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1888 items
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 48, No. 5 (January 30, 1959) (ddr-pc-31-5)
Selected article titles: "Hawaii's mixed population seen as boon for Statehood" (p. 1), "Sweeping civil rights bill with stiff penalties dropped in Sac'to hopper" (p. 1), "Union City council elects Nisei mayor" (p. 1), "French Camp JACL to honor Issei" (p. 1), "Judge Aiso hands opinion in union race bias issue" (p. 1), "International Institutes to …
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Minidoka Irrigator Vol. II No. 15 (February 17, 1943) (ddr-densho-119-29)
Selected article titles: "Stafford Voices Confidence" (p. 1), "3 Brothers Volunteer For Service" (p. 1), "No Charge For Subsistence" (p. 1), "2466 Interviewed So Far; Questionnaire Clarified" (p. 1), "Ration Book Unavailable" (p. 1), "Editorials: Our Two Immortals" (p. 2), "Move to Accept Nisei Lauded" (p. 2), "Call for 1500 Answered by 7425 Volunteers" (p. 3), …
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John A. (Jack) Svahn Interview (ddr-densho-1000-536)
Caucasian male. Born May 13, 1943, in New London, Connecticut. Moved frequently as an adolescent since father was in the U.S. Navy. Attended high school in Honolulu, Hawaii, then college at the University of Washington. Served in the U.S. Air Force, then attended the University of the Pacific McGeorge Law School and Georgetown University School of …
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Akira Otani Interview (ddr-densho-1000-321)
Nisei male. Born January 26, 1921, in Honolulu, Hawaii. Grew up in Honolulu where father owned a successful fish auction business. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, volunteered for the Hawaiian Territorial Guard. Eventually was able to join the U.S. Army, and served in Japan during the U.S. occupation. Returned to Honolulu …
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Emlei "Emi" Kuboyama Interview (ddr-densho-1020-12)
Born in Honolulu, Hawaii. During the Redress Movement, the Department of Justice's Office of Redress Administration (ORA) was established to identify and administer reparations payments to eligible individuals. Worked as an Attorney with the ORA from 1995 to 1998. After leaving the Department of Justice, continued working as a civil rights attorney with the U.S. Department …
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William "Bill" Kaneko Interview (ddr-densho-1020-11)
Born in Honolulu, Hawaii. During the Redress Movement, the Department of Justice's Office of Redress Administration (ORA) was established to identify and administer reparations payments to eligible individuals. As President of the Honolulu chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League, worked with the ORA from 1989 to 1998. Later pursued a legal career in Honolulu with …
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Frank Takizo Matsumoto and Diet delegates being welcomed to Hawai'i (ddr-njpa-4-840)
Caption on reverse: "JAPANESE DIET DELEGATION BACK IN HONOLULU: Shown above are 15 members of the Japanese Diet party as they arrived at the Honolulu airport from Seattle at 6:50 this morning by Northwest Airlines for a two-day visit before leaving for Tokyo via Pan American Airways Saturday at 9:30 a.m. They were each given a …
Narrator Tokio Yamane
Kibei male. Born Born September 2, 1922, in Hawaii. Moved with family to Hiroshima at age three, then returned to the Fresno area of the U.S. for high school. During World War II, was sent to the Fresno Assembly Center, California, and the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas. While at Jerome, refused to answer the so-called "loyalty …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 22 No. 1 (January 5, 1946) (ddr-pc-18-1)
