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doc Poston Chronicle Vol. XXII No. 6 (January 17, 1945) (ddr-densho-145-604)

Selected article titles: "Discharged Poston Vet Accepted as Hollywood Legion Post Member" (p. 1), "Block 12 Mess Hall to Close. Will Combine with Block 5 February 1" (p. 1), "Ten Families Scheduled to Leave Next Monday for Crystal City, Texas" (p. 1), "Do You Know Someone Who Has Lost Baggage?" (p. 2), "Issei Urged to Resettle …

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img Kabuki performance at Nippon Kan Theatre (ddr-densho-383-362)

Performance of "Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura," or "Yoshitsune and the Thousand Cherry Trees," at Nippon Kan Theatre. Written on back of photograph: "Mid-thirties at Nippon Kan (Hall). A scene from Kabuki - Senbon Zakura (Thousand Sakura). Dancing (Dancer) stems from literature. Mt. Yoshino - site where there are thousands of blossoms? Play-center on Yoshitsune, medieval warrior who …

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doc Minutes from the Heart Mountain Community Council meeting, July 7, 1944 (ddr-csujad-55-584)

Minutes from the Heart Mountain Community Council meeting. Includes discussion on draft of Fair Labor Practice Committee, wages, Obon ceremony, paint for recreation hall, optical equipment, and lost property. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0586

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doc Information bulletin (Cody, Wyoming), no. 1 (August 20, 1942) (ddr-csujad-55-874)

Form belonging to the Nagumo family outlining barrack assignment, mess hall location and meal times, and the location of the information office and medical center at Heart Mountain incarceration camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0876

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doc Fred Toyosaburo Korematsu, Petitioner, v. United States of America, Respondent (ddr-csujad-55-2001)

Proceedings from the petition of Fred Korematsu for writ of error coram nobis and the government's motion to vacate conviction and dismiss indictment of Korematsu before the honorable Marilyn Hall Patel. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2104

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doc Memo from Marlin T. Kurtz to Mr. Ted Chiba and Mr. Shoji Nagumo, January 28, 1943 (ddr-csujad-55-686)

Memorandum of understanding from Marlin Kurtz to Ted Chiba and Shoji Nagumo regarding construction in Recreation Hall 12-26 at Heart Mountain incarceration camp. "Rec. Dept. Form no. 12." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0688

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doc [ Letter to Mrs. Whitney from Louise Fukuda | June 14, 1942 ] (ddr-janm-22-13)

3-page handwritten letter written on recto and verso from Louise Fukuda to Mrs. Whitney on June 14, 1942.Louise writes about it being three weeks since they moved in, the weather being nice, Catholic service, dance being hosted at the recreation hall, that she hopes all is well with the Whitney family, she asks about Princess being …

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img Obon Festival Dance Rehearsal (ddr-one-1-300)

Black and white photographic negative of Obon dancers practicing an Odori folk dance inside Norse Hall in Northeast Portland. From left to right male Obon dancers: Hiro Okayama, Mr. Tsujimura, Kenneth Yasutome, Yonezo Fujii, and unidentified. Obon is an annual event hosted by the Oregon Buddhist Church (now known as Oregon Buddhist Temple) and attended by …

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img Obon Festival Dance Rehearsal (ddr-one-1-309)

Black and white photographic negative of Obon dancers rehearsing an Odori folk dance in front of a small audience inside Norse Hall in Northeast Portland. Obon dancers from left to right: Tom Shigeto Tamiyasu, and Arthur Ojiro “Art” Sasaki. Obon is an annual event hosted by the Oregon Buddhist Church (now known as Oregon Buddhist Temple) …

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img Obon Festival Dance Rehearsal (ddr-one-1-302)

Black and white photographic negative of Obon dancers practicing an Odori folk dance inside Norse Hall in Northeast Portland. Some dancers wear straw hats. Dancers from left to right: unidentified, unidentified, Dennis Kasubuchi, Mr. Tsujimura, unidentified, and Toraichi Kobayashi. Obon is an annual event hosted by the Oregon Buddhist Church (now known as Oregon Buddhist Temple) …

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img Japanese American butcher (ddr-densho-37-531)

Original WRA caption: Rohwer Relocation Center, McGehee, Arkansas. Sam Takeda, a former west coast butcher, cutting a beef quarter in the refrigeration room at the Rohwer Center. With meat rationing strictly adhered to, only experienced butchers are employed in distributing the limited meat supply to mess hall kitchens. They are recurited from center residents, former west …

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img Father Raymond Nichols and Fujitaro Kubota at job site on Seattle University campus, Bellarmine Hall in distance (ddr-densho-354-2095)

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Narrator Fred Korematsu

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 …

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Letter from Jimmie Tabata, First Vice President, Japanese American Citizens League Monterey Peninsula to Japanese American Citizens League of Monterey Peninsula Board Members, September 17, 1945 (ddr-csujad-44-3)

doc Letter from Jimmie Tabata, First Vice President, Japanese American Citizens League Monterey Peninsula to Japanese American Citizens League of Monterey Peninsula Board Members, September 17, 1945 (ddr-csujad-44-3)

