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Hiroshi Saito's daughter (ddr-njpa-4-2547)
img Hiroshi Saito's daughter (ddr-njpa-4-2547)
Caption on reverse: "QUEEN OF CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL WASHINGTON. --- Miss Sakiko Saito, daughter of the Japanese ambassador to the United States, who has been chosen Queen of the Cherry Blossom Festival here Potomac Park next month [sic]. c-3/18/37"
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-njpa-4-2547/
U.S. Department of Justice Immigration and Naturalization Service Confidential Abstract of Consolidated File Page 2 (ddr-one-5-150)
doc U.S. Department of Justice Immigration and Naturalization Service Confidential Abstract of Consolidated File Page 2 (ddr-one-5-150)
Photocopy of a declassified form dated January 27, 1942 with biographical information on Keizaburo Koyama and his life in the United States. This page contains questions 9 - 15. This page does note that there is "No Apparent grounds for deportation."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-5-150/
Department of Justice Receipt (ddr-one-5-59)
doc Department of Justice Receipt (ddr-one-5-59)
Brown printed form that is torn in half, with burn mark on the center of the left edge. Provides receipt of $27.99 paid to the United States Treasury by Keizaburo Koyama while at Santa Fe Detention Center. Dated 6-30-43.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-5-59/
Department of Justice memo from the United States Attorney Director of Oregon Carl C. Donaugh on the Matter of the Detention of Keizaburo Koyama, a Japanese alien (ddr-one-5-117)
doc Department of Justice memo from the United States Attorney Director of Oregon Carl C. Donaugh on the Matter of the Detention of Keizaburo Koyama, a Japanese alien (ddr-one-5-117)
Photocopy of a declassified memorandum from Carl C. Donaugh, United States Attorney from the District of Oregon to the Attorney General in Washington, D.C., on the detention of Dr. Keizaburo Koyama. This is a signed and date stamped copy of 2016.23.27.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-5-117/
Japanese Groups and Associations in the United States: Community Analysis Report No. 3 March 1943 (ddr-densho-356-1031)
doc Japanese Groups and Associations in the United States: Community Analysis Report No. 3 March 1943 (ddr-densho-356-1031)
Japanese Groups and Associations in the United States: Community Analysis Report No. 3 March 1944. Report reviewing Japanese social groups like Kenjinkai to determine if they indicate subversion within membership. Also attempts to determine the differences between Buddhism and Shintoism.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-1031/
Portrait of two women in kimonos (ddr-densho-494-7)
img Portrait of two women in kimonos (ddr-densho-494-7)
Memiko (Nagase) Kato (left) and Meriko Maida (right). Caption on webpage: "Family matters, 1938" and "Meriko was asked to escort the daughter of a family friend back to the United States where both had been born: Memiko Nagase (later Kato)."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-494-7/
Relocation of persons of Japanese ancestry in the United States: some causes and effects (ddr-csujad-55-338)
doc Relocation of persons of Japanese ancestry in the United States: some causes and effects (ddr-csujad-55-338)
Article describing the political and sociological implications of the Japanese incarceration during World War II written from the perspective of an anthropologist. Reprinted from Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0340
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-338/
Administrative instruction (United States. War Relocation Authority), no. 34, supplement 2 (April 19, 1942) (ddr-csujad-55-772)
doc Administrative instruction (United States. War Relocation Authority), no. 34, supplement 2 (April 19, 1942) (ddr-csujad-55-772)
Instructional document covering "evacuee government" and "election of aliens." Includes statement on "indefinite leave," and amendments to "Administrative instruction no. 34" regarding eligibility of incarcerees for holding office in "self-government." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0774
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-772/
Letter of apology from George H.W. Bush, President of the United States, October 1990 (ddr-csujad-55-920)
doc Letter of apology from George H.W. Bush, President of the United States, October 1990 (ddr-csujad-55-920)
Letter of apology from George Bush expressing recognition of the injustices committed against Japanese Americans during World War II. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0922
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-920/
Taniguchi Family Collection (ddr-densho-252)
Collection Taniguchi Family Collection (ddr-densho-252)
The Taniguchi Family Collection consists of one photograph album containing prints that record the history of the Taniguchi family from the early to later 20th century in both Japan and the United States.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-252/
U.S. Department of Justice Alien Enemy Questionnaire page 21 of 26. (ddr-one-5-143)
doc U.S. Department of Justice Alien Enemy Questionnaire page 21 of 26. (ddr-one-5-143)
Photocopy of a declassified questionnaire used to determine if the person named is to be considered an enemy alien. This page covers questions 90 of 111. This question concerns dates and port of entries of relatives visiting the United States and is blank.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-5-143/
Pacific Citizen, Vol. 108, No. 22 (June 9, 1989) (ddr-pc-61-22)
doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 108, No. 22 (June 9, 1989) (ddr-pc-61-22)
Selected article titles: "'Hot' Asian American Studies Topics Aired" (pp. 1, 7), "JACL National Board Meets in San Francisco" (pp. 1-2), "LEAP Examines Asian American Agenda" (pp. 1-2), and "Japanese Press Translation: The United States of Japan" (pp. 5, 8).
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-61-22/
Nisei soldier with American flag (ddr-densho-397-337)
img Nisei soldier with American flag (ddr-densho-397-337)
The caption in the photo album reads "Spot on jaw appears on negative". Takashi Matsui poses with the United States flag. Matsui was stationed in Japan with the U.S. military during the Allied occupation of Japan after the end of World War II.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-397-337/

