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vh Grace Watanabe Kimura Interview (ddr-densho-1000-249)

Nisei female. Born 1925 in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in Boyle Heights, where father was a prominent Baptist minister, establishing his own church. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, removed with family to the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. Obtained student leave to finish high school in Abilene, Texas. Post-World War II, …

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vh Wakako Yamauchi Interview (ddr-densho-1000-253)

Nisei female. Born October 23, 1924, in Westmorland, California. Grew up in the Imperial Valley before being removed with family to the Poston concentration camp, Arizona, during World War II. After leaving camp, attended art school in San Diego before marrying and moving to Los Angeles. Published short story And the Soul Shall Dance, which …

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doc A Myopic Account of a Relocated Life during the Second World War (ddr-densho-468-97)

Personal recollections of life in an assembly center and relocation camp for Japanese descendants and various digressions

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img Taenaka family and relatives (ddr-csujad-25-217)

A page from the Taenaka family photo album. Pasted on the page are six photographs of the Taenaka family, including Yaeko, Chiyoko, and Saiko and their relatives, most likely taken in Los Angeles, California in the early 1930s. In the photographs, Japanese American females and children are wearing kimono. See this object in the California State …

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img Taenaka family portrait (ddr-csujad-25-253)

A page from the Taenaka family photo album. Pasted on the page are three photographs including a portrait of the Taenaka family taken in Los Angeles, California between 1921 and 1923 and a photograph of the Taenaka family members along with other people in the Japanese community having a picnic. See this object in the California …

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img Taenaka family, children (ddr-csujad-25-261)

A page from the Taenaka family photo album. Pasted on the pages are thirteen photographs mainly of the Taenakas' children. One photograph includes all the family members: Tamesaburo, Kamie, Haruko, Yaeko, Ukichi, Toshikuni, Chiyoko, and Saiko Taenaka. The photographs are taken in the early 1920s in Los Angeles, California. See this object in the California State …

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img Taenaka family, kimono (ddr-csujad-25-271)

A page from the Taenaka family photo album. Pasted on the page are five photographs of the Taenaka family, including Kamie, Haruko, Chiyoko, and Saiko taken with the local Japanese American community in Los Angeles, California. Haruko, Chiyoko and Saiko wear kimono. The photographs are probably taken in the early 1930s. See this object in the …

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img Kamie Taenaka (ddr-csujad-25-226)

A page from the Taenaka family photo album. Pasted on the page are five photographs of Kamie Taenaka [Shibuya]. Include Haruko and Tamesaburo Taenaka. The photographs are taken around the early 1910s in Los Angeles, California. Also include Kamie Taenaka's photographs most likely taken in Japan before the marriage. See this object in the California State …

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img Finishing touches, painting (ddr-csujad-38-301)

Photographed is the Masukawa family's house in Los Angeles, California, being repaired. The caption reads: Finishing touches, painting. Title from caption. The handwritten note on the back side describes the house. The first part of the note is found in item: csudh_nao_0352. A photo from: Mitzi Naohara photo album (csudh_nao_0200), page 19. See this object in …

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doc Permit of local board for registrant to depart from the United States (ddr-csujad-42-7)

A permit issued by Los Angeles Local Board. It certifies that Fumio Fred Takano's departure from the United States is "not likely to be called for military service." He works for Del Monte Cannery, San Diego, California, and requests the permit to visit Mexico for fuel supplies when fishing tuna. See this object in the California …

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doc Letter from Fumio Fred Takano to Mrs. Florence Packer, August 18, 1943 (ddr-csujad-42-74)

A letter from Fumio Fred Takano to Florence Packer in Los Angeles, California. Fumio writes from the Gila River incarceration camp. The letter requests Florence Packer to deliver Fumio's 1939 Chevrolet truck along with Mrs. Nakashima's personal items to the camp. It appears to be a draft letter. See item: csudh_tak_0075. See this object in the …

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doc Cash receipt (ddr-csujad-5-140)

A cash receipt for 17.50 dollars paid by Seiichi Okine on April 8, 1946. The receipt is issued by G. D. Holmquist, Contract Housing Manager of the Federal Public Housing Authority, Project no. WR 4-8, in charge of housing of the former incarcerees in Los Angeles County, California. See this object in the California State Universities …

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doc Cash receipt (ddr-csujad-5-108)

A cash receipt for 12.03 dollars paid by Seiichi Okine on December 17, 1945. The receipt is issued by G. D. Holmquist, Contract Housing Manager of the Federal Public Housing Authority, Project no. WR 4-8, in charge of housing of the former incarcerees in Los Angeles County, California. See this object in the California State Universities …

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doc Cash receipt (ddr-csujad-5-107)

A cash receipt for 19.00 dollars paid by Seiichi Okine on January 7, 1946. The receipt is issued by G. D. Holmquist, Contract Housing Manager of the Federal Public Housing Authority, Project no. WR 4-8, in charge of housing of the former incarcerees in Los Angeles County, California. See this object in the California State Universities …