Letter from Jimmie Tabata, First Vice President of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) Monterey Peninsula Chapter, explaining to other board members of the JACL Monterey Peninsula Chapter that the JACL Monterey Chapter Hall will be released by the California State Guards, and Guy Curtis, who had been given power of attorney to represent the JACL …

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doc Manzanar Free Press Vol. II No. 53 (November 21, 1942) (ddr-densho-125-11)

Selected article titles: "Relocation Story. Good Jobs Offered" (p. 1), "Polls Will Open Tomorrow" (p. 1), "Kimball Attends Directors Meet" (p. 1), "Language Profs Still Sought" (p. 1), "Domestic Jobs Still Offered" (p. 1), "Fancy Turkey Dinner on Tap" (p. 1), "Fire Water Goes to Hospital" (p. 1), "Election Notice: Don't Forget to Vote" (p. 1), …

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img Cast of kabuki play at Columbia University, 1927 (ddr-densho-242-1)

Caption below photo written by Kumezo Hatchimonji: 'Yoshitsune K no Hashi, presented at Earl Hall, Columbia University in 1927. 3rd from left, back row, our instructor, an actor from the Imperial Theatre, Tokyo. My role was a humble one but as a character actor, maybe I played well. Anyway, I made the audience laugh.' Kumezo is …

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doc Pomona Center News Vol. I No. 4 (June 5, 1942) (ddr-densho-193-4)

Selected article titles: "Election Plans Made. Center Split Into Five Districts; Meetings Set" (p. 1), "Hey, Kids! It's Back to School" (p. 1), "Aliens Here to Register Next Week" (p. 1), "1192 Employed; More Work Orders Issued" (p. 2), "If You Don't Return Empty Bottles, Then --" (p. 2), "Cooks, Mess Hall Workers Thanked" (p. 3), …

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img Masanori Katsu and a Seiyu Party leader (ddr-njpa-4-664)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Both parties' leaders make announcement. The start of a joint campaign with both the Minsei and Seiyu parties will be announced at Hibiya Town Hall on the 15th. In advance of that, Mr. Sunada from the Seiyu Party and Mr. Katsu of Minsei spoke to people at 6:25 p.m. on the 13th. …

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img Manchuria activist at a dinner party (ddr-njpa-4-1052)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Mrs. Toshiko Masata's send-off party. Toshiko Masata, who has been working for the cultural improvement of 30 million Manchurians since 1937, has been staying in Tokyo before devoting the rest of her life to Manchuria. At 6:00 p.m. on the 10th at Tokyo Hall, she made her announcement at the send-off party. …

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img Yorinaga Matsudaira speaking at a dinner party (ddr-njpa-4-817)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Celebration of Matsudaira's appointment. (Tokyo) June 26, 1937. A party was held to celebrate the appointment of Count Yorinaga Matsudaira as president of the House of Peers at Maru no Uchi at Tokyo Hall on the night of the 25th. The vice president of the House, Mr. Matsudaira, and more than 200 …

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img Park Hotel (ddr-one-2-374)

Black and white photographic print of Gracia Becker and unidentified friend trying on dresses that Aya Taketomi brought. Gracia has her left hand on her friend’s shoulder. Aya was at the hotel trying to generate business for a dressmaker by taking measurements. Gracia, Ann Grazick, Shiuko and Tami Okamura were roommates at the Park Hotel (the …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 20 No. 11 (March 17, 1945) (ddr-pc-17-11)

Selected article titles: "Army Reveals Combat Team of Japanese Americans Now Part of 44th Artillery Group" (p. 1), "Fire Damages Japanese Hall in Valley City" (p. 1), "Anti-Evacuee Group Demands Resignation of WRA Director" (p. 2), "Segregee Bloc Broken Up at Tule Lake Camp" (p. 2), "Vandalism Aimed at Evacuee Reported in Pasadena Area" (p. 3), …

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img Geroge Naohara and Atsushi Ishida (ddr-csujad-38-92)

A photograph of Atsushi Ishida (center) and George Naohara (right) posing at the entrance to a mess hall in the Jerome camp in Arkansas. A photo from "George Naohara photo album" (csudh_nao_0001), page 21. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_01_21_007

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img George Naohara (ddr-csujad-38-93)

George Nobuo Naohara is photographed wearing an apron outside the entrance to a mess hall, "Dining," at the Jerome incarceration camp in Arkansas. A photo from "George Naohara photo album" (csudh_nao_0001), page 21. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_01_21_008

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doc Executive board meeting of the Monterey Peninsula Japanese American Citizens League, February 13, 1939 (ddr-csujad-44-126)

Minutes of the Monterey Peninsula Japanese American Citizens League executive board meeting. Topics discussed include profits from recent JACL-sponsored events, the "lawn proposition" for the Japanese Association Hall, and the anti-alien fishing bill. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: csumb_ms15_0125

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