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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 48, No. 13 (March 27, 1959) (ddr-pc-31-13)
Selected article titles: "Colorado passes fair housing legislation" (p. 1), "Ill-advised evacuees failing to file claim may get chance" (p. 1), "Personal effects vested by U.S. up for sale, protested" (p. 1), "Bill introduced to revoke license of biased real estaters" (p. 1), "Cal. Assembly votes to outlaw bias in gov't aided housing" (p. 1), "Immigration …
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Messages between Tomosuke Masukawa in the Poston in Arizona and Hidetaro Myoren in Hiroshima, Japan, October 29, 1942-September 2, 1943 (ddr-csujad-38-545)
Messages exchanged between Tomosuke Masukawa at the Poston camp in Arizona and his father-in-law, Hidetaro Myoren, in Hiroshima, Japan. The original message informed Hidetaro of the safety of Tomosuke's family in the camp. The reply message informed of deaths of Hidetaro and Kazuko Myoren. The two messages were exchanged with the assistance of the Red Cross, …
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Seattle Chapter, JACL Reporter, Vol. XXII, No. 4, April 1985 (ddr-sjacl-1-346)
Newsletter covering the following topics: Committees need volunteers: Affirmative Action Committee, Anti-Discrimination Committee, Budget and Grants Committee, Cherry Blossom Committee, Committee to Reverse Japanese American Wartime Cases Committee, Eudcation Committee, Endowment Committee, Fundraising Committee, Installation Committee, International Relations Committee Japanese Community Queen Committee, Mail-Out Committee, Membership Committee, Min Masuda Memorial Fund Committee, Newsletter Committee, Nikkei Aging …
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Two Honolulu ikebana association leaders (ddr-njpa-4-2501)
Caption on front: "Presented above, left to right, are new President Miss Hisako Kurakake and Immediate Past President Mrs. Pearl Jensen of the Honolulu, Hawaii Chapter of the Ikebana International, which held its annual installation banquet yesterday in the Diamond Head Suite of the Sheraton Princess Kaiulani Hotel. Chapter officers for the 1963-1964 term are president, …
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Short article regarding Yosuke Matsuoka's son (ddr-njpa-4-900)
Article [translation]: "Rumors that the son of Matsuoka, Minister of Foreign Affairs, to study abroad. Bright news for Japan-America relationship. (Kuwa Bay) The son of Foreign Affairs Minister Matsuoka, Kenichiro, 27, is leaving for America on the 6th of this month by the ship Tatsuta Maru (or possibly the one after), departing from Yokohama, to study …
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Pramila Jayapal Interview II (ddr-densho-1000-161)
Born September 21, 1965 in Madras, India. Attended the Jakarta International School in Indonesia before moving to the United States to attend college at Georgetown University. Worked as an investment banker in New York City as well as in the management development program for Physio-Control.
Currently, Pramila is the founder and Executive Director of Hate Free …
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Pramila Jayapal Interview I (ddr-densho-1000-156)
Born September 21, 1965 in Madras, India. Attended the Jakarta International School in Indonesia before moving to the United States to attend college at Georgetown University. Worked as an investment banker in New York City as well as in the management development program for Physio-Control.
Currently, Pramila is the founder and Executive Director of Hate Free …
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Ryojun Kinoshita seated at his desk (ddr-njpa-4-602)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Dr. Kinoshita, Osaka University oncologist, performs on a first-class stage. (Osaka) August 7, 1939. Ryojun Kinoshita, Professor of Pathology at Osaka University, was appointed to attend the third International Cancer Research Conference and give a speech. The conference will be held this fall in Atlantic City in the U.S. from September 11th …
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Hideichi Fukunaga standing with three other men (ddr-njpa-5-852)
Caption on reverse: "Borg-Warner Official Visits Here: Claude Pitts (second from left), manager of the industrial and utility section, Borg-Warner International Corporation, recently visited here to service his leading accounts, Service Motor Co., Ltd., and Easy Appliance Co. of Honolulu, territorial distributors for Norge Home Appliances and Hamilton Beach Appliances. He left here Monday for Guam, …
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Wang Chonghui seated with Ambassador Jiang (ddr-njpa-1-1019)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Goodwill Ambassador Wang Chonghui Comes to Japan. (Tokyo) February 19, 1935. With Sino-Japanese relations recently improving, Wang Chonghui, justice of the Permanent Court of International Justice, has been dispatched as an envoy from Chiang Kaishek, who wishes to see the intentions of the Japanese government and people towards taking concrete steps to …
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Bruno Hauptmann in prison (ddr-njpa-1-598)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Domei Transmitted International News January 29. Killer of Lindy's Beloved Son to Finally Go to the Electric Chair? (New York) Domei. Although Bruno Hauptmann, the man believed to be the killer of Colonel Lindbergh's beloved son, a crime that captivated all of America, still continues to firmly deny his guilt, the death …
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Onoe Kikugoro VI and a man (ddr-njpa-4-1770)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Yogyo conference of the sixth generation. (Tokyo) November 28, 1936. After finishing negotiations with the sixth generation of Onoe Kikugoro, Mr. Tsurumi reported he will go into [?] of classic Kabuki [?] on the 27th. To make concrete plans such as the production of [?], the first conference was held at 12:30 …
