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vh Harvey Watanabe Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1008-5-3)

Circumstances of parents' immigration to the U.S.

Members of the National Japanese American Historical Society (NJAHS) arranged for and conducted this interview in conjunction with Densho.

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doc Typed and notarized letter from Teru Koyama to Edward J. Ennis, Director, Enemy Alien Control Unit. Page 5 of 13. (ddr-one-5-232)

Photocopy of a typed letter from Teru Koyama to Edward J. Ennis concerning the rehearing of Keizaburo Koyama's case. Mrs. Koyama details the efforts she and others have made on behalf of her husband. While her husband was incarcerated at Camp Livingston, Louisiana, Mrs. Koyama submitted numerous documents pertaining to her husband's educational history in the …

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doc Letter written by an Issei man (ddr-densho-25-70)

Matahichi Iseri had been imprisoned in Fort Missoula, Montana, a Department of Justice internment camp for "enemy aliens," since shortly after December 7, 1941. He sometimes wrote letters in his native Japanese, which were read and censored by interpreters and officials from the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service.

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol 68, No. 7 (February 14, 1969) (ddr-pc-41-7)

Select article titles: "Immigration centennial plans for fall revealed" (p. 1); "Matsunaga focuses on S.F. State issue" (p. 1); "Japan and President Nixon" (p. 2); "JACL To Support Human Rights Body For Utah" (p. 4); "PSWDC civil rights workshop hears views of two 'involved' Sansei youth" (p. 4).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 72, No. 17 (April 30, 1971) (ddr-pc-43-17)

Selected article titles: "U.S. Senate confirms Choy to Ninth circuit appellate court" (p. 1), "Kennedy-Fong bill to correct 1965 Immigration Act loopholes" (p. 1), "WW2 draft resister informed his rights fully restored back in '48" (p. 1), "'Incarceration' for Tehachapi nominee seen from both sides" (p. 3)

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 57, No. 5 (August 2, 1963) (ddr-pc-35-31)

Selected article titles: "Two Alternatives Offered to Remove National Origins Quota Sen. Fong Joins Sen. Hart co-Sponsor New Immigration Bill" (p. 1), "Chapter Implementation of Civil Rights Policy Delineated" (p. 1), "Paintings of WRA Camp Life Donated" (p. 1), and "Washington Newsletter: NOT 'Our Voice'" (p. 2).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 103, No. 18 (October 31, 1986) (ddr-pc-58-43)

Selected article titles: "Bainbridge Island Program: E.O. 9066 Photo Exhibit Traces Japanese American Internment" (pp. 1-3), "Mineta, Matsui Split on Immigration Package; Community Leaders Wary" (pp. 1, 8), "AALDEF Project: Congressional Hearings on Violence Sought" (pp. 1, 12), and "Onizuka Gets Promotion to Full Colonel" (p. 3).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 104, No. 5 (February 6, 1987) (ddr-pc-59-5)

Selected article titles: "Redress Co-Sponsor Sala Burton Dies at 61" (pp. 1, 3), "'Altar of Peace' a Labor of Love for JA Woodworker" (pp. 1-2), "Broadcaster's Remarks Sparked Controversy: Philadelphia's Blacks, Asians Start Dialogue" (p. 2), and "INS Official Explains Details of New Immigration Rules" (p. 10).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Whole No. 2,268, Vol. 97, No. 24 (December 9, 1983) (ddr-pc-55-48)

Selected article titles: "Mondale endorses monetary redress" (p. 1), "House may pass immigration bill soon" (p. 1), "Rights commission safe from tampering" (p. 1), "No. Calif. advocacy group celebrates 10 years of battles fought for civil rights" (p. 3), "New JACL committee to study California textbooks" (p. 9).

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doc Japanese Women Held. Immigration Inspectors Detain Four on the Kanagawa Awaiting Inspection. (June 25, 1904) (ddr-densho-56-44)

The Seattle Daily Times, June 25, 1904, p. 3

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doc Wise Course. America Applauds Action of President Coolidge in Signing Immigration Bill. (May 26, 1924) (ddr-densho-56-387)

The Seattle Daily Times, May 26, 1924, p. 6

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doc U.S. Department of Justice Immigration and Naturalization Service Confidential Abstract of Consolidated File Page 2 (ddr-one-5-150)

Photocopy of a declassified form dated January 27, 1942 with biographical information on Keizaburo Koyama and his life in the United States. This page contains questions 9 - 15. This page does note that there is "No Apparent grounds for deportation."

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doc U.S. Department of Justice Immigration and Naturalization Service Confidential Abstract of Consolidated File Page 1 (ddr-one-5-149)

Photocopy of a declassified form dated January 27, 1942 with biographical information on Keizaburo Koyama and his life in the United States. This page contains questions 1 - 8.

