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Minidoka Irrigator Vol. V No. 4 (March 24, 1945) (ddr-densho-119-131)
doc 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 …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-119-131/
Tulean Dispatch Vol. 4 No. 97 (March 17, 1943) (ddr-densho-65-179)
doc 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), …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-65-179/
Tulean Dispatch Vol. 4 No. 83 (March 1, 1943) (ddr-densho-65-170)
doc 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. …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-65-170/

Narrator Bill Hosokawa

Nisei male. Born in Seattle on January 30, 1915, and attended Washington grade school, Garfield High School and the University of Washington. He grew up as a typical Nisei, working summers in Alaska salmon canneries and Western Avenue produce brokerages to pay for his education. He became interested in writing at Garfield where he was sports …
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/124/
Cake celebrating the passage of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 (ddr-densho-10-9)
img 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 …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-10-9/
Card from Sigma Debs to Mrs. Masukawa, May 12 1944 (ddr-csujad-38-365)
doc Card from Sigma Debs to Mrs. Masukawa, May 12 1944 (ddr-csujad-38-365)
An invitation card to the Mothers' Day Party held on Friday May 12, 1944 at the Dining Hall at the Poston camp in Arizona. The party was coordinated by Sigma Debs, young Nisei women's club in the camp, and the card was sent to Mitzi Masukawa Naohara's mother, Koyuta Masukawa. The caption reads: In honor of …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-38-365/
Invitation to Senior Prom at Manzanar (ddr-csujad-48-41)
doc Invitation to Senior Prom at Manzanar (ddr-csujad-48-41)
Manzanar High School Senior Prom invitation: Folded, opens right to left; tied at the top left corner with white ribbon; buff light weight card stock. On the front, graphics include red cherry blossoms, layered on top of royal blue and black graphic. Inset page has a red stencil of a cherry blossom and written in black …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-48-41/
Drawing of the latrine and barracks at Tanforan Assembly Center (ddr-densho-392-6)
doc Drawing of the latrine and barracks at Tanforan Assembly Center (ddr-densho-392-6)
Caption by Kenneth Iyeki: "This is a scene from the roof of an old stable. The latrine building which served our area [?] to the left. To the right is barrack #16 and between the two buildings is the stable where the batchelors [sic] used to sit all day and talk. Beyond the stable, partially hidden …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-392-6/
Jimmy Stewart receiving a lei from Mrs. George V. Denny, Jr. (ddr-njpa-1-1820)
img Jimmy Stewart receiving a lei from Mrs. George V. Denny, Jr. (ddr-njpa-1-1820)
Caption on reverse: "Jimmie [sic] Stewart gets lei: Movie star Jimmie [sic] Stewart is shown after receiving a carnation lei from Mrs. George V. Denny, Jr., wife of the founder of the Town Hall Meeting of the Air, at the quarterly membership meeting of the Honolulu Chamber of Commerce yesterday noon at the Royal Hawaiian hotel. …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-njpa-1-1820/
Interview with a woman of the Watsonville Issei Singers, part 2 of 2; interview with unnamed man; b-roll of Kizuka Hall exterior; Monroe Sweetland and Shig Kihara walking (ddr-densho-1007-1661)
av Interview with a woman of the Watsonville Issei Singers, part 2 of 2; interview with unnamed man; b-roll of Kizuka Hall exterior; Monroe Sweetland and Shig Kihara walking (ddr-densho-1007-1661)
An Issei woman (not named) discusses becoming an American citizen (and losing Japanese citizenship). An interpreter translates her answers into English. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions in the background. Interview ends at 5:10; another interview starts after, where a man (not named) discusses the Watsonville Issei Singers and how many Issei became citizens. That …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1661/
