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img Japanese Americans driving a team of horses (ddr-densho-107-3)

Left to right: Mr. Zaimoku, Roy Matsumoto, Takeshi Matsumoto and Mrs. Zaimoku. Mr. Zaimoku came from the same village as Roy's grandfather Wakamatsu Matsumoto in Hiroshima, Japan.

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img Family harvesting onions (ddr-densho-107-5)

Left to right: Heisaku Nakatani (farm hand who came to the U.S. from the same village as Roy's grandfather, Wakamatsu Matsumoto, in Hiroshima, Japan), Roy, Takeshi, and Roy's mother, Tei Matsumoto.

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img Family on a dock (ddr-densho-107-8)

Front row (L to R): Takeshi, Roy, Uncle Frank Matsumoto. Back row (L to R): unknown, Mr. Nakatani, unknown, Roy's grandfather Wakamatsu Matsumoto, Mrs. Kitahara, unknown, Mrs. Muranaka, unknown, Tom (baby) held by Roy's mother, Tei Matsumoto. This picture was taken by Roy's father, Wakaji, when Roy's grandfather left for Japan to retire.

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img Portraits of Issei couple (ddr-densho-107-30)

Roy Matsumoto's mother, Tei Matsumoto, was the youngest daughter of a samurai, Shinjiro Kimura. Her elder brother, Koichi Kimura was Wakaji Matsumoto's (Roy's father's) classmate in school, and a second cousin. Tei managed the Matsumoto farm after Wakamatsu (Roy's grandfather) retired to Japan. Before WWII started, she went to Hiroshima, Japan, with her family. She escaped …

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img Portraits of elderly couple (ddr-densho-107-29)

Roy Matsumoto's paternal grandparents. Roy's paternal grandfather, Wakamatsu, was the youngest son of the Matsumoto family. He married his sweetheart and came to Kauai, HI, as a government contract laborer to work in the sugar cane fields. Upon completion of the contract, he came to the mainland United States, leased land in southern California, and operated …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 64, No. 1 (January 6, 1967) (ddr-pc-39-1)

Selected article titles: "NIMH grants $221,690 to Issei History Project" (p. 1), "JACL to file amicus brief on Loving case" (p. 1), "Chapter awareness of civil rights aim of EDC implementation plans" (p. 3), "Interracial dating subject of CCDC youth discussions" (p. 4).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 48, No. 9 (February 27, 1959) (ddr-pc-31-9)

Selected article titles: "Wakamatsu calls for 50,000 in JACL ranks" (p. 1), "JACL-sponsored bill repealing Idaho anti-miscegenation law passes both houses" (p. 1), "Father of author of 'Home Again' vows film will be made" (p. 1), "Holder of top award from Garden Club of America, an Issei widow, revisits Japan" (p. 2), "Hiroshima social worker completes …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 49, No. 26 (December 25, 1959) (ddr-pc-31-52)

Selected article titles: "14 Nisei and the Marauders" (p. 3), "Business of Rescuing Drowning Suicides" (p. 7), "Hawaii: Bridge to Asia" (p. 13), "Service is Basic Reason for JACL Existence" (p. 20), "Chapter feels its diversified program has 1960-70 appeal" (p. 22), "Paul Horiuchi: Before success was limned in his paint brushes" (p. 37), "Making community …

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doc Tulean Dispatch Vol. 7 No. 7 (September 28, 1943) (ddr-densho-65-407)

Selected article titles: "Three Co-op Delegates Leave for Conference" (p. 1), "Next Shoe Stamp Must Last 6 Months -- OPA" (p. 1), "Mess Workers: Must Have Assignment" (p. 1), "Meetings are Prohibited" (p. 2).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 48, No. 8 (February 20, 1959) (ddr-pc-31-8)

Selected article titles: "Statehood foes go racist, JACL reacts in fighting mood" (p. 1), "Washington anti-bias code changes sought" (p. 1), "Washington referendum for alien land law approved" (p. 1), "IDC to seek repeal of Idaho nuptial law bias" (p. 1), "Housing discrimination" (p. 1), "Idaho's Law Against Mixed Marriages" (p. 2), "Fact and fiction about …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 48, No. 20 (May 15, 1959) (ddr-pc-31-20)

Selected article titles: "House-Senate Pass Bill to Pay 144 Claimants" (p. 1), "Hospitalized Nisei farmer rescued by community action" (p. 1), "Question on JACL involved in Supreme Court school decision" (p. 1), "Fair Housing Act advocates honored" (p. 2), "FEPC repealer well-known for opposing liberal ideas, attended 'right wing' convention fighting desegregation, income taxes" (p. 3), …