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doc Letter from Ai Chih Tsai to U.S. Department of Justice Immigration and Naturalization Service, Chicago (ddr-densho-446-221)

Response to letter dated May 28, 1946. First entry to US on Sept 1, 1938, as student on Taiyo Maru at San Francisco. Most recent entry to US on Dec 17, 1945, on SS General Freeman at Seattle after USSBS. Will leave US on June 12 on USS Marine Lynx for 1-year mission with UNRRA.

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vh Mitsu Ito Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1006-1-2)

Father's and uncles' immigration to Canada

This interview was conducted by the JC Legacy Project, a project of the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 35 No. 14 (October 3, 1952) (ddr-pc-24-40)

Selected article titles: "New 'look' for PC in Los Angeles with new staff and board in charge" (p. 1), "Many P.C. readers respond" (p. 2), "JACL continuance necessary: Masaoka" (p. 4), "NCWC immigration director defends Walter-McCarran Act at Seattle confab" (p. 5), "Nisei voting bloc in Hawaii unknown" (p. 8).

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 36 No. 20 (May 15, 1953) (ddr-pc-25-20)

Selected article titles: "Stigma of proscribed Japanese organizations seed for suspicion" (p. 1), "Sociological study of Santa Clara Valley Japanese to be made" (p. 1), "Canada may relax strict immigration policy against Japanese Canadians" (p. 2), "Hawaii Nisei 'imported' to meet labor shortage on no. Calif. berry farms" (p. 3).

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 38 No. 13 (March 26, 1954) (ddr-pc-26-13)

Selected article titles: "Peruvian-Japanese relief bill amendment approved by House" (p. 1), "Nisei cabbie robbed, suspect held" (p. 1), "First all-Nisei Lions International may be organized by Sacramentans" (p. 1), "GI babies: information concerning adoption and immigration" (p. 1), "Japanese houseboy willed $5,000 by rich lumberman" (p. 3).

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 41 No. 6 (August 5, 1955) (ddr-pc-27-31)

Selected article titles: "State Social Welfare officials see snag in Masterson Bill granting Issei alien pensions" (p. 1), "Amendments to immigration regulations permit prospective Japanese immigrants to visit U.S. without losing quota place" (p. 1), "Hawaiian Issei alien travel to mainland clarified, no special documentation needed for trip" (p. 3).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 58, Vol. 17 (April 24, 1964) (ddr-pc-36-17)

Selected article titles: "'Pointless' Tactics of Concern to Civil Rights Proponents" (p.1-2), "Buddhists Rights Not Affected by Atheist Amendment" (p.1), "Canada to Revise Immigration Policy" (p.1), "Notice to Claimants of Yen Certificates" (p.2), "Carnegie Grant to Japanese History Project Draws Mexican American Comment" (p.3).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 51, No. 5 (July 29, 1960) (ddr-pc-32-31)

Select article titles: "Hearst editorial supports repeal of alien land law" (p.1); "Canadian Nisei bids for BC legislature" (p.1); "Promotions slow for Oriental workers to supervisory posts, says state expert" (p.3); "Japanese Canadians told 'careful consideration' to immigration problems assured, discuss U.S. Asian-Pacific triangle formula" (p.8)

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 95, No. 3 (July 16, 1982) (ddr-pc-54-28)

Selected article titles: "IBM Case Adds Friction to U.S.-Japan Trade" (pp. 1, 5), "Mineta Urges Fifth Preference to Remain in Immigration Law" (pp. 1, 4), "Census: 5,000 in U.S. Turn 65 Years of Age Every Day" (pp. 1, 8), and "Ye Editor's Desk: 100/442nd/MIS Museum Foundation" (p. 4).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 111, No. 14 (November 2, 1990) (ddr-pc-62-39)

Select article titles: "Redress Fully Funded; Immigration, Vietnamese Fishing Bills Are Passed"(p.1);"Redress Eligibility Process for Nisei Veterans Simplified"(p.1);"UC Berkeley's 'Diversity Project': No Single Ethnic, Racial Group on Campus Comprises a Majority"(p.1); "Asian-Majority Assembly District in Los Angeles Seen as Possibility"(p.3).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 110, No. 4 (February 2, 1990) (ddr-pc-62-4)

Select article titles: "Chinese Immigration Relief Act Veto Sustained; Bush's Executive Order Rules"(p.1); "Study of JACL's Actions During WWII Due for April Presentation"(p.1); "Sen Nishiyama Compares Heritage and Human Rights in U.S.-Japan Relations at Selanoco Fete"(p.3); "Issei History of U.S. in Agriculture"(p.6).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 123, No. 8 (October 18-31, 1996) (ddr-pc-68-20)

Selected article titles: "Immigration Bill Softens Impact of Welfare Reform" (pp. 1, 11), "Congress Passes Land Transfer Bill for Manzanar Site and JA Patriotism Memorial" (p. 1), "MIS Pushes Search for Medal of Honor Awards" (p. 5), and "Personally Speaking: Historic Northern California Nisei Baseball Artifacts on Display" (p. 6).

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