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doc Sentinel supplement, series 53 (April 6, 1943) (ddr-csujad-55-1044)

News bulletin for incarcerees covering announcements, events, programs, policies, recreational activities, and jobs at Heart Mountain incarceration camp. Current issue includes information on employment, private property stored in Los Angeles, clothing allowances, lectures sponsored by the Buddhist church, the hospitalization of three children, and construction. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization …

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vh Mii Tai Interview (ddr-densho-1000-186)

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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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 18 No. 2 (January 15, 1944) (ddr-pc-16-3)

Selected article titles: "No Movement Of Tule Lake Troops Planned" (p. 1), "Federal Freeze Order on Evacuee-Owned Properties Lifted" (p. 1), "Evacuee Boilermen, Janitors End Six-Day Strike at Hunt" (p. 1), "Inquiries Disprove Charge Evacuees Buying Choice Farm Land, Says Denver WRA Office" (p. 1), "Japanese Aliens Still Ineligible For Armed Forces" (p. 2), "Vigilance Against …

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doc Card from Kintaro Kitahara to Mitzi Naohara, December 1943 (ddr-csujad-38-356)

An invitation card to the wedding ceremony for Tayeko Kitahata and Sgt. Ray Kikumi Umade held at Third Christian Church Chapel 1 in the Poston camp in Arizona at 7:00 on Tuesday December 14, 1943. The caption reads: Tykies wedding announcement. An item from: Mitzi Naohara scrapbook (csudh_nao_0400), page 6. See this object in the California …

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doc Bussei review, vol. 2, no. 8 (Jan. 11, 1944): pages 1-14 (ddr-csujad-38-358)

New year's edition of "Bussei review"published on January 11, 1944, at the Poston camp in Arizona. It is published by Poston III Young Buddhist Association (YBA) which is affiliated with the Buddhist Church of America. It contains pages 1-14. Pages 15-16 are found in item: csudh_nao_0418. An item from: Mitzi Naohara scrapbook (csudh_nao_0400), page 7. See …

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doc Manzanar Free Press Vol. 6 No. 81 (March 31, 1945) (ddr-densho-125-325)

Selected article titles: "Eight Families Sign Contracts for Agricultural Work in Utah" (p. 1), "Christian Church to Hold Easter Sunrise Services" (p. 1), "Lack of Patrons Close Library in Block 22-15" (p. 1), "Release Figures on Nisei Boys in the U.S. Armed Forces" (p. 1), "Regulations Limit Construction Work in WRA Centers" (p. 1), "Vandals Disturb …

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doc Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 151 (December 14, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-237)

Selected article titles: "Returnee Farmers are in Better Position Than Small Shop Men"; "On the Other Hand"; "Births are Reported"; "Watch for Booby Traps, Watchword of Wary Japanese American Vets"; "Nisei Veterans Invited by AVC"; "Phone Call Caught Attention of Hoover"; "Housing Problem Grows as Population Swells"; "Cal. St. Community Church Program for This Week-end"; "Episode …

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doc Colorado Times Vol. 31, No. 4314 (May 24, 1945) (ddr-densho-150-28)

Selected article titles: "Evacuee Family Receives Hearty Welcome Home to Coast"; "Shots Hit Home of Returned Nisei"; "Racial Plan"; "Gila River Parents Wear 551 Service Pins"; "Native Sons Ask Army to Ban Japanese Return"; "'Nisei in the War Against Japan'"; "Nisei to Get Aid"; "Fashion Academy to Graduate 13"; "WRA Plans Drive for Hiring of Nisei"; …

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img Obon Festival- Odori folk dance (ddr-one-1-191)

Black and white photographic negative of Obon dancers waving small Japanese flags. Left line from left to right: Hisano Sakamoto, Kaoru Funatake and unidentified women. Right line from left to right: Grace Mieko (Muramatsu) Ouchida, Shizuko "Shiz" (Ochiai) Ota Okazaki, Betty Nakashimada, Shiz (Fujita) Inaba and an unidentified woman. Obon is an annual event hosted by …

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vh Chester Earls Interview (ddr-one-7-11)

White male. Born in Spokane, Washington. Served as pastor of the First Methodist Church in Portland, Oregon, with a mainly Japanese American congregation, for thirteen years in the 1960s and '70s.

