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doc Advertisement postcard from the Thos. H. Fillmore Insurance Agency to Helen Thomas, July 3, 1942 (ddr-csujad-4-4)

A postcard advertisement selling "war damage insurance" covered by the US government reinsurance program. It was sent to Helen Thomas in Lawndale, California from the Thos. H. Fillmore Insurance Agency in Inglewood, California. It also includes numerical marginalia on the front. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nis_04_001

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doc Seattle Jap Draft Evader Sentenced (September 28, 1944) (ddr-densho-56-1063)

The Seattle Daily Times, September 28, 1944, p. 13

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doc Seattle Japanese Ask Harry Whitney Treat to Lead Them. Offer to Raise and Equip Regiment of 1,000 Men for Service Against Germans. Sons of Nippon Show Loyalty to Uncle Sam. Thomas Y. Nabatame, Veteran of U.S. Navy, Is Originator of Idea. (April 8, 1917) (ddr-densho-56-296)

The Seattle Daily Times, April 8, 1917, p. 5

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img Group of people wearing leis (ddr-njpa-5-1243)

Caption on reverse: "Milwaukee theater man arrives: L.F. Gran, prominent theater man of Milwaukee, Wis., came here on the President Cleveland yesterday for a short vacation, accompanied by Mrs. Gran. They will be at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel for two weeks. They were greeted at the dock by their friends. Mrs. Lillian Hazelton; Miss Blanche Jikaku, …

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doc Gidra, Vol. I, No. 4 (July 1969) (ddr-densho-297-4)

Selected article titles: "Experimental College Starts" (p. 1), "Yellow Brotherhood Food for Thought" (p. 1), "Blind Reflections?" (p. 2), "The Misunderstanding in Chinatown" (p. 4).

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doc Letter to Kaneji Domoto from a WRA relocation officer (ddr-densho-329-101)

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doc Scrapbook (ddr-densho-540-141)

Scrapbook documenting the life of the Tada family, including newspaper clippings, graduation announcements, wedding invitations, birth announcements, and correspondence. Includes ephemera relating to their incarceration at Minidoka.

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img Tsutakawa Company photo (ddr-densho-128-130)

Tsutakawa Company was an import-export business located in Seattle. Back row (L to R): Masao Tsutakawa, Thomas Tsutakawa, Masuo Tsukinari, Mr. Y. Shimada, Mr. H. Tahara, Toshio Shima, Mina Kimura, Frank Kubo, Shozo Wakamatsu, Marion Tsutakawa, Yuzuru Omi. Front row (L to R): Bob Tsutakawa, Mrs. Kubo, Hideko Tsutakawa, Mrs. J. Tsutakawa, Geo. Tsutakawa, Mr. J. …

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doc Newspaper clipping regarding Kong, Xianxi (ddr-njpa-1-801)

Caption on front [translation]: "Five Million Dollar US Loan Arranged. Minister of Finance Kong Negotiates. [caption under photograph] Kong Xianxi. Washington, D.C. 28th (Domei). Kong Xianxi, minister of finance for the KMT governement, has spent several days meeting American political and economic figures and earnestly persuading them to provide US economic support since arriving on the …

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img Obon Festival- Odori folk dance (ddr-one-1-228)

Black and white photographic negative of five Obon dancers performing in front of a crowd that is partially enclosing them. Dancers from left to right: Joe Shiraishi, Harue Akiyama, Jean Yasuko (Kida) Tomita, and Thomas "Tom" Honma. Obon is an annual event hosted by the Oregon Buddhist Church (now known as Oregon Buddhist Temple) and attended …

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doc Jap Here Kills Self, Fearing Family Died Under Bombs (July 13, 1945) (ddr-densho-56-1126)

The Seattle Daily Times, July 13, 1945, p. 1

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 94, No. 18 (May 7, 1982) (ddr-pc-54-18)

Selected article titles: "JACL Seeks Whereabouts of 314 'Fired Calif. Employees'" (pp. 1, 5), "Redress Phase 4: JACL '42 Leadership" (p. 2), "Guest's Corner: Racism: Are We Part of the Problem?" (p. 4), "Prewar Nikkei Community of 2,100 Families in Imperial Valley Down to 3" (p. 7), and "P.L. 503 Makes Mockery of the U.S. Constitution" …

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doc "My Japanese Husband" Manuscript (ddr-densho-335-1)

Chapters 1-6 and chapters 11-13 of Agnes Rockrise's manuscript of "My Japanese Husband".

