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doc Postcard from Tamako to Taiko and Tomi Ono, July 3, 1945 (ddr-csujad-55-2019)

Postcard from Tamako to Taiko and Tomi Ono in the Poston incarceration camp depicting Sequoia National Park and including a brief description of Tamako's experience at Poston incarceration camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2122

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2019/

img Pacific Citizen, Vol. 98, No. 4 (February 3, 1984) (ddr-pc-56-4)

Selected article titles: "L.A. city likely to pass redress measure" (p. 1), "Korean women marry American soldiers to enter country as 'prostitutes,' says news media" (p. 1), "Nisei Experience Out of Focus in Japanese Movie" (p. 5), "Nikkei Names on the Vietnam Memorial" (p. 9), "List of Issei terms continues to grow: 'unique' pidgin English" (p. …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-56-4/

doc Letter from Dorothy Sakasegawa to Mr. Dallas McLaren, May 26, 1945 (ddr-csujad-55-1884)

Correspondence from Dotty Sakasegawa to Dallas McLaren regarding her experience after leaving Poston incarceration camp, her studies and life at Bucknell University, and expressing gratitude for McLaren's support. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1887

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1884/

Narrator Sharon Sobie Seymour

Kristen M. Eng and Bill Tashima interviewed Sharon Sobie Seymour. Seymour was Seattle Chapter President in 2000 was the first "hapa" or mixed-race Japanese American Seattle JACL President. Seymour represented a new wave of JACL leaders. Seymour led the Chapter to engage in broadening the Chapter's educational programs by teaming with other Chapter members to conduct …

https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/1027/

vh Roger Daniels Interview III (ddr-densho-1000-416)

Caucasian male. Born December 1, 1927, in New York City, New York. Charles Phelps Taft Professor Emeritus of History, University of Cincinnati. Served as a consultant to the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians from 1981 to 1983. Has researched and written numerous books about the Japanese American experience, including Prisoners Without Trial: Japanese …

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vh Roger Daniels Interview II (ddr-densho-1000-415)

Caucasian male. Born December 1, 1927, in New York City, New York. Charles Phelps Taft Professor Emeritus of History, University of Cincinnati. Served as a consultant to the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians from 1981 to 1983. Has researched and written numerous books about the Japanese American experience, including Prisoners Without Trial: Japanese …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-415/

vh Roger Daniels Interview I (ddr-densho-1000-414)

Caucasian male. Born December 1, 1927, in New York City, New York. Charles Phelps Taft Professor Emeritus of History, University of Cincinnati. Served as a consultant to the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians from 1981 to 1983. Has researched and written numerous books about the Japanese American experience, including Prisoners Without Trial: Japanese …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-414/

vh Roger Daniels Interview IV (ddr-densho-1000-418)

Caucasian male. Born December 1, 1927, in New York City, New York. Charles Phelps Taft Professor Emeritus of History, University of Cincinnati. Served as a consultant to the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians from 1981 to 1983. Has researched and written numerous books about the Japanese American experience, including Prisoners Without Trial: Japanese …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-418/

Collection CSU Fresno TOMO Foundation (ddr-csujad-14)

The TOMO Foundation in Illinois donated the collection, which contains documents by and about the Japanese-American experience during World War II.

See complete finding aid at: http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf896nb2n1/

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Collection CSU Fullerton Center for Oral and Public History Japanese American Oral History Project Collection (ddr-csujad-29)

The Japanese American Oral History Project features oral histories with narrators who talk about their lives, pre and post World War II, but most specifically, about their experience being incarcerated in camps during World War II.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29/

doc Training of George K. Kambara, MD (ddr-csujad-55-1985)

Article on George K. Kambara covering his early life in California, education, incarceration, his ophthalmology practice at the Tule Lake incarceration camp, his experience as a doctor in Memphis and Wisconsin, relocation to Los Angeles, and discrimination as a Japanese-American. Published in "Archives of ophthalmology," Vol. 117, September 1999. See this object in the California State …

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vh Sharon Sobie Seymour Interview (ddr-sjacl-2-27)

Kristen M. Eng and Bill Tashima interviewed Sharon Sobie Seymour. Seymour was Seattle Chapter President in 2000 was the first "hapa" or mixed-race Japanese American Seattle JACL President. Seymour represented a new wave of JACL leaders. Seymour led the Chapter to engage in broadening the Chapter's educational programs by teaming with other Chapter members to conduct …

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doc Nisei volunteers for the U.S. Army (ddr-csujad-55-1863)

