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img Article regarding Bishop James Sweeney's arrival in Honolulu (ddr-njpa-2-940)

Article title: "Bishop Sweeney Gets Warm Welcome as He Arrives to Head Catholic Church Here"

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-njpa-2-940/

img Couple on the beach (ddr-densho-359-818)

Joe Kawamoto and Shigeko Nakata. They would marry in October 1933

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img Young couple (ddr-densho-359-307)

Joe and Jean Kawamoto

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img Wedding portrait (ddr-densho-359-829)

The caption in the album is written in Japanese. Jean and Joe Kawamoto

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doc Our 110,000 new boarders (ddr-csujad-55-180)

Opinion article by J.P. McEvoy on the Japanese incarceration during World War II. Includes the author's perspective on implications of the incarceration for American taxpayers and armed forces, history of Japanese labor in the United States, and opinion on the incarceration. Condensed from the Baltimore Sunday Sun. A version of this article also appeared in Reader's …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-180/

doc Draft: "We Brought 'em back alive" (ddr-densho-468-253)

Article submitted to Ladies Home Journal on traveling with young children on a family trip to Mexico

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doc Letter from Joseph Ishikawa to Board of Athletic Control at University of Nevada (ddr-densho-468-132)

Letter commending the University of Nevada for integrating college football team

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img Family outside barracks (ddr-densho-37-2)

Original WRA caption: Sakamoto family picture on golden wedding anniversary of Joseph Gerald Osamu Sakamoto and Mary Ann Tsuchi Sakamoto, both 80, at the Minidoka Relocation Center on December 11, 1943. Married in Japan, they came to the United States in 1894. Mr. Sakamoto was an early Seattle hotel proprietor. His son, James Y. Sakamoto, 40, …

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img Men and boy on ship (ddr-densho-359-1294)

Joe and Ray Kawamoto, with Ray's brother Dee

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vh Joe Seto Interview (ddr-manz-1-141)

Nisei male. Born 1924 in Tacoma, Washington. Grew up in Tacoma, where father worked for a produce business. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to the Pinedale Assembly Center, California, and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Left camp temporarily to work harvesting sugar beets for a sugar company. Drafted into the army in 1945. …

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doc Longacres to House Evacuees (April 2, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-740)

The Seattle Daily Times, April 2, 1942, p. 20

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av Ritsuo Takeuchi oral history interview (ddr-csujad-31-15)

Oral history of Ritsuo Takeuchi, recorded as part of Asian American Studies 390, California State University, Northridge. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: JSFVOH_01-19

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img Three men meeting about statehood for Hawai'i (ddr-njpa-1-2438)

Caption on reverse: "DAV men testify: Two representatives of the Oahu Chapter No. 1 of the Disabled American Veterans were among those who spoke for statehood for Hawaii yesterday before Judge Carl E. Wimberly, representative of the U.S. senate public lands subcommittee, in the senate chambers of Iolani Palace. Above, left to right, are Terumi Kato, …

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img Parents and son (ddr-densho-359-211)

Kaichi and Itsuno Kawamoto pose in front of a tractor while Joe Kawamoto sits in the driver's seat of the tractor.

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 47, No. 2 (July 11, 1958) (ddr-pc-30-28)

Select article titles: "Tokyoans celebrate 100th anniversary of Joseph Heco's naturalization as American citizen, descendants attend" (p.3); "Utah Congressman Dawson alerts colleagues to 15th Biennial parley" (p. 4); "'Why I am against JACL involvement in U.S.-Japan relations': Saburo Kido" (p. 5); "Bay Area home builder denies minority races depreciate property values" (p.8) Starting in No. 13, …

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doc Submission letter from Joseph Ishikawa to Neal Stuart at Ladies Home Journal with two slides (ddr-densho-468-252)

Cover letter for submission of article about taking young children on a family trip to Mexico with slides of Ishikawa family.

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doc Letter from David Fleming, John O'Hare, Wayne Wheeler, and Joseph Ishikawa to Ray McConnell Jr. (ddr-densho-468-228)

Discussion of shortcomings of two-party system and necessity of Socialist Party.

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doc Nisei Group to Fight Evacuation (February 20, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-638)

The Seattle Daily Times, February 20, 1942, p. 13

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img Soviet leaders watching Yosuke Matsuoka sign the Japan-Soviet Neutrality Pact (ddr-njpa-4-897)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Japan and Soviet Union signed a treaty. On April 13th, at the Kremlin Palace, a historic signing ceremony was held for a neutrality pact between Japan and the Soviet Union. The picture shows Foreign Minister Matsuoka signing the treaty; Miyakawa, embassy secretary; Ambassador Tatekawa; Lozovsky, deputy people's commissar of foreign affairs; Molotov, …

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av James Higashida oral history interview (ddr-csujad-31-4)

Oral history of James Higashida, recorded as part of Asian American Studies 390, California State University Northridge. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: JSFVOH_01-03

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-31-4/

img Mike Masaoka arriving in Hawai'i (ddr-njpa-1-970)

Caption on reverse: "Mike Masaoka greeted on arrival here: Mike Masaoka (second from left), national legislative director of the Anti-Discrimination Committee of the Japanese-American Citizens' League of Washington, D.C., is shown being greeted upon his arrival here Saturday evening by plane from San Francisco. Pictured with Masaoka are, left to right: Rep. Joseph Itagaki, Miss Margaret …

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img Family portait (ddr-densho-359-1279)

Kawamoto family poses with their dog.Joe, Jean, and Ray Kawamoto

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doc Draft: The University as Tastemaker (ddr-densho-468-236)

Typed draft of essay on the role of university galleries and museums in the proliferation and trade of art (later printed in The Palette 1957-1958 issue)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-236/

doc Swimming pool test (ddr-densho-468-192)

Description of attempt for a mixed race group to access municipal swimming pool.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-192/

doc Interview with Homer Kyle (ddr-densho-468-191)

Description of interview [note: not a transcript] regarding Ishikawa's efforts to desegregate municipal swimming pool, including discussion of a legal challenge. Second note describes Kyle's follow-up on July 22, 1946

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-191/

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