1839 items
1839 items
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Letter from James Albert "Al" Johnson to Kida family (ddr-one-3-69)
Letter from James Albert "Al" Johnson to Kay, George and Kida (Kenjiro Kida) dated February 6, 1944. Al writes that Mrs. Sidney Miller and Sadie McCoy wanted to get Sarah "Sade" Pyatt out of the hospital and send her to live with the Kida family in Eastern Oregon. Al told them that George was going into …
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Daily Press Review, Vol. VI, No. 4 (ddr-densho-156-268)
Article titles: "Women on New Army Ouster List"; "DeWitt Will Clarify New Alien Rules"; "Arizona Refuses to Teach Japs"; "Evacuated Japs Harvesting Crops"; "Japanese-American Do Bit in Scrap Drive"; "Nazi Leader's 'Fortune' Lost"; "Jap-Grown Food Due in Portland"; "Goering Wealth Hidden"; "Italians"; "Newsnotes from Manzanar"; "Curfew Lifted for 600,000 U.S. Italians"; "Jap Ex-Consul at N.Y. Gets …
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Amy Tsugawa Interview (ddr-one-7-30)
Nisei female. Born and raised in Hawaii. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, father was arrested by the FBI. The rest of the family was removed to the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas, and the Gila River concentration camp, Arizona, to be reunited with father. After leaving camp, moved with family to Japan before eventually returning to …
Narrator Kara Kondo
Nisei female. Born May 24, 1916, in the Yakima valley, Washington, and spent childhood in Wapato, Washington. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to the North Portland Assembly Center, Oregon, and then to the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. Was on the staff of the camp newspaper, the Heart Mountain Sentinel. Left camp for Chicago, …
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Atami Ueno Interview (ddr-one-7-17)
Nisei female. Born March 27, 1927, in Ola'a, Hawaii. Grew up in Ola'a until family moved to Hawaii just before World War II. Attended high school and college during in Japan and then had to work a factory to support the war effort. Witnessed the atomic bombing of Nagasaki. Worked for the military government in Japan, …
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Class of 1938 Electrical Engineers (ddr-densho-287-690)
Group photograph of 26 men. The image is of the Oregon State College (not Oregon State University) Electrical Engineering Class of 1938. Written on the image are the numbers 1-26. Identified: 1 Bob Welty 2 Milton Maeda 3 Fred Clausen 4 Vic Carson 5 Dan Smith 6 Dav Fulton 7 Dav Cox 8 Phil Brownell 9 …
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Letter to Robert "Bobby" Sandquist from Emil Sandquist (ddr-densho-452-2)
The letter is from Emil Sandquist containing well wishes to his son Robert "Bobby" Sandquist. Emil tells Bobby to take care of his mom and wishes Bobby could play with the Japanese boys at the Portland Assembly Center. The letter is written in English and translated into Japanese by Reverend Francis M. Hayashi.
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Free the Prisoner board game and instructions (ddr-densho-452-1)
Game was crafted in the Portland Assembly Center for the camp director's son, Robert "Bobby" Sandquist. The "Father" piece is missing from the game.
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WCCA Assembly Center 1942 North Portland, Ore. Poetry Journal No. 1 (ddr-densho-453-3)
Handwritten on Holland Linen notebook. Additional title in Japanese
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WCCA Assembly Center 1942 North Portland, Ore. Poetry Journal No. 2 (ddr-densho-453-1)
Handwritten on Holland Linen notebook
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American-Born Japanese Group Indorses Draft (August 30, 1940) (ddr-densho-56-499)
The Seattle Daily Times, August 30, 1940, p. 2
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Jap Held in Curfew Case (April 23, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-766)
The Seattle Daily Times, April 23, 1942, p. 5
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Grange Head Assails Hint Of Jap Return (May 27, 1944) (ddr-densho-56-1047)
The Seattle Daily Times, May 27, 1944, p. 5
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Asiatic Exclusion League Gets Busy. Newly Formed Organization of Portland to Hold Mass Meeting of Citizens to Discuss Yellow Peril. (January 10, 1908) (ddr-densho-56-111)
The Seattle Daily Times, January 10, 1908, p. 5
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Japanese Refused Marriage License. Wealthy Brown Man Wanted to Wed White Woman but Oregon County Clerk Turns Him Down. (April 23, 1907) (ddr-densho-56-84)
The Seattle Daily Times, April 23, 1907, p. 14
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Japanese Sells Store, Buys $13,500 Bonds (May 1, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-782)
The Seattle Daily Times, May 1, 1942, p. 8
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Japs Remain Home After Strike Threat (February 13, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-624)
The Seattle Daily Times, February 13, 1942, p. 18
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Legion Post May Ask Japs' Deportation (July 16, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-820)
The Seattle Daily Times, July 16, 1942, p. 4
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F.R. Approves Use Of Japs in Beet Fields (May 14, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-793)
The Seattle Daily Times, May 14, 1942, p. 10
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New Coast Spy Clues Reported (February 18, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-632)
The Seattle Daily Times, February 18, 1942, p. 2
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Alien Japanese Are Caught in Portland. Inspector Ferrandini Arrests Two Men Wanted by Government Officers. Uncle Sam's Men Forced to Overpower One Oriental Who Resisted. Both at Large With a Dangerous and Contagious Disease. (May 7, 1904) (ddr-densho-56-41)
The Seattle Daily Times, May 7, 1904, pp. 1, 2
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Japanese Testing Curfew Denied Bail (June 16, 1943) (ddr-densho-56-934)
The Seattle Daily Times, June 16, 1943, p. 11
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Workers Kick; Japs Quit; Now it's Worse (March 19, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-695)
The Seattle Daily Times, March 19, 1942, p. 3