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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 101 No. 2 (July 12, 1985) (ddr-pc-57-27)

Selected article titles: "Asians Appointed to DNC; Caucus Status in Doubt" (1); "'Japanese American Experience' Opens in East Coast Showing" (3); "U.S.-Japan Relations: What's the Plan?" (5)

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img Camp construction (ddr-densho-37-423)

Original WRA caption: Eden, Idaho. A panorama view of the Minidoka War Relocation Authority Center. This view, taken from the top of the water tower at the east end of the camp shows partially completed barracks.

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doc Letter from George "Jack" H. Kerr to Ai Chih Tsai (ddr-densho-446-99)

Kerr is shocked at Tsai' status as "enemy" alien; offers to write to Taylor, Deputy Director for the Far East. Recommends Tsai write to Robert Cashman for a letter explaining the situation.

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img Japanese diplomats at a Dutch East India Company banquet (ddr-njpa-4-1776)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies extends invitation to our representative. Governor-General van Starkenborgh[?], of a territory called [?], part of the East Indies, invited our representative, Yoshizawa, and others to a party at the official residence in Batavia on the evening of January 11th. 1. From the right: Captain Maeda, of …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 84, No. 13 (April 8, 1977) (ddr-pc-49-13)

Selected article titles: "1400 Nikkei Turnout for Hayakawa" (p.1), "East Coast Nikkei Less Inclined for Individual Reparation Pay" (p.1), "The Great Drought of '77" (p.3), "The Intermarriage Question" (p.5).

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img Concentration camp street scene (ddr-densho-151-69)

Original WRA caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Street scene looking east toward the Inyo Mountains at this War Relocation Authority center. The children are coming to their barrack homes from play school.

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vh Joseph Frisino Interview Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-117-15)

"It was just incredible, the feeling that gave us, of hatred," memories of and reaction to bombing of Pearl Harbor as a young soldier from the East Coast

Mr. Frisino was suffering from a slight cough during the two days of this interview.

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doc Letter to Bill Iino from Suzanne Baume (ddr-densho-368-836)

Transcription Provided. Included in the letter is a photograph of a man standing next to car. Caption on Back: TILTON'S STUDIO / GUARANTEED / Jun 22 1940 / 8938 EAST 14th ST. / OAKLAND CALIF.

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av Piecing Memories (ddr-densho-1024-64)

Short film about Japanese American senior citizen women in a Japanese American Services of the East Bay (JASEB) quilting class who make a quilt inspired by their World War II experiences. The seventeen minute film was made by Bridge Media for the JASEB and was funded in part by a grant from the California Civil Liberties …

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img Nihonmachi Jackson Street (ddr-densho-353-73)

Jackson Street, looking east from 5th Street. Note on back indicates Japanese stores in left foreground, and the Academy of Holy Names in background, built 1880. The photo was taken before the Jackson St. regrade of 1907-1909.

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img Concentration camp firebreak (ddr-densho-151-68)

Original WRA caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. General view of this War Relocation Authority center located in Owens Valley looking east across the wide fire-break which separates blocks of barracks.

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doc East Middlesex District Annual Meeting April 7, 1960 (ddr-densho-377-1668)

One-page brochure inviting members of the East Middlesex District of the Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts, Inc. to a meeting on April 7, 1960. Mentions a workshop by Kaneji Domoto on bonsai and Japanese landscaping.

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img Demchugdongrub and others standing on the steps the Japanese imperial palace (ddr-njpa-1-2138)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Emperor accepts Demchugdongrub's visit. Demchugdongrub visited the imperial palace at 10 am on the 18th during his stay in Japan and saw Emperor at the Hohoh Gate. Demchugdongrub leaving the palace at the east entrance in the photo."

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doc Letter from Kaneji Domoto to his father Kanetaro (ddr-densho-329-875)

Letter from Chicago, where Kan is borrowing a car from his brother Toichi "Nich" Domoto and visiting some local Frank Lloyd Wright houses. He plans to return to Taliesin East to pack his things before continuing on to Arizona for the winter at Taliesin West, and hopes to spend some time at home at the end …

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img Picnickers grilling in the woods (ddr-densho-329-722)

A picnic lunch; very likely the Saturday picnic between the Taliesin fellows as described in Kan's letter ddr-densho-329-872. Photo would have been taken during Kan's fellowship at Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin East in 1939.

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 103, No. 12 (September 19, 1986) (ddr-pc-58-37)

Selected article titles: "Appeals Court Overturns Conviction in Chin Case" (pp. 1, 7), "Bun Vong and Vincent Chin: Similarities and Differences" (p. 3), and "East Wind: The Cross at Tule Lake" (p. 5).

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doc Denson Tribune Vol. II No. 30 (April 14, 1944) (ddr-densho-144-160)

Selected article titles: "36 Draft-Age Men Notified to Report for 'Physicals'" (p. 1), "American? They are Americans" (p. 2), "Jobs Aplenty in the East" (p. 3), "They are All Americans" (p. 3).

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doc Report on Relocation (ddr-densho-356-1010)

Document encouraging Japanese Americans to resettle in the Midwest and East Coast by highlighting stories about not experiencing racism, and encouraging Japanese Americans to avoid settling near or socializing with other Japanese Americans.

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img Meat market (ddr-densho-34-61)

Mrs. Tom Omura (second from left) and Mr. Tom Omura, holding one-year-old Masaaki (John) Nakata, in front of the meat market and restaurant along Winslow Way East on Bainbridge Island, Washington. The identity of the person on the left is unknown.

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 102, No. 5 (February 7, 1986) (ddr-pc-58-5)

Selected article titles: "Astronaut's Death Mourned" (pp. 1, 12), "Onizuka's Message to Youth" (p. 4), "East Wind: The Saga of War Orphans" (pp. 4-5), and "Reactions to Ruling on NCJAR Suit" (p. 9).

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doc Press release draft for Nebraskans for Norman Thomas (ddr-densho-468-229)

Draft of a press release for the Nebraskans for Norman Thomas convention on August 22, 1948, with handwritten notes

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 102, No. 12 (March 28, 1986) (ddr-pc-58-12)

Selected article titles: "Apr. 28 New Date for Hearings" (p. 1), "Researcher Takes Issue with Anti-Bilingual Ballot Arguments" (pp. 3, 7), "East Wind: Japanese Peruvians, Part II" (p. 4), and "By the Board: Who's at the Helm?" (p. 5).

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vh Takeshi Nakayama Interview Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-369-11)

Moving to East L.A.

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 Interior.

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vh Sumi Saito Interview Segment 7 (ddr-one-7-39-7)

Moving east to avoid incarceration

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Narrator Anne Yuki Watanabe

Yonsei female. Born in 1990 in Champaign, Illinois. Father's family is from Canada and her mother is from Japan. Paternal grandparents were incarcerated in Tashme and Lillooet in Canada. After attending college on the East Coast, moved to Chicago and became active in the Japanese American community.

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