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vh Sumiko M. Yamamoto Interview (ddr-densho-1000-269)

Nisei female. Born May 12, 1925, in Spreckels, California. Moved frequently with family as a child, eventually settling in Gilroy, California. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to the Salinas Assembly Center, California, and the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. Following father's desire to repatriate to Japan, transferred to Tule Lake concentration camp, California, when it …

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Collection Sonoma State Gaye LeBaron Collection (ddr-csujad-23)

The Gaye LeBaron Collection houses the research material of newspaper columnist Gaye LeBaron, relating to the North Bay region of California. Files hold support materials for more than 8,200 newspaper columns written for The Press Democrat newspaper in Santa Rosa, California. Included are research notes, correspondence, newspaper clippings, monographs, local documents, journal issues, photographs, oral histories, …

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Collection Meriko Maida Collection (ddr-densho-494)

A memorial website to Meriko Maida's life. Includes biographical essays and photographs from Meriko's life. Meriko was born in Richmond, California to Torayoshi (Muraki) Maida and Kane Maida in 1920. She grew up in Richmond, traveling to Japan in 1937 to receive additional education. She returned to California in 1939. She and her family were incarcerated …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-494/

vh Hisaye Yamamoto Interview Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1002-10-13)

Leaving camp and returning to California

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life histories, instead primarily focusing on …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1002-10-13/

vh Hisaye Yamamoto Interview Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1002-10-1)

Family background; growing up in Redondo Beach, California

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life histories, instead primarily …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1002-10-1/

vh Harry Ueno Interview Segment 39 (ddr-densho-1002-7-39)

Postwar life: working as a farmer in California

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life histories, instead primarily …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1002-7-39/

vh Aiko Herzig Interview Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1002-8-8)

First impressions of Manzanar, California: "it was so depressing"

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life histories, instead …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1002-8-8/

vh Jim Hirabayashi Interview Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1002-5-8)

The journey to Pinedale Assembly Center, California

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life histories, instead primarily focusing …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1002-5-8/

vh Minoru Kiyota Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-36-8)

Reactions to the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the incarceration, and Japanese American Citizens League's wartime actions

This interview was conducted at the 1998 Tule Lake Pilgrimage held at Klamath Falls, Oregon and at the site of Tule Lake incarceration camp in California. Given the limited time available during this event, the length and breadth of this …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-36-8/

vh Minoru Kiyota Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-36-9)

Description of FBI interrogation in camp, and impact on response to the so-called "loyalty questionnaire"

This interview was conducted at the 1998 Tule Lake Pilgrimage held at Klamath Falls, Oregon and at the site of Tule Lake incarceration camp in California. Given the limited time available during this event, the length and breadth of this interview …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-36-9/

vh Minoru Kiyota Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-36-11)

Two key supporters in renouncing U.S. citizenship: Marvin Opler and Wayne Collins's work on behalf of renunciants

This interview was conducted at the 1998 Tule Lake Pilgrimage held at Klamath Falls, Oregon and at the site of Tule Lake incarceration camp in California. Given the limited time available during this event, the length and breadth of …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-36-11/

vh Minoru Kiyota Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-36-4)

Developing respect and admiration for the Japanese while attending school in Japan, description of Japanese values and culture

This interview was conducted at the 1998 Tule Lake Pilgrimage held at Klamath Falls, Oregon and at the site of Tule Lake incarceration camp in California. Given the limited time available during this event, the length and breadth …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-36-4/

img Train Tracks (ddr-densho-335-306)

The caption on the back of the photograph reads "Train Cross Bay California".

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img Three parts of large photo (ddr-densho-341-58)

Caption: Young People's Christian Conference of Northern California - October 9, 10, 11 1936

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img Higashi Hongwanji Garden (ddr-densho-357-608)

Hanako Terakawa's caption: "Tourist group from California at Higashi Hongwanji Garden, July 1934."

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img Japanese American farmer (ddr-densho-37-378)

Original WRA caption: Tule Lake Relocation Center, Newell, California. Project farmer with carrots.

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img Grade school children (ddr-densho-37-377)

Original WRA caption: Tule Lake Relocation Center, Newell, California. Recess in grade school.

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img Grade school children (ddr-densho-37-376)

Original WRA caption: Tule Lake Relocation Center, Newell, California. Recess in grade school.

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img Friends in Los Angeles (ddr-densho-328-434)

Caption in album: "My Summer Vacation (1949) Los Angeles, California / Amy / Taro, Geo."

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img Friends in Los Angeles (ddr-densho-328-436)

Caption in album: "My Summer Vacation (1949) Los Angeles, California / Taro / George, Michi."

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img A man in Los Angeles (ddr-densho-328-435)

Caption in album: "My Summer Vacation (1949) Los Angeles, California / Bob / Los Angeles."

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doc Kame Nakamura's Alien Registration Card (ddr-densho-416-9)

Kame Nakamura's Alien Registration Card from the Agricultural Commissioner of Imperial County, California.

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doc Gonkichi Nakamura's Alien Registration Card (ddr-densho-416-10)

Gonkichi Nakamura's Alien Registration Card from the Agricultural Commissioner of Imperial County, California.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-416-10/

doc Sonoko Miyagi's Alien Registration Card (ddr-densho-416-8)

Sonoko Miyagi's Alien Registration Card from the Agricultural Commissioner of Imperial County, California.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-416-8/

doc Letter from Ardeane to Tomoye Takahashi (ddr-densho-410-163)

Describes trying to find a permanent home, and difficulties of resettlement in California

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-410-163/

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