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Jim Hirabayashi Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1002-5-3)
vh Jim Hirabayashi Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1002-5-3)
Community life prewar: picnics, Japanese language school, church group

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life histories, instead …

Desert echoes 1943 (ddr-csujad-55-143)
doc Desert echoes 1943 (ddr-csujad-55-143)
Yearbook, "Desert echoes" 1943, created by the members of the 1st Junior Christian Church at the Poston incarceration camp, Poston Arizona. Includes essays by church leaders, history of vacation bible school and the first Junior Church, parish and inter-parish activities, biographical information on pastors, list of officers, essay competition, parish organizations and activities, "Ideal Girl" and …
Fujinkai? (ddr-csujad-25-333)
img Fujinkai? (ddr-csujad-25-333)
A group photograph of Japanese women and a Japanese man. The group appears to be "Fujinkai" affiliated with the Buddhist Church of America. It is taken by "Takano Studio" in Seattle, Washington on June 11, 1933. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_11_01_003
Hood River Japanese community band (ddr-densho-259-319)
img Hood River Japanese community band (ddr-densho-259-319)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "The Hood River Japanese community band--or maybe it was the Hood River Japanese Methodist Church Band I think that LeRoy Burns used to lead this band and maybe later on it was a Mr. Savo, but in this picture, neither of them are pictured. This was taken on the wooden front steps …
Pastor of Whittier First Friends Church (ddr-csujad-57-52)
img Pastor of Whittier First Friends Church (ddr-csujad-57-52)
Portrait housed in envelope marked "Pastors" in Whittier First Friends Church archives. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FFC-0051
Pastor of Whittier First Friends Church (ddr-csujad-57-58)
img Pastor of Whittier First Friends Church (ddr-csujad-57-58)
Portrait housed in envelope marked "Pastors" in Whittier First Friends Church archives. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FFC-0057
Pastor of Whittier First Friends Church (ddr-csujad-57-60)
img Pastor of Whittier First Friends Church (ddr-csujad-57-60)
Portrait housed in envelope marked "Pastors" in Whittier First Friends Church archives. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FFC-0059
Pastor of Whittier First Friends Church (ddr-csujad-57-50)
img Pastor of Whittier First Friends Church (ddr-csujad-57-50)
Portrait housed in envelope marked "Pastors" in Whittier First Friends Church archives. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FFC-0049
Pastor of Whittier First Friends Church (ddr-csujad-57-55)
img Pastor of Whittier First Friends Church (ddr-csujad-57-55)
Portrait housed in envelope marked "Pastors" in Whittier First Friends Church archives. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FFC-0054
Friends Church apportionment July 1902 (ddr-csujad-57-48)
doc Friends Church apportionment July 1902 (ddr-csujad-57-48)
List of names and donation amounts. ''Apportionment for Friends Church July 1902.'' See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FFC-0047
Gila News-Courier Vol. III No. 114 (May 13, 1944) (ddr-densho-141-270)
doc Gila News-Courier Vol. III No. 114 (May 13, 1944) (ddr-densho-141-270)
Selected article titles: "Solid Stand by 'Time' Readers" (p. 1), "Test Cases to be Heard" (p. 1), "Deportation: Anti-Japanese Bill Proposed" (p. 1), "100th Battalion: Battalion of Heroes" (p. 1), "Santa Maria: Church Group Remembers Nisei" (p. 3), "Evacuees Face Treason Charge" (p. 3).
Couple posing in costumes (ddr-ajah-4-52)
img Couple posing in costumes (ddr-ajah-4-52)
Caption below photo: Tim Yamasaki, as Stephen Foster and Etsu Yoshida, as Adaliza, are actors from "An Old Kentucky Garden," a stageplay at the Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church, South in Alameda, CA. The show was directed by Ruby Yoshino and Albert Torio. March 1937
Three women in costumes (ddr-ajah-4-54)
img Three women in costumes (ddr-ajah-4-54)
Caption below photo: Kiyo Date (left), as Elmino, Etsu Yoshida, as Adaliza, and Shinayo Kikuchi sing in "An Old Kentucky Garden", a stageplay at the Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church, South in Alameda, CA. The show was directed by Ruby Yoshino and Alber Torio. March 1937
Double portrait of Hajime Date and unknown man (ddr-ajah-6-357)
img Double portrait of Hajime Date and unknown man (ddr-ajah-6-357)
Caption below photo: Hajime Date of Alameda, CA. He was born in Japan on December 27, 1878. If he is 20 years old here, this photo would be circa 1898. He was an active member of the Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in Alameda.