Selected article titles: "JACL Protests 'Mistreatment' of Nisei Combat Veterans at Southern California Army Camp" (p. 1), "Marine Corps Opens Ranks To Japanese American Group" (p. 1), "Nisei Accepted by Navy as Ban Lifted" (p. 1), "Ickes Favors Compensation for Evacuee Losses" (p. 1), "Federal Court Delays Action On Tamura Deportation Case; Renunciant Will Get Hearing" …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 43, No. 15 (October 12, 1956) (ddr-pc-28-41)
Selected article titles: " Masaoka ill, postpones trip to Japan a week" (p. 1), "55 of 65 Nisei public office seekers win in Hawaii primaries" (p. 1), "Tabulate 141,000 Japanese in U.S.; 85,000 in California" (p. 1), "Temporary farm workers continue to arrive by air" (p. 1), "Fresno-born Nisei interprets for Japanese emperor" (p. 2), "One …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 67, No. 16 (October 18, 1968) (ddr-pc-40-42)
Selected article titles: "JACL Steps Up Campaign on Detention Camps" (p. 1), "Flower grower's labor issue shifts to Denver airport" (p. 1), "Milder redevelopment approach of Little Tokyo endorsed by JACL" (p. 1), "Wartime U.S. attorney general Biddle dies, rued Evacuation" (p. 1), "Hawaii election bid seen tough for Nisei congressmen" (p. 1), "Mike Masaoka Tokyo-bound …
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Term paper: my plan for the future (ddr-csujad-48-2)
Term paper by Chiyoko Nakasaki for period VII Social Problems class taught by Mr. Harry Bentley Wells, a teacher at Manzanar High School. Chiyoko discusses finding an office job after graduation, but she worries about giving the wrong impression or building a bad reputation if she sets out as an independent female. She enjoys listening to …
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Minidoka Irrigator Vol. III No. 21 (July 17, 1943) (ddr-densho-119-48)
Selected article titles: "Stafford Defines Basic WRA Relocation Policy" (p. 1), "Graduation Rites Held at Language School Saturday" (p. 1), "Relocation Must Be Goal For Evacuees -- Stafford" (p. 1), "New Efficiency Work Hours Inaugurated" (p. 1), "Two Hundred-Six Seniors Receive Diplomas at Commencement Friday" (p. 1), "Center to Be Used Not Named Yet. Repatriation Applicants …
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Minidoka Irrigator Vol. III No. 4 (March 20, 1943) (ddr-densho-119-32)
Selected article titles: "2,571 Given Leaves Up to March 6. 2,942 Clearances Also Granted To be Evacuees, Wash. Figures Reveal" (p. 1), "Hawaii Japanese Seek Permission To Anglicize Names" (p. 1), "Travel Bureau Service Formed" (p. 1), "Ration Office Discloses Additions To List of Non-Rationed Footwear" (p. 1), "Bus Bound For Twin Careens. One Seriously Hurt; …
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Digest of Information No. 25 and 26 (ddr-densho-156-386)
Section titles: "Regional Chiefs in Washington"; "1,000 Apply for Leave"; "WRA Movie Released"; "Background Bulletin Completed"; "Welfare Agencies Map Program"; "Plan WRA Office in Chicago"; "Complete Agricultural Conferences"; "Meets with legion Officials"; "Dr. Thompson Here"; "Arnold Leaves for Hawaii"; "To Survey Project Requirements"; "Change Script in 'Little Tokyo'"; "Railroads Seek Workers"; "Progress in Land Purchase"; "Marks …
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Yutaka Inokuchi Interview (ddr-densho-1000-320)
Nisei male. Born August 25, 1924, in Waipahu, Hawaii. Grew up on the Waipahu sugar plantation where parents worked. Was attending Mid-Pacific Institute in Honolulu when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Father was picked up by the FBI and eventually interned in the Honouliuli POW camp. Mr. Inokuchi got a job in the …
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Tom Matsuoka Interview (ddr-densho-1000-47)
