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doc North Portland Evacuazette Vol. I No. 5 (June 2, 1942) (ddr-densho-120-3)

Selected article titles: "Maeda and Shiiki Added to Board. Board Well Balanced" (p. 1), "Leonetti to Tule Lake" (p. 1), "Who's Coming and Where From" (p. 1), "Glenn Miller In "Sun Valley Serenade"" (p. 1), "17 Arrived Last Wk.end" (p. 1), "50 Students Visit First Aid Car" (p. 1), "Soldier Reports" (p. 2), "Rec. Dept. Dance …

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doc Seattle Chapter, JACL Reporter, Vol. XVIII, No. 2, February 1981 (ddr-sjacl-1-293)

Newsletter covering the following topics: Installation Banquet, February 15, Butcher Restaurant, NW Design Center, $15.00, Keynote- Cong Mike Lowry, Lori Matsukawa MC; fundraiser for Min Masuda Memorial Fund (Died June 1980); summary of article in Seattle Sun on Gordon Hirabayashi; Review of first full length feature film JAs produced by JAs, Hito Hata; Lake Washington JACL …

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doc Seattle Chapter, JACL Reporter, Vol. XVIII, No. 2, February 1981 (ddr-sjacl-1-221)

Newsletter covering the following topics: Installation Banquet, February 15, Butcher Restaurant, NW Design Center, $15.00, Keynote- Cong Mike Lowry, Lori Matsukawa MC; fundraiser for Min Masuda Memorial Fund (Died June 1980); summary of article in Seattle Sun on Gordon Hirabayashi; Review of first full length feature film JAs produced by JAs, Hito Hata; Lake Washington JACL …

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doc Seattle Chapter, JACL Reporter, Vol. XVIII, No. 2, February 1981 (ddr-sjacl-1-292)

Newsletter covering the following topics: Installation Banquet, February 15, Butcher Restaurant, NW Design Center, $15.00, Keynote- Cong Mike Lowry, Lori Matsukawa MC; fundraiser for Min Masuda Memorial Fund (Died June 1980); summary of article in Seattle Sun on Gordon Hirabayashi; Review of first full length feature film JAs produced by JAs, Hito Hata; Lake Washington JACL …

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av Interview with Shigeo Yamada, part 2 of 3 (ddr-densho-1007-1708)

Yamada discusses growing up on farms in Hansen and Jerome, ID, his parents' views on education, his first impressions of Japan, the sinking of the cruiser he served on in the Japanese navy and being rescued. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: II JA #47, Shigeo Yamada, Sun. Feb. 2. …

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doc Our 110,000 New Boarders (ddr-csujad-19-45)

This article from "Baltimore Sunday sun," published on February 7, 1943, by J.P. McEvoy talks about why to spend $80,000,000 a year to keep in sterile "Relocation Camps" for Japanese Americans who might be loyal to the United States or industrious food producers. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: …

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av Interview with Barry Saiki, part 1 of 5 (ddr-densho-1007-1702)

Saiki discusses growing up in Stockton, CA, attending UC Berkeley, Pearl Harbor, the start of evacuation and negative press about Nisei during that time, graduating from Berkeley in 1942, entering Stockton Assembly Center, and the arrest and incarceration of his father. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: II JA #41, …

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av Interview with Barry Saiki, part 2 of 5 (ddr-densho-1007-1703)

Saiki discusses his mother's reaction to his father's arrest and imprisonment, his time at Stockton Assembly Center, the attitudes of incarcerees at Stockton, the difficulty Nisei faced trying to find jobs at the time, and being relocated to the Rohwer camp. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: II JA #42, …

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doc Seattle Chapter, JACL Reporter, Vol. 30, No. 8, August 1993 (ddr-sjacl-1-414)

Newsletter covering the following topics: Kip Tokuda lauds Chapter for quick action on in support of Hands Off Washington, investigating the shooting death of Yoshihiro Hattori, and the stereotyping in the film Rising Sun, and opposing Initiative 602 that limit taxes to growth in personal income; Board unanimously opposed anti-gay discrimination bill, like Measure 9, narrowly …

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av Interview with Hugh Nozawa, part 1 of 3 (ddr-densho-1007-1713)

Nozawa discusses being born in Santa Monica, attending high school in Japan, being drafted, being court-martialed for refusing to complete training, recently getting honorable discharge, the discrimination he and other Nisei faced in the army, and President Roosevelt's visit to Fort Riley. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: 220, II …

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img Minanogawa Tozo (ddr-njpa-4-957)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "(Osaka) August 6, 1938. Minanogawa, who now has great fame as the founding(?) Yokozuna, came back in the sun from a month-long trip for an Imperial Army inquiry on the continent. On the 16th at 7:30 a.m. he arrived at Kobe Bay by a ferryboat sailing between Japan and Manchuria. The hugest …

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img Musashiyama Takeshi reading in the hospital (ddr-njpa-4-1114)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "(Tokyo) January 8, 1936. The new yokozuna Musashiyama, who withdrew from the sumo ring in the midway with four defeats, entered Tokyo University Hospital on the night of the 28th. The reasons for his defeats are dyspepsia, rheumatism and an injury to the right knee joint, so he entered the hospital. As …

