1292 items
1292 items
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Minidoka Irrigator Vol. III No. 45 (January 1, 1944) (ddr-densho-119-70)
Selected article titles: "Expansion of Hunt Farm Program Seen for 1944" (p. 1), "Hunt Exports Onions" (p. 1), "California Board Favors Evacuee's Return to Coast" (p. 1), "Local Library Offers Wide Variety of Historical Novels" (p. 3), "Nisei and Chinese Work Together in New York Office" (p. 3), "Relocatees Aided by Churches" (p. 4), "Residents Urged …
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Minidoka Irrigator Vol. V No. 18 (June 30, 1945) (ddr-densho-119-145)
Selected article titles: "Two Hunt Volunteers Cited for Gallantry in Action" (p. 1), "22 New York Nisei Accepted for Parts in Motion Picture" (p. 1), "Resettlement Council Organized in Seattle Area" (p. 1), "442nd Officers Devise Ways to Aid Nisei Rehabilitation" (p. 1), "Cleveland Housing Situation to be Studied by Official" (p. 1), "Cal. Legislature Asks …
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Letter from Tadashi Ishida to Mr. & Mrs. Y Ishida (ddr-densho-535-129)
Tad and Shiro (and the rest of their company) are being shipped out. First, they'll go to the port of embarkation, which Tad thinks is next to New York. Tad tells his parents not to worry, that hell keep writing, and to pass on his thanks to Mr. Okamoto for fixing his watch. Parents' note on …
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Advertisement for Architectural Forum's photo book of World Fairs (ddr-densho-329-878)
Letter from the Architectural Forum Assistant to the Publisher encouraging the recipient to renew a lapsed subscription and receive a copy of the World Fairs photo book with images from the New York and San Francisco fairs. Includes a sample centerfold graphical map of the Golden Gate International Exposition captioned "DIRECTIONAL MAP IN COURT OF PACIFICA …
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Funeral Announcement for Tsune Tahnuma (ddr-densho-329-943)
Funeral announcement card sent from "A. Tanuma" to "Mr & Mrs. R. Fujii & Family". Card with template format is filled in with specifics. "In profound sorrow we announce the death of Tsune Tahnuma on Sept. 3, 1951 Services will be held Friday-Sept. 7, 1951 from Columbus Circle Chapel at 2 p.m. o'clock Reposing at 43 …
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Tulean Dispatch Vol. IV No. 14 (November 28, 1942) (ddr-densho-65-108)
Selected article titles: "68 Nominated; Election Mon." (p. 1), "WHSE Area to Be Fenced Out" (p. 1), "Army School Volunteers to Wear White Honor Bands" (p. 1), "Math Teacher Sought; #3108" (p. 1), "Stores to Take Inventory, Co-op Will Operate Soon" (p. 3), "Two White Teachers Resign From School" (p. 3), "Nisei Soldier Here From New …
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Letter to Yuri Domoto from Yoshito Shibata (ddr-densho-356-241)
Letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from Yoshito Shibata in which he informs Yuri he's on furlough staying in a Hotel in Minneapolis. Additionally, he answers her question about New York and asks about a possible job. He also discusses visits from mutual friends like Tak Negi, and a future trip out to a local nursery to …
Narrator Julie Otsuka
Sansei female. Born May 15, 1962, in Palo Alto, California. Mother was a Nisei who was incarcerated during World War II, and father was a Japanese immigrant who came to the United States in 1950. Grew up in Palo Alto, California, before studing art at Yale University. Later moved to New York, giving up art and …
Narrator Edward K. Honda
Sansei male. Born July 7, 1945, in the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Parents were from Hawaii, but father was picked up by the FBI following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and mother went to rejoin him on the mainland. After leaving camp, lived briefly in New York City before returning to Hawaii, where parents separated. …
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The USS Honolulu (ddr-njpa-13-58)
Caption on reverse: "Built at a cost of $15,000,000, the USS Honolulu was authorized on March 27, 1934; her keel laid at New York Navy Yard, September 10, 1935; launched, August 26, 1937; commissioned, June 15, 1938. Her length is 600 feet at water line; beam, 61 feet; draught, 19.9; speed, 32.7 knots. Main battery carries …
Narrator Takayo Tsubouchi Fischer
Nisei female. Born November 25, 1932, in Harwick, California. During World War II, at the age of nine, removed with family to the Fresno Assembly Center, California, and the Jerome and Rohwer concentration camps, Arkansas. After leaving camp resettled in Chicago for a time before moving to Florida to attend college. In 1958, appeared in the …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 29 No. 6 (August 6, 1949) (ddr-pc-21-31)
Selected article titles: "Nisei Reinstated in Market Jobs at Behest of Film Star" (p. 1), "Vandals Desecrate Japanese Cemetary in California Town" (p. 1), "Chicago JACL Considers Filing Service for Claimants" (p. 3), "Revive Nisei Week Festival for First Time Since War" (p. 3), "New York JACL Will Assist In Audit on Civil Rights" (p. 5), …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 28 No. 9 (March 5, 1949) (ddr-pc-21-9)
Selected article titles: "House Passes Judd Naturalization Bill. Measure to Open Citizenship To Issei Gains Overwhelming Approval of Representatives" (p. 1), "Nine Strandees Seek Restoration of Citizenship" (p. 1), "Government Asks Individual Trials in Bid of Renunciants to Regain Citizenship Rights" (p. 2), "Case Histories of Maladjusted Nisei Studied at New York Meet" (p. 1), "Expect …
