1245 items
1245 items
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Colorado Times Vol. 31, No. 4311 (May 17, 1945) (ddr-densho-150-24)
Selected article titles: "The War Warmed Over"; "Memorial Service Held for Pfc. H. Endo"; "Hood River Not Only Place"; "Closing Dates Set for Center Schools"; "Seek to Repeal California Code Permitting Segregated Schools"; "Young Issei Takes Life in New York City"; "100 Infantry to Play 2 Softball Games This Sunday."
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Gidra, Vol. V, No. 7 (July 1973) (ddr-densho-297-51)
Selected article titles: "Dear Dad, from Your Sansei Daughter" (p. 1), "Gardena, Part One: a Saga of Youth, Drugs and Middle Class Misery" (p. 6), "Them Bad Cats: Past Images of Asian American Street Gangs, Part III" (p. 9), "Watergate: Conspiracy & Control" (p. 14), "The New York Asian Movement" (p. 20).
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Letter to Yuri Tsukada from Richard Tsukada (ddr-densho-356-515)
Letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from her husband Richard "Dick" Tsukada. Dick writes about this plan for his day off, what he's done at work, plans for their apartment and for her visit to New York. Item tied together with all objects between ddr-densho-356-457 and ddr-densho-540.
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Henry Fukuhara Interview II (ddr-manz-1-65)
Nisei male. Born April 25, 1913, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in California prior to World War II. Removed to Manzanar concentration camp, California, during the war. Left Manzanar in 1943 and lived in various locations, eventually settling in New York and California. Mr. Fukuhara was a prominent artist.
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Henry Fukuhara Interview I (ddr-manz-1-3)
Nisei male. Born April 25, 1913, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in California prior to World War II. Removed to Manzanar concentration camp, California, during the war. Left Manzanar in 1943 and lived in various locations, eventually settling in New York and California. Mr. Fukuhara was a prominent artist.
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Adolf Hitler giving a speech (ddr-njpa-1-667)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "4. Fuhrer Hitler announced the complete occupation of Poland at Kroll Opera House in Berlin on October 6 and stated that Germany would never surrender to Britain and France. (3 and 4 were transmitted to New York from Europe and arrived in Yokohama on October 28)."
Narrator Lury Sato
Nisei female. Born January 25, 1915, in Montavilla, Oregon. Grew up in Portland and attended college before World War II. During the war, removed to the Portland Assembly Center, Oregon, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Left camp with husband and lived in New York and Washington, D.C. Eventually returned to Portland.
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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 …
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Heart Mountain Sentinel Vol. IV No. 10 (March 3, 1945) (ddr-densho-97-222)
Selected article titles: "More Support Gives Impetus to Relocation" (p. 1), "'With Deep Sincerity'; 'Lost Battalion' Honors 442nd" (p. 1), "Editorial: 'Exemplifying the Highest Traditions'" (p. 4), "Family Reunions Aided in Middle Atlantic Area. New Plan Provide Urban and Rural Opportunities" (p. 5), "New York People are Friendly, Declare Heart Mountain Issei " (p. 5), "538 …
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Manzanar Free Press Vol. 6 No. 98 (May 30, 1945) (ddr-densho-125-343)
Selected article titles: "Majority of CIO Men Sign Pledge Cards" (p. 1), "Manzanar Teachers Seek New Jobs as Schools End" (p. 1), "Center Buddhists Hold Memorial Day Service" (p. 1), "Hollywood Film Studio Seeks Japanese Actors" (p. 1), "Ex-Tulean Kills Self in New York" (p. 2), "Manhattan Reader Hints to Race Discriminators" (p. 2), "Exhibit Paintings …
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Rocky Shimpo Vol. 11, No. 125 (October 18, 1944) (ddr-densho-148-58)
Selected article titles: "Farmers Decide Not to Sell Them Land"; "On the Other Hand"; "League's Education Program Under Way"; "Well Earned Furlough"; "Talks Scheduled"; "Speech Was Success in New York Cities"; "Want Ads"; "Ordnance Depot Job Promises Good Wages"; "McWilliams Slated to Talk About Evacuees"; "Bachelor Kills Self With Straight Razor"; "Bill of Rights for Soldiers …
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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 …
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.
Narrator Minoru Endo
Nisei male. Born February 14, 1917, in San Francisco, California. Grew up in San Francisco and attended the University of California at Berkeley. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. Served in the Military Intelligence Service. After the war, resettled in New York.
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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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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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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."
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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Kaneji and Sally (Fujii) Domoto Collection (ddr-densho-329)
Accessions 1-2: The Kaneji and Sally (Fujii) Domoto collection consists mostly of correspondence to Kaneji Domoto from his wife Sally, and his sisters Wakako and Yuriko. The letters primarily date between 1942 and 1952, when Kaneji was on the East Coast looking for work and his family was held at Amache, and after WWII when his …
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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).