336 items
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Robert Moriguchi Interview Segment 25 (ddr-densho-1000-515-25)
Volunteering at the Japanese American National Museum
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Masako Murakami Interview Segment 13 (ddr-manz-1-166-13)
Volunteering for the Japanese American National Museum
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Frank T. Sata Interview II Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1000-512-19)
The building of the Japanese American National Museum
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Frank T. Sata Interview II Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1000-512-18)
Getting involved with the Japanese American National Museum
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Hal Keimi Segment 26 (ddr-densho-1000-458-26)
Current activities with the Japanese American National Museum
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Yae Aihara Interview Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1000-221-19)
Current involvement with the Japanese American National Museum
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Kazumi Yoneyama Interview Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-412-16)
Longtime volunteer work at the Japanese American National Museum
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Bruce T. Kaji Interview II Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-300-11)
Early role in establishing the Japanese American National Museum
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Hal Keimi Segment 23 (ddr-densho-1000-458-23)
Volunteering as a docent at the Japanese American National Museum
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Kanji Sahara Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1000-448-19)
Volunteering as a docent for the Japanese American National Museum
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Bruce T. Kaji Interview II Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-300-15)
Thoughts on the future of the Japanese American National Museum
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Bruce T. Kaji Interview II Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-300-10)
First considering the idea of a national Japanese American museum
Collection
Japanese American National Museum Collection (ddr-janm-13)
This collection consists of interviews conducted in by the Japanese American National Museum of Los Angeles, California in partnership with Densho.
For more information about the museum, please visit www.janm.org.
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Bruce T. Kaji Interview II Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-300-13)
The challenge of securing community monetary support for the Japanese American National Museum
Narrator Gerald Fukui
Yonsei male. Born February 14, 1953, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in Los Angeles. After graduating from college, took over the family's prestigious mortuary business. Active in several community organizations in Los Angeles' Little Tokyo including Nisei Week and the Japanese American National Museum.
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Exhibit on evacuation, camp days to open Nov. 11 in Los Angeles (ddr-csujad-55-2108)
Newspaper clipping published in the Pacific citizen regarding an exhibit, "America's Concentration Camps: Remembering the Japanese American Experience" at the Japanese American National Museum. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2211
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Barbara Reiko Mikami Keimi Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-459-15)
Helping to organize camp pilgrimages and reunions, volunteer for the Japanese American National Museum
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Bruce T. Kaji Interview II Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-300-14)
The very early days and the grand opening of the Japanese American National Museum
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 112, No. 20 [May 24, 1991] (ddr-pc-63-20)
Select article titles: "Bill would make camps national historic landmarks" (p. 1), "Asian council to advise Democrats" (p. 1), "Bush names Nikkei to national positions" (p. 1), "Manzanar up for park status" (p. 1), "Pictures from the past: Films of early Japanese American life have been preserved and will be on exhibit at new Japanese American …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 83, No. 16 (October 15, 1976) (ddr-pc-48-41)
Selected article titles: "Canadian Nikkei Prepare for Issei Centennial Year" (pp. 1, 4), "Museum to Display Evacuation Camp Art and Crafts" (p. 1), "Editorial: Topaz: 1942-1946" (p. 2), and "National Constitution Japanese American Citizens League" (pp. 5-6).
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In My Parents' Words (ddr-densho-258-208)
A booklet to accompany a panel entitled In My Parents' Words: Voices from the Department of Justice Camps at the 2013 Japanese American National Museum National Conference held at the Sheraton Hotel in Seattle, Washington. Satoru Ichikawa focuses on the separation of his father, a Buddhist priest, from his family for two years during the family's …
Narrator Grant Ujifusa
Sansei male. Born January 4, 1942, in Worland, Wyoming. Graduated from Harvard College in 1965, and went on to earn an M.A. in American History from Brandeis University and an ABT in American Civilization from Brown University. Worked for book publishers Gambit, Houghton Mifflin, Random House, Macmillan, and Reader's Digest magazine. Played an integral part in …
Narrator Robert Moriguchi
Sansei male. Born November 11, 1931, in San Francisco, California. During World War II, removed to the Merced Assembly Center, California, and the Amache concentration camp, Colorado. After leaving camp, moved to Utah for a time before eventually returning to California and becoming a pharmacist. Served on the board of the Japanese American Citizens League and …
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Gerald Fukui Interview (ddr-densho-1000-291)
Yonsei male. Born February 14, 1953, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in Los Angeles. After graduating from college, took over the family's prestigious mortuary business. Active in several community organizations in Los Angeles' Little Tokyo including Nisei Week and the Japanese American National Museum.