Tulean Dispatch Vol. IV No. 2 (November 13, 1942) (ddr-densho-65-98)
doc 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 …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-65-98/
Heart Mountain Sentinel Vol. II No. 13 (March 27, 1943) (ddr-densho-97-121)
doc Heart Mountain Sentinel Vol. II No. 13 (March 27, 1943) (ddr-densho-97-121)
Selected article titles: "Nisei Farm Work Training Program Starts; Residents Move to Organize Labor Body. Seek Better Relations for Workers" (p. 1), "Residents Find Many Offers, Leave Center" (p. 1), "Dissolution of WCCA Told" (p. 1), "Meal Hours Changed to Boost Work Efficiently" (p. 1), "Plan Release of Kodaks, Radios" (p. 1), "Hiking Permit Procedure for …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-97-121/
The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 15 No. 21 (October 22, 1942) (ddr-pc-14-20)
doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 15 No. 21 (October 22, 1942) (ddr-pc-14-20)
Selected article titles: "WRA Director Believes Large Group May Be Resettled Soon" (p. 1), "War Department Official Says No Major Changes Considered In Present Relocation Program" (p. 1), "Deportation of U.S. Japanese Made Issue" (p. 1), "No Truth in Hawaiian Sabotage Rumors, Declares Bill Moran" (p. 1), "JACL Officials Investigate Montana Beet Work Conditions" (p. 2), …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-14-20/
Desert Sentinel, Volume I, No. 4, November 30, 1942 (ddr-csujad-17-5)
doc Desert Sentinel, Volume I, No. 4, November 30, 1942 (ddr-csujad-17-5)
School newspaper published at the Gila River incarceration camp. Features and topics include a new superintendent and the choice of "Desert Sentinel" as the name for the school paper; news of campus, sports, and social and holiday events, including the opening of the Butte High School library; items about classes, students and teachers, including a student …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-17-5/
Japanese Language Class students (ddr-densho-134-22)
img Japanese Language Class students (ddr-densho-134-22)
These are students of 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 R): Mac Sasaki, Akira Kumasaka, …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-134-22/
Helen Jacobs awarded a trophy (ddr-njpa-1-719)
img Helen Jacobs awarded a trophy (ddr-njpa-1-719)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Helen Jacobs. Three-time Consecutive US Women's Tennis Champion. (Forest Hills, Long Island) Rengo. Helen Jacobs, who had defeated Helen Moody, 'the Queen of Women's Tennis', and preserved her two-year streak as US women's tennis champion, defeated Sarah Palfrey of Brooklyn in this years finals held here with scores of 6-1 and 6-4. …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-njpa-1-719/
Letter from John (Sohei) Hohri to Harold Landon and Thelma Jo Bruce (ddr-janm-18-24)
doc Letter from John (Sohei) Hohri to Harold Landon and Thelma Jo Bruce (ddr-janm-18-24)
Letter from Sohei (John) Hohri to Harold Landon & Thelma Jo Bruce, dated March 26, 2004. Envelope is addressed to Mr. and Mrs. Harold Landon in Granada Hills, CA from Sohei Hohri in New York City, NY. Sohei thanks Harold for his letter with Coach Jim Purcell's obituary and the drawing of the Disney Music Hall …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-janm-18-24/
Obon Festival Dance Rehearsal (ddr-one-1-298)
img Obon Festival Dance Rehearsal (ddr-one-1-298)
Black and white photographic negative of Obon dancers rehearsing an Odori folk dance inside Norse Hall in Northeast Portland. Dancers form two lines in front of a small seated audience on the floor and in the balcony. Adult male Obon dancers on far right of image identified from right to left: Arthur Ojiro “Art” Sasaki, Reverend …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-1-298/
