1878 items
1878 items
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Atami Ueno Interview (ddr-one-7-17)
Nisei female. Born March 27, 1927, in Ola'a, Hawaii. Grew up in Ola'a until family moved to Hawaii just before World War II. Attended high school and college during in Japan and then had to work a factory to support the war effort. Witnessed the atomic bombing of Nagasaki. Worked for the military government in Japan, …
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Izumi Hirano Interview (ddr-densho-1000-317)
Kibei male. Born February 25, 1929, in Hilo, Hawaii. At the age of four, moved to Japan, where family operated a farm. Attended school in Japan during World War II. Was in school in Hiroshima when the United States dropped the atomic bomb in 1945. Survived the bombing along with mother and brother. In 1949, returned …
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Nobusuke Kishi's family being welcomed by Japanese Chamber of Commerce members (ddr-njpa-4-424)
Caption on reverse: "MEMBERS OF KISHI FAMILY HONORED: Members of Ex-Premier of Japan Nobusuke Kishi's family were honored last night at a dinner at the Japanese Chamber of Commerce building. Kishi's eldest son, Nobukazu, extreme left, the ex-premier's wife Yoshiko, and the eldest daughter, Mrs. Yoko Abe, are shown chatting with Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Honda. …
Narrator Maurice H. Yamasato
Nisei male. Born June 2, 1942, in Lima, Peru. Parents had originally immigrated to Peru from Okinawa, Japan. During World War II, removed with family to Crystal City internment camp, Texas. After leaving Crystal City, moved to Kauai, Hawaii. Established a successful career as an architect.
Narrator Arthur Nishimoto
Nisei male. Born August 28, 1923, in Honolulu, Hawaii. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, volunteered for the army and served in Europe with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. After discharge, was called back to active duty and served with the U.S. Counterintelligence Corps in Japan.
Narrator Ramsay Yosuke Mori
Nisei male. Born February 23, 1933, in Tokyo, Japan. Moved with parents to Hawaii at a young age, and grew up in Honolulu, where family held a prominent position in the community. Just prior to the bombing of Pearl Harbor, parents received a phone call from Japan, which was tapped by the FBI. The U.S. government …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 30 No. 16 (April 22, 1950) (ddr-pc-22-16)
Selected article titles: "More Nisei Witnesses Face House Contempt Charges in Hawaii Communism Inquiry" (p. 1), "McCarren Omnibus Bill Will Erase Race Restrictions from Nation's Immigration Laws" (p. 1), "Ennis Reveals 3-Point JACL Program to Expedite Claims. Seek Acceleration, Simplification of Claims Adjudication" (p. 1), "Hail Issei Integrity as 120 Complete Citizenship Course" (p. 7).
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 32 No. 21 (June 2, 1951) (ddr-pc-23-22)
Selected article titles: "Employment Outlook Improves For Japanese Americans in Hawaii as Result of War" (p. 1), "Nisei Soldier Rescued After Six Months as War Prisoner" (p. 1), "California Assembly Passes Bill to Lower Issei Licenses" (p. 2), "Assembly Acts to Repeal Ban Against Chinese, Mongolians" (p. 3), "Survivor of A-Bomb Attack Tells of War Experiences" …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 32 No. 26 (July 7, 1951) (ddr-pc-23-27)
Selected article titles: "'Guilt by Association' Policy in Deportation of Japanese Alien Protested by JACL" (p. 1), "TV Station Chief Expresses Regrets Over Film Feature Showing Nisei as Traitors" (p. 1), "Hawaii Adult Education Heads May Ask Ford Foundation for Citizenship Training Funds" (p. 2), "Justice Department Rules Internees Ineligible to File for Evacuation Loss Claims" …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 28 No. 12 (March 26, 1949) (ddr-pc-21-12)
Selected article titles: "Federal Judge Goodman Rules for Restoration of Citizen Rights to Renunciant Group" (p. 1), "Legion Commander in Colorado Condemns Refusal of Denver Cemetery to Bury Nisei Hero" (p. 1), "Hawaii Court Verdict Raises Question of Fair Representation Of Racial Groups on Juries" (p. 2), "Floyd Schmoe Plans to Build Home for Hiroshima Family" …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 30 No. 22 (June 3, 1950) (ddr-pc-22-22)
Selected article titles: "Milwaukee JACL Takes Lead in Opening Up Jobs for Nisei in Wisconsin's Industries" (p. 1), "Illinois Official Welcomes Aid From JACL in Fight on Bias" (p. 1), "Employment Outlook Somber For Nisei as Hawaii Tries To Shake Economic Slump" (p. 3), "Report on McCarran Omnibus Bill Favors Removal of Ban Against Issei Citizenship" …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 37 No. 16 (October 16, 1953) (ddr-pc-25-42)
Selected article titles: "No funds available to pay evacuee awards after June 30" (p. 1), "Second meeting of Nixon, Crown Prince in Hawaii symbolized as one of hope" (p. 1), "Four civilian arrested after brutal attack on Nisei G.I. amputee in San Francisco street fight" (p. 1), "Search party finds Nisei lost in Washington forest" (p. …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 45, No. 15 (October 11, 1957) (ddr-pc-29-41)
Select article titles: "U.S. Supreme Court Reconvenes, JACL Interested in Three Cases" (p. 1); "40,000 Filipinos in California prospering; race problems minimized" (p. 1); "Percentage of Nisei Marrying Into Other Racial Groups Increasing Over Past Decade in Hawaii" (p. 2); "Army installation named for Nisei hero" (p. 7); "Apathy Toward Sacrifices of Nisei GIs Hit" (p. …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 62, No. 24 (June 17, 1966) (ddr-pc-38-24)
Select article titles: "Stronger civil rights bill sought in wake of Meredith shooting" (p. 1); "Single-family home owners not in real estate business and receive no public assistance may discriminate" (p. 1); "Ex-Japan princess sums up 2-year stay in U.S., lauds women's independence" (p. 4); "New Law Recalls Hawaii as Immigration Policy Molder" (p. 6).