(This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or …

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img Chicken farm; Camp water tower; Japanese union store and camp barber shop; Mail boxes (ddr-csujad-55-1442)

Scrapbook page containing five black and white photographs of locations at Crystal City Department of Justice Internment Camp including the chicken farm, Catholic church, water tower, union store, and barber shop. Title from caption. From the Mary F. Clark scrapbook, "Before I Forget, 1942-1947," page 93. See also sac_jaac_1334 through sac_jaac_1529. See this object in the …

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doc U.S. Department of Justice Alien Enemy Questionnaire page 24 of 26. (ddr-one-5-146)

Photocopy of a declassified questionnaire used to determine if the person named is to be considered an enemy alien. This page covers questions 98b - 102b of 111. Koyama continues to answer "No" to all questions regarding his or family involvement in foreign governments or their military. He also states that he has never aided an …

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doc Minidoka Irrigator Vol. III No. 4 (March 20, 1943) (ddr-densho-119-32)

Selected article titles: "2,571 Given Leaves Up to March 6. 2,942 Clearances Also Granted To be Evacuees, Wash. Figures Reveal" (p. 1), "Hawaii Japanese Seek Permission To Anglicize Names" (p. 1), "Travel Bureau Service Formed" (p. 1), "Ration Office Discloses Additions To List of Non-Rationed Footwear" (p. 1), "Bus Bound For Twin Careens. One Seriously Hurt; …

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Collection Ai Chih and Ryo (Morikawa) Tsai Family Collection (ddr-densho-446)

The Ai Chih and Ryo (Morikawa) Tsai Collection consists of materials compiled by Rev. Ai Chih Tsai and his wife, Ryo (Morikawa) Tsai, along with other documents pertaining to the Tsai and Morikawa families. Contained are correspondence, photographs, narratives, and other documents depicting the Tsai family’s experiences prior to, during, and immediately following World War II. …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Whole No. 2167, Vol. 93, No. 23 (December 4, 1981) (ddr-pc-53-48)

Selected article titles: "CWRIC holds 1-day hearing in New York" (p. 1), "Church leaders urge redress for internees" (p. 1), "Doctor says Hawaii Nisei judge was not beaten up" (p. 1), "ACLU's Statement to CWRIC" (p. 2), "Doctor says hepatitis frequent in Asians" (p. 3), "'Yakuza' -- Some Unpleasant Implications" (p. 5), "The Problems of Self-Identity" …

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doc Card from Hazel Irene Rodgers to Mitzi Naohara, April 25, 1943 (ddr-csujad-38-404)

An Easter card from Hazel Irene Rodgers of Indianapolis, Indiana. It was mailed to Mitzi Masukawa Naohara incarcerated at the Poston camp in Arizona. It appears that Hazel Irene Rodgers is affiliated with church and supporting Mitzi in teaching in a nursery in the camp. An item from: Mitzi Naohara scrapbook (csudh_nao_0400), page 31. See this …

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img Ko Nakatani Yukio sogi kinen [Commemorative photograph for the late Yukio Nakatani's funeral] (ddr-csujad-25-336)

A group photograph of the attendees of Yukio Nakatani's funeral held at a Buddhist temple. The photograph is taken on August 23, 1937 by "Aiko," a photo studio in Seattle, Washington. Funeral flowers are offered by: Yamaguchi Prefecture Association, Holiness Church, Kamejiro Yuasa, Yoshihito Yuasa, Shigezaburo Fukuhara, Fumikichi Okazaki, Sadao Nakatani, Cannery Workers, and others. See …

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doc Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 43 (April 9, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-132)