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doc Manuscript synopsis of "My Japanese Husband" (ddr-densho-335-5)

A chapter by chapter synopsis of "My Japanese Husband" by Agnes Rockrise.

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doc "My Japanese Husband" Manuscript (ddr-densho-335-6)

Manuscript of Agnes Rockrise's manuscript of "My Japanese Husband" starting at chapter 3.

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vh Shig Imai Interview (ddr-one-7-49)

Nisei male. Born January 16, 1920, in Dee, Oregon. Grew up in Dee, a former sawmill town, where father worked for the Oregon Lumber Company. Shig went to live in Japan for three years at the age of seven before World War II. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, volunteered for the U.S. Army and eventually …

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doc Appreciation dinner papers (ddr-densho-433-246)

A program for an appreciation dinner honoring John N. Pappas. Attached to the program is a thank you note from Tom and Anne Martino thanking Kimi Fujii for floral arrangements.

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img Family portrait (ddr-densho-25-3)

The Iseris were a prominent Japanese American family in the White River Valley. Front (left to right): George, Matahichi, Oscar (in front of Matahichi), Dan, and Kisa holding Carl. Back: Alice, Tom, Mitsuo (Mike), Mun, Masato, and Mae. Matahichi Iseri and his wife, Kisa, started farming in Thomas around 1914. They also ran a small grocery …

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img Kakutani, Urakawa, and Takenaga Extended Family (ddr-densho-474-151)

Front row left to right: Masaye Kakutani Urakawa, Starr Miyeko Urakawa, Marianne Hazumi Urakawa, Misao Kakutani Takenaga holding Thomas Isamu Takenaga on her lap, Misa Ito Urakawa, Emiko Takenaga, seated below Emiko is Marion Takako Takenaga, Naka Miyamoto Kakutani, and Yu Ishida Kakutani. Middle row left to right: Richard Toshiyuki Takenaga and Elsie Fumiko Urakawa. Back …

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Collection CSU Dominguez Hills James H. Osborne Nisei Collection (ddr-csujad-4)

The James H. Osborne Nisei Collection contains mainly correspondence between Emiko and Usami Terada, incarcerees in the Rohwer incarceration camp, McGehee Arkansas, and the Thomas family in Lawndale, California and some photographs of the Teradas and the Thomases. The letters describe the trip from the Santa Anita Assembly Center to the Rohwer incarceration camp, their lives …

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doc "Democracy and Japanese Americans" (ddr-densho-423-157)

Transcription of pamphlet by Norman Thomas, published by the Post War World Council, criticizing the incarceration and identifying actions to take to protest. Includes letter of support signed by prominent civil rights activists, lawyers, writers and pastors who opposed incarceration: Helen Marston Beardsley, Ernest Besig, John Dos Passos, Harry Emerson Fosdick, Esther Fiske Hammond, Arthur Garfield …

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doc Newspaper clipping regarding Husband E. Kimmel (ddr-njpa-1-791)

Caption on front: "New fleet chief: Rear Admiral H.E. Kimmel, top, was named today in supreme command of the United States fleet to succeed Admiral James O. Richardson (at the right below), who goes to Washington for special duty. Below, left, Rear Admiral Ernest King, who becomes commander in chief of the Atlantic fleet. In center, …

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vh Joe Ishikawa Interview (ddr-densho-1000-205)

Nisei male. Born July 29, 1919, in Los Angeles, California. Went to live in Japan as a college student, returning just prior to the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Granada concentration camp, Colorado, before leaving to attend the University of Nebraska. Worked as a curator in the …

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img Obon Festival- Odori folk dance Tanko Bushi (ddr-one-1-196)

Black and white photographic negative of Obon dancers dancing the Tanko Bushi. Obon dancers: Patricia “Pat” (Ikata) Iboshi, Joe Shiraishi, Mrs. Okiyama, Thomas "Tom" Honma, and Jean Yasuko (Kida) Tomita. Couple to the left of the light pole are Mary (Muramatsu) Shiiki and Ray Shiiki. Obon is an annual event hosted by the Oregon Buddhist Church …

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doc Gidra, Vol. I, No. 6 (September 1969) (ddr-densho-297-6)

Selected article titles: "Isaac Honored" (p. 1), "Birth of Amerasia" (p. 1), "Hoover's Yellow Peril" (p. 2), "Dawn of Awakening" (p. 2), "UCLA Sells Out" (p. 5), "Potential for What" (p. 5), "The Failure of Democracy in a Time of Crisis" (p. 6-7).

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