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23 items
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June Takahashi Segment 34 (ddr-densho-1000-88-34)
Moving to Seattle, working for the Seattle Public Schools
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Elaine Ishikawa Hayes Interview II Segment 23 (ddr-densho-1000-158-23)
Postwar work in the Seattle Public Schools
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Mako Nakagawa Segment 35 (ddr-densho-1000-66-35)
Developing the Multicultural Heritage Program, "Rainbow," and bringing it into the Seattle Public Schools
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Akiko Kurose Interview II Segment 22 (ddr-densho-1000-42-22)
Teaching in the Seattle Public Schools
Mrs. Kurose was undergoing treatment for cancer and required frequent breaks and medication to help her with pain management.
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Akiko Kurose Interview II Segment 21 (ddr-densho-1000-42-21)
Involvement in the Head Start program in the Seattle Public Schools
Mrs. Kurose was undergoing treatment for cancer and required frequent breaks and medication to help her with pain management.
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Nobu Suzuki Interview II Segment 28 (ddr-densho-1000-87-28)
Getting involved in the "Mountaineers" and a ski program with the Seattle schools
References are made to several of Nobu Suzuki's personal papers, which are currently available for public perusal at the University of Washington's Manuscripts and University Archives.
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Japanese to Quit Public Schools. Seattle Orientals Will Educate Their Children Privately. Japanese to Maintain Schools. Subjects of Mikado Resident in Seattle Will Withdraw Children From American Places of Public Instruction. (June 30, 1908) (ddr-densho-56-128)
The Seattle Daily Times, June 30, 1908, p. 1
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 36 No. 23 (June 5, 1953) (ddr-pc-25-23)
Selected article titles: "Proscribed list used as bar in public housing" (p. 1), "Seattle Congressman asks repeal of Mongolian labor prohibition" (p. 1), "Inside story: Bill to give aged Issei assistance defeated in committee" (p. 1), "Japanese schools reopened with old vigor; is it good or bad?" (p. 3).
Narrator Miyoko Kaneta
Nisei female. Born December 16, 1926, in El Centro, California. Grew up in various places in California, where parents owned a barbershop. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed with her family to the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. After leaving camp, resettled in Hazelton, Idaho, and Oakland, California, before moving to Seattle, Washington. After the war, …
Narrator Chizuko Norton
Nisei female. Born July 3, 1924, in Seattle, Washington. Spent prewar childhood in Japan; Bellevue, Washington; and Kirkland, Washington. Incarcerated at Pinedale Assembly Center, California, and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Returned to Seattle after the war, obtained master's degree from the University of Washington in the field of social work. Founded Seattle's first alternative school …
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Miyoko Kaneta Interview (ddr-densho-1000-449)
Nisei female. Born December 16, 1926, in El Centro, California. Grew up in various places in California, where parents owned a barbershop. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed with her family to the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. After leaving camp, resettled in Hazelton, Idaho, and Oakland, California, before moving to Seattle, Washington. After the war, …
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Chizuko Norton Interview (ddr-densho-1000-73)
Nisei female. Born July 3, 1924, in Seattle, Washington. Spent prewar childhood in Japan; Bellevue, Washington; and Kirkland, Washington. Incarcerated at Pinedale Assembly Center, California, and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Returned to Seattle after the war, obtained master's degree from the University of Washington in the field of social work. Founded Seattle's first alternative school …
Narrator Sharon Maeda
Sansei female. Born February 16, 1945, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where parents had resettled after leaving the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho, during World War II. Moved at an early age to Portland, Oregon, and then Seattle, Washington. Attended the University of Washington where she was active in student groups. Got involved in numerous political campaigns supporting Asian …
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Sharon Maeda Interview (ddr-densho-1000-529)
Sansei female. Born February 16, 1945, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where parents had resettled after leaving the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho, during World War II. Moved at an early age to Portland, Oregon, and then Seattle, Washington. Attended the University of Washington where she was active in student groups. Got involved in numerous political campaigns supporting Asian …
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Saji Kanesawa's Recollections (ddr-densho-446-434)
Article about Keisen years (1939-41) written by Ryo's Keisen classmate and later Seattle friend (written 1994)
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Tulean Dispatch Vol. III No. 8 (July 25, 1942) (ddr-densho-65-3)
Selected article titles: "Barrack Schools are Temporary" (p. 1), "Notary Public" (p. 1), "Twenty-five Walerga Checks Returned to S.F." (p. 1), "Take Board Exam" (p. 1), "Kanemoto Dies" (p. 1), "Population Here Grows to 14,984" (p. 1), "Variety Show Here Tonight" (p. 1), "Tolo Dance" August 1" (p. 1), "Daily Menu: Food!" (p. 2), "Oratory Contest …
Narrator Joseph Frisino
Male of Italian and Irish descent. Born 1919 in Baltimore, Maryland. Grew up in the countryside outside of Baltimore with his parents, younger sister, and maternal grandmother. Raised Catholic, he attended public schools until graduating in 1936 at age seventeen. Began working for the Baltimore News Post in 1937 until the draft of 1940 when he …
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Joseph Frisino Interview (ddr-densho-1000-117)
Male of Italian and Irish descent. Born 1919 in Baltimore, Maryland. Grew up in the countryside outside of Baltimore with his parents, younger sister, and maternal grandmother. Raised Catholic, he attended public schools until graduating in 1936 at age seventeen. Began working for the Baltimore News Post in 1937 until the draft of 1940 when he …
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Carbon copy letter from Ai Chih Tsai to Ng Boksu (ddr-densho-446-413)
Responding to Ng Boksu's inquiry about Taiwanese in the U.S. just before WWII. (5 pages)
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Carbon copy letter from Ai Chih Tsai to J.Y. Lai (ddr-densho-446-414)
Responding to Mr. Lai's letter about the history of Christians in Taiwan. (3 pages)