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Takashi Matsui Interview (ddr-densho-1000-45)
Kibei male. Born January 20, 1917, in Hood River, Oregon. Lived in Seattle, Washington, before being taken to Japan by mother at the age of three. Completed elementary through high school in Japan. Returned to Seattle at seventeen years of age. Continued education in United States. Drafted in 1942 and was an instructor for the Military …
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Sharon Maeda Interview (ddr-densho-1000-529)
Sansei female. Born February 16, 1945, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where parents had resettled after leaving the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho, during World War II. Moved at an early age to Portland, Oregon, and then Seattle, Washington. Attended the University of Washington where she was active in student groups. Got involved in numerous political campaigns supporting Asian …
Narrator Jim Onchi
Nisei male. Born March 26, 1918, in Portland, Oregon. Grew up in the Gresham area. During World War II, drafted into the army. After the war, returned to Portland and became a carpenter and shipwright.
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Case file for Keizaburo Koyama from the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Page 3 of 6. (ddr-one-5-100)
Photocopy of a declassified report on Keizaburo Koyama. Confidential Informant N1 provided another translated article from the North American Times dated February 14, 1941 which stated that Koyama was appointed to the Industrial Department of the Japanese Association of Oregon, which was reorganized as a new Japanese Chamber of Commerce. On March 5, 1941, Koyama was …
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Letter from James Albert "Al" Johnson to Miyuki "Kay" Kida (ddr-one-3-58)
Letter and envelope from James Albert "Al" Johnson to Miyuki "Kay" Kida in Nyssa, Oregon, dated December 14, 1943. Mentions having to pay income tax for "all of us down here." Says that the Kida family shouldn't try to visit Mrs. Pyatt because she would not know them. She was moved to Medical Lake after trying …
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United States Department of Justice Immigration and Naturalization Service Office of District Director, Seattle, Washington, Report of Enemy Alien (ddr-one-5-251)
Photocopy of a declassified report on the status of Keizaburo Koyama. The report notes that Koyama is moving from the Minidoka War Relocation Project in Hunt, Idaho to 3615 B Cottonwood, Apartment 9918 in Vanport, Oregon. His status is still listed as parolee. The form lists his occupation at the time of arrest as "farm laborer," …
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Data card with identifying information of Keisaburo Koyama (ddr-one-5-96)
Photocopy of a declassified data card with identifying and biographical information on Keisaburo Koyama to include his aliases, addresses, entry date into the United States, participation in local Japanese American associations, and him being awarded a Foreign Ministers Wooden Cup on the occasion of Japan's 2,600th anniversary in November of 1940. The card makes note of …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 26 No. 13 (March 27, 1948) (ddr-pc-20-13)
Selected article titles: "Bodies of First Nisei War Dead to Arrive from France" (p. 1), "House Gets Bill to Extend Deadline in GI Brides Act" (p. 1), "Japanese Canadian Exclusion From Pacific Coast Area Extended for One More Year" (p. 2), "No Danger of Nisei Bloc Vote in Hawaii, Says Solon. Report by Oregon Senator Recommends …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 73, No. 3 (July 16, 1971) (ddr-pc-43-28)
Selected article titles: "Miyako apologizes for bias" (p. 1), "Little Tokyo Redevelopment Project: HUD extends $6 million" (p. 1), "Temple City teacher arbitrarily denied tenure, JACL intervenes" (p. 1), "Mineta inaugural" (p. 1), "Interim nat'l JACL board sessions set" (p. 1), "New Jersey Sansei garners Pop Warner honors--first team of Little Scholars" (p. 2), "16 win …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 73, No. 18, (October 29, 1971) (ddr-pc-43-43)
Selected article titles: "TV film title re-changed" (p. 1), "1970 census by states reported: 591,290 Japanese counted in U.S." (p. 1), "'Patsy Mink for U.S. President' petitions circulate in Oregon" (p. 1), "Nisei judge criticizes prison, urges abolition of parole board" (p. 1), "San Jose mayor's tough problems to date include budget, police shooting" (p. 1), …
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Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 41 (April 4, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-130)
Selected article titles: "Myer May Ask for Nisei Protection"; "Relocation Pace at Amache Slower Now"; "Evacuee's Body Found; Ends 1-Year Mystery"; "San Jose Reports 2nd Outburst Against Nisei"; "At 'Forgotten Front'"; "Wins Essay Prize"; "Buddhist Hostel to Open"; "Production Engineer Speaks to Students"; "1st Michigan Nisei Legionnaire"; "Want Ads Today"; "Blame Press for Race Sentiment"; "Camp …
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Issei gathered for memorial service (ddr-densho-259-364)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "A group of mostly adult Issei men and women in formal dress in a small meeting hall. I believe that this was the Knights of Pythias Hall which the early Issei pioneers rented for their events. [In this picture,] the Issei remembered their comrades who had earlier died in Hood River...A friend …
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Chester Earls Interview (ddr-one-7-11)
White male. Born in Spokane, Washington. Served as pastor of the First Methodist Church in Portland, Oregon, with a mainly Japanese American congregation, for thirteen years in the 1960s and '70s.