Narrator Maria Sato

Nisei female. Born November 19, 1930, in Trujillo, Peru, where father ran a construction company. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, father was arrested by the FBI and taken to the United States. The family joined him in Crystal City, Texas, then went to Japan after the war. Maria lived and worked in Japan until the …
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/849/

Narrator Kikuno Goi

Kibei Nisei couple. Kikuno was born in the United States, then moved to Japan with her family after her father passed away. In the lead up to World War II, her uncle sent Kikuno and her brother back to the United States, where they were raised in foster care in northern California. During World War II, …
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/952/

Narrator Mitsuo Goi

Kibei Nisei couple. Kikuno was born in the United States, then moved to Japan with her family after her father passed away. In the lead up to World War II, her uncle sent Kikuno and her brother back to the United States, where they were raised in foster care in northern California. During World War II, …
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/953/
Letter written on behalf of Keizaburo Koyama by Mr. and Mrs. A.C. Goodenough. Page 4 of 4. (ddr-one-5-115)
doc Letter written on behalf of Keizaburo Koyama by Mr. and Mrs. A.C. Goodenough. Page 4 of 4. (ddr-one-5-115)
Photocopy of a declassified petition to Attorney General of the United States Francis Biddle on behalf of Dr. Koyama included in a letter to Dr. William G. Everson. The letter was undersigned by American citizens and friends of Dr. Koyama and attesting to their belief that he is a loyal individual and would bring no harm …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-5-115/
Japanese in our Midst (ddr-csujad-19-81)
doc Japanese in our Midst (ddr-csujad-19-81)
This document, "prepared and published under the auspices of the Colorado Council of Churches," describes the background of the situation when the Japanese first started to come to the United States in considerable numbers, evacuation and relocation of Japanese Americans and the concentration of Japanese Americans on the West Coast. It also discusses about the three …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-19-81/
Postcard from Federal Security Agency and Social Security Board to United States Employment Service Idaho Division, September 6, 1942 (ddr-csujad-38-551)
doc Postcard from Federal Security Agency and Social Security Board to United States Employment Service Idaho Division, September 6, 1942 (ddr-csujad-38-551)
A postcard from Federal Security Agency and Social Security Board to United States Employment Service Idaho Division and Fruit Growers Association, Idaho, introducing George Nobuo Naohara as an applicant for the position of fruit picker. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_05_13_003
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-38-551/
Application for voluntary induction, DSS form 165 (ddr-csujad-55-755)
doc Application for voluntary induction, DSS form 165 (ddr-csujad-55-755)
Application form for voluntary induction into the United States land or naval forces. DSS Form 165. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0757
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-755/
Registration certificate, D.S.S. Form 2,Takaichi Tsukamoto (ddr-csujad-55-1287)
doc Registration certificate, D.S.S. Form 2,Takaichi Tsukamoto (ddr-csujad-55-1287)
Certificate of registration for the Selective Service belonging to Takaichi Tsukamoto. D.S.S. Form 2. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1289
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1287/
Special orders, no. 119, (May 12, 1944), extracts (ddr-csujad-49-216)
doc Special orders, no. 119, (May 12, 1944), extracts (ddr-csujad-49-216)
Memorandum with special orders given by Captain Emil E. Serbousek by order of Colonel Furber of Fort Devens, Massachusetts, dated May 12, 1944. An item from: pages 106-107 of the Sue Kato scrapbook (gfb_skc_001). See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 2019_002_001_067_01
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-49-216/
Prevent Forest Fires [bookmark] (ddr-csujad-4-2)
doc Prevent Forest Fires [bookmark] (ddr-csujad-4-2)
A bookmark created by US Department of Agriculture Forest Services to promote the prevention of forest fires. The front of the bookmark depicts a Japanese solider, smiling as he lights a match. The logo in the backdrop reads: "Careless Matches Aid The Axis!" The backside of this bookmark contains tips to prevent forest fires. The bookmark …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-4-2/
I am a doughboy (ddr-csujad-5-297)
doc I am a doughboy (ddr-csujad-5-297)
A booklet given to soldiers at the U.S. Infantry Replacement Training Centers. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: oki_06_06_001
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-5-297/
Special orders, no. 272 (November 3, 1944) (ddr-csujad-49-66)
doc Special orders, no. 272 (November 3, 1944) (ddr-csujad-49-66)
Correspondence containing orders from officials at Fort Devens, Massachusetts. An item from: pages 52-53 of the Sue Kato scrapbook (gfb_skc_001). See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 2019_002_001_037_01
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-49-66/
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