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doc Letter from Tomoye Takahashi to Henri Takahashi (ddr-densho-410-409)

Shares news she heard second hand about Helen's plans to marry someone named Kay in Salt Lake City without telling anyone, plans to wait and have the baby in camp while she still had health care. Note on back of envelope that Mrs. Harada wants to get married (to Tomoyuki Nozawa) in the Spring with Martha …

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doc Tomoye Takahashi's 1943 diary from Topaz (ddr-densho-410-568)

Written on 1943 planner/calendar book from Buckbee Thorne Real Estate. Containing descriptions of camp life, her work on the Topaz Times women's page, sewing projects, meetings and social events, visitors and family news. Blank from March 27 to December 31 (blank pages not processed) except for four pages of names and contact information at back

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doc Walerga wasp, no. 6 (May 30, 1942) (ddr-csujad-55-2511)

Newspaper published at the Walerga Assembly Center covering news, updates, camp services, and events. Current issue includes articles on beet workers, adult education, and sports. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2617

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doc Minutes from the Heart Mountain Community Council meeting, April 19, 1944 (ddr-csujad-55-554)

Minutes from the Heart Mountain Community Council meeting. Includes report from Community Enterprises Committee on meeting at Granada, subcommittee reports, and discussion on facilities and news. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0556

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doc Hunt Hi-lites anniversary (December 1943) (ddr-csujad-55-1934)

Special Christmas edition of the newsletter published by Hunt High School at Minidoka incarceration camp. Covers events, activities, news, and opinion related to Hunt High School students. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1937

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doc Sentinel supplement, series 229 (September 5, 1944) (ddr-csujad-55-940)

News bulletin from Heart Mountain incarceration camp covering jobs at the Tooele Ordinance Depot, elections, enlisted incarcerees, movie schedules, jobs at the incarceration camp, and baseball games. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0942

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doc Letter from Muneo Sakane to Masako Sumida (ddr-densho-379-35)

Letter gives news from Rohwer including that the "segregation train" left and was expected to arrive in Tule Lake the next day. He comments on the Japanese that relocated in places such as Cincinnati are pioneers, and not all Caucasians are prejudiced. He states that most of the young men left at Rohwer are waiting to …

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doc Letter from Charles B. Price to Emery Fast (ddr-densho-379-39)

Letter from Mr. Price, Relocation Program Officer at Rohwer, to Mr. Fast, Relocation Program Officer in Washington, D.C., requesting "courtesies" for Mr. Sumida in his quest of suitable employment in Washington, D.C. Mr Price wrote that in addition to his daily news translation, he served on various important committees at Rohwer, and he would be missed.

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Narrator Joseph Frisino

Male of Italian and Irish descent. Born 1919 in Baltimore, Maryland. Grew up in the countryside outside of Baltimore with his parents, younger sister, and maternal grandmother. Raised Catholic, he attended public schools until graduating in 1936 at age seventeen. Began working for the Baltimore News Post in 1937 until the draft of 1940 when he …

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doc Press release for panel at News Conference re: publication of "Open Letter to Hayakawa" (ddr-densho-122-126)

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doc Copy of clipping with photo from The Japanese American News titled "Alameda's Frolicking Fujin" (ddr-ajah-3-350)

Caption below clipping: Young Nisei Women prepare for the Obon Festival and dance at the Buddhist Temple of Alameda, CA. Photo courtesy the Nichibei Shinbun July 23, 1936

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doc October 2008 (ddr-densho-431-25)

Article titles: "From the Director," "From the Archive: Prison within the Prison: The Tule Lake Stockade," "Densho News: Sushi & Sake Fest: Last Chance for Early Bird Tickets!," "Densho Community Meeting: A Look Back at Redress," "Densho October Poll: Japanese American Writers," "New to the Archive: Look Inside the Archive: Kazuko Uno Bill Interview," " Support …

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doc Letter from Don Comer to the Kida family (ddr-one-3-68)

Letter from Don Comer to George Kida and family, dated January 19, 1944. Writes of news of his farm and of the Kidas' livestock. Mr. Comer was once taking care of the Kidas' cows, but he gave them to James Albert "Al" Johnson the previous winter (he didn't know if Al had told the Kidas that …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 33 No. 4 (August 4, 1951) (ddr-pc-23-31)

Selected article titles: "Senate Judiciary Committee Approves Compromise Plan For Paying Evacuee Claims" (p. 1), "Japanese Peruvians Appeal For Right to Stay in U.S." (p. 1), "Seattle Mayor Renames Jackson St. Area" (p. 2), "Civil Liberties Union Hails Progress in Restoration of U.S. Rights to Renunciants" (p. 3), "Refusal of Some Bars to Serve Negroes Makes …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 29 No. 10 (September 3, 1949) (ddr-pc-21-35)

Selected article titles: "Federal Court Condemns Mass Evacuation Program. Judge Denman Denounces Wartime Exclusion, Detention of Japanese American Group" (p. 1), "Convict Seven U.S. Japanese in Yokohama. Made False Statements in Attempt to Return to United States" (p. 1), "San Francisco News Defends Gen. DeWitt's Wartime Actions" (p. 3), "Discuss Outright Test Case on Validity of …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 50 No. 9 (February 26, 1960) (ddr-pc-32-9)

