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doc Letter to a Nisei man from his mother (ddr-densho-153-213)

Excerpt: "I jast came home from English school, and found your Easter Card." Sent from Manzanar concentration camp, California, to Chicago, Illinois.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-153-213/

doc Postcard to a Nisei man from his sister (ddr-densho-153-172)

Excerpt: "How are you. Here it is Thursday nite but I'm calling it the 10th." Sent from Manzanar concentration camp, California, to Chicago, Illinois.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-153-172/

doc Letter to a Nisei man from his sister (ddr-densho-153-81)

Excerpt: "Thank you for the letters that are coming in continually." Sent from Manzanar concentration camp, California, to Chicago, Illinois.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-153-81/

doc Letter to a Nisei man from his brother (ddr-densho-153-83)

Excerpt: "Your last two letters were of extreme interest to me and I kept reading them over and over to no end." Sent from Manzanar concentration camp, California, to Chicago, Illinois.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-153-83/

doc Postcard to two Nisei brothers from their sister (ddr-densho-153-174)

Excerpt: "Glad to hear you're good & well." Sent from Manzanar concentration camp, California, to Chicago, Illinois.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-153-174/

doc Letter to a Nisei man from a friend (ddr-densho-153-54)

Excerpt: "Everyone here O.K. Weather is fine and we are getting all we can eat so we have a lot to be thankful for." Sent from Van Nuys, California, to Chicago, Illinois.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-153-54/

doc Letter to a Nisei man from his sister (ddr-densho-153-146)

Excerpt: "Received your string of post cards and the continued letters." Sent from Los Angeles, California, possibly to Minneapolis, Minnesota.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-153-146/

doc Postcard to a Nisei man from his sister (ddr-densho-153-175)

Excerpt: "Received the swell card today & wish you the same thing." Sent from Manzanar concentration camp, California, to Chicago, Illinois.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-153-175/

doc Letter to a Nisei man from his brother (ddr-densho-153-210)

Excerpt: "I thought I'd put this extra line in because I just finished hearing the U.S.C., U.C.L.A. Basketball game, and the bruins won for the first time after forty-two (42) consecutive defeats." Sent from Manzanar concentration camp, California, to Chicago, Illinois.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-153-210/

doc Invitation letter to attendees of BYU Nisei reunion (ddr-densho-444-3)

Including addresses (redacted)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-444-3/

img Third Annual Oregon Nisei Bowling League Tournament Dance (ddr-one-1-118)

Black and white photographic negative of unidentified couples dancing at the Third Annual Nisei Bowling League Tournament Dance at McElroy's Ballroom in Portland, Oregon. To the far right in front of the stage in black heels and light color skirt and jacket is Kathleen Sasaki dancing with an unidentified man.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-1-118/

img Third Annual Oregon Nisei Bowling League Tournament Dance (ddr-one-1-119)

Black and white photographic negative of unidentified couples dancing at the Third Annual Nisei Bowling League Tournament Dance at McElroy's Ballroom in Portland, Oregon. Jimmy Amato and his Orchestra are playing in the background.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-1-119/

img Nisei Bowling League at Rose City Bowling Alley (ddr-one-1-129)

Black and white photographic negative of Nisei women sitting and standing around a booth at Rose City Bowling Alley. A Nisei women's team is still in uniform. Standing left to right: Kathleen Sasaki, Yoko (Hishikawa) Iwata, Sachi (Nakata) Nakashima, Fumi Inukai, Takako Inukai, unidentified, Jane (Kawamoto) Hinatsu, unidentified. Seated left to right: Toshi (Tamiyasu) Fukuhara, Florence …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-1-129/

doc Funding request for "American Samurai" (Nisei Soldier) project (ddr-densho-1007-1464)

Grant proposal for the American Film Institute's Independent Filmmaker Program. Includes a thorough project synopsis; at the time, a 1-hour documentary was planned.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1464/

doc 442nd/MIS invite list for Nisei Soldier screening (ddr-densho-1007-1022)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1022/

img Nisei Soldier: Standard Bearer for an Exiled People (ddr-densho-1007-1809)

Caption: Honor Guard, 442nd Regimental Combat Team; all-Japanese American infantry unit, November 1944, after liberation of Bruyeres, France (on German boarder), and rescue of Texan 'Lost Battalion,' 36th Division. Information: Vox Productions, Inc. Loni Ding, Executive Director. San Francisco, CA.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1809/

img Lt. Eugene Wright and Nisei soldiers, 43rd Division (ddr-densho-1007-379)

Eugene Wright would go on to become a judge on the U.S. 9th District Court of Appeals. Caption on back.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-379/

doc List of National Archive material for Nisei Soldier (ddr-densho-1007-1463)

Project referred to as 442nd/MIS project at this time, had yet to be named Nisei Soldier.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1463/

doc Nisei Soldier production notes: "Dub of revised master" (ddr-densho-1007-1510)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1510/

doc Eric Saul folder of Nisei Soldier edit logs (ddr-densho-1007-1392)

Eric Saul worked at the Presidio Army Museum in San Francisco.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1392/

doc Impact Upon Nisei Identity by Dr. Toaru Ishiyama (ddr-densho-1007-1454)

Statement prepared for the JACL National Committee for Redress. Focuses on the psychological effects of internment.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1454/

doc Nisei and the Armed Forces, Part IV (1943) (ddr-densho-65-426)

Selected article titles: "Democracy in Action" (p. 2).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-65-426/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 62, No. 17 (April 29, 1966) (ddr-pc-38-17)

Select article titles: "PSWDC to cite 16 Nikkei: Role for Nisei in human rights to be detailed" (p. 1); "History Project: An 1870 item on Schnell Colony" (p.1); "U.S.-Japan Relations and Nisei" (p. 2).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-38-17/

doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 39 No. 15 (October 8, 1954) (ddr-pc-26-41)

Selected article titles: "56 of 64 Nisei candidates survive Hawaiian primaries" (p. 1), "National Exchange Club convention upholds 'whites' only constitution" (p. 1), "20 Nisei serve on Denver commission on human relations, group commended" (p. 3).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-26-41/

doc Gila News-Courier Vol. III No. 154 (August 15, 1944) (ddr-densho-141-310)

Selected article titles: "Coast Papers Recognize Nisei" (p. 1), "George: Explains Food Processing" (p. 3), "Denver Court Convicts Nisei Sisters of Treason" (p. 3), "Relocation Head Lauds Japanese" (p. 3), "Three Draft Evaders Held" (p. 3).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-141-310/

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