358 items
358 items
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Letter from the Seattle Buddhist Church to Sansaku Sugiyama (ddr-sbbt-4-28)
A letter from the Seattle Buddhist Church (Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Temple) inviting Sansaku Sugiyama, President of the Lotus Bukkyo Seinenkai, and others to an important upcoming meeting.
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Kiyo Sato as Miss Bussei (ddr-ajah-6-211)
Caption below photo: Kiyo Sato, of Alameda, CA is crowned Miss Bussei at an out of town buddhist youth conference, March 1959. At left is Kiyomi Sugiyama.
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Shigeki Sugiyama Interview Segment 11 (ddr-manz-1-96-11)
Transferring to Topaz and attending school
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Shigeki Sugiyama Interview Segment 3 (ddr-manz-1-96-3)
Memories of childhood: attending Japanese language school
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Shigeki Sugiyama Interview Segment 8 (ddr-manz-1-96-8)
Conflict in camp: mixing of Japanese Americans from different regions
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Shigeki Sugiyama Interview Segment 7 (ddr-manz-1-96-7)
Working at the camouflage net factory in camp
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Shigeki Sugiyama Interview Segment 12 (ddr-manz-1-96-12)
Comparing school systems in Manzanar and Topaz
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Shigeki Sugiyama Interview Segment 6 (ddr-manz-1-96-6)
Dropping out of high school after the bombing of Pearl Harbor and studying independently
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Shigeki Sugiyama Interview Segment 4 (ddr-manz-1-96-4)
Growing up in a primarily Japanese American community
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Shigeki Sugiyama Interview Segment 13 (ddr-manz-1-96-13)
Leaving camp to attend college, being drafted into the army
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Member of the faculty, honored guests, and fellow students (ddr-csujad-55-1912)
Speech given by Andrew Sugiyama, President of the Senior Class, at the commencement ceremony for Tri-State High School, Tule Lake, covering the development of Tri-State High School and the challenges and responsibilities facing Nisei. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1915
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Mabel Sugiyama Eto Family Collection (ddr-densho-298)
The Mabel Sugiyama Eto Family Collection contains one photograph album and 20 loose photographic prints. Subjects range from life in Tule Lake and Topaz (Central Utah) concentration camps to temporary agricultural leave and post-war relocation.
Narrator Shigeki Sugiyama
Nisei male. Born December 19, 1927, in Alameda, California. Grew up in Alameda. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. While in camp, worked at the camouflage net factory and in the camp's hospital. Transferred with family to the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. After leaving camp, was drafted into the U.S. military …
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Group at Obon Festival (ddr-ajah-3-282)
Caption below photo: Buddhist Temple of Alameda, CA obon festival circa early 1950s
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Employees of Charles Abel, Incorporated at a dinner (ddr-densho-298-231)
Caption in album: "Charles Abel, Incorporated, Photographers' Assn. of America - 520 Caxtow Bldg, Cleveland 15, Ohio. Alfredo, Betty, Novak, Bill's wife [illegible]."