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doc Pacific Citizen, Whole No. 2125, Vol. 92, No. 6 (February 13, 1981) (ddr-pc-53-6)

Selected article titles: "Ron Wakabayashi appointed director" (p. 1), "'Go For Broke!' reunion to dedicate Army exhibit" (p. 1), "JACL chapter for Nisei from Latin America seen" (p. 1), "L.A. Nisei businessman slain" (p. 1), "NAACP asks Reagan to call minority meet" (p. 2), "So. Bay Keiro Nursing Home site acquired for $1.3 million" (p. 2), …

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img Pacific Citizen, Vol. 98, No. 23 (June 15, 1984) (ddr-pc-56-23)

Selected article titles: "Detroit jury to hear new charges against Vincent Chin's slayers" (p. 1), "Asians among California delegates to politick at Democratic convention" (p. 1), "Takamiyama quits sumo, is now grooming successors" (p. 2), "College students nominated to two board positions" (p. 3), "Introducing a JATC director Bill Hamada" (p. 6), "No. Clif. JACL JR. …

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doc General meeting of the Monterey Peninsula Japanese American Citizens League, February 15, 1940 (ddr-csujad-44-147)

Meeting minutes of the Monterey Peninsula Japanese American Citizens League. Includes discussion of donations to the Infantile Paralysis Fund, participation in the Monterey Birthday Party event, and a petition for the Inter-Mountain District Council to join the National JACL. Additional topics include the Northern California District Council meeting, suggestions for how to increase membership, and protocols …

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doc Letter from Mits Koshiyama to Michi Weglyn, January 26, 1993 (ddr-csujad-24-52)

A letter from Mits Koshiyama to Michi Weglyn about an article in Nichi Bei by Nisei veteran Eji Suyama. Koshiyama praises Suyama for writing that the Nisei veterans were used by the US government. Koshiyama agrees with this point, but argues that a resister like himself cannot make it in public without being criticized by the …

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doc General meeting of the Monterey Peninsula Japanese American Citizens League, July 15, 1937 (ddr-csujad-44-91)

Meeting minutes of the Monterey Peninsula Japanese American Citizens League. Includes reports from the treasurer, the Feast Of Lanterns boat parade committee, and the Fourth of July committee. Also includes discussion on matters relating to the Watsonville JACL, dues, the tea garden project, the donation drive to raise funds against anti-alien legislation, and the Northern California …

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doc General meeting of the Monterey Peninsula Japanese American Citizens League, May 13, 1940 (ddr-csujad-44-156)

Meeting minutes of the Monterey Peninsula Japanese American Citizens League. Features discussion of the Arbor Day program, membership drive, El Toro softball league, graduation party, and a proposal from the Nihon-jin-kai (Nihonjinkai), or Japanese Association, that the JACL help decorate the hall for the opening celebration of the remodeled building. A list of new members is …

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doc Minidoka Irrigator Vol. III No. 10 (May 1, 1943) (ddr-densho-119-37)

Selected article titles: "First Contingent of 39 Volunteers Leaves for Ft. Douglas" (p. 1), "Final Physicals Await Enlistees Before Induction" (p. 1), "Hunt's Army Volunteers Parade as Impressive Flag Dedication is Held" (p. 1), "JACL Purchases $2000 in Bonds" (p. 1), "Former Governor of Oregon Urges Ousting of Aliens" (p. 2), "Sentry Who Killed Topaz Man …

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doc Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 108 (September 10, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-195)

Selected article titles: "Proclamation by Pratt Lifts Bar"; "Marriage Licenses"; "On the Other Hand"; "Two Japanese Killed and Nisei Solider Wounded in Spectacular Train Wreck"; "Returnees Resolved to Build Quiet Community"; "Fair Employment Given Assurance"; "National JACL Convention"; "Post Admires Russian Method; Says Disloyalists Should be Kicked Out"; "Shigekawa Cleared by Army to Return to San …

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doc Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 146 (December 7, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-232)

