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Minutes from the Heart Mountain Community Council meeting, June 27, 1944 (ddr-csujad-55-580)
Minutes from the Heart Mountain Community Council meeting. Includes discussion on social welfare, block manger positions, rest home, public hearing, and reports from the Food Committee and Education Committee. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0582
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May Ohmura Watanabe Interview (ddr-densho-1000-454)
Nisei female. Born May 13, 1922, in Chico, California. Grew up in Chico, where parents ran a produce store. Was in college when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, and was removed with her family to the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Left camp to attend school in Syracuse, New York, and become a public health nurse. Later …
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Minidoka Irrigator Vol. IV No. 33 (October 14, 1944) (ddr-densho-119-108)
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 …
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Letter from Thomas Parran, Surgeon General, to Nurse Mary F. Clark, U.S. Public Health Service Hospital, Lexington, Kentucky, February 27, 1942 (ddr-csujad-55-1334)
Correspondence from Thomas Parran to Mary Clark regarding Clarks travel authorization from Lexington, Kentucky to Fort Missoula, Montana. From the Mary F. Clark scrapbook, "Before I Forget, 1942-1947" page 5. See also sac_jaac_1334 through sac_jaac_1529. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1336
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Nobu Suzuki Interview I Segment 26 (ddr-densho-1000-84-26)
Attitude toward violation of rights, "There was nothing we could do about it because they had the guns"
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.
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Nobu Suzuki Interview I Segment 25 (ddr-densho-1000-84-25)
Conditions in Puyallup: getting chicken pox, army looks for contraband in a chocolate cake brought by visitors
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.
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Tsuguo "Ike" Ikeda Interview II Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-124-8)
Willingness to participate in public demonstrations during the Civil Rights movement: "I felt that I wasn't behaving according to the norm among other fellow Niseis"
As a teenager prior to World War II, began keeping scrapbooks with newspaper articles and memorabilia, a lifetime habit.
Narrator Chizuko Norton
Nisei female. Born July 3, 1924, in Seattle, Washington. Spent prewar childhood in Japan; Bellevue, Washington; and Kirkland, Washington. Incarcerated at Pinedale Assembly Center, California, and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Returned to Seattle after the war, obtained master's degree from the University of Washington in the field of social work. Founded Seattle's first alternative school …
Narrator Elaine Ishikawa Hayes
Nisei female. Born June 30, 1923, in Willows, California. Grew up in Sacramento, California, prior to World War II. During the war, was removed to the Sacramento Assembly Center, California, and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Left camp to attend college in Wisconsin, and later moved to Chicago, Illinois. Post-World War II, was active in …
Narrator Frank H. Hirata
Kibei-Nisei male. Born November 19, 1925, in Spokane, Washington. At the age of ten, went to Japan with grandfather. During World War II, was conscripted into the Japanese army, and was still in training when the war ended. After the war, continued education, graduating from Kyoto University with a law degree. Got married in 1957 and …
Narrator David Sakura
Sansei male. Born March 28, 1936, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in Eatonville, Washington, where father worked for a lumber company. During World War II, removed with family to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Father served in the U.S. Army during the war. After leaving camp, lived in public housing …
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Alameda Japanese American History Project Oral History Collection (ddr-ajah-1)
This collection consists of interviews with Nisei and Sansei talking about the Japanese American community in Alameda, California. The project partners include The Internet Archive (archive.org), the Alameda Library, the Buddhist Temple of Alameda, Buena Vista United Methodist Church, Rhythmix Cultural Works, and Densho. The Alameda Museum also contributed but was not a partner in the …
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Punishable criminal offenses (ddr-csujad-55-743)
List of criminal offenses punishable by the Judicial Commission at Heart Mountain incarceration camp. Includes the following offenses with definitions: assault, assault and battery, aggravated assault and battery, riot, unlawful assembly, gambling, gambling house, operating a confidence game, carrying concealed weapons, abduction, theft, embezzlement, fraud, forgery, receiving stolen property, extortion, disorderly conduct, reckless driving, malicious mischief, …
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Criminal code (ddr-csujad-55-977)
