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110 items
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Rocky Shimpo Vol. 11, No. 67 (June 5, 1944) (ddr-densho-148-2)
Selected article titles: "Students' Relocation Program's Cost Told"; "On the Other Hand"; "Land Case in Court"; "Two Ignoring Call by Army"; "Archbishop Hits Discrimination"; "Fought and Shot"; "Percentage of Unfit Revealed"; "Violator of Regulations"; "Mayor, Admiral"; "Girls Save Him"; "Superior Feeling Hit by Official"; "Acquit Soldiers"; "Race Prejudice Hit by Soldier"; "Drop Yamada Case"; "Four Awarded …
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Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 4 (January 8, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-94)
Selected article titles: "11 Teams Enter NAU Basketball Games Circuit"; "PFC Winston Nakagawa Wounded in Europe"; "On the Other Hand"; "Nayes Stand Out"; "4-F Men Stream Into War Work"; "Chicagoans Ponder 'Returning Home'"; "Operate Tule"; "Position of 200,000 Japanese in Brazil Explained by Rockefeller"; "Fair Play Committee Will Call Conference"; "In Des Moines"; "Want Ads Today"; …
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Rocky Shimpo Vol. 11, No. 94 (August 7, 1944) (ddr-densho-148-30)
Selected article titles: "On the Other Hand"; "Military Rites Held for Fallen Soldiers"; "On the Italian Front Note from Somewhere"; "General De Witt Ordered to Europe"; "Smear Campaign is Charged by ACLU"; "Three Sisters Will Go on Treason Trial"; "Revised Draft Program Sighted"; "Planning Program on Way"; "Impressive Rite Slated at Camp"; "Respond to Call and …
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Rocky Shimpo Vol. 11, No. 142 (November 27, 1944) (ddr-densho-148-76)
Selected article titles: "Distribution of Resettlers Over 47 States"; "On the Other Hand"; "Nondiscriminatory Hospital Successful"; "Bracketing of Negro Evacuee Issues Hit"; "Aliens May Volunteer in U.S. Army"; "Editorial Cautions San Jose Residents"; "Call Prejudice Psychological"; "Admit Kido to Practice"; "Soldier Describes Hardships in France"; "Chamber Requesting Removal of Coast Ban"; "Default Judgment Filed on $50,000 …
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Sentinel supplement, series 100 (July 20, 1943) (ddr-csujad-55-1079)
News bulletin for incarcerees covering announcements, events, programs, policies, recreational activities, and jobs at Heart Mountain incarceration camp. Current issue includes information on a long-distance phone call ban, receipts, beauty school, tailoring and sewing classes, funeral announcement, sports briefs, employment, and lost-and-found. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1081
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Seattle Chapter, JACL Reporter, Vol. XVI, No. 12, December 1979 (ddr-sjacl-1-285)
Newsletter covering the following topics: Mike Lowry introduces first Redress Bill , HR 5977: National JACL article explaining Commission approach to redress; great editorial in Twin Falls Times-News (9/30/79) defending the idea of burning a symbolic camp watchtower. Basically, opposition to burning a tower because it might rekindle prejudices is tantamount to acknowledging that such prejudice …
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Nisei soldier in foxhole (ddr-densho-114-149)
Original caption: One of the most miraculous escapes from a bomb explosion is pictured here. In this foxhole in the side of the shell crater is S. Sgt. Oye Ogata of Helena, Mont. This is the position he occupied when the bomb landed next to him. He was buried alive by the sand thrown up by …
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Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 151 (December 14, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-237)
Selected article titles: "Returnee Farmers are in Better Position Than Small Shop Men"; "On the Other Hand"; "Births are Reported"; "Watch for Booby Traps, Watchword of Wary Japanese American Vets"; "Nisei Veterans Invited by AVC"; "Phone Call Caught Attention of Hoover"; "Housing Problem Grows as Population Swells"; "Cal. St. Community Church Program for This Week-end"; "Episode …
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Tulean Dispatch Vol. IV No. 2 (November 13, 1942) (ddr-densho-65-98)
Selected article titles: "YMCA Head to Address College Age Students" (p. 1), "Night Study Hall May Open Soon" (p. 1), "SCA Organized For Student Aid" (p. 1), "Registration For College Courses" (p. 1), "In Need of Pal" (p. 1), "Co-op Scrips Acceptable on All Purchases" (p. 1), "Housekeeping Service Started" (p. 1), "Wardens Call Showdown on …
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Minidoka Irrigator Vol. IV No. 27 (August 26, 1944) (ddr-densho-119-100)
Selected article titles: "13 McClellan Men Become Rifle Experts. Camp Savage Soldiers Taking Basic Work in Alabama" (p. 1), "Roosevelt Gives Citation to Famed 100th Battalion" (p. 1), "R. C. Receives Resuscitator" (p. 1), "Evacuees With Urgent Property Business, Call Cox" (p. 1), "Notify Home-town Papers About Soldier Casualties" (p. 1), "Goodbye and Good Luck Department: …
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Photograph and article regarding Kocho Otani and others (ddr-njpa-4-1900)
Article [translation]: "Anxious about ship employees on strike. 300 Japanese Americans come back to Hawaii. Head of Higashi Honganji and his wife call at port. Arrival of the ship Wilson in port. The Wilson, which carries 781 passengers, entered pier 8 at 10 a.m. this morning. The vessel arrived at the pier two hours behind schedule. …
