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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 44, No. 1 (January 4, 1957) (ddr-pc-29-1)

Selected article titles: "Best kept secret from Mike Masaoka was his appearence on 'This Is Your Life as a background recalled by George Inagaki" (p. 1), "Personal Sago of Mike Masaoka Unfolds on TV" (p. 1), "Nisei Organization Play Key Role in Developing Leadership" (p. 1), "Nisei reputation in Japan" (p. 2), Mistreatment of Koreans by …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 48, No. 9 (February 27, 1959) (ddr-pc-31-9)

Selected article titles: "Wakamatsu calls for 50,000 in JACL ranks" (p. 1), "JACL-sponsored bill repealing Idaho anti-miscegenation law passes both houses" (p. 1), "Father of author of 'Home Again' vows film will be made" (p. 1), "Holder of top award from Garden Club of America, an Issei widow, revisits Japan" (p. 2), "Hiroshima social worker completes …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 67, No. 12 (September 20, 1968) (ddr-pc-40-38)

Selected article titles: "Angelenos mourn death of Sansei police officer" (p. 1), "Spark & Patsy won't have easy campaign as Mayor Blaisdell files at last minute" (p. 1), "Matsunaga calls for Dept. of Peace, first advocated for U.S. in 1779" (p. 1), "390,000 Orientals in California now" (p. 1), "Seattle human rights commission asks extra funds …

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doc Letter from Otis D. Richardson, Chair of English Department, Los Angeles City College, March 21, 1943 (ddr-csujad-48-56)

Letter from Otis Richardson highlighting the need to educating the Nisei about conforming to cultural norms. He discusses the unwillingness of Nisei and Kibei to educate themselves about the current issue regarding mass evacuation and the need for Americanization of all Japanese. He concludes the letter with "A Social Plan for Minority Groups." Richardson provides a …

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img [Dorothy Ai Aoki photo album] (ddr-csujad-5-305)

A family photo album compiled by Dorothy Ai Aoki, who is a Nisei daughter born to Seiichi and Tomeyo Okine. Includes photographs depicting her family's life in California before the war, their incarceration in the Rohwer incarceration camp, Arkansas, and reestablishment in California after the war. Also includes photographs of the family members in Hiroshima, Japan, …

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doc Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 135 (November 12, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-221)

Selected article titles: "Protest Housing for Returnees"; "'Feel No Resentment'"; "Heart Mountain Camp in Wyoming Closed Saturday"; "Secure Factory Job"; "Los Angeles to Correlate Efforts with WRA, Fila. To Mert Crisis in Housing"; "Rex Bites Woman"; "Rise of Nisei Delinquency Seen"; "Dance Tickets for New Yorkers Put on Sale"; "Births Reported Here"; "Funeral Service Held"; "Nimitz …

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doc Go for Broke, 1943-1993 (ddr-csujad-1-207)

A booklet published to "commemorate the observance of the 50th Golden Anniversary of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team (RCT), and attempts to highlight the Go for Broke tradition of the men of the 442nd." Articles record accounts of Nisei veterans from various military companies. The articles cover the time from the formation of the 442nd Regimental …

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doc Tulean dispatch magazine section, no. 11 (July 1943) (ddr-csujad-55-1946)

Monthly publication at Tule Lake incarceration camp including stories, poems, commentary and creative writing. Current issue includes an essay, "Does it Pay to Stay Here" by Rev. Shigeo Tanabe, a poem, "Relocation" by Minoru Kimura, "Nisei Personality Adjustment" by James Sakoda, "Gloom" by Buster Sawai, "Outside" by Shuji Kimura, Nisei personality profile on Rev. Shigeo Tanabe, …

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vh Daniel Inouye Interview (ddr-janm-13-5)

Nisei male. Born September 7, 1924, in Honolulu, Hawaii. Served in the all-volunteer, all-Nisei, 442nd Regimental Combat Team during World War II, lost his right arm in action and earned the Distinguished Service Cross. Following the war, became an attorney, then a six-term senator for Hawaii. Sat on the Select Committee on Intelligence, Select Committee on …

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vh Art Abe Interview (ddr-densho-1000-206)

Nisei male. Born June 12, 1921, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in an area of Seattle with few other Japanese Americans, and was attending the University of Washington when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. Removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Left Minidoka several times on temporary work leave to work …

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vh Robert T. Ohashi Interview (ddr-densho-1000-350)

Nisei male. Born July 24, 1925, in Ketchikan, Alaska. Grew up in Ketchikan, where parents ran a store. During World War II, was removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. After leaving camp, went with family to work for a time in Idaho before eventually returning to Ketchikan.

(Nisei male. …

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doc Minidoka Irrigator Vol. II No. 6 (January 20, 1943) (ddr-densho-119-164)

Selected article titles: "Ogden Hears Plea for Nisei. Accept Nisei in Private Business, Employers Told" (p. 1), "Cold? Experts Say It's Still Warmish" (p. 1), "Year-Round Share-Cropping Opportunity is Offered. Will Interview Interested Evacuees" (p. 2), "Keep Fire-Box Phones Clear. Use for Emergency Only - Yeager" (p. 3), "Representative of Spanish Embassy Visits Project" (p. 3), …

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av Interview with Shiro Tokuno, part 3 of 4 (ddr-densho-1007-1783)

Tokuno discusses the role of Nisei in the occupation, the attitudes Japanese nationals and American officers had toward Nisei, his service managing agricultural/forestry/fisheries/mining in occupied Japan, the policies he helped implement, moving to Sacramento and farming after the war, deciding to go into military intelligence, his mother's thoughts on him joining the military, and working with …