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Pacific Citizen Christmas 1945 Issue Section V (ddr-densho-121-9)
Selected article titles: "'To Make Our Future Secure'" (p. 1), "J.A.C.L. President: California Escheat Cases, A Threat To Nisei Security" (p. 1), "Relocation Center Nursery School" (p. 2), "Where Do We Go From Here? The Story of the JACL" (p. 3), "Nisei Violinist" (p. 4), "'Evacuee'" (p. 5), "Yuriko Amemiya Will Make Debut as Solo Artist …
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Manzanar Free Press Vol. 6 No. 29 (October 4, 1944) (ddr-densho-125-277)
Selected article titles: "Second Reservist Group Called. Ten to Leave Friday Morning for Fort Douglas" (p. 1), "New York WRA Head Here to Counsel Resettlers" (p. 1), "Casualty List Compiled" (p. 1), "Future Violators Face Bishop Jail" (p. 3), "Release Statistics on WRA Center Population" (p. 3), "Thomas Flays Opposers of West Coast Return" (p. 3), …
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Gila News-Courier Vol. III No. 14 (September 23, 1943) (ddr-densho-141-157)
Selected article titles: "Consolidation of Blocks Seen" (p. 1), "Permanent Council for Canal Takes Office Oath" (p. 1), "Editorial: Job Must be Done" (p. 2), "New York: Committee Writes to F.D.R." (p. 2), "Tule Lake Rumors Discredited" (p. 3), "High School Class Room Renovation Plans Given" (p. 3), "27 Not Criteria for Loyalty" (p. 3), "Hot …
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Gila News-Courier Vol. II No. 99 (August 19, 1943) (ddr-densho-141-141)
Selected article titles: "Employment Cut to 4,575 by September 1 -- Bennett. Post Segregation Job Outlook Good" (p. 1), "Inoculation for Dogs to Start" (p. 1), "Trend: Rivers Faces Meat Shortage" (p. 1), "Editorial: Cincinnatus Lives Up to Name" (p. 2), "New York City Union Welcomes Evacuee Help" (p. 2), "Limited: Family Reunion at Crystal City" …
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Daily Press Review, Vol. V, No. 3 (ddr-densho-156-243)
Article titles: "Newsnotes from Manzanar"; "Delta County Beet Growers Agree to Employ Japanese"; "Missouri College Accepts Japanese Despite Protests"; "10,000 Best Workers Needed in Montana"; "Idaho Relocation Center is Half Filled"; "Brandt Urges Farmers Seek Labor Now"; "Inquisitive Cameraman"; "Japanese Center Should Not Cause Any Shortages Here..."; "FBI Seizes Japanese Alien in New York"; "Japanese Center, …
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Passenger's evidence of air priority, ATC-PT-49, Mary Frances Clark (ddr-csujad-55-1493)
Scrapbook page containing a form for Clark's government air travel from New York to Texas. From the Mary F. Clark scrapbook, "Before I Forget, 1942-1947," page 132. See also sac_jaac_1334 through sac_jaac_1529. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1495
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Dorothy Kuwaye Interview (ddr-manz-1-68)
Nisei female. Born May 7, 1928, in Covina, California. At young age, suffered an accident in which she was hit by a car, and was raised by a non-Japanese American family. During World War II, rejoined biological family in the Pomona Assembly Center, California, and Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. Lived for a time in New …
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Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling (ddr-njpa-1-1196)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "(New York) Domei. Pre-match expectations were undone in the Schmeling-Louis world heavyweight championship match which drew the attention of the world when rather than the expected Schmeling victory, 'Brown Bomber' Louis delivered a crushing defeat via technical knockout a mere two minutes, four seconds into the match. Photograph: Schmeling grabs the ropes …
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Tomiko Takeuchi Interview (ddr-one-7-68)
Sansei female. Born April 18, 1942, in Portland, Oregon. During World War II, moved as an infant with family to the Portland Assembly Center, Oregon, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. After leaving camp, family moved for a time to New York, then returned to Oregon. Tomiko's father created and edited the Minidoka Interlude while in …
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Harsh Canvas: Henry Sugimoto (ddr-densho-1024-89)
A 2001 biographical documentary film on the life and work of Issei artist Henry Sugimoto, based on the artist's memoirs and testimony before the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians. The film highlights Sugimoto's art through archival and contemporary footage and follows his life's journey from immigration to his incarceration with his family during …
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Letter from Tadashi Ishida to Mr. & Mrs. Y Ishida (ddr-densho-535-118)
Check-in letter from New York City. Tad and Shiro are in town all weekend, staying at the Times Square Hotel. That night, they saw Artie Shaw and his orchestra. As for the city, Tad "never saw anything like it." Letter written at 2 a.m., but Tad says ?it's just like 6:00 p.m. right now.? Parents' note …
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Letter from Tadashi Ishida to Mr. & Mrs. Y Ishida (ddr-densho-535-128)
The day before, Tad and Shiro visited Shiro's brother, who is also a soldier and is stationed about 40 miles from D.C. There's a rumor that Tad's group may ship out in mid-February. If they're shipped out, they'll go to New York first. Says Washington "sure is a crowded place. We wait in line for everything." …