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doc Manzanar Free Press Vol. IV No. 10 (October 9, 1943) (ddr-densho-125-174)

Selected article titles: "Project Director Explains Three Major Steps in Present Program" (p. 1), "'Correct Injustice to Japanese' -- Ward" (p. 1), "Mess 36 Serves Last Meal Tonite" (p. 1), "F.H. Smith Criticizes Immigration Group" (p. 1), "Group to Centralize Recreation Finance" (p. 2), "Vote of Confidence Given Nisei Workers" (p. 2).

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doc The Nisei Weekender, Vol. 1, No. 23 (May 30, 1946) (ddr-densho-358-6)

Selected article titles: "New Immigration Committee to Seek Release of 13 Remaining Deportees" (p.1, 3), "Federal Fund for Evacuee Aid Will End on June 30th" (p.1, 3), "See Here, Sgt. Kuroki: It's Bad to Generalize About Unions" (p.2), "You Ate Today, But: Millions Still Starve" (p.3).

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doc Santa Anita Pacemaker Vol. I No. 24 (July 8, 1942) (ddr-densho-146-24)

Selected article titles: "Ban on Japanese Literature Placed" (p. 1), "New Laundries, Showers Open" (p. 1), "Ask Return of Mess Plates" (p. 1), "Food Importing Rules Outlined" (p. 1), "Return of Student Questionnaires Asked" (p. 2), "Immigration Service Sets Up Center Office" (p. 4), "Editorial: Judge by Man's Belief" (p. 6).

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doc Order from Attorney General Francis Biddle on the internment of Keizaburo Koyama (ddr-one-5-227)

Photocopy of a declassified order from U.S. Attorney General Francis Biddle vacating the prior order concerning the internment of Keizaburo Koyama on February 28, 1942. Biddle further orders that Koyama be paroled to the custody of the District Parole Officer for the District in which the appropriate War Relocation Center is located. A condition of Koyama's …

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vh Mitsu Ito Interview Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1006-1-19)

Thoughts on importance of Japanese 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. 39 No. 26 (December 24, 1954) (ddr-pc-26-52)

Selected article titles: "House Subcommittee hearings on evacuation claims recorded in book form for the first time" (p. 1), "Dr. Harvey Itano of National Cancer Institute accepts JACL 'distinguished achievement' award at D.C. fete" (p. 1), "Decentralization of Immigration and Nationality Service not to affect citizenship petitions from alien Japanese" (p. 3).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 55, No. 12 (September 21, 1962) (ddr-pc-34-38)

Selected article titles: "Hart Immigration Bill" (p.1-2), "Washington Repeal Campaign on SJR 21 Moves into High" (p.1-2), "1889 Land Law 'Lies about Like a Loaded Weapon'" (p.1), "Japanese American Community Leaders First to Be Summoned in New Series of Conferences with Seattle Mayor in New Hall" (p.3).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 95, No. 9 (August 27, 1982) (ddr-pc-54-34)

Selected article titles: "SF Civil Rights Groups File Suit Against INS for 'Raids'" (pp. 1-2), "Senate Immigration Bill Was Opposed by Civil Rights Groups" (pp. 1, 12), "Ye Editor's Desk: When Mike Spoke Up" (pp. 4, 6), and "Behind the War Clouds: A Story of Unsung Valor and Devotion" (pp. 8-9).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 110, No. 13 (April 6, 1990) (ddr-pc-62-13)

Select article titles: "U.S. Census Hears Asian Concerns"(p.1);"JACL Calls for Repeal of Discriminatory Employer Sanctions in Immigration Law"(p.1); "San Jose Japantown Seizes Unique Opportunity for Revitalization of Businesses & Community Life"(p.2); "Common Memorial to Restore Pioneer Issei History on Vancouver Island Planned for 1991"(p.3).

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doc Letter from Michi Weglyn to Frank Chin, July 30 1985 (ddr-csujad-24-70)

A letter from Michi Weglyn to Frank Chin in which she writes about the historical immigration quotas for Japanese and Chinese immigrants. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: chi_05_004

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doc Gila News-Courier Vol. IV No. 9 (January 31, 1945) (ddr-densho-141-367)

Selected article titles: "Citizenship: Immigration Men Here for Check" (p. 1), "Canal Councilmen to Get Views on Closing Center" (p. 1), "Coast Approvals Now Total 158" (p. 1), "Army Excludees Free to Relocate" (p. 1), "World War II Veterans Refuse to Expel Nisei" (p. 3), "Rationed Rice to be on Sale" (p. 4).

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doc Gila News-Courier Vol. III No. 26 (October 21, 1943) (ddr-densho-141-174)

Selected article titles: "Star Urges: Repeal of Chinese, Hindu, Japanese Immigration Ban" (p. 1), "Co-op Officers are Re-elected" (p. 1), "Editorial: of Peculiar Quirks" (p. 2), "Coop Corrects Inconsistency in Policy" (p. 2), "Denver: Minority Exponent Speaks" (p. 4), "Dr. Jones Believes Evacuees will be Popular After War" (p. 5).

