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doc Clipping regarding Frances Perkins (ddr-njpa-1-1141)

Caption on front: "Madam secretary faces a camera and a microphone: Miss Frances Perkins, Secretary of Labor, photographed as she was about to begin a broadcast from her office in Washington. (Harris & Ewing from Times Wide World Photos.)"

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-njpa-1-1141/

doc Poston Chronicle Vol. XV No. 1 (August 13, 1943) (ddr-densho-145-387)

Selected article titles: "Segregation Not Forced Relocation" (p. 1), "Santa Fe R.R. Seeks Workers" (p. 1), "Poston Schools to Continue Says Dr. Harris" (p. 1), "Repatriates Registering with Consul Called" (p. 1), "Leaflets on Tule Lake Available" (p. 1).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-145-387/

doc Clipping regarding Milton C. Potter (ddr-njpa-1-1324)

Caption on front: "The new president of the National Education Association: Milton C. Potter of Milwaukee, who was elected at the Annual Convention of the Association, in Washington, succeeding Edwin C. Broome. (Harris & Ewing from Times Wide World Photos)."

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doc Clipping regarding John L. Lewis (ddr-njpa-1-1167)

Caption on front: "John L. Lewis, who insists on vertical unions."

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doc A message for our neighbors on the day of evacuation (ddr-densho-498-1)

A letter of concern, apology, condolence, and love from the Mrs. Woods, Pres. of Oakland Council of Church Women, Lawton Harris, Executive Secretary of East Bay Church Federation, and Robert Inglis, Pres. of East Bay Ministers' Fellowship to Japanese Americans being evacuated from Oakland, California.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-498-1/

img Kimiko Fujii Kitayama with friends at Preview Night (ddr-densho-433-488)

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doc Eleanor Katherine Roosevelt posing as queen of the Cherry Blossom Festival (ddr-njpa-1-1481)

Caption on reverse: "The Queen of the Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington: Miss Eleanor Roosevelt, daughter of Colonel Henry Latrobe Roosevelt, Assistant Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. Roosevelt, chosen to preside at the Annual Festival of the Japanese Cherry Trees in the capital. Harris & Ewing from Times World Wide Photos.)"

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doc Newspaper clipping regarding Gerhart Hauptmann (ddr-njpa-1-673)

Caption on front: "Germany's great dramatist calls upon the president: Gerhart Hauptmann, who has come to the United States to take part in the celebration of the centenary of the death of Goethe, leaving the White House with the German Ambassador, Herr von Prittwitz und Gaffron. (Harris & Ewing, from Times Wide World Photos.)"

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doc Poston High School diploma for Joe Ono (ddr-csujad-55-142)

High school diploma for Joe Ono from Poston High School. Signed by principal John Girdler and superintendent of education, Arthur L. Harris. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0144

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-142/

img Fujii family at an event (ddr-densho-433-839)

Kimi Fujii and her parents, Rutaro and Katsu Fujii, at an event.

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img House labeled East San Pedro Tract 187A (ddr-csujad-43-29)

Photograph number 1167 of a house on the corner of Harris Place on Terminal Island. Sign reads: East San Pedro Tract 187A. Negative scan. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ter_01_050

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img House labeled East San Pedro Tract 164A (ddr-csujad-43-30)

Photograph of a house numbered 129 on the corner of Harris Place on Terminal Island. Sign reads: East San Pedro Tract 164A. Negative scan. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ter_01_051

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doc Principal's bulletin (Parker, Arizona), no. 12 (April 30, 1945) (ddr-csujad-55-1776)

Principal's Bulletin #12 from Miles E. Cary High School at Poston incarceration camp. Includes note to all teachers from Arthur L. Harris, superintendent of education. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1779

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doc Employment application (ddr-densho-424-552)

For Verona Lynn Long, redacted

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-424-552/

Narrator Catherine Embree Harris

White female. Born October 30, 1919. Grew up in Honolulu, Hawaii, before World War II. After college, took a job with the Office of Indian Affairs, and went to work at the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. After the war, continued to work for the War Relocation Authority and then other agencies.

https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/545/

doc Jap Here Kills Self, Fearing Family Died Under Bombs (July 13, 1945) (ddr-densho-56-1126)

The Seattle Daily Times, July 13, 1945, p. 1

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doc Senator Wants Japanese Barred. Phelan Declares California Is Being Rapidly Colonized by Orientals. (June 22, 1919) (ddr-densho-56-330)

The Seattle Daily Times, June 22, 1919, p. 25

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-56-330/

doc First annual dawning of the blossoms (ddr-csujad-55-1829)

Program for the first annual Dawning of the Blossoms theatrical production, La Esperanza De La Gente, produced by the faculty and students of Poston Union School, directed by Ruth Harris, script by Captain H.R. Holm. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1832

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1829/

Narrator Nobuko Miyake-Stoner

Japanese female. Born Feburary 10, 1952, in Hiroshima, Japan. Descendant of survivors of the atomic bombing in 1945. Father was a kamikaze pilot during World War II who was unable to fulfill his mission due to the war's end. Nobuko attended the Hiroshima Jogakuin, a missionary school established for young women. Graduated with an M.A. in …

https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/389/

vh Nobuko Miyake-Stoner Interview (ddr-densho-1000-242)

Japanese female. Born Feburary 10, 1952, in Hiroshima, Japan. Descendant of survivors of the atomic bombing in 1945. Father was a kamikaze pilot during World War II who was unable to fulfill his mission due to the war's end. Nobuko attended the Hiroshima Jogakuin, a missionary school established for young women. Graduated with an M.A. in …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-242/

doc Crystal City Chatter Issue 115 (ddr-densho-537-114)

Issue 115 includes information about upcoming gatherings, an article about David Ono's documentary, an article about General MacArthur, and more.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-537-114/

doc Topaz Harvest Festival program and premium list (ddr-densho-433-340)

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doc Women's Division education conference invitation (ddr-densho-433-325)

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 48, No. 26 (June 26, 1959) (ddr-pc-31-26)

Selected article titles: "Need of strong JACL organization cited by Nisei who felt housing bias" (p. 1), "Call for rare B-Positive Type blood made to save life of Idaho Falls 2-year-old boy" (p. 1), "Japanese Canadian history project given 'green light'" (p. 1), "Mountain-Plains JACLers feel U.S.-Japan problems not as crucial to Inland CLers" (p. 5), …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-31-26/

doc Women's Division newsletter and Demo Derby papers (ddr-densho-433-329)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-433-329/

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