2011 items
2011 items
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President Reagan signing the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 (ddr-densho-10-6)
Onlookers watch as President Ronald Reagan signs the Civil Liberties Act of 1988. Left to right: Senator Spark Matsunaga (Hawaii), Representative Norman Mineta (California), Representative Patsy Saiki (Hawaii), Senator Pete Wilson (California), Representative. Don Young (Alaska), Representative Robert Matsui (California), Representative Bill Lowery (California), and Harry Kajihara, President, National JACL. The man in the back is …
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Basic training (ddr-densho-114-178)
Original caption: Camp Shelby, Mississippi. Japanese-American Combat Team. At Camp Shelby, Miss., Americans of Japanese ancestry from California, Hawaii and other areas are undergoing intensive training as a Army Combat team. One group of Japanese-Americans has already gone and seen action in the Mediterranean Theatre. These pictures show some of the phases of the training of …
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Farrant L. Turner speaking at 49th State Fair opening ceremonies (ddr-njpa-2-986)
Caption on reverse: "DIGNITARIES ATTEND 49TH STATE FAIR OPENING: Military and civilian dignitaries attended the opening ceremonies of the sixth 49th State Fair last night at Sand Island. Standing before the mike is Secretary of Hawaii Farrant L. Turner, who was one of the principal speakers, representing Gov. Samuel Wilder King. Others, left to right, are: …
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George C. Marshall and Katherine Boyce Tupper Marshall arriving in Hawai'i (ddr-njpa-1-975)
Caption on reverse: "Marshalls greeted by local Red Cross workers: Gen. George C. Marshall, president of the American Red Cross and a director of the Pan American World Airways, and Mrs. Marshall (shown with leis) were greeted by local Red Cross workers upon their arrival Tuesday from Los Angeles with top PAA executives for a four-day …
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Amy Tsugawa Interview (ddr-one-7-30)
Nisei female. Born and raised in Hawaii. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, father was arrested by the FBI. The rest of the family was removed to the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas, and the Gila River concentration camp, Arizona, to be reunited with father. After leaving camp, moved with family to Japan before eventually returning to …
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Toshio Moritsugu Interview (ddr-densho-1000-318)
Nisei male. Born April 2, 1925, in Heeia, Hawaii. Grew up in a village called Fish Camp, where father was a fisherman. Witnessed Japan's bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Father was picked up and detained by the FBI at the Sand Island internment camp, Hawaii. After the war, earned a PhD in chemistry …
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Fred Matsumura Interview (ddr-densho-1000-46)
Nisei male, born April 14, 1923, on the Island of Molokai, Hawaii. Volunteered for military service after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Served in the 442nd Regimental Combat Unit as a Sergeant and Assistant Squad Leader. Later, he and three others in his unit had their rank reduced to Private after being court-martialed for alleged involvement …
Narrator Harriet Sato Masunaga
Nisei female. Born November 25, 1930, in Honolulu, Hawaii. Grew up in the Aala neighborhood of Honolulu before the war, where parents operated a hat cleaning business. Directly after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, father was arrested by the FBI and interned in several camps.
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Heart Mountain Coordinator's Bulletin No. 10 (January 26, 1945) (ddr-densho-97-555)
Selected article titles: "Eastern and Southern Restrictions" (p. 1), "Further Clarification of Policy on Visit" (p. 1), "Status of Discharged Soldiers and Paroled Aliens" (p. 2), "Proper Use of Depot Passes" (p. 2), "Revision of Regulations on Contraband" (p. 2), "Welfare Assistance to Aliens" (p. 2), "Travel Grants for Hawaii" (p. 2).
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Article about Kazuhisa Abe (ddr-njpa-5-120)
Translation of article: Kazuhisa Abe is appointed as Kohala District Judge. He graduated from the Hilo branch of the University of Michigan. He was appointed by Judge James L. Coke, Chief Justice of the Hawaii Supreme Court. Mr. Abe is the third Japanese American judge after Mr. Okino Tomekichi and Mr. Monde Tamao.
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 38 No. 4 (January 22, 1954) (ddr-pc-26-4)
Selected article titles: "Senate committee joins Hawaii Alaska statehood bills together" (p. 1), "Runaway bus careens down main street for three miles, Nisei driver at wheel" (p. 1), "First Nisei appointed to work in congressional capacity, Indiana-born woman secretary to Rep. O'Hara of Illinois" (p. 3), "Citizenship for U.S. Indians" (p. 8).
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 46, No. 17 (April 25, 1958) (ddr-pc-30-17)
Select article titles: "Sansei slain, innocent victim of teenage gang skirmish" (p.1); "ADC booster in Hawaii helps 1,200 Issei achieve U.S. citizenship" (p.8)
Starting in No. 13, the volume number in the header changes from 46 to 26. This printing error is not corrected for the rest of the volume.
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 68, No. 15 (April 11, 1969) (ddr-pc-41-15)
Select article titles: "Hayakawa to address PSW" (p. 1); "Inouye Calls for Red China Sit In United Nations" (p.2); "UCLA Japanese History Project Studying Feasibility of Ethnic Study in Hawaii" (p. 2); "Jerry Enomoto: Telling Like It Is to the Youth" (p.3); "Little Tokyo Redevelopment Project Underway, Survey Starts" (p.3).
