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doc Executive meeting of the Monterey Peninsula Japanese American Citizens League, April 14, 1938 (ddr-csujad-44-105)

Minutes of the Monterey Peninsula Japanese American Citizens League executive meeting. Features discussion of the oratorical contest the JACL is organizing, including the names of contest judges, the cost of admission, the location of the event, and details about the dance after the contest. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project …

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doc Meeting of the Monterey Peninsula Japanese American Citizens League, August 6, 1937 (ddr-csujad-44-93)

Meeting minutes of the Monterey Peninsula Japanese American Citizens League. Includes reports from JACL boards on several topics, including donations, attendance at a Monterey City Council meeting, tea garden project construction and expenses, the upcoming barn dance, and the county fair parade. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: csumb_ms15_0092

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Letter from Robert J. Walsh Jr., Chief, Freedom of Information/Privacy Office, Department of the Army, to Michi Weglyn, July 23, 1990 (ddr-csujad-24-208)

doc Letter from Robert J. Walsh Jr., Chief, Freedom of Information/Privacy Office, Department of the Army, to Michi Weglyn, July 23, 1990 (ddr-csujad-24-208)

A letter from Robert J. Walsh Jr., Chief, Freedom of Information/Privacy Office, Department of the Army, to Michi Weglyn. The letter is a response to Weglyn's 1988 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), regarding records on the Japanese American Citizenship League (JACL). See this object in the California State …

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doc Letter from Michi Weglyn to Frank Chin, July 23, 1990 (ddr-csujad-24-2)

A letter from Michi Weglyn to Frank Chin about the results of her Freedom of Information/Privacy Act (FOIPA) request on the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL). Weglyn also writes about a pinched nerve that makes it difficult for her to write. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: chi_01_002

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doc Gila News-Courier Vol. I No. 11 (October 17, 1942) (ddr-densho-141-11)

Selected article titles: "JACL Office Open in Block 42" (p. 1), "Colony Leaves Keep Steady Pace" (p. 1), "Rules on Night Travel Stated" (p. 1), "Food Hoarders -- Food Shortage" (p. 2), "Tree Planting Discouraged Now: November Better, Says Nichols" (p. 3), "Squirrels are Plague Source" (p. 3), "Postal Regulations of Colony Changed by New Army …

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doc Minidoka Irrigator Vol. IV No. 18 (June 21, 1944) (ddr-densho-119-93)

Selected article titles: "Farm Program For 1944-5 Set. Early Summer Harvest Yields 25,000 Pounds of Vegetables, S. Kamaya Reveals; 660 Acres Now Planted" (p. 1), "Quarterly Census Set For June 30" (p. 1), "Evacuee Land Owners Warned of Campaign. Dillon S. Myer Instructs Residents of Escheat Proceedings Now Being Conducted By Pacific Coast States" (p. 1), …

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Narrator Ronald Ikejiri

Sansei male. Born December 3, 1948, in Los Angeles, California. During World War II, parents had been incarcerated at the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Father signed 'no-no' on the so-called 'loyalty questionnaire', renounced U.S. citizenship, and was sent to the Department of Justice camp at Bismarck, North Dakota. Family did not end up expatriating to …

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doc Heart Mountain Sentinel Vol. II No. 6 (February 6, 1943) (ddr-densho-97-114)

Selected article titles: "Army, WRA Registration Starts" (p. 1), "Push 'Wholesale' Relocation Plan; Recruiting Team Slates Meetings" (p. 1), "Forward Step: An Editorial" (p. 1), "60 Evacuees Enjoying Fruits of Relocation in Nebraska" (p. 2), "Segregation of Manzanar Rioters Told" (p. 2), "Despite Imprisonment, Kanai Defends Democratic Ideals" (p. 6), "JACL Leader Volunteers for Service in …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 18 No. 6 (February 12, 1944) (ddr-pc-16-7)

