1328 items
1328 items
Narrator Yoji J. Matsushima
Nisei male. Born January 31, 1933, in Portland, Oregon. Grew up in Portland, where parents ran a general merchandise store. During World War II, removed to the Portland Assembly Center, Oregon, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Left camp for the East Coast because parents wanted to repatriate to Japan. Did not secure a place on …
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Bob Suzuki Interview (ddr-densho-1000-452)
Nisei-han male. Born January 2, 1936, in Portland, Oregon, where father worked for the railroad. During World War II, removed to the Portland Assembly Center, Oregon, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. After leaving camp, family moved to a small community outside of Spokane, Washington, to farm. Went to UC Berkeley and Caltech, then taught at …
Narrator Junko Mizuta
Nisei female. Born 1925 in Portland, Oregon. Grew up in Portland, where parents ran a laundry business and managed an apartment house. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, father was arrested by the FBI, and the rest of the family was removed to the Portland Assembly Center, Oregon. While at the assembly center, Junko, a teenager, …
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Mochitsuki (ddr-densho-25-136)
Matahichi Iseri (far right) and Mrs. Fujinaga (back to camera) were originally from the White River Valley in Washington. After their wartime incarceration, they resettled in Ontario, Oregon, with their families. They and friends are following the New Year's tradition of mochitsuki, making rice cakes. Clockwise from the left: Mr. Kanetomi, unidentified, Mrs. Morimoto, Mrs. Kanetomi, …
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Letter from Sarah "Sade" Pyatt to Kida family (ddr-one-3-17)
Letter from "Grandma" (Sarah "Sade" Pyatt) addressed to "folks" (meaning the Kida family) on June 16, 1942. Mrs. Pyatt asks after the family's well being after they had been vaccinated. Also tells of visits from several friends, including George Clark, Mr. Johnson, and Mrs. Crogman, who expressed her appreciation of having the Kidas' car to use. …
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Letter from Sarah "Sade" Pyatt to Kida family (ddr-one-3-21)
Letter from "Grandma" (Sarah "Sade" Pyatt) addressed to "folks" (meaning the Kida family), dated July 1, 1942. Asks what the work is like (in Eastern Oregon), or if they have to work at all. Warns George against working too hard in the heat for fear of sunstroke. Writes of general news around White Salmon, such as …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 20 No. 13 (March 31, 1945) (ddr-pc-17-13)
Selected article titles: "War Department Revises Oath Required of Nisei in Filing Special Draft Questionnaire" (p. 1), "Gila Mystery Solved; Find Evacuee's Body" (p. 1), "Oregon Passes Anti-Alien Land Ownership Bill" (p. 1), "CIO Seeks Clearance for Nisei Union Leader in Move to End Discrimination Against Group" (p. 2), "Vandals Desecrate Graves of Eighteen in Fresno; …
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Manzanar Free Press Vol. 6 No. 82 (April 4, 1945) (ddr-densho-125-326)
Selected article titles: "Demorest Explains Draft Card Rules" (p. 1), "Disclose Deadline on Use of WRA Storage Warehouses" (p. 1), "Japanese Children May Enter Idaho Schools Without Tuition Fees" (p. 2), "Require Union Cards for Produce Work in Los Angeles Area" (p. 2), "Former Sacramento Man Attacked in Chicago" (p. 3), "Spain Severs Relations With Japanese …
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Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 39 (March 30, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-128)
Selected article titles: "Fear Impression"; "On the Other Hand"; "Harry Kuroiwa Prisoner"; "Two Dead in Chicago"; "Business Opportunity"; "Labor Recruit Plan Opposed by Council"; "Want Ads Today"; "Care of Issei Indigents O.K., Resettler Says"; "Change Induction Oath"; "Wild West Rodeo Here to Perform April First"; "Ouster Verdict Urged in Oregon City Case"; "Kubota Phi Beta Kappa"; …
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Colorado Times Vol. 31, No. 4327 (June 23, 1945) (ddr-densho-150-41)
Selected article titles: "Union Limits Nisei to Ex-Service Men. Teamsters' Union Says It Will Oppose All Other Japanese in West Coast Jobs"; "Solon Champions Minority Workers"; "360 Nisei Return to Oregon"; "Closed Trial Held in Stockton Union Dispute"; "33 Attacks Made on Resettlers"; "C. of C. in Yuba County Opposes Harvest Use of Japanese"; "NWAA Softball"; …
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Colorado Times Vol. 31, No. 4337 (July 17, 1945) (ddr-densho-150-51)
Selected article titles: "Pfc. John Y. Tanaka to Receive Silver Star Posthumously"; "Forfeiture of Alien Held Land is Sought"; "Rev. I. Inouye Appointed to Oregon Church"; "Chicago Nisei Hero Officer on Hospital Leave"; "Nisei Troops Will be Strategic Res."; "12 Evacuee Families Return to Hood River"; "$1,000 Reward Posted to Prevent Anti Japanese Acts"; "Army Officers …
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Rin Miura Interview (ddr-one-7-5)
Issei female. Born October 4, 1901, in Fukuda, Japan. Grew up in Japan and immigrated to the U.S. after marrying. Settled in Portland, and during World War II was removed to the Portland assembly center, Oregon, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. After the war, returned to Portland.
