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1040 items
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Five men in uniform leaning on fence looking at pelican. Written on front: Iwao, Myso, Leo, Jun (ddr-ajah-2-10)
Written on back: Rio Yasukawa / Somewhere in Australia 1944
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Envelope and letter to Dr. Keizaburo "Kei" Koyama from Teru Koyama (ddr-one-5-57)
Envelope addressed to Dr. Keizaburo Koyama at Santa Fe Dentention Station from his wife, Teru Koyama. Postmarked Jun 17, 1943. In red pencil “6/23/43” is written above the address. Inside is a letter about a recent trip to Idaho Falls for shopping. Teru bought some fabric to make some new dresses and she bought new glasses …
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Letter from Harold Ickes to President Roosevelt (ddr-densho-67-87)
Letter from Harold Ickes to President Roosevelt urging the President to rescind orders excluding Japanese Americans from the West Coast. Ickes gives many reasons, including unconstitutionality of detaining American citizens, lack of military necessity and psychological damage to Japanese Americans.
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Memo from President Franklin D. Roosevelt (ddr-densho-67-86)
Memo to the Acting Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Interior from President Roosevelt on resettlement. Roosevelt suggests gradual resettlement by seeing how many people would be opposed to the Japanese returning to the West Coast as well as other parts of the country. He also wants to try distributing a few families to …
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Letter to Governor Herbert Lehman from President Roosevelt (ddr-densho-67-95)
Letter to New York Governor Herbert Lehman from President Roosevelt on Italians and Germans in the U.S. In response to a letter from Lehman, Roosevelt assures him that there will be no evacuation of German or Italian aliens/Americans.
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"Atka and Pribilof Native Evacuation to Killisnoo and Funters Bay -- Southeastern Alaska" (ddr-densho-67-44)
Letter from R.J. Schoettler, Officer-In-Charge to the District Intelligence Officer, 13th Naval District. Account of removal of Atka and Pribilof Natives to Southeast Alaska. Accounts of natives' past encounters with Japanese people.
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Telephone conversation between Bendetsen and Tate (ddr-densho-67-112)
Transcript of telephone conversation between Bendetsen and Tate. Tate proposes two plans: first, that Justices of the Peace be appointed to each camp to hold trials; second, that they begin censoring the mail. Tate suggests that they even withhold the mail like they do with "military prisoners."
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Letter from Justice Felix Frankfurter to Chief Justice Harlan Stone (ddr-densho-67-121)
Letter from Justice Felix Frankfurter to Chief Justice Harlan Stone about the Hirabayashi decision. Frankfurter informs Stone that there is a debate surrounding the use of language in the decision -- warns that many more habeas corpus suits could be filed if the court does not accurately state their opinion.
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Letter titled: "Pacemaker" (ddr-densho-67-38)
Letter written by Richard E. Rudisill, Major, QMC, Officer in Charge, regarding background information on the editorial staff of the "Pacemaker," Santa Anita Assembly Center's newspaper.
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Masanori Oshima, a Japanese educational administrator (ddr-njpa-4-1618)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Masanori Oshima."
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Tokyo Police Department guide (ddr-njpa-4-1612)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "The only girl in a group accepted as guides. The metropolitan police department will announce acceptance for guides on the 22nd. Only 17 people passed out of 120 applicants. Among those accepted people, the only girl in the group is Eiko Ono (27), who works at [?] as a clerk. She is …
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Shumei Okawa and others (ddr-njpa-4-1586)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "(Tokyo) June 16, 1936. Dr. Shumei Okawa, who is a civilian accessory of the 5.15 Incident, President of [?] (51), was judged [?] of Chief Justice Shimizu as an accessory to the Navy on December 24th last year. He was referred to [?] and received a penalty of five years' imprisonment ([?]), …
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Wataru Narabashi, a South Manchuria Railway financial advisor and a woman wearing leis (ddr-njpa-4-1373)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Wataru Narabashi."
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Hiroo Nanba (ddr-njpa-4-1370)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Hiroo Nanba (3252) third place."
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Wataru Narabashi, a South Manchuria Railway financial advisor (ddr-njpa-4-1372)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Wataru Narabashi."
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Yatsuo Niimoto, a Meiji Sugar Company employee (ddr-njpa-4-1395)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Yatsuo Niimoto, employee of Meiji sugar production company."