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img Document with photo and biographical information titled "Role Reversal" (ddr-ajah-6-495)

Caption below photo: Yoshio Itahara and his wife, Hama Komatsu, shortly after arriving in Alameda, CA., from Hiroshima, Japan, in 1902. Photo by Mataichi Ozeki, the best of the Issei photographers in Alameda at the time.

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doc Campus affairs; America at war (ddr-csujad-55-2516)

Two pages from an issue of the Pony Express vol. 35, no. 12 (December 12, 1941), "America's first college magazine." Clipping includes articles on the war, Japanese Americans in college, and singer Fumiko Yabe. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2622

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doc [ Letter to Mrs. Whitney from Louise Fukuda, June 7, 1942 ] (ddr-janm-22-10)

2-page handwritten letter written on recto and verso from Louise Fukuda to Mrs. Whitney on June 7, 1942. Louise writes about how pleased she was to receive a response from Mrs. Whitney about what is happening back home and was not expecting answers to her previous letter, how terrible the weather is, and requests for Fumiko …

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vh Grace F. Oshita Interview (ddr-densho-1013-4)

Nisei female. Born January 2, 1925, in San Francisco, California. Spent childhood in San Francisco where family operated successful miso factory and grocery store. Father arrested by FBI in February 1942 and sent to Fort Lincoln internment camp, North Dakota. Family removed to Tanforan Assembly Center and Topaz concentration camp, Utah. Graduated from Topaz High School …

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img Group of students from Broadway High School in Seattle (ddr-densho-474-202)

First row left to right: Mutsuo Hashiguchi, Riku Hashiguchi, Edna Claire Wenner Anshutz, Fumi Okada Teraoka, Unknown, Unknown, Robert Lockwood Perry, Unknown Eleanore M Bushnell, Inez Lucy Brown Bushnell, Lincoln Beppu. Back row left to right: Kokichi Shibata, Unknown, William Wataru Ihashi, Unknown

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img Eight portrait photographs from scrapbook (ddr-janm-1-117)

Eight black and white photographs of eight young Japanese American woman on a portion of a scrapbook page. Some of the portraits contain inscriptions to Molly Wilson on the photos while others are written on the page next to the photo. From left to right, top to bottom: (1) Unknown young Japanese American woman. (2) Mary …

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img Fukuda family (ddr-janm-22-34)

1 photographic print : b&w ; A photographic print inside of an album from Izuo - Los Angeles of the Fukuda family. On left side of album, circles with family members' names and numbers indicating birth order above the names. Family includes, roughly left to right: Masako "Socks" Fukuda, Alma Fukuda Watari, Louise "Lou" Fukuda, Layne …

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img Kakutani, Urakawa, and Takenaga Extended Family (ddr-densho-474-151)

Front row left to right: Masaye Kakutani Urakawa, Starr Miyeko Urakawa, Marianne Hazumi Urakawa, Misao Kakutani Takenaga holding Thomas Isamu Takenaga on her lap, Misa Ito Urakawa, Emiko Takenaga, seated below Emiko is Marion Takako Takenaga, Naka Miyamoto Kakutani, and Yu Ishida Kakutani. Middle row left to right: Richard Toshiyuki Takenaga and Elsie Fumiko Urakawa. Back …

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doc Letter from Miyuki Matsuura to Mr. and Mrs. S. Okine, February 17, 1947 [in Japanese] (ddr-csujad-5-201)

A letter from Miyuki Matsuura to her uncle and aunt, Seiichi and Tomeyo Okine. She informs that her family is doing well and Fumiko works as a translator. She also mentions that she sent to the relatives in Japan the photographs that they took together. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization …

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doc Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 162 (December 27, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-247)

Selected article titles: "Fumiko Tamura Case Postponed in Los Angeles"; "Careful Driving Urged Upon Holiday Travelers"; "Ota-Reynolds Wedding Disclosed in Hartford"; "Opportunities Still Open in New Jersey"; "Federal Judge's Action May Nullify All Hearings in Detention Centers"; "Bussei Choir to Hold Practice"; "Finding House was Not Hard for Her"; "College Teachers are Taught Cooking"; "Fete Veterans"; …

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img Class photo from Porter School in Alameda (ddr-ajah-6-497)

Caption below photo: Nisei Youth at Porter School.

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Information concerning citizenship German, Italian and Japanese Farmers of Alameda County and associated documents for Tomimatsu family (ddr-densho-491-158)

doc Information concerning citizenship German, Italian and Japanese Farmers of Alameda County and associated documents for Tomimatsu family (ddr-densho-491-158)

Including Washington Township JACL property survey, property report and family record

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doc Ninth Grade Report Card (ddr-densho-474-147)

Starr Urakawa's ninth grade report card from Hunt High School.

