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doc Colorado Times Vol. 31, No. 4357 (September 1, 1945) (ddr-densho-150-69)

Selected article titles: "How and Where Will Nisei Come Back? Niches Found Eastward by Japanese Americans"; "Ample Legal Counsel -- Free!"; "Nisei, Backed by Mayor Lupham, Returns to Job; Workers Confer"; "Special! Machinists Will Work With Nisei"; "San Francisco News: Mistaken Shopmen"; "Aliens May Own Real Property in New York"; "So. Calif. WRA Awarded First Prize …

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doc Information Digest No. 53 (ddr-densho-156-411)

Section titles: "Tule Lake Situation"; "Summary of New Relocation Division"; "Colorado River Center Transferred to WRA"; "Statistical Laboratory Set Up at Central Utah"; "Heart Mountain to Have Bakery"; "Indefinite and Seasonal Leave Figure"; "Volunteers Aid Harvest"; "Gibson Joins San Francisco Staff"; "Personal Changes"; "Administrative Meeting in Denver"; "New Magazine Added to Library"; "Center Fire Protection Reviewed"; …

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img [Harry Ueno, Karl Matsushita, and Jack Herzig] (ddr-csujad-29-175)

Photograph of the Wu Kong restaurant, with: Harry Ueno, Karl Matsushita, and Jack Herzig. Photo captioned: "Karl Matsushita he manages the San Francisco Japanese American Library." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: P116

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doc Letter (with envelope) and copy of Tsuyako "Sox" Kitashima's testimony before the Commission on Wartime Relocation (August 13, 1981) (ddr-janm-4-5)

Letter to Tsuyako "Sox" Kitashima from Katrina Shores, Special Assistant to the Chair of the Commission on Wartime Relocation (January 11, 1982). It encloses a draft copy of Kitashima's testimony before the Commission on Wartime Relocation she gave at the hearing on August 13, 1981 in San Francisco, California. Envelope is postmarked January 20, 1982 from …

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img Takuritsu Morita next to sculpture (ddr-ajah-6-621)

Caption below photo: Takuritsu Morita poses with a favorite sculpture, Rodin's Thinker. This is probably Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, CA, where one of the more than 20 castings of The Thinker exist. Morita first is Oakland from 1915, the Alameda from about 1919 before moving to Mountain View in 1933. This portrait is more …

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img Portrait of couple (ddr-ajah-6-7)

Caption below photo: Sojourners in a Strange Land / Passenger lists show that Karoju (b. 1881) and Shime (b. 1884) Kawamura arrived in Honolulu in 1902, and later boarded the ship Mongolia to arrive in San Francisco in 1910. They became life-long members of the church, bringing up their son Shizuto and daughter, Katsumi, in the …

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img Young Men's Christian Association group (ddr-ajah-6-569)

Caption below photo: The Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) at 1950 Bush Street, San Francisco, CA, circa 1915-1930s. Takuritsu Morita was living in Oakland by 1915 and by 1919, in Alameda, CA. He worked at Japanese Schools in Alameda and Mountain View until World War II. Morita is standing 3rd from right in second row.

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doc Letter from Thomas Shuzo Yamamoto to Mr. Henri Waegell, May 20, 1947 (ddr-csujad-55-2314)

Correspondence from Tom Yamamoto [= Thomas Shuzo Yamamoto] to Henri Waegell regarding Yamamoto's personal information, future education plans, current politics in the San Francisco bay area. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2420

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doc Topaz: 40th year Topaz reunion (ddr-csujad-55-2710)

Pamphlet of the 40th year Topaz reunion held in San Francisco, California, September 24 and 25, 1983. Sponsored by classes of 1943 and 1944. Includes historical photographs and a re-print of the City of Topaz. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2874

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img Japanese Americans waving goodbye (ddr-densho-151-259)

Original caption: San Francisco, California. Inhabitants of the Japanese section wave farewell at the departure of their friends and neighbors whom they are soon to follow to Tanforan Assembly center. This bus contains some of the 660 persons to be evacuated on this day. In three more days these streets will be deserted of persons of …

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img Nisei Grill restaurant (ddr-densho-151-52)

Original WRA caption: San Francisco, California. This restaurant, named "Nisei" after second- generation children born in this country to Japanese immigrants was closed prior to evacuation of residents of Japanese ancestry; and, according to sign in the window, was scheduled to re- open under new management. Evacuees will be housed at War Relocation Authority centers for …

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vh Minoru J. Shibata Interview (ddr-manz-1-148)

Nisei male. Born 1928 in San Francisco, California. Spent most of childhood on Terminal Island, California, where father was a fisherman. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, father was arrested by the FBI and the rest of the family moved to Ogden, Utah, to farm. Served in the Army Air Corps in Japan during the U.S. …

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doc Letter from Ai Chih Tsai to U.S. Department of Justice Immigration and Naturalization Service, Chicago (ddr-densho-446-221)

Response to letter dated May 28, 1946. First entry to US on Sept 1, 1938, as student on Taiyo Maru at San Francisco. Most recent entry to US on Dec 17, 1945, on SS General Freeman at Seattle after USSBS. Will leave US on June 12 on USS Marine Lynx for 1-year mission with UNRRA.

