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vh Jun Kurumada Interview (ddr-densho-1013-5)

Nisei male. Born December 13, 1913, in Richfield, Utah. Grew up primarily in Ogden, Utah. Attended the University of Utah and then UC Berkeley for dental school. Established a dental practice in Salt Lake City, Utah, prior to World War II. During the war, was president of the Salt Lake City chapter of the Japanese American …

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doc Redress monitor, vol. 3, no. 1 (March 1990) (ddr-csujad-55-107)

Newsletter of the Japanese American Citizens League Legislative Education Committee. Columns include, "Message from the Chair," "States' Treatment of Redress Payments," "Toll Free Help Line for ORA," "What Does It Mean for Redress to be an Entitlement?" "Senate Decides Redress Should be Entitlement," "Responses to President's Signature," "Entitlement Chronology," "Summary of States' Treatment of Redress Payments," …

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doc An Oral History with Mitsuo Nitta (ddr-csujad-29-4)

Oral history with Nisei farmer/businessman from pioneering Orange County, California family gives prewar biographical information with emphasis on Japanese Americans in Orange County. Discusses World War II forced removal, experiences in the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, and the role of the Japanese American Citizens League before and after World War II. This oral history was conducted …

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vh William Marutani Interview (ddr-phljacl-1-14)

Nisei male. Born March 31, 1923, in Kent, Washington. During World War II, was incarcerated at the Pinedale Assembly Center, California, and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. After leaving camp to attend college in South Dakota, was drafted into the U.S. Army and served with the Military Intelligence Service during the postwar occupation of Japan. After …

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Collection Sonoma State University North Bay Ethnic Archive (ddr-csujad-56)

The North Bay Ethnic Archive features material related to the forced relocation of northern San Francisco Bay Area residents to the Granada (Amache) incarceration camp, Colorado. It includes correspondence, photographs, and reports. Some of the original items are housed with the Sonoma County Japanese American Citizens League (JACL), and were borrowed for digitization courtesy of the …

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img Committee members for construction of Enmanji Buddhist Temple and the property owner (ddr-csujad-56-321)

Photographed are Reverend Goto, the committee members for construction of Enmanji Buddhist Temple in Sebastopol, California, and the property owner. It is taken in front of the temple. The original image is housed with the Sonoma County Japanese American Citizens League (JACL), and was borrowed for digitization courtesy of the JACL. This image belongs to a …

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av May Minami Interview (ddr-densho-400-16)

May Minami was born on January 26, 1914, in Oxnard, California. She grew up in Gardena, California, where her father was the first person to sell insurance to other Japanese community members. During WWII, her parents were arrested by the FBI and the family was sent to the concentration camp at Rohwer, Arkansas. When she returned …

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doc JACL Luncheon Invitation (ddr-densho-280-45)

Invitation from Peter Ohtaki to members of the JACL Convention Public Relations Committee to continue planning the upcoming event. Includes a Congressional Record copy.

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img Enmanji Buddhist Temple officials (ddr-csujad-56-322)

Photographed are Reverend Goto and officials of Enmanji Buddhist Temple taken in front of the doors of the temple in Sebastopol, California. Handwritten list of names on back of photo. The original image is housed with the Sonoma County Japanese American Citizens League (JACL), and was borrowed for digitization courtesy of the JACL. This image belongs …

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av Alice Ono Interview (ddr-densho-400-19)

Alice Ono was born on January 1, 1912, in Los Angeles, California. She was one of five children of Yujiro and Yone Fukuyama. Her father was a produce broker and her mother was a housewife. During World War II, she and her family were sent to the Amache concentration camp, Colorado. After the war she and …

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av Miyoko Fujikawa Interview (ddr-densho-400-2)

Miyoko Fujikawa was born on December 25, 1919, in Reedley, California, and grew up in Harbor City, California. Fujikawa was imprisoned at the Santa Anita Racetrack and the concentration camp in Jerome, Arkansas. After leaving camp, she worked as a beautician in Minneapolis, Minnesota, during WWII and purchased her own beauty shop when she resettled in …

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vh Ron Wakabayashi Interview (ddr-densho-1000-460)

Sansei male. Born November 13, 1944, in Reno, Nevada, where parents had resettled after leaving the concentration camps in Topaz, Utah, and Rohwer, Arkansas, during World War II. Grew up in East Los Angeles. Involved in a number of community social service organizations in Los Angeles, such as Oriental Concern and the Asian American Drug Abuse …

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doc Frank F. Nakamura (ddr-csujad-55-2384)

Narrative essay describing Frank F. Nakamura's experience as an individual of Japanese ancestry living in California during the events of World War II. Nakamura describes his role as the Sutter-Yuba president of the Japanese American Citizens League, the evacuation orders and their impact on the community, Nakamura's experience at Tule Lake and Granada incarceration camps, relocation …

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vh Andy Noguchi Interview (ddr-densho-122-27)

Sansei male. President of the Florin chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League in 1999, and one of the authors of a resolution to recognize the constitutional stand of the World War II resisters of conscience.

