1843 items
1843 items
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Recommendation letter for Chimata Sumida from Nat R. Griswold (ddr-densho-379-38)
Chimata Sumida worked under his supervision for two and one-half years. His duties included lecturing nightly in Japanese to the Isseis about "news of the world." He said that Chimata Sumida had a "mind of his own," but he has cooperated with the WRA and his community even though he did not always agree with the …
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Sentinel supplement, series 48 (March 22, 1943) (ddr-csujad-55-1040)
News bulletin for incarcerees covering announcements, events, programs, policies, recreational activities, and jobs at Heart Mountain incarceration camp. Current issue includes information on Rocky Mountain spotted fever, an announcement on the transfer of warehouse and property control section, nurses aid positions, and plans for a service flag honoring former Heart Mountain incarcerees currently serving in the …
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Albert and Elsa Einstein aboard a ship (ddr-njpa-1-286)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Rengo Overseas Photographic News No. 793 January 13. Dr. Einsten and Wife - Towards their American Trip - (Brussels) Rengo. Germany's Dr. Einstein, who immediately became known as this century's greatest scientist for presenting difficult principles such as the theory of relativity and is also famous as a brave champion against the …
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Tulean Dispatch Vol. 4 No. 99 (March 19, 1943) (ddr-densho-65-181)
Selected article titles: "Tri-State High School Credits: Meet Entrance Requirements For College, Kenneth Harkness Says" (p. 1), "Colonel to Interview Language Candidates" (p. 1), "Federal Civil Service Approves Nisei Workers" (p. 1), "Buttons to Be Returned" (p. 1), "Red Cross Unit Slate Election on Sunday" (p. 1), "Ex-Tulean Feted By Shirrell; Taken on Sight-Seeing Trip" (p. …
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Masayo and Reiko Osawa being cheered by students (ddr-njpa-4-1667)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Welcome party for Ozawa sisters of diving. (Tokyo) October 9, 1936. A welcome party for Misses Masayo and Reiko Osawa, Olympic swimming representatives, was held at [?] on the afternoon of the 9th. This party was planned by their old schools, alumni, [?] and [?]. About 1,300 people attended this party, which …
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Letter from George Kida to Sarah "Sade" Pyatt (ddr-one-3-24)
Letter from George Kida, addressed to "Grandma" (Sarah "Sade" Pyatt). George writes that there had been a misunderstanding about his mother, writing that Mrs. Pyatt had wrote that his mother "was in the worst scrape of any of us" and so had assumed she was ill. He called the Krogmans for news of his mother, who …
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Christmas card and letter from Opal Yarnell to Kida family (ddr-one-3-60)
Envelope addressed to Mr. and Mrs. K. Kida and son in Nyssa, Oregon. Christmas card from Opal Yarnell to the Kida family dated December 16, 1943. Says she is afraid that Mrs. Pyatt doesn't have long to live. Hopes the war will end. Talks about her son Bucky in the navy and the places he has …
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Data card with biographical information of Keisaburo Koyama - a continuation of 2016.23.07 (ddr-one-5-97)
Photocopy of a declassified data card with biographical information on Keisaburo Koyama. The card is labeled "1a" and has a white check mark along the bottom center. Information on the card was acquired from two Japanese newspapers: The Great Northern Daily News and The North American Times. Translations of both articles was provided by Confidential Informant …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 17 No. 10 (September 11, 1943) (ddr-pc-15-35)
Selected article titles: "Wyoming Legion Backs Evacuees With Resolution" (p. 1), "Gripsholm Sails With Repatriates For Far East. 1330 Japanese Aboard Liner Will Be Exchanged For American Prisoners" (p. 1), "Laxity in Handling Properties Of Nisei, Aliens Charged by Santa Clara County Grand Jury. Report Says Sheriff Admits Some Property May Have Disappeared; Suggests Adequate Warehouse …
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Manzanar Free Press Vol. 5 No. 18 (March 1, 1944) (ddr-densho-125-215)
Selected article titles: "Delegates Meet With Director for Draft Discussion. Merritt Leaves for Washington With Local Citizens' Message" (p. 1), "Seven Boys Held on Unauthorized Leave" (p. 1), "First Manzanar Group in Tule After 36-Hour Trip" (p. 1), "House Passes Bill Aimed at Disloyals" (p. 1), "Responsibility to U.S. Told Delegates" (p. 1), "Lift Curfew Law …
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Pacific Citizen Vol. 22 No. 13 (ddr-densho-121-18)
Selected article titles: "Eleventh-Hour Releases Save 102 Persons from Internment in Crystal City Camp in Texas" (p. 1), "National YMCA Urges Issei Naturalization" (p. 1), "'Third Evacuation" Under Way for California Evacuees' (p. 1), "Nisei Attorney Will Take Part in Trials of War Criminals" (p. 2), "Immigration Service Travel Restrictions on Nisei, Other Oriental Americans Protested" …
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Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 129 (October 29, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-215)
Selected article titles: "Paris GI Paper Lauds Niseis"; "Nisei Girl Appointed to Staff at Institute"; "On the Other Hand"; "Seabrook Man Told His Son was Named for Commission"; "Idaho Camp Closes 9 Days Ahead of Schedule"; "Miyazaki, Kikunaga Troth Disclothed on October 23"; "Martial Control Ends in Islands"; "Buddhist News Bulletin"; "'Most Secret Weapon'"; "Heart Mountain …