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doc Training of George K. Kambara, MD (ddr-csujad-55-1985)

Article on George K. Kambara covering his early life in California, education, incarceration, his ophthalmology practice at the Tule Lake incarceration camp, his experience as a doctor in Memphis and Wisconsin, relocation to Los Angeles, and discrimination as a Japanese-American. Published in "Archives of ophthalmology," Vol. 117, September 1999. See this object in the California State …

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vh Susumu Mukushima Interview (ddr-chi-1-4)

Nisei male. Born October 8, 1942, in Los Angeles, California. During World War II, mother and father received special dispensation to delay going to the Santa Anita Assembly Center to give birth. After Susumu was born, the family was sent to Santa Anita and then the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming, and later transferred to Tule …

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doc Letter from Mrs. K. Befu to Mr. and Mrs. S. Okine, January 15, 1946 [in Japanese] (ddr-csujad-5-119)

A letter from Komaki Befu in Los Angeles, California to Seiichi and Tomeyo Okine, in Hawthorne, California. She thanks Mr. and Mrs. Okine for their visit and the mochi mailed to her. She also informs that Mr. Yoshikawa has given her son, Masuo Befu, a farewell gift. The handwritten notes on the back of the envelope …

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vh Chizuko Judy Sugita de Quieiroz Interview (ddr-densho-1000-252)

Nisei female. Born September 15, 1932, in Lodi, California. Grew up in Jersey Island, a small island in the Sacramento Delta. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, removed to the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. After leaving camp, returned with family to Los Angeles, California. Graduated from Long Beach State and earned a …

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Collection UC Santa Barbara Japanese in America, circa early 1900s-1960s (ddr-csujad-25)

Japanese in America, circa early 1900s-1960s, boxes 7-12: The collection contains photographs and albums of the Japanese in the United States, mainly Washington, California, Colorado, and Utah. The photographs include family portraits and snapshots capturing their community activities and local events, such as picnic, wedding, funeral, local associations’ activities, etc., mostly taken in the early 1900s. …

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Collection CSU Dominguez Hills Takano Family Papers (ddr-csujad-42)

The Takano Family Papers contains materials from members of the Takano Family in Los Angeles, California, including Issei immigrants, Itsuhei and Tomoyo Takano and Kumaji and Tsuruno Meguro, and their Nisei children, Fumio Fred and Yoneko Takano. The papers covers from prewar through post-war, including the period of the forced evacuation and incarceration during the war …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 17 No. 5 (August 7, 1943) (ddr-pc-15-30)

Selected article titles: "California Chinese Americans Ask Fair Play for U.S. Nisei" (p. 1), "Leupp Not Prison Or Concentration Camp, Says Best" (p. 1), "Plan Exchange of U.S., Japan Nationals Soon. Repatriation Ship Will Take 1500 Persons To Porguguese India" (p. 1), "Evacuee Property Problems Considered by Dillon Myer During Los Angeles Visit" (p. 2), "Evacuees …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 26 No. 16 (April 17, 1948) (ddr-pc-20-16)

Selected article titles: "U.S. Government Challenges Validity of California Ban. Justice Department Intercedes By Filing Friend of Court Brief In Takahashi Test Case" (p. 1), "Los Angeles Supervisors Urge Congress to Remove Race Bans from Naturalization Law" (p. 1), "JACL Endorses Immediate Statehood for Hawaii Islands" (p. 2), "Japanese Canadians Continue Campaign to Win Franchise Right …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 27 No. 4 (July 24, 1948) (ddr-pc-20-29)

Selected article titles: "Seek to Expedite Payment of Evacuee Small Claims" (p. 1), "California Nisei Army Officer Serves as Aide to MacArthur" (p. 1), No Exit Permits Required in Future for Japanese Aliens" (p. 1), "41 Canada Evacuee Holdouts Evicted as Moose Jaw Hostel Finally Closed by Government" (p. 2), "Masaoka Opposes Proposal to File New …

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doc Letter from Rosalie Y. Obi to Rev. [Wendell L.] Miller, 1942 June 17 (ddr-csujad-20-9)

Personal letter written from the Santa Anita Assembly Center expressing thanks to Miller and his congregation for the lunch that they provided on the day of their removal from Los Angeles, departing from the Japanese Methodist Church, May 1, 1942. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: WLM_01-46_07

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img Koyasan Los Angeles Branch Tourist Party, Buddhist temple] (ddr-csujad-25-130)

A group photograph of the tourists of Koyasan Los Angeles Branch Tourist Party, including Kamie Taenaka, along with Buddhist practitioners in Japan. The location is possibly Kongobuji, a Buddhist temple in Mount Koya. The same image is found in item: ucsb_jia_0128. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_08_03_002

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