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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 64, No. 16 (April 21, 1967) (ddr-pc-39-17)

Selected article titles: "Nisei Survey now underway" (p. 1), "Fong eyes 6 amendments to immigration statutes" (p. 1), "Sole survivor of Japanese immigrant group to Hawaii in 1885 discovered" (p. 1), "Ex-Rohwer group revisit WW2 camp" (p. 3), "UCLA Alumni to confer community service medallion to Frank Chuman" (p. 3), "Bill to eliminate age bias in …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 61, No. 5 (July 30, 1965) (ddr-pc-37-31)

Selected article titles: "President Johnson Lauds Work of Rep. Mink on Education Bill" (p.1), "First Nisei Combat Naval Pilot Decorated with Air Medal for North Vietnam Bombing" (p.1), "Happy Ending for Six Japanese-American War Orphans Enroute to Brazil Realized" (p.1), "Immigration Bill Reported" (p.2), "Most Negroes in Hawaii Conscious of their Racial Heritage, Not Passing as …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 110, No. 11 (March 23, 1990) (ddr-pc-62-11)

Select article titles: "An Address from JACL-LEC Legislative Strategy Chair"(p.1);"Asian Pacific Municipal Officials Caucus Holds Workshop on Black/Asian Relations"(p.1);"Sakura Grove Dedicated as Memorial to Walerga Assembly Center"(p.2); "70% Increase in Asian/Pacific People from 1980 to 1988 Due to Immigration"(p.3); "San Francisco's Boy Scout Troop 12, Among U.S.'s Oldest, Founded by Issei"(p.8).

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doc Manzanar Free Press Vol. 6 No. 32 (October 14, 1944) (ddr-densho-125-280)

Selected article titles: "Warn Dog Owners of 'Heat' Period" (p. 1), "CACA Releases Posters, Essays Contest Results" (p. 1), "Nisei Soldiers Proud to Serve With Merrill's Marauders" (p. 1), "Shelby Chaplain Voices Appeal for Aid by Manzanar Populace" (p. 1), "Speed Limit Signs to be Erected Here" (p. 1), "First Nisei Lawyer Admitted in Illinois" (p. …

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av Harsh Canvas: Henry Sugimoto (ddr-densho-1024-89)

A 2001 biographical documentary film on the life and work of Issei artist Henry Sugimoto, based on the artist's memoirs and testimony before the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians. The film highlights Sugimoto's art through archival and contemporary footage and follows his life's journey from immigration to his incarceration with his family during …

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doc Memo regarding living conditions at family internment camp (ddr-densho-356-982)

Memo from E.M. Rowalt to all Project Directors regarding the living conditions at Family Internment Camp run by the Immigration and Naturalization Service. The memo recommends advising applicants for family reunification at a INS camp of how many items they are allowed to bring with them, that the housing units are small, and teenaged children may …

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vh Seiko Edamatsu Interview Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1000-195-1)

Father's immigration story: recruited by a lumber company

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.

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vh Kazue Yamamoto Interview Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1000-197-1)

Parents' immigration and early life in Wapato, Washington

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.

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Collection CSU Dominguez Hills Indonesian Sailors Deportation Photograph Collection (ddr-csujad-27)

This collection of nine images documents the detention of a group of Indonesian seamen in 1947 as they await the outcome of deportation proceedings in the federal courts. The images show these roughly 200 men at an immigration detention center in downtown San Francisco, at the Southern Pacific depot in San Francisco, and on ship called …

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Collection Densho Visual History Collection (ddr-densho-1000)

This collection consists of a diverse set of interviews conducted by Densho starting in 1996. The interviews focus on many aspects of Japanese American history, from early U.S. immigration to present-day issues. The collection also includes interviews with non-Japanese American individuals who have in some way been involved in or impacted by the Japanese American experience. …

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doc Letter from Graham Sinclair to Mr. F. P. Clement (ddr-densho-446-232)

Regarding Ai Chih Tsai's status to reenter U.S.: see Cable WACO-5689

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vh Ed Tsutakawa Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-196-9)

Being detained in an immigration station upon returning to U.S.

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.

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 35 No. 20 (November 14, 1952) (ddr-pc-24-46)

Selected article titles: "Three AJA jurors sworn into trial of seven alleged Communist Party leaders of Hawaii; prosecution starts" (p. 1), "Nisei organizations may tangle with policy to endorse candidates" (p. 1), "Government quiets West Coast rumors over postponement of start of immigration act" (p. 1), "Dec. 7 attack leader here in U.S. as Sky Pilot …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 45, No. 8 (August 23, 1957) (ddr-pc-29-34)

Select article titles: "See Additional Million Dollars For Claimants" (p. 1); "'Family Hardship' Immigration Bill Ok'd by House Committee" (p. 1); "Use of 'Jap' in another children's book protested; public library decides to retain" (p. 1); "Women from foreign nations married to Hawaii men in poll: find large group of unhappy Japanese girls married to Nisei" …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 72, No. 18 (May 7, 1971) (ddr-pc-43-18)