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doc Topaz Times Vol. X No. 11 (February 7, 1945) (ddr-densho-142-379)

Selected article titles: "140 Residents being Interviewed by an Immigration Official" (p. 1), "Myer to Attend SLC All-Evacuee Conference" (p. 1), "Auburn Citizens Plan to Protect Evacuees" (p. 1), "Chicago Lauded as Giving Best Treatment to Japanese Americans" (p. 2), "U.S. Atty. Told to Issue Permits to Japanese Aliens" (p. 4).

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doc Letter from Ryo Tsai to Robert Cashman (ddr-densho-446-284)

Situation is more complicated. Mixed information about next steps. Ai Chih Tsai will work with Shanghai Consulate and Ryo (Morikawa) Tsai will work with Immigration and Naturalization Service in Philadelphia. Ryo is trying to find Ai Chih a job through working with the Reverends Kikuchi, Ogawa, and Chapman (Presbyterian office in San Francisco)

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img Portrait of Shuzo Takeda and his mother (ddr-ajah-6-512)

Caption below photo: At right is Shuzo Takeda, 14, just prior to leaving Japan for American. His mother is to the left. He was her eighth son. He arrived in San Francisco, CA aboard the last ship allowed to come from Japan, as laws enacted in 1924 effectively ended Japanese immigration to America

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img Family standing on sidewalk (ddr-ajah-6-328)

Caption below photo: An Issei man, wearing a straw hat and western shoes and what appears to be his family, perhaps right after the women arrive in America. Note the traditional geta shoes worn by his daughter. Location unknown, but probably San Francisco, CA circa 1915-1924. Japanese Immigration ended in 1924.

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doc Japs Are Staying Away. Talk of War With Russia Causes Decrease in Immigration. (January 5, 1904) (ddr-densho-56-36)

The Seattle Daily Times, January 5, 1904, p. 5

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img Indonesians boarding a train in San Francisco for the immigration detention facility at Crystal City, Texas (ddr-csujad-27-7)

Caption found with the image reads, "Here are the Indonesians boarding the Southern Pacific train, San Francisco, bound for Crystal City, Texas." This image shows a line of men with suitcases waiting to get on the train. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ind_01_01_009

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Collection Rosie Maruki Kakuuchi Collection (ddr-manz-10)

The Rosie Maruki Kakuuchi Collection is comprised of photographs from Rosie Maruki and her family's experiences primarily during World War II at the Manzanar concentration camp, California. Materials include snapshots of family members and friends in camp as well as some postwar photos of the family in Los Angeles and immigration documents from Rosie's Issei parents.

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Narrator Rae Takekawa

Sansei female. Born August 27, 1927, in Bellevue, Washington. Raised on the family farm in Bellevue, Washington, prior to World War II. Was incarcerated at the Pinedale Assembly Center, California, and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Was released early to harvest sugar beets in Chinook, Montana. At the onset of World War II, her father was …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 33 No. 9 (September 8, 1951) (ddr-pc-23-36)

Selected article titles: "Grand Jury Indicts First Evacuee For Claims Fraud. San Francisco Man Faces Trial for Alleged Attempt To Defraud Under Claims Act" (p. 1), "JACL Sends Formal Protest To Guatemala Ambassador on Ban Against Visas for Nisei" (p. 1), "Immigration Service Grants Reentry Permit to Issei on Basis of Recent Amendment" (p. 8).

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 34 No. 17 (April 26, 1952) (ddr-pc-24-17)

Selected article titles: "House Passes Walter Omnibus Measure. Proposal to Remove Race Bars From Nation's Immigration Laws Wins by Large Margin" (p. 1), "No Decision Yet by California On Appeal to State Court Ruling Outlawing Anti-Alien Land Law" (p. 1), "Discuss Possible Intervention By State Department on Problems of Japanese Group" (p. 2).

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 34 No. 26 (June 28, 1952) (ddr-pc-24-26)

Selected article titles: "Report 600 Nisei Casualties in Korea War" (p. 1), "U.S. Japanese Win Long Fight for Citizenship. Congress Overrides President's Veto of Walter-McCarran Omnibus Immigration Bill" (p. 1), "Anti-Defamation League Finds Growing Awareness of Menace of Organized Intolerance" (p. 2), "Mainland Veterans of 442nd Invited to Reunion in 1953" (p. 3).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol 68, No. 8 (February 21, 1969) (ddr-pc-41-8)

Select article titles: "Jerry Enomoto: Understanding Students" (p. 1); "Immigration Centennial Dinner After Monument Dedication Set" (p. 1); "San Francisco JACL members volunteer as grade school tutors; more help requested" (p. 2); "'Peace at Home and Abroad: Prime 1969 Objective'" (p. 3) "Chicago JACL Credit Union striving for $500,000 mark for student loans" (p. 4).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 59, Vol. 5 (July 31, 1964) (ddr-pc-36-31)

Selected article titles: "Kido's 36-Year Leadership in JACL Commemorated" (p.1, 4), "Naturalized Citizen Wife of Serviceman in Hawaii Denied Voter Registration" (p.1), "Defeat of Prop. 14 Principle Agenda Item for NC-WNDC" (p.1), "Nisei Teacher Pilots Training Class Among Youngsters in N.Y.'s Harlem" (p.1), "Immigration Legislation" (p.2).

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