(This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or …
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Stanley N. Shikuma Interview I (ddr-densho-1000-517)
Sansei male. Born December 2, 1953, in Brogan, Oregon. Grew up primarily in the Watsonville, California, area, where parents ran a farm. Exposed at an early age to activism and organized labor. Attended Stanford University and then moved to Seattle, Washington, and earned a nursing credential. Has joined and led several prominent Seattle-area taiko (Japanese drum) …
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Stanley N. Shikuma Interview II (ddr-densho-1000-520)
Sansei male. Born December 2, 1953, in Brogan, Oregon. Grew up primarily in the Watsonville, California, area, where parents ran a farm. Exposed at an early age to activism and organized labor. Attended Stanford University and then moved to Seattle, Washington, and earned a nursing credential. Has joined and led several prominent Seattle-area taiko (Japanese drum) …
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Seattle Chapter, JACL Reporter, Vol. 30, No. 8, August 1993 (ddr-sjacl-1-414)
Newsletter covering the following topics: Kip Tokuda lauds Chapter for quick action on in support of Hands Off Washington, investigating the shooting death of Yoshihiro Hattori, and the stereotyping in the film Rising Sun, and opposing Initiative 602 that limit taxes to growth in personal income; Board unanimously opposed anti-gay discrimination bill, like Measure 9, narrowly …
Narrator Judy Murakami
Sansei female. Born June 18, 1940, in Portland, Oregon, where father was a prominent pharmacist. As an infant, removed with family to the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. After leaving camp, family resettled in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Narrator Mary Takayanagi
Nisei female. Grew up in West Los Angeles, California, where parents farmed. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. Left camp to attend college in Des Moines, Iowa, and eventually settled in Portland, Oregon.
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Gus J. Solomon Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1012-10-2)
Prewar hostility in Oregon towards Japanese Americans (audio only)
This interview is audio-only. It contains raw footage used by Steven Okazaki in his 1985 film Unfinished Business.
This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in …
Narrator George Fugami
Kibei male. Born August 1, 1915, in Portland, Oregon. Sent with siblings to be educated in Japan when ten years old. Returned to the United States in 1935. During World War II, was incarcerated at the Portland Assembly Center, Oregon, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Active in Seattle's postwar Japanese American community as a member and …
Narrator Michiko Kornhauser
Shin-Issei female. Born July 21, 1936, in Sasebo, Japan. Was a child in Okayama during World War II. After the war, immigrated to the United States and lived and worked in various places including Honoulu, Hawaii, and Portland, Oregon.
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Letter from James Albert "Al" Johnson to George Kida (ddr-one-3-56)
Letter and envelope from James Albert "Al" Johnson to George Kida in Nyssa, Oregon, dated December 5, 1943. Tells George that he should rent a place for themselves. Offers to let George rent the place in his name. Says that the Kidas' cows are not in as good condition as they had been in the fall. …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 25 No. 6 (August 16, 1947) (ddr-pc-19-33)
Selected article titles: "Report 300 Nisei Veterans, Gis Will Wed Girls in Japan. American Consulate Swamped As Couples Seek to Qualify Under GI Brides Amendment" (p. 1), "Judge Orders U.S. to Release Renunciants" (p. 1), "Masaoka Will Attend Canada Nisei Confab" (p. 1), "New Community Center Planned For Resettlers in Chicago Area" (p. 2), "Greater Emphasis …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 48, No. 23 (June 5, 1959) (ddr-pc-31-23)
Selected article titles: "Oregon governor names JACLer to state agricultural board" (p. 1), "Toronto editorial asks Canadian gov't to apologize for its Japanese evacuation" (p. 1), "Control of Seabrook farms transferred" (p. 1), "2,600 U.S. Issei naturalized in 1958 fiscal year" (p. 1), "Editorial samplings of nation's press supports Justice Dept. view on evacuation; one columnist …
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Minidoka Irrigator Vol. IV No. 45 (January 20, 1945) (ddr-densho-119-122)
Selected article titles: "First to Return Under New Rule" (p. 1), "3,817,311 Pounds Vegetables Grown on Project in 1944" (p. 1), "Friends Committee Will Assist Evacuee Return" (p. 1), "Gate Control Soon to Be On 24-Hour Basis" (p. 1), "Federal Positions Available to Eligible Evacuees" (p. 1), "Oregon Post Bars Japanese, Negroes" (p. 1), "Journal Editorial …