120 items
120 items
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 15 No. 22 (October 29, 1942) (ddr-pc-14-21)
Selected article titles: "Resettlement Problems Will Be Discussed at Special Meeting of JACL Leaders in Salt Lake City" (p. 1), "23 Thousand Evacuated to Inland Canada" (p. 1), "25 Nisei Students, Not 300 Enroll at Nebraska University" (p. 2), "Hirabayashi Loses First Legal Evacuation Test; Will Appeal" (p. 2), "Army Will Complete Evacuation Role Nov. 1, …
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Rocky Shimpo Vol. 11, No. 144 (December 1, 1944) (ddr-densho-148-78)
Selected article titles: "Busseis of Colorado, Wyoming and Nebraska Hold Successful Conclave"; "On the Other Hand"; "Tokyo-Born Boy to Enter Army"; "Relocation Office to Open in Pittsburgh"; "Oversea Service"; "Say Bill Was Poorly Written"; "Yatabe's Report Will be Given"; "Want Ads Today"; "Civil Liberties' Wirin Speaker at Conference"; "Casualty Toll Stands at 263"; "Segregants From Hawaii …
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Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 58 (May 14, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-147)
Selected article titles: "Some Nisei Vets Will be Released"; "Hawaii Issue Tabled"; "On the Other Hand"; "Rock Hurled Through Window of His Home"; "Pfc. Tanaka, Nebraska"; "Doubt Portions of Oregon Law"; "Veterans Testify at Session on New Bill"; "Want Ads Today"; "Ickes Says Terrorists Try to Set Up Economic Beachhead on Evacuee Property"; "Name More Casualties …
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Digest of current job offers in the State of Nebraska and Eastern half of South Dakota for period ending January 31, 1944 (ddr-csujad-55-809)
Report on job vacancies for "resettlers" in Nebraska and Eastern half of South Dakota. Includes summary of jobs and housing and a list of job titles and pay for males and females. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0811
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Elsie Uyematsu Osajima Interview (ddr-densho-1000-451)
Nisei female. Born July 25, 1925, in Pasadena, California. Grew up in Pasadena, where parents ran a small market. Removed to the Tulare Assembly Center, California, during World War II, then to the Gila River concentration camp, Arizona. Left camp to attend college in Nebraska, then married and returned to California. Worked for many years at …
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Current relocation opportunities; Current housing situation, Kansas City area for period ending March 10, 1944, Omaha, Nebraska District (ddr-csujad-55-831)
Report on job vacancies and opportunities for ""resettlers"" in the Kansas City area. Includes summary of jobs, housing, and a list of job titles and pay for males and females. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0833
Narrator Hisaji Q. Sakai
Nisei male. Born February 28, 1925, in San Francisco, California. Grew up in San Francisco, where parents had a grocery store business. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, moved to Iowa to attend college and avoid the mass incarceration. Attended college in Nebraska and Michigan. Drafted into the Military Intelligence Service and served in Japan during …
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Colorado Times Vol. 31, No. 4302 (April 26, 1945) (ddr-densho-150-15)
Selected article titles: "North Weld News Roundup"; "Nebraska Nisei Killed in Action"; "Haters of Nisei Blasted by D. Myer"; "Girl Testifies Arson Attempt at Doi Ranch"; "Nisei Soldiers Favor Stiff Peace Terms"; "Ex-Japanese Soldier Who Now Fights for U.S. Was Hero on Iwo Jima"; "Nisei Pastor From Minidoka Will Deliver Sermon Here"; "Four Colorado Nisei Killed …
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Colorado Times Vol. 31, No. 4334 (July 10, 1945) (ddr-densho-150-48)
Selected article titles: "The 11th Street Corner"; "Nisei in Italian Fighting Donate to Roosevelt Memo"; "Nisei Study Nebraska to Find New Locations"; "$1,000 Reward to Bar Attacks on Nisei in Calif. Revealed"; "Tadano-Taguchi Wedding"; "Bill Mauldin Says Nisei GIs Did More Than Any Others"; "Court Bans Commercial Leases by Alien Japanese"; "San Jose JACL to Meet"; …
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Hope Omachi Kawashima Interview (ddr-manz-1-154)
Sansei female. Born April 2, 1937, in Auburn, California. Grew up in Loomis, California. During World War II, removed to the Marysville Assembly Center, California, and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Transferred to the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. After leaving camp, lived and attended school in Nebraska for a few years before returning to Loomis. …
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Letter from Joseph Ishikawa to Ray Richards (ddr-densho-468-113)
Continuation of narrative from ddr-densho-468-104 with transcript of letter to Ray Richards (ddr-densho-468-110)
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Letter from RW Goss to Joseph Ishikawa (ddr-densho-468-117)
Letter noting that transcript from UCLA lists honorable dismissal, not bachelor's degree.
