863 items
863 items
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 55, No. 16 (October 19, 1962) (ddr-pc-34-42)
Selected article titles: "Merrill's Marauders Assn. Tells Army Its Displeasure Over Film" (p.1), "Dan Inouye Senate Boosters Wary of Primary Results" (p.1), "Li'l Tokio Revives Community Hall Plan" (p.1), "1st Commercially Grown Roses Hailed in Watsonville" (p.1), "On Negro Rights" (p.2), "Policy Statement on Civil Rights" (p.2).
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 55, No. 12 (September 21, 1962) (ddr-pc-34-38)
Selected article titles: "Hart Immigration Bill" (p.1-2), "Washington Repeal Campaign on SJR 21 Moves into High" (p.1-2), "1889 Land Law 'Lies about Like a Loaded Weapon'" (p.1), "Japanese American Community Leaders First to Be Summoned in New Series of Conferences with Seattle Mayor in New Hall" (p.3).
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 74, No. 21 (June 2, 1972) (ddr-pc-44-21)
Selected article titles: "Nikkei Family Victims of Verbal Abuse by Owner of Beaumont Cherry Orchard" (p.1), "Agenda Papers Pepper Chapters" (p.1, 3), "PSWDC in Bid for $8,000 to Fund Welfare Group" (p.3), "Pride and Faith Personified: Nisei of MISLS" (p.5), "City Hall Jeopardizes Little Tokyo's Future" (p.8).
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Letter from Tsuneo Iwata to Evacuee Property Department, March 31, 1942 (ddr-csujad-46-15)
Letter from Tsuneo Iwata to Evacuee Property Department concerning the status and leasing of the Japanese Social Hall in Turlock California. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: csus_nac_0015
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Gila News-Courier Vol. III No. 197 (December 13, 1944) (ddr-densho-141-353)
Selected article titles: "Gila Architect Wins $750 Prize" (p. 1), "Orange County: Family Returns to Calif. Farm" (p. 1), "A Safe Christmas" (p. 2), "Heart of an American" (p. 2), "Anti-Japanese Bill Rejected" (p. 3), "Mess Hall: Utensils Must be Returned" (p. 4), "Washington Offers Jobs in Japanese Translation" (p. 6).
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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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Tulean Dispatch Vol. 4 No. 84 (March 2, 1943) (ddr-densho-65-352)
Selected article titles: "Citizen Registration Period is Extended Until March 10. Special Concession Made to Give Everyone Opportunity to Sign-up" (p. 1), "Photographs to be Taken" (p. 1), "300 Enter High School Essay Contest on Fire Prevention" (p. 2), "Placement Office... Jobs Available at School, Dining Hall, Ad Building" (p. 3).
Narrator Roy H. Matsumoto
Nisei male. Born May 1, 1913, in Laguna, California. Lived in Japan from childhood through teenage years, before returning to the United States during high school. Incarcerated in the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas. Volunteered for the U.S. army in 1942, and was inducted in the Military Intelligence Service. Selected …
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Harry Ueno Interview Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1002-7-13)
Working in the camp mess hall: making do when certain foods are in short supply
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 …
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Group of workers in front of a dining hall at Tule Lake War Relocation Center (ddr-densho-474-218)
Back row fourth from left is Kazue "Jay" Naito
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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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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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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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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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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)
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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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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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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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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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.