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av Oral history with Karl Yoneda (ddr-csujad-29-382)

An oral interview with Karl Yoneda, a Nisei labor activist and veteran, incarcerated at the Manzanar incarceration camp. The interview was conducted for the Japanese American Oral History Project by California State University, Fullerton. Transcript is found in item: csufccop_jaoh_0944. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 1376.2_T01

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doc Memo to MDC Chapter Presidents from Bill Yoshino (ddr-chijacl-1-273)

Subj: California Assembly Bill2710

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vh Misako Shigekawa Interview (ddr-manz-1-74)

Nisei female. Born January 2, 1909, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in California, attending the University of Southern California before World War II and graduating with a degree in pharmacy. Married and was living in Terminal Island, California, when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. After being removed from Terminal Island, moved to …

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vh Michiko Wada Interview (ddr-manz-1-162)

Nisei female. Born in California. Grew up in Watts, California, where parents ran a grocery business. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. After the so-called "loyalty questionnaire," transferred to the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, returned to Los Angeles.

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vh Iku Kiriyama Interview (ddr-densho-1000-251)

Sansei female. Born November 12, 1939, in Los Angeles, California. During World War II, removed as a small child to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, returned to California with family, where parents established a nursery business in Torrance, California. Graduated from the University of Southern California, and worked as a teacher. Integral in …

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Collection Toru Miyoshi Family Collection (ddr-densho-480)

The Toru Miyoshi Family Collection includes negatives retrieved from the basement of the family’s drug store in Santa Maria, California. The collection also includes the 1934-1935 Southern California Nisei Directory, which includes information on Japanese Americans living and working in Southern California, and the 1940-1941 Commemorative Issue 2600th anniversary Yearbook and Directory, primarily for Japanese Americans …

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Collection CSU Dominguez Hills Hiroshi Fukuwa Manzanar Diary (ddr-csujad-34)

The Hiroshi Fukuwa Manzanar Diary consists of a diary written by Hiroshi Fukuwa, Kibei Nisei of Los Angeles, California, along with newsletters, clippings, and handwritten notes created/collected in the incarceration camps during World War II. The diary details his incarceration experiences in the Manzanar camp in California, the Gila River camp in Arizona, and the Tule …

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Collection Preserving California's Japantowns Collection (ddr-densho-1010)

This collection consists of interviews conducted in partnership with Preserving California's Japantowns, a project of California Japanese American Community Leadership Council (CJACLC), dedicated to documenting historic resources from pre-World War II Japantowns.

For more information about the project, please visit www.californiajapantowns.org.

Funding for these interviews was provided by a grant from the California State Library through …

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vh Saburo Masada Interview (ddr-manz-1-157)

Nisei male. Born April 1, 1930, in Fresno, California. Grew up in Caruthers, California, where parents leased a vineyard. During World War II, sent to the Fresno Assembly Center, California, and the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas. After leaving camp, lived in Ogden, Utah, and become a minister. Eventually returned to California.

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vh Henry Fukuhara Interview II (ddr-manz-1-65)

Nisei male. Born April 25, 1913, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in California prior to World War II. Removed to Manzanar concentration camp, California, during the war. Left Manzanar in 1943 and lived in various locations, eventually settling in New York and California. Mr. Fukuhara was a prominent artist.

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vh Henry Fukuhara Interview I (ddr-manz-1-3)

Nisei male. Born April 25, 1913, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in California prior to World War II. Removed to Manzanar concentration camp, California, during the war. Left Manzanar in 1943 and lived in various locations, eventually settling in New York and California. Mr. Fukuhara was a prominent artist.

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vh Richard Onishi Interview Segment 7 (ddr-jamsj-2-2-7)

Returning to San Jose, California, after World War II

This interview was conducted by the Japanese American Museum of San Jose, and is part of a project entitled "Lasting Stories: The Resettlement of San Jose Japantown," a collaborative project between the Japanese American Museum of San Jose and Densho.

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vh Dave Tatsuno Interview Segment 6 (ddr-jamsj-2-6-6)

Attending University of California Berkeley before World War II

This interview was conducted by the Japanese American Museum of San Jose, and is part of a project entitled "Lasting Stories: The Resettlement of San Jose Japantown," a collaborative project between the Japanese American Museum of San Jose and Densho.

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vh George Hanada Interview Segment 2 (ddr-jamsj-2-5-2)

Growing up and attending school in San Jose, California

This interview was conducted by the Japanese American Museum of San Jose, and is part of a project entitled "Lasting Stories: The Resettlement of San Jose Japantown," a collaborative project between the Japanese American Museum of San Jose and Densho.

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Laws Directed at Japanese. California May Prevent Orientals Holding Land, From Being Members of Corporations and From Attending School. (January 14, 1909) (ddr-densho-56-138)

doc Laws Directed at Japanese. California May Prevent Orientals Holding Land, From Being Members of Corporations and From Attending School. (January 14, 1909) (ddr-densho-56-138)

The Seattle Daily Times, January 14, 1909, p. 11

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img Portrait of Asamichi Okutake (ddr-njpa-4-1861)

Suekini California, Mr. Asamichi Okutake

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img View of bridge (ddr-densho-326-495)

Caption: Bridge in Northern California

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img Ship with streamers (ddr-densho-326-557)

Caption: Chichibu maru / S.F. California

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img Man and woman standing by car (ddr-densho-326-503)

Caption: Rose Yamada / L.A. California

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img View of city (ddr-densho-326-499)

Caption: City of L.A. California

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vh Ann Sugimoto Interview (ddr-manz-1-72)

Nisei female. Born September 22, 1916, in Los Angeles, California, and grew up in Venice, California. Married before World War II, and removed during the war to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. Had a child in camp. After leaving Manzanar, lived in Ohio for a number of years before returning to California.

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vh June T. Watanabe Interview (ddr-manz-1-160)

Nisei female. Born 1924 in Venice, California. Grew up in Lawndale, California, where parents farmed. During World War II, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Rohwer concentration camp, Arkansas. After leaving camp, married and moved to Bloomington, Minnesota, while husband served in the military. Eventually returned to California.

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av Oral history with Frank Emi, Art Emi, and James Omura (ddr-csujad-29-390)

An oral interview with Frank Emi, Art Emi, and James Omura. The interview was conducted for the Japanese American Oral History Project by California State University, Fullerton. Transcript is found in item: csufccop_jaoh_0960. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 2331.2_T01

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29-390/