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Sentinel supplement, series 71 (May 18, 1943) (ddr-csujad-55-1056)
News bulletin for incarcerees covering announcements, events, programs, policies, recreational activities, and jobs at Heart Mountain incarceration camp. Current issue includes information on coal, shoes, job placement, volleyball, YWCA conference, conditions in Nebraska, girl scouts, and sports schedules. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1058
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Ben Kuroki - Shige Kuroki Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-122-21-7)
Ben's discussion of growing up in Nebraska
This interview was conducted by filmmaker Frank Abe for his 2000 documentary, Conscience and the Constitution, about the World War II resisters of conscience at the Heart Mountain incarceration camp. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life histories, instead primarily focusing on issues …
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Hisaji Q. Sakai Interview (ddr-densho-1000-475)
Nisei male. Born February 28, 1925, in San Francisco, California. Grew up in San Francisco, where parents had a grocery store business. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, moved to Iowa to attend college and avoid the mass incarceration. Attended college in Nebraska and Michigan. Drafted into the Military Intelligence Service and served in Japan during …
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Heart Mountain Sentinel Vol. II No. 6 (February 6, 1943) (ddr-densho-97-114)
Selected article titles: "Army, WRA Registration Starts" (p. 1), "Push 'Wholesale' Relocation Plan; Recruiting Team Slates Meetings" (p. 1), "Forward Step: An Editorial" (p. 1), "60 Evacuees Enjoying Fruits of Relocation in Nebraska" (p. 2), "Segregation of Manzanar Rioters Told" (p. 2), "Despite Imprisonment, Kanai Defends Democratic Ideals" (p. 6), "JACL Leader Volunteers for Service in …
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Joseph Ishikawa Collection (ddr-densho-468)
The Joseph Ishikawa collection, c.1942-2012, consists of the personal papers of Joseph Bunichi Ishikawa. Contained are unfinished drafts of stories and poems, correspondence, photograph albums, newspaper clippings, essays, diary entries, and other documents pertaining to Ishikawa’s life before, during, and after World War II. Also included are correspondence and newspaper clippings relating to Ishikawa’s work on …
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Colorado Times Vol. 31, No. 4338 (July 19, 1945) (ddr-densho-150-52)
Selected article titles: "Intolerance-American Vintage: U.S. Army Publication -- Third Recon. Group Coverage Florence, Italy -- June 23, 1945"; "Anderson Scores Anti-Nisei Firms"; "Ten Japanese Aliens Returned to Hawaii"; "ACLU Renews Appeal to Navy to Lift Nisei Ban. Baldwin Contends Police Was by Field Officers"; "Tofu Factory Set Up in Minn."; "'Relocated Evacuees Muse Sell 'Will …
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Rocky Shimpo Vol. 11, No. 110 (September 13, 1944) (ddr-densho-148-43)
Selected article titles: "Mexicans Want to Intern Them"; "Say No Place to Send 170 T.B. Patients"; "On the Other Hand"; "Realty Chief's View Hit by Newspaper"; "Express Shipment Permission is Granted"; "Supply of Attorneys Exhausted for Trial"; "Grinding Noise and Roaring 105's"; "Criticism Met and Solved in Nebraska"; "Over Two Hundred New Recruits Arrive"; "Fulbright Wants …
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Draft: The University as Tastemaker (ddr-densho-468-236)
Typed draft of essay on the role of university galleries and museums in the proliferation and trade of art (later printed in The Palette 1957-1958 issue)
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Ben Kuroki - Shige Kuroki Interview (ddr-densho-122-21)
Ben Kuroki, Nisei male. Born May 16, 1917, in Hershey, Nebraska. Admitted to the Army Air Corps and flew thirty missions in Europe in a B-24 as a tailgunner and top turret gunner. Earned two Distinguished Flying Crosses and was acclaimed as the first Nisei war hero. Spoke at Heart Mountain, Wyoming, and two other camps …
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Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 42 (April 6, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-131)
Selected article titles: "List Japanese American Soldier War Casualties"; "On the Other Hand"; "Pin-Up Girls to be Judged by Soldiers"; "Tear Down Nipponese Flag in Los Angeles"; "Nisei Nurse Fulfills Wish to Join Army U.S."; "Resettlement Aide Named on East Coast"; "Answer: Plain Kindness for Returning Niseis"; "Make Strong Appeal to Common Sense in Book"; "Want …
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Colorado Times Vol. 31, No. 4295 (April 10, 1945) (ddr-densho-150-8)
Selected article titles: "WRA Agents Berated at Mass Meet in Shelton, Nebraska. Shelton Residents Oppose Japanese Colony"; "Nisei on Iwo Jima"; "Nisei Girl Helps Yanks on Okinawa"; "Flood of Japanese to West Coast Feared"; "The Christian Century: Canada Threatens Its Nisei Citizens"; "Cornelians to Meet Thursday, April 12"; "Nisei Spearhead Drive on Italian Front"; "WRA Will …
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Daily Press Review, Vol. VI, No. 5 (ddr-densho-156-269)
Article titles: "Mexican Workers Arrive on Coast"; "969 Jap Evacuees Labor on Colorado and Nebraska Crops"; "FBI Searches 20,000 Homes"; "Marriage Was Invalid"; "Japanese Sentenced for Leaving Assembly Center"; "Jap Captives Ask to Join U.S. Airforce"; "Pro Nazis Deserve to Lose U.S. Citizenship"; "Mayor Stewart Raps Sale of Milk to Japs"; "Farm Labor Shortage Magnified by …