2006 items
2006 items
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 43, No. 14 (October 5, 1956) (ddr-pc-28-40)
Selected article titles: "Note Sansei in Hawaii Politics, 2 Seek Offices" (p. 1), "Sansei scores 190 pts. out of possible 110 in Oregon State entrance examination" (p. 1), "New Justice Dep't Procedures for Renunciants Follows JACL Policy" (p. 1), "Effective campaign to carry 'Yes on Prop. 13' urged in Nisei vernacular" (p. 1), "Detroit JACLers open …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 117, No. 20 (December 17,1993-January 6, 1994) (ddr-pc-65-45)
Select article titles: "No wand then...with Bill Hosokawa" (p. A8); "Our man, Sam" (p. A18); "Volunteer leadership for changing times..." (p. A20); "'The Joy Luck Club'" (p. B4); "Exhibit honors the Japanese Pioneers of Oregon" (p. B7); "Takao Ozawa: A Japanese national fights discrimination in Hawaii during the early 1900s" (p. B8).
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Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 150 (December 13, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-236)
Selected article titles: "Nisei Expatriate Goes to Japan to be Convinced He Shouldn't Have Gone"; "Housing Shortage Hits Returnees to Hawaii"; "Chinese Americans"; "Bussei Conclave December 28-29"; "Former WRA Director Named to Fact Finding Board"; "Tired of Always Dancing"; "Los Angeles Sergeant Interpreter in Hankow"; "Liveright Foresees Need for Evacuee Aid"; "Cabinet Officer in Deport Crisis"; …
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Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 133 (November 7, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-219)
Selected article titles: "Returnee Aid by FHA is Clarified"; "Dilemma of Canadian Niseis Described"; "Hot Salt Bath Puts Vitamin by White Rice"; "Plans for Christmas Ball Announced by Taki Domoto"; "Job Forum Held"; "Japanese American Girls from Hawaii Fly to Japan"; "Take Out Wedding License"; "Burbank to Get 600 Evacuees Very Soon"; "Kido Not Candidate"; "Dr. …
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Rocky Shimpo Vol. 11, No. 134 (November 8, 1944) (ddr-densho-148-68)
Selected article titles: "McWilliams Says Amendment Prejudiced; Ineffective"; "To 90% of Personnel Combat Badges Go"; "Hawaii was Handled How Situation In"; "FCC Commissioner Resigns His Office"; "War Department Denies Decision Made to Open Coast to Evacuees. Replies to Charge by Wollenberg That Japanese Will Filter Back After Nov. 15"; "No Comment"; "Ten Members of 171st Infantry …
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Daily Press Review, Vol. VI, No. 6 (ddr-densho-156-270)
Article titles: "Editorial: 'Too Much'"; "Forced Jap Labor Urged": "Italian and German Evacuees from Coast are Arrivals Here"; "German Group Declared Secretly Working Since War Began"; "Hawaii Born Jap Yields Seat He Won"; "Curfew Law Puzzle Arises"; "Japs to be Moved"; "Mine Owners Seek Okeh on Jap Labor"; "Last 500 of Mexican Crop Workers Here"; "Employment …
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Ingram Stainback signing a document, Oren E. Long and others looking on (ddr-njpa-2-1184)
Caption on reverse: "GOVERNOR PROCLAIMS SIGHT CONSERVATION WEEK: Governor Ingram M. Stainback (seated) is shown signing a proclamation designating the week of November 1 to 6 as the second annual Sight Conservation Week. Looking on, left to right, are: Oren E. Long, secretary of Hawaii and district governor, Lions International, District 50; Mrs. Dora Zane, assistant …
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Susumu Ito Interview (ddr-densho-1000-29)
Nisei male. Born July 27, 1919, in Stockton, California. Emeritus professor of anatomy at Harvard Medical School. During World War II, was second lieutenant, 522nd Field Artillery Battalion of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. In his interview, he discusses his memories of serving in the 442nd and some of the more psychological aspects of combat.
