696 items
696 items
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Letter from Tadashi Ishida to Mrs. Y Ishida (ddr-densho-535-143)
Tad saw "Here Comes the Co-eds": it was "a funny picture." The food in New York is good, but Meade and Blanding were "way better." Tad isn't up to much; his barrack is "still quarantined." Parents' note on envelope back: 147 Monday Feb. 26, 1945 PM
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Letter to Yuri Tsukada from Lynn (ddr-densho-356-402)
Letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from Lynn in which Lynn tells of a move to New York City, her plan to completed school, and a desire to see each other. Item tied together with all objects between ddr-densho-356-321 and ddr-densho-356-413.
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Letter to Yuri Tsukada from Richard Tsukada (ddr-densho-356-496)
Letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from her husband Richard "Dick" Tsukada. Dick writes about receiving two letters from Yuri, staying in New York for the weekend, and a dream he had. Item tied together with all objects between ddr-densho-356-457 and ddr-densho-540.
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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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Short article regarding a Japanese journalist (ddr-njpa-4-1473)
Article [translation]: "Correspondent Nishijima's post in New York. Correspondent Tokumaru Nishijima, of the Daimaitonichi's New York branch, is a graduate of the Department of Economics at Tokyo University, and he used to work at the Shanghai branch. For his first trip abroad to the U.S., Mr. Fukumoto, of the same company, transferred and promoted him to …
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Mary T. Karatsu Interview (ddr-densho-1000-362)
Nisei female. Born April 23, 1924, in Baldwin Park, California. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, moved with sister to New York under sponsorship of uncle to avoid incarceration. Attended school in New York before marrying and eventually returning to California. Active in numerous community and social service organizations in the Los Angeles area.
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Letter from John (Sohei) Hohri to Harold Landon and Thelma Jo Bruce (ddr-janm-18-24)
Letter from Sohei (John) Hohri to Harold Landon & Thelma Jo Bruce, dated March 26, 2004. Envelope is addressed to Mr. and Mrs. Harold Landon in Granada Hills, CA from Sohei Hohri in New York City, NY. Sohei thanks Harold for his letter with Coach Jim Purcell's obituary and the drawing of the Disney Music Hall …
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Letter from Kaneji Domoto to Wakako Domoto (ddr-densho-329-874)
Letter from Taliesin. Kan is working in the Taliesin kitchen, working on designing and fixing up his room as his main solo creative project, and working with other fellows on landscaping a hillside for which they are sourcing local plants from the area His old boss, landscape architect Shogo Myaida, has invited him back to work …
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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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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 41 No. 16 (October 14, 1955) (ddr-pc-27-41)
Selected article titles: "Shinto temples on attorney general proscribed list redesignated" (p. 1), "Nisei auditor elected president of AFL lodge of government employees union" (p. 1), "Japan's No. 1 anti-American woman agitator -- Mrs. Ishizaki -- once lived in New York; regarded as queen by Japanese Reds" (p. 2).
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 103, No. 13 (September 26, 1986) (ddr-pc-58-38)
Selected article titles: "Anti-Asian Violence Seen as Nationwide Problem" (pp. 1, 8), "JACL Election Spawns Controversy: Do Delegates Obey Chapter or District?" (pp. 1-2, 4), "Task Force Hearings: New York Asians Speak on Community Issues" (p. 3), and "Asian Groups Unanimous in Opposing Prop. 63" (p. 6).
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Scrapbook page (ddr-densho-35-353)
Newspaper articles from the New York Times, Oregonian, and Pacific Citizen all describing public reactions to Japanese Americans returning to the West Coast. One of the articles is titled "Union Limits Nisei to Ex-Service Men: Teamsters' Union Says it Will Oppose All Other Japanese in West Coast Jobs."
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Relocation offices (ddr-csujad-55-856)
List of relocation offices in Salt Lake City, Chicago, Denver, New York, Kansas City, Boston, and Little Rock. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0858
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Rockefeller Center (ddr-janm-17-8)
1 photographic print: b&w; A view of Rockefeller Center in New York City. There is snow falling and snow on the bushes; 4 individuals can be seen walking on lower right corner between two buildings. In the background, front of the building, there are 3 fir trees.
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Letter to Yuri Tsukada from Richard Tsukada (ddr-densho-356-458)
Letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from her husband Richard "Dick" Tsukada in which Dick writes about how much he misses Yuri and the details of his week in New York looking for work. Item tied together with all objects between ddr-densho-356-457 and ddr-densho-540.
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Information Digest No. 33 (ddr-densho-156-393)
Section titles: "Senate Hearings"; "Field Meetings"; "Field Relocation Offices Open"; "Evacuee Property Policy Clarified"; "Plans for Growing Pyrethrum Discontinued"; "Cheyenne Internal Security Conference"; "Employment"; "Granada Schools"; "Reports Division Staff in Field"; "New WRA Publication Under Way"; "Relocation Planning Division"; "Health Section"; "Marks in New York"; "Student Relocation"; "Library Notes"; "Correction"; "Priority Required"; "Project Procurement Procedure to …
Narrator Henry Fukuhara
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.
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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Heart Mountain Sentinel Vol. II No. 30 (July 24, 1943) (ddr-densho-97-138)
Selected article titles: "Byrnes Aids Evacuees' Position. Assistant to President Praises Nisei Soldiers in Official Statement" (p. 1), "Tule Lake Named for Segregees" (p. 1), "Relocating Family Groups Being Considered by WRA" (p. 1), "Editorial: Getting Back to Business" (p. 4), "Relocation Prospects: No Housing Shortage in New York" (p. 5).
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Masanori Katsu (ddr-njpa-4-658)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Diet member. Elected from the 4th precinct of Fukuoka. February 20, 1932. Masanori Katsu. Unemployed. Graduated from Tokyo University. Former financial administrator to New York. Kumamoto. Director of Tokyo Tax Administration. Councilor of Ministry of Finance. Deputy Mayor of Tokyo city. Elected 3 times (54 years old)."
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Manzanar Free Press Relocation Supplement Vol. 1 No. 18 (August 15, 1945) (ddr-densho-125-386)
Selected article titles: "N.Y. Church Committee Provides Scholarships" (p. 1), "Demand for Workers in New York High Despite V-E Day" (p. 1), "Chicago Passes Laws Favorably Effecting Security of Resettlers" (p. 1), "Outstanding Nisei Work Results in More Offers" (p. 1), "Explain How to Obtain Social Security Card" (p. 4).
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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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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.