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vh Sumiko Higashi Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-521-3)

Family's wartime and immediate postwar experiences

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vh Sumiko Higashi Interview Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-521-16)

Reflections: importance of gathering and preserving information

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vh Sumiko Higashi Interview Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-521-8)

Attending UCLA

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vh Sumiko Higashi Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-521-10)

Meeting influential people who were part of the Asian American movement

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vh Sumiko Higashi Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-521-9)

First teaching jobs in the L.A. Unified School District before going to graduate school

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vh Sumiko Higashi Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-521-5)

Description of parents

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vh Sumiko Higashi Interview Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1000-521-1)

Family background: parents were kibei

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vh Sumiko Higashi Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-521-6)

Adolescent memories: school, neighborhood

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vh Sumiko Higashi Interview Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-521-12)

The legacy of the World War II incarceration experience

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vh Sumiko Higashi Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-521-7)

Attending the Maryknoll Catholic school

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vh Sumiko Higashi Interview Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-521-15)

Advice for younger women in the academic field

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vh Sumiko Higashi Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-521-4)

Parents talked very little about camp experiences

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vh Sumiko Higashi Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-521-2)

Parents' meeting in Japan

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doc North Portland Evacuazette Vol. I No. 12 (June 26, 1942) (ddr-densho-120-9)

Selected article titles: "Prominent Chicagoan is Speaker" (p. 1), "Coupon Book Set-Up Revised. Higashi in Charge" (p. 1), "Nisei Forum to be Held Wednesday Problems to be Aired" (p. 1), "Americanism" (p. 2), "Mann Visits Center on Inspection Tour" (p. 4).

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Narrator Sumiko Higashi

Sansei female. Born 1941 in Los Angeles, California. During World War II, the family was sent to the Santa Anita assembly center, California, and the Amache concentration camp, Colorado. After the war, returned to Los Angeles, where father was a gardener and mother worked in LA's fashion district in garment factories. Graduated from UCLA and worked …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 81, No. 11 (September 12, 1975) (ddr-pc-47-36)

Selected article titles: "EDC-MDC Airs 3 Issues: Vietnam Refugees, Budget, '74 Mandates" (p. 1), "EDC-MDC Workshops Stress 'Action'" (pp. 1-2), "Little Tokyo Redevelopment: Ground Broken for Higashi Hongwanji" (p. 1), and "Chiaroscuro: How Can We Not Get Involved in Community Affairs" (p. 2).

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img Kocho Otani reading a speech at a party (ddr-njpa-4-1897)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Buddha's [?] in the Imperial capital. An invitation party for Higashi Honganji. (Tokyo) On the night of December 4th, Abbot Kocho Otani and his wife Tomoko advocated a radical reformation of teaching and learning. They held a tea party at the Imperial Hotel on the afternoon of the 4th. Kocho Otani is …

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doc General meeting of the Monterey Peninsula Japanese American Citizens League, March 11, 1937 (ddr-csujad-44-79)

Meeting minutes of the Monterey Peninsula Japanese American Citizens League. Topics discussed include membership cards for keeping track of chapter members, and holding more social activities to generate interest in the JACL. President Higashi summarizes some of the goals of the chapter, which include gaining recognition from national headquarters, the first generation of Japanese immigrants in …

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img Former California plumber Morio Higashi marking out a steel casing for welding at Rohwer incarceration camp (ddr-csujad-14-23)

Former California plumber Morio Higashi marking out a steel casing for welding at Rohwer incarceration camp. March 8, 1943. Photo by Tom Parker. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: HMLSC_TOMO_023

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doc Rohwer Outpost Vol. IV No. 31 (April 19, 1944) (ddr-densho-143-158)

Selected article titles: "Tule Lakers' Information. Registration, Finger-Printing Starts Here Soon" (p. 1), "Correct Details for Friday. Pre-Induction Men Released" (p. 1), "Property Stored at Higashi Hongwanji Must be Removed" (p. 1), "Boston Nisei Tea Party" (p. 2), "Social Security Benefits for Outgoing Residents" (p. 3), "A Note from A.C.L.U." (p. 4).

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doc Rocky Shimpo Vol. 11, No. 93 (August 4, 1944) (ddr-densho-148-29)

Selected article titles: "On the Other Hand"; "Veterans' Group Ready to Assist"; "Hunger Strike at Tule Lake Stops"; "Reservists From Three States are Called Up"; "Sunday Church Services at Methodist Church"; "Warehouses Burn Down"; "Rosa Sato-Hisashi Higashi Rite Told"; "Inductees"; "Debate Issue of Assimilation"; "Reply to Query: does America Want Niseis?"; "Clear Thinking"; "Want Ads."

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doc Community analysis report, no. 69 (April 17, 1945) (ddr-csujad-55-1661)

Report on "the Japanese from Lancaster, California" incarcerated at the Poston incarceration camp. Covers the geography and climate, farms, education, religion, recreation, associations, race relations, and forced evacuation. "Community analysis section." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1663

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doc Photograph and article regarding Kocho Otani and others (ddr-njpa-4-1900)

Article [translation]: "Anxious about ship employees on strike. 300 Japanese Americans come back to Hawaii. Head of Higashi Honganji and his wife call at port. Arrival of the ship Wilson in port. The Wilson, which carries 781 passengers, entered pier 8 at 10 a.m. this morning. The vessel arrived at the pier two hours behind schedule. …

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img Postcard (ddr-csujad-5-231)

A postcard of "robai" [=old plum trees] drawn on the sliding screens in Higashi Honganji Oka-tei. This postcard is enclosed in an envelope, which is fond in item: csudh_oki_0223. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: oki_02_64_004

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img Kocho Otani, his wife, and others wearing leis (ddr-njpa-4-1896)

Caption on reverse: "CHIEF ABBOT AND PARTY ARRIVE: Chief Abbot Kocho Otani of the Higashi Hongwanji sect, Mrs. Otani and three members of their party arrived here yesterday afternoon aboard the President Cleveland for a two-week stay before resuming their trip to the mainland. Seated are Chief Abbot and Mrs. Otani, and standing, left to right, …

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