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Charles Kingsford Smith holding a model airplane in a crowd of admirers (ddr-njpa-1-727)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "(Sydney). When a model airplane fair for young people opened in Syndey recently, Kingsford Smith, famous as Australia's hero of the air, was invited as an honorary member. Seeing this world famous pilot in person, each of these youths asked for technical advice from this great hero about their own airplanes and …
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John H. Wilson and a nisei kabuki player (ddr-njpa-2-916)
Caption on reverse: "MAYOR RECEIVES KABUKI PLAYER: Mayor John H. Wilson greeted a troupe of kabuki girls from the mainland when they made a courtesy call yesteday following their arrival. The mayor is pictured with Miss Miyoko Watanabe, headliner of the show. The troupe, composed entirely of Nisei girls, will put on a kabuki show at …
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Letter from Michi and Walter Weglyn to Frank Chin, December 18, 1987 (ddr-csujad-24-34)
A letter from Michi Weglyn to Frank Chin discussing Asian American studies professor Gary Okihiro's critical review of Weglyn's book "Years of Infamy." Weglyn describes this review as "fronting for Roger Daniels." Weglyn criticizes a book called "Moses," presumably she is referring to the book "They Call Me Moses Masaoka" by Mike Masaoka and Bill Hosokawa, …
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Frank Knox in Hawai'i (ddr-njpa-1-766)
Caption on reverse: "Navy secretary calls: Arriving here last evening on board a four-motored navy patrol bomber from San Francisco, Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox was received this morning by the territorial, naval and army officials. At 9:25 a.m. today, Knox made an official call on Governor Poindexter at Iolani palace and was later given …
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Letter from John (Sohei) Hohri to Harold Landon and Thelma Jo Bruce (ddr-janm-18-30)
Letter from Sohei (John) Hohri to Harold Landon & Thelma Jo, dated July 20, 2001. Sohei writes about the surprise of receiving a phone call from Joann, and tells Harold that enclosed with the letter are answers to questions from school children and National Park Service staff. He refers to documentaries and films in development on …
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Scrapbook of the Monterey Peninsula Junior Japanese American Citizens League, 1964-1969 (ddr-csujad-44-197)
Scrapbook of the Monterey Peninsula Junior Japanese American Citizens League. Presented as a gift and dedicated to the graduating members of the Junior JACL, class of 1965. Contains black and white and color photographs of members at various meetings and social activities, including dances, dinners, picnics, and at the beach. Group outings to Big Sur, Bolado …
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Daily Press Review, Vol. IV, No. 16 (ddr-densho-156-234)
Article titles: "Rep. Robinson Raps Laxity of Jap Curbs"; "Japs May Aid in Valley's Fruit Harvest"; "Suit Challenges Right to Detain Japanese"; "Japanese Released on Camera Count"; "Cody to Get 1,100 Japs"; "Half of Camp Residents Coming During This Week"; "Oregon Japanese to be Sent Here"; "Coast Japanese Will Call This New Camp Their Home for …
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College summer service in a relocation center (ddr-csujad-18-5)
Call for college students to meet a "desperate need" by serving as group work leaders supporting community activities, arts and recreation, church vacation Bible schools, and boys and girls clubs in either the Gila River or Manzanar Incarceration Camp; flier states that such service would provide the students with the opportunity to "serve significantly in these …
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Ramsay Yosuke Mori Interview (ddr-densho-1000-316)
Nisei male. Born February 23, 1933, in Tokyo, Japan. Moved with parents to Hawaii at a young age, and grew up in Honolulu, where family held a prominent position in the community. Just prior to the bombing of Pearl Harbor, parents received a phone call from Japan, which was tapped by the FBI. The U.S. government …
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Manzanar Free Press Vol. I No. 21 (June 9, 1942) (ddr-densho-125-20)
Selected article titles: "Work Corps Leaves for Idaho. Sugar Beet Field Call 200 Volunteers" (p. 1), "New WRA Men Report to Work" (p. 1), "WRA Official Visits Camp" (p. 1), "Unoccupied Blocks Opened to Relieve Housing Problems" (p. 1), "Help Us Live Up to Our Name... The Free Press" (p. 2), "The Free Press Belongs to …
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Kohei Murakoso and his fiancee (ddr-njpa-4-1155)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Athlete Murakoso, who runs alone, is getting married. The bride is Yasuko Kamibayashi. (Kobe) December 20, 1939. The world famous long distance runner Murakoso is getting married. He did his best living by himself, believing "a life is also run alone," until he was 25 years old, but he found a new …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 70, No. 18 (May 8, 1970) (ddr-pc-42-18)
Selected article titles: "What are social service needs in the community?" (p. 1), "Prospects dim for resolution urging Elks to open membership" (p. 1), "Seattle Central Area residents frightened by bomb terrorism" (p. 1), "Racial bias, distortions noted in three Calif. state textbooks" (p. 1), "Title II campaign: Hearings resume May 11 with Nixon man on …
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Procedure in obtaining indefinite leave (ddr-csujad-55-678)
Procedures for incarcerees seeking "indefinite leave" from Heart Mountain incarceration camp. Includes the following sections: 1. Apply at the Relocation Office; 2. Know where you are going; 3. Apply for leave; 4. Apply for cash grant; 5. Apply for Identification Card and Leave Permit; 6. Apply for Property Clearance; 7. Apply for War Ration Book at …