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117 items

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"A Tribute to Guyo Tajiri" (ddr-densho-338-137)
A Nichi Bei tribute to Guyo Tajiri after her passing on September 7, 2007.

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Letter from Yoichi Shimatsu to Guyo Tajiri (ddr-densho-338-130)
"Correspondence between Yoichi Shimatsu and Guyo Tajiri regarding the Kimura-Storm letters. A set of letters sent by the Kimuras to Mrs. ""Nancy"" Storm Gantvoort about life in Heart Mountain concentration camp.
(The Toshio Kimura Letters, 1942-1945 are housed at Hoover Institution Archives.)"

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Travel permit (ddr-densho-338-182)
Travel permit allowing Guyo Tajiri to move to Salt Lake City, Utah before forced removal.

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The Okagakis standing on a bridge in a Japanese garden (ddr-densho-338-223)
Caption on reverse: "Guyo & Grace with parents - Kimura's backyard."


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Letter regarding the Larry Tajiri Memorial Foundation awards banquet (ddr-densho-338-148)
A letter from the superintendent of Oakland public schools thanking Guyo Tajiri for sharing newspaper clippings on the Larry Tajiri Memorial Awards Banquet.

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Letter regarding the effort to pardon Iva Toguri d'Aquino (ddr-densho-338-112)
Guyo Tajiri participated in a JACL led effort to receive a pardon for Iva Toguri d'Aquino. This is a letter from Katherine Pinkham In support of that effort.

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Letter regarding the effort to pardon Iva Toguri d'Aquino (ddr-densho-338-114)
Guyo Tajiri participated in a JACL led effort to receive a pardon for Iva Toguri d'Aquino. This is a letter from Stan Delaplane about helping.

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Letter regarding the effort to pardon Iva Toguri d'Aquino (ddr-densho-338-115)
Guyo Tajiri participated in a JACL led effort to receive a pardon for Iva Toguri d'Aquino. This is a letter from Stan Delaplane about helping.

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Letter regarding the effort to pardon Iva Toguri d'Aquino (ddr-densho-338-113)
Guyo Tajiri participated in a JACL led effort to receive a pardon for Iva Toguri d'Aquino. This is a letter from Robert M. Takasugi, a lawyer working with Wayne Collins on the case.

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Correspondence and clippings regarding donation of an article (ddr-densho-338-136)
Correspondence between the National Japanese American Historical Society and Guyo Tajiri regarding her donation of a 1947 Pacific Citizen article titled: "A French Town Remembers Its Nisei Liberators."

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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 64, No. 21 (May 26, 1967) (ddr-pc-39-22)
Selected article titles: "Calif. voter literacy test seen as unconstitutional" (p. 1), "JACL officials join rally to defeat anti-housing bill" (p. 1), "One-day UCLA seminar to probe 1942 evacuation of Japanese" (p. 1), "NORC interviewers compiling Nisei historical data" (p. 1), "Episodes of Evacuation: Too Grateful to Be Bitter" (p. 1), "Jobs denied alien may be …

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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 42, No. 3 (January 20, 1956) (ddr-pc-28-3)
Selected article titles: "Regulations Humanizing Deportation Proceedings Officially Approved" (p. 1), "Asians regard Alaska-Hawaii territorial status as mark of U.S colonial power" (p. 1), "Pick successor to George Togasaki of Nippon Times" (p. 2), "80 return to JACL shelter after new Yuba flood crisis" (p. 1), "Support scare as Chinese Canadian loses bid for B.C. legislative …

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Group photo of attendees at 10th Anniversary Ball of SF JACL (ddr-densho-426-1792)
Inscription on front: Tenth Anniversary Ball of SF JACL, October 28, 1938. Names of individuals in photo on back including Henri Takahashi, Tomoye Nozawa, National President Walter Tsukamoto, Chapter President Saburo Kido