Support of parents in Gordon's initial case (audio only)
This interview is audio-only. It contains raw footage used by Steven Okazaki in his 1985 film Unfinished Business.
This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in …
The lessons of Gordon Hirabayashi's case (audio only)
This interview is audio-only. It contains raw footage used by Steven Okazaki in his 1985 film Unfinished Business.
This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this …
The importance of the redress movement (audio only)
This interview is audio-only. It contains raw footage used by Steven Okazaki in his 1985 film Unfinished Business.
This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this …
Thoughts on being seen as a culture hero (audio only)
This interview is audio-only. It contains raw footage used by Steven Okazaki in his 1985 film Unfinished Business.
This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed …
The conservatism of Japanese Americans in the immediate postwar era (audio only)
This interview is audio-only. It contains raw footage used by Steven Okazaki in his 1985 film Unfinished Business.
This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or …
Newsletter covering the following topics: Installation January 19th, Bush Garden, Ellison Onizuka Keynote, $12.50/person; Day of Remembrance Recap, ?Large Community Turnout? 300 cars, speakers Mayor Royer, Gordon Hirabayashi, Monica Sone, Shosuke Sasaki, Min Masuda MC.
Newsletter covering the following topics: Installation January 19th, Bush Garden, Ellison Onizuka Keynote, $12.50/person; Day of Remembrance Recap, ?Large Community Turnout? 300 cars, speakers Mayor Royer, Gordon Hirabayashi, Monica Sone, Shosuke Sasaki, Min Masuda MC.
Nisei male. Born April 23, 1918, in Seattle, Washington. Spent most of his childhood in Thomas, Washington, where his parents were part of a Christian farming co-op. Attended the University of Washington where he was active in the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA), the conscientious objector movement, and became a Quaker. At the outbreak of World …
Caucasian female. Born November 17, 1922, in Seattle, Washington. Parents were both chiropractors and supportive of Japanese Americans around the time of World War II. Attended the University of Washington in 1940 and became friends with Gordon Hirabayashi.
Newsletter covering the following topics: Seattle JACL teachers? workshop?success. Wanted 20 participants, had more than 50. Program included Gordon Hirabayashi, Ken Mochizuki, Teresa Maebori, and Shox Tokita' Seattle JACL cosponsors candidates? forum with the League of Women Voters.
Nisei male. Born October 30, 1926, in small town of Thomas, Washington, on family farm. Attended school in Auburn, Washington, before being removed to the Pinedale Assembly Center and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Left camp to work in Idaho, and was subsequently joined by family. Postwar, became a social anthropologist, and later became only the …
Newsletter covering the following topics: Membership push, Jerry Shigaki; Redress sought for 27 school clerks, forced to resign. Presented by TJ Vassar to the school board; first hearing on Hirabayashi at Federal Court House (now Nakamura Court House); fundraiser for Hirabayashi court efforts, drawing by Michelle Kumata; Past Presidents Potluck; newsletter contains ads; attachment for Local …
This interview was conducted as part of a project to capture stories of the Japanese American community of Spokane, Washington. Densho worked in collaboration with the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture.
Selected article titles: "AAJA Convention Has 'Write' Stuff" (pp. 1, 3, 8), "Coram Nobis Case: Court Overturns Wartime Convictions" (pp. 1, 6), "Reese Article Calls Redress Issue a Second Attack on Pearl Harbor" (p. 4), and "The Mountainous Ordeal of Passing Redress" (pp. 5-7).
