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doc A Guide for Japanese Americans in New York City and Suburban Areas (ddr-densho-356-1016)

Notice to Japanese Americans in New York City area that WRA field offices are closing and what resettlement policies will continue and what will not and a list of local social services office to contact in lieu of WRA field offices.

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doc Poston Chronicle Vol. XXIII No. 18 (June 16, 1945) (ddr-densho-145-646)

Selected article titles: "4-C's May Ask for Reclassification. Prompt Consideration Assured Those Writing" (p. 1), "Film Company Hires 25 Nisei in New York City" (p. 2), "Many Teachers Resign; New Employees Enter" (p. 3).

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doc Letter from Tadashi Ishida to Mr. & Mrs. Y Ishida (ddr-densho-535-147)

Camp quarantine has been lifted. Tad and company are planning to go to New York City. Parents' note on envelope back: 150 Thursday March 1, 1945

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doc Pacific Citizen Vol. 46, No. 1 (January 03, 1958) (ddr-pc-30-1)

Select article titles: "First Nisei Named Ambassador For Japan, To Revisit Hometown" (p. 1); "New York first city to pass ordinance barring discrimination in private housing" (p.1)

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doc Letter from Kaneji Domoto to Wakako Domoto (ddr-densho-329-863)

Letter from New York City. Mostly anecdotes about spending time with his co-workers in their time off in the city, going to bookstores and the library and seeing shows. Anecdotes about his boss at the New York World's Fair job, landscape architect Shogo Myaida. Taking and printing pictures from the worksite. In pencil on back of …

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vh George Yamada Segment 33 (ddr-densho-1000-187-33)

Description of Japanese American community in New York City postwar

This interview was conducted as part of a project to capture stories of the Japanese American community of Spokane, Washington. Densho worked in collaboration with the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture.

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img Photo of Yuichi and Yuji Sumi (ddr-densho-399-25)

"Having worked in the wholesale business prior to WWII, Yuji Sumi opened the 'New World Gift Shop' in 1945. Located at 1131 Amsterdam Avenue in New York City, it sold giftware and collectibles primarily from Japan. It closed in 1994."

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img 107th Infantry Memorial monument (ddr-janm-17-48)

1 photographic print: b&w; 107th Infantry Memorial monument in New York City. Sidewalk and road in foreground; Trees are barren in the background; appears to be covered in snow.

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Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians Media Releases, Tentative Witness Lists, and Tentative Agendas (ddr-densho-1007-1822)

doc Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians Media Releases, Tentative Witness Lists, and Tentative Agendas (ddr-densho-1007-1822)

Compilation of research materials from the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians documenting hearings and testimonies given in 1981 throughout Washington, D.C., New York City, and Los Angeles.

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doc Letter to Yuri Domoto from Harry Emerson Fosdick (ddr-densho-356-229)

Letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from Reverend Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick of The Riverside Church in New York City. Reverend Dr. Fosdick wrote to Yuriko as Sergeant Yoshito Shibata visited the church during his furlough to New York City and provided her name and address to them as part of his required registration to visit the …

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doc Letter to Yuri Tsukada from Mine Okubo (ddr-densho-356-610)

Letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from Mine Okubo. Mine writes about running into Yuri's brother Kaneji at a party in New York City, and discusses her return to art in the last year.

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img Joseph Grew receiving the Holland Society's Gold Medal for Distinguised Achievement (ddr-njpa-1-538)

Caption on reverse: "Former U.S. Ambassador to Japan honored in New York. Joseph C. Grew (left), Special Assistant to the U.S. Secretary of State and former U.S. Ambassador to Japan, - receives the Holland Society's Gold Medal for Distinguished Achievement from Ottomar H. Van Norden, president of the Society, at ceremonies in New York City. The …

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img George Mukai and Irene Shigaki (ddr-densho-456-7)

Inscribed on the back: "George Mukai + the / 10 -66" in black ink. Written on a post-it note attached to the back: "George Mukai (442) + Irene Shigaki in New York City 1966" in black ink.

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doc Gila News-Courier Vol. IV No. 67 (August 29, 1945) (ddr-densho-141-427)

Selected article titles: "Pamphlets Here on Relocation" (p. 1), "Draft Case Appealed" (p. 2), "Advice: Get Assistance Before Leaving" (p. 3), "Anti-Japanese Leaders Charged" (p. 3), "New York City: Issei Couple Helps Evacuees" (p. 4).

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img Mitzi Nakahara with Shige Ogura (ddr-densho-477-105)

Photograph of Mitsuko (Nakahara) Isoshima (left) and Shige Ogura (right) standing in a yard. The caption below the photo reads "Mitsuko & Shige Ogura / Governess & translator for NYK Manager's son in New York City" in black ink.

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doc Letter to Yuri Tsukada from Richard Tsukada (ddr-densho-356-476)

Letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from her husband Richard "Dick" Tsukada. Dick writes how he spent his afternoon in New York City. Item tied together with all objects between ddr-densho-356-457 and ddr-densho-540.

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doc Granada Pioneer Vol. II No. 20 (January 12, 1944) (ddr-densho-147-133)

Selected article titles: "Center Survey to be Made" (p. 1), "Nisei Farmers' Outlook Dark" (p. 2), "Many Nisei Dreams Come True in New York City" (p. 3), "Santa Marians Oppose Return of Evacuees to West Coast" (p. 6).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-147-133/

Narrator Roger Daniels

White male. Born December 1, 1927, in New York City, New York. Charles Phelps Taft Professor Emeritus of History, University of Cincinnati. Served as a consultant to the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians from 1981 to 1983. Has researched and written numerous books about the Japanese American experience, including Prisoners Without Trial: Japanese …

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doc 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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vh Roger Daniels Interview III (ddr-densho-1000-416)

Caucasian male. Born December 1, 1927, in New York City, New York. Charles Phelps Taft Professor Emeritus of History, University of Cincinnati. Served as a consultant to the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians from 1981 to 1983. Has researched and written numerous books about the Japanese American experience, including Prisoners Without Trial: Japanese …

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vh Roger Daniels Interview II (ddr-densho-1000-415)

Caucasian male. Born December 1, 1927, in New York City, New York. Charles Phelps Taft Professor Emeritus of History, University of Cincinnati. Served as a consultant to the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians from 1981 to 1983. Has researched and written numerous books about the Japanese American experience, including Prisoners Without Trial: Japanese …

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vh Roger Daniels Interview I (ddr-densho-1000-414)

Caucasian male. Born December 1, 1927, in New York City, New York. Charles Phelps Taft Professor Emeritus of History, University of Cincinnati. Served as a consultant to the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians from 1981 to 1983. Has researched and written numerous books about the Japanese American experience, including Prisoners Without Trial: Japanese …

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vh Roger Daniels Interview IV (ddr-densho-1000-418)

Caucasian male. Born December 1, 1927, in New York City, New York. Charles Phelps Taft Professor Emeritus of History, University of Cincinnati. Served as a consultant to the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians from 1981 to 1983. Has researched and written numerous books about the Japanese American experience, including Prisoners Without Trial: Japanese …

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doc Letter to Yuri Domoto from Nao Hoshino (ddr-densho-356-350)

Letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from Naoko Hoshino in which she discusses the labor market in New York and how she is settling into the city. Item tied together with all objects between ddr-densho-356-321 and ddr-densho-356-413.

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doc Letter and clipping to Yuri Tsukada from Mine Okubo (ddr-densho-356-668)

Letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from Mine Okubo. Mine writes about how she would feel hosting house guests, how by living in New York City she never feels like she needs to travel for a vacation and encourages Yuri to travel to California.

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