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doc Oral Memoirs of Joseph Ishikawa (ddr-densho-468-94)

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Letter from Jimmie Tabata, First Vice President, Japanese American Citizens League Monterey Peninsula to Japanese American Citizens League of Monterey Peninsula Board Members, September 17, 1945 (ddr-csujad-44-3)

doc Letter from Jimmie Tabata, First Vice President, Japanese American Citizens League Monterey Peninsula to Japanese American Citizens League of Monterey Peninsula Board Members, September 17, 1945 (ddr-csujad-44-3)

Letter from Jimmie Tabata, First Vice President of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) Monterey Peninsula Chapter, explaining to other board members of the JACL Monterey Peninsula Chapter that the JACL Monterey Chapter Hall will be released by the California State Guards, and Guy Curtis, who had been given power of attorney to represent the JACL …

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doc Desert Sentinel, Vol. I. No. 15, June 21, 1943 (ddr-csujad-17-1)

School newspaper published at the Gila River incarceration camp. According to an announcement on the back page, publication seeks to make known the War Relocation Authority's "plans and policies," the results of Community Council deliberations, and various regulations and news about life at the Gila River Incarceration Camp. Issue features articles about and by the Camp's …

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doc Letter from Tsuruno Meguro to Fumio Fred and Yoneko Takano, May 1945 (ddr-csujad-42-80)

A letter from Tsuruno Meguro in the Heart Mountain incarceration camp to her son-in-law and daughter, Fumio Fred and Yoneko Takano in the Gila River incarceration camp. She informs them that she is leaving the camp with Kumaji on Friday, May 11, and planning to rent Mr. Shimazu's house in Los Angeles, California. Her other daughters, …

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img General view of Tule Lake incarceration camp (ddr-csujad-52-29)

Caption pasted on reverse of image (now missing) reads, "GENERAL VIEW OF RELOCATION CENTER, This is a general view of the Tulelake, Calif., Japanese relocation center located near the California-Oregon border and 40 miles southeast of Klamath Falls, Ore. The land is an old lake bottom developed by the U.S. reclamation service. About 7,000 acres are …

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doc Letter from Miyuki Matsuura to Mr. and Mrs. Okine, March 31, 1946 [in Japanese] (ddr-csujad-5-139)

A letter from Miyuki Matsuura to her uncle and aunt, Seiichi and Tomeyo Okine. In the letter, she writes about her family in Japan. She has received a letter from her family in Japan and learned about their situations. She writes about her father who suffers from flash burns because of the atomic bombing in August. …

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doc Letter from Miyuki [Matsuura] to Mr. and Mrs. S. Okine, July 12, 1952 [in Japanese] (ddr-csujad-5-275)

A letter from Miyuki Matsuura to her uncle and aunt, Seiichi and Tomeyo Okine. She updates on her crops, picking strawberries, and her fears that the recent cold weather would delay the growth of garlic. She also updates on Mr. Freitas's wedding gift that Seiichi Okine asked her to prepare. She bought a large plate and …

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av Ken Inose Interview (ddr-densho-400-5)

Ken Inose was born in 1933 in Los Angeles, California, as one of four children to Sejiro and Yoshiko Inose. Before World War II, Ken lived in the Boyle Heights area of Los Angeles where he had ethnically diverse neighbors. His father was a salesman and his mother was a housewife. When the war broke out, …

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vh Harvey Watanabe Interview (ddr-densho-1000-102)

Nisei male. Born February 7, 1919, in Exeter, California. Spent prewar childhood in Visalia, California. Drafted prior to World War II. Served in an activated National Guard unit at Fort Lewis, Washington. When World War II broke out, he and all the other Nisei servicemen at Fort Lewis were sent inland. About twenty, Harvey included, went …

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vh Rudy Tokiwa Interview II (ddr-densho-1000-92)

Nisei male. Born July 7, 1925, near San Jose. Grew up in Salinas, California, until he went to Japan at the age of thirteen. Studied in Japan until about 1939. Incarcerated at the Salinas Assembly Center, California, and Poston concentration camp, Arizona. Volunteered out of camp to serve in the U.S. military. Fought in Europe as …

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vh Takashi Hoshizaki Interview (ddr-densho-1000-290)

Nisei male. Born October 3, 1923, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in Los Angeles, where parents owned and operated a produce store. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to the Pomona Assembly Center, California, and the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. While in Heart Mountain, decided to resist the draft, and attended meetings of …

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vh Eiichi Edward Sakauye Interview I (ddr-densho-1005-1)

Nisei male. Born January 25, 1912, in San Jose, California. Grew up in San Jose, working on family's extensive farmholdings, and graduating from San Jose Teachers College. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, was removed to Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. While at Heart Mountain, became the agriculture superintendent, and …

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doc Memo from John Burling to Philip Glick (ddr-densho-67-116)

Memo from John Burling to Philip Glick on a WRA memo called "validity of detention." Burling critiques the WRA memo -- written in connection to the Korematsu brief -- because of its reliance on DeWitt's Final Report. States that it is also based on heresay and rumors that were never proved to be true, such as …

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doc Heart Mountain Sentinel Vol. II No. 47 (November 20, 1943) (ddr-densho-97-156)

