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vh Mary Kato - Frances Kajita Nishi Interview Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1000-494-19)

Traveling later in life

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vh Mary Kato - Frances Kajita Nishi Interview Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-494-13)

Transferring to Topaz after the controversy around the so-called "loyalty questionnaire"

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vh Mary Kato - Frances Kajita Nishi Interview Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-494-8)

Daily life and activities as children

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vh Mary Kato - Frances Kajita Nishi Interview Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1000-494-1)

Receiving an American name

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vh Mary Kato - Frances Kajita Nishi Interview Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-494-11)

First impressions of Pinedale, a graduation ceremony in camp

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vh Mary Kato - Frances Kajita Nishi Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-494-4)

Description of siblings

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vh Mary Kato - Frances Kajita Nishi Interview Segment 22 (ddr-densho-1000-494-22)

Reflections

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Narrator Kyoko Nishi Tanaka

Nisei female. Born February 26, 1927. One of four sisters, grew up near Los Angeles, California, where parents ran a nursery business. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. Following the war, returned to Los Angeles.

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Narrator Ayako Nishi Fujimoto

Nisei female. Born January 28, 1930. One of four sisters, grew up near Los Angeles, California, where parents ran a nursery business. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. Following the war, returned to Los Angeles.

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Narrator Frances Kajita Nishi

Nisei-Sansei female. Born in February 24, 1934, in Mosier, Oregon. Grew up in Mosier, where parents worked on an orchard and did truck farming. During World War II, removed to the Pinedale Assembly Center, California, and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Following the so-called "loyalty questionnaire" in 1943, family transferred to the Topaz concentration camp, …

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doc Twenty Seattle Grocers Fined. Convicted of Breaking Sabbath Closing Law and Assessed $15 and Costs. (August 29, 1919) (ddr-densho-56-332)

The Seattle Daily Times, August 29, 1919, p. 2

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img Buddhist funeral at Heart Mountain for Mrs. Ito Mizuta (ddr-densho-293-9)

The funeral for Mrs. Ito Mizuta. Sam Torakichi Migita, Koto Hirahara, Sato Hirahara, and possibly Rev. Tesho Matsumoto present. This photo was taken at Block 30. Rev. R. Mohri is in the photo, and he was at the Los Angeles Nishi Hongwanji Buddhist Temple at the outbreak of WWII. The statue of Amida Buddha from the …

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doc Letter from Hank to Kiezie Fujii (ddr-densho-433-17)

Hank writes to Kiezie (Kimiko) Fujii thanking her for the shoes and cloth and gives her updates on where all their friends are moving to as they leave the concentration camp.

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doc List of Japanese non-farmers and evacuation status (ddr-ajah-7-19)

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img Dentists of Rivers Community Hospital (ddr-csujad-11-196)

A photograph of the dentists at the Rivers Community Hospital at the Gila River incarceration camp in Arizona. Each of the dentists' names are provided as well as their hometowns. Standing, left to right: Dr. Obo Sakaguchi- Los Angeles, Dr. Kawamura- San Jose, Dr. Kiyoshi Sonoda- Los Angeles, Dr. C. Nishi- San Francisco, Dr. Masao Sugiyama- …

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doc Seattle Chapter, JACL Reporter, Vol. XXII, No. 6, June 1985 (ddr-sjacl-1-348)

Newsletter covering the following topics: New look; Scholarship Awardees: Tamesa Michael Denis Ishii, Sheri Masami Nakashima, Jill Teiko Nishi ($500) and Andrews-Lee Ann Teru Tanagi ($500). Dave Okimoto talks about both Uhachi and Minoru Tamesa, ??I believe that loyalty is like a covenant between a citizen and his country. ?A man should fight for his country. …

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doc Letter from Hank to Keizie Fujii (ddr-densho-433-20)

Hank writes to Keizie (Kimiko) Fujii about the people they know who have died during the war, people leaving the concentration camp, and his educational aspirations. He also asks if she's seen Hattie Kawahara's essay, " I am an American," in Mademoiselle's college issue.

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doc SDSU NewsCenter: CSU Seeks to honor WWII internees (ddr-densho-446-367)

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doc Tulean Dispatch Vol. II No. 1 (June 15, 1942) (ddr-densho-65-310)

Selected article titles: "Home Made Furniture on Display. Prizes Offered. Judjing [Judging] to Take Place Tonight" (p. 1), "Nine Temporary Councilmen Elected. Popular Votes. To Form Executive Committee" (p. 1), "Keep Away From All Construction Areas!" (p. 1), "Alien Notice" (p. 2), "Draft Notice" (p. 2).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 42, No. 26 (June 29, 1956) (ddr-pc-28-26)

Selected article titles: "House concurs with Senate on claims. JACL to urge President to sign evacuation claims amendment bill" (p. 1), "14th Biennial Convention Program Announced by JACL Headquarters"(p. 1), "Teenage gang war breaks out" (p. 1), "ACLU scores federal housing program lag" (p. 1), "Expiration date of Watkins Act for Nisei voting in Japan elections …

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Exclusion of Grown Japanese is Approved. President Sees No Objection to an Age Test. Metcalf Told to Threaten Use of Federal Power 'to Enforce Observance of Our Treaty, Supreme Law of Land.' (December 18, 1906) (ddr-densho-56-68)

doc Exclusion of Grown Japanese is Approved. President Sees No Objection to an Age Test. Metcalf Told to Threaten Use of Federal Power 'to Enforce Observance of Our Treaty, Supreme Law of Land.' (December 18, 1906) (ddr-densho-56-68)

The Seattle Daily Times, December 18, 1906, pp. 1, 15

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doc Minoru (Min) Hara autobiography (ddr-densho-1007-921)

Account of Minoru (Min) Hara's life and service in WWII. Mentions several other Nisei soldiers.

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doc Tulean Dispatch Vol. 6 No. 40 (September 1, 1943) (ddr-densho-65-394)

Selected article titles: "Rumor Clinic: Segregation Program to Proceed as Announced" (p. 1), "Monday Morning Frost Ruins Vegetable Crops" (p. 1), "Limitation on Use of Flashlights Probable" (p. 1), "Messages from Japan" (p. 2).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 42, No. 21 (May 25, 1956) (ddr-pc-28-21)

Selected article titles: "Major JACL Legislative Aim Met as Bill on Use of Mongolian Labor Signed" (p. 1), "Judge Goodman Suggests JACL Change Name by Dropping 'Japanese'" (p. 1), "Claims Bill Consideration in Senate Held Up" (p. 1), "Milwaukee Sansei named to student goodwill study tour" (p. 1), "Hawaii land return bill on President's desk; to …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 49, No. 3 (July 17, 1959) (ddr-pc-31-29)

Selected article titles: "Evacuee claimant's private bill to extend filing deadline vetoed" (p. 1), "Hawaiian statehood certain to affect racial policies of Australia, New Zealand" (p. 2), "Names hurt like sticks, stones" (p. 7), "California fair housing bill signed, affects FHA-VA homes" (p. 8).

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