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Seattle Chapter, JACL Newsletter, October 2, 1962 (ddr-sjacl-1-55)
Bulletin covering the following topics: Alien Land Law Committee needs support of ALL members, appeal to 1,250, 000 voters, Committees in Spokane, Puyallup Valley, White River. Four main committees-Endorsements, Finance, Public Relations and Speakers Bureau; recap of Convention, Dillon S Myer, WRA Director, Speaker at Issei Banquet; initial meeting of National Jr JACL, 32 years after …
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Seattle Chapter, JACL Reporter, Vol. 23, No. 4, April 1986 (ddr-sjacl-1-352)
Newsletter covering the following topics: Washington Redress Bill signed by Gov Booth Gardner at Nippon Kan Theater on April 1, 1986; JACL Washington State Redress Committee included, Becky Sasaki, Naomi Sanchez, Ruth Woo, Time Otani, Mako Nakagawa, Lois Hayasaka, Cherry Kinoshita, and Jerry Shigaki; JAYs sponsoring ?Planning for Tomorrow,? three workshops on ?Public Speaking Skills,? ?Improving …
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Nancy Kyoko Oda Interview (ddr-densho-1000-463)
Sansei female. Born May 20, 1945, at the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Shortly after birth, parents returned to the Los Angeles, California, area, where they had been living before World War II. Grew up in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, and was involved in judo along with father, who was a judo instructor. …
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Mako Nakagawa Interview (ddr-densho-1000-66)
Nisei female. Born February 1, 1937, in Seattle, Washington. Spent prewar childhood in Seattle. Incarcerated at the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington; Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho; and Crystal City internment camp, Texas. In the postwar years, became a teacher, principal, and multicultural specialist for Washington State's Superintendent of the Office of Public Instruction. Developed and directed the …
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Tulean Dispatch Vol. 6 No. 14 (August 2, 1943) (ddr-densho-65-264)
Selected article titles: "To Impose Fines on Violators Of City Laws, WRA Regulations" (p. 1), "Presbyterian Group Backs Resettlement of Evacuees" (p. 1), "Topaz Calls Farm Help" (p. 1), "Kibei, Issei English Class" (p. 1), "Rec. Program is Expanded" (p. 1), "Farm City Earnings Compared" (p. 1), "At Hog Farm: Blood Tests Are Given" (p. 2), …
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Belated Birthday Card to Yuri Domoto from Yoshito Shibata (ddr-densho-356-218)
Envelope and belated birthday card to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from Yoshito Shibata. The card unfolds several times revealing a large inner message. On the back of the card when completed folded is a message from Yoshito in which he tells Yuri about his transfer to Camp Crowder on Easter Sunday, including a quote from another Nisei …
Narrator Thomas T. Noguchi
Thomas Noguchi was the first Japanese American to serve as the Chief Medical Examiner-Coroner of Los Angeles Country. Well-known for conducting autopsies of public figures such as Robert F. Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe, and William Holden, Noguchi was in the position between 1967 and 1982. As a Shin Issei immigrant born in Japan (in 1927) and trained …
Narrator Kenji Tomita
Nisei male. Born August 25, 1924, in Alameda, California. Grew up in Alameda, where father ran a food wholesaling business. Was in high school when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Removed to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. Left Topaz on student leave to attend the University of …
Narrator Kip Tokuda
In this session, Ana Tanaka led a panel of Kip Tokuda's friends (Janice Deguchi, Akemi Matsumoto, Rep. Sharon Tomiko Santos, Barbara Lui, and Bill Tashima) in a remembrance of Tokuda. Tokuda was an iconic leader in the Japanese American community who as a Washington State Legislator, Seattle JACL President, and local organizer advocated and established programs …
Narrator Rep. Sharon Tomiko Santos
In this session, Ana Tanaka led a panel of Kip Tokuda's friends (Janice Deguchi, Akemi Matsumoto, Rep. Sharon Tomiko Santos, Barbara Lui, and Bill Tashima) in a remembrance of Tokuda. Tokuda was an iconic leader in the Japanese American community who as a Washington State Legislator, Seattle JACL President, and local organizer advocated and established programs …
Narrator Barbara Lui
In this session, Ana Tanaka led a panel of Kip Tokuda's friends (Janice Deguchi, Akemi Matsumoto, Rep. Sharon Tomiko Santos, Barbara Lui, and Bill Tashima) in a remembrance of Tokuda. Tokuda was an iconic leader in the Japanese American community who as a Washington State Legislator, Seattle JACL President, and local organizer advocated and established programs …
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George Nakano Interview II Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1000-361-1)
Teaching in the public schools
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 this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.
