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doc Note from S. Nagumo, Act. Manager, to maintenance Division, Heart Mountain, June 19, 1944 (ddr-csujad-55-950)

Handwritten note from Shoji Nagumo to Maintenance Division regarding the repair of a mess hall roof at Heart Mountain incarceration camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0952

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img Stones at northeast corner, Campion Hall, originally installed by Kubota in 1965, Seattle University (ddr-densho-354-2751)

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img Stones at northeast corner, Campion Hall, originally installed by Kubota in 1965, Seattle University (ddr-densho-354-2752)

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img Fujitaro Kubota looking toward lantern on south side of Bellarmine Hall, Seattle University campus (ddr-densho-354-2070)

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img Kimitomo Mushakoji at an exhibition with his wife (ddr-njpa-4-1123)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Domei International News photo. Farmers' Hands Industrial Goods popular in Berlin. (Berlin). The exhibition of Farmers' Hands Industrial Goods held here recently is attracting the interest of Berlin's citizens with its peculiar exquisiteness and ideas. The picture shows our ambassador to Germany, Mushakoji, and his wife at the exhibition hall."

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doc Pacific Citizen, Whole No. 2140, Vol. 92, No. 21 (May 29, 1981) (ddr-pc-53-21)

Selected article titles: "Autos: Bright hopes or more backlash due?" (p. 1), "Camp files in U.S. archives available upon personal query" (p. 1), "Office of Hawaiian Affairs-JACL tie on redress seen" (p. 1), "Town in Hiroshima to build hall as Auschwitz memorial" (p. 2), "What Is a JACL National Youth Conference?" (p. 5).

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doc Rohwer Outpost Vol. II No. 39 (May 15, 1943) (ddr-densho-143-61)

Selected article titles: "Compensation Rules Given" (p. 1), "Camp Savage Men Here to Interview Students" (p. 1), "Center Constitution. Revised Community Formula for Government Distributed" (p. 1), "Claim Lost Goods at P.S. Hall 13" (p. 2), "Crystal City Conditions Given Favorable Comment" (p. 3), "Editorials: Large Scale Farming" (p. 6), "More Agitation?" (p. 6).

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doc Granada Pioneer Vol. I No. 57 (April 17, 1943) (ddr-densho-147-58)

Selected article titles: "Evacuees are Allowed to Re-enter Center" (p. 1), "Gila News Faces Paper Shortage" (p. 1), "Opinion of Justice Department Awaited" (p. 3), "Dual Citizenship Attacked by State" (p. 3), "Cherry Trees are Americans" (p. 3), "Chapin Hall Questions Loyalty of Japanese" (p. 3), "Illegal Liquor Sale to be Investigated" (p. 3).

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img Obon Festival Dance Rehearsal (ddr-one-1-304)

Black and white photographic negative of Obon dancers practicing an Odori folk dance inside Norse Hall in Northeast Portland. First Obon dancer from the left is identified as Yukiye Itoyama. Obon is an annual event hosted by the Oregon Buddhist Church (now known as Oregon Buddhist Temple) and attended by the wider Nikkei community.

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img Group photo in front of the Topaz Community Cooperative Enterprises building (ddr-densho-292-2)

Caption on reverse: "Topaz Community Cooperative Enterprises. Coop @ Topaz management of movies. Mary Kaibe - 3rd from right, back row. Age 17. Mary left - government gave her $50 to go to Chicago to get work (after 3 1/2 years). Torakichi Nishioka worked in mess hall - washing dishes for $16 month (doctor [?] got …

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doc Laborers pass to ride, Form WRA-TL-933, Osamu Oseto (ddr-csujad-55-1901)

Pass permitting Osamu Oseto to ride to and from the mess hall for work at Tule Lake incarceration camp. Form WRA-TL-933. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1904

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Memo from Social and Entertainment Dept., Community Activities, Heart Mountain, to Block Councilmen, Block Manager, Young People's Club, April 12, 1944 (ddr-csujad-55-720)

doc Memo from Social and Entertainment Dept., Community Activities, Heart Mountain, to Block Councilmen, Block Manager, Young People's Club, April 12, 1944 (ddr-csujad-55-720)

Correspondence from Young People's Club to Block Councilmen Block Manager regarding a contest for the best recreation hall at Heart Mountain incarceration camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0722

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vh Harry Ueno Interview Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1002-7-16)

Organizing the mess hall union: complaining to the camp administration about food shortages

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 collection are typically …

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vh Harry Ueno Interview Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1002-7-15)