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Bert Nakano Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-67-2)
Returning to Hawaii on the same boat as the 442nd Regimental Combat Team
This interview was conducted at the Voices of Japanese American Redress Conference, held on the UCLA campus and sponsored by the UCLA Asian American Studies Center and the UCLA School of Public Policy and Social Research. Because of the full conference schedule, our …
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Bert Nakano Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1000-67-1)
Removal from Hawaii to Jerome concentration camp: a rough boat ride and cold arrival
This interview was conducted at the Voices of Japanese American Redress Conference, held on the UCLA campus and sponsored by the UCLA Asian American Studies Center and the UCLA School of Public Policy and Social Research. Because of the full conference schedule, …
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Bring Jap Labor for Railroad. Commissioner of Immigration Says Large Numbers Are Taken to Hawaii, Thence to Northwestern States. Many Devices Employed by Chinese to Evade Exclusion Law -- They Also Aid Importation of Immoral Women. (January 7, 1907) (ddr-densho-56-72)
The Seattle Daily Times, January 1, 1907, p. 3
Narrator Nobuko Miyake-Stoner
Japanese female. Born Feburary 10, 1952, in Hiroshima, Japan. Descendant of survivors of the atomic bombing in 1945. Father was a kamikaze pilot during World War II who was unable to fulfill his mission due to the war's end. Nobuko attended the Hiroshima Jogakuin, a missionary school established for young women. Graduated with an M.A. in …
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Four women sitting at a table (ddr-njpa-5-81)
Caption on reverse: "Nine Isle young women to attend Asilomar confab. Nine young women are leaving Honolulu tonight at 8:30 to attend the annual Western Area Young Adult conference which will be held at Asilomar, Calif., from June 11 to 17. The theme for this year's conference is "Danger -- Women at Work." The Honolulu delegates …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 15 No. 8 (July 23, 1942) (ddr-pc-14-11)
Selected article titles: "Japanese 'Fifth Column' in Hawaii Proven Myth. Noted War Writer Finds Rumors Of Sabotage Unfounded; Says Nisei Good American Citizens" (p. 1), "Nisei Charges 'Detention' in Center Illegal" (p. 1), "WRA Aware of Responsibility For Protecting Nisei Rights" (p. 1), "Post Final Orders For Evacuation in California" (p. 2), "Seattle Judge Indicates Verdict …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 16 No. 5 (February 4, 1943) (ddr-pc-15-5)
Selected article titles: "Army Begins Recruiting Nisei Volunteers for New Japanese American Combat Team. Announce General Registration For All Adult Evacuees Now in Wartime Relocation Projects" (p. 1), "Saburo Kido, JACL National President, Victim of Brutal Beating at Poston Center" (p. 1), "Arrest Seven at Poston on Riot Charge" (p. 1), "Seven Judges to Hear Cases …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 22 No. 16 (April 20, 1946) (ddr-pc-18-16)
Selected article titles: "Return of Nisei Stranded In Japan During War May be Permitted Under New Plans" (p. 1), "Seek Test on California Alien Fishing Ban" (p. 1), "Men of 442nd March Through Italian City They Liberated" (p. 1), "Youth, Charged with Murder Of Wounded 442nd Veteran, Goes on Trial in Stockton" (p. 2), "WRA Acts …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 42, No. 1 (January 6, 1956) (ddr-pc-28-1)
Selected article titles: "JACL's 1956 legislative objectives announced; Hawaii statehood tops" (p. 1); "Yuba City Issei presumed dead in Christmas flood" (p. 1); "Nakatsuka returns from 2 1/2-month tour of Japan, Far East for State Department" (p. 1); "Welcome home reception for Santa Barbara Issei woman included messages from Pres. Eisenhower, Gov. Knight" (p. 1); "442nd …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 43, No. 1 (July 6, 1956) (ddr-pc-28-27)
Selected article titles: "Neighbors, press sympathize with L.A. Issei couple ordered to leave" (p. 1), "Nisei teacher turned down in bid for home in Centerville, No. Calif. papers disclose" (p. 1), "Strandee retains U.S. citizenship" (p. 2), "N.Y. interracial housing project invites Nisei" (p. 2), "Japanese traits studied by CLers" (p. 2), "Japanese church groups not …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 44, No. 4 (January 25, 1957) (ddr-pc-29-4)
Selected article titles: "Builders using gov't financing sued for race bias in selling tract homes" (p. 1); "Eisenhower urges statehood for Hawaii & Alaska" (p.1); "Japan refugee returns home after year stay in California, in Uncle Sam uniform" (p. 1); "Nisei opera soloist set for S.F. season" (p. 2); "Temporary farm worker program extended for Mexicans; …
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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 …