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doc Amache Relocation Center block map (ddr-densho-390-40)

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 49, No. 14 (October 2, 1959) (ddr-pc-31-40)

Selected article titles: "President signs amendment to immigration bill" (p. 1), "Elderly Issei in 80s and 90s sworn in as new citizens" (p. 1), "Few Japanese farm laborers able to save million yen from three-year U.S. stay" (p. 1), "Nisei discrimination topic of Yoshino speech" (p. 1), "Nisei administrative assistant to Burns steps into political job …

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doc Tulean Dispatch Vol. IV No. 19 (December 4, 1942) (ddr-densho-65-341)

Selected article titles: "Colony Recipient of Thanks Letter" (p. 1), "Development of Leave Regulations Studied. L. Huyck in Charge of All Permits" (p. 1), "City Delegation Largest to Army" (p. 1), "News Behind News: Our Teachers" (p. 2), "Christmas Prelude... So That Shut-ins May See the Light..." (p. 2), "WRA Red Tape Hampers Travel" (p. 2).

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doc Minidoka Irrigator Vol. I No. 27 (December 16, 1942) (ddr-densho-119-19)

Selected article titles: "Study Relocation Program -- Holland. WRA Employment Head Gives Advice" (p. 1), "Block 44 Opening In Few Days" (p. 1), "Motion Pictures Taken Here For Official Files of WRA" (p. 1), "Student Council Lists Objectives" (p. 2), "Nominal Change To Be Made For Cashing Personal Checks" (p. 3), "Arts And Handicraft Taught Grade …

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doc Minidoka Irrigator Vol. I No. 14 (October 31, 1942) (ddr-densho-119-13)

Selected article titles: "Barbed Wire Seen for Community" (p. 1), "Four Soldiers Visit Hunt" (p. 1), "N.M. Internee Arrives Here" (p. 1), "Army Intelligence Calls Sansei, Kibei" (p. 1), "Hirabayashi, Convicted, Asks for Longer Sentence Term" (p. 1), "Green Stamps Replace Cash Register Receipts" (p. 2), "National YWCA Leader Here for Conference Next Week" (p. 2), …

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doc Minidoka Irrigator Vol. I No. 25 (December 9, 1942) (ddr-densho-119-18)

Selected article titles: "Colony's Acute Labor Shortage Now Relieved" (p. 1), "One Killed, Nine Hurt in Manzanar. Calif. Center Under Martial Law" (p. 1), "Long Leaves For 3 More Approved" (p. 1), "Dearer Than Life Itself Is U.S. Citizenship -- Yasui" (p. 2), "Japanese Library Opened. Shelves Contain Over 1000 Volumes" (p. 3), "Postage Now Required …

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doc Minidoka Irrigator Vol. I No. 18 (November 14, 1942) (ddr-densho-119-17)

Selected article titles: "No Electrified Fence! Charged Wires Unauthorized" (p. 1), "Evacuees Aid in Saving Beet Crop" (p. 1), "Stafford Soon to Get Draft of Constitution" (p. 1), "1,319 Students Prepared For High School Opening Monday" (p. 1), "Editorial: A Crop is Saved" (p. 2), "U.S. History Course Offered in First Night School Class" (p. 2), …

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doc Tulean Dispatch Vol. 7 No. 5 (September 23, 1943) (ddr-densho-65-405)

Selected article titles: "Are You Doing Your Bit? Help Needed at Factory" (p. 1), "Residents Must Not Make Unauthorized Movements" (p. 1), "'Pacific Citizen' Comments on Dispatch Farewell Issue" (p. 1), "Shortage on Paper Bags" (p. 1), "Gift Copy Awaits Ex-Rohwer People" (p. 2), "'Everything is Okay' Write Former Tuleans in Amache" (p. 2), "Interview: Dispatch …

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doc Minidoka Irrigator Vol. I No. 15 (November 4, 1942) (ddr-densho-119-14)

Selected article titles: "Selection of Co-op Board Completed" (p. 1), "Evacuees With Civil Service Ratings Listed" (p. 1), "Evacuees Out on Farm Work May Have Leaves Extended" (p. 1), "Editorial: Politics as Usual?" (p. 2), "Confidential Survey of Hunt Residents Completed" (p. 2), "WRA Employment Head Expected" (p. 2), "School Offers Wide Choice of Subjects" (p. …

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