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Photographs of Mineo Osumi's funeral (ddr-njpa-4-1775)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "The combined funeral of Admiral Osumi. A combined funeral for the late Admiral Mineo Osumi, five brave navy soldiers, and four army and navy civilian employees was magnificently held at 1 p.m. on the `0th at Tsukiji Honganji. It was the day when spring [?], and the clouds moved in at a …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 34 No. 1 (January 5, 1952) (ddr-pc-24-1)
Selected article titles: "Supreme Court Sets Aside Ruling Restoring Citizenship to Two Wartime Strandees" (p. 1), "Legal Showdown Nears Over Government Subversives List" (p. 2), "JACL Joins 21 Groups in Suit Over Restaurant Segregation" (p. 3), "Former Seattle Kendo Group Gives Hall to Nisei Veterans" (p. 3), "Minorities and Crime. Opponents of Cultural Diversity Present a …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 61, No. 16 (October 15, 1965) (ddr-pc-37-42)
Selected article titles: "L.A. Mexicans Deny Anti-Negro Feelings High" (p.1), "History Project: Yakima Indian Lands Farmed by Issei" (p.1-2), "Against the KKK in Bogalusa" (p.1-2), "New Immigration Law" (p.2), "Peace Corps Allays Fear and Prejudice in Ghana" (p.3), "Less Pressures on Sansei Attributed to Their Decline" (p.4), "Youth Welfare-Delinquency Prevention Conference Nov. 6 at L.A. County …
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Manzanar Free Press Vol. III No. 15 (February 20, 1943) (ddr-densho-125-106)
Selected article titles: "Block 3 Group May Leave for Minidoka Center. Bainbridge Island Comprise Majority" (p. 1), "Stimson Tells Need of Nisei Unit. Lt. Bogard Receives Statement From Aide to Secretary of War" (p. 1), "New Order Cuts Supply of Paper. Equal Distribution to Begin Tomorrow" (p. 1), "Report on Land Owned by Minors of Alien …
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Japanese Language Class students (ddr-densho-134-21)
These students are dressed up for a presentation at North Seattle's Japanese Language Class. This class was the first organized activity for children of the early North Seattle Issei immigrants. Classes were first given at a private residence and then moved to the Community Hall, located at North 100th and Corliss Avenue. Back row (L to …
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Drawing of the barracks at Tanforan Assembly Center (ddr-densho-392-13)
Caption written by Kenneth Iyeki: "This scene is the most repugnant to all the internees at Tanfo. Not the actual [?] but the odors which wafted about, especially on moonlit nights. A sewer[?] which refused to operate properly was the cause. The children who played in the gullies seemed unmindful. A few yards to the right …
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Mess division girls (ddr-csujad-55-1323)
Black and white photograph depicting a group of female incarcerees employed at the Mess Hall at Amache incarceration camp. Verso reads, "Our Mess Division Girls, Back row (L-R): Sumi Sumida, Misuko Ryozaki, Maris [?] Fujino, Yo One, Alice Hiraga. Front row (L-R): Yoshi Shimamoto, Peggy Inatsuru, June Uyeda." Title from the note on the verso. See …
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Group posing for photo, including children in costume, for 75th Anniversary of Buddhist Temple of Alameda (ddr-densho-512-134)
Caption below photo: 1991 Buddhist Temple of Alameda 75th Anniversary - Chigo procession participants and parents. Caption includes names
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Tulean Dispatch Vol. 4 No. 83 (March 1, 1943) (ddr-densho-65-170)
Selected article titles: "Alien Registration to Start: Nobody Will Be Forced to Leave Project" (p. 1), "13 Removed From Colony For Beatings" (p. 1), "Rec. Activities Will be Resumed" (p. 1), "Registration For Citizens Released" (p. 1), "Nimura Taken to Klamath Jail" (p. 1), "U.C. Club Program Is Slated For Tonight At Dining Hall 17" (p. …
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Tulean Dispatch Vol. 4 No. 97 (March 17, 1943) (ddr-densho-65-179)
Selected article titles: "Sanitary Mess Hall Judging: 5, 29, 22, 8, 45, 59, 71, Are Picked After Inspection" (p. 1), "Preventive Measure For Diseases Given" (p. 1), "Military Registration Team Leave Colony" (p. 1), "Mrs. Fridell to Talk on Marriage Preparations" (p. 1), "Tax Forms Are Here" (p. 1), "75 Per Cent For WACCs" (p. 2), …
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Card from 307 YBA to Mitzi Naohara, March 24, 1945 (ddr-csujad-38-369)
An invitation card to farewell social for Hideko Mayeda and Frank G. Tanaka sponsored by 307 Young Buddhist Association (YBA) held at 307 Mess Hall in the Poston camp in Arizona at 7:30 PM on March 24, 1945. It was sent to Mitzi Masukawa Naohara incarcerated at the Poston camp. An item from: Mitzi Naohara scrapbook …
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Important items for your attention (ddr-csujad-48-136)
A memorandum to education personnel highlighting new procedures. This includes the use of the materials in the Visual Education Department and the Text-Book warehouse, creating a record of complaints and disturbances, encouraging the creation of a daily schedule, and planning at least a weeks worth of lessons, and discussing the new library service in Study Hall …
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Memo from the Office of the Superintendent, May 29, 1943 (ddr-csujad-48-45)
Memo from the Office of the Superintendent about Manzanar policy regarding professional hours for teachers under civil service. The memo discusses the need to work 48 hours per week over six days and the tasks that may accomplish this such as supervising study hall and preparing lessons for the upcoming days. Transcription is found in item: …