(This interview was conducted in Japanese. The transcript …
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Misa Taketa Interview (ddr-densho-1000-436)
Nisei female. Born January 18, 1925, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in the South Park area, south of Seattle, where parents ran a farm. During World War II, removed to the Pinedale Assembly Center, California, and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, lived and worked in Ontario, Oregon, for a time, before living …
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Karen Yoshitomi Interview (ddr-densho-1000-527)
Sansei female. Born 1962 in Spokane, Washington. Father was born in British Columbia, Canada, and mother was born in Thomas, Washington. Grew up in the Tacoma, Washington, area, before eventually moving to Portland, Oregon, and then Seattle, Washington. Graduated from the University of Washington. Became regional director for the Japanese American Citizens League, and then Executive …
Narrator Chester Earls
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.
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Heart Mountain Sentinel Vol. IV No. 24 (June 9, 1945) (ddr-densho-97-236)
Selected article titles: "Population Hits New Low -- 6741. Third Special Scheduled for June 18 Will Carry Nearly 300 to New Homes" (p. 1), "'Vast Majority' of Californians Would be Friendly, Writer Says" (p. 1), "Coast's 'Threatened Violence' is Major Problem Facing WRA" (p. 1), "Supreme Court 'Thumbs Down' Tamesa Case" (p. 1), "Editorial: Justice of …
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Letter from Ethel Crow to Kida family (ddr-one-3-59)
Letter from Ethel Crow (Vickie's daughter, Sarah "Sade" Pyatt's niece) to the Kida family in Nyssa, Oregon, dated December 15, 1943. Tells the Kida family that Aunt Sade (Sarah "Sade" Pyatt) was taken to Medical Lake the previous Friday because she could not be left alone and could not be cared for properly where she was. …
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Letter from Sarah "Sade" Pyatt to Kida family (ddr-one-3-38)
Envelope addressed to Miyuki "Kay" Kida in Nyssa, Oregon. Letter from "Grandma" (Sarah "Sade" Pyatt) to her "children" (the Kida family) dated February 14, 1943. Writes to Kida family that she is homesick and misses them. Asks if they have heard anything about being let home. Says that Maud Chamberlain's husband was killed in the Soloman …
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Letter from James Albert "Al" Johnson to Miyuki "Kay" Kida (ddr-one-3-64)
Letter and envelope from James Albert "Al" Johnson to Miyuki "Kay" Kida in Nyssa, Oregon, dated January 1, 1944. Al had returned home from visiting the Kida family. Asks what he owes Kay for the produce and food she had given him. Deputy Walker had taken Mrs. Sarah "Sade" Pyatt to the Eastern Washington Hospital at …
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U.S. Department of Justice Alien Enemy Questionnaire page 8 of 26. (ddr-one-5-128)
Photocopy of a declassified questionnaire used to determine if the person named is to be considered an enemy alien. This page covers questions 26 - 35b of 111. Dr. Koyama answered that he is engaged in business for himself. He adds that he owns his own business under the name of Keizaburo Koyama at 6 S.W. …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 26 No. 23 (June 5, 1948) (ddr-pc-20-22)
Selected article titles: "Two Issei Still Missing in Vanport Flood Disaster. 300 Japanese Americans Lose Homes as Collapse of Dike Destroyed Oregon City" (p. 1), "Howser Says 70 California Escheat Suits Dropped, 40 Other Land Cases Abandoned" (p. 3), "California AFL Official Says Connection With Anti-Japanese Committee Severed in 1942" (p. 3), "Fire Hose Used by …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 43, No. 17 (October 26, 1956) (ddr-pc-28-43)
Selected article titles: "Views Conflict in Gilroy Hot Springs Incident" (p. 1), "Support mounting for 'Yes' on prop. 13; press; civic groups join" (p. 1), "Urge Congress amend Refugee Relief Act to admit adopted Japan orphans" (p. 1), "Oregon Candidates Tell of Deep Interest in New Citizen Balloting" (p. 3), "Continuing need of clothes for Japan" …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 48, No. 10 (March 6, 1959) (ddr-pc-31-10)
Selected article titles: "Hawaii Statehood passes Senate group; JACLer hopes future pleas unnecessary" (p. 1), "Lip service to brotherhood idea not enough, CLers told" (p. 1), "Idaho governor signs marriage bill" (p. 1), "Washington's governor, Seattle mayor, Mike Masaoka address" (p. 3), "Project to aid Issei old folks in homes aired" (p. 5), "JACLer testifies for …
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Postcard from M. Shellhaas to Sue Ogata Kato (ddr-csujad-49-175)
Postcard from "Shelly," that is, Pvt M. Shellhaas at Camp White, Oregon to Sue Ogata Kato at Fort Des Moines, Iowa (nicknamed "Pvt Coathanger"), dated January 1944. An item from: pages 92-93 of the Sue Kato scrapbook (gfb_skc_001). See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 2019_002_001_060_16