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Letter from Donald Kennedy, President, Stanford University, to Mr. and Mrs. Henri Takahashi (ddr-densho-422-614)
Looking forward to seeing them at the celebration of the Takahashi Professorship in Japanese Studies
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Kaneji Domoto's junior high and Oakland High School grade reports (ddr-densho-329-886)
Kaneji Domoto's grade report cards from junior high and high school. Separate cards for each subject with text about "The Goal of Education in a Democracy" printed on the back of each. Report issued by Edward K. Strong, Jr., of Stanford University, on Kaneji Domoto's vocational interests as measured by a test. Rates his interest
Narrator Robert Coombs
White male. Born May 26, 1918, in Visalia, California. Attended school in Sacramento, California, and then enrolled in the University of Southern California. Involved in the development of the new progressive education theory at Stanford University in the 1930s, and was teaching high school in Sacramento, California when Pearl Harbor was bombed. Worked as a teacher …
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Gila News-Courier Vol. III No. 152 (August 10, 1944) (ddr-densho-141-308)
Selected article titles: "Cleveland: Nisei Establish Church Group" (p. 1), "Tule Hunger Strikers End Eleven Day Fast" (p. 1), "Center Jobs May Be Put Under Priority System" (p. 1), "Portland: Japanese Graves Pillaged Twice" (p. 3), "Tule Boy Killed by Dump Truck" (p. 4), "Twenty Japanese Linguists Needed at Stanford University" (p. 5), "No Immigration Canada …
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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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Kinge Okauchi Interview (ddr-manz-1-39)
Nisei male. Born May 20, 1924, in Sacramento, California. Grew up in Sacramento and Menlo Park, California. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and Topaz concentration camp, Utah. While in Topaz, worked for the recreation department organizing a summer camp for kids. Attended Stanford University after leaving camp, and …
Narrator Helen Amerman Manning
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 …
Narrator Kinge Okauchi
Nisei male. Born May 20, 1924, in Sacramento, California. Grew up in Sacramento and Menlo Park, California. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and Topaz concentration camp, Utah. While in Topaz, worked for the recreation department organizing a summer camp for kids. Attended Stanford University after leaving camp, and …
Narrator Stanley N. Shikuma
Sansei male. Born December 2, 1953, in Brogan, Oregon. Grew up primarily in the Watsonville, California, area, where parents ran a farm. Exposed at an early age to activism and organized labor. Attended Stanford University and then moved to Seattle, Washington, and earned a nursing credential. Has joined and led several prominent Seattle-area taiko (Japanese drum) …
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Stanley N. Shikuma Interview I (ddr-densho-1000-517)
Sansei male. Born December 2, 1953, in Brogan, Oregon. Grew up primarily in the Watsonville, California, area, where parents ran a farm. Exposed at an early age to activism and organized labor. Attended Stanford University and then moved to Seattle, Washington, and earned a nursing credential. Has joined and led several prominent Seattle-area taiko (Japanese drum) …
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Stanley N. Shikuma Interview II (ddr-densho-1000-520)
Sansei male. Born December 2, 1953, in Brogan, Oregon. Grew up primarily in the Watsonville, California, area, where parents ran a farm. Exposed at an early age to activism and organized labor. Attended Stanford University and then moved to Seattle, Washington, and earned a nursing credential. Has joined and led several prominent Seattle-area taiko (Japanese drum) …
Narrator Sam Araki
Nisei male. Born July 12, 1931, in Saratoga, California. Grew up in Saratoga, where father worked as a gardener on a large estate. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, father moved the family inland to Reedley in an attempt to avoid mass removal. Eventually removed to Poston concentration camp, Arizona. After leaving camp, returned to California …
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Sam Araki Interview II (ddr-densho-1000-437)
Nisei male. Born July 12, 1931, in Saratoga, California. Grew up in Saratoga, where father worked as a gardener on a large estate. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, father moved the family inland to Reedley in an attempt to avoid mass removal. Eventually removed to Poston concentration camp, Arizona. After leaving camp, returned to California …
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Jerome T. Light Collection (ddr-densho-327)
The Jerome T. Light Collections consists of two bound volumes containing the dissertation of Jerome T. Light entitled "The Development of a Junior-Senior High School Program in a Relocation Center for People of Japanese Ancestry during the War with Japan" submitted to the School of Education of Leland Stanford Junior University for his degree of Doctor …
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Vocational interest evaluation report (ddr-densho-329-891)
Report from Edward K. Strong, Jr., of Stanford University, on Kaneji's vocational interests as measured by a test. "B" rating, or "intermediate," for his match with the profession of architect. Summary text also states that "Since all the standards in this test are based upon white men it is quite conceivable that they do not apply …
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Rocky Shimpo Vol. 11, No. 86 (July 19, 1944) (ddr-densho-148-22)
Selected article titles: "On the Other Hand"; "Review of Cases Set"; "Stanford University Offers Japanese Teaching Posts"; "Civil Liberty Lawyer Hits Tule"; "Officer and Enlisted Man in Daring Military Mission"; "Justice Delayed Justice Denied"; "Mississippi Dean Looks for Girls"; "Trial of Three Sisters Postponed to Aug. 7"; "Yamazumi Sentenced to 18 Months Term"; "19 Injured in …
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Sam Araki Interview I (ddr-densho-1000-402)
Nisei male. Born July 12, 1931, in Saratoga, California. Grew up in Saratoga, where father worked as a gardener on a large estate. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, father moved the family inland to Reedley in an attempt to avoid mass removal. Eventually removed to Poston concentration camp, Arizona. After leaving camp, returned to California …
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Emi Kuboyama, Office of Redress Administration (ORA) Oral History Project (ddr-densho-1020)
In 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered the evacuation and incarceration of Japanese Americans with Executive Order 9066. Forty-six years later, Congress sought to belatedly address this injustice with the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, which established a process of redress for those harmed by 9066. Housed within the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division, the …
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