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Letter from John (Sohei) Hohri to Harold Landon (ddr-janm-18-5)
doc Letter from John (Sohei) Hohri to Harold Landon (ddr-janm-18-5)
Letter from John (Sohei) Hohri to Harold Landon, dated April 13, 1942. Letter in pencil on unlined paper, written in all capital letters. Includes a chart for Harold to fill in scores from a Manuel Arts vs. University H.S. track meet. Sohei includes drawings of pole vaults and hurdles, and mentions that he has moved again. …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-janm-18-5/
American Concentration Camps Volumes 1-9 Collection (ddr-densho-372)
Collection American Concentration Camps Volumes 1-9 Collection (ddr-densho-372)
The documents printed here in these nine volumes trace and explicate not only the decision to submit a whole people to internal exile but also delineate the execution and modification of the policy during the course of the war. The documents were drawn largely from the archives of the government department chiefly responsible, the War department, …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-372/
Manzanar National Historic Site Collection (ddr-manz-1)
Collection Manzanar National Historic Site Collection (ddr-manz-1)
The Manzanar National Historic Site Collection contains interviews conducted by the Manzanar Oral History Project. These interviews document the experiences of Japanese Americans who were incarcerated at Manzanar and other facilities during World War II, and are preserved at the Manzanar National Historic Site Archives. The Manzanar National Historic Site, administered by the National Park Service, …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1/
Folded photo holder with picture of Tomoyuki Nozawa (ddr-densho-426-1365)
img Folded photo holder with picture of Tomoyuki Nozawa (ddr-densho-426-1365)
Includes scroll in Japanese and description of "Hori" ceremony. Folder has black mourning ribbon across it.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-426-1365/
Tagami Family Collection (ddr-densho-404)
Collection Tagami Family Collection (ddr-densho-404)
The Tagami Family Collection consists of materials related to Tokeo "Toke" T. Tagami's travels between the United States and Japan, his travels across the United States, and his time in the Military Intelligence Service.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-404/
Excerpts from speech given at the University of Hawaii Forum, March 1943 (ddr-csujad-19-3)
doc Excerpts from speech given at the University of Hawaii Forum, March 1943 (ddr-csujad-19-3)
Excerpts from speech given at the University of Hawaii Forum, March 1943. The document presents three quoted passages from the speech, one concerning the role of people of "the Japanese race" in serving as liaisons who can provide the most reliable check on the morale, needs, and activities of "the Japanese community"; one comparing the United …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-19-3/
Bulletin, no. 6, September 4, 1942 (ddr-csujad-18-2)
doc Bulletin, no. 6, September 4, 1942 (ddr-csujad-18-2)
Bulletin No. 6, titled: Remember Pearl Harbor. Decrying misinformation accusing people of Japanese descent of sabotage during the attack on Pearl Harbor, the document seeks "to aid in combating the malicious stories which still persist concerning sabotage" there. The report includes numerous items from 1942, including newspaper and magazine articles, and columns from the Chicago Daily …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-18-2/
Suggestions for resolutions about evacuees of Japanese ancestry (ddr-csujad-18-4)
doc Suggestions for resolutions about evacuees of Japanese ancestry (ddr-csujad-18-4)
Presents arguments and supporting "data" to assert that the claim that "America is a white man's country" is "un-American"; that the Government must make a greater effort to supply housing and financial aid for people who are resettling; that those opposing resettlement are "making a mockery of our war aim to ensure justice and freedom"; and …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-18-4/
Dr. Keizaburo Koyama Family Collection (ddr-one-5)
Collection Dr. Keizaburo Koyama Family Collection (ddr-one-5)
The collection consists of English and Japanese correspondence written primarily to Dr. Keizaburo "Kei" Koyama while he was detained at Department of Justice detention facilities (Fort Missoula, MT, Fort Sill, OK, Camp Livingston, LA, and Santa Fe Detention Center, NM). The letters were sent by his friends and family in Portland, friends detained at other Department …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-5/
Report of the informal meeting of the stockade internees and the Co-ordinating Committee of the Tule Lake Center (ddr-csujad-2-68)
