohei Hohri in North Hollywood, CA. Postmarked March 5, 1942 North Hollywood, California. Letter is written in black ink and has drawings in the upper right corner and in the …
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Envelope to K. Domoto with letters to Wakako Domoto from Toichi Domoto and Peter Milan (ddr-densho-356-208)
Envelope addressed to Mr. K. Domoto (Kanetaro) postmarked Osaka, Japan 24.12.15 on the front and postmarked Oakland, California 1/14/1916 on the back. Stored inside the envelope were two letters to Wakako "Wak" Domoto. The first letter is from Peter Milan dated 1/28/1944, and discusses locating Domoto family items, Kaneji's hunt on the East Coast for a …
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Terakawa Collection (ddr-densho-357)
The Terakawa Collection consists of four photograph albums created by Hanako Terakawa. Hanako's parents, Tadaichi and Yoni Yoshioka, immigrated from Japan and settled in Hayward, California in the early 1900's. In Hayward, they started a family and had five children. They owned a nursery and maintained several greenhouses built around 1913. The earliest photograph album primarily …
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National Emergency Conference report (ddr-densho-67-15)
Japanese American Citizens League report from a conference addressing internal security in Manzanar concentration camp, California. Report warns of internal strife, danger of pro-Japan groups, reports on judicial system, fire and police protection, and illicit activities. Includes an account of an attack on a Japanese American camp police officer, and description of "gangs" within camp.
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Heart Mountain Sentinel Vol. III No. 32 (August 5, 1944) (ddr-densho-97-193)
Selected article titles: "Shiramizu Test Case is Moved to California Federal Court" (p. 1), "Methodist Pastor Criticizes 'Prejudice' in Town of Cody" (p. 1), "16 Unions Force Evacuees to Quit Jobs in Chicago, Move Thought Significant" (p. 1), "Two Students are Beaten at Laramie" (p. 1), "Editorial: Over-Optimism" (p. 4), "Tule Lake Draft Case Dismissed" (p. …
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Heart Mountain Sentinel Vol. III No. 9 (February 26, 1944) (ddr-densho-97-170)
Selected article titles: "Good Citizenship: An Editorial" (p. 1), "No Rules Prohibit Nisei from Any Service Branch. First Group Will Leave Here Sunday" (p. 1), "Morale Reflects Many Facets in Day-to-Day Life in Camp" (p. 4), "California Minister: 'Rights of Nisei Should be Restored'" (p. 5), "Lewis Pleads for Distinction Between 'Loyal and Disloyal'" (p. 8).
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 20 No. 17 (April 28, 1945) (ddr-pc-17-17)
Selected article titles: "Placer County Jury Rules Trio Innocent of Terrorism. Defendants Acquitted on All Counts After White Supremacy Plea by Defense Attorney" (p. 1), "Nisei Troops Returned Secretly To Italy, Moved into Positions At Night to Surprise Germans" (p. 2), "California Anti-Evacuee Groups Organize State Body to Carry On Campaign Against Nisei" (p. 2).
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 21 No. 21 (November 24, 1945) (ddr-pc-17-47)
Selected article titles: "State Supreme Court May Hear Oyama Test Case on California Alien Land Law" (p. 1), "Repatriates in Canada Fight Deportation" (p. 1), "Wounded Veteran of 442nd Robbed, Slain in Stockton" (p. 1), "Pressure by Pro-Japan Groups on Tule Renunciants Affirmed By Myer; WRA Duress Denied" (p. 2), "Army Barracks Converted for Evacuee Use" …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 24 No. 8 (March 1, 1947) (ddr-pc-19-9)
Selected article titles: "U.S. Supreme Court Asked to Rule on Alien Land Law" (p. 1), "California Conference Seeks Payment of Evacuee Claims" (p. 1), "British Columbia, Ontario Have Largest Totals of Evacuees" (p. 2), "Many Stranded Nisei Scheduled To Return to U.S. Soon" (p. 3), "Report Housing Situation Still Critical for Bay Area Evacuees" (p. 8).