(This interview was conducted by filmmaker Frank Abe for his 2000 documentary, Conscience and the Constitution, about the World …

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doc Letter from Michi Weglyn to Frank Chin (ddr-csujad-24-90)

A letter from Michi Weglyn to Frank Chin in which she mentions fundraising in an incarceration camp for the Girl Scouts. She also discusses trying to get Deborah Lim to go public with her report about the collaboration between the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) and the U. S. government during World War II. The unflattering …

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img 10th anniversary of Kumamoto Kaigai Kyokai Sonoma Branch (ddr-csujad-56-310)

Group of men, women, children and dog in front of tent with parcels. It is taken at an event to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Kumamoto Kaigai Kyokai Sonoma Branch. The original image is housed with the Sonoma County Japanese American Citizens League (JACL), and was borrowed for digitization courtesy of the JACL. This image belongs …

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doc American Concentration Camps VOLUME 4 April, 1942 (ddr-densho-372-4)

Volume 4 divides into three sections. Description about this volume reads directly from the book as follows: Section 1 contains archival documents from April 1942 about the growing opposition of western officials outside of the West Coast to having Japanese Americans moved to their localities. Section 2 contains the Federal government Surveys of Public Opinion dated …

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img [Outdoor scenes] (ddr-csujad-56-268)

Four photos: Two men sitting on grass in pasture. Group running in pasture. Man standing on ladder in Taniguchi apple orchard. Adults and children pose in front of building. The original image is housed with the Sonoma County Japanese American Citizens League (JACL), and was borrowed for digitization courtesy of the JACL. This image belongs to …

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Collection South Bay JACL Oral History Collection (ddr-densho-400)

This collection consists of interviews conducted by the South Bay Chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League as part of the South Bay History Project. The project seeks to preserve the history of Japanese American settlement in the greater South Bay community, a Southern California region south of Playa Del Rey and north of Long Beach. …

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vh George Fugami Interview (ddr-densho-1000-7)

Kibei male. Born August 1, 1915, in Portland, Oregon. Sent with siblings to be educated in Japan when ten years old. Returned to the United States in 1935. During World War II, was incarcerated at the Portland Assembly Center, Oregon, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Active in Seattle's postwar Japanese American community as a member and …

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av Kikue Isobe Interview (ddr-densho-400-9)

Kikue Isobe was born on September 25, 1920, in Brawley, California. She was one of three children to Fukuichi and Sei Nishimoto. Her father was a foreman for a cantaloupe and honeydew grower in Brawley. Kikue grew up mainly in Brawley. When the war broke out she and her family were relocated to the Poston concentration …

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img Mike Masaoka arriving in Hawai'i (ddr-njpa-1-970)

Caption on reverse: "Mike Masaoka greeted on arrival here: Mike Masaoka (second from left), national legislative director of the Anti-Discrimination Committee of the Japanese-American Citizens' League of Washington, D.C., is shown being greeted upon his arrival here Saturday evening by plane from San Francisco. Pictured with Masaoka are, left to right: Rep. Joseph Itagaki, Miss Margaret …

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vh Shosuke Sasaki Interview (ddr-densho-1000-78)

Issei male. Born March 26, 1912, in Yamaguchi ken, Japan. Immigrated to United States in 1919. Lived in Pomeroy, Washington, and Seattle, Washington, before World War II. Incarcerated at the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Resettled in New York. As a member of the Newspaper Guild, led effort to eliminate pejorative …

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doc Bulletin (Florin Chapter of Japanese American Citizens League), no. 9 (May 23, 1942) (ddr-csujad-55-84)

Newsletter of the Florin chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League covering issues related to evacuation including "Farewell" by Mary Tsukamoto, an editorial by John S. Hirohata, advice for evacuees, inoculation, want ads, social welfare, extra rice, access to bank services, recognition of volunteers and individuals for their financial contributions, information about the newsletter, care of …

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av Fujiko "Fuzzy" Ishikawa Interview (ddr-densho-400-8)

Fujiko Ishikawa was born on November 18, 1912, in Oxnard, California. She grew up in Lomita, California, and attended UCLA where she met her husband Henry who became a partner in a successful produce business. She was imprisoned at Santa Anita Race Track and the concentration camp in Amache, Colorado. She moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, during …

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