Selected article titles: "Drug problem on campus: Dorsey High's March 26 Incident" (p. 1), "Asians picket San Diego High production of 'King and I' play" (p. 1), "Californians becoming oblivious to race difference in election" (p. 1), "500 Sansei win California state scholarship award" (p. 1), "JACL represented at American Immigration and Citizenship confab" (p. 2), …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 72, No. 13 (April 2, 1971) (ddr-pc-43-13)

Selected article titles: "JACL asks Asian administrators for Sac'to, San Diego schools" (p. 1), "JACL executives prepare for July interim session" (p. 1), "Idaho Falls Eagles Lodge inducts 4 Nisei" (p. 1), JACL heads bid for White House office on Oriental Americans" (p. 1), "Distinguished service cross for valor awarded Fowler Sansei" (p. 1), "U.S. immigration …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 60, No. 22 (May 28, 1965) (ddr-pc-37-22)

Selected article titles: "History Project: Nisei Homesteads near Heart Mountain" (p.1), "Calif. FEPC Budget Slashed, Housing Program in Danger" (p.1), "Author Michener says 'Hawaii Way Ahead' in Civil Rights Fight, Might Return to Isles" (p.1), "Immigration Bill Timetable" (p.2), "Utah Opens Own Rights Commission" (p.3), "'Myakawa Rd.' in Houston Linked to Ill-Fated Rice-Growing PRoject Originator in …

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Indonesians leaving buses at the Southern Pacific depot in San Francisco, to board a train to take them to the immigration detention facility at Crystal City, Texas (ddr-csujad-27-6)

img Indonesians leaving buses at the Southern Pacific depot in San Francisco, to board a train to take them to the immigration detention facility at Crystal City, Texas (ddr-csujad-27-6)

Caption found with the image reads, "Showing Indonesians leaving buses, at Southern Pacific depot, San Francisco, to board railroad coaches waiting for them." This train was to take them to the immigration detention facility at Crystal City, Texas. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ind_01_01_008

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doc America's Japanese problem (ddr-csujad-55-356)

Pamphlet written in response to the proposed revisions to the California Alien Land Law of 1913 (Webb-Haney Act). Includes sections on immigration, California statistics, "picture brides", Japanese-owned land in California, and discrimination in California land laws. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0358

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vh Fred Shiosaki Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-190-2)

Father's work upon immigration to the U.S.: railroad laborer, hotel busboy

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.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-190-2/

vh Perry Dobashi Interview Segment 1 (ddr-jamsj-2-3-1)

Grandparents' immigration story

This interview was conducted by the Japanese American Museum of San Jose, and is part of a project entitled "Lasting Stories: The Resettlement of San Jose Japantown," a collaborative project between the Japanese American Museum of San Jose and Densho.

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Narrator Tom Matsuoka

Kibei male. Born August 1, 1903, in Sprecklesville, Maui, Hawaii. Taken to Japan in 1905 and raised by grandparents. Returned to the United States in 1919, joining father at Barneston sawmill in Washington. Married and farmed in Bellevue, Washington. Founded Bellevue Seinenkai and managed the Bellevue Vegetable Growers Association prior to World War II. Was picked …

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To Rid Country of Asiatic Laborers. League Composed of Prominent Men Formed in Washington to Fight Oriental Immigration. (August 9, 1908) (ddr-densho-56-130)

doc To Rid Country of Asiatic Laborers. League Composed of Prominent Men Formed in Washington to Fight Oriental Immigration. (August 9, 1908) (ddr-densho-56-130)

The Seattle Daily Times, August 9, 1908, p. 11

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Letter from the Lemuel B. Schofield, Special Assistant to the Attorney General to the Immigration and Naturalization Service, April 28, 1942 (ddr-csujad-55-1333)

doc Letter from the Lemuel B. Schofield, Special Assistant to the Attorney General to the Immigration and Naturalization Service, April 28, 1942 (ddr-csujad-55-1333)

Correspondence from Lemuel B. Schofield to the Immigration and Naturalization Service regarding "instructions concerning the treatment of enemy alien detainees." Covers humane treatment, quarters, sanitation, exercise and fresh air, food, clothing, bedding, canteens, work, recreation, religious service, visitors, internal relations, censorship, money and valuables, discipline, medical care, civil processes, death and burial, and posting of the …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 22 No. 13 (March 30, 1946) (ddr-pc-18-13)

Selected article titles: "Eleventh-Hour Releases Save 102 Persons from Internment In Crystal City Camp in Texas" (p. 1), "'Third Evacuation' Under Way For California Evacuees. Winona Project Residents Evicted as Others Face Loss Of Emergency Shelter" (p. 1), "Immigration Service Travel Restrictions on Nisei, Other Oriental Americans Protested" (p. 3), "Army Will Review Cases Of Nisei …

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