Selected article titles: "Colorado Senate Kills Anti-Alien Land Bill" (p. 1), "1566 Evacuees Get Leaves at WRA Camp" (p. 1), "Legal Action Considered as Ogden Continues Campaign To Oust Evacuee Businesses" (p. 2), "Shooting of Evacuee Recalled At Central Utah WRA Center" (p. 2), "67 Prominent Americans Sponsor JACL" (p. 3), "First Case Filed in Supreme …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 20 No. 6 (February 10, 1945) (ddr-pc-17-6)

Selected article titles: "4 Men Face Arson, Attempted Dynamiting Charges for Acts of Vandalism on Doi Farm" (p. 1), "Doctor Quits Hospital Which Refused Nisei" (p. 1), "Hood River Post Defies National Legion Commander; Refuses to Replace Names of Nisei Soldiers" (p. 1), "Relocation Camps Will Close At Year's End, Myer Declares" (p. 7), "Civilian Nisei …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 22 No. 7 (February 16, 1946) (ddr-pc-18-7)

Selected article titles: "President Truman Pays High Tribute to Nisei Soldiers" (p. 1), "Barbed Refuses Nisei GI, Army Captain Apologizes" (p. 1), "Men of 442nd in Hawaii Form Veterans Group" (p. 1), "JACL to Hold National Meet in Denver to Discuss Post-War Problems of Nisei" (p. 1), "Eight Thousand Repatriated Through Port of Seattle" (p. 1), …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 24 No. 18 (May 10, 1947) (ddr-pc-19-19)

Selected article titles: "Urge President's Committee to Protect Nisei Liberties. Masaoka Asks Federal Action In Opposing Constitutionality of California Alien Land Law" (p. 1), "U.S. Authorities in Japan Process Requests of Stranded Nisei to Return to America" (p. 1), "JACL Official Will Testify Against Alien Land Law Fund" (p. 1), "Dispel Rumors of Anti-Evacuee Antagonism in …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 25 No. 20 (November 22, 1947) (ddr-pc-19-47)

Selected article titles: "Supreme Court Authorizes Government to Oppose Race Restrictive Housing Covenants" (p. 1), "Warrants Issued for Two Men in California for Assault Upon Two Nisei War Veterans" (p. 1), "23 Issei Receive First Naturalization Papers at San Jose" (p. 1), "Federal Grand Jury Returns Second Indictment in Case of Kawakita in Los Angeles" (p. …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 25 No. 4 (August 2, 1947) (ddr-pc-19-31)

Selected article titles: "442nd Infantry Reactivated Army Reserver as 252 Disabled Nisei Watch Rites" (p. 1), "Senate Tables Evacuation Claims Proposal Until 1948" (p. 1), "Masaoka Speaks on Minority Problems at New York" (p. 1), "Civil Service Will Drop Use of 'Japanese' Classification in Employee Loyalty Standards" (p. 2), "Ku Klux Klan Led Race Hate Campaigns …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 26 No. 7 (February 14, 1948) (ddr-pc-20-7)

Selected article titles: "Los Angeles Suit Challenges State Department Policy on Stranded Nisei in Japan" (p. 1), "Interior Department Initiates Move to Correct Restriction Against Japanese Alien Group" (p. 1), "British Columbia Enforces Ban on Japanese in Mines" (p. 1), "Legislation to Outlaw Mob Practices Backed by JACL Official at House Hearing" (p. 3), "Seabrook Chapter …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 26 No. 10 (March 6, 1948) (ddr-pc-20-10)

Selected article titles: "JACL Chapters Will Send CARE Packages to People Of Little French Community" (p. 1), "Nisei Scientist Discovers Chemical Which Kills Viruses" (p. 1), "Liberal Political Group Backs Issei Naturalization Proposal" (p. 2), "ADC Asks Early Senate Action On Bill to Prevent Arbitrary Deportation of Japanese Aliens" (p. 3), "Staley Firm Denies Presence of …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 32 No. 4 (January 27, 1951) (ddr-pc-23-4)

Selected article titles: "Consider Job Opportunities On Mainland for Qualified, Unemployed Hawaiian Nisei" (p. 1), "Two California Senate Bills Will Restore Lands, Licenses Seized by State During War" (p. 1), "34 Defendants Win Acquittal in Contempt Case" (p. 1), "Restore Citizenship to Nisei Who Voted in Japan Election" (p. 2), "Nisei GI at Occupation Job" (p. …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 33 No. 14 (October 13, 1951) (ddr-pc-23-41)

