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vh Aya Uenishi Medrud Interview Segment 33 (ddr-densho-1000-213-33)

Continuing work with a public project to recognize the life of Minoru Yasui

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vh Aya Uenishi Medrud Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-213-7)

Feeling that others couldn't distinguish between Japanese and Japanese Americans following the bombing of Pearl Harbor

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vh Aya Uenishi Medrud Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-213-4)

Transferring to a Catholic elementary school, being given the name Mariagnes

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vh Aya Uenishi Medrud Interview Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1000-213-20)

Carefree memories of New York City

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vh Aya Uenishi Medrud Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-213-5)

Attending Japanese language school, converting to Roman Catholicism

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img Nisei (ddr-one-1-299)

Black and white photographic negative of nine Nisei smiling for the camera indoors. Women from left to right: all unidentified except fifth from the left, Irene (Fujii) Mano. Men back row left to right: unidentified, Yoichi “Cannon” Kitayama, and Shorty Kaga. Man in front: Ned Maeda.

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doc Seattle Chapter, JACL Reporter, Vol. XIII, No. 11, November 1976 (ddr-sjacl-1-196)

Bulletin covering the following topics: new directory due in November; good recap of Paul Isaki?s recap on how EO Rescind proclamation came about. It was a reorint of Paul's letter to PC; Keiro update; Tetsuden Kashima named head of UW Asian Studies Program; profile on Sharon Maeda.

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doc Seattle Chapter, JACL Reporter, Vol. XIII, No. 11, November 1976 (ddr-sjacl-1-260)

Newsletter covering the following topics: New directory due in November; good recap of Paul Isaki?s recap on how EO Rescind proclamation came about. It was a reorint of Paul?s letter to PC; Keiro update; Tetsuden Kashima named head of UW Asian Studies Program; profile on Sharon Maeda.

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Narrator Molly K. Maeda

Nisei female. Born November 23, 1919, in Dee, Oregon. Grew up in Dee, where parents had a farm. Finished college before the bombing of Pearl Harbor. During World War II, removed to the Portland Assembly Center, Oregon, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. After leaving camp, lived for a time in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, before returning to …

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Narrator Arnold T. Maeda

Nisei male. Born July 17, 1926, in Santa Monica, California. Grew up in the Santa Monica area where parents ran a nursery business. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, worked as a chick sexer, technical illustrator in the aerospace industry, and a life insurance salesman. Returned to California …

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doc Letter from Marvel Maeda and seven other author to Dr. Miles Cary, December 23, 1942 (ddr-csujad-55-1821)

Correspondence from Marvel Maeda, Catherine Embree, Kikuye Tanaka, Kunitani Anne, Mohri Eunice, Garret Nana, and Sunao Imoto to Miles Cary regarding recommendations for the Saturday morning school programs at Poston incarceration camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1824

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doc Signed cards (ddr-manz-8-27)

Inserted into the Our World yearbook

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doc Valediction (1945) (ddr-manz-8-28)

The 1945 yearbook for Manzanar High School. Signed by students of Mary Jean Kramer.

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img Young people's church gathering (ddr-densho-259-282)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Some sort of young Nisei gathering taken in front of the Hood River Riverside Church, a Congregational church Since both the Reverends Lester Bond, the then-pastor at Riverside, and Taro Goto are shown, I figure that this was some sort of a young peoples' church gathering, mostly likely a YPCC [Young People's …

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vh Bill Hosokawa Interview (ddr-densho-1000-129)

Nisei male. Born in Seattle on January 30, 1915, and attended Washington grade school, Garfield High School and the University of Washington. He grew up as a typical Nisei, working summers in Alaska salmon canneries and Western Avenue produce brokerages to pay for his education. He became interested in writing at Garfield where he was sports …

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img Group photograph of soldiers (ddr-densho-22-162)

Caption on reverse: "Front l to r: Tango Fujimoto, Tsutoru Shigeta, George Maeda, Kenichiro Sekiguchi, Sam Takamura, Satoru Sunamoto / 2nd l to r: Yasuhiro Fujita, Goro Igarashi, Yutaka Nakhata, Hisashi Kubota, Shoji Takimoto, Hironobu Hino / Standing l to r: Ben Pai, Teiichiro Hirata, Tsugio Aoyama, Tadayuki Ishizaki, Benji Shiroyama, Herbert Yanamura, Kazuo Kamoto."

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img Visiting the Hashitanis (ddr-densho-287-669)

Photograph of a group of 9 people together outside. Written on the album page is "At the Hashitani's" in black ink. Front row left to right: unknown (possibly Takako Hashitani), Katsuji "Henry" Hashitani, Alice Hashitani, Milton Maeda, Roy Hashitani, Raymond Hashitani. Back row left to right: Paul, Kay, Bill, unknown, and George.

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vh Bill Hosokawa Interview Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1000-129-19)

Discussion of newspaper column written about nativists in California

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vh Bill Hosokawa Interview Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-129-14)

Impressions of the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington: "What the hell are they trying to do to us?"; controversy over Jimmie Sakamoto's role in Puyallup, and being sent to Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming

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vh Bill Hosokawa Interview Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1000-129-1)

Family background: father's work in Montana and California, mother's work as a school teacher

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vh Bill Hosokawa Interview Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-129-8)

Getting married and moving to Singapore to work for an American-style newspaper

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vh Bill Hosokawa Interview Segment 23 (ddr-densho-1000-129-23)

Finding the positive in the mass removal: Japanese Americans were forced out of ethnic enclaves into wider society

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vh Bill Hosokawa Interview Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-129-17)

Role as editor of a camp newspaper, the Heart Mountain Sentinel