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img Stuart S. Murray shaking hands with the Japanese Consul-General at a ceremony (ddr-njpa-2-217)

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img Department of State official addressing the Naturalization Encouragement Assocation of Honolulu (ddr-njpa-2-950)

Caption on reverse: "NATURALIZATION GROUP: Harold Templeman of the Department of State is shown addressing the Naturalization Encouragement Association of Honolulu's fifth annual dinner meeting last night at Queen's Surf. Others, left to right are: Delegate Elizabeth P. Farrington, Consul-General Masahide Kanayama, President-elect Masayuki Adachi and Harry Tanaka, toastmaster.--(Hawaii Times photo)."

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vh Ted Tsukiyama Interview (ddr-densho-1004-22)

Nisei male. Born December 13, 1920, in Honolulu, Hawaii. During World War II, was a member of the Varsity Victory Volunteers, then served with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team and the Military Intelligence Service. Following military service, graduated from Yale Law School and became an attorney in Hawaii. Active in community and veterans organizations.

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doc List of Justice Department internment camp papers (ddr-densho-314-3)

This set of Justice Department papers include documents spanning from 1942-1945. The papers include a family welfare report of the Takanishis from the Red Cross, a petition for parole from internment and return to Hawaii, a letter concerning unblocking interned Japanese bank accounts, a CGRB review, and Kazuichi Takanishi's recommendation for return to Hawaii.

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 101 No. 21 (November 22, 1985) (ddr-pc-57-46)

Selected article titles: "442 Vet honored for Role at Dachau" (1); "Toshiba Accused of Discrimination" (2); "White Males Dominate Hawaii Media" (3)

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doc Poston Chronicle Vol. XXII No. 28 (April 7, 1945) (ddr-densho-145-626)

Selected article titles: "Crystal City Family Reunions are Curtailed" (p. 1), "Those Desiring Hawaii Return at Government Expense Should Write" (p. 1).

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doc Crystal City Chatter Issue 86 (ddr-densho-537-95)

Issue 86 includes a recap of a Las Vegas trip, an article about Hawaii concentration camp sites, a repatriate's story, and more.

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doc Series of responses to a letter (ddr-densho-67-46)

A series of responses to a letter written by Congressman Charles F. Ayer to John W. McCormack regarding the "Jap menace" in Hawaii. Urges the evacuation of all Japanese from Hawaii to the mainland to protect from invasion. McCormack forwards this letter to Henry L. Stimson. Thos. T. Handy, assistant chief of staff, forwards the McCormack …

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vh Eric K. Yamamoto Interview (ddr-densho-1000-235)

Sansei male. Born 1952 in Honolulu, Hawaii. Attended law school at UC Berkeley, California and became involved with the Asian Law Caucus. After graduating, returned to Hawaii. In the 1980s, left job in Hawaii and moved to the Bay Area to become a member of the pro bono legal team for Korematsu v. United States, …

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doc Letter from Commander John Ford to Frank Knox about the Japanese in Hawaii (ddr-densho-67-47)

Letter from Commander John Ford to Frank Knox about the Japanese in Hawaii. He warns about the infiltration of "disloyals" and stresses the failure of the FBI and military in controlling the situation. Also mentions the Big Five's dependence on skilled Japanese labor. Knox forwards this to President Roosevelt urging him to consider evacuating all Japanese …

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img Miss Hawaii and two men in Navy dress whites reading Washington Monument sign (ddr-njpa-2-836)

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img Sears executive giving a check to a University of Hawaii president and dean (ddr-njpa-2-1011)

Caption on reverse: "SEARS SCHOLARSHIP: For the fifth consecutive year Sears Roebuck Foundation has awarded a $2,000 four-year scholarship in general agriculture at the University of Hawaii. Morley L. Theaker (left) is pictured as he presented the check last week to UH President Dr. Paul S. Bachman with Harold A. Wadsworth, dean of the college of …

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img News clipping regarding the resignation of David Crawford as University of Hawaii president (ddr-njpa-2-209)

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doc Annotated notes for the "response from Hawaii" section of The Color of Honor (ddr-densho-1007-1401)

Dated 6/19, year not specified, likely 1987.

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img Nisei soldier digging a trench (ddr-densho-114-47)

Original caption: North Africa Theater. Pvt. Fred (Angel) Ogata, Pahala, Hawaii, digs a slit trench. He is Japanese in the U.S. Army. 1943.

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doc Letter from Issei man to wife (August 11, 1942) (ddr-densho-140-124)

Excerpt: "We have no kodak at all but a portrait painter Hawaii man, one of the barrack captain, to portray of my face."

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img Obituary for J. Walter Doyle (ddr-njpa-2-251)

Newspaper clipping of the obituary for J. Walter Doyle, U.S. Customs Collector in Hawaii. Title: "J. Walter Doyle Dies Suddenly Of Heart Attack."

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doc Japanese American Courier Vol. 8, No. 406 (October 26, 1935) (ddr-densho-96-441)

Selected article titles: "Sakakihara Asks Hawaii Statehood" (p. 1), "Pink Tea" (p. 2), "Hang-overs" (p. 3), "Out-of-Town News" (p. 4)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-96-441/

doc Newspaper clipping regarding Roy W. Howard (ddr-njpa-1-641)

Caption on front [translation]: "Opposed to Oil Embargo on Japan. Newspaper King Howard Speaks While Visiting Hawaii. [most of article's body is missing]."

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doc Scene the International East-West Magazine Vol. 5 No. 2 (June 1953) (ddr-densho-266-55)

Selected article titles: "Leis and tears greet returning POW" (p. 8), "Why statehood for Hawaii" (p. 16), "Bay area's young Christians" (p. 18).

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doc Letter from Otoharu Takahashi to Henri Takahashi (ddr-densho-410-138)

Planning a trip to Korea and China with a friend from Hawaii, news of Julia Sachiko at school. Letter in English and Japanese.

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Collection Kazuichi Takanishi Collection (ddr-densho-314)

The Kazuichi Takanishi Collection is comprised of government documents the family gained through the Freedom of Information Act. The documents detail Takanishi's arrest after Pearl Harbor, his interrogation, internment, parole to Chicago, Illinois, and return to Hawaii after the war ended.

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img Oren E. Long, Frank F. Fasi and Fasi's daughter in Long's chambers (ddr-njpa-2-291)

Caption on reverse: "FIRST 1950 BUDDY POPPIES BOUGHT BY ACTING GOVERNOR: Toni Anne Fasi, four-year-old daughter of Frank F. Fasi, is selling the first 1950 Buddy Poppies to Acting Governor Oren E. Long in the chief executive's chambers in Iolani palace as her proud father smilingly approves her salesmanship. Saturday has been proclaimed as Buddy Poppy …

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img W. Harold Loper, Gregg M. Sinclair, Urban E. Wild and a National Education Association president (ddr-njpa-2-1161)

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img Politician taking his oath of office from Wilfred Tsukiyama (ddr-njpa-2-118)

Caption on front: "Honolulu-born, California-educated James P. Ferry of Kailua, Windward Oahu, today at 11 a.m. took the oath of office, administered by Chief Justice Wilfred C. Tsukiyama of the Hawaii State Supreme Court, as chairman of the State Board of Land and Natural Resources (an $18,500-a-year-post) in the chief executive's chambers in Iolani Palace. With …

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