doc Report of the informal meeting of the stockade internees and the Co-ordinating Committee of the Tule Lake Center (ddr-csujad-2-68)
Report provides minutes of meeting requested by stockade incarcerees, listing the incarcerees, Co-ordinating Committee members, and others in attendance and presenting paraphrased text, identifying speakers by name. Topics addressed include incarcerees' difficulties in talking honestly, especially when they are spoken with in groups rather than individually; incarcerees' understanding of conditions in the camp outside of the …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-2-68/
[Statement to Willard E. Schmidt, National Chief, Internal Security, or to whomever it may concern, January 15, 1944] (ddr-csujad-2-97)
doc [Statement to Willard E. Schmidt, National Chief, Internal Security, or to whomever it may concern, January 15, 1944] (ddr-csujad-2-97)
Statement signed by 20 officers of the Internal Security Department requesting that Fenton Mahrt, "a man of long police experience" and employee of the WRA, be considered for the permanent position of Chief of Internal Security to head the Internal Security Division. The officers state that they do not consider this document to be a petition …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-2-97/
Teacher and the war relocation project (ddr-csujad-48-125)
doc Teacher and the war relocation project (ddr-csujad-48-125)
Title as: The Teacher and the War Relocation Project. This memorandum includes a broad overview of the reasoning behind the creation of the combat zone, Executive Order 9066, and Executive Order 9102 as well as the selection of "relocation areas," the kinds of jobs held by Japanese-Americans and the administration of the "relocation areas." It outlines …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-48-125/
[Report on sabotage and espionage, table of contents and pages 27-50] (ddr-csujad-2-96)
doc [Report on sabotage and espionage, table of contents and pages 27-50] (ddr-csujad-2-96)
Second section of a report that lacks a title page or other identifying information; the report addresses sabotage and espionage regarding industrial plants and utilities, referencing neither the War Relocation Authority, incarceration camps, nor any other aspect of the treatment of Japanese Americans specifically. Major section titles listed in the report's table of contents include "Methods …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-2-96/
May the committee further recommend the release of the following (ddr-csujad-2-76)
doc May the committee further recommend the release of the following (ddr-csujad-2-76)
Document presents a list of 52 incarcerees; names are introduced with the text, "May the committee further recommend the release of the following" [presumably from the army stockades]. Nakao, Masaru; Inoue, Tetsuo; Hayashioa, Bob; Tahara, Tom; Saito, Shu; Shingu, Tadashi (Fred); Ogata, Tanji; Fujimoto, Tadao (Wm); Yamamoto, Kazuo; Tanabe, Yaichi; Wada, Shozo; Takaoka, Yoshio; Komiya, Shunichi; …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-2-76/
Fred Korematsu - Kathryn Korematsu Interview (ddr-densho-1012-8)
vh Fred Korematsu - Kathryn Korematsu Interview (ddr-densho-1012-8)
This interview centers on the experiences of Fred Korematsu, a Nisei who challenged the constitutionality of Executive Order 9066, which authorized the mass removal of Japanese Americans during World War II. Mr. Korematsu lost his initial legal case in 1944, but in the early 1980s, his case was reopened after the discovery of a crucial document …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1012-8/
Memo from Harry L. Black, Assistant Project Director, to Willard E. Schmidt, Chief of Police, re: disorders in Block #54, June 2, 1944 (ddr-csujad-2-83)
doc Memo from Harry L. Black, Assistant Project Director, to Willard E. Schmidt, Chief of Police, re: disorders in Block #54, June 2, 1944 (ddr-csujad-2-83)
Discusses imprisonment in the stockade of 12 incarcerees and tension concerning the Japanese Language Schools and the schools in the camps, detailing what it terms "terrorist tactics" on the part of the Japanese Language School's proponents and concluding that the Project Director is justified in using the stockade for disciplinary purposes. The document also includes the …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-2-83/
Yanagihara Collection (ddr-densho-26)
Collection Yanagihara Collection (ddr-densho-26)
The Yanagihara collection contains materials from the pre-War, War, and post-War years. The pre-War photographs show life for the Yanagihara family. The Wartime photographs show life at Minidoka concentration camp in Hunt Idaho. The post-War photographs include events such as the redress movement and the memorial to Japanese American soldiers at the Nisei Veterans Hall in …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-26/
