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1248 items

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Topaz Times Vol. XI No. 14 (May 18, 1945) (ddr-densho-142-408)
Selected article titles: "Cozzens Visits Here: Reports on West Coast" (p. 1), "California Jr. Chamber of Commerce Urges Delay of Returning Evacuees" (p. 1), "Issei Takes Own Life in New York" (p. 2).

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Letter to Yuri Tsukada from Mine Okubo (ddr-densho-356-610)
Letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from Mine Okubo. Mine writes about running into Yuri's brother Kaneji at a party in New York City, and discusses her return to art in the last year.

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Herbert H. Lehman seated with Franklin D. Roosevelt (ddr-njpa-1-837)
Caption on reverse: "The President meets his successor as chief executive of New York State: Governor Lehman calls upon Mr. Roosevelt at the summer White house at Hyde Park. (Times Wide World Photos.)"

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Letter from Koby to Kim Fujii (ddr-densho-433-4)
Koby, who refers to himself as "the jerk," writes to Kim Fujii with a response about Frank's marriage, updates about his girlfriend, his visit to a Japanese restaurant in New York, and more.

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Scrapbook page (ddr-densho-35-380)
Newspaper clippings from the New York Times, Oregonian, and Oregon Journal, one of which is titled: "All Created Equal." From scrapbook page titled: "Some Expressions of Public Opinion on Action of Hood River Legion."

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Photograph and article regarding Tamon Maeda (ddr-njpa-4-982)
Article [translation]: "Information Library Mission. New York office chairman Tamon Maeda talks. An interview with Chairman of the New York office of the International Cultural Promotion Society, Tamon Maeda. The International Cultural Promotion Society New York Office was established in November of last year, and now eleven Japanese and four Americans, a total of fourteen people, …

Narrator Roger Daniels
White male. Born December 1, 1927, in New York City, New York. Charles Phelps Taft Professor Emeritus of History, University of Cincinnati. Served as a consultant to the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians from 1981 to 1983. Has researched and written numerous books about the Japanese American experience, including Prisoners Without Trial: Japanese …

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Manzanar Free Press Vol. 6 No. 99 (June 2, 1945) (ddr-densho-125-344)
Selected article titles: "Need 300 Workers at Seabrook Farms" (p. 1), "Jury Finds Rancher Guilty of Charges" (p. 1), "First Nisei Released from Army Under New Points System" (p. 1), "Freeze on Travel Denied by D. Myer" (p. 1), "New York Offers Jobs in Kitchens to Nisei, Issei" (p. 1), "Actor Orson Wells Comments on Nisei …

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Roger Daniels Interview III (ddr-densho-1000-416)
Caucasian male. Born December 1, 1927, in New York City, New York. Charles Phelps Taft Professor Emeritus of History, University of Cincinnati. Served as a consultant to the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians from 1981 to 1983. Has researched and written numerous books about the Japanese American experience, including Prisoners Without Trial: Japanese …

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Roger Daniels Interview II (ddr-densho-1000-415)
Caucasian male. Born December 1, 1927, in New York City, New York. Charles Phelps Taft Professor Emeritus of History, University of Cincinnati. Served as a consultant to the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians from 1981 to 1983. Has researched and written numerous books about the Japanese American experience, including Prisoners Without Trial: Japanese …

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Roger Daniels Interview I (ddr-densho-1000-414)
Caucasian male. Born December 1, 1927, in New York City, New York. Charles Phelps Taft Professor Emeritus of History, University of Cincinnati. Served as a consultant to the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians from 1981 to 1983. Has researched and written numerous books about the Japanese American experience, including Prisoners Without Trial: Japanese …

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Roger Daniels Interview IV (ddr-densho-1000-418)
Caucasian male. Born December 1, 1927, in New York City, New York. Charles Phelps Taft Professor Emeritus of History, University of Cincinnati. Served as a consultant to the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians from 1981 to 1983. Has researched and written numerous books about the Japanese American experience, including Prisoners Without Trial: Japanese …

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George Mukai and Irene Shigaki (ddr-densho-456-7)
Inscribed on the back: "George Mukai + the / 10 -66" in black ink. Written on a post-it note attached to the back: "George Mukai (442) + Irene Shigaki in New York City 1966" in black ink.

