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doc Letter to a Nisei man from his sister (ddr-densho-153-65)

Excerpt: "We received your letter this morning and also one yesterday." Sent from Manzanar concentration camp, California, to Chicago, Illinois.

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doc Postcard to a Nisei man from his sister (ddr-densho-153-162)

Excerpt: "Today we received your letter (post card) which was nice." Sent from Manzanar concentration camp, California, to Chicago, Illinois.

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doc Letter to a Nisei man from his sister (ddr-densho-153-68)

Excerpt: "Thank you for the post card. We are all well." Sent from Manzanar concentration camp, California, to Chicago, Illinois

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doc Letter to a Nisei man from his sister (ddr-densho-153-81)

Excerpt: "Thank you for the letters that are coming in continually." Sent from Manzanar concentration camp, California, to Chicago, Illinois.

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doc Letter to a Nisei man from his sister (ddr-densho-153-146)

Excerpt: "Received your string of post cards and the continued letters." Sent from Los Angeles, California, possibly to Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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doc Postcard to a Nisei man from his sister (ddr-densho-153-175)

Excerpt: "Received the swell card today & wish you the same thing." Sent from Manzanar concentration camp, California, to Chicago, Illinois.

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doc Map of Richmond (ddr-densho-433-296)

A map to a ceremony site in Richmond, California. Likely related to the event mentioned in ddr-densho-433-295.

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doc Women's Division newsletter (ddr-densho-433-321)

A newsletter for the Women's Division of the California Democratic State Central Committee with information about an upcoming education conference.

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doc Letter from Norvell Gillespie to Kimi Fujii (ddr-densho-433-838)

Norvell Gillespie writes to Kimi Fujii about the 1965 California Spring Garden Show being publicized in a Mexico City publication.

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img Japanese Americans voting (ddr-densho-37-168)

Original WRA caption: Tule Lake Relocation Center, Newell, California. Absentee voters of Japanese descent getting ballots and having them notarized.

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img Mess hall food (ddr-densho-37-413)

Original WRA caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Meals are being served cafeteria style at this War Relocation Authority Center.

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img Harvest Festival (ddr-densho-37-69)

Original WRA caption: Tule Lake Relocation Center, Newell, California. A scene at the Harvest Festival held at this relocation center.

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img Kindergarten class (ddr-densho-37-382)

Original WRA caption: Tule Lake Segregation Center, Newell, California. A kindergarten class at the Tule Lake Center on the playground.

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Collection Fujii and Mori Families Collection (ddr-densho-321)

The Fujii and Mori Families Collection consists of 6 photograph albums documenting life in Tacoma and Vashon Island, Washington before World War II, incarceration at Heart Mountain and Jerome concentration camps and relocation to California after the war.

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vh Harry K. Yoshikawa Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-278-3)

Growing up in Venice, California: participating in judo

Due to technical difficulties during the taping of this interview, the interviewer's voice is considerably louder than the narrator's. This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this …

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vh Jimmie Omura Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1002-11-10)

First experience with Nisei journalism: editor of the New Japanese American News in Los Angeles, 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 …

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vh Susan Hayase Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-13-4)

Nihonmachi Outreach Committee (NOC), San Jose, California, role in organizing hearings

This interview was conducted at the Voices of Japanese American Redress Conference, held on the UCLA campus and sponsored by the UCLA Asian American Studies Center and the UCLA School of Public Policy and Social Research. Because of the full conference schedule, our interviews were …

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img President Reagan signing the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 (ddr-densho-10-6)

Onlookers watch as President Ronald Reagan signs the Civil Liberties Act of 1988. Left to right: Senator Spark Matsunaga (Hawaii), Representative Norman Mineta (California), Representative Patsy Saiki (Hawaii), Senator Pete Wilson (California), Representative. Don Young (Alaska), Representative Robert Matsui (California), Representative Bill Lowery (California), and Harry Kajihara, President, National JACL. The man in the back is …

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doc Letter from Usami Terada to Mr. and Mrs. A.W. Thomas, October 29, 1942 (ddr-csujad-4-15)

A letter from Usami Terada, an incarceree at the Rohwer incarceration camp, to Mr. and Mrs. A.W. Thomas in Lawndale, California. In the letter, he describes his life and the conditions of the Rohwer incarceration camp. He also describes the Japanese American soldiers visiting the camp: among the soldiers, he finds Sam Kita, one of his …

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vh Ben Y. Tonooka Interview (ddr-densho-1000-390)

Nisei male. Born July 17, 1924, in Fowler, California. At an early age, moved with family to Fresno, California. During World War II, removed to the Fresno Assembly Center, California, and to the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas. Transferred to the Gila River concentration camp, Arizona, after Jerome closed. After leaving camp, lived in Cleveland, Ohio, for …

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vh Taneyuki Dan Harada Interview (ddr-densho-1000-306)

Kibei male. Born June 17, 1923, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in Los Angeles before moving to Japan and attending school. Returned to the U.S. in 1938, and was attending high school when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Removed to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. While …

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vh Esther Takei Nishio Interview (ddr-densho-1000-370)

Nisei female. Born February 20, 1925, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in Venice, California, where father and uncle ran a carnival concession stand. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado. In 1944, was part of a group organized by the Quakers …

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vh Bill Nishimura Interview (ddr-densho-1000-119)

Nisei male, born June 21, 1920, in Compton, California. Raised on a farm in Lawndale, California. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, his father was picked up by FBI and detained at a Department of Justice (DOJ) internment camp in Lordsburg, New Mexico. His family voluntarily moved to Visalia, California, then was forcibly moved to Poston …

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Mrs. Aoki Sues For Divorce in Nevada. Daughter of Archdeacon Emery of California, Who Married Japanese, Seeking to Regain Her Freedom. Now With Mother and Baby in Reno. (June 7, 1910) (ddr-densho-56-167)

doc Mrs. Aoki Sues For Divorce in Nevada. Daughter of Archdeacon Emery of California, Who Married Japanese, Seeking to Regain Her Freedom. Now With Mother and Baby in Reno. (June 7, 1910) (ddr-densho-56-167)

The Seattle Daily Times, June 7, 1910, p. 21

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img Jiro Sanada in the Tule Lake camp (ddr-csujad-38-105)

Photographed is Jiro Sanada incarcerated in the Tule Lake camp in California. A photo from "George Naohara photo album" (csudh_nao_0001), page 23. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_01_23_002

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