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img Photograph of a large group of incarcerees standing near the entrance of Manzanar (ddr-csujad-47-10)

Photograph of a large group of people outside at the Manzanar incarceration camp. There are three trucks and camp barracks in the background. In the group of people, many women are holding open umbrellas to protect from the sun. In the foreground, three men are walking toward the photographer. The Sierra Nevada are in the background. …

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img Japanese Americans leaving camp (ddr-densho-39-9)

Original museum description: Photograph, black and white matte of a scene at the Minidoka, Idaho internment camp. Picture shows people boarding bus. Evidently this was due to the closing of the camp, and the people are leaving. Bus says Sun Valley in front and the words Hunt and Shoshone can be read on the side of …

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img Seal of the Emperor of Japan (ddr-densho-381-169)

Captions: Translation The Emperor of Japan confers upon the American, Takami Hibiya, for his distinguished service, The Order of the Rising Sun, Fifth Class (Gold and Silver Rays) Emperor's seal applied at the Imperial Palace on November 3, 1981 (Showa 56) Seal of the Emperor of Japan November 3, 1981 (Showa 56) Prime Minister Zenko Suzuki …

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img Young Japanese Americans gathering outside barracks (ddr-densho-151-253)

Original caption: Stockton, California. Young persons of Japanese ancestry, second and third generation Americans. They have been in camp about a week, where there is little for them to do as yet. The sun is very hot. The oldest of these boys has been studying this morning. The book that he carries is a text on …

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av Interview with Masaru Ogawa, part 1 of 3 (ddr-densho-1007-1710)

Ogawa discusses growing up in Hollywood, spending a year in Japan as a child, his experiences with discrimination in high school, attending Japanese classes, being denied from universities for being Japanese, working in Tokyo when the war started, and convincing his parents to move back to Japan in 1941. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions …

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av Interview with Barry Saiki, part 4 of 5 (ddr-densho-1007-1705)

Saiki discusses the loyalty questionnaire given to Nisei in camp, visiting his father in New Mexico, being drafted, being recruited for intelligence work, moving to Japan in 1967, his work in international business, and the formation of the Military Intelligence Service Language School Association and other such organizations. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 18 No. 9 (March 4, 1944) (ddr-pc-16-10)

Selected article titles: "Nisei Defies Nazis, Saves U.S. Major" (p. 1), "Japanese Americans First to Storm Cassino" (p. 1), "Restoration of Rights Sought by Granadans" (p. 2), "50 Thousand Evacuees May Not Return to California, Believes S.F. Chronicle Writer" (p. 2), "Granada Evacuees Plead Guilty to Draft Evasion" (p. 2), "Chicago Sun Sees Economic Basis for …

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doc Our 110,000 new boarders (ddr-csujad-55-180)

Opinion article by J.P. McEvoy on the Japanese incarceration during World War II. Includes the author's perspective on implications of the incarceration for American taxpayers and armed forces, history of Japanese labor in the United States, and opinion on the incarceration. Condensed from the Baltimore Sunday Sun. A version of this article also appeared in Reader's …

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av Interview with Hugh Nozawa, part 2 of 3 (ddr-densho-1007-1714)

Nozawa discusses the mistreatment of the Nisei during Roosevelt's visit to Fort Riley, a complaint he wrote to John J. McCloy afterwards, being punished for writing the letter without permission, the differences between Kibei and US-educated Nisei, growing up in Japan, being drafted while in Santa Monica, and being court martialed. Loni Ding can be heard …

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av Interview with Barry Saiki, part 3 of 5 (ddr-densho-1007-1704)

Saiki discusses being relocated to the Rohwer camp, working as editor for the Rohwer Outpost newspaper, the social stigma around his Caucasian friends visiting in camp, his friend Elizabeth Homberger (sp?) and the work she did for the Nisei during the war, the reactions to military recruiters at Rohwer, and his reasons for not volunteering for …

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doc White River Valley Chapter, Valley Civic League historians (ddr-densho-277-78)

A list of the JACL White River Valley Chapter members who acted as historian from 1961 to 2009.

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doc Tulean Dispatch Vol. IV No. 20 (December 5, 1942) (ddr-densho-65-112)

Selected article titles: "Notes Sociologist Here to Aid in WSSF, SCA Work" (p. 1), "Drama Group Ducats Selling, Wards 1,2,3" (p. 1), "Those Planning Marriage Note" (p. 1), "Mammoth Stage Show at Factory Today, Sun." (p. 1), "Garage Workers Volunteer Blood" (p. 1), "Triple O Christmas Seal Drive Begins Mon., 60,000 Stamps Goal" (p. 1), "Red …

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doc Fresno Center News Vol. I No. 1 (May 23, 1942) (ddr-densho-190-1)

Selected article titles: "Center Population Reaches 3,855. Cowart Says Four Fifth Capacity" (p. 1), "Center Head Welcomes Evacuees. Pulliam Says 'Hello'" (p. 1), "Plans Made for Library" (p. 1), "Plans Made for Library" (p. 1), "Avoid Sun Stroke" (p. 1), "Introducing the Center Supervisors" (p. 1), "Center Store Opens. Come and Get It" (p. 1), "Editorial: …

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