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 40 No. 19 (May 13, 1955) (ddr-pc-27-19)
Selected article titles: "JACL to press efforts for Hawaii statehood" (p. 1), "Publishing company reports book maligning Issei, Nisei out of print" (p. 1), "Opinion rendered on Utah marriage law for white & part-Japanese couple" (p. 3), "Japan interest in refugee relief, orphan adoption high, Ishimaru reports to San Francisco Committee" (p. 5).
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 59, Vol. 20 (November 13, 1964) (ddr-pc-36-46)
Selected article titles: "Prop. 14 Adopted by 2-Million Margin, Tops LBJ Victory" (p.1), "Other States with Fair Housing Law in Line for Prop. 14-Type Action" (p.1), "Sansei Problems Topic for Survey" (p.1), "Election Implications" (p.2), "Johnson Chalks Up Largest Vote Total Ever in Hawaii Elections" (p.3).
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 59, Vol. 14 (October 2, 1964) (ddr-pc-36-40)
Selected article titles: "Matsunaga Charges Racial Bigotry in Anonymous Letter Attacking Him" (p.1-2), "'No on 14' Endorsed by Lawyers, Realty Men, Doctors" (p.1), "Voteless GI Files First Suit under U.S. Rights Bill in Hawaii" (p.1), "Racialism in California" (p.2), "5th Fr. JACL Organized in Pacific Northwest" (p.4).
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 61, No. 18 (October 29, 1965) (ddr-pc-37-44)
Selected article titles: "Draft Dodgers" (p.1), "Yen Claimants Pushing Appeal" (p.1), "Yen Claimants Pushing Appeal" (p.1), "Kamehameha Schools Violate State FEP Laws" (p.1), "Cult Bent on World Domination in Hawaii" (p.1, 5), "Against the KKK in Bogalusa" (p.3), "History Project Issei Interview Wrap-Up Urged" (p.5).
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 54, No. 25 (June 22, 1962) (ddr-pc-34-25)
Selected article titles: "New York's Japanese American Groups Support 'History Project' Fund Campaign"(p.1), "New Walter Bill to Extend Stay of Deportation Dates" (p.1), "Nisei Complacency Rapped in Editorial" (p.1), "London Times Article on Various Ethnic Groups in Hawaii Misses Main Point: Census Bureau Practice of Racial Classes" (p.3).
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 54, No. 2 (January 12, 1962) (ddr-pc-34-2)
Selected article titles: "Japanese Leaders More Concerned Over Shabby U.S. Treatment of Japan Trade" (p.1), "Seattle City Council Turns Down Proposal to Prohibit Housing Ban" (p.1), "Nisei in Hawaii Losing Political Grip, Says Inouye" (p.1), "After Pearl Harbor" (p.2), "Li'l Tokyo Issei Cited for Goodwill Push" (p.3).
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 53, No. 14 (October 6, 1961) (ddr-pc-33-40)
Selected article titles: "Fair Housing Law Ruled Invalid" (p. 1), "Japan Movie Studio to Film Struggles of Issei Immigrants on Hawaii Plantations" (p. 1), "Step-Up of Minority Hiring in Industry Viewed as Answer to Soviet Propaganda" (p. 2), and "U.S.-Japan Forging Stronger Links in Joint Economic, Cultural Affairs" (p. 3).
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 76, No. 09, (March 9, 1973) (ddr-pc-45-9)
Select article titles: "Plaque Text of Manzanar Camp Tentatively OK" (p.1); "Progressive Westside JACL Board Action Viewed as Mass Resignation" (p.1); "Nisei Views on Career Education" (p.1); "Fukai Spearheads Anti-Drug Program for County Youth" (p.3); "Heart Disease Research of Japanese in Calif., Hawaii, Honshu Reviewed" (p.6).
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Granada Pioneer Vol. I No. 51 (March 27, 1943) (ddr-densho-147-52)
Selected article titles: "Social Security May be Had" (p. 1), "40 Per Cent in Hawaii Volunteer for Army" (p. 1), "Air Mail May be Rationed" (p. 2), "Map of Arizona Showing the New Exclusion Line" (p. 5), "Topaz Volunteers Draw Up Credo of Loyalty" (p. 5), "Mass Deportation is Unamerican" (p. 7).
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Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 57 (May 11, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-146)
Selected article titles: "Casualties Told"; "Monterey Action Hit"; "Golden State Perturbed"; "Demand Protection"; "Information Session"; "Sgt. Kuroki in Hawaii"; "Philadelphia Steering Committee Holds Forum"; "Service to be Held for Late Pfc. Masami Inatsu"; "Post-war Future Eyed"; "California 'Friendly Centers' Opened by Provisional Conference of Church"; "Delegates' Meat Problem is Solved"; "Condemned Vandals."
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Lillian Sato Interview (ddr-densho-1000-224)
Nisei/Sansei female. Born December 14, 1928, in Stockton, California. Father was Issei and mother was Nisei, born in Hawaii. Grew up in Santa Monica, California. During World War II, moved with family to Colorado to avoid mass removal. Remained in Denver, later operating a grocery store and greenhouse business with husband.
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.