Pacific Citizen, Vol. 65, No. 21 (November 24, 1967) (ddr-pc-39-48)
doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 65, No. 21 (November 24, 1967) (ddr-pc-39-48)
Selected article titles: "New NIMH Grant of $118,000 Assures Continuance of Issei History Project" (p. 1), "Nisei Editor Quits Over Negro Issue: Charges College Administration Kills Free Press" (p. 1), "L.A. museum to show photos of Japanese town" (p. 1), "All-Oriental human relations council forms in Los Angeles" (p. 1), "Deportation of Unwanted Alien Upheld: Japanese …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-39-48/
Class of 1938 Electrical Engineers (ddr-densho-287-690)
img Class of 1938 Electrical Engineers (ddr-densho-287-690)
Group photograph of 26 men. The image is of the Oregon State College (not Oregon State University) Electrical Engineering Class of 1938. Written on the image are the numbers 1-26. Identified: 1 Bob Welty 2 Milton Maeda 3 Fred Clausen 4 Vic Carson 5 Dan Smith 6 Dav Fulton 7 Dav Cox 8 Phil Brownell 9 …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-287-690/
Pacific Citizen, Vol. 45, No. 1, (July 5, 1957) (ddr-pc-29-27)
doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 45, No. 1, (July 5, 1957) (ddr-pc-29-27)
Select article titles: "East L.A. athletes dominate at 6th annual Relays; five records broken, one tied" (p. 1); "President Signs $2-Million Bill For Evacuees" (p. 1); "Monthly social security benefits payable to Issei visiting or residing in Japan" (p. 1); "Whereabouts sought by Justice Dep't of 72 missing claimants" (p. 1); "'Miracle man' astounding Japanese and …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-29-27/
Issei waiting to receive their redress checks (ddr-densho-10-11)
img Issei waiting to receive their redress checks (ddr-densho-10-11)
Four Issei, all at least 100 years of age, waiting to receive their redress checks at the Nisei Veterans Hall in Seattle, Washington. Left to right: Mr. Katsuo, Ms. Wakamatsu, Mr. Ishimitsu, and Mr. Nakagawa. The fifth Issei recipient, Mr. Frank Yatsu, is not pictured. The man standing behind Ms. Wakamatsu is unidentified. The Civil Liberties …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-10-11/
Manzanar Free Press Vol. III No. 11 (February 6, 1943) (ddr-densho-125-101)
doc Manzanar Free Press Vol. III No. 11 (February 6, 1943) (ddr-densho-125-101)
Selected article titles: "Bruce Clears Confusion Co-op Rebates" (p. 1), "Many Apply for Stored Property" (p. 1), "Adventure-Romance Show Coming Here" (p. 1), "Beet Crew Augmented by Two New Additions. Selection of Representatives to Inspect Beet Fields Due Soon" (p. 1), "Brothers Held for Resisting FBI Men" (p. 1), "Activity Finds Manzanar Red Cross Busy" (p. …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-125-101/
Minidoka Irrigator Vol. I No. 3 (September 22, 1942) (ddr-densho-119-3)
doc Minidoka Irrigator Vol. I No. 3 (September 22, 1942) (ddr-densho-119-3)
Selected article titles: "Clothing Issue Begins. Firemen, Mess Hall Workers Among First Recipients" (p. 1), "Fair Labor Board to be Organized. Labor Disputes Will be Aired" (p. 1), "First Co-op Store Opening This Week" (p. 1), "Coal Expected Oct. 1" (p. 1), "Editorial: A Forward Step" (p. 2), "Unemployed to Receive Compensation" (p. 2), "Band Plays …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-119-3/
Tulean Dispatch Vol. 6 No. 38 (August 30, 1943) (ddr-densho-65-289)
doc Tulean Dispatch Vol. 6 No. 38 (August 30, 1943) (ddr-densho-65-289)
Selected article titles: "California Won Here" (p. 1), "Mail Order Dept. to Close" (p. 1), "Today and Tomorrow: Last Chance For First-hand Relocation News" (p. 1), "Editorial: Packing, Shipping Goods is Big Job" (p. 1), "Facts About Rohwer Relocation Center" (p. 2), "New Englanders Friendly Cooperative" (p. 3), "Advantages of Group Farming Given" (p. 4).
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-65-289/
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