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Daily Press Review, Vol. VI, No. 3 (ddr-densho-156-267)
Article titles: "Relocation Project Tries Hog Raising"; "Enemy Aliens Need Permit to Move"; "War Revises Social Work"; "Lions Protest Teacher Shift"; "Abortion Guilt Verdict is Given"; "War Relocation Director Comes to Can Center"; "1000 Klamath Citizens in Parade to Potato Field"; "Japanese Coming to Labor Camp"; "Horses Used for Messenger Service"; "Call Meeting on Beet Labor"; …
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Weekly Press Review No. 41 (ddr-densho-156-354)
Original summary excerpt: Reports of a farm strike at the Tule Lake segregation center were the greatest source of news this week. It was stated that residents of the area were demanding protection against the Japanese as the result of a local rancher's statement that he and members of the WRA staff, including the National Director, …
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Charles Kingsford Smith standing next to his plane (ddr-njpa-1-724)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Kingsford Smith Fails to Set New Record from Britain to Australia. (Sydney) Rengo Arrived Today. The famous Australian aviator Major Kingsford Smith, who departed from Windham on September 23 to break the record set by former RAF pilot Charles William Scott in April of nine days and three hours from Britain to …
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Recommendation letter for Chimata Sumida from Wilma van Dusseldorp (ddr-densho-379-40)
Wilma van Dusseldorp's, Counselor of Welfare Department of the WRA at Rohwer, letter of recommendation regarding Chimata and Masako Sumida's character and qualifications for employment. Masako Sumida served as a Counseling Aide for the Welfare Section Staff at the American Hostel in Cincinnati, Ohio. She stated that Chimata Sumida was a youthful person in his range …
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Seattle Chapter, JACL Reporter, Vol. XVI, No. 12, December 1979 (ddr-sjacl-1-285)
Newsletter covering the following topics: Mike Lowry introduces first Redress Bill , HR 5977: National JACL article explaining Commission approach to redress; great editorial in Twin Falls Times-News (9/30/79) defending the idea of burning a symbolic camp watchtower. Basically, opposition to burning a tower because it might rekindle prejudices is tantamount to acknowledging that such prejudice …
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Zhang Xueliang convalescing in bed (ddr-njpa-1-129)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Zhang Xueliang Finally Flees Capital? Fengtian has turned utterly pale due to an urgent telegram saying that Baoding is in danger of falling today or tomorrow. Because it's inevitable that Beiping will be lost without a battle if Baoding falls, the leadership is currently discussing what to do. For this reason, the …
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Alfred M. Landon (ddr-njpa-1-850)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Domei Overseas Photographic News September 26. Two Enemies in the Same Boat. (Des Moines, Iowa) Domei. With the presidential race finally heating up and the campaigns of hard-fighting President Roosevelt and Republican candidate Kansas Governor Alfred Landon in utter opposition, the two met at the drought conference held here on the 4th. …
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Galeazzo Ciano greeted by Nazi youth (ddr-njpa-1-51)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Domei Overseas Photographic News November 6. Italian Foreign Minister Ciano. (Berlin) Domei. With the European political situation in serious crisis, young Italian Foreign Minister Count Ciano, Prime Minister Mussolini's son-in-law, left Rome on October 19 headed to Germany on an important mission. He immediately met with German Foreign Minister von Neurath and …
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David Lloyd George standing with Adolf Hitler (ddr-njpa-1-1201)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Domei Overseas Photographic News October 12. Anglo-German Leaders Meet. (Berlin) Domei. British elder statesman Lloyd George suddenly visited Germany in early September and met Fuhrer Hitler at his official residence in Berlin. Even now the meeting between Lloyd George, internationally famous for having saved Britain from danger as prime minister at the …
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Minidoka Irrigator Vol. III No. 41 (December 4, 1943) (ddr-densho-119-66)
Selected article titles: "Hearings Determine Evacuee Relocation Eligibility. Meetings Obtain Evidence Concerning Individual " (p. 1), "Evacuees Warned About Proper Return to Project" (p. 1), "Army Opposes Military Control in Tule Center" (p. 1), "Lack of Materials Slow Construction on Auditorium" (p. 1), "Alien Registration Will be Held" (p. 1), "Anonymous Donor Sends $525 for Children's …
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Tulean Dispatch Vol. 6 No. 3 (July 20, 1943) (ddr-densho-65-257)
Selected article titles: "Tule Lake Designated For Those Considered Disloyal" (p. 1), "Announcement Made By Director Myer; Detailed Information Still Lacking; Project Directors to Meet For Discussion" (p. 1), "Col. Rasmussen Here to Interview For Savage" (p. 1), "Has No News of Exodus" (p. 1), "A 'Good Samaritan' to the Tri-State High Senators" (p. 2), "Ozaki …
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Letter and photos to Yuri Domoto from Yoshito Shibata (ddr-densho-356-264)
Letter and three photographs to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from Yoshito Shibata. In the letter he talks about the things he has seen on the front, his feelings on death, news from their hometowns and mutual friends, and his opinion on if Yuri should relocate. Mailed with the letter are three photographs, the first one is of …