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Gila News-Courier Vol. IV No. 13 (February 14, 1945) (ddr-densho-141-371)
Selected article titles: "Gila Delegates Salt Lake Bound" (p. 1), "Dillon Myer to Visit Gila Next Month" (p. 1), "New York: Resettlement Aid Discussed" (p. 2), "Co-op: Sale of Rice Begins Today" (p. 3).

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Letter from Kaneji Domoto to Wakako Domoto (ddr-densho-329-861)
Letter from New York. Kan has heard that Wakako has appendicitis and will have her appendix removes, and jokes with her about it. He is continuing to read Frank Lloyd Wright's autobiography and learning German.

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Poston Chronicle Vol. XXII No. 2 (January 1, 1945) (ddr-densho-145-600)
Selected article titles: "Friends of American Way Will Assist in California Relocation" (p. 1), "New York Times Reprimands Hood River Legion Post's Action" (p. 2), "Assistance Given to Resettlers with Personal Problems" (p. 5), "New Year's Day Will be Holiday for Evacuees" (p. 10), "'Are You a Jap?'" (p. 10).

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J.P. Morgan, Jr. speaking with another man (ddr-njpa-1-889)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Morgan Group Strengthens Support of Britain. (New York) Domei. Photograph: J.P. Morgan (right), head of the Morgan conglomerate, speaking privately to British Ambassador to the US Halifax at a meeting of the English-Speaking Union at New York's Astor Hotel on April 15. [Stamped] May 15, 1941."

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Letter from Norvell Gillespie to Kimi Fujii (ddr-densho-433-838)
Norvell Gillespie writes to Kimi Fujii about the 1965 California Spring Garden Show being publicized in a Mexico City publication.

Narrator Ken Roger Inagaki
Sansei male. Born January 3, 1940, in Seattle, Washington. During World War II, removed with family to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Left camp and resettled in New York and New Jersey. Established a career in safety and health consulting.

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Gila News-Courier Vol. IV No. 67 (August 29, 1945) (ddr-densho-141-427)
Selected article titles: "Pamphlets Here on Relocation" (p. 1), "Draft Case Appealed" (p. 2), "Advice: Get Assistance Before Leaving" (p. 3), "Anti-Japanese Leaders Charged" (p. 3), "New York City: Issei Couple Helps Evacuees" (p. 4).

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Mitzi Nakahara with Shige Ogura (ddr-densho-477-105)
Photograph of Mitsuko (Nakahara) Isoshima (left) and Shige Ogura (right) standing in a yard. The caption below the photo reads "Mitsuko & Shige Ogura / Governess & translator for NYK Manager's son in New York City" in black ink.

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Douglas Fairbanks and Sylvia Ashley aboard a ship (ddr-njpa-1-394)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Domei Photographic Overseas News January 20, 1937. Douglas to America. (London) Domei. Douglas Fairbanks, who had been staying in his new wife's home country, left on January 8 from Southampton on the steamship Bremen bound for New York to appear in his new film accompanied by his wife. With his beautiful, young …

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Letter from Kaneji Domoto to his sisters Wakako and Yuri (ddr-densho-329-865)
Letter from New York. Kan has finished the New York World's Fair garden job, and his relationship with Nagao Sakurai has improved. The World's Fair has opened and he has been exploring it in his week off; he describes various exhibits and critiques the Japanese exhibit (with a sketch of the floorplan and traffic flow). He …

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Lou Gehrig speaking to an officer candidate (ddr-njpa-1-506)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Domei Photographic Sports News September 29, 1936. Extremely Popular Gehrig. (New York) Domei. Officer candidates from our Training Fleet, which is currently visiting New York City on a training cruise, attended a baseball game between the Yankees and St. Louis Browns at Yankee Stadium on August 27. Since there were many [illegible] …