Selected article titles: "Tule Relaxes as Probe Continues" (p. 1), "Coast Grangers Would Bar Nisei" (p. 1), "Nisei Proving Their Loyalty, Thomas Tells Group at Hostel" (p. 1), "Editorial: Transfer Tule Lake Center!" (p. 4), "Committee on Resettlement of Nisei Formed in Wisconsin" (p. 4), "A Sermon in California: Persecution of Nisei Hit by Minister" (p. …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 16 No. 25 (June 24, 1943) (ddr-pc-15-25)

Selected article titles: "Supreme Court Rules Coast Curfew Legal" (p. 1), "Dies Investigators 'Amazed' by Crowded Conditions at Poston" (p. 1), "California Republicans Urge Firmer Control of Evacuees" (p. 2), "Minidoka Canal Claims Life of Boy Evacuee" (p. 3), "Japanese Problem In Hawaii Exaggerated, Says Honolulu Mayor" (p. 7), "Spanish Consul To Investigate Alien Treatment" (p. …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 21 No. 4 (July 28, 1945) (ddr-pc-17-30)

Selected article titles: "War Veterans in Stockton Take Steps to Restore Cemetery Desecrated by Angry Citizens" (p. 1), "Japanese Canadians File Cases to Test Validity of Dominion's Evacuee Segregation Program" (p. 2), "WRA Official Counters Charge of 'Conspiracy' by Legislator" (p. 2), "425 Evacuees Leave Rohwer Center on Special Train for Former Homes in California" (p. …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 25 No. 16 (October 25, 1947) (ddr-pc-19-43)

Selected article titles: "Acheson Challenges Validity of California Alien Land Act. Wirin Argues Law is Race Legislation in Oyama Case Argument in Supreme Court" (p. 1), "Twelve AFL Locals Charged With Discrimination Against Japanese American Workers" (p. 2), "Stranded Nisei Processed for Jobs in Japan. Now Being Employed On Occupation Duties By Eighth Army" (p. 2), …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 26 No. 17 (April 24, 1948) (ddr-pc-20-17)

Selected article titles: "House Group Hears Please for Judd Measure. Witnesses Urge Congress Pass Bill to Give Naturalization Privilege to Japanese Aliens" (p. 1), "ACLU Attacks California Law Barring Japanese Fishermen" (p. 1), "British Columbia Proposes Lifting of Employment Bans On Japanese Canadian Group" (p. 3), "Restrictive Covenant Suit Seeks Nisei Ouster from Fresno Home" (p. …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 30 No. 9 (March 4, 1950) (ddr-pc-22-9)

Selected article titles: "Interracial Housing Project Started in California City" (p. 1), "Justice Department Submits Bid for $5 Million to Pay Claims Filed by Evacuees" (p. 1), "Prejudice Bars Nisei Ex-GI from Buying Home in Boise District" (p. 2), "JACL, Resettlers Open Drive For Registration of Voters" (p. 7), "Chicago JACL Plans to File Brief Supporting …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 32 No. 25 (June 30, 1951) (ddr-pc-23-26)

Selected article titles: "Hawaii Nisei Leaders Helped Formulate Plans for Wartime Activity, Says 442nd Chaplain" (p. 1), "California Newspaper Covers 'Six Years Overdue' Story of Nisei Soldiers in Combat" (p. 2), "Federal Appeals Court Upholds Treason Conviction, Sentence of Death Given to Kawakita" (p. 3), "Rule Evacuee May Receive Compensation for Insurance" (p. 3), "Nisei Organizations …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 33 No. 21 (December 1, 1951) (ddr-pc-23-48)

Selected article titles: "Japanese Americans Honor Utah Citizens Who Helped Resettlement of Evacuees" (p. 1), "Jury Selected in Fraud Trial of San Francisco Evacuee. Defendant Charged With False Claim For $760 Losses" (p. 1), "Acceleration of Evacuation Claims Program Requested by Northern California Chapters" (p. 2), "Civic Unity Heads to Discuss Status of Racial Minorities" (p. …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 29 No. 6 (August 6, 1949) (ddr-pc-21-31)

Selected article titles: "Nisei Reinstated in Market Jobs at Behest of Film Star" (p. 1), "Vandals Desecrate Japanese Cemetary in California Town" (p. 1), "Chicago JACL Considers Filing Service for Claimants" (p. 3), "Revive Nisei Week Festival for First Time Since War" (p. 3), "New York JACL Will Assist In Audit on Civil Rights" (p. 5), …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 28 No. 10 (March 12, 1949) (ddr-pc-21-10)

Selected article titles: "ADC's Contraband Articles Bill Passed by Congress. Permits Payment of Claims for Damage to Goods Ordered Given to Government Custody" (p. 1), "California Attorney General Will Not Seek Funds for Enforcing Alien Land Law" (p. 1), "U.S. Films on Nisei Will Aid Return of Canadians" (p. 1), "University of Washington Group Studies Employment …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 46, No. 26 (June 27, 1958) (ddr-pc-30-26)

Select article titles: "Non-restricted housing key to end race bias" (p. 1); "Canadians of Asian descent in joint bid on immigration bias" (p. 2); "Two Nisei graduated this year from West Point, from Hawaii & California" (p. 4) Starting in No. 13, the volume number in the header changes from 46 to 26. This printing error …

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doc Report on Jerome to Tule Lake transfer George Kuratomi (ddr-csujad-2-46)

Detailed informational report about George Kuratomi, an incarceree transfer to Tule Lake Camp from Jerome Camp due to questions about his loyalty to the United States and his activities within the Buddhist repatriate group at Jerome Camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sjs_sch_0046

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