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Seattle Chapter, JACL Reporter, Vol. 30, No. 7, July 1993 (ddr-sjacl-1-413)
Newsletter covering the following topics: Kip Tokuda reminds members of Yoshihiro Hattori, Japanese exchange student killed while delivering pizza to the wrong address when he was shot by the homeowner. Homeowner cleared of all charges. Call for US Attorney General investigation; PNWDC hires three lawyers (Gary Iwamoto, Rod Kawakami, and Roger Shimizu) to pursue action against …
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Seattle Chapter, JACL Reporter, Vol. 25, No. 9, September 1988 (ddr-sjacl-1-376)
Newsletter covering the following topics: Message from President Roger Shimizu, ?In the minds of JACLers and Non-JACLers alike, the passage of the redress legislation will be forever tied to the Seattle Chapter?s hosting f the 1988 National Convention. A movie script could not have been better written. What a fitting tribute to Seattle?s Nikkei community, its …
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Letter from Hank to Kizie Fujii (ddr-densho-433-25)
Hank writes to Kizie (Kimiko) Fujii about life in the Topaz concentration camp, updates on families leaving, and tells Kizie (Kimiko) that his mom wants to knit her a sweater for the colder months.
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Tribute to the life of Michi Nishiura Weglyn (ddr-csujad-24-130)
An announcement for a tribute to Michi Weglyn, organized by her friends in San Francisco. The following people are listed as hosts of the event: Clifford Uyeda, Kiku Funabiki, Wayne M. Collins, Kenji G. Taguma, Rosalyn Tonai, Toshiko Kawamoto, Grace Shimizu, Fumie Shimada, Mits Koshiyama, Jean Ishibashi, Audee Kochiyama-Holman. See this object in the California State …
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Seattle Chapter, JACL Reporter, Vol. 25, No. 2, February 1988 (ddr-sjacl-1-370)
Newsletter covering the following topics: President?s message noted recent passage of two key community leaders, Koyo Motoda and Uhachi Tamesa; DoR-1988, Potluck at Bush-Asia Center, keynotes-Mike Lowry and Norman Mineta, Frank Abe- emcee; Judge Donald Voorhees, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, dismissed Gordon Hirabayashi?s 1942 curfew conviction. Roger Shimizu, part of the Hirabayashi legal team, says …
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Seattle Chapter, JACL Reporter, Vol. 25, No. 2, February 1988 (ddr-sjacl-1-371)
Newsletter covering the following topics: President?s message noted recent passage of two key community leaders, Koyo Motoda and Uhachi Tamesa; DoR-1988, Potluck at Bush-Asia Center, keynotes-Mike Lowry and Norman Mineta, Frank Abe- emcee; Judge Donald Voorhees, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, dismissed Gordon Hirabayashi?s 1942 curfew conviction. Roger Shimizu, part of the Hirabayashi legal team, says …
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The bride and groom (ddr-njpa-1-42)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Music [illegible] Wedding. The Imperial Household Ministry's Musical Section [illegible] Mr. Comelie [?]. (Tokyo) February 13, 1934. Ethiopian bride [illegible] wedding march is being cheerfully played [illegible] Mr. Etano Comelie [?] (41), who has [illegible] the Imperial Household Ministry's Musical Section's [illegible] since [illegible] as the conductor of the Italy Cappi [?] …
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Article about Kansaburo Ageno (ddr-njpa-5-112)
Translation of article: Kanzaburo Ageno is going to Japan as a professor of fisheries. Kanzaburo Ageno, second-generation fisherman from Maui, has decided to go to Japan with his family. He is leaving April 22 on the Kamakara-maru to be a professor at the Yaezu fisheries school at Shimizu Port in Shizuoka Prefecture. He will be sent …
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Japanese Plan Loyalty Rally (December 21, 1941) (ddr-densho-56-558)
The Seattle Daily Times, December 21, 1941, p. 7
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National Young Buddhist convention (ddr-sbbt-3-9)
Group photograph of National Young Buddhist convention attendees.
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Seattle Chapter, JACL Reporter, Vol. XXII, No. 7, July 1985 (ddr-sjacl-1-349)
Newsletter covering the following topics: Hirabayashi Legal Team prepare final briefs, Mike Leong and Rod Kawakami (lead), Kathryn Bannai, Dan Ichinaga, Gary Iwamoto, Craig Kobayashi, Sharon Sakamoto, Benson Wong, Roger Shimizu and others; JAYS Activities (Dale Watanabe)- Bowlathon raises $1,05granting Bush-Asia ANnnes2, dance at Nippon Kan raises $400. ?School?s out? party, plus booth at ID Fair, …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 65, No. 21 (November 24, 1967) (ddr-pc-39-48)
Selected article titles: "New NIMH Grant of $118,000 Assures Continuance of Issei History Project" (p. 1), "Nisei Editor Quits Over Negro Issue: Charges College Administration Kills Free Press" (p. 1), "L.A. museum to show photos of Japanese town" (p. 1), "All-Oriental human relations council forms in Los Angeles" (p. 1), "Deportation of Unwanted Alien Upheld: Japanese …
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Terao funeral (ddr-densho-442-5)
Photograph of mourners in attendance at the funeral of Tomsabaro Terao. Front row left to right: Keiko Togo and Jimmy Tatsuda II. Second row: unknown, unknown, unknown, Bill Tatsuda, Charlie Tatsuda, Abe Hagiwara, Ruth Ohashi, John Tomita, unknown, Pat Hagiwara, Cherry, Tatsuda, unknown, Frank Tomita, and Mike Hagiwara. Third row: unknown, Mr. Faulkner, Mr. Inouye, Jimmy …
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Memo from multiple incarcerees to the Co-ordinating Committee, February 1944 (ddr-csujad-2-89)
States that the incarcerees wish to see "normalcy re-established" and peace and cooperation preserved between the Administration and the "Colony" in the Tule Lake incarceration camp, pledging support for the Co-ordinating Committee's efforts to attain peace at the camp. A handwritten annotation next to one of the people's names provides his or her release date. Names …
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Green Lake championship baseball team (ddr-densho-136-36)
This Green Lake Baseball Team beat White River 19-18 to win the 1934 Fourth of July Baseball Tournament. Back row (L to R): Mr. Kanno, Grandpa Mochizuki, Mr. Hayashi, Mr. Kawachi, Mr. Shimizu, Mr. Ito, Mr. Fukano, Mr. Yamada, Sumio Mochizuki (utility), Naoshi Kumagai (outfield), Mr. Y. Kumasaka, Mr. Tada, Mr. Tanagi, Mr. S. Kumasaka, Mr. …
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Amache YWCA Meeting Agenda (ddr-densho-356-827)
Amache YWCA Meeting Agenda for meeting on October 29, 1942. Topics include: YWCA activities prior to relocation, Amache YWCA, suggestions and discussion.