Essay by Lieutenant Colonel Roy Takai about his experience being forcefully removed to Poston incarceration camp, serving in the armed forced during World War II, and the controversy surrounding voluntary enlistment among Nisei in incarceration camps. From the Poston II Reunion Program. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1866

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doc Order battle map, Korean War front line (ddr-csujad-38-471)

Order battle map with George Nobuo Naohara's handwritten notes on his experience during the Korean War. He captured Chinese soldiers of the Eight Rote Army in Paech'on, Korea and interrogated them. Item from: George Naohara scrapbook: Korean War and before leaving Japan (csudh_nao_0600). See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: …

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doc Denver WAAC Captain writes home of her voyage to Africa (ddr-csujad-49-23)

A newspaper clipping about a WAAC Captain Louise Anderson and her experience in Africa. Captain Anderson was on a ship that was torpedoed off the coast of North Africa. An item from: pages 16-17 of the Sue Kato scrapbook (gfb_skc_0001). See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 2019_002_001_017_01

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-49-23/

vh Chiye Tomihiro Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-93-5)

An unpleasant experience living in Denver

This interview was conducted at the Voices of Japanese American Redress Conference, held on the UCLA campus and sponsored by the UCLA Asian American Studies Center and the UCLA School of Public Policy and Social Research. Because of the full conference schedule, our interviews were limited to one hour. The …

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Collection Whitworth College-North by Northwest Collection (ddr-densho-1016)

This collection contains interviews conducted by Whitworth College and North by Northwest Entertainment. The interviews were used in the making of the 2004 documentary In Time of War: The Japanese American experience of WWII, produced by Andrea Dilley and David Tanner.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1016/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 108, No. 21 (June 2, 1989) (ddr-pc-61-21)

Selected article titles: "House Strips $250 Million Set for Redress from Emergency Bill" (p. 1), "Three-Year Battle Won: UCLA Grants Don Nakanishi Tenure" (pp. 1-2), "Entire Hawaii State House Legislators Urge Pres. Bush for Full Redress Payment" (p. 2), "JACL Resolution on Civil and Human Rights in Japan Seen Filled with Misunderstanding" (p. 5), and "Assembly …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-61-21/

vh Hank Shozo Umemoto Interview Segment 30 (ddr-densho-1000-294-30)

Discussion of terminology involving the Japanese American wartime experience

This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the …

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Collection George Nakamura Collection (ddr-janm-17)

This collection chronicles the experience of George Nakamura (1918-1949), a Hawaiian-Japanese American who enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1940. The photographs and letters capture Nakamura’s military service in the 100th Battalion/442nd Regimental Combat Team, and references the mental health of veterans.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-janm-17/

Collection CSU Fresno JACL-CCDC Japanese American Oral History Collection (ddr-csujad-6)

The JACL-CCDC Japanese American Oral History collection contains oral histories capturing the experience of Japanese Americans, primarily Nisei, living in the San Joaquin Valley. Topics primarily include incarceration and post-war experiences.

See complete finding aid at: http://dsc.calstate.edu/1164?r=cam

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vh Jimmie Omura Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1002-11-10)

First experience with Nisei journalism: editor of the New Japanese American News in Los Angeles, California

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this …

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doc Community Analysis Notes, no. 1, January 15, 1944 (ddr-csujad-2-84)

Titled as: From a Nisei who said "No." Account by an unnamed Community Analyst at Manzanar of the "life experience and viewpoints" influencing a young man's "No" response to the Army registration form's Question 28. The account stems from the analyst's notes, reproduced verbatim, from an exchange between the young man and the Hearing Board authorized …

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doc Seattle Chapter, JACL Reporter, Vol. 25, No. 4, April 1988 (ddr-sjacl-1-373)

Newsletter covering the folloiwng topics: Brief timeline summary of Redress (Seattle centric) beginning with 1969 and Seattle Resolution at National JACL Convention (???convention was San Jose 1968 or 1970 Chicago); two Day Nikkei Educational Conference on whether the Japanese American experience can be preserved in the American educational system. August 6-7th. Conference will be sponsored by …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-sjacl-1-373/

Collection National Japanese American Historical Society Collection (ddr-densho-1008)

This collection consists of interviews conducted by the National Japanese American Historical Society (NJAHS), a nonprofit organization dedicated to the collection, preservation, authentic interpretation, and sharing of historical information of the Japanese American experience for the diverse broader national community. The interviews in this collection focus primarily on Japanese Americans who served in the Military Intelligence …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1008/

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