Select article titles: "Use of 'Jap' on Nation-wide TV Shocks Nisei" (p.1); "Protest use of 'Jap' in news headlines of Long Beach daily" (p.3); "Fighting for Civil Rights" (p.7) "Japanese refugee families being reunited for first time in four or five years" (p.8); "Any person can be detained on street to prove citizenship" (p.8)

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img Pacific Citizen, Vol. 98, No. 22 (June 8, 1984) (ddr-pc-56-22)

Selected article titles: "Pathetic Hordes, Inscrutable Fiends: News media, Hollywood revive slurs" (p. 1), "Candidates for JACL national office announced" (p. 1), "Memorial to internees of WW2 center defaced" (p. 1), "Legal maneuvering begins on Hirabayashi coram nobis case: 'challenge of the century'" (p. 2), Landmark dedicated to Issei 'Grape King'" (p. 2), "A Visit to …

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doc Manzanar Free Press Vol. 5 No. 13 (February 12, 1944) (ddr-densho-125-210)

Selected article titles: "Give Procedure on Selective Service Notices" (p. 1), "Install Alarm Boxes for Fire Hazards" (p. 1), "Federal Govt. Files Condemnation Suit Involving Manzanar" (p. 1), "Canteen Sells Rice" (p. 1), "Processing Schedules for Segregants is Released" (p. 1), "News Commentator Stresses Fair Play for Nisei Citizens" (p. 1), "Majority of Residents Now Eligible …

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doc Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 114 (September 24, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-200)

Selected article titles: "Urban League is Planned for S.F."; "On the Other Hand"; "Nisei Wife Commends Editorial in Chicago Sun"; "Temple Hostel Favored by Angeleno Returnees"; "Deed Covenants Declared Illegal"; "Yamamoto Back Home, Resumes Law Practice"; "FEPC Plan Being Pushed"; "Powerful Group Presses Action"; "Osato to Star in Play"; "Returnee News"; "Intention to Wed"; "Final Review …

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doc Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 118 (October 3, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-204)

Selected article titles: "Repatriations May Penalize Isseis"; "Returnees in Seattle No More Houses For"; "Nisei Troops in Nippon Occupation Force Urged"; "Lieutenant Visits Brother"; "'Dilly-Dallying' Charged on Internee Repatriation"; "1500 More, Hunt Camp"; "Loomis Returnee Home Burned Down"; "San Francisco Council of Churches to Welcome Niseis San Francisco"; "Attorney on West Coast"; "Author Examines Prejudice Spores"; …

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doc Daily Press Review, Vol. V, No. 11 (ddr-densho-156-251)

Article titles: "Graduates of U.W. Teach at Jap Camp"; "Nevada Legion Seeks to Curb U.S. Japanese"; "Japanese Plead to Aid with Crops"; "Machinery is Set Up for Japanese Labor"; "Still a Japanese"; "Japanese Colony Population Reaches Almost 10,000 Mark"; "Japanese Evacuees Begin Work in South Idaho Harvest Fields"; "Behind the News"; "80 Negroes Jailed for Forming …

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doc Daily Press Review, Vol. VI, No. 9 (ddr-densho-156-273)

Article titles: "Evacuated Centers May be Inhabited by Mexican Laborers"; "Hayden Asks Investigation to Milk Allotment to Japs"; "2,100 at Hunt Work on Farms"; "Jap Physician Draws Term"; "Reading Material at Newell"; "Visit at Cody"; "State Farm Head Talks at Jerome Grange Meeting"; "Newell News Items"; "New Alien Camp Started"; "3 More S.F. Aliens Ousted"; "He …

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doc Weekly Press Review No. 52 (ddr-densho-156-364)

Original summary excerpts: News reports of WRA were largely unfavorable during the past week, although articles on the progress of relocated evacuees continued to be good, and the "excellent showing" of the Japanese-American combat team, according to a War Department release, was a major factor in the decision to put Japanese-Americans under the Selective Service draft …

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img Clipping photo of the USS Ranger off the coast of Virginia (ddr-njpa-13-133)

Caption on reverse: "THE NAVY'S NEWEST 'MARINE AIRFIELD': THE AIRPLANE CARRIER RANGER. Passing Old Point Comfort, Va., on Her Way From Newport News to Her First Shakedown Tests. She Cost $21,000,000, Has a Top Speed of 29-1/2 Knots, and Carries Seventy-two Airplanes. Her Six Funnels Fold Horizontally to the Water When the Planes Are Alighting. (Times …

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img Louis Ferdinand and Kira Kirillovna on their honeymoon (ddr-njpa-1-338)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Domei Photographic Overseas A News August 2, 1938. Honeymoon. (Honolulu) Domei. Continuing their honeymoon trip around the world, HRH Louis Ferdinand, the grandson of the former German Kaiser (Wilhelm), and his wife shed their traveling clothes here, embracing the spirit of the land of the eternal summer (taken July 8). Photograph: the …

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