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Selected article titles: "Cleveland Temporarily Frozen" (p. 1), "Church Group Backs Relocation" (p. 1), "Birth Certificates Available from State" (p. 1), "Spanish Consul Visits Center for Second Time. Various Problems Aired at Public Gathering" (p. 1), "Facts about New Income Tax Explained" (p. 3), "Mailing Rules: For Internees Explained" (p. 4), "Evacuee Children Accepted in Chicago …
Written testimony of Arthur G. Barnett, Chairman of the Japanese-American Emergency Committe of the Seattle Council of Churches. Mr. Barnett was also the first legal contact for Gordon Hirabayashi. This testimony was presented at the CWRIC hearing in Seattle, Washington, on Wednesday, September 9, 1981, in the section titled "Public Climate and Racism." Personal information excised …
Caption on front [translation]: "Akiko Nagata. 1. Manager of a kindergarten; 2. Shizuoka-shi 419; 3. February 12, 1910; 4. Graduated from Shizuoka Girls' Public High School; 5. Same as the current address; 6. None; 7. She works hard at the kindergarten which her mother operates. She represents Shizuoka as a new woman in every way."
Selected article titles: "Claimants urged to consult own attorneys on ten-day choice of hearing from gov't" (p. 1), "Canada admits aged parents of Nisei" (p. 1), "Overpopulation in Japan poses critical problem; but not many want to emigrate" (p. 2), "Supreme Court decision invalidating 'separate by equal' facilities of public parks, beaches hailed by JACL" (p. …
Selected article titles: "Oriental Forces for 'No on 14' Plan Dinner with Gov. Brown" (p.1), "History Project Calls for Interviewers in Los Angeles County" (p.1), "Reapportionment Fight" (p.2), "Constitutional Line Drawn where Public Accommodations Rule of Civil Rights Act Doesn't Extend in Appellate Decision" (p.3), "Salt Lake Plans Survey for Home for Issei" (p.4).
Select article titles: "Stronger civil rights bill sought in wake of Meredith shooting" (p. 1); "Single-family home owners not in real estate business and receive no public assistance may discriminate" (p. 1); "Ex-Japan princess sums up 2-year stay in U.S., lauds women's independence" (p. 4); "New Law Recalls Hawaii as Immigration Policy Molder" (p. 6).
Selected article titles: "JACL Leaders: Robert Sakaniwa Views Role as JACL D.C. Representative" (pp. 1, 14), "Civil Liberties Public Education Board to Dispense $5 Million Fund" (pp. 1, 12), "JACL National Convention News: Here's the Lineup for the 34th Biennual [sic] JACL Convention" (p. 6), and "From the Frying Pan: Novel Brings Awareness of Evacuation" (p. …
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Dome Photographic Overseas News January 13, 1938. Giant Star Comes Down to Earth. (Munich) Domei. The state funeral for General Ludendorff, the father of the German Wehrmacht, was held here on the 22nd of last month. Photograph: 1. The public mourns as the Giant Star's soul passes through the town. = No. …
Meeting Minutes from Committee of Immigrant Serving Agencies meeting on December 17, 1941. Topics covered in the meeting include: Japanese travel restrictions, public school reactions, summary of conference with State Employment Department on employment of Japanese Americans, financial issues facing Japanese nationals due to the war, situation facing Italian and German immigrants, and community responses to …
Nisei male. Born August 21,1939, in Lawndale, California. Served as National Redress Director of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL), and was involved in the movement to obtain redress and reparations for Japanese Americans. Founded Tateishi/Shinoda and Associates, a management and public affairs consulting firm. In 1999, became the National Executive Director of the JACL.
Nisei male. Born August 21,1939, in Lawndale, California. Served as National Redress Director of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL), and was involved in the movement to obtain redress and reparations for Japanese Americans. Founded Tateishi/Shinoda and Associates, a management and public affairs consulting firm. In 1999, became the National Executive Director of the JACL.
Select article titles: "Rare photographs capture beauties of Fuji" (pg 19-34); "The Issei Story" (pg. 35-58); "Pictures: San Francisco, Sacramento, Los Angeles, Twin Cities, New York, Chicago, Seattle, Japan" (pg. 59-112); "Organizations: Bird's-eye view of Nisei groups in the U.S." (pg. 113-138). Removed pages 140-167 from public website to protect personal information.
Organizing a YWCA banquet in Minidoka, "I persuaded them to stop at camp"
References are made to several of Nobu Suzuki's personal papers, which are currently available for public perusal at the University of Washington's Manuscripts and University Archives.
Memories of Puyallup Assembly Center: setting up a makeshift hospital without medical equipment
References are made to several of Nobu Suzuki's personal papers, which are currently available for public perusal at the University of Washington's Manuscripts and University Archives.
Starting "Girls Reserve" organization, offers to help war effort refused by Red Cross
References are made to several of Nobu Suzuki's personal papers, which are currently available for public perusal at the University of Washington's Manuscripts and University Archives.
Double discrimination, no jobs for Japanese American women in the U.S. or Japan
References are made to several of Nobu Suzuki's personal papers, which are currently available for public perusal at the University of Washington's Manuscripts and University Archives.
Getting involved in the "Mountaineers" and a ski program with the Seattle schools
References are made to several of Nobu Suzuki's personal papers, which are currently available for public perusal at the University of Washington's Manuscripts and University Archives.
Memorandum of understanding from Ben Lummis to janitors and superintendents regarding the duties and workload of janitors and boiler firemen at Heart Mountain incarceration camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0628
Oral history interview of Edwin (Ed) Sasaki, a professor of the Psychology Department, conducted by the Public History Institute at California State University, Bakersfield. Professor Sasaki was born in Sacramento, California, in November 1940 and grew up in Weiser, Idaho. He recollects his family’s experiences during the World War II, being arrested as a suspect and …
The so-called "loyalty questionnaire," brothers volunteer for the 442nd Regimental Combat Team to prove loyalty
References are made to several of Nobu Suzuki's personal papers, which are currently available for public perusal at the University of Washington's Manuscripts and University Archives.
Personal need to get out of camp, feeling children should be in a "normal situation"
References are made to several of Nobu Suzuki's personal papers, which are currently available for public perusal at the University of Washington's Manuscripts and University Archives.
Nurse Matilde Honda attending a patient at Colorado Central Hospital, Denver, Colorado. She was formerly employed in public health nursing by Los Angeles Health Department. April 6, 1943. Photo by Francis Stewart. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: HMLSC_TOMO_029
Meeting minutes of the Monterey Peninsula Japanese American Citizens League. Topics include the expenses of the Public Relations Board, the Fourth of July parade, and plans for various social events. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: csumb_ms15_0136
Selected article titles: "Public Opinion Change Due to Record of 442nd. Nisei Born in Relocation Centers Have Same View of Democracy at Outset as Puritans" (p. 1), "30 Draft Evaders Leave for McNeil" (p. 1), "Transplanted From the West Coast Evacuees Create Nine Artificial Cities" (p. 1), "Lawyers Ask Rescinding of Exclusion Act. Korematsu, Endo Case …