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doc Tulean Dispatch Vol. IV No. 18 (December 3, 1942) (ddr-densho-65-340)

Selected article titles: "Outside Relocation JACL Confab Pledge" (p. 1), "Scrip Book Purchases Declared Not Taxable" (p. 1), "To Feel Outside Sentiment" (p. 2), "200 Parents Meet Recruiting Officers" (p. 2), "Trip to Salt Lake Conclave Increases Outside Confidence" (p. 3).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 71, No. 25 (December 18, 1970) (ddr-pc-42-50)

Selected article titles: "East Coast history of Japanese to be distinctive contribution" (p. 1), "National Constitution Japanese American Citizens League" (p. 2), "JACL chapter presidents" (p. 4), "JACL Bowling Tournament Champions" (p. 7), "The JACL Story: For Better Americans in a Greater America" (p. 9), "Heart Mountain WRA Camp residents sound off before a Dies Committee …

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doc Personality cards (ddr-csujad-26-42)

Journal entries written by high school students discussing their observations and perspectives on a variety of topics including social interactions, friendships, "going steady," and personality traits. Each entry includes the full date and student name. The entries were part of a class assignment and collected for the Japanese American Evacuation and Resettlement Study (JERS). Additional personality …

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doc Letter from Joseph Ishikawa to Joseph Conard (ddr-densho-468-119)

Letter with updated address and request for update on diploma verification

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av Harsh Canvas: Henry Sugimoto (ddr-densho-1024-89)

A 2001 biographical documentary film on the life and work of Issei artist Henry Sugimoto, based on the artist's memoirs and testimony before the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians. The film highlights Sugimoto's art through archival and contemporary footage and follows his life's journey from immigration to his incarceration with his family during …

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doc Letter from Joseph Ishikawa to Dr. Alfred E. Longueil (CC: Dr. Rolfe) (ddr-densho-468-109)

Typed draft explaining Ishikawa's seeking admission to the University of Nebraska with request for advice (no date)

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av 9066 to 9/11: America's Concentration Camps Then... and Now? (ddr-densho-1024-91)

A 2004 documentary film directed by Akira Boch that looks at the World War II expulsion of Japanese Americans into American concentration camps through the contemporary lens of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. See this item in the Densho Resource Guide at: 9066 to 9/11: America's Concentration Camps Then... and Now? (film). See …

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doc Nonfiction manuscript: "Road to Freedom" with submission letter and rejection letter (ddr-densho-468-158)

Manuscript of nonfiction narrative describing experience as Japanese-American seeking student leave from World War II incarceration. The manuscript incorporates letters to various college admission staff. Page one is a submission letter to the Yale Review. Page two is a rejection slip.

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doc 5 Japanese Will Talk on Citizenship (April 23, 1933) (ddr-densho-56-439)

The Seattle Daily Times, April 23, 1933, p. 5

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doc The Evacuation of the Japanese During World War II (ddr-densho-390-141)

An essay describing the evacuation of Japanese and Japanese Americans during World War II, including a list a recommended further readings.

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doc Service of Ai Chih Tsai Ordination Program (ddr-densho-446-382)

Ai Chih Tsai was ordained as a Congregational minister and recognized as pastor of The Church of Christ (Japanese) at the Fourth Presbyterian Church.

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img Kawamoto family (ddr-densho-359-311)

From back to front, left to right: Pauline Nakata, Sachan Nakata, Itsuno Kawamoto, Don Nakata, Alice Kawamoto with Kenji Nakata, Joe Kawamoto

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doc Chapter 12, 13, 14 personality cards (ddr-csujad-26-39)

Journal entries written by high school students discussing their observations and perspectives on a variety of topics including graduation, the future, finishing high school rather than quitting to find work outside, types of work available, and course planning. Each entry includes the full date and student name. The entries were part of a class assignment and …

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img Candid family moment (ddr-densho-359-1033)

Photographer catches candid moment of the Nakata and Kawamoto familues. The boys ham it up for the camera while a man in the background points out the camera.From far left: Alice Kawamoto with Bob Kenji Nakata, Jeanette Otsuka, Don Nakata, Pauline Nakata, unidentified man pointing, Masaaki Nakata, Ken Nakata

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av American Fish (ddr-densho-1024-55)

Short dramatic film about two Nisei women who run into each other at a grocery store and the dance that ensues when neither can remember who the other is. Humorous at first, the tone shifts when one asks about "camp" and other replies that she was in Tule Lake , invoking stereotypes of the camp and …

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img Family portrait (ddr-densho-359-999)

The Kawamoto family sit for a portrait. Back row from left to right: Shigeko and Joe Kawamoto, Masaaki and Pauline Nakata. Front Row from left to right: Jeanette Otsuka, Kaichi and Itsuno Kawamoto with grandson Kenji Nakata, Alice Kawamoto

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doc Democratic council meeting notes (ddr-densho-433-654)

Democratic council meeting notes about Martin Huff accepting the nomination of President.

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doc 33rd Annual California Spring Garden Show pamphlet (ddr-densho-433-505)

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doc Reception Committee Meeting Minutes from September 4, 1943 (ddr-densho-356-855)

Meeting minutes from the Reception Committee Meeting on September 4, 1943. Topics include: Reports from sub-committee on space, Sub-committee on hospitality, and sub-committee on registration.

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Supplementary comments by the War Relocation Authority on newspaper statements allegedly made by Representatives of the House Committee on Un-American Activities (ddr-densho-381-12)

doc Supplementary comments by the War Relocation Authority on newspaper statements allegedly made by Representatives of the House Committee on Un-American Activities (ddr-densho-381-12)

Additional comments from the War Relocation Authority in response to statements made by to the House Committee on Un-American Activities to the press about living conditions in the camps, rumors of violence and protest, and criticisms of how the camps are being managed.

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doc SDSU NewsCenter: CSU Seeks to honor WWII internees (ddr-densho-446-367)

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img Family group photograph (ddr-densho-359-1531)

Okano family: back row: Min Okano, Ayako Masuko, Alice Okano; middle row: Toshiyuki and Haruno Okano, Niki Okano; bottom row: Phil Okano with Rick Masuko, Bob Okano

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doc Memo regarding Reception Committee Meeting (ddr-densho-356-852)

Memo from John J.O. Moore to members of the Reception Committee to remind them of a committee meeting on August 28, 1943.

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doc Letter from Frank Herron Smith to President Harry S. Truman, May 4, 1945 (ddr-csujad-21-2)

Smith urges Truman to ask "Edgar J. Hoover and his organization" to help control "the arsonists and night-riders who are terrorizing the few Japanese Americans who have returned to the West Coast." Smith states that approximately 60,000 of the "110,000" people who were "evacuated" seek to return to their homes, under pressure from the War Relocation …

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doc Press Releases for Nebraskans for Norman Thomas (ddr-densho-468-222)

Five press releases notifying media of upcoming convention of Nebraskans for Norman Thomas and attempts to form new political party in Nebraska. Various dates, August 1948

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