1984 items
1984 items
Narrator James Lovell
White male. Born February 6, 1907, in Hastings, Nebraska. Became a teacher, and was recruited to teach in Honolulu, Hawaii. Joined the Hawaii National Guard in 1931, and in 1942, was selected to serve as executive officer and second-in-command of the 100th Battalion.
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Article about Toyozo Doi (ddr-njpa-5-468)
Caption on newspaper clipping: "Big Isle Issei Pioneer Honored: Joseph Sureck, director of the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service in Honolulu, is shown presenting The Hawaii Times trophy to Toyozo Doi, 90, of Pauhau, Hawaii, for being the Japanese Issei pioneer with the longest residence on the Island of Hawaii. The father of Masato Doi, Honolulu …
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Lillian Nakano Interview (ddr-densho-1000-254)
Sansei female, born April 30, 1928, in Honolulu, Hawaii. Grew up in Hawaii, where family ran a successful wholesale bakery business. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, father was picked up by the FBI and sent to Sand Island internment camp. Moved with rest of the family to Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas, to be reunited with …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 50, No. 18 (April 29, 1960) (ddr-pc-32-18)
Select article titles: "Hawaii civil rights group reports bias in private clubs" (p.1); "Orientals and Negroes classed together in home buyer grading system, official says" (p. 2)
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Manzanar Free Press Vol. 6 No. 20 (September 2, 1944) (ddr-densho-125-268)
Selected article titles: "USO to Honor Families of Servicemen at Program" (p. 1), "[Ophthalmologist] Slated Here September 4-7" (p. 1), "Hoover Denounces Rumors of Hawaii" (p. 1).
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Rudy Tokiwa Interview II Segment 57 (ddr-densho-1000-92-57)
Reuniting with parents
This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii.
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Rudy Tokiwa Interview II Segment 59 (ddr-densho-1000-92-59)
Becoming PTA president
This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Narrator Richard Kosaki
Nisei male. Born September 14, 1924, in Waikiki, Hawaii. Attended McKinley High School, where he was student body president, just prior to the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941. Served as a language instructor for the U.S. Military Intelligence Service during World War II, and was stationed in Japan during the U.S. occupation. Earned PhD in …
Narrator Eric K. Yamamoto
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, a …
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Japanese Swarming Across. Two Steamships En Route From Hawaii With 1,677 Nipponese. (July 13, 1907) (ddr-densho-56-94)
The Seattle Daily Times, July 13, 1907, p. 13
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Short article regarding the resignation of Charles Reed Hemenway from the University of Hawaii Regency (ddr-njpa-2-397)
Article title: "C. R. Hemenway resigns from U.H. Regency"
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Sutemaru Sunagawa, Haruyo Nakamura, and other manzai performers (ddr-njpa-4-2262)
Caption on reverse: "'MANZAI' ARTISTS FROM JAPAN: The group, headed by Sutemaru Sunagawa, arrived from the mainland by plane last night after giving shows from Los Angeles to as far away as Chicago. The performers are enroute to their homes in Japan but will stay here briefly to present shows at Kawananakoa and McKinley auditoriums, starting …
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Women volunteers for a children's aid group (ddr-njpa-2-84)
Caption on reverse: "KIMONOED WOMEN AID CHILDREN'S RELIEF: Local women dressed in colorful Japanese kimonos made their first postwar appearance here today in connection with Hawaii's Crusade for Children which opened yesterday simultaneously with the final drive of New York City's United Nations Appeal for Children. Today was Japanese Day, with the women at the tables …
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Consolidated Amusement Co. president and employee posing with Japanese actors (ddr-njpa-2-969)
Caption on reverse: "Shown above, left to right, are Toei Actress Yoshiko Mita, President John Traut of the Consolidated Amusement Co., Ltd., Toei Actor Chiyonosuke Azuma and Stanley Miyamoto of the Consolidated Amusement Co., Ltd. Traut and Miyamoto greeted Azuma and Miss Mita yesterday at the Honolulu International Airport. Azuma and Mita, together with Kinya Kitaoji …
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An Aloha Week king and queen in traditional dress greeting a Lurline captain (ddr-njpa-2-512)
Caption on reverse: "ALOHA WEEK FORMALLY OPENS: Hawaii's annual festival was formally launched at Pier 11 shortly after 9 this morning when the Lurline arrived and her skipper, Capt. Harold R. Gillespie, was welcomed to Honolulu by the King and Queen of Aloha Week, Robert K. Kamana, Jr., and Mrs. Mary Ann N. Hutchinson, in a …
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Members of a Japanese dance troupe posing with Honolulu Rotarians (ddr-njpa-2-519)
Caption on reverse: "TAKARAZUKA GIRLS GUESTS OF ROTARIANS: All 25 members of the visiting Takarazuka Troupe from Japan were guests of the West Honolulu Rotary Club at its regular weekly luncheon meeting Friday noon at Kewalo Inn. Above, left to right, are: Yuko Minami, Ayako Fujishiro, the Rev. Samuel Keala, pastor of the Kamakapili Church and …
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Territorial fire department employees and fire prevention engineer (ddr-njpa-2-1177)
Caption on reverse: "RE-DRAFTING OF T.H. FIRE CODE UNDERWAY: Plans for the adoption of a revised fire prevention code for the protection of life and property from fire in the territory were announced at a press conference called yesteday by the territorial fire marshal's office. Among those attending yesterday's confab were, left to right: front row--Carl …
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Samuel Wilder King being shown a fire prevention poster (ddr-njpa-2-110)
Caption on front: "GOV. KING PROCLAIMS FIRE PREVENTION WEEK: Gov. Samuel Wilder King, who has proclaimed the week of Oct. 4 to 10 as National Fire Prevention Week in Hawaii, is looking at a poster for the week's observance here. Others, left to right, are: Harry G. Albright, secretary of the Board of Underwriters of Hawaii, …
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Sarah Sato Interview (ddr-densho-1000-81)
Sansei female. (Mother and father born in Hawaii.) Born February 1925 in Peru. Spent prewar childhood in Peru and Hawaii. Father picked up by the FBI and detained after bombing of Pearl Harbor. Was incarcerated at Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas, and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Renounced citizenship in order to stay with parents, and was …
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Acadia Arriving at Port of Honolulu (ddr-one-2-282)
Black and white photographic print of voyage on ship Acadia from Seattle, Washington, to Japan, arriving at Honolulu, Hawaii, harbor with view of ocean and land in far distance.
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 37 No. 14 (October 2, 1953) (ddr-pc-25-40)
Selected article titles: "Washington JACL chapter joins in non-discrimination plea" (p. 1), "Bulk of Japan imports to Hawaii in foods -- over $2 1/2 millions worth" (p. 2).
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 47, No. 15 (October 10, 1958) (ddr-pc-30-41)
Select article titles: "Change of Warren's anti-Japanese bias to civil rights champion cited" (p.1); "45 of 96 AJA primary candidates survive Terr. of Hawaii elections" (p.1)
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 79, No. 15 (October 11, 1974) (ddr-pc-46-40)
Selected article titles: "Hawaii Politics: Ariyoshi Nominated" (p. 1), "Japanese Firms in U.S. Out-Do U.S. Counterparts" (p. 3), and "Integrating the Ivies: EEC on Harlem Heights" (p. 3).
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 91, No. 2115 (November 21, 1980) (ddr-pc-52-41)
Selected article titles: "Demons in Hawaii prevail, bd. Of ed new" (p. 1), "Asian American immigration issues to be explored" (p. 3), "Talking up 'East to America' " (p. 5).