2211 items
2211 items
Collection
Densho Collection (ddr-densho-35)
The Densho collection consists of historic photographs of early Seattle and surrounding areas, as well as current photographs of historical sites and community events. This collection includes photographs of Tule Lake, California; Minidoka, Idaho; the Nisei veterans Memorial Day service in Seattle, Washington, and photos of the Golden Potlatch festival in Seattle, Washington, c. 1911. Also …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 16 No. 26 (July 3, 1943) (ddr-pc-15-26)
Selected article titles: "JACL President Brands Dies Group Charges as Vicious Attack Upon Nisei Integrity" (p. 1), "Dies Group Opens Hearings on Japanese Americans. First Witness Asks for Segregation of Disloyal Elements in WRA Centers" (p. 1), "First Nisei Girl Accepted For Service in WAAC" (p. 1), "Luxury Foods Not Bought For Evacuees. Army Buyer Says …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 18 No. 13 (April 22, 1944) (ddr-pc-16-17)
Selected article titles: "Ban on Return of Evacuees May Be for Reasons Other Than Military, Declares 'Fortune'" (p. 1), "Nine Soldiers Sentenced at Courts-Martial. 28 on Trial for Refusal to Accept Military Training" (p. 2), "Sentinel Calls On Center to Save Youths" (p. 2), "Draft Delinquents Placed in Jail in Four Wyoming Cities" (p. 2), "Five …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 31 No. 20 (November 18, 1950) (ddr-pc-22-46)
Selected article titles: "Twelve Japanese Americans To Serve in Isle Legislature; Okino Election Called Surprise" (p. 1), "Plan to Speed Action on Claims of Aged Issei" (p. 1), "Kawakita Appeals Treason Conviction Before U.S. Court. Convicted of Charge of Brutal Treatment of War Prisoners" (p. 1), "Sen. McCarran Will Expedite Citizenship Bill, Says Masaoka" (p. 1), …
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Letter from Jennie G. Hermon, Clerk, Local Board No. 277, Selective Service System, to Nobuo Naohara, March 2, 1945 (ddr-csujad-38-573)
A letter from Jennie G. Hermon, Local Board No. 277, Selective Service System, to George Nobuo Naohara incarcerated in the Tule Lake camp in California. It requires George to answer all the questions in DDS from 304A. It appears that George did not follow their instruction, crossing out his answers on the forms, and the office …
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Nisei men's basketball team (ddr-csujad-44-11)
A photograph of ten Nisei men in front of a basketball goal at Tule Lake, California. They are presumably basketball team members. The men are in two rows. Five men are standing in the back row. Five men are kneeling in the front row. The man in the middle of the front row is holding a …
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Distant View of a Group of People and Building (ddr-csujad-13-17)
This photograph depicts a group of people standing together with a building structure in the background at the Tule Lake incarceration camp. According to the caption on back of photograph, which reads, "Disloyal Japs who were [cuffed] up when they first refused to answer inquires of [army] questioning. Leaving [them back] to stockade under guard," this …
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Art Club (ddr-csujad-44-35)
A photograph of Nisei students incarcerated at Tule Lake, California. They are presumably the member of Art Club. The large group is posing for the photo in three rows in front of a barrack. The back two rows are young men and women standing behind a row of young women seated in a row of chairs. …
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Peace activist and internees (ddr-densho-13-45)
Floyd Schmoe, a pacifist and supporter of the Japanese American community, with Yoshi Asaba and Father Joe Kitagawa at the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Father Kitagawa was the Episcopal minister at Minidoka. Floyd Schmoe was born in 1895 and is a peace activist and Quaker from Seattle, Washington. Schmoe was a strong supporter of the Japanese …
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Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 102 (August 24, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-189)
Selected article titles: "Fear Needless, Asserts Cozzens"; "On the Other Hand"; "Fighting Sgt. is Returning Home"; "Japanese Dentists May Soon Lose Their Jobs"; "More Than Half of Those Leaving Camp Go to Calif."; "Rice Harvested in Louisiana: 23,000,000 Bushels"; "Judge Denies He Was Threatened"; "Scatter Them East of the Rockies -- They Say"; "United States Attorney …
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Tulean dispatch magazine section, vol. 1, no. 7 (February 1943) (ddr-csujad-55-1635)
Monthly publication at Tule Lake incarceration camp including stories, poems, commentary and creative writing. Current issue includes "Snow Blossom" by Ken Yasuda, "Barber's Wife' by Arthur Morimitsu, "In the Still of the Night" by Frank Tanabe, "Haiku and Painting" by Ken Yasuda, "Looking Back" by George Nakamura, "Expose of the Wolf" by Iroh Otoko, "Corn on …
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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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Tulean dispatch magazine section, no. 11 (July 1943) (ddr-csujad-55-1946)
Monthly publication at Tule Lake incarceration camp including stories, poems, commentary and creative writing. Current issue includes an essay, "Does it Pay to Stay Here" by Rev. Shigeo Tanabe, a poem, "Relocation" by Minoru Kimura, "Nisei Personality Adjustment" by James Sakoda, "Gloom" by Buster Sawai, "Outside" by Shuji Kimura, Nisei personality profile on Rev. Shigeo Tanabe, …
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Roy Doi Interview (ddr-densho-1011-5)
Nisei male. Born March 26, 1933, in Sacramento, California. Grew up in Sacramento where father was a migrant farm laborer. During World War II, removed to the Marysville Assembly Center, California, and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Transferred with family to the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. Returned to California after the war.