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img Taenaka family in Japan (ddr-csujad-25-228)

A page from the Taenaka family photo album. Pasted on the page are five photographs of the Taenakas' relatives in Japan. Include the Satake family; Fusako, Shozo, and Harue Matsui in front of their grocery store; portraits of infants, including Fumiko Satake, the first son of the Satake family, and Shizuko Taenaka. The photographs are probably …

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doc Kikawa photograph album (ddr-densho-542-35)

A photograph album featuring photograph from the Kikawas life in California.

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doc Letter from Miyuki Matsuura to Mr. and Mrs. S. Okine, October 30, 1947 [in Japanese] (ddr-csujad-5-214)

A letter from Miyuki Matsuura to her uncle and aunt, Seiichi and Tomeyo Okine. She thanks them for the chrysanthemums they grew and sent to her. She keeps some of the flowers in her parlor and some of the flowers on Mrs. Freitas' grave. She includes updates on her work including finishing picking tomatoes and starting …

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doc Tulean Dispatch Vol. III No. 39 (August 31, 1942) (ddr-densho-65-35)

Selected article titles: "Issei May Hold Appointive Offices" (p. 1), "Cash Grants For Needy" (p. 1), "Co-op Setup Discussed" (p. 1), "Vegetables Shipped" (p. 1), "Queen Rally 7:30 Tonight" (p. 1), "Kristovich Issues Motor Regulations" (p. 1), "Sickness Prevention Week: Public Health Meet to Climax Activities, Tonight, 7:45, at #1720" (p. 2), "Must File Forms for …

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doc Letter from Kamekichi and Sueno Nakano to Seiichi and Tomeyo Okine, June [9?] 1948 [in Japanese] (ddr-csujad-5-251)

A letter from Kamekichi and Sueno Nakano in Hiroshima, Japan to Seiichi and Tomeyo Okine. The letter is singed by both Kamekichi and Sueno, but it appears that it is written by Sueno Nakano. In the letter, Sueno notes that her requested items have arrived and thanks the Okines for them. She has shared tobacco and …

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doc Chapter 8, 9, 10 personality cards (ddr-csujad-26-35)

Journal entries written by high school students discussing their observations and perspectives on a variety of topics including movies, dances, dissatisfaction with recreation, family dynamics, desire to leave camp, cultural and generational differences, and weather. Each entry includes the full date and student name. The entries were part of a class assignment and collected for the …

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doc Chapter 2, 3, 4, 5 personality cards (ddr-csujad-26-32)

Journal entries written by high school students discussing their observations and perspectives on a variety of topics including weather, social interactions, barracks noise, the desire to leave camp, prospect of discrimination, reflections on "one year since 'evacuation,'" and the journey to camp. Each entry includes the full date and student name. The entries were part of …

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doc Letter from Jokichi Yamanaka to Mr. S. Okine, May 17, 1948 [in Japanese] (ddr-csujad-5-256)

A letter from Jokichi Yamanaka in Hiroshima, Japan to his brother-in-law, Seiichi Okine. He thanks the Okines for the letter, the tobacco, and ajinomoto brought by the Nakano family. He also thanks Hatsuno Hotty Befu for the gifts. He informs that his daughter, Fumiko, has left for the U.S., but it is not clear when he …

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doc Document with photo of Alameda ATK and Meiji University baseball teams and transcription of article about game (ddr-ajah-5-40)

Document includes names. Caption below separate photo: Alameda ATK vs Meiji team (from Japan) - Alameda, CA Meiji tour of America. Geizaburo Okada was head coach at Meiji University from 1923-1935.

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img Class photo of 5th Grade Class at Heart Mountain (ddr-ajah-2-887)

Caption on photo: Mrs. Jones 5th Grade Class Heart Mountain, Wyoming, circa 1942-1945

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doc Letter from Kamekichi Nakano to Mr. S. Okine, August 27, 1947 [in Japanese] (ddr-csujad-5-219)

A letter from Kamekichi Nakano in Japan to his brother-in-law, Seiichi Okine. Kamekichi thanks Seiichi for the gifts brought by Jokichi Yamanaka, including sugar and ajinomoto [monosodium glutamate], as there is a scarcity of food in Japan. He describes Masao's visit when he was stationed in Japan and his wishes to meet the Okines', with hopes …

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doc Takeharu Inouye Diary (ddr-densho-365-3)

In the final diary that Takeharu Inouye kept during his internment at Tule Lake, he includes descriptions of the movies he went to see daily, which served as his primary form of recreation. Takeharu also describes his feelings over succeeding and failing in his high school classes, since his friends would cheat off of his work, …

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