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doc Clipping from Chicago Sun-Times with review of The World of Suzie Wong (ddr-densho-367-288)

Article title: Except For Two, Suzie Wong Principals Are Miserably Stiff

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doc Letter to a Nisei man from his father (ddr-densho-153-38)

Excerpt: "Dear Joe I am so glad you send letters to us so many times." Sent from Manzanar concentration camp, California, to Chicago, Illinois.

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doc Clipping regarding Alfred E. Smith (ddr-njpa-1-1937)

Caption on front: "The big chief from the sidewalks of New York: Alfred E. Smith after a visit to the Indian Village at the Chicago Fair where he was made 'Chief Happy Warrior,' appears in an Indian headdress. (Times Wide World Photos, Chicago Bureau.)"

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Narrator Takeshi Minato

Nisei male. Born July 13, 1922, in Park City, Utah. Family moved several times prior to World War II, and was living in Terminal Island, California, when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California, during the war. After the war, lived and worked in Chicago, Illinois, and Seabrook, …

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doc Gila News-Courier Vol. III No. 63 (January 15, 1944) (ddr-densho-141-217)

Selected article titles: "Chicago to See Evacuee Art" (p. 1), "Two Gilans to Attend Legal, Property Meeting" (p. 1), "Inspection: State Educators Expected Monday" (p. 1), "Editorial: Relocation with Pride Without Bitterness" (p. 2), "New York 'Times' Columnist Writes on Life in Gila" (p. 4).

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doc Clipping regarding James R. Weddell (ddr-njpa-1-2373)

Caption on front: "The holder of the new speed record for land planes: James R. Weddell, who flew his plan 296.94 miles an hour, two miles better than the previous record, around the International Air Race Course at Glenview, Ill. (Times Wide World Photos, Chicago Bureau.)"

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doc Chicago Sun: Ai Chih Tsai Ordination Reception Article (ddr-densho-446-387)

Photo of Doc #417 and related commentary

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doc Seattle Chapter, JACL Reporter, Vol. XVI, No. 6, June 1979 (ddr-sjacl-1-280)

Newsletter covering the following topics:-Scholarship Awardees-Tamesa: Susan Namatame, Sharon Miyake, and Jill Hashimoto ($450); Andrews: Teresa Imanishi; republishing of a May 23, 1979 article in the Seattle Times by Ron Mamiya, outlining the basis for redress and the current internal struggle within JACL (Seattle/Chicago vs JACL leadership) on leaderships failure to follow National Council mandates.

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doc Chicago Sun: Ai Chih Tsai Ordination Article (ddr-densho-446-385)

Notes that "a Chinese has been chosen by Chicago's only group of Japanese Christians as their spiritual leader".

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vh Takeshi Minato Interview (ddr-manz-1-57)

Nisei male. Born July 13, 1922, in Park City, Utah. Family moved several times prior to World War II, and was living in Terminal Island, California, when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California, during the war. After the war, lived and worked in Chicago, Illinois, and Seabrook, …

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doc Manzanar Free Press Vol. 1 No. 1 (September 8, 1945) (ddr-densho-125-367)

Selected article titles: "Families Set Departure Date as Closing Nears. Orderly Center Evacuation Planned as Cards are Returned to Relocation Office Where Transportation Facilities are Scheduled" (p. 1), "Exclusion and Detention Ended by the Military" (p. 1), "Involuntary Relocation Plan at Topaz Center. Special Coaches to San Francisco and Chicago Will Empty Center by November" (p. …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-125-367/

doc News clippings regarding the incarceration of Japanese Americans, F.C. 17, October-November, 1943 (ddr-csujad-55-759)

Collection of newspaper clippings covering Japanese Americans during World War II. Topics include incarceration camps, Japanese American soldiers, race, prejudice, work, and other commentary. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0761

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-759/

img Sutemaru Sunagawa, Haruyo Nakamura, and other manzai performers (ddr-njpa-4-2262)

Caption on reverse: "'MANZAI' ARTISTS FROM JAPAN: The group, headed by Sutemaru Sunagawa, arrived from the mainland by plane last night after giving shows from Los Angeles to as far away as Chicago. The performers are enroute to their homes in Japan but will stay here briefly to present shows at Kawananakoa and McKinley auditoriums, starting …

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doc Colorado Times Vol. 31, No. 4373 (October 11, 1945) (ddr-densho-150-84)

Selected article titles: "Niseigram"; "Placer Co. Brothers Acquitted in Terror Raid Case"; "Calif. Sanatorium Seeks Removal of Alien Japanese"; "Judge Sentences Nisei for Evading Induction Here"; "Immigration Men to Guard Tule Camp"; "Vagabonds' 'Hard-Times' Dance -- Coronado Club, Saturday, Oct. 13"; "Scholarships Won by Three Oregon Nisei"; "Nisei GIs from All Parts of World Enjoy Cross …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-150-84/

doc News clippings regarding the incarceration of Japanese Americans, F.C. 19, December, 1943 (ddr-csujad-55-761)

Collection of newspaper clippings covering Japanese Americans during World War II. Topics include incarceration camps, Japanese American soldiers, race, prejudice, work, and other commentary. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0763

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-761/

doc News clippings regarding the incarceration of Japanese Americans, F.C. 29, March, 1944 (ddr-csujad-55-763)

Collection of newspaper clippings covering Japanese Americans during World War II. Topics include incarceration camps, Japanese American soldiers, race, prejudice, work, and other commentary. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0765

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-763/

doc Letter from Ayame Okine to Mr. and Mrs. Okine, January 15, 1946 [in Japanese] (ddr-csujad-5-120)

A letter from Ayame Okine in Chicago, Illinois, to her parents-in-law, Seiichi and Tomeyo Okine in Hawthorne, California. In the letter, Ayame describes her job in Chicago. She assists in making cameras and helps to light tobaccos. Her work starts at 8:00 AM and ends at 4:30 PM, including a 20-minute break two times. She earns …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 48, No. 3 (January 16, 1959) (ddr-pc-31-3)

Selected article titles: "Racial Relocation to ease tension?" (p. 1), "Anti-Nisei housing bias mooted by Utah civil righters" (p. 1), "50 of Calif.'s 80 Assemblymen Co-Author FEPC" (p. 1), "Univ. of Chicago Issei artist retires after 50-year association with college" (p. 1), "Columnist in L.A. Times comments on evacuation, hopes Sansei have as much diligence for …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-31-3/

doc News clippings, February-March, 1944 (ddr-csujad-55-966)

Collection of newspaper clippings covering Japanese Americans during World War II. Topics include incarceration camps, Japanese American soldiers, race, prejudice, work, "resettlement," and other commentary. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0968

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-966/

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