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Special meeting of the Monterey Peninsula Japanese American Citizens League, March 31, 1939 (ddr-csujad-44-130)
Meeting minutes of the Monterey Peninsula Japanese American Citizens League. Topics include the donation of cherry trees for the garden project at the Monterey Union High School, updates on the lawn project at the Japanese Association Hall, the status of the anti-alien fishing bill, and the proposal to hold a rally in support of the membership …
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Letter from W.O. Melton, Assistant Project Director, Jerome Relocation Center, War Relocation Authority, to George Naohara, May 16, 1944 (ddr-csujad-38-565)
A letter from W. O. Melton, Assistant Project Director of the Jerome camp in Arkansas to George Nobuo Naohara incarcerated in the camp. It notifies George that his transfer to the Tule Lake camp has been scheduled. He will be transferred by truck and picked up at the mess hall 8 at 7:15 AM, May 17, …
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General meeting of the Monterey Peninsula Japanese American Citizens League, May 13, 1940 (ddr-csujad-44-156)
Meeting minutes of the Monterey Peninsula Japanese American Citizens League. Features discussion of the Arbor Day program, membership drive, El Toro softball league, graduation party, and a proposal from the Nihon-jin-kai (Nihonjinkai), or Japanese Association, that the JACL help decorate the hall for the opening celebration of the remodeled building. A list of new members is …
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Minidoka Irrigator Vol. V No. 4 (March 24, 1945) (ddr-densho-119-131)
Selected article titles: "Two Issei Men in Chicago Killed in Fall, Robbery" (p. 1), "Relocatees Cautioned of Baggage Care" (p. 1), "WRA Releases Report On War Casualties" (p. 1), "Project Quarterly Census Will be Taken Thursday" (p. 1), "Judge Refuses to Dismiss Nisei Case" (p. 1), "Expulsion of Japanese Topic of Oregon Paper" (p. 2), "Test …
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Information Digest No. 43 (ddr-densho-156-401)
Section titles: "Evacuated Area Opened to Nisei Soldiers"; "Leupp Center Opened"; "Issei to be Eligible for Councils"; "Leave Clearances Issued"; "WPB Approvals"; "Heart Mountain Under Fire"; "Mrs. Roosevelt at Gila"; "Leave Figures Compiled"; "Movie to be Done by WRA"; "Poston Chronicle in Print"; "Sugar Beet Wages Increased"; "Rohwer Co-op Incorporated"; "Court Postpones Arguments"; "Repatriation Policy Clarified"; …
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Charles Crane buying a ticket to the Pineapple Bowl game (ddr-njpa-2-202)
Caption on reverse: "FIRST PINEAPPLE BOWL TICKETS: Pretty Loretta Aiona, University of Hawaii co-ed, sells the first pair of tickets to the Pineapple Bowl Game to Mayor Charles S. Crane, quarterback and captain of the Honolulu Athletic club which played the territory's first intersectional game back in 1895. Mayor Crane thus becomes Honolulu's No. 1 football …
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Ramsay MacDonald giving a speech (ddr-njpa-1-912)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Britain's Military Disarmament Demonstration. (London) Rengo. A joint forum of all British political parties was recently held at London's Albert Hall in light of the arousal of public opinion in advance of next spring's conference on military disarmament. Two female members of the audience threw a number of stink bombs at Prime …
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Members of the Lytton Commission (ddr-njpa-1-1211)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Their Majesties Dine With China Commission of Enquiry －At Homeiden in the Imperial Palace - Lord Lytton (Britain), General Claudel (France), General McCoy (US), Dr. Schnee (Germany), Count Aldrovandi (Italy), and Secretary-General Ark [?] of the League of Nations China Commission of Enquiry which is currently in Japan were received by His …
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Frank H. Hirata Interview (ddr-densho-1000-271)
Kibei-Nisei male. Born November 19, 1925, in Spokane, Washington. At the age of ten, went to Japan with grandfather. During World War II, was conscripted into the Japanese army, and was still in training when the war ended. After the war, continued education, graduating from Kyoto University with a law degree. Got married in 1957 and …
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CSU Northridge Reverend Wendell L. Miller Collection (ddr-csujad-20)
Reverend Wendell L. Miller was pastor of the University Methodist Church, Los Angeles. He became involved in local politics when gambling and prostitution began edging toward the area surrounding the University of Southern California (USC) campus. Miller founded the Citizens Independent Vice Investigating Committee (C.I.V.I.C.), which also campaigned against crime and corruption in City Hall, ultimately …
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Tulean Dispatch Vol. IV No. 2 (November 13, 1942) (ddr-densho-65-98)
Selected article titles: "YMCA Head to Address College Age Students" (p. 1), "Night Study Hall May Open Soon" (p. 1), "SCA Organized For Student Aid" (p. 1), "Registration For College Courses" (p. 1), "In Need of Pal" (p. 1), "Co-op Scrips Acceptable on All Purchases" (p. 1), "Housekeeping Service Started" (p. 1), "Wardens Call Showdown on …
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Cake celebrating the passage of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 (ddr-densho-10-9)
The Civil Liberties Act of 1988 was passed on August 10, 1988. The following month, a celebration was held at the Nisei Veterans Hall in Seattle, Washington. The logo on the cake stands for Issei, Nisei, and Sansei. The Civil Liberties Act of 1988 was enacted to redress the wrongs by the United States government against …