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Kimitomo Mushakoji speaking at a German naval leader's funeral (ddr-njpa-4-1127)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Domei photo, International News. February 4, 1937. Naval funeral for former president of Japan-Germany Association. (Berlin) Domei. The president of the Japan-Germany Associate, Governor of Japan Educational Association and General of Naval Service Veterans, General [?] passed away on January 4th. On the 8th in his hometown a big naval funeral was …
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Kikunosuke Makino (ddr-njpa-4-1030)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Supreme Court President Makino's retirement
Kikunosuke Makino, the Supreme Court President, reaches the retirement age of 65 years on the 20th of next month, so he has decided to retire. He was born on December 21, 1867 in a village in the Miyamoto area, and he graduated from Tokyo University Law School, …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 44, No. 19 (May 10, 1957) (ddr-pc-29-19)
Select article titles: "Continuation of Japanese Farm Labor Held Likely by Hillings" (p. 1); "San Diegans urge elimination of Fuzz Young Story" (p. 1); "'Golden Reel' prize awarded to Nisei" (p. 1); "Against farm labor program but for higher Japan quota" (p. 1); "Seven months remain for 'illegally admitted' aliens in U.S. to change status to …
Narrator Mitsuye May Yamada
Female, child of Issei parents. Born July 5, 1923, in Fukuoka, Japan while her mother and two older Nisei brothers visited relatives. Named Mitsuye Mei Yasutake at birth. From age 3, grew up in Seattle, WA. Father employed by the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service as interpreter for twenty years, until separated from family on December …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 42, No. 23 (June 8, 1956) (ddr-pc-28-23)
Selected article titles: "Mayor Taft Cities C.L. for Progress of Nisei in U.S." (p. 1), "Nisei vet bucks housing bias in Las Vegas" (p. 1), "Letter to San Francisco editor bares discrimination against Nisei home-buyer" (p. 1), "Clovis Nisei float wins first prize" (p. 3), "Bookkeeper admits theft from doctors, $10,000 involved" (p. 3), "Reno CL …
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Members of the Lytton Commission (ddr-njpa-1-1216)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Rengo Photography No. 1 March 1, 1932. Luncheon at the Prime Minister's Residence - China Commission of Enquiry Invited - Prime Minister Inukai invited seven members of the League of Nations China Commission of Enquiry currently in Japan (Earl Lytton, General Claudel, General McCoy, Dr. Schnee, County Marescotti, Mr. Robert, and Mr. …
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Clipping regarding the death of Maxim Gorsky (ddr-njpa-1-464)
Caption on front [translation]: "Domei Overseas Photographic News July 7. Giant Oak of Red Russian Literature Withers and Falls. (Moscow) Domei. The great literary figure Maxim Gorky, who played an active part in communist Russia for many years and left a great mark in the international literary world, has finally died, passing like a falling great …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 45, No. 4 (July 26, 1957) (ddr-pc-29-30)
Select article titles: "TV Critic says Anti-Nisei Films Should be Junked" (p. 1); Aliens seeking adjustment of residence status allowed trips to U.S. possessions; Japanese circus performer can visit Hawaii" (p. 1); Library Named in Memory of Ex-Calif. Issei" (p. 2); "U.S.-Japan gov't cooperation assured for Nisei businessman's international confab" (p. 2); Hawaiian students gather material …
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Letter from Frank Herron Smith to J. H. Peiper, Federal Bureau of Investigation, May 4, 1945 (ddr-csujad-21-1)
Smith urges FBI action be taken to stop injustices done to Japanese American citizens during World War II. Letter mentions correspondence from a Japanese pastor in Livingston, California, near Modesto and Merced, describing "no less than eight shooting incidents in which night-riders have shot into the homes of our church members." Smith also describes shooting and …
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Tilda, Nobuko Arishima, and Aiko Yamamoto (ddr-njpa-1-956)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "With the Scent of 'Takeo' Dancing in Her Breast - The Tragic Miss Tilda Enters Tokyo - (Tokyo) June 28, 1937. Tilda Matilda, the 'heroine of love' who spent a miserable youth on the lakeside in Schaffhausen, Switzerland with the face of now deceased 'passionate author' Takeo Arishima hidden in her breast, …
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History of the Japanese Congregational Church 1907-2007 (ddr-densho-446-454)
Summary of the Japanese Congregational Church's history from 1807 to 2007 written by Bisim Lee for its 100th Anniversary Dinner (October 2007)
Narrator Roger Shimomura
Roger Shimomura's paintings, prints, and theater pieces address sociopolitical issues of Asian America. The inspiration for many of his works are the diaries kept by his late immigrant grandmother for fifty-six years. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Washington in Seattle, and his graduate degree from Syracuse University, New York. Shimomura has had …
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Charles Z. Smith Interview (ddr-densho-1000-169)
Born February 23, 1927, in Lakeland, Florida. Left home at age fourteen to live under the educational supervision of Dr. William H. Gray, Jr., attended Florida A & M, and graduated with a degree in business administration from Temple University. Graduated from University of Washington Law School in 1955, then served as law clerk for Supreme …