Selected article titles: "Postonians in Navy Barracks"; "Henry Sugimoto's Paintings Exhibited in New York"; "On the Other Hand"; "Warship to Transport Repatriates to Nippon"; "She Wasn't Bluffed"; "Plans Not Enough"; "Gift Sent to Legion Fund"; "Veterans Shun Anti-Bias Stand at Convention"; "200 Sail for Hawaii"; "Decline Release"; "Community Church Program for this Week-end"; "Sono Osato in …

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doc Colorado Times Vol. 31, No. 4308 (May 10, 1945) (ddr-densho-150-21)

Selected article titles: "Oregon's Alien Land Law 'Of Doubtful Constitutionality' Says WRA Solicitor"; "Next of Kin of War Heroes Warned Against Fraudulent Schemers"; "7 Bay Region Nisei Recent Casualties in Northern Italy"; "The Voice of Youth"; "Placer Nisei Plans to Appeal Draft Status"; "Hero of a Horatio Alger Story Laid in Chicago"; "Nisei Employees Cited for …

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doc Photograph album (ddr-densho-316-1)

A family photograph album documenting the Sakahara and Tanaka families' pre-World War II life on Vashon Island and other areas of Washington State. Dan Sakahara was a councilman, block leader, chairman of the red cross, treasurer of the PTA, and temporary chairman of the PTA at the Tule Lake Concentration Camp. He was also president of …

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doc American Concentration Camps VOLUME 2 January 1, 1942- February 19, 1942 (ddr-densho-372-2)

Volume 2 divides into two sections. Description about this volume reads directly from the book as follows: The first section features archival documents that show chiefly how the decision to relocate the West Coast Japanese evolved from conflicting views both outside and inside the executive branch. The second section features reports of the Anti-Axis Committee, Los …

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vh Shosuke Sasaki Interview (ddr-densho-1000-78)

Issei male. Born March 26, 1912, in Yamaguchi ken, Japan. Immigrated to United States in 1919. Lived in Pomeroy, Washington, and Seattle, Washington, before World War II. Incarcerated at the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Resettled in New York. As a member of the Newspaper Guild, led effort to eliminate pejorative …

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doc Document with JACL "The Japanese American Creed" and story of Ikuko Takano as a child reading the creed over the radio in 1941 (ddr-ajah-6-256)

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 45, No. 2 (July 12, 1957) (ddr-pc-29-28)

Select article titles: "House group recommends temp'y farm labor plan be continued: 'No ill effects' on domestic labor market recorded" (p. 1); "JACL Campaign Against Anti-Nisei Films on TV Circularized by NARBT" (p. 1); "Small Claims Court Hears Civil Right Cases" (p. 1); "$86,550 damage suit filed in traffic death of Sakamoto" (p. 1); "Mr. Moto, …

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Collection Sakahara and Tanaka Families Collection (ddr-densho-316)

A family photograph album documenting the Sakahara and Tanaka families' pre-World War II life on Vashon Island and other areas of Washington State. The Tanakas were farmers on Vashon Island between 1916 and 1940. Hatsuguma Tanaka was buried on Vashon Island in 1940. Hatsuguma's wife Momoye later married Sam Torakichi Migita and moved to Wapato, Washington. …

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doc "Seattle Chapter Installs New Officers" (ddr-densho-201-472)

Pacific Citizen newspaper clipping from March 17, 1951: "SEATTLE, Wash.--Newly-installed officers of the Seattle JACL joined hands with Pres. Harry Takagi in a pledge for unity and teamwork in 1951 after the chapter's installation service recently. From left to right, Kay Yamaguchi, Ken Nogaki and James Matsuoka, vice-presidents; Pres. Takagi; Beulah Shigeno, corresponding secretary; Betty Noji, …

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doc Heart Mountain Sentinel Vol. I No. 7 (December 5, 1942) (ddr-densho-97-105)

