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doc Questions and answers for evacuees (ddr-csujad-55-349)

Question and answer booklet covering "preparing for relocation," "facilities at relocation centers," "work," "business matters," "health and medicine," and "departure from the relocation center." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0351

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doc Request for repatriation: family summary (ddr-csujad-55-186)

Form attached to the Individual Request for Repatriation for those applying to be repatriated as a group. Respondents are required to list the name, relationship, age, sex, and place of birth for family members who also applying for repatriation. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0188

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-186/

doc Letter from Wayne M. Collins, Attorney at Law, to Miss Haruye Imahori, January 13, 1950 (ddr-csujad-55-2246)

Correspondence from Wayne Collins to Haruye Imahori regarding individuals who renounced their United States citizenship and repatriated to Japan but wish to return to the United States. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2349

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2246/

doc [Newspaper clipping titled:] Days of waiting tells Arthur-Estelle Ishigo story (ddr-csujad-55-2052)

Newspaper clipping regarding a film by Steve Okazaki on Estelle Ishigo, a non-Japanese woman who chose to accompany her husband, a Japanese American, to Heart Mountain incarceration camp. Covers the making of the film and background on the life of Estelle Ishigo. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2155

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2052/

doc Civilian exclusion order no. 43 (ddr-csujad-55-860)

Exclusion orders and evacuation instructions for persons of Japanese ancestry residing in the Los Angeles area. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0862

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doc Letter from Tom Yamamoto to Mrs. Margaret Waegell, 1941 (ddr-csujad-55-52)

Handwritten correspondence from Tom Yamamoto to Margaret Waegell. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_00056

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doc Individual request for repatriation, Form WCCA R-100 (ddr-csujad-55-185)

Form distributed to individuals requesting repatriation. Questions cover the individual's personal description, citizenship, entry into the United States, residence outside of the United States, education, employment, previous residences, and relatives. Form WCCA R-100. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0187

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doc Redress monitor, vol. 1, no. 1 (October/November, 1988) (ddr-csujad-55-106)

Newsletter of the Japanese American Citizens League Legislative Education Committee. Columns include, "Message from the Chair," "JACL-LEC Obtains Legal Services," "John Nakahata Named Lead Council," "Fundraising Update," "Civil Rights Division's ORA Changes Name," "Supreme Court denies Class Action Suit," "ORA Administration," "Civil Liberties Act of 1988: Questions and Answers," "Board Member Profiles," and "Board Roster." See …

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doc Notice to appear for filing petition (appointment letter) (ddr-csujad-55-2610)

The notice to appear for filing petition (appointment letter) is addressed to Fusa Kawanishi. The letter states that Fusa Kawanishi must prove his residence and character by the testimony of United States citizen witnesses who have known him for all of the statutory period. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project …

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doc Redress! The American promise (ddr-csujad-55-105)

Account of the Japanese American experience from the evacuation order of World War II to redress and reparations. Includes photographs. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0107

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-105/

doc Letter from Wayne M. Collins, Attorney-at-Law, October 5, 1948 (ddr-csujad-55-2261)

Correspondence and update from attorney Wayne Collins regarding the status of mass equity suits to restore citizenship for Japanese Americans who renounced their U.S. citizenship during their incarceration during World War II. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2364

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doc Fred Toyosaburo Korematsu, Petitioner, v. United States of America, Respondent (ddr-csujad-55-2001)

Proceedings from the petition of Fred Korematsu for writ of error coram nobis and the government's motion to vacate conviction and dismiss indictment of Korematsu before the honorable Marilyn Hall Patel. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2104

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doc Letter from Wayne M. Collins, Attorney-at-Law, to Masako Adachi (ddr-csujad-55-2258)

Correspondence from Wayne Collins to Masako Adachi regarding the cancellation of plaintiff's renunciation of U.S nationality and restore their citizenship. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2361

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2258/

doc Redress monitor (May 1990) (ddr-csujad-55-108)

Newsletter of the Japanese American Citizens League Legislative Education Committee. Columns include, "ORA Update," "New ORA Deputy Administrator," "Congressional Hearings Underscore Department of Justice Commitment to Redress," "Eligibility Verification," "Most Canadians Will Receive Redress by September 1990," "Fundraising Update," "Jacobs vs Thornburgh," "Senator Spark Matsunaga Eulogized," "Aleuts Finally Get Payment for Internment: $12,000 Checks," "Matsui Speaks …

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doc Personal property form, WCCA-Form FRB-2 (ddr-csujad-55-123)

Personal property and household items inventory form. WCCA-Form FRB-2. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0125

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doc Letter from E.R. Fryer, Regional Director, War Relocation Authority, to Mrs. George Nakamura, September 8, 1942 (ddr-csujad-55-2122)

Correspondence from E.R. Fryer to Dorothy Nakamura regarding Nakamura's request for her family to return to their home in Military Area No. 1 due to their status as a mixed-marriage family. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2225

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doc Letter from John Tateishi, Redress Director, National Committee for Redress, to Mrs. Mary T. Tsukamoto, April 12, 1982 (ddr-csujad-55-100)

Typed correspondence from John Tateishi of the National Committee for Redress to Mary Tsukamoto, thanking her for her contribution to the Japanese American Citizens League redress fund. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0102

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doc Payroll check for 32 cents issued by the Treasury to Yukihiko Miyag (ddr-csujad-55-2226)

Payroll check for 32 cents issued by the U.S. Treasury and Works Projects Administration to Yukihiko Miyagi. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2329

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doc Report on renunciation suits (ddr-csujad-55-2249)

Report from attorney Wayne Collins to clients regarding developments in renunciation suits. Covers habeas corpus proceedings, mass equity suits, results achieved by mass suits, alien enemy act, effects of Supreme Court decisions, individual hearings, what renunciants must not do, renunciant plaintiffs in Japan, and conclusions. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization …

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doc Congress apologizes on behalf of the nation (ddr-csujad-55-102)

Supplementary article published in the Pacific Citizen covering the background of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, the work of the Japanese American Citizens League and it's Legislative Education Committee, passage of the Redress Bill, the Office of Redress Administration, and eligibility for payments. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project …

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doc California Butchers' pension plan: personal history and past employment questionnaire (ddr-csujad-55-2184)

Application for the California Butchers' pension plan filled out by George Hideo Nakamura. Includes Nakamura's personal information and employment history. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2286

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img Two friends at school prior to mass removal (ddr-densho-151-97)

Original caption: Pals at Raphael Weill Public School, Geary and Buchanan Streets. Yuichi Sumi (left), of Japanese ancestry, and Tommy Wong of Chinese descent, on one of the last days before evacuation. Evacuees of Japanese ancestry will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for duration.

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img Filipino produce stand (ddr-densho-151-82)

Original WRA caption: San Lorenzo, California. Fruit and vegetable stand on highway operated by Philipino. This year he is able to use his nationality in California as an advertisement for trade.

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img Japanese Americans waiting with baggage (ddr-densho-151-101)

Original caption: San Francisco. Early comers arrive with personal effects at 2020 Van Ness Avenue as part of the contingent of 664 residents of Japanese ancestry, first to be evacuated from San Francisco on April 6, 1942. Evacuees will housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-101/

img Sign advertising free kittens (ddr-densho-151-62)

Original WRA caption: A home is sought for kittens as owners prepare to evacuate. Evacuees of Japanese ancestry will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-62/

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