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img William Cosmo Gordon Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury speaking in the Royal Albert Hall (ddr-njpa-1-90)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Archibishop of Canterbury as Moderator. (London) Domei. An anti-Japanese public meeting held by The News Chronicle, a paper aligned with the Liberal Party, was moderated by the Archbishop of Canterbury on the night of October 5 at Royal Albert Hall and attended by people from all over. The Archbishop's address was followed …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 60, No. 17 (April 23, 1965) (ddr-pc-37-17)

Selected article titles: "Alan Kumamoto Designated National JACL Youth Director" (p.1), "U.S. Agrees to Pay Nisei Family for Personal Effects Lost in Dec. 7 Bombing" (p.1), "2 Issei Chosen for Garden Hall of Fame" (p.1), "Bitter Young Republicans Get Their Comeuppance" (p.2).

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doc Tanforan Totalizer Vol. I No. 2 (May 23, 1942) (ddr-densho-149-2)

Selected article titles: "Employment Procedure Established" (p. 1), "Center to Hold First Flag Ceremony Sunday" (p. 1), "Tanforan Roll Call Now 7796" (p. 1), "Camp Directory Due Next Week" (p. 1), "200 Lost Articles Turn Up in Bureau" (p. 3), "1st Town Hall Meeting Set" (p. 4).

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img [Nisei Week] (ddr-csujad-29-238)

Photograph of Los Angeles Nisei Week from San Pedro Street with City Hall in the background. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: P181

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img Shamans of the Lala tribe participating in a ritual (ddr-njpa-13-1038)

Caption on front: "A witch court held by members of the Wa-Lala tribe in Rhodesia. A scene from 'Jungle Gods', the illustrated lecture to be given by Captain Carl von Hoffman at the University Lecture hall Thursday evening."; Writing on reverse: "Witch court, Wa-Lala"

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img Northwest division of Methodist women, Hood River conference (ddr-densho-259-164)

Caption in Japanese at bottom of photograph: "Northwest division of Methodist women, Hood River conference." Caption by Homer Yasui: "A large print gathering of some Hood River Issei , together with a large number of out-of-town Issei women in front of the Hood River Community Hall."

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doc Minutes from the Heart Mountain Community Council meeting, November 12, 1943 (ddr-csujad-55-490)

Minutes from the Heart Mountain Community Council meeting. Includes report on purchasing recreation hall equipment. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0492

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img Seven women and teacher posing on steps outside church (ddr-ajah-4-41)

Caption below photo: Mas Miyauchi poses with his Sunday School students on the steps of the Sunday School building, now known as the social hall of the Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in Alameda, CA.. Marge was born in 1915 making this photo circa the early 1930s.

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img Group of buildings (ddr-ajah-2-801)

Caption: Mess Hall, Camp Savage, Minnesota, October 1942 to October 1943. Joe Iwataki, of Alameda, CA., was there to learn better Japanese as part of the Military Intelligence Service (MIS), and all Japanese America unit during WWII. Supplemental scan of ddr-ajah-2-421 with additional notes

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Monroe Sweetland and Shig Kihara walking and talking about the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center; exterior shots of the Center (ddr-densho-1007-1662)

av Monroe Sweetland and Shig Kihara walking and talking about the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center; exterior shots of the Center (ddr-densho-1007-1662)

Exterior shots of Sweetland and Kihara walking into Hachiya Hall; stills of signage outside; Kihara and Sweetland walking together and discussing the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center. Video starts at 0:29. Original title: 146, II MON #14, 9-9-85, DF Walk, Shig & Monroe

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av San Francisco Courthouse footage, part 1 of 10 (ddr-densho-1007-1622)

Several shots of a man and woman walking through a hall at the Superior Court of San Francisco. Original title: 101, II SF CT #1, 8-9-85, SF Court. Footage continues at ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1623/

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img Assembly center new arrivals standing in lines (ddr-densho-151-60)

Original WRA caption: San Bruno, California. This assembly center has been open for two days. Bus-load after bus-load of evacuated persons of Japanese ancestry are arriving on this day after going through the necessary procedures, they are guided to the quarters assigned to them in the barracks. Only one mess hall was operating today. Photograph shows …

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vh Harry Ueno Interview Segment 37 (ddr-densho-1002-7-37)

Description of organization of mess hall workers in Manzanar

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, instead …

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doc Heart Mountain Relocation Project Fifth Community Council, 17th session (October 9, 1945) (ddr-csujad-45-68)

The council minutes feature a report on the need for more staff in the hospital mess hall. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: HMRC_01-01_097

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doc Poston Information Bulletin Vol. I No. 4 (May 16, 1942) (ddr-densho-145-4)

Selected article titles: "Extra! Poston Welcomes Hundreds of New Arrivals; Buses Bring New Settlers from Los Angeles Area" (p. 1), "Grass Planting" (p. 1), "Volunteer Workers Wanted!" (p. 1), "Recreational Hall Notice!" (p. 1), "Medical Attention" (p. 2), "Barber Shop" (p. 2), "Lost! Green Sheaffer Fountain Pen" (p. 2).

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doc Poston Chronicle Vol. XX No. 19 (September 14, 1944) (ddr-densho-145-557)

Selected article titles: "Boy Killed Playing War" (p. 1), "45 Japanese-Americans from Centers Killed in Italy" (p. 1), "Mess Hall Proposal is Further Mooted" (p. 2), "Relocating Minors Must Have Exam" (p. 2), "Editorial: School and the Post-War Period" (p. 5), "Cannery Offers are Numerous" (p. 5).

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img Painting of roll call at Manzanar High School (ddr-manz-2-52)

Caption: "Roll call is taken. This was the first day of school he study hall. Converted from a former mess ahll, resounded with laughter as Mr. Vanderjagt aide would call a name a squeaky soprano would respond 'Here,' only to be followed by an off-pitch bass 'Heah.'"

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img Flora, Masano, Betty, and Diana Morita attedning a wedding (ddr-densho-409-18)

Flora Emiko (Morita) Hikada, Masano (Sakakiyama) Morita, Betty Mae (Morita) Shibayama, and Diana Lynn Rieko Morita Cole outside Graham Taylor Chapel at Chicago Theological Seminary, now Saieh Hall for Economics at the University of Chicago, following Paul Hiraoki Morita's and Miyo Morita's wedding. Caption on back: Dec. 24, 1947

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doc Minutes from the Heart Mountain Block Chairmen meeting, January 6, 1943 (ddr-csujad-55-395)

Minutes from the Heart Mountain Block Chairmen meeting. Includes discussion on mess hall permits, camp facilities, and services. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0397

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-395/

img Japanese Americans preparing to vote (ddr-densho-151-334)

Original caption: San Bruno, California. Entering Recreational Hall where election is being held for Councilman. A general election for five members of the Tanforan Assembly Center Advisory Council is being held on this day. The Issei have never been able to vote before because of American naturalization laws.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-334/

img Japanese Americans waiting in line to vote (ddr-densho-151-349)

Original caption: San Bruno, California. Entering Recreational Hall where election is being held for Councilmen. A general election for five members of the Tanforan Assembly center Advisory Council is being held on this day. The Issei have never been able to vote before because of American naturalization laws.

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img Obon Festival Dance Rehearsal (ddr-one-1-307)

Black and white photographic negative of small audience watching the Obon dance rehearsal inside Norse Hall in Northeast Portland. Spectators can be seen in balcony. 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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