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Homer Yasui Interview I (ddr-one-7-26)
Nisei male. Born December 28, 1924, in Hood River, Oregon. Grew up in Hood River, where father and uncles ran a store. During World War II, removed to the Pinedale Assembly Center, California, and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, attended college in Denver and Philadelphia. Eventually became a physician and returned to …
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George Iseri Interview (ddr-one-7-40)
Nisei male. Born April 23, 1920, in Thomas, Washington. Grew up in Thomas where father ran a general store. During World War II, removed to the Pinedale Assembly Center, California, and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Left camp to work in Weiser, Idaho, and opened a service station. Eventually moved to Ontario, Oregon.
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Taylor Tomita Interview (ddr-one-7-61)
Nisei male. Born February 17, 1922, in Odell, Oregon. Grew up in Odell, where parent ran a farm. During World War II, removed to the Pinedale Assembly Center, California, and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Transferred to the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Served in the military before returning to the Hood River area.
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Homer Yasui Interview II (ddr-one-7-27)
Nisei male. Born December 28, 1924, in Hood River, Oregon. Grew up in Hood River, where father and uncles ran a store. During World War II, removed to the Pinedale Assembly Center, California, and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, attended college in Denver and Philadelphia. Eventually became a physician and returned to …
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Miyo Minnie Uratsu Interview (ddr-densho-1000-335)
Nisei female. Born May 25, 1929, in Newcastle, California. Grew up in Newcastle, where parents ran a ranch. During World War II, was removed to the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. During the segregation period, transferred to the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. After leaving camp, lived in Idaho and Utah before eventually returning to family's …
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Arthur Ogami Interview (ddr-densho-1000-154)
Nisei male. Born April 10, 1922, in Whittier, California. Spent childhood in California, before being removed to Manzanar concentration camp in 1942. Left Manzanar several times to work as a beet topper for local farmers. Decided to expatriate to Japan because of mother's wishes, and was transferred to Tule Lake concentration camp. In 1945, was moved …
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Fumiko M. Noji Interview (ddr-densho-1000-72)
Nisei female. Born October 13, 1909, in Bellingham, Washington. Lost her United States citizenship when she married an Issei through an arranged marriage. Before 1920, her husband's family established Columbia Greenhouse, one of the first Japanese American-owned greenhouse businesses. Incarcerated at Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Husband was held by the …
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Larry R. Pacheco Interview (ddr-densho-1000-397)
White male. Born November 4, 1922, in San Jose, California. Drafted into the military after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. During World War II, served as a military police guard at the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Shipped overseas, and was captured in France as a prisoner of war and held in Germany. After completing military service, …
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Tulean Dispatch Vol. IV No. 33 (December 21, 1942) (ddr-densho-65-121)
Selected article titles: "5140 Join Cooperatives" (p. 1), "Lumber Stackers Ask Apron Return" (p. 1), "Will Create Fund To Aid Students" (p. 1), "Wanted: 2 P.E. Girl Teachers" (p. 1), "Health Department Says Diseases, Cold Increasing" (p. 1), "More Ideal Gifts On Display; #3001" (p. 1), "Coop Ask Resident Cooperation on Clothing Allowance Checks" (p. 1), …
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Letter to Yuri Domoto from Yoshito Shibata (ddr-densho-356-235)
Letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from Yoshito Shibata in which he comforts Yuri on her misbehaving typewriter by sharing a Reader's Digest story, and his own typewriter's faults. He continues by discussing Yuri's sister's (Wakako Domoto) relocation to Denver, his recent skiing trip, the rash of promotions at Camp Savage, a prank by the mailroom staff, …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 44, No. 9 (March 1, 1957) (ddr-pc-29-9)
Selected article titles: "Noted Oregonians Honored for Wartime Service to Nisei, JACL" (p. 1); Bill Hosokawa Promoted Post's Exec. News Ed" (p. 1); Shonien 'red carp,' JACL 'pinwheel' on L.A. museum exhibit" (p. 1); No. Calif. Japanese Americans launch $5,000 campaign for Immigration Museum" (p. 1); "Issei, Nisei, Sansei...Sensei" (p. 2); "Seek central camp in Orange …