Selected article titles: "Fair Practice Board Election December 16. Nomination Forms Ready on Monday" (p. 1), "Liberal Release Policy Aids Resettlement. WRA Opens Job Bureau in Chicago" (p. 1), "Sentinel Plans Special New Year's Edition" (p. 1), "Families of Internees Consider Reunion Plans" (p. 1), "School Barracks Provided with First Aid Kits" (p. 2), "Hosokawa Speaks …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 15 No. 28 (December 10, 1942) (ddr-pc-14-27)

Selected article titles: "Army Rules Manzanar After Rioting. One Killed, Ten Injured as Mob Rushes Soldiers; Plan to Segregate Disloyal Group" (p. 1), "Fred Tayama Attacked, Other Citizen Leaders Threatened By Pro-Axis Gang at Center" (p 1), "Nisei Boy Scouts Saved American Flag from Mob" (p. 1), "WRA Centers Reveal Nisei Volunteers Sign Up for Army …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 15 No. 27 (December 3, 1942) (ddr-pc-14-26)

Selected article titles: "Eight Nisei Evacuees Enlisted in U.S. Army at Height of Disturbance at Poston Center" (p. 1), "107 Evacuees, First Contingent From Hawaii, Relocated at Jerome Center in Arkansas" (p. 1), "JACL Reiterates December 7 Denunciation of Military Japan" (p. 1), "Delay in Prosecuting Cases Against Nisei Civil Service Workers Told Assemblyman" (p. 2), …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 16 No. 4 (January 28, 1943) (ddr-pc-15-4)

Selected article titles: "Army Announces Japanese American Unit for Combat Service Overseas. Voluntary Induction Procedure To Be Set Up to Enlist Nisei In Wartime Relocation Centers" (p. 1), "Riot Leaders Segregated at Camp in Utah" (p. 1), "Masaoka Volunteers for Service with New Nisei Battalion" (p. 1), "U.S. Attorney General Doubts Need for Mass Evacuation" (p. …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 18 No. 14 (April 29, 1944) (ddr-pc-16-18)

Selected article titles: "Nisei Battalion Fighting on Anzio Beachhead" (p. 1), "Army Says Nisei Will Not Be Used in Combat Against Japan" (p. 1), "Young Japanese Alien Gets American Citizenship Through Service in United States Army" (p. 1), "Student Relocation Program Successful, Reports Hibbard" (p. 2), "WRA Reopens Isolation Camp in Arizona. Leupp Will House Troublemakers …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 21 No. 22 (December 1, 1945) (ddr-pc-17-48)

Selected article titles: "Trailer Homes for Returning Evacuees" (p. 1), "Carusi Denies Bias on Nisei Travel Between U.S., Hawaii" (p. 1), "Reporter Unable to Discover Evidence of Any Nisei Part In Japanese Raid on Hawaii" (p. 2), "Gen. MacArthur Will Accept Repatriates from U.S., Says Justice Department Official" (p. 2), "First Tule Lake Group Deported on …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 22 No. 3 (January 19, 1946) (ddr-pc-18-3)

Selected article titles: "Hundreds of Nisei in Hawaii Assisted Investigations, FBI Official Tells Congressmen" (p. 1), "Army Will Act to Protect Nisei GIs in Philippines" (p. 1), "Mike Masaoka Returns to Post With JACL" (p. 1), "Widespread Opposition Rises Against Dominion Attempt to Deport Japanese Canadians" (p. 2), "Some Evacuees Will Remain in Tule Lake Camp" …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 31 No. 19 (November 11, 1950) (ddr-pc-22-45)

Selected article titles: "Rep. Walter Will Sponsor New Naturalization Bill. Expect Proposal to Provide No Denial of Citizenship on Basis of Race, Ancestry" (p. 1), "Two Japanese Americans Win Seats in Territorial Senate; Nine Win Elections for House" (p. 1), "Movies More Complicated Than Battle, Say 442nd Veterans" (p. 1), "Citizens of Bruyeres Again Pay Tribute …

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