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Shumei Okawa and others (ddr-njpa-4-1586)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "(Tokyo) June 16, 1936. Dr. Shumei Okawa, who is a civilian accessory of the 5.15 Incident, President of [?] (51), was judged [?] of Chief Justice Shimizu as an accessory to the Navy on December 24th last year. He was referred to [?] and received a penalty of five years' imprisonment ([?]), …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 70, No. 3 (January 23, 1970) (ddr-pc-42-3)
Selected article titles: "Monterey Park Orientals may challenge school desegregation" (p. 1), "Nat'l JACL Youth Services Staff Reorganized" (p. 1), "Pasadena City Fathers Skirt Action on Title II Resolution" (p. 1), "Need for community center in San Francisco J-town under study" (p. 1), "Church, civil liberties groups support JACL campaign to rid detention law" (p. 1), …
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Tulean Dispatch Vol. 7 No. 28 (November 13, 1943) (ddr-densho-65-443)
Selected article titles: "F. Fukui Among Nine In Custody Of Army" (p. 1), "'Kokumin Gakko' Is Official Title Of Japanese Schools" (p. 1), "No More Cold Showers!! Coal Pile Is Replenished" (p. 1).
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 66, No. 15 (April 12, 1968) (ddr-pc-40-15)
Selected article titles: "'Father of Physical Pharmacy' Title Bestowed on Nisei Prof" (p. 1), "Reagan alters his Stand, would veto housing act repeal" (p. 1), "Sakura Festival draws big" (p. 1), "Co-existence or annihilation, says Sen. Inouye in Peace Talk" (p. 1), "Therapeutic use of marijuana upheld by Nisei psychiatrist at MD meeting" (p. 1), "Civic …
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George Naohara's handwritten annotation (ddr-csujad-38-3)
English translation of handwritten annotation from "George Naohara photo album" (csudh_nao_0001), page 5: When I went to the Manzanar camp in California, late Hiromu Sasaki took me to Maryknoll School, which was a Japanese language school located on Alameda Blvd, Los Angeles, California. I remember I packed my birth certificate, clothes, and other necessities into my …
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Minidoka Irrigator Vol. I No. 4 (September 25, 1942) (ddr-densho-119-4)
Selected article titles: "Self-Gov't. to Begin" (p. 1), "Farm Hands to Commute" (p. 1), "Mass Meetings Scheduled Move Toward Democracy" (p. 1), "Ten Students Relocated" (p. 1), "Absentee Ballot Request Forms Arrive for Voters" (p. 2), "Glenn Moots Clothes Issue at Bay City" (p. 2), "Census Hits Block-A-Day Pace" (p. 2), "Couple Wed at Jerome" (p. …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 42, No. 17 (April 27, 1956) (ddr-pc-28-17)
Selected article titles: "Return of wartime vested property to Japanese seen as goodwill bid" (p. 1), "Justice Dep't Favors House-Passed Lane Bill, Senate Group Informed" (p. 1), "CBS radio show answers to slur against Japanese Americans, no harm intended" (p. 1), "Arizona strawberry growers enjoy one of the best years, acreage being thinned as subdivisions make …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 65, No. 22 (December 1, 1967) (ddr-pc-39-49)
Selected article titles: "More Liberal Citizenship Bill Reported" (p. 1), "Oriental ban on marriage with American Samoans not against them, but to stop their ship-jumping" (p. 1), "MDC Governor Tanaka stresses human rights role within JACL" (p. 1), "The Racial Question and the Japanese" (p. 1), "Segregation in America still realtor's dream" (p. 3).
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 71, No. 20 (November 13, 1970) (ddr-pc-42-45)
Selected article titles: "California rejects textbook" (p. 1), "Methodists hear role of ethnic church stressed" (p. 1), "Japan born man slain on street in San Francisco" (p. 1), "American Samoa tuna canneries neglect fishermen, says doctor" (p. 1), "San Francisco opening attracts 350 Asian pickets in heavy rain" (p. 1), "Young thugs victimize Japanese dwelling in …