258 items
258 items
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Manzanar Free Press Vol. 6 No. 16 (August 19, 1944) (ddr-densho-125-264)
Selected article titles: "Myer Inspects Center Reports on Conditions" (p. 1), "Simultaneous Death of Buddies Related" (p. 1), "Minister Attacks Race Intolerance" (p. 1), "Jap Americans in Battle at Saipan" (p. 1), "Plan Segregation of Canada Japanese" (p. 1), "Applicants May Receive Rehearing on Clearances" (p. 1), "Red Cross Clears Blood Donations" (p. 2), "Refuse Vote …
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Henry Shimizu Interview (ddr-densho-1000-198)
Nisei male. Born November 26, 1928, in Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada. Grew up in Prince Rupert, and was removed with other Japanese Canadians to Hastings Park, Vancouver, Canada, after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Moved to the New Denver incarceration camp and then resettled in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, with his family. Studied and practiced medicine …
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Bill Hashizume Interview (ddr-densho-1006-4)
Nisei male. Born June 22, 1922, in Mission, British Columbia, Canada. Grew up in Mission before moving to Japan with mother and sisters at age sixteen. Attended high school and college in Japan and enlisted in the Japanese navy in 1944. Worked in Japan for several years following World War II, then returned to Canada, choosing …
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Group photograph at Fresh Air Camp (ddr-sbbt-6-125)
Written on verso: Left to right front row - Katsumi Okamoto, Kayo Fukuhara, George Nakagawa, Sat Ichikawa, Hideo Naganawa. Back row - Rev. Ikuta (Canada), Rev. Kai (Seattle).
Narrator Henry Shimizu
Nisei male. Born November 26, 1928, in Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada. Grew up in Prince Rupert, and was removed with other Japanese Canadians to Hastings Park, Vancouver, Canada, after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Moved to the New Denver incarceration camp and then resettled in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, with his family. Studied and practiced medicine …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 50, No. 21 (May 20, 1960) (ddr-pc-32-21)
Select article titles: "Nisei attorney alleges racial bias in San Jose suburban housing tract" (p.1); "Canada relaxes rule permitting citizens to import marriage mates" (p.1)
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Mitsu Ito Interview (ddr-densho-1006-1)
Nisei male. Born August 20, 1924, in Mission, British Columbia, Canada. Grew up in Mission, attending school and helping on family farm. Left home to work several jobs, including in a sawmill and on a sugar beet farm. After World War II, moved to Japan, worked as an interpreter for the British Army, and got married. …
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Topaz Times Vol. VIII No. 25 (September 27, 1944) (ddr-densho-142-343)
Selected article titles: "Advice: Don't Travel with Too Much Money" (p. 1), "Issei Salvation Army Leader Serves in N.Y. Headquarters" (p. 2), "Canada Continues to Ban Japanese" (p. 2).
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Topaz Times Vol. VII No. 16 (May 24, 1944) (ddr-densho-142-309)
Selected article titles: "Project Director Leaves for New Job with UNRRA" (p. 1), "22,000 Evacuees Resettle Away from Pacific Coast" (p. 2), "Canada Japanese Start Test Case" (p. 2).
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The Northwest Times Vol. 2 No. 30 (April 3, 1948) (ddr-densho-229-99)
"Canada Curbs on Japanese to Continue" (p. 1), "House Gets Few More Measures to Aid 3 Japanese Aliens" (p. 1), "Judd Urges Quick Amendment on Naturalization Bills" (p. 4).
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The Newell Star, Vol. I, No. 31 (September 28, 1944) (ddr-densho-284-37)
Selected article titles: "Supervisor Thomas: Circulation of Written Matter Must Be Approved" (pp. 1-2), "Canada Nisei Nearly Mobbed" (p. 1), and "New Teachers Supplement School Staff" (p. 4).
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 86, No. 2 (January 20, 1978) (ddr-pc-50-2)
Selected article titles: "Wash. State Denies Anti-Asian Bias Charge" (p.1); "Sansei in Canada Ponder 'Where Do We Go From Here?'" (p.5); "Manzanar Frightened Neighbors" (p.10).
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The Newell Star, Vol. I, No. 24 (August 10, 1944) (ddr-densho-284-30)
Selected article titles: "Canada Gives Postwar Policy on Japanese" (p. 1), "Patrolmen: Reorganized Force Asks Residents' Cooperation" (pp. 1-2), and "WRA Announces Revision of Food Ration Quotas" (p. 2).
