591 items
591 items
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Large group posing outside building (ddr-ajah-6-394)
Caption below photo: In memory of the 18th Annual Northern California Christion Church Federation meeting. Last photo before evacuation, January 22, 23, 24, 1941. Inscription in Japanese on photo front
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Sam Ogo Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-193-6)
Description of siblings; attending church
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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Sumi Okamoto Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-192-6)
Memories of prewar Methodist church
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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Letter from Harry K. Shigeta to Ai Chih Tsai (ddr-densho-446-50)
Letter regarding worship service with invitation to supper.
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Letter to Rev. Robert Inglis from Pastor Shigeo Shimada (ddr-densho-498-3)
Letter of gratitude, donation, and kindness to Rev. Robert Inglis from Shigeo Shimada
Narrator Mii Tai
Nisei female. Born 1923 in Spokane, Washington. Spent childhood in downtown Spokane where parents ran the Oriental Laundry. Family was active with the Methodist Episcopal Church and mother taught at the Japanese Language School. Attended Lewis & Clark High School. Remembers changes in the Japanese American community brought about by World War II. Husband, Sumio Tai, …
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Three children in Easter baskets (ddr-ajah-6-544)
Caption below photo: When Ken, Judy and Jo Takeda returned from their World War II incarceration camp in 1945, their family did not have a place to live in their hometown of Alameda, CA. so they stayed at their church, the Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church on Buena Vista Ave. Several Japanese families shared the space. The …
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Speech "The Evacuation and Relocation of Japanese Americans" (ddr-densho-356-1032)
Speech given at The Regional Conference of Church Social Workers in St. Louis, Missouri by Joseph B. Hunter, Chief of Community Services at Rohwer on the subject of Japanese American relocation.
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Former incarcerees who have relocated to Detroit, MI, participating in young people's service and discussion group (ddr-csujad-14-33)
Former incarcerees who have relocated to Detroit, Michigan, participating in young people's service and discussion group after regular church services at Central Methodist Church, Detroit, MI. Photo by M. Graw. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: HMLSC_TOMO_033
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Hood River Japanese Farmers Association (ddr-densho-259-363)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "A large group of Issei men and women, some with their children, and all formally dressed, in front of a stone church. This was the Riverside Church, which is a Congregational church, and it still stands in Hood River. I think that this has a connection with a memorial service which the …
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Wedding party (ddr-densho-166-6)
This wedding took place at the Japanese Baptist Church in Seattle and was performed by pastor Fukumatsu Okazaki. Back row (L to R): Iwasuke Kaita, Kambe, Kunizo, Masaye, Tamayo Funai, Yone Kaita.
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Large group at Tacoma Sectional Conference (ddr-densho-383-384)
Group outside of Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church in Tacoma. George Tokuda in third row from back, second from left. Written on front: "1933 Tacoma Sectional Conference. Photo by Chapin Bowen Inc., Tacoma".
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Mas Akiyama Segment 22 (ddr-densho-1000-188-22)
Involvement in community organizations: Boy Scouts, church
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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Mii Tai Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-186-7)
Involvement in the Methodist church while growing up
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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Sumi Okamoto Interview Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1000-192-18)
Thoughts on evolution of Spokane's Methodist church
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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Contract to build Sunday school rooms at Japanese Mission in Norwalk (ddr-csujad-57-11)
Contract to build Sunday school rooms at Japanese Mission in Norwalk, later called Friends Japanese Church. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FFC-0011
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Minutes of the California yearly meeting of Friends Church, Whittier, California, 1944 (ddr-csujad-57-28)
Includes a letter from Samuel Ishikawa of Friends Japanese Church. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FFC-0028
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Gila News-Courier Vol. III No. 38 (November 18, 1943) (ddr-densho-141-190)
Selected article titles: "Council Forms Committee to Study Housing Problems" (p. 1), "Arizona: Anti-Japanese Law Goes to Supreme Court" (p. 1), "Editorial: Dubious Succor" (p. 2), "Church Sermon Attacks Racism" (p. 2).
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Couple posing in costumes (ddr-ajah-4-51)
Caption below photo: Munch Mizokuchi, as Phillip, and Etsu Yoshida, as Adaliza, are actors in "An Old Kentucky Garden," a stageplay at the Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in Alameda, CA. March 1937
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Letter from Ai Chih Tsai to Albert W. Palmer (ddr-densho-446-14)
ACS thanks AWP for concern and use of CTS chapel. ACS will return to lead the church, but CTS chapel is not suitable for congregation's use due to economic difficulties. (Note: ACS and Ryo Morikawa married in the Hilton Chapel, 24 Dec 1942)
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Seattle Times: Navy Loading Relief Supplies to Orient (ddr-densho-446-439)
Ai Chih Tsai was one of the co-chairs of a joint effort by Seattle-area churches and the Navy to provided relief supplies to the Orient.
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Hashiguchi and Urakawa Family Collection (ddr-densho-474)
The Hashiguchi and Urakawa Family Collection, c. 1908-1977, consists of photographs, periodicals, and commemorative books belonging to the Hashiguchi and Urakawa family. Included are photographs of numerous Japanese-American societies, including the the Seattle Progressive Citizen League, the Tacoma Sectional YPCC, Seattle Domeki Bai, Nikkei Kai, and the JACL conventions in 1930 and 1967. The collection includes …
Narrator Tsuguo "Ike" Ikeda
Nisei male. Born August 15, 1924, in Portland, Oregon. Incarcerated at the North Portland Assembly Center and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Kept a diary beginning December, 1941, and through incarceration. Beginning as a teenager, was exceptionally active as a volunteer leader, first within a Japanese American church in Portland, later in camp with Federated Christian Church, …
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"JACL Reflections: Happy New Year" (ddr-densho-201-459)
Japanese American Citizens League sixteen-page booklet. Title on cover: "JACL Reflections: Happy New Year." Contains staff reflections, memorial services, newsettes, messages from service men, song dedications, church communique, humor, weddings, and other reflections.
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The Northwest Times Vol. 1 No. 39 (June 6, 1947) (ddr-densho-229-27)
"Many Alaska Salmon Industry Workers Sought" (p. 1), "Report Cites B.C. Removal of Japanese" (p. 1), "Okada and Satow Will Speak Here Monday Night in Buddhist Church; Report on Claims Board Bill" (p. 1).