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891 items
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Manzanar Free Press Vol. 6 No. 103 (June 16, 1945) (ddr-densho-125-348)
Selected article titles: "War Service to Reconsider Selective Service Classifications" (p. 1), "Shortage of Workers Effects Residents" (p. 1), "Residents Urged to Notify Free Press" (p. 1), "Instructions Given Residents Leaving on Special Buses" (p. 1), "Dillon Myer Makes Inspection Tour" (p. 1), "Proposals to Naturalize Loyal Asiatics Up Before Congressional Subcommittee" (p. 1), "WRA Removes …
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Colorado Times Vol. 31, No. 4294 (April 7, 1945) (ddr-densho-150-7)
Selected article titles: "Resettlement Assistance Fund to be Available to Nisei After Liquidation of WRA"; "Shopping and School Activities Occupy Family of Issei Architect in New York City"; "Ickes Believes West Will Not Tolerate Evacuee Persecution"; "Probe of Titles of Japanese Land Opens in Placer"; "2 Nisei Girls Commissioned Nurse"; "Nisei Bowlers' League"; "Manchu Bears Take …
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Information Digest No. 57 (ddr-densho-156-415)
Section titles: "Tule Lake Policy"; "Relocation Team to Visit Seven Centers"; "Director Visits New York, West Coast"; "Spanish Consuls Visit All Projects"; "Construction Program Summary"; "Cost of Building by Primary Types of Construction"; "Cost of Construction by Centers"; "Nisei Enrollment In Colleges Made Easier"; "Business Enterprises Profits Pass Million Mark"; "Sales and Net Earnings of Business …
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Jack Dempsey holding his daughter (ddr-njpa-1-162)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Newspaper Rengo Photographic Sports News April 16. Masterpiece Unlike Her Old Man. (New York) Rengo. Jack Dempsey, a heavyweight boxer cheered on by fans all over the world, has recently been blessed with a daughter, Joan Hannah. As shown in this photograph, he's even happier now than he was when he won …
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Edward K. Honda Interview (ddr-densho-1000-244)
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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Julie Otsuka Interview (ddr-densho-1000-176)
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 …
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Letter from Tadashi Ishida to Mr. & Mrs. Y Ishida (ddr-densho-535-137)
Check-in letter from New York, written across two days. Tad's still in the hospital, listening to Danny Kaye on the radio. He says he hopes Hana is getting along ok: "she is probably getting fat, isn't she" Asks his mother if she's heard from Bob (Yatabe). Ends with Tad learning he's getting kicked out of the …
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Two letters to Yuri Tsukada from Richard Tsukada (ddr-densho-356-460)
Two letters store in one envelope to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from her husband Richard "Dick" Tsukada. Letter dated 6/14: Dick writes about missing Yuri and looking for work in New York. Letter dated 6/15: Responses to Yuri's letter: promises to write more, how he is sleeping, eating and feeling. Unclear if letters were mailed together. Item …
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Letter to Yuri Tsukada from Richard Tsukada (ddr-densho-356-513)
Two letters to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from her husband Richard "Dick" Tsukada store in one envelope. Letter 1: Dick writes his work, the end of his cold and missing Yuri. Letter 2: Dick writes about possible plans to have Yuri visit during Labor Day Weekend, details plans for moving her in New York and apologizing for …
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Letter to Yuri Domoto from Mildred Allen (ddr-densho-356-542)
Letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from Mildred Allen. Mildred provides a list of contacts in New York City that may be able to help Yuri find a job on the East Coast. Additionally she writes about press about the war, her thoughts about Japanese Americans being released from camps and her observations of others reactions to …
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Letter from Kaneji Domoto to Wakako Domoto (ddr-densho-329-871)
Letter from Chicago. Kan is on his way to interview with Frank Lloyd Wright at Taliesin. He talks about driving his Ford, and the places he is passing through: visiting the zoo with Mary Fujii in Chicago, Niagara Falls, impressions of the landscapes as he drives through Ohio and Indiana on his way to Wisconsin. On …
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Letter from Kaneji Domoto to Wakako Domoto (ddr-densho-329-862)
Letter from New York City. On his interactions with the landscape architect running the World's Fair garden project, Nagao Sakurai. On working with Japanese gardeners on the project and what everyone eats for lunch. On the weather. Kan reflects on what he's learning from his work and declares, "One thing that I have found out and …
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Bruno Hauptmann in prison (ddr-njpa-1-598)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Domei Transmitted International News January 29. Killer of Lindy's Beloved Son to Finally Go to the Electric Chair? (New York) Domei. Although Bruno Hauptmann, the man believed to be the killer of Colonel Lindbergh's beloved son, a crime that captivated all of America, still continues to firmly deny his guilt, the death …