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 64, No. 4 (January 27, 1967) (ddr-pc-39-4)
Selected article titles: "Nisei in federal civil service well placed and paid, tally finds" (p. 1), "JACL and politics on Interim board meeting agenda" (p. 1), "Japanese okay but Negroes barred from apartment" (p. 1), "Prop. 15 official count by counties disclosed" (p. 3), "1st Issei physician trained in U.S., Dr. Katsuki, dies in Hawaii; was …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 73, No. 24 (December 10, 1971) (ddr-pc-43-49)
Selected article titles: "Asian elderly not forgotten by U.S." (p. 1), "Patsy Mink asks clemency for draft dodgers" (p. 1), "Nixon nominates Shiro Kashiwa to court of claims" (p. 1), "Hawaii 'melting pot' labeled myth" (p. 1), "Latest draft law amendments affecting aliens explained" (p. 1), "Japan air lines cited as top foreign buyer of U.S. …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 59, Vol. 12 (September 18, 1964) (ddr-pc-36-38)
Selected article titles: "First Test of Closed Primary in Hawaii Oct. 3" (p.1-2), "East Bay Voter Registration Bid Is Significant" (p.1), "Japanese American Groups and Leaders Go for 'No on 14'" (p.1), "Nisei Interpreters Lauded at 20th Anny. Reunion of Merrill's Marauders" (p.1), "430,135 Japanese Counted in Brazil" (p.1), "Sparky's Friends" (p.2).
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 51, No. 1 (July 1, 1960) (ddr-pc-32-27)
Select article titles: "League plans definitive Issei history" (p.1); "Visiting novelist from Japan compares 'children of setting sun' with U.S. beatniks" (p.6); "78-year-old Issei among few survivors of first shipload of Japanese to Hawaii" (p.7); "'Japanese go home' incidents reported by Nisei newspaperman in wake of Eisenhower's visit to Japan being postponed" (p.8)
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Nisei mortar crew (ddr-densho-114-54)
Original caption: Fifth Army, Montenerro, Italy. Members of the mortar crew of 100th Bn., Americans of Japanese descent, practice firing into the hills, reported active with German snipers. They are, L. to R., Wallace Higa of Paia Maui (Hawaii), James Ishimoto of Honolulu, and Jitsuo Kobayashi of Honolulu. 7 August 1944. [The correct spelling of the …
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Manzanar Free Press Vol. IV No. 25 (December 1, 1943) (ddr-densho-125-189)
Selected article titles: "'Like Father to Us' Says Anzai of Director" (p. 1), "Taste in Water Not Chlorine -- W. Racely" (p. 1), "Merritt, Adams to Speak at Discussion" (p. 1), "Collect $699.85 in War Fund Campaign" (p. 1), "Martial Law in Hawaii Eased" (p. 1), "Give Procedure for Manzanar Visitors" (p. 2), "Eastern Relocation Officer …
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Topaz Times Vol. II No. 39 (February 16, 1943) (ddr-densho-142-102)
Selected article titles: "No More Home Registration" (p. 1), "Residents, Not War Dept., Hold Answer, Says Myer" (p. 1), "7425 Volunteer from Hawaii" (p. 1), "Question 27 Clarified by Lt. W.L. Tracy" (p. 1), "City to Have No Meat on 2 Days of Each Week" (p. 2), "Coast Evacuees May Dispose of Stored Vehicles" (p. 2).
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Denson Communique No. 12 (November 26, 1942) (ddr-densho-144-12)
Selected article titles: "Women Work on Landscaping Job" (p. 1), "Administrators' Homes Started" (p. 1), "'Democracy' Means More Today" (p. 2), "Hospital Blaze Causes Excitement" (p. 2), "Fair Practices Group to Promote Work Harmony" (p. 3), "Drinking Water Should be Boiled" (p. 3), "'Little Bit of Hawaii in Arkansas'" (p. 3), "Project's Milk Source Inspected" (p. …
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Poston Chronicle Vol. XV No. 26 (September 22, 1943) (ddr-densho-145-412)
Selected article titles: "Selective Service Questionnaires Must be Notarized" (p. 1), "A.F.T. Endorses Relocation" (p. 1), "Return to Hawaii Now Possible" (p. 1), "Mosquito Menace Re-Occurs in Unit I" (p. 1), "Tule Lake Trains to Leave 3 P.M." (p. 2), "Certification of Poston Schools by State Not Necessary" (p. 2), "No Bus Service During Segregation" (p. …
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Colorado Times Vol. 31, No. 4335 (July 12, 1945) (ddr-densho-150-49)
Selected article titles: "Niseigram"; "California Group Will Form to Combat Racial Prejudice"; "Midwest Bussei to Hold Social"; "Hawaii Born Nisei Dies in Plunge"; "22 Wyoming Nisei Get Draft Sentences"; "WRA Hits Tenney on Nisei Charges"; "Only 100 Japanese in Detroit Attend Church"; "100 Leave Tule Lake for Alien Camp"; "Nisei Appointed to Staff of Chicago WLB."
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Portrait of Karl C. Leebrick (ddr-njpa-2-594)
Caption on reverse: "BACK FROM TOKYO: Dr. K. C. Leebrick, former member of the University of Hawaii faculty who served as a special assistant to Gen. Douglas MacArthur's political adviser in Tokyo during the past seven months, is now renewing acquaintances in Honolulu en route to Washington, D. C., for reassignment. He is a lieutenant-colonel in …