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628 items
![Newspaper clipping: Reception at Art Center for Director (ddr-densho-468-239)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/e3/40/e34097f08ee87ba455f3822b0c2e6194.jpg)
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Newspaper clipping: Reception at Art Center for Director (ddr-densho-468-239)
News clipping of an art reception to be held in honor of Joseph Ishikawa and his wife at the Sioux City Art Center (author, publication, and date unknown)
![Joseph Ishikawa Collection (ddr-densho-468)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/97/7c/977c6f4bf1448ed29cf0fcf6711e6c15.jpg)
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Joseph Ishikawa Collection (ddr-densho-468)
The Joseph Ishikawa collection, c.1942-2012, consists of the personal papers of Joseph Bunichi Ishikawa. Contained are unfinished drafts of stories and poems, correspondence, photograph albums, newspaper clippings, essays, diary entries, and other documents pertaining to Ishikawa’s life before, during, and after World War II. Also included are correspondence and newspaper clippings relating to Ishikawa’s work on …
![Joe Ishikawa and Phyllis (ddr-densho-468-363)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/48/05/48056fe7298d6633e4266ece2f593d1c.jpg)
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Joe Ishikawa and Phyllis (ddr-densho-468-363)
Black and white photo of Joseph Ishikawa (left) and Phyllis (right) standing on the deck of a ship. Caption on album page: "[erased] and Phyllis" written in white pencil.
![Kawamoto Family (ddr-densho-359-1691)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/90/ae/90aec6db71c0ee248ba7df4a2524a19d.jpg)
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Kawamoto Family (ddr-densho-359-1691)
Photograph of Itsuno and Kaichi Kawamoto and their two oldest children, Yoneko Jeanette “Jenny” (Kawamoto) Otsuka and Joseph Warren “Joe” Kawamoto on a front porch in Jefferson County, Washington.
![Speech](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/46/28/46286303af15436ce64e65d1c901a0ba.jpg)
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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.
![Note:](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/e1/a4/e1a4a0ddb6a391bb83341163144553b8.jpg)
![Note for student leave narrative (ddr-densho-468-133)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/0e/e2/0ee23bbfb764aca45d48af7b2c7063ae.jpg)
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Note for student leave narrative (ddr-densho-468-133)
Continuation of narrative from ddr-densho-468-104.
![Letter from Joseph Ishikawa to Eva (ddr-densho-468-99)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/7f/32/7f3280b8b8d35d99e1c97244e8bb4215.jpg)
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Letter from Joseph Ishikawa to Eva (ddr-densho-468-99)
Letter written from Granada (Amache) describing life in the concentration camp compared to Santa Anita.
![Draft:](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/3e/a7/3ea7dd27806c8afe77a0d506fe336a5c.jpg)
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Draft: "Race 4 in Japan" (ddr-densho-468-153)
Essay on race, Japanese ethnicity, and visit to pre-war Japan
![Testimony before the Lincoln City Council (ddr-densho-468-193)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/ca/0b/ca0b2f559dbcf827b9b57e484fdd315f.jpg)
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Testimony before the Lincoln City Council (ddr-densho-468-193)
Testimony given in protest of segregation of municipal swimming pool
![Letter from Joseph Ishikawa to City Council President (ddr-densho-468-187)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/65/3b/653bd2425450bf98a88d5371dfd21865.jpg)
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Letter from Joseph Ishikawa to City Council President (ddr-densho-468-187)
Letter protesting segregation of Lincoln, Nebraska, municipal swimming pool
![Draft essay:](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/01/df/01df827033cf53c30d5fb4b36d198efe.jpg)
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Draft essay: "It is obvious that mr. w. h. anderson is neither" (ddr-densho-468-154)
Reflection on racism, anti-Japanese sentiment, Japan's military government, and Japanese-American identity.
![Letters from Joseph Ishikawa to Mrs. Trichey and Mrs. Taylor (ddr-densho-468-144)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/47/7d/477d439bda6b2626d603f7f8e1bd8f79.jpg)
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Letters from Joseph Ishikawa to Mrs. Trichey and Mrs. Taylor (ddr-densho-468-144)
Handwritten drafts of letters of appreciation
![Short story:](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/7d/db/7ddbf9771df9ff49be8ce7b22d864537.jpg)
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Short story: "Isophid: An Interim Report" and rejection letter from Esquire magazine (ddr-densho-468-88)
Typed manuscript. Satire genre.
![Granada Pioneer Vol. II No. 8 (November 24, 1943) (ddr-densho-147-121)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/ce/fb/cefbe9a34b3e668971c26e1d3b8ba23e.jpg)
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Granada Pioneer Vol. II No. 8 (November 24, 1943) (ddr-densho-147-121)
Selected article titles: "New Civil Service Test to Assure Placement" (p. 1), "U.S. Ambassador Joseph Grew Pleads for Fair Treatment on Nisei" (p. 5), "Huge Crowd at Issei Program" (p. 5).
![](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/0b/df/0bdf195c269d41bbe2814cba114390f2.jpg)
Narrator Joseph Frisino
Male of Italian and Irish descent. Born 1919 in Baltimore, Maryland. Grew up in the countryside outside of Baltimore with his parents, younger sister, and maternal grandmother. Raised Catholic, he attended public schools until graduating in 1936 at age seventeen. Began working for the Baltimore News Post in 1937 until the draft of 1940 when he …
![Letter from Joseph Ishikawa to Hank (ddr-densho-468-208)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/1b/b0/1bb061fb572ab31a66b2df976def291e.jpg)
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Letter from Joseph Ishikawa to Hank (ddr-densho-468-208)
Letter describing unsuccessful attempt to add Norman Thomas to Nebraskan ballot. Request for updates from California. Also includes a name to add to Hank's mailing list. Handwritten comment on author's "prairie fever."
![Letter from Joseph Ishikawa to Bill (ddr-densho-468-210)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/fa/dc/fadc9507161d8d60b7e5f66c86a94588.jpg)
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Letter from Joseph Ishikawa to Bill (ddr-densho-468-210)
Draft of letter explaining poor turnout at Nebraska Socialist Party convention meeting with updates on fundraising and promising recruits.
![Letter from CD to Joseph Ishikawa (ddr-densho-468-212)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/e2/3e/e23e37685a552e5802feac5f7cbede21.jpg)
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Letter from CD to Joseph Ishikawa (ddr-densho-468-212)
Sorry that the Socialist Party couldn't get onto the ballot. C.D. is hoping to practice in Nebraska after graduating. Thoughts on political organizing and the Socialist Party.
![Letter from Joseph Ishikawa to Shirley (ddr-densho-468-189)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/ee/67/ee677bd97dd8a36493b27135ff48343c.jpg)
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Letter from Joseph Ishikawa to Shirley (ddr-densho-468-189)
Letter explaining resignation in protest of swimming pool segregation