Portrait of man (ddr-ajah-6-747)
img Portrait of man (ddr-ajah-6-747)
Caption below photo: An Issei man posed in Mataichi Ozeki's photo studio at 1621 Park Street, in Alameda, CA, circa 1910-1920s. While his identity is unknown, he attended the early version of the Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church, South, which later became Buena Vista Methodist.
Women in winter (ddr-csujad-55-2278)
img Women in winter (ddr-csujad-55-2278)
Black and white photograph depicting two women in front of a church in winter. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2383
Gila News-Courier Vol. III No. 152 (August 10, 1944) (ddr-densho-141-308)
doc Gila News-Courier Vol. III No. 152 (August 10, 1944) (ddr-densho-141-308)
Selected article titles: "Cleveland: Nisei Establish Church Group" (p. 1), "Tule Hunger Strikers End Eleven Day Fast" (p. 1), "Center Jobs May Be Put Under Priority System" (p. 1), "Portland: Japanese Graves Pillaged Twice" (p. 3), "Tule Boy Killed by Dump Truck" (p. 4), "Twenty Japanese Linguists Needed at Stanford University" (p. 5), "No Immigration Canada …
The Northwest Times Vol. 4 No. 94 (November 25, 1950) (ddr-densho-229-256)
doc The Northwest Times Vol. 4 No. 94 (November 25, 1950) (ddr-densho-229-256)
"One Out of Every Three Doesn't Believe in God, Japanese University Student Poll Discloses" (p. 1), "New U.S. Law Affects Issei" (p. 1), "Tacoma Buddhists to Note 30th Year of Their Church" (p. 1), "Walter Bill, Hawaii Statehood Head ADC Agenda; Congress Meets Monday" (p. 2).
Bulletin of the First Congregational Church, 1943 June 20 (ddr-csujad-20-26)
doc Bulletin of the First Congregational Church, 1943 June 20 (ddr-csujad-20-26)
Bulletin of the First Congregational Church announcing a forthcoming address entitled "When Japan Attacks". See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: WLM_01-47_01
Letter from George K. Sakai,  1942 May 4 (ddr-csujad-20-14)
doc Letter from George K. Sakai, 1942 May 4 (ddr-csujad-20-14)
Letter from George Sakai to United Methodist Church regarding address information for a mutual friend. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: WLM_01-46_13
Granada Pioneer Vol. I No. 84 (July 21, 1943) (ddr-densho-147-85)
doc Granada Pioneer Vol. I No. 84 (July 21, 1943) (ddr-densho-147-85)
Selected article titles: "Relocation Pamphlets to be Distributed" (p. 1), "Must Use Water Sparingly" (p. 1), "Church Groups Hear Talk on Discrimination" (p. 2), "Nisei Speak on Discrimination" (p. 3), "Control Japanese is Arizona Plea" (p. 3), "Nisei are Capable in Aiding War Effort" (p. 3).
First Communion class (ddr-densho-37-684)
img First Communion class (ddr-densho-37-684)
Original WRA caption: First Communion class of Catholic Church at Minidoka Relocation Center, Hunt, Idaho. The Rev. L.H. Tibesar, Maryknoll Missionary, is pastor. The nuns are Maryknoll sisters from the Maryknoll Mission in Seattle where the Maryknoll group numbered 1000 Japanese Catholics and non-Catholics before evacuation.
First Communion class (ddr-densho-37-683)
img First Communion class (ddr-densho-37-683)
Original WRA caption: First Communion class of Catholic Church at Minidoka Relocation Center, Hunt, Idaho. The Rev. L.H. Tibesar, Maryknoll Missionary, is pastor. The nuns are Maryknoll sisters from the Maryknoll Mission in Seattle where the Maryknoll group numbered 1000 Japanese Catholics and non-Catholics before evacuation.
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