1083 items
1083 items
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Charles Edison, Rear Admiral Clark H. Woodward, and Gov. William Wilkins Horton (ddr-njpa-1-249)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Domei Photographic Overseas News November 25, 1937. Age of Military Expansion. (New York) Domei. New 10 million dollar battleships, said to be the US Navy's best ships, began construction at Brooklyn Navy Yard on October 27, Navy Day. Photograph: (from left) Assistant Secretary of the Navy Charles Edison, Commandant of the Navy …
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Sasha Hohri Collection (ddr-densho-352)
The Sasha Horhi Collection is comprised of paper documents related to the activities of the East Coast Japanese Americans for Redress, the National Council for Japanese American Redress, and the Redress movement broadly. Among the documents are personal testimonies that were presented to the Congressional Commission on the Wartime Internment and Relocation of Civilians, planning documents …
Narrator Pearl Yoshikawa
Nisei female. Born April 25, 1926, in Vancouver, Washington. Grew up in Vancouver where parents ran a farm. During World War II, removed to the Portland Assembly Center, Oregon, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. After leaving camp, moved to New York City to attend a fashion design school. Eventually resettled in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Letter to Yuri Tsukada from Richard Tsukada (ddr-densho-356-461)
Letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from her husband Richard "Dick" Tsukada. Dick writes about his weekend in New York and contemplating changing his goal from finding a job in his field to finding another type of work. Item tied together with all objects between ddr-densho-356-457 and ddr-densho-540.
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Letter to Yuri Tsukada from Tak Negi (ddr-densho-356-529)
Letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from Tak Negi in which Tak writes asking in Yuri will be visit New York next week or if Yuri would be free enough to host Tak in Boston for a few days. Item tied together with all objects between ddr-densho-356-457 and ddr-densho-540.
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Letter to Yuri Tsukada from Tak Negi (ddr-densho-356-397)
Letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from Tak Nomi in which Tak writes about her life in New York City, how she celebrated the holidays, plans for a 10 year college reunion, and thanks for the wedding portrait. Item tied together with all objects between ddr-densho-356-321 and ddr-densho-356-413.
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Sonja Henie (ddr-njpa-1-629)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Domei Photographic Sports News February 25, 1937. Recent News of Sonja Henie. (New York) Domei. Photograph: Queen of the rink Sonja Henie presenting a celebratory bouquet to the President's mother at a great gala held here at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel on January 30 to celebrate President Roosevelt's birthday."
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Postcard from Y.O. to Donald Miyagi, June 29, 1944 (ddr-csujad-55-2025)
Postcard from Y.O. to Donald Miyagi in the Poston incarceration camp depicting New York City. Includes a brief greeting from Y.O. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2128
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Mary T. Karatsu Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-362-9)
Adjusting to life in New York: meeting other Japanese Americans
This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of …
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Mary T. Karatsu Interview Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-362-11)
Visiting family in Heart Mountain, taking younger siblings back to New York
This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the …
Narrator Tamiko Honda
Nisei female. Born September 14, 1924, in Santa Clara, California. Grew up in Santa Clara and Redwood City, California, before World War II. During the war, removed with family to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. After leaving camp, resettled for a time in New York before returning to Redwood City.
Narrator Lily Kajiwara
Nisei female. Born July 26, 1924, in Portland, Oregon. Grew up in the Gresham/Troutdale area of Oregon, where parents had a farm. During World War II, removed to the Portland Assembly Center, Oregon, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. While in camp, worked as an assistant teacher. After camp, lived in New York before returning to …
Narrator Marion Michiko Bernardo
Nisei female. Born July 25, 1930, in Walnut Grove, California. Grew up in Walnut Grove. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed with family to the Merced Assembly Center, California, and the Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado. Left camp to attend a boarding school in New York before eventually returning to Walnut Grove. Marion passed away …
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Current relocation opportunities and housing situation, middle Atlantic area and New York District for period ending February 25, 1944 (ddr-csujad-55-822)
Report on job vacancies and opportunities for "resettlers" in the Middle Atlantic and New York area. Includes summary of jobs and opportunities 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_0824
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 35 No. 3 (July 19, 1952) (ddr-pc-24-29)
Selected article titles: "American Newspaper Guild Asks Papers to Stop Using Word 'Jap' in Stories, Heads" (p. 1), "Member of New York Guild Initiates Drive on Word 'Jap'" (p. 1), "Truman Signs Bill Restoring Seniority Lost in Wartime By Civil Service Nisei" (p. 3), "Start $25 Thousand Campaign For Shonien Child Care Center" (p. 3).