Selected article titles: "Preponderance of Successful West Coast Resettlement Emphasized"; "Examples of Neighborly Incidents Involving Japanese Americans in California Disclosed"; "California-Bound"; "Four Violators of Service Act in Court"; "Two More Girls Join Army's Nurse Corps"; "Famed Nisei Infantry Spearheading Fifth Army Drive on Italian Front"; "Racial Tolerance is Stressed by Sinatra"; "Want Ads Today"; "Nisei Girl …

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doc Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 38 (March 28, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-127)

Selected article titles: "Statehood and Loyalty Pressed"; "Travel Regulations for Isseis Disclosed"; "Japanese Arrested While Gambling in New York"; "Son Captive of Germans"; "Surplus Farm Tools"; "Nisei Service Held"; "Yorty Candidate"; "Nisei Girl Convicted of Theft in Cleveland"; "17,600 Niseis in U.S. Armed Forces"; "Nisei Girl Dies of Giving Birth to Twins; Marine Loves Overseas"; "Want …

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doc General information bulletin (Cody, Wyo.), series 5 (September 5, 1942) (ddr-csujad-55-641)

General Information Bulletin, Series 5, published at the Heart Mountain incarceration camp, Wyoming, on September 5, 1942. Bulletin including news, events, and topics related to Heart Mountain incarceration camp. Includes: Special Labor Day program set; Community enterprises on cooperative basis; Meeting notices; Internal security information; Church notices; General information; and Tap water now fit to drink. …

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Japanese, Dr. Strong Thinks, Assimilable. Pastor of Queen Anne Congregational Church Pleads for Square Deal for Those Now United States. Always Willing to Meet Our Overtures. (September 29, 1913) (ddr-densho-56-238)

doc Japanese, Dr. Strong Thinks, Assimilable. Pastor of Queen Anne Congregational Church Pleads for Square Deal for Those Now United States. Always Willing to Meet Our Overtures. (September 29, 1913) (ddr-densho-56-238)

The Seattle Daily Times, September 29, 1913, p. 10

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 22 No. 14 (April 6, 1946) (ddr-pc-18-14)

Selected article titles: "Church Service Groups Rap 'Third Evacuation'; Question Legality of Eviction Notices" (p. 1), "Many Japanese Americans Killed in Hawaii Disaster. Hope Abandoned for Safety Of School Children Missing Since Tidal Wave Hit Hilo" (p. 1), "First Canadian Repatriates to Leave Shortly" (p. 1), "Two Thousand Returnees Still Living in Housing Projects" (p. 1), …

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doc Bussei review, vol. 2, no. 8 (Jan. 11, 1944): pages 15-16 (ddr-csujad-38-359)

New year's edition of "Bussei review"published on January 11, 1944, in the Poston camp in Arizona. It is published by Poston III Young Buddhist Association (YBA) which is affiliated with the Buddhist Church of America. It contains pages 15-16. Pages 1-14 are found in item: csudh_nao_0417. An item from: Mitzi Naohara scrapbook (csudh_nao_0400), page 8. See …

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doc Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 134 (November 9, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-220)

Selected article titles: "Case May Affect 6000 in Category"; "Calif. St. Church Program"; "S.P. Says Anti-Japanese Attitude was Unknown"; "Train Interpreters"; "He Hopes to Search for His Parents in Japan"; "Name Hearing Board Members"; "Divorce Decree Issued"; "Coloradoans Return to Coast"; "Parents Hear from Son"; "18 Gold Stars"; "Slate Oyama Case for Court Test"; "Art Goods …

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doc Seattle Chapter, JACL Reporter, Vol. XX, No. 6, June 1983 (ddr-sjacl-1-323)

Newsletter covering the following topics: Uhachi Tamesa speaks at Scholarship Award Banquet, already donated $14,500 for scholarships, donated an additional $2,500.00. Andrews funded by Seattle JACL and Japanese Baptist Church; Puyallup Fair Monument sponsored by Seattle JACL, Puyallup Valley JACL, and Western Washington Fair Association, each pledging $5,000. Washington State appropriated $26,700, including $13,700 from Gov …

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