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 116, No. 21 (May 28, 1993) (ddr-pc-65-21)
Select article titles: "Jury acquits man who shot Japanese student" (p. 1); "Discrimination claims increasing, says U.S. agency" (p. 1); "Simultaneous translations set for major PANA-Canada events" (p. 3);.
Narrator Bill Hashizume
Nisei male. Born June 22, 1922, in Mission, British Columbia, Canada. Grew up in Mission before moving to Japan with mother and sisters at age sixteen. Attended high school and college in Japan and enlisted in the Japanese navy in 1944. Worked in Japan for several years following World War II, then returned to Canada, choosing …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 47, No. 4 (July 25, 1958) (ddr-pc-30-30)
Select article titles: "California hogging 'Nisei of Biennium' nominations" (p.1); "Canada senator referring to colleague in House as 'Chinaman' draws rebuke from prime minister, press and aroused citizens" (p.3)
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The Northwest Times Vol. 1 No. 73 (October 7, 1947) (ddr-densho-229-60)
"Canada Releases Claims Data" (p. 1), "Believes JACL Could Aid Nisei Left in Japan" (p. 1), "Jackson Street Area Chest Workers Selected; Allasina, Principal of Bailey Gatzert, Heads New Army" (p. 1).
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Kimi Wakabayashi Interview (ddr-densho-1006-3)
Issei female. Born March 27, 1912, in Binmanji, Japan. Grew up and married in Japan, before immigrating with husband to Canada in 1931, eventually settling in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Raised family in Saskatoon, working in fabric store established by husband. City street named in honor of the Wakabayashi family's contributions to the city over the years.
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Shizuko Kadoguchi Interview (ddr-densho-1006-2)
Nisei female. Born September 29, 1920, in Port Moody, British Columbia, Canada. Went with parents to Japan in 1930, and attended school there. Returned to Canada in 1940 and married before being removed to Hastings Park and then Tashme, in Canada's interior. After leaving Tashme, moved to Toronto, where husband worked for the consul-general's office. Adopted …
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Topaz Times Vol. III No. 31 (June 8, 1943) (ddr-densho-142-169)
Selected article titles: "Liquidation of Canada Property to Start Soon" (p. 1), "Editorial: More Farm Workers Needed" (p. 1), "Instructions on Shipment of Property are Revealed" (p. 1), "Tuberculosis Film Scheduled" (p. 1).
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 79, No. 24 (December 13, 1974) (ddr-pc-46-49)
Selected article titles: "Gov. Ariyoshi Inaugurated" (p. 1), "Racism in Canada Heats Debate" (p. 1), "Gov. Ariyoshi's Inaugural" (p. 2), and "'Executive Order 9066' Exhibit Stirs Reactions in Stockton Paper's Forum" (p. 3).
Narrator Mitsu Ito
Nisei male. Born August 20, 1924, in Mission, British Columbia, Canada. Grew up in Mission, attending school and helping on family farm. Left home to work several jobs, including in a sawmill and on a sugar beet farm. After World War II, moved to Japan, worked as an interpreter for the British Army, and got married. …
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Prince Louis Ferdinand and Kira Kirillovna on the deck of the Empress of Canada (ddr-njpa-1-336)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Kaiser's Grandson and his Wife Comes to Japan. Louis Ferdinand, the grandson of Wilhelm II, the former German Kaiser, and his wife Kira Romanov, cousin of former Russian Tsar Nicholas II, arrived in Japan as part of their honeymoon trip around the world at 11 on the morning of the 5th when …
Narrator Orest Kruhlak
Male of Ukrainian descent. Born October 15, 1940, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Attended Western Washington University in Bellingham, Washington, and then earned a PhD at the University of Alberta. Worked to establish a research program in the Office of the Commissioner to examine issues of official languages in Canada. In 1986, appointed as Assistant Under-Secretary of …
Narrator Makoto Otsu
Nisei male. Born March 26, 1926, in Steveston, British Columbia, Canada. Grew up in Steveston, where father fished for a cannery. During World War II, the family was forced to leave Steveston and moved to the abandoned Minto Mine site in the Bridge River Valley of British Columbia. After staying for a few years, Makoto moved …