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vh Toru Saito Interview (ddr-densho-1000-307)

Sansei male. Born December 11, 1937, in San Francisco, California. Nearly age four when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. Removed with family to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. In this interview, Mr. Saito discusses many of the harmful psychological effects of the World War II experience on himself and other Japanese …

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vh Helen Amerman Manning Interview (ddr-densho-1000-147)

White female. Born March 23, 1916, in Bloomfield, New Jersey. Attended Michigan State College, then Stanford University for graduate courses, before becoming a high school teacher at the Minidoka concentration camp. After World War II, worked for various organizations in the field of race relations, including the San Francisco Council for Civic Unity, and the Oakland …

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doc 1952 Pictorial Guidebook (ddr-densho-266-78)

Select article titles: "Rare photographs capture beauties of Fuji" (pg 19-34); "The Issei Story" (pg. 35-58); "Pictures: San Francisco, Sacramento, Los Angeles, Twin Cities, New York, Chicago, Seattle, Japan" (pg. 59-112); "Organizations: Bird's-eye view of Nisei groups in the U.S." (pg. 113-138). Removed pages 140-167 from public website to protect personal information.

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doc Letter from Tomoye Takahashi to Henri Takahashi (ddr-densho-410-412)

Martha's plans to stay in Minnesota for a job with her former professor, Pinkie still in quarantine, likely for chicken pox, anxious to find a house for her father to buy in San Francisco, thoughts on various marriageable women in camp for her father, hopes to be able to buy a house in Berkeley some day.

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doc Marriage license application for Susumu Tomine and Tomoe Otsu (ddr-ajah-6-945)

Caption below photo: Susumu Tomine (of San Francisco, CA) and fianc?e Tomoe Otsu's (of Alameda, CA) application for a license to marry, August 5, 1942. He had contracted Tuberculosis and was living at the Hassler Health Home in Redwood City, CA. Tomoe had already evacuated to the Tanforan Assembly Center. They were hastily married in Tanforan.

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doc Letter from Tadashi Ishida to Mr. & Mrs. Y Ishida (ddr-densho-535-307)

Thanks them for the photograph; went to a movie in Leghorn (Livorno) the night before; must be nice to see all their friends in San Francisco and hopes things will be settled before he comes home; heard that the 442nd is getting replacements soon; planning a trip to Rome. Parents' note on envelope back: 310 Friday …

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doc Letter from Tadashi Ishida to Mr. & Mrs. Y Ishida (ddr-densho-535-317)

He is going horseback riding that day; went to Florence and bought some old roman coins which he will send to To-chan; guessed they have seen Bob (Yatabe) in San Francisco; thinks he may be coming home in March. Written on back of envelope by parents" 320 Wednesday Jan. 23, 1946 Request for magazines and socks

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doc Letter from Tadashi Ishida to Mr. & Mrs. Y Ishida (ddr-densho-535-282)

Still waiting for orders to return to his company; asks about how things are in San Francisco and whether they are getting a house; doesn't expect to be home until 1946;he is saving his money and plans to go to school when he gets home. Parents' note on envelope back: 284 Monday Nov. 5, 1956

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doc Letter from US Public Health Services to Merced Assembly Center regarding the sale of contraceptives (ddr-densho-356-786)

Letter from W. T. Harrison, Senior Surgeon and Director of District # 5 with U.S. Public Health Services in San Francisco to Harry L. Black, Manager of Merced Assembly Center. The letter discusses the availability of contraceptives and venereal prophylactics to internees, and advises Merced make these items available to residents and provide medical guidance on …

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Narrator Dave Tatsuno

Nisei male. Born March 31, 1913, in San Francisco, California. Spent difficult childhood years in San Francisco under care of a guardian while family lived in Japan. Graduated with a degree in business administration from the University of California at Berkeley before World War II. Removed to Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and then to Topaz concentration …

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vh Ernest Besig Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1002-3-6)

Opinions in San Francisco, California and the ACLU split over issue of incarceration

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically …

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Narrator John Y. Hayakawa

Nisei male. Born April 2, 1918, in San Francisco, California. Grew up in San Jose, California, where father ran a farm. Was an active member of the Japanese American Citizens League and helped to run the San Jose office after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941. During World War II, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly …

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