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Santa Anita Pacemaker Vol. I No. 19 (June 19, 1942) (ddr-densho-146-19)
Selected article titles: "First Checks to be Issued Tomorrow. 1200 Workers to Get Paid" (p. 1), "Amory Explains Camouflage Problems to Net Workers. Full Consideration Promised for Legitimate Grievances in Talk" (p. 1), "Cooperation on Sanitary Check-ups Lauded. Weekly Airings in Center Set" (p. 3), "Editorial: New York Nisei in USO Drive" (p. 6).
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Rocky Shimpo Vol. 11, No. 103 (August 28, 1944) (ddr-densho-148-38)
Selected article titles: "On the Other Hand"; "Damages Extensive"; "Refute Charge by Paper, Chieftain"; "Solicitor Blocks Fund from Scholarship Use"; "Warning Given on Draft Evasion"; "Tashirogi, Oyama Win"; "League Tax Status Set"; "More Evacuees Settle in New York Area"; "Potential Menace Still Existing"; "Want Ads"; "Nisei GI's Training in Fresno, California"; "Concealed"; "War Casualties."
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Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 67 (June 4, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-156)
Selected article titles: "Nisei and Unions"; "Bears Lose First Major Encounter"; "Tri-State YBA Send Flowers to Nisei Dead"; "New York WLB Praise Nisei Employees"; "NWAA Softball Gets Start"; "300 Seasonal Workers for Vegetable Sheds"; "Bears Fete Min Sano"; "'Only a Shotgun' Used on Nisei"; "Farmers Urged to Plant Many Late Crops"; "Want Ads Today."
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Gidra, Vol. V, No. 10 (October 1973) (ddr-densho-297-54)
Selected article titles: "Rallying behind the Workshop" (p. 1), "Reviewed: Candidates Night at LVU/UN-ISA" (p. 6), "New York Chinatown: August 1973" (p. 8), "The Trip to Chino: 'We Left the Prison a Little Depressed . . .'" (p. 10), "Closing Time: a Tale of Sex, Drugs, and Violence in the Asian American Community" (p. 14).
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Postcard from Yoshio to Donald Miyagi, May 29, 1944 (ddr-csujad-55-2034)
Postcard from Yoshio to Donald Miyagi in the Poston incarceration camp depicting Times Square in New York City. Includes a brief greeting from Yoshio. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2137
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Manuel L. Quezon riding in a parade car (ddr-njpa-1-1438)
Caption on reverse: "500,000 marchers demonstrate America's fighting spirit in nation's greatest parade. The United States of American flung down its gauntlet to the Axis with a grim, fighting 'New York at War' parade which outstripped any spectacle that famous city of spectacles has ever staged. It was a gigantic procession in which a cross section …
Narrator Sachi Kaneshiro
Nisei female. Born January 1, 1920, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in Covina, California. Worked for the Wartime Civil Control Administration (WCCA). Volunteered to go early to Poston concentration camp, Arizona, to help set up the camp. Eventually transferred to Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming, before leaving for New York. Eventually pursued a career in …
Narrator Jessie Hatsue Akiyama Okazaki Harry
Nisei female. Born October 24, 1925, in Parkdale, Oregon. Grew up in Parkdale, where parents ran a farm. During World War II, removed to the Pinedale Assembly Center, California, and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California, before transferring with family to the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Left camp to attend sewing school in New York before …
Narrator May Ohmura Watanabe
Nisei female. Born May 13, 1922, in Chico, California. Grew up in Chico, where parents ran a produce store. Was in college when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, and was removed with her family to the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Left camp to attend school in Syracuse, New York, and become a public health nurse. Later …
Narrator Chiyoko Chiyo Omachi
Nisei female. Born July 12, 1926, in Terminal Island, California. Grew up on Terminal Island where father worked as a ship builder. During World War II, removed to the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. Left camp and lived in Pennsylvania with relatives before attending college in New York. Family resettled in Chicago, Illinois, after the war, where …