List of criminal offenses punishable by the Judicial Commission at Heart Mountain incarceration camp. Includes the following offenses with definitions: assault, assault and battery, aggravated assault and battery, riot, unlawful assembly, gambling, gambling house, operating a confidence game, carrying concealed weapons, abduction, theft, embezzlement, fraud, forgery, receiving stolen property, extortion, disorderly conduct, reckless driving, malicious mischief, …
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Petition on behalf of Dr. Kei Koyama signed by Charles Edwin and Dorothy Ellen Seely and notarized by Muriel R. Carl. (ddr-one-5-118)
Photocopy of a declassified typewritten petition by Charles Edwin and Dorothy Ellen Seely testifying to the loyal nature of Dr. Kei Koyama. It was notarized by Muriel R. Carl on January 24, 1942 in the County of Multnomah, Store of Oregon. The petition states that Dr. Koyama is a "very loyal, true friend" and that the …
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Heart Mountain Sentinel Vol. III No. 4 (January 22, 1944) (ddr-densho-97-165)
Selected article titles: "Selective Service Opens for Nisei. Fighting Ability of '100th' Establishes Sound Basis for Return of Civil Rights" (p. 1), "Tuleans Offered Appeal Hearing" (p. 1), "Field Investigation May Lead to First Large-Scale Movement" (p. 1), "Editorials: Questions and Answers" (p. 4), "Let's Rejoin American Stream of Life, Says Winning Essayist" (p. 5), "'Invasion' …
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Heart Mountain Sentinel Vol. IV No. 6 (February 3, 1945) (ddr-densho-97-218)
Selected article titles: "Spring Will Bring 'Real Test' of Return. 150 Coast 'Returnees' Meeting 'Little Trouble' But State Gives Backing" (p. 1), "Quakers 'Deplore' Attitude" (p. 1), "'Jap Hater' Baptized by Nisei After Visit to Chicago Church" (p. 1), "'Trouble Maker' to Face Court for Shooting 3" (p. 1), "Editorial: Night Riders and Public Sentiment" (p. …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 25 No. 19 (November 15, 1947) (ddr-pc-19-46)
Selected article titles: "Army Renames Ship for Nisei War Hero" (p. Report Justice Department Has No Objection to Return of Iva Toguri to America" (p. 1), "Attorney General Clark Says Restrictive Covenants Against United States Public Policy" (p. 2), "Winona Trailer Camp Group Begins One Last Move to New Site in Burbank Area" (p. 3), "Non-Caucasians …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 68, No. 14 (April 4, 1969) (ddr-pc-41-14)
Select article titles: "Title 2 ad hoc committee ups education campaign" (p.1); "Inouye proposes low cost housing to be in middle of new subdivisions" (p. 1); "Birth in WRA Camp, Death in Vietnam" (p. 2); "Public support for coroner mounts" (p. 5); "Ad hoc committee on uniform dues holds 3rd session"(p. 7); "Portland Jr. JACL president …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 58, Vol. 23 (June 5, 1964) (ddr-pc-36-23)
Selected article titles: "Dirksen Amendments Specified for Civil Rights Bill Disclosed" (p.1), "Nisei Church Council Supports Campaign against Initiative" (p.1) "Iowan Senator Looms as Key GOP Figure Opposing Civil Rights Bill" (p.1-2), "Mumbo Jumbo of Quotas" (p.2), "Public Service and Politics" (p.2), "Ann Arbor Judge Invalidates City Fair Housing Law" (p.3), "Hibakusha Attend Arlington Ceremonies" (p.3).
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 54, No. 14 (April 6, 1962) (ddr-pc-34-14)
Selected article titles: "Chuman Visit of Nation's Capital Proves Noteworthy and Very Hectic" (p.1-2), "High Court Agrees Wash. Fair Housing Law Unconstitutional" (p.1), "Wartime Japanese Plans to Liberate Hawaiian Natives from U.S. Found in Preface to History of Hawaii in Japanese Ridiculed" (p.2), "Louisiana Local Option Law Permitting Closing of Public Schools and Segregation in Transportation …
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Pacific Citizen, Whole No. 2166, Vol. 93, No. 22 (November 27, 1981) (ddr-pc-53-47)
Selected article titles: "JACL and The Loyalty Oath" (p. 1), "Wartime Justice Dept. official labels evacuation illegal" (p. 1), "Inouye explains why money not top redress issue" (p. 1), "Civil Rights Commission's Arthur Flemming ousted" (p. 2), "Nat'l Public Radio to focus on Evacuation" (p. 2), "Japan's Yakuza reportedly invading U.S. drug trade" (p. 3), "Tourists …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 113, No. 2 [July 19-26, 1991] (ddr-pc-63-27)
Select article titles: "JACL national board news" (p. 1), "Angry reaction hits decision not to adjust census" (p. 1), "L.A. City Council supports Manzanar bill" (p. 1), "Jury finds man guilty in Loo trial" (p. 1), "Layoff of Asian school officials called discriminatory" (p. 3), "By year 2000, whites have clout but minorities move into political …
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Letter from B.Y. Read, Colonel, AGD, Adjutant General, Office of the Commanding General, Headquarters Western Defense Command, to George Naohara, September 4, 1945 (ddr-csujad-38-568)
A letter from Office of the Commanding General, Headquarters Western Defense Command, to George Nobuo Naohara incarcerated at the Tule Lake camp, California. It notifies him of Public Proclamation no. 24 and the rescission of exclusion. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_05_13_021
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Consul General Saito (ddr-csujad-11-5)
Consul General Saito making a public speech. This is most likely part of the Japan Day celebration, which was also part of the World's Fair that was held in 1939-1940 in San Francisco's Treasure Island. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: taz_01_02_002