Investigating sugar shortages while working in a camp mess hall

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 collection are typically not life histories, …

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vh Harry Ueno Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1002-7-5)

Gathering in a local pool hall to discuss the bombing of Pearl Harbor

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 collection are typically …

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vh Harry Ueno Interview Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1002-7-11)

Working in camp: clearing sagebrush, then applying to work in mess hall

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 collection are typically not …

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doc Information Bulletin #3 (May 30, 1942) (ddr-densho-65-302)

Selected article titles: "Entertainment for Children Under Way. Nursery Opens in Two Halls Today" (p. 1), "First Dance to be Held Tonight. #1420 Mess Hall Will be Scene of Get-Together" (p. 1), "Clothes Lines" (p. 2), "Wardens on Guard. Protection for Colony Organized" (p. 2), "Nursery Recreation Organized" (p. 3), "Colony Store to Feature Many Goods" …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 78, No. 24 (June 21, 1974) (ddr-pc-46-24)

Selected article titles: "Nisei Lauded for Nabbing Slayer of Nisei Woman" (p. 1), "L.A. Nisei Veterans Defend Display of Captured Japanese Artifacts at Hall" (pp. 1, 3), "Senate Passes U.S.-Japan Friendship Act, Sets Up $32-Million Trust Fund" (pp. 1, 3), and "Campaign to Save Whales Upstaged by Call for Boycott of Japanese Goods" (p. 1).

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img Nisei soldier doing laundry (ddr-densho-114-20)

Original caption: Charmois Area, France. Americans of Japanese descent of the 442nd Combat Team, 100th Inf. Bn., in bivouac prepare to go into the front lines for their first contact with the Germans in France. Here Pfc. Billy S. Takaezu, 1254 Hall St., Honolulu, hangs out his laundry to dry. U.S. Seventh Army. 12 October 1944.

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img The fall of Santa Luce (ddr-densho-114-135)

Original caption: Santa Luce, Italy. American troops of Japanese descent of the 100th Inf. Bn., 34th Division, U.S. Fifth Army, peer through glasses from the flag-bedecked city hall of Santa Luce to the level country ahead, before the gates of Leghorn, Italy. Santa Luce has just fallen to the Allies, 14 July 1944. U.S. Fifth Army.

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doc Poston Information Bulletin Vol. II No. 6 (June 18, 1942) (ddr-densho-145-32)

Selected article titles: "Two Wards, Mess Hall are Opened Today, in New Poston General Hospital" (p. 1), "Bath House is Planned for Guayule Project. 2000 Seedlings Arrive Here from Salinas; Vegetable Tract is Subjugated" (p. 1), "Printers, Pressmen, Linotypers" (p. 2), "Poston Beauty Shoppe. Poston Community Beauty Shoppe Now Open" (p. 2), "Report on Sanitation" (p. …

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img Hawaii Cancer Society presidents posing with leis (ddr-njpa-2-479)

Caption on reverse: "HAWAII TIMES. Mr. J. Robert Judd (left), newly elected president of the Hawaii Cancer Society's Oahu Chapter, is shown with Dr. Grover H. Batten, outgoing president, following the Society's annual meeting and premiere of the locally produced cancer movie 'Decision For Life' on Tuesday, September 24, at MacNeil Hall on the Punahou campus."

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img View between barracks (ddr-densho-37-747)

Original WRA caption: Looking down the rows of barracks westward from block 44. At extreme left is a corner of the dining hall where 275 to 300 residents of the block eat. At center background is the sanitization building including showers, lavatories, toilets, and washtubs. Nearly all the residents planted flowers and vegetable gardens in front …

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img Obon Festival Dance Rehearsal (ddr-one-1-296)

Black and white photographic negative of Obon dance rehearsal at Norse Hall in Northeast Portland. Obon dancers from left to right: Patricia “Pat” (Ikata) Iboshi, Marjory "Marge" (Ando) Smith, Carol (Takeda) Smith, and unidentified. Obon is an annual event hosted by the Oregon Buddhist Church (now known as Oregon Buddhist Temple) and attended by the wider …

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img Parade in Mo'oheau Park (ddr-densho-492-24)

Photograph of a large group of sailors from the Anegawa Maru marching through a crowd in Mo'oheau Park. Written on the front of the photograph in the upper left corner is "Hilo" in blue ink. Written on the back is "Anegawa's sailor are marching at Mooheau Park before the Selebratio [sic] at Mooheau Hall Oct. 9th …

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