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Tomio Moriguchi Interview (ddr-sjacl-2-23)
Kristen M. Eng and Bill Tashima interviewed Tomio Moriguchi. While Moriguchi is often associated with Uwajimaya, Moriguchi's community activism includes co-chairing MOHAI"s "Pride and Shame" exhibit, displaying WWII JA experience through the "Pride" of the Japanese Americans and the "Shame" of racial prejudice, wartime hysteria, and lack of government leadership. This exhibit later toured throughout Washington …

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Testimony of Tomio Moriguchi (ddr-densho-67-152)
Written testimony of Tomio Moriguchi, president of Uwajimaya. This testimony was presented at the CWRIC hearing in Seattle, Washington, on Wednesday, September 9, 1981, in the section titled "Veterans."

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Letter to the Editor of the Wall Street Journal (ddr-densho-274-141)
Letter written by Tomio Moriguchi in response to an editorial entitled "Keep Internment Interred."

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Tomio Moriguchi Interview I (ddr-densho-1000-59)
Ni-ten-gosei (Nisei/Sansei) male. Born April 16, 1936, in Tacoma, Washington. During World War II, was incarcerated with his family at the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. After the war, resettled in Seattle's Nihonmachi, where his father reestablished the family business, Uwajimaya, selling Japanese foodstuff and other items. Worked at Uwajimaya throughout his childhood -- along with …

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Tomio Moriguchi Interview III (ddr-densho-1000-61)
Ni-ten-gosei (Nisei/Sansei) male. Born April 16, 1936, in Tacoma, Washington. During World War II, was incarcerated with his family at the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. After the war, resettled in Seattle's Nihonmachi, where his father reestablished the family business, Uwajimaya, selling Japanese foodstuff and other items. Worked at Uwajimaya throughout his childhood -- along with …

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Tomio Moriguchi Interview II (ddr-densho-1000-60)
Ni-ten-gosei (Nisei/Sansei) male. Born April 16, 1936, in Tacoma, Washington. During World War II, was incarcerated with his family at the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. After the war, resettled in Seattle's Nihonmachi, where his father reestablished the family business, Uwajimaya, selling Japanese foodstuff and other items. Worked at Uwajimaya throughout his childhood -- along with …

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Tomio Moriguchi Interview IV (ddr-densho-1000-62)
Ni-ten-gosei (Nisei/Sansei) male. Born April 16, 1936, in Tacoma, Washington. During World War II, was incarcerated with his family at the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. After the war, resettled in Seattle's Nihonmachi, where his father reestablished the family business, Uwajimaya, selling Japanese foodstuff and other items. Worked at Uwajimaya throughout his childhood -- along with …

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JACL-LEC Fund Drive Committee (ddr-densho-10-214)
Caption on reverse: "Tom Kobayashi, donated $1000 to JACL-LEC Fund Drive. Committee: Cherry Kinoshita, Bob Sato, Lloyd Hara, Tomio Moriguchi."

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Dedication ceremony speaker (ddr-densho-26-28)
Tomio Moriguchi speaking at the James Y. Sakamoto Memorial pre-dedication ceremony at the Keiro Nursing Home garden in Seattle, Washington.

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Seattle Chapter, JACL Reporter, Vol. VI, No. 3, March 1969 (ddr-sjacl-1-105)
Bulletin covering the following topics: Tomio Moriguchi, 4th VP and President of the International District Improvement Association has talked with the Seattle Housing Authority for housing for elderly Japanese Americans.

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Seattle Chapter, JACL Reporter, Vol. VIII, No. 9, September 1971 (ddr-sjacl-1-134)
Bulletin covering the following topics: 50th Anniversary to be October 30th, at Olympic Hotel. Chair-Tomio Moriguchi; Seattle JACL sends l etter to protest Seattle Model City Program and terminating funds to SCCC.

Narrator Tomio Moriguchi
Ni-ten-gosei (Nisei/Sansei) male. Born April 16, 1936, in Tacoma, Washington. During World War II, was incarcerated with his family at the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. After the war, resettled in Seattle's Nihonmachi, where his father reestablished the family business, Uwajimaya, selling Japanese foodstuff and other items. Worked at Uwajimaya throughout his childhood -- along with …

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Seattle Chapter, JACL Reporter, Vol. VII, No. 6, June 1970 (ddr-sjacl-1-119)
Bulletin covering the following topics: Queen Contest; Seattle JACL will sponsor exhibit at MOHAI, July 7th-September 30th, ?Japanese Americans Pride and Shame.? Chair-Tomio Moriguchi; Imperial Drum and Bugle Corps will go on east coast tour with new banner with Seattle JACL banner.

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Tomio Moriguchi Interview I Segment 23 (ddr-densho-1000-59-23)
Becoming head of Uwajimaya, Inc.: business expands and father becomes ill

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Tomio Moriguchi Interview I Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-59-4)
Description of father, values and personal philosophies

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Tomio Moriguchi Interview I Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-59-3)
Running store and raising the family, "The quiet strength" of mother

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Tomio Moriguchi Interview I Segment 27 (ddr-densho-1000-59-27)
The future of Uwajimaya, a tricky question of succession

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Tomio Moriguchi Interview I Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-59-10)
Fortuitous circumstances and strong business sense eases the chore of restarting business

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Tomio Moriguchi Interview I Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-59-16)
Postwar opportunities for Japanese Americans: societal, cultural, and self-imposed limitations

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Tomio Moriguchi Interview I Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-59-5)
Father's maintaining family ties to Japan

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Tomio Moriguchi Interview I Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-59-9)
Parents' reasons for settling in Seattle and restarting Uwajimaya

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Tomio Moriguchi Interview I Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-59-14)
The expectation to help with the family business

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Tomio Moriguchi Interview I Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-59-17)
Attending school with students of different ethnicities

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Tomio Moriguchi Interview I Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-59-6)
Taking Japanese language classes in Tule Lake