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 27 No. 23 (December 11, 1948) (ddr-pc-20-49)
Selected article titles: "ADC Will Seek Amendment To Enemy Trading Act to Prevent Losses of Property" (p. 1), "California Civic Unity Group Will Survey Discriminatory Practices on Cemetery Plots" (p. 1), "National Committee of Amvets Reaffirms Support of Measure To Amend Naturalization Law" (p. 3), "Last Two Canadian Evacuees End Moose Jaw Sitdown Strike" (p. 3).
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 32 No. 21 (June 2, 1951) (ddr-pc-23-22)
Selected article titles: "Employment Outlook Improves For Japanese Americans in Hawaii as Result of War" (p. 1), "Nisei Soldier Rescued After Six Months as War Prisoner" (p. 1), "California Assembly Passes Bill to Lower Issei Licenses" (p. 2), "Assembly Acts to Repeal Ban Against Chinese, Mongolians" (p. 3), "Survivor of A-Bomb Attack Tells of War Experiences" …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 35 No. 9 (August 30, 1952) (ddr-pc-24-35)
Selected article titles: "California Official's Decision Not to Appeal Masaoka Case Marks End of State Statute" (p. 1), "Immigration Service Delays Issei Filing for Citizenship Until New Forms Available" (p. 1), "Initiate Concerted Campaign To Encourage Hawaii's Issei To Seek U.S. Naturalization" (p. 3), "No Decision Reached as Yet On Moving JACL's National Headquarters to West …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 29 No. 24 (December 10, 1949) (ddr-pc-21-49)
Selected article titles: "California Civic Unit Groups Urge Passage of Legislation for Equality in Naturalization" (p. 1), "California's Alien Land Statute Challenged in New Suit Filed By Members of Masaoka Family" (p. 1), "Nisei Doctor Studies Children Who Survived Hiroshima Blast" (p. 1), "Anti-Negro Threats by Chicago Crowd Told by Nisei CIO Leader" (p. 2).
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 31 No. 21 (November 25, 1950) (ddr-pc-22-47)
Selected article titles: "Walter Resolution Passage Heads JACL ADC's Agenda for Coming 'Lame Duck' Session" (p. 1), "California Court Plans Hearings in Test Cases. Alien Land Statute Under Attack in Masaoka, Fujii Cases" (p. 1), "Japanese Americans Among Victims of Coast Area Floods" (p. 1), "Strandees Regain Citizenship Despite Participation in 1946 Japanese General Election" (p. …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 30 No. 14 (April 8, 1950) (ddr-pc-22-14)
Selected article titles: "Possibility for Early Senate Action on Walter Measure Looms Through Calendar Call" (p. 1), "32 Taken Ill After Party in California City. Eleven Hospitalized of Food Poisoning at Housewarming Fete" (p. 1), "Necessity of Mass Evacuation Debated at College Symposium" (p. 2), "Masaoka Cites Need for Nisei Organization in Coast Speech" (p. 8).
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 45, No. 15 (October 11, 1957) (ddr-pc-29-41)
Select article titles: "U.S. Supreme Court Reconvenes, JACL Interested in Three Cases" (p. 1); "40,000 Filipinos in California prospering; race problems minimized" (p. 1); "Percentage of Nisei Marrying Into Other Racial Groups Increasing Over Past Decade in Hawaii" (p. 2); "Army installation named for Nisei hero" (p. 7); "Apathy Toward Sacrifices of Nisei GIs Hit" (p. …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 71, No. 22 (November 27, 1970) (ddr-pc-42-47)
Selected article titles: "JACL health plan quota dropped for PSW, open enrollment starts" (p. 1), "Citizenship case argued before Supreme Court" (p. 1), "Teachers needed for Asian courses" (p. 1), "Contributions of all minorities in growth of California to be noted" (p. 1), "Filipino community awakening, now in search of policy of self-continuity" (p. 3).