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Fresno Grapevine Vol. I No. 6 (June 10, 1942) (ddr-densho-190-6)
Selected article titles: "Visitor's Day to Start Tomorrow" (p. 1), "For Protection and Peace" (p. 1), "New Mess System Will Be Inaugurated Soon" (p. 1), "Here's How Much We Really Eat" (p. 1), "Public Don'ts" (p. 2), "New Time Announced for Typhoid Shots" (p. 3), "Warehousemen Lug 15 Tons of Food" (p. 3), "Mess Hall Kids …
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Heart Mountain Sentinel Vol. III No. 16 (April 15, 1944) (ddr-densho-97-177)
Selected article titles: "ACLU Takes Issue With Okamoto. National Director States FPC Members Must Face Consequence of Evasion" (p. 1), "New Function Established to Aid Public Acceptance and Evacuee Adjustment" (p. 1), "'We Fight for All Americans,' Captain Declares" (p. 1), "Chinese Pleads for Tolerance" (p. 1), "Nisei Makes Good; Democracy Triumphs Over Prejudice" (p. 5), …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 21 No. 24 (December 15, 1945) (ddr-pc-17-50)
Selected article titles: "As General Stilwell Honored a Nisei Hero" (p. 1), "WRA Director Says Prejudice Dies as Public Has Facts" (p. 1), "Hunger, Filth, Cold Greet First Group of Repatriates From U.S. to Land in Japan" (p. 2), "Issei Petition Congress For American Citizenship Rights" (p. 3), "1500 Voluntary Repatriates Leave Tule Lake Center for …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 43, No. 26 (December 28, 1956) (ddr-pc-28-52)
Selected article titles: "Saturday Evening Post Still Sees Main Point of Editorial as Valid" (p. 1), "Editorial indirectly casts doubt on JACL's primary and fundamental loyalty to U.S." (p. 1), "Yuba City Nisei joins in $450,000 damage suit against gov't, public utility for property damage caused during '55 flood" (p. 2), "Nisei assists UCLA scientist develop …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 66, No. 25 (June 21, 1968) (ddr-pc-40-25)
Selected article titles: "Noguchi confirmed as county coroner" (p. 1), "California measure may shut door on Nisei apprentices" (p. 1), "JACL committing hara kiri without civil rights stress" (p. 1), "Matsunaga fears heroic episodes of 442nd may be forgotten soon by public" (p. 1), "Nisei of Biennium candidates revealed" (p. 1), "M. Masaoka due recognition for …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 60, No. 20 (May 14, 1965) (ddr-pc-37-20)
Selected article titles: "Race Issue in Hawaii Politics Raised in Rule" (p.1-2), History Project: Historical Documents Being Donated" (p.1), "17 Organizations to Honor Issei Elders at Huge Joint Dinner" (p.1), "1945-VE DAY-1965" (p.2), "Strawberry Grower Plows Under One Acre in Protest against Government Failure to Secure Field Labor" (p.3), "Public Schools Have until 1967 to Desegregate" …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 54, No. 15 (April 13, 1962) (ddr-pc-34-15)
Selected article titles: "'Japanese History' Project Fund Drive Passes 47 pct. Mark of $100,000 Goal" (p.1-2), Urban League Statistics Confirm High Ratio of Nisei Scholarship, Award Winners" (p.1), "Traditional Japanese Customs for Aged Reversed by Postwar Occupation, Retirement at 55 Not as Pleasurable for Many" (p.2), "Issei Pioneers-Yokoyama and Takimoto Recalled as Mentors of Nisei Movement" …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 54, No. 12 (March 23, 1962) (ddr-pc-34-12)
Selected article titles: "To Protect the Consumer" (p.1), "Complacency of Nisei Seen as Danger to Own Security" (p.1), "State Fair Housing Law Gains Support" (p.1), "Firm Military Control by U.S. in Okinawa Rapped by ACLU" (p.1), "Introducing a Nisei 'Dunker': Sim Togasaki" (p.2), "Maryland Law to Ban Racial Bias Defeated in House" (p.3), "Nisei Director of …
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General meeting of the Monterey Peninsula Japanese American Citizens League, March 21, 1935 (ddr-csujad-44-64)
Minutes of the third general meeting of the Monterey Peninsula Japanese American Citizens League. Topics discussed include JACL's policy regarding the anti-alien land bills before the Legislature, the question of whether to purchase an American flag for club use, and additional appointments to the Public Relations Board. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese …
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Notice of intent to vacate (ddr-csujad-5-115)
A notice of intent to vacate issued by G.D. Holmquist, Contract Housing Manager of the Federal Public Housing Authority. It notifies that Seiichi Okine vacates the Hawthorne Project's rental housing on January 5, 1946 because of "decreasing number in family." Singed by Seiichi Okine on January 5, 1946. See this object in the California State Universities …
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Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 1, Part II (January 1, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-91)
Selected article titles: "Editorials: Reflected Glory"; "The Ultimate Desire"; "Rights and Privileges"; "The Press and the Public"; "How Fare Canadians? Resettlement Studied"; "Distribution of Our People, All Over U.S."; "For Peace, For Security"; "Friends, Critics Assessed"; "Relocation Program Revision Underway. Effort Will be Expended During Coming Year to Utilize Other Federal Agencies"; "Significance of Vote Discussed"; …
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Rocky Shimpo Vol. 11, No. 88 (July 24, 1944) (ddr-densho-148-24)
Selected article titles: "Seek New Group for Security Action"; "On the Other Hand"; "Public Invited to Outstanding Program"; "Board Named"; "Officer Killed on War Front"; "Poker Pot Confiscated"; "Want Ads"; "Eight-Year-Old Boy Killed in Accident"; "$4800 Year for Welfare"; "Higa's Talks are Popular"; "Impressed"; "Truman"; "Settling Down Now"; "Have Cake and Eat It"; "Delegates Laud FDR …
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W. Harold Loper, Gregg M. Sinclair, Urban E. Wild and a National Education Association president (ddr-njpa-2-1159)
Caption on reverse: "NEA PRESIDENT HOLT ADDRESSES CHAMBER LUNCH: Dr. Andrew A. Holt, president of the National Education association, addressed a luncheon held in his honor Thursday noon at Queen's Surf by the Honolulu Chamber of Commerce. Above, left to right, are: Dr. W. Harold Loper, superintendent of public instruction; Dr. Holt, Dr. Gregg M. Sinclair, …