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510 items
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Lily C. Hioki Interview Segment 6 (ddr-jamsj-2-10-6)
Moving to Alviso, California, and attending Japanese language school
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Miyoko Kaneta Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-449-3)
Growing up with younger siblings, attending Japanese language school
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Ayako Murakami - Masako Murakami Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-63-6)
Attending Bailey Gatzert Elementary School and the Japanese language school in Seattle, Washington
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Marion Tsutakawa Kanemoto Interview Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-148-8)
Returning to the United States, attending junior high school and Japanese language school
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Poston Chronicle Vol. XX No. 29 (October 7, 1944) (ddr-densho-145-567)
Selected article titles: "Block 14 Resident Commits Suicide" (p. 1), "Twenty Japanese Language Drillmasters Wanted by Stanford's Civil Affair Training School" (p. 1).
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Jun Kurumada Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1013-5-6)
Community activities as a child: church and Japanese language school
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Peggy Tanemura Interview Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-85-15)
Living in Seattle's Japanese Language School after World War II
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Issei men playing a game at a community picnic (ddr-densho-13-7)
These Issei men appear to be competing over who can dress the fastest. This picnic was sponsored by either a Japanese language school or a kenjinkai.
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Alums and attendees sitting in chair circle at Japanese Language School Reunion (ddr-densho-506-100)
Alums and attendees like the film crew and Alice Ito and Becky Fukuda sitting in a chair circle while being filmed at Japanese Language School Reunion.
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Paul Bannai Interview I Segment 26 (ddr-densho-1000-128-26)
Attending Military Intelligence Service Language School (MISLS), Camp Savage, Minnesota, studying hard to catch up on Japanese language skills
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Inside of barracks with cots (ddr-ajah-2-802)
Caption: Barracks 10, where some of the "Sensei" or instructors of Japanese language were housed at Camp Savage, Minnesota. They were there to teach Japanese American Niseis as part of the Military Intelligence Service Language School. October 1942-October 1943. Supplemental scan of ddr-ajah-2-431 with additional notes.
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Hitoshi "Hank" Naito Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-286-6)
Growing up on Terminal Island: Obon festivals and Japanese language school (audio-only)
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George Morihiro Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-182-4)
Childhood memories: getting kicked out of Japanese language school, ethnic diversity of friends
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Japanese American Citizens League headquarters (ddr-densho-151-38)
Original WRA caption: Centerville, California. Interior view of Japanese American Citizens League headquarters. A Japanese language school was conducted in this building. Evacuees of Japanese ancestry will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
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Topaz Times Vol. I No. 23 (November 26, 1942) (ddr-densho-142-33)
Selected article titles: "The City: Army Opening Recruiting Center Here. Language School Officers Arrive" (p. 1), "Editorial" (p. 1), "City Bell to Be Dedicated: Program at School Area" (p. 2), "Seek Teachers in Japanese to Instruct Armed Forces" (p. 2).
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Japanese language students (ddr-densho-37-749)
Original WRA caption: Navy students in the Japanese Language school at the University of Colorado learn to write by dictation. Language instructor Grayce Nakasonke (sp) corrects blackboard writing as she dictates Japanese passages. Grayce, a former Los Angeles college student spent several weeks at a War Relocation Center after evacuation from the West Coast defense area.
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S. Ohashi Collection (ddr-densho-30)
The Ohashi collection is comprised of photographs of the Japanese language school in Seattle, Washington, when it was used as a hostel for Japanese Americans immediately after World War II.
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Tsuji Collection (ddr-densho-31)
The Tsuji collection consists of two photographs of the Japanese language school in Seattle, Washington, when it was used as a hostel for Japanese Americans immediately after World War II.
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Setsu Tsuboi Tanemura Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-266-10)
Returning to live with father and sister, attending Japanese language school for the first time
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George Yoshida Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-132-7)
Attending Japanese language school: "It was something we hated, but it was ... expected of us"
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H. Nakagawa Collection (ddr-densho-32)
The H. Nakagawa collection consists of several photographs of the Japanese language school in Seattle, Washington, when it was used as a hostel for Japanese Americans immediately after World War II.
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Group posing outside building (ddr-ajah-3-251)
Caption below photo: Buddhist Temple of Alameda, CA. Appears to be graduates of the Japanese language school at 2320 Buena Vista Avenue, next door to the temple. Circa late 1940s or 1950s
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Yasashi Ichikawa Interview I Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-111-3)
Attending elementary school, privileged to attend secondary school (Japanese language)
This interview was conducted in Japanese. The transcript is a translation of the original interview.
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50 years of excellence (ddr-csujad-1-189)
An event program for Military Intelligence Service Language School Reception and Defense Language Institute 50th Anniversary, held Monterey California, October 31-November 1, 1991. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ike_03_01_003
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The Northwest Times Vol. 1 No. 83 (November 11, 1947) (ddr-densho-229-70)
"Japanese Medical Profs Study Hiroshima's "Victim No. 1" (p. 1), "Foreign Language School Act of '43 in Hawaii Ruled Unconstitutional" (p. 1) "Oyama Sees Peril of Comeback Try by Wartime Heads" (p. 4).