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doc Tulean Dispatch Vol. III No. 69 (October 6, 1942) (ddr-densho-65-67)

Selected article titles: "Nisei Touched By Director's Outburst" (p. 1), "Citizens' Rally: Project Attorney Says... WRA Must Have Your Support" (p. 1), "Walter Tsukamoto: Scores Nisei Apathy for Political Affairs" (p. 1), "Fosters Common Fight With Minority Groups" (p. 1), "Newell Fire Fighters Keep Every Hour Busy" (p. 3), "Manzanar Gets Our Vegetables" (p. 3), "Stockton …

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Collection Lake Sequoia Retreat Archive Collection (ddr-densho-336)

The Lake Sequoia Retreat Archive Collection consists of photographs and documents from the Lake Sequoia Retreat (LSR), a summer camp for Japanese American Christian youth which ran from 1946 until 1990. This retreat was organized after Japanese Americans returned to California after World War II. It was organized by the Central California Young People's Christian Conference …

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Collection Toru Miyoshi Family Collection (ddr-densho-480)

The Toru Miyoshi Family Collection includes negatives retrieved from the basement of the family’s drug store in Santa Maria, California. The collection also includes the 1934-1935 Southern California Nisei Directory, which includes information on Japanese Americans living and working in Southern California, and the 1940-1941 Commemorative Issue 2600th anniversary Yearbook and Directory, primarily for Japanese Americans …

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doc The Northwest Times Vol. 3 No. 11 (February 5, 1949) (ddr-densho-229-178)

"Bodies of 33 More Nisei Soldiers Come Home to U.S.; Group Includes Those of Pacific Northwest Men" (p. 1), "California State Legislature Gets Numerous Anti-Bias Measures" (p. 1), "Mint Becoming Major Washington Crop" (p. 2), "Admitting of Soldier Brides to U.S. Without Respect to Race Sought" (p. 4).

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doc Heart Mountain Sentinel Vol. IV No. 7 (February 10, 1945) (ddr-densho-97-219)

Selected article titles: "Final Relocation Program Now Operating Smoothly, Advisory Group Declares" (p. 1), "Editorial: Representation of and by the People?" (p. 4), "New England Offers Many Opportunities to Evacuees. Northeast Area People Friendly, Considerate" (p. 5), "Few Opposing Return of Nisei in Seattle Area, Says Missionary" (p. 8).

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doc Heart Mountain Sentinel Vol. III No. 48 (November 25, 1944) (ddr-densho-97-208)

Selected article titles: "California to Recognize Rights" (p. 1), "Editorial: Proving Ourselves Once Again" (p. 4), "Four Arrested in Draft Case" (p. 8), "Army to Take Japanese Aliens Desiring to Offer Services" (p. 8), "Economic Fear Opposes Nisei" (p. 8), "ACLU Aide Invited to Speak Here" (p. 8).

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 19 No. 18 (November 4, 1944) (ddr-pc-16-45)

Selected article titles: "War Department Denies Story Of Decision to Relax Coast Restrictions After Nov. 15" (p. 1), "Federal Jury Convicts Seven on Draft Conspiracy Charge" (p. 2), "Colorado Race-Baiters Bar Nisei From Public Meetings" (p. 3), "West Coast Anti-Evacuee Group Plans to Extend Movement" (p. 8).

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 20 No. 20 (May 19, 1945) (ddr-pc-17-20)

Selected article titles: "Disclose Nisei Artillery Fought in Germany" (p. 1), "Fresno Police Chief Blames 'Hoodlums' for Recent Violence" (p. 1), "General Clark Praises 442nd Unit's Record" (p. 2), "Ickes Blasts Terror Raids on Coast Evacuees" (p. 3), "Closing Dates Set for Schools In War Relocation Projects" (p. 8).

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 25 No. 7 (August 23, 1947) (ddr-pc-19-34)

Selected article titles: "Government Report Declares Public Acceptance of Nisei Group Better Than Before War" (p. 1), "JACL Staff Recommends Membership for Issei Group" (p. 1), "Estimate 550 Japanese Girls Wed to Gis Before Deadline" (p. 2), "Two-Thirds of Evacuee Group Return to Pacific Northwest" (p. 3).

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 24 No. 7 (February 22, 1947) (ddr-pc-19-8)

Selected article titles: "Utah Senate Passes Alien Land Law Repeal" (p. 1), "Report 900 Stranded Nisei Cleared for Return to U.S. Retained American Citizenship During War; All Carefully Screened, Says U.S. Official" (p. 1), "AFL Central Labor Council Urges Legislative Repeal Of Alien Property Law in Utah" (p. 8).

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 29 No. 9 (August 27, 1949) (ddr-pc-21-34)

Selected article titles: "Refute Temperance Leader's Lie by Inference' on Alleged Pearl Harbor Drunkenness" (p. 1), "'Tokyo Rose' Defense Witness Contradicts Own Story; Alleges Intimidation by FBI Agents" (p. 1), "Nisei Quaker Faces Jail for Tax Refusal" (p. 1), "Court Criticizes Gen. DeWitt In Decision on Renunciants" (p. 1).

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 30 No. 24 (June 17, 1950) (ddr-pc-22-24)

Selected article titles: "Call Joint Conference on Walter Measure. Sponsor Seeks to Liberalize Amended Resolution for Issei Citizenship Passed by Senate" (p. 1), "Canadian Government to Pay $1,200,000 to 1,300 Evacuees For Forced Sale Losses" (p. 1), "Los Angeles Plans Annual Nisei Week Fete in August" (p. 2).

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