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doc Letter from Amy [Emiko Nakawaki] to Mr. and Mrs. A.W. Thomas, December 11, 1957 (ddr-csujad-4-28)

A holiday letter with greetings on Christmas and New Year from Amy Nakawaki [=Emiko AmyTerada] in Anaheim, California to Mr. and Mrs. A.W. Thomas in Lawndale, California. The letter includes general correspondence, including updates on her, Sam [=Usami], and Tsuyoshi. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nis_06_030

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doc Heart Mountain Sentinel Vol. II No. 47 (November 20, 1943) (ddr-densho-97-156)

Selected article titles: "Tule Relaxes as Probe Continues" (p. 1), "Coast Grangers Would Bar Nisei" (p. 1), "Nisei Proving Their Loyalty, Thomas Tells Group at Hostel" (p. 1), "Editorial: Transfer Tule Lake Center!" (p. 4), "Committee on Resettlement of Nisei Formed in Wisconsin" (p. 4), "A Sermon in California: Persecution of Nisei Hit by Minister" (p. …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 113, No. 11 [October 11, 1991] (ddr-pc-63-36)

Select article titles: "Suspect will stand trial for Arizona temple crime" (p. 1), "Redress Round 2: Payments go out in first week of October; change in letter of apology is announced" (p. 1), "JACL opposes nomination of Clarence Thomas" (p. 1), "Mineta writes media about Pearl Harbor anniversary" (p. 1), "Media swarming over Pearl Harbor" (p. …

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doc Manzanar Free Press Vol. 6 No. 29 (October 4, 1944) (ddr-densho-125-277)

Selected article titles: "Second Reservist Group Called. Ten to Leave Friday Morning for Fort Douglas" (p. 1), "New York WRA Head Here to Counsel Resettlers" (p. 1), "Casualty List Compiled" (p. 1), "Future Violators Face Bishop Jail" (p. 3), "Release Statistics on WRA Center Population" (p. 3), "Thomas Flays Opposers of West Coast Return" (p. 3), …

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doc Rocky Shimpo Vol. 11, No. 81 (July 7, 1944) (ddr-densho-148-17)

Selected article titles: "League Supports Test Case for Evacuees;"; "On the Other Hand"; "Separate and Apart"; "Stealing of Barbell Causes Sentence"; "Jugular Vein was Severed With Sword"; "Press Continuance of FEPC Operations"; "FDR Signs Bill to Remove Citizenship"; "Pass Resolution to Hit Intolerance"; "Coming Events"; "20% of Family Heads Want to Go Back Home"; "Hunt for …

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vh Karen Yoshitomi Interview (ddr-densho-1000-527)

Sansei female. Born 1962 in Spokane, Washington. Father was born in British Columbia, Canada, and mother was born in Thomas, Washington. Grew up in the Tacoma, Washington, area, before eventually moving to Portland, Oregon, and then Seattle, Washington. Graduated from the University of Washington. Became regional director for the Japanese American Citizens League, and then Executive …

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Letter from Thomas Parran, Surgeon General, to Nurse Mary F. Clark, U.S. Public Health Service Hospital, Lexington, Kentucky, February 27, 1942 (ddr-csujad-55-1334)

doc Letter from Thomas Parran, Surgeon General, to Nurse Mary F. Clark, U.S. Public Health Service Hospital, Lexington, Kentucky, February 27, 1942 (ddr-csujad-55-1334)

Correspondence from Thomas Parran to Mary Clark regarding Clarks travel authorization from Lexington, Kentucky to Fort Missoula, Montana. From the Mary F. Clark scrapbook, "Before I Forget, 1942-1947" page 5. See also sac_jaac_1334 through sac_jaac_1529. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1336

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doc Letter from Oliver Ellis Stone to Thomas Creighton, Chief of Claims Office of Alien Property (ddr-densho-437-51)

Submitting claim for James Seigo Miwa's confiscated property

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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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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 Seattle Japs Charged With State Lobbying, 'Spying' On Yarnell (February 27, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-652)

The Seattle Daily Times, February 27, 1942, pp. 1, 12

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doc Masuda Cleared of U.S. Charge (May 15, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-795)

The Seattle Daily Times, May 15, 1942, p. 5

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doc Dies Group Plans to Probe Release of Japs From Camps (May 27, 1943) (ddr-densho-56-921)

The Seattle Daily Times, May 27, 1943, p. 10

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doc Absentee Japs' Vote Challenged (February 21, 1943) (ddr-densho-56-883)

The Seattle Daily Times, February 21, 1943, p. 4

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 95, No. 4 (July 23, 1982) (ddr-pc-54-29)

Selected article titles: "U.S. Appellate Court Rules INS Raids Violate Constitutional Rights" (pp. 1, 3), "Kokekokko: 'Japanese Camps'" (p. 6), "Inouye's 6 Steps to Reduce Tensions for War" (p. 8), and "Chief Justice Warren and the Japanese Detention Cases" (pp. 8, 12).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 95, No. 18 (October 29, 1982) (ddr-pc-54-43)

Selected article titles: "Coroner Noguchi's Case Due Final Oral Arguments" (p. 1), "Portuguese-Japanese Festa-Matsuri Slated Nov. 19-20" (p. 3), and "Warren and the Newspapers" (p. 5).

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doc Democracy and Japanese Americans (ddr-csujad-38-580)

A booklet describing the forced evacuation and incarceration of people of Japanese ancestry during World War II. The author states that "the method of handling Japanese Americans has been neither constitutional nor democratic." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_05_18_001

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Charles Reed Hemenway posing with a microphone, while Walter Dillingham shakes hands with Varsity Victory Volunteers members (ddr-njpa-2-395)

img Charles Reed Hemenway posing with a microphone, while Walter Dillingham shakes hands with Varsity Victory Volunteers members (ddr-njpa-2-395)

Text on reverse: "2/2/43. C. R. HEMENWAY SPEAKS TO VVV MEMBERS. Your offer to serve in February, last year, was a remarkable demonstration of your deep loyalty to America," Mr. C. R. Hemenway, president of the Hawaiian Trust Co. and longtime chairman of the University of Hawaii's board of regents, told inactivated VVV members at the …

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doc Fire insurance policy (ddr-densho-319-569)

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doc Letter regarding Guidance Leaflet No. 1 (ddr-densho-319-589)

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doc Letter regarding a lease agreement (ddr-densho-319-556)

Correspondence from attorney, Charles H. Groves, about the lease for the T.K. Pharmacy space.

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doc Car license receipt (ddr-densho-319-568)

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doc Translation of Japanese newpaper article (ddr-densho-335-59)

An English translation of newspaper articles from Yamagata Shinbun Newspaper. The articles cover George Rockrise meeting his extended family in Japan.

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