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News clippings regarding the incarceration of Japanese Americans, F.C. 29, March, 1944 (ddr-csujad-55-763)
Collection of newspaper clippings covering Japanese Americans during World War II. Topics include incarceration camps, Japanese American soldiers, race, prejudice, work, and other commentary. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0765
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Advance Congregational Christian Journal: As American as Hot Dogs and Coca-Cola (ddr-densho-446-393)
Article by Ryo (Morikawa) Tsai on what it means to be a "minority" American and influence of faith
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Letter from Tadashi Ishida to Mr. & Mrs. Y Ishida (ddr-densho-535-116)
Check-in letter from Fort Meade, Maryland, written 14 days after the last letter from Camp Blanding. Tad is bunking with Shiro; the barracks are "swell, and nice." The fort is 45 minutes from D.C. and Baltimore, and the men can leave whenever they'd like if they're not on duty; Tad and Shiro plan to go to …
Narrator Sumiko Higashi
Sansei female. Born 1941 in Los Angeles, California. During World War II, the family was sent to the Santa Anita assembly center, California, and the Amache concentration camp, Colorado. After the war, returned to Los Angeles, where father was a gardener and mother worked in LA's fashion district in garment factories. Graduated from UCLA and worked …
Narrator Roger Shimomura
Roger Shimomura's paintings, prints, and theater pieces address sociopolitical issues of Asian America. The inspiration for many of his works are the diaries kept by his late immigrant grandmother for fifty-six years. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Washington in Seattle, and his graduate degree from Syracuse University, New York. Shimomura has had …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 25 No. 4 (August 2, 1947) (ddr-pc-19-31)
Selected article titles: "442nd Infantry Reactivated Army Reserver as 252 Disabled Nisei Watch Rites" (p. 1), "Senate Tables Evacuation Claims Proposal Until 1948" (p. 1), "Masaoka Speaks on Minority Problems at New York" (p. 1), "Civil Service Will Drop Use of 'Japanese' Classification in Employee Loyalty Standards" (p. 2), "Ku Klux Klan Led Race Hate Campaigns …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 72, No. 24 (June 18, 1971) (ddr-pc-43-24)
Selected article titles: "St. Mary's Drum & Bugle Corps: Chinese rejects Elks parade invite" (p. 1), "New York JACL fights in court to have 'JAP' trademark banned" (p. 1), "Industrialist predicts private clubs will drop restrictive policy in '70s" (p. 1), "Seattle human relations dept. needs more bite in subpoenas, from budget" (p. 1), "Japan publicizes …
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Pacific Citizen, Whole No. 2168, Vol. 93, No. 24 (December 11, 1981) (ddr-pc-53-49)
Selected article titles: "CWRIC draft of final report to be previewed by Nat'l JACL" (p. 1), "Hawaiians have highest cancer rate in U.S." (p. 1), "Small black group stirs CWRIC air in New York" (p. 1), "L.A. agencies feel the sting of Reagan's federal cutbacks" (p. 1), "County affirmative action officer under fire, resigns" (p. 3), …
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Billy Rose and Eleanor Holm arrive at Haneda Air Base (ddr-densho-299-59)
Caption on reverse: "FEC-49-1140. 13 Feb 49 / The Billy Rose's arrive in Tokyo, Japan: / Mr. and Mrs. Billy Rose (New York, NY) / theatrical producer, are greeted by / occupation personnel as they step from / a plane at Haneda Air Base, Tokyo, / Japan, shortly after their arrival from / the states. Mrs. …
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Sentinel supplement, series 88 (June 23, 1943) (ddr-csujad-55-1068)
News bulletin for incarcerees covering announcements, events, programs, policies, recreational activities, and jobs at Heart Mountain incarceration camp. Current issue includes information on job offers for beauticians, farmers, laborers, and hospital personnel in the New York area; information on seasonal and indefinite leave, camp regulations, sports, and movies. See this object in the California State Universities …
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Julius Rosenberg (ddr-njpa-1-1691)
Caption on reverse: "NY-70..4/5/51..New York...Julius Rosenberg, convicted atomic spy, holds his head erect as he enters Federal court today to hear his sentence. Another prisoner shackled to Rosenberg hides his face from the camera. Rosenberg was sentenced to death, as was his wife, Ethel, date of execution was set for the week of May 21. The …
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Minidoka Irrigator Vol. V No. 3 (March 17, 1945) (ddr-densho-119-130)
Selected article titles: "Nation-wide Survey Finds Evacuees Resettle in East" (p. 1), "Air Mail Packages Will Be Opened for Inspection -- PO" (p. 1), "Gresham Anti-Japanese Advocate Deportation" (p. 1), "Pfc. George Funai Now German Prisoner-of-War" (p. 1), "Canadian Nisei Prisoner Repatriated on Gripsholm" (p. 1), "Conviction of Nisei Draft Dodgers Upheld by Judge" (p. 1), …