Selected article titles: "Supreme Court Denies Hearing to Renunciants. Members of Tule Lake Group Must Take Individual Steps For Citizenship Restoration" (p. 1), "Defense Department Reports Five Nisei Soldiers Killed in Action in Korean War" (p. 1), "Government Ponders Next Step in Renunciants Test Case" (p. 1), "Conviction of 'Tokyo Rose' Upheld by U.S. Circuit Court" …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 27 No. 8 (August 21, 1948) (ddr-pc-20-33)

Selected article titles: "Post-Evacuation Readjustment Of Nisei Will Be Discussed By Panel at JACL Convention" (p. 1), "U.S. Will Try 'Tokyo Rose' For Propaganda Broadcasts" (p. 1), "Nisei Can Aid U.S. Prestige, Says Truman" (p. 1), "Judge Goodman's Action Will Assure Restoration of Rights For Most of Renunciant Group" (p. 3), "Deportation Stay Law Will Affect …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 28 No. 15 (April 16, 1949) (ddr-pc-21-15)

Selected article titles: "Report JACL ADC to Oppose Racial Segregation in Army At Coming Committee Hearing" (p. 1), "Judge Goodman Signs Judgment For Renunciants" (p. 1), "Right of Nisei to Regain Confiscated Property Upheld" (p. 1), "Seek Recognition for Claims of Evacuees from Alaska" (p. 3), "Seattle Nisei Have Not Regained Economic Status of Pre-war Era" …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 30 No. 10 (March 11, 1950) (ddr-pc-22-10)

Selected article titles: "University of Washington Will Begin Study of Nisei, Issei" (p. 1), "Masaoka Brothers Test Case Will Challenge Legality of California Alien Land Law" (p. 1), "Wartime Loyalty of Hawaii Nisei Hailed as House Vote Favors Statehood Proposal" (p. 1), "Japanese American Evacuees Report Decrease in Racial Bias in Sacramento Valley" (p. 2), "JACL …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 43, No. 26 (December 28, 1956) (ddr-pc-28-52)

Selected article titles: "Saturday Evening Post Still Sees Main Point of Editorial as Valid" (p. 1), "Editorial indirectly casts doubt on JACL's primary and fundamental loyalty to U.S." (p. 1), "Yuba City Nisei joins in $450,000 damage suit against gov't, public utility for property damage caused during '55 flood" (p. 2), "Nisei assists UCLA scientist develop …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 42, No. 6 (Febuary 10, 1956) (ddr-pc-28-6)

Selected article titles: "1st veep Tom Yego dies of heart attack at home" (p. 1), "Eisenhower Urges Congress to Increase Immigration to U.S." (p. 1), "JACL disappointed in Eisenhower's immigration plan" (p. 1), " "Interracial marriage case resubmitted to Supreme Court" (p. 1), "U.S. judge rules on legality of Japanese courts to try G.I.s" (p. 2), …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 49, No. 8 (August 21, 1959) (ddr-pc-31-34)

Selected article titles: "Administration bias against Japan protested by JACL" (p. 1), "Ike to proclaim Hawaii as 50th state today" (p. 1), "D.C. chapter organizes special anti-discrimination committee" (p. 1), "Traditional Japanese dances add color to Detroit-Windsor friendship festival" (p. 4), "24 laws dealing with race, religious discrimination passed by 14 states this year--best performance in …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 64, No. 10 (March 10, 1967) (ddr-pc-39-10)

Selected article titles: "Nipponmachi Renewal" (p. 1), "Japan does best job teaching mathematics, U.S. ranks 8th" (p. 1), "Maryland Mixed Marriage Ban Repealed: Washington, D.C. JACL Active in Push to Repeal Old Law" (p. 1), "D.C. installation oratory placed in the Congressional Record" (p. 1), "Episodes of Evacuation: Crystal City internment" (p. 2), "MDYC workshop to …

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Narrator Ronald Ikejiri