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1406 items
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Group photo of men in uniform outside Topaz camp building. Joe Iwataki standing second from left (ddr-ajah-2-785)
Caption: Joe Iwataki of Alameda, CA., posed with Gis while he is on furlough to Topaz, Utah, July 1943. Photo shot in front of the Ad building. Additional note about names: These names were on the back of the photo but it was difficult to know the exact position of the person named. Supplemental scan of …
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Seattle JACL Oral History Collection (ddr-sjacl-2)
In September 2021, the Seattle Chapter of Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) celebrated its 100th Anniversary. This collection of interviews is a part of Seattle JACL's project to document and pass on its history and legacy. Underwritten by grants from the National JACL Legacy Fund and the Robert Chinn Foundation, teams of Seattle JACL members and …
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Women and children (ddr-densho-359-306)
From left to right: Alice Kawamoto with Don Nakata; Sadako Nakata with Kenji Nakata
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Congress apologizes on behalf of the nation (ddr-densho-381-48)
Information on the Civil Liberties Act and eligibility for redress payments.
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Letter from Ai Chih Tsai to Edward J. Ennis (ddr-densho-446-100)
Petition to change Tsai's alien status with description of past efforts and employment record.
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3 Generations of Japanese Americans at shore (ddr-densho-359-212)
The caption in the album name each person in photograph from left to right: Itsuno Kawamoto with Don Nakata, Pauline Nakata with Kenji Nakata, and Shigeko Kawamoto,
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Family portrait (ddr-densho-359-1419)
Nakata family: John and Pauline Nakata with sons, left to right: Don, Bob, and Wayne. Stamped in the bottom right hand corner "Takano Studio Seattle".
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Two Honolulu ikebana association leaders (ddr-njpa-4-2501)
Caption on front: "Presented above, left to right, are new President Miss Hisako Kurakake and Immediate Past President Mrs. Pearl Jensen of the Honolulu, Hawaii Chapter of the Ikebana International, which held its annual installation banquet yesterday in the Diamond Head Suite of the Sheraton Princess Kaiulani Hotel. Chapter officers for the 1963-1964 term are president, …
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Tribute to Michi Weglyn by Toshiko Kawamoto, February 21, 1998 (ddr-csujad-24-168)
A tribute to Michi Weglyn written by Toshiko Kawamoto in which she talks about her husband Dave Kawamoto who was one of the 63 men at Heart Mountain incarceration camp to refuse induction into the military. According to Toshiko Kawamoto her husband had been taken to the Heart Mountain incarceration camp a few weeks shy of …
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Seattle Chapter, JACL Reporter, Vol. XIX, No. 7, July-August 1982 (ddr-sjacl-1-311)
Newsletter covering the following topics: Chapter vote on endorsing ?People?s Campaign to Urge an End to Nuclear Arms Madness and Participate in the Campaign?s Oct. 2nd Fund Raiser, the ?Legs against Arms? fun run; 90 people attended JACL Fun nite; Seattle JACL joins a coalition in a amicus curiae brief in a successful Supreme Court decision …
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Letter from Joseph Ishikawa to Joseph Conard (ddr-densho-468-102)
Letter concerning Ishikawa's admission to the University of Nebraska
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Letter from Norvell Gillespie to Kimi Fujii and others (ddr-densho-433-833)
Norvell Gillespie writes to Kimi Fujii, Members of the Board of Directors, and others with a progress report on publicity and public relations.
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Letter from Ayame Okine to Mr. S. Okine, December 28, 1945 [in Japanese] (ddr-csujad-5-179)
A letter from Ayame Okine to her parents-in-law, Seiichi and Tomeyo Okine. In the letter, Ayame writes about her sister-in-law, Hatsuno Hotty Okine who works at a Caucasian family's place and is getting married to Masuo Robert Befu soon. She also updates on her life in Illinois, working for 12 hours with fifteen to sixteen people …
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Ministers Hit Anti-Nisei Group (April 4, 1945) (ddr-densho-56-1110)
The Seattle Daily Times, April 4, 1945, p. 5
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Letter from Joseph Ishikawa to Dr. Goss (ddr-densho-468-108)
Cover letter for application to University of Nebraska (no date)
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Family portrait (ddr-densho-359-1603)
Nakata family: left to right: Don, John, Jitsuzo with Wayne in front, Bob, and Pauline
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Aunts, uncle, and nephews at shore (ddr-densho-359-213)
Left to right: Alice Kawamoto with Don Nakata, Shigeko Kawamoto with Kenji Nakata, and Joe Kawamoto
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Letter to John McCloy from Lt. General J.L. DeWitt (ddr-densho-122-858)
Summary of intelligence report of individuals considered for segregation
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Swimming pool test (ddr-densho-468-192)
Description of attempt for a mixed race group to access municipal swimming pool.