Kibei male. Born August 1, 1903, in Sprecklesville, Maui, Hawaii. Taken to Japan in 1905 and raised by grandparents. Returned to the United States in 1919, joining father at Barneston sawmill in Washington. Married and farmed in Bellevue, Washington. Founded Bellevue Seinenkai and managed the Bellevue Vegetable Growers Association prior to World War II. Was picked …
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Herbert Y. Miyasaki Interview (ddr-densho-1007-10)
Nisei male. Born March 12, 1915, in Pauuilo, Hawaii. Joined the army in December 1940 and was assigned to the 100th Infantry Battalion. Transferred to the Military Intelligence Service in 1942, and was asked to help select a group of volunteer linguists to serve with Merrill's Marauders in India and Burma. Herbert was a skilled interrogator …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 21 No. 16 (October 20, 1945) (ddr-pc-17-42)
Selected article titles: "U.S. Army Reveals Work of Nisei in Pacific. Japanese Americans in ATIS Provided U.S. With Human 'Secret Weapon' During War" (p. 1), "Federal War Agencies Modify Remove Special Restrictions Against Japanese Americans" (p. 1), "Police Kept Close Watch on Nisei Caught by War in Japan" (p. 1), " Tule Lake Group Will Initiate …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 22 No. 2 (January 12, 1946) (ddr-pc-18-2)
Selected article titles: "Justice Department Initiates Hearings for 3000 Persons Who Wish to Remain in U.S." (p. 1), "Vandals Smash Glass in Store Owned by Nisei" (p. 1), "Japanese American Issue Raised at Hawaii Hearing. No Danger of Nisei Voting Bloc Seen by Proponents of Statehood Status for Islands" (p. 1), "Order Relaxes Restrictions on Enemy …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 44, No. 11 (March 15, 1957) (ddr-pc-29-11)
Select article titles: "Fem keglers smash Nat'l CL marks" (p. 1); "Orange county builder denies Nisei home; sued for $10,000" (p. 1); "Chinese Americans feel need of national organization like JACL" (p. 1); Utah civil rights bill gets shelved" (p. 1); "$90,000 advertising TV campaign signed by Kikkoman Shoyu" (p. 2); "Youngster didn't want to go …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 49, No. 11 (September 11, 1959) (ddr-pc-31-37)
Selected article titles: "Urge Nisei now repay U.S. by service. Rep. Inouye warns against 'patting ourselves on the back' at EDC-MDC fete" (p. 1), "Appoint Tsukiyama chief justice of Hawaii's state supreme court" (p. 1), "Congress extends law to admit orphans and tuberculosis victims" (p. 1), "Army to investigate discrimination charge of Negro GI with Japanese …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 48, No. 15 (April 10, 1959) (ddr-pc-31-15)
Selected article titles: "Calif. FEPC set, Senate approves 30-5" (p. 1), "$1.2 million appropriation bill for evacuee claims asked" (p. 1), "Old-age assistance bill to aid Issei held in Assembly Comm." (p. 1), "Cal. Senate passes miscegenation law" (p. 1), "Wartime renunciant program review nearly completed by U.S." (p. 1), "Chicago JACL membership challenge with west …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 107, No. 20 (December 23-30, 1988) (ddr-pc-60-45)
Special holiday issue divided into sections A 1-12, B 1-12, C 1-16, D 1-12, E 1-24, D 13-24, C 17-32, B 13-24, and A 13-24. Selected article titles: "The President Signs the Redress Bill" (pp. B-1-B-2), "Decision to Cooperate" (pp. C-4-C-5), "Despite Wishes of Some: Comparatively Few Internees Came from Hawaii" (pp. E-2-E-3, E-19), and "John …
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Manzanar Free Press Vol. II No. 51 (November 16, 1942) (ddr-densho-125-10)
Selected article titles: "Partial Evacuation for Hawaii Japanese Decreed" (p. 1), "Studies to Aid in Relocation" (p. 1), "Co-op News. Congress Meets Again Tonight" (p. 1), "Specialists Here for Child Clinic" (p. 1), "Liquid Contraband..." (p. 1), "Workers Return in Good Spirits After Hard Labor" (p. 1), "Check-ups Urged for Children" (p. 1), "Three Depart for …