Consular Report Tells Story. Japanese Representative in United States Sends Account of San Francisco Affair to His Government. Document Will Be Made Public at Tokyo Tomorrow -- Tale is Told in Graphic but Unsensational Manner. (June 14, 1907) (ddr-densho-56-90)
doc Consular Report Tells Story. Japanese Representative in United States Sends Account of San Francisco Affair to His Government. Document Will Be Made Public at Tokyo Tomorrow -- Tale is Told in Graphic but Unsensational Manner. (June 14, 1907) (ddr-densho-56-90)
The Seattle Daily Times, June 14, 1907, p. 4
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-56-90/
Scrapbook of the Monterey Peninsula Junior Japanese American Citizens League (ddr-csujad-44-199)
img Scrapbook of the Monterey Peninsula Junior Japanese American Citizens League (ddr-csujad-44-199)
Scrapbook of the Monterey Peninsula Junior Japanese American Citizens League. Features color photographs of Junior JACL members playing games together and socializing at dinners, dances, picnics, and at the beach. Several photographs also document the group's trip to Utah for the National Junior JACL Convention. A number of pages include captions cut from magazines and other …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-44-199/
Fred Korematsu - Kathryn Korematsu Interview (ddr-densho-1000-181)
vh Fred Korematsu - Kathryn Korematsu Interview (ddr-densho-1000-181)
This interview centers on the experiences of Fred Korematsu, a Nisei born January 30, 1919, in Oakland, California. Mr. Korematsu was working as a welder in San Francisco when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. After Executive Order 9066 was issued in 1942, he decided to resist the evacuation orders, and was not removed …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-181/
Seattle JACL Oral History Collection (ddr-sjacl-2)
Collection Seattle JACL Oral History Collection (ddr-sjacl-2)
In September 2021, the Seattle Chapter of Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) celebrated its 100th Anniversary. This collection of interviews is a part of Seattle JACL's project to document and pass on its history and legacy. Underwritten by grants from the National JACL Legacy Fund and the Robert Chinn Foundation, teams of Seattle JACL members and …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-sjacl-2/
Ben Mayewaki Collection (ddr-densho-563)
Collection Ben Mayewaki Collection (ddr-densho-563)
The collection contains materials from and related to Ben Mayewaki time serving the Military Intelligence Service (MIS) at Fort Snelling in Minnesota, with the 5th Air Force Headquarters in Brisbane, Australia, and in the New Guinea campaign. In 1944 Ben was reassigned to Military Intelligence in Washington DC and attached to the Pentagon. While in D.C. …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-563/
Manzanar From Inside Out (ddr-csujad-19-2)
doc Manzanar From Inside Out (ddr-csujad-19-2)
Text of address by Roy Nash, Director of the Manzanar War Relocation Project, given to the Commonwealth Club of California, San Francisco, on July 31, 1942 for the purpose of "interpret[ing] the actuality of a War Relocation Center housing 10,000 evacuees" in view of perceptions of mistreatment of incarcerees in California. Sections of the speech include …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-19-2/
Fred Korematsu Interview (ddr-densho-1012-1)
vh Fred Korematsu Interview (ddr-densho-1012-1)
Nisei male. Born January 30, 1919, in Oakland, California. Mr. Korematsu was working as a welder in San Francisco when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. After Executive Order 9066 was issued in 1942, he decided to resist the evacuation orders, and was not removed with his family. He was arrested in May of …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1012-1/
Appeal brief for the Supreme Court of Washington regarding the estate of James Faucett (ddr-densho-493-6)
doc Appeal brief for the Supreme Court of Washington regarding the estate of James Faucett (ddr-densho-493-6)
Brief for the Supreme Court of Washington prepared by the attorneys for the respondents, Bogle, Bogle & Gates—Edward G. Dobrin. An amended petition submitted by the contestants charged 1) lack of capacity, 2) undue influence by blandishments and promises, 3) undue influence by duress, 4) improper execution, 5) unlawful conspiracy. Document reviews past Washington cases contesting …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-493-6/
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