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Letter from Lt. Col. Merillat Moses to Immigration and Naturalization Service (ddr-densho-446-118)
doc Letter from Lt. Col. Merillat Moses to Immigration and Naturalization Service (ddr-densho-446-118)
Letter in support of Tsai's requests to change his status to friendly alien. As Tsai's immediate chief, Moses has a strong personal interest in this case and requests that every effort be made to change Tsai's registration.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-118/
Letter from Lt. Col. Merillat Moses to Immigration and Naturalization Service (ddr-densho-446-160)
doc Letter from Lt. Col. Merillat Moses to Immigration and Naturalization Service (ddr-densho-446-160)
Letter in support of Tsai's requests to change his status to friendly alien. As Tsai's immediate chief, Moses has a strong personal interest in this case and requests that every effort be made to change Tsai's registration.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-160/
Community analysis report, no. 3 (March 1943) (ddr-csujad-55-1657)
doc Community analysis report, no. 3 (March 1943) (ddr-csujad-55-1657)
Report, "Japanese groups and associations in the United States," on Japanese social, economic, religious, and nationalistic groups and associations in the United States. Covers Kenjinkai or prefectural associations, Junior Kenjinkai, Nihonjinkai or Japanese associations, Seinenkai or young people's societies, Fujinkai or women's societies, Japanese Chambers of Commerce, hotel associations, California Farmers Association, Japanese Labor Association, Ko …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1657/
Letter from Francis Biddle, Attorney General of the United States, to Frank Herron Smith, May 30, 1945 (ddr-csujad-21-6)
doc Letter from Francis Biddle, Attorney General of the United States, to Frank Herron Smith, May 30, 1945 (ddr-csujad-21-6)
Response to information from Smith states that, unless a federal law is violated, Biddle can not be involved, but that this "serious" matter "should be taken up directly with the Governor of California." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 065-1-a-01-01-06
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-21-6/
Letter from Francis Biddle, Attorney General of the United States, to Frank Herron Smith, May 8, 1945 (ddr-csujad-21-4)
doc Letter from Francis Biddle, Attorney General of the United States, to Frank Herron Smith, May 8, 1945 (ddr-csujad-21-4)
Biddle's response to Smith's letter to Harry Truman requesting that J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI become involved in stopping the arson and shootings perpetrated against Japanese Americans (see Letter from Frank Herron Smith to President Harry S. Truman, May 4, 1945) informs Smith that unless a federal law is violated, he can not be involved. …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-21-4/
Letter from H. N. Gilbert, Brigadier General, United States Army Director to Masao Okine, May 3, 1945 (ddr-csujad-5-78)
doc Letter from H. N. Gilbert, Brigadier General, United States Army Director to Masao Okine, May 3, 1945 (ddr-csujad-5-78)
An official letter from Office of Dependency Benefits of the U.S. Army Service Forces, Office of the Fiscal Director. It requests the documentary evidence to support the application for family allowance. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: oki_01_17_001
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-5-78/
Evidence of Support in Cases of Persons Desiring to Join Relatives or Friends in the United States (ddr-densho-446-269)
doc Evidence of Support in Cases of Persons Desiring to Join Relatives or Friends in the United States (ddr-densho-446-269)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-269/
Official alphabetical list of the House of Representatives of the United States, 102nd Congress (February 7, 1991) (ddr-csujad-55-2139)
doc Official alphabetical list of the House of Representatives of the United States, 102nd Congress (February 7, 1991) (ddr-csujad-55-2139)
List in alphabetical order of the members of the House of Representatives and standing committees. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2241
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2139/
Japanese passport (ddr-densho-23-5)
doc Japanese passport (ddr-densho-23-5)
English and French translations of the Japanese passport belonging to Bunshiro Tazuma. The Issei, mostly young Japanese males, began immigrating to the United States in the late 1800s. Many were farmers or students with dreams of returning to Japan after making their fortunes in America. The vast majority never realized this dream.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-23-5/
Undokai picnic and field day (ddr-densho-259-362)
img Undokai picnic and field day (ddr-densho-259-362)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "This was the familiar undokai--a combination picnic and field day--which almost every Nikkei community all over the United States held in the summertime for their people. This photo shows maybe half of the Japanese from Hood River Valley, and it was taken at the Yasui Mosier ranch."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-362/
Coram Nobis Exhibit B (ddr-densho-405-4)
doc Coram Nobis Exhibit B (ddr-densho-405-4)
Memo from Edward J. Ennis to Herbert Wechsler regarding Korematsu v. United States. This document was Exhibit B in the coram nobis litigation. This document was available in conjunction with "Race, Rights and Reparation: Law and the Japanese American Internment" by Eric K. Yamamoto, Margaret Chon, Carol Izumi, Jerry Kang, and Frank Wu.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-405-4/
Newspaper clipping regarding Gerhart Hauptmann (ddr-njpa-1-673)
doc Newspaper clipping regarding Gerhart Hauptmann (ddr-njpa-1-673)
Caption on front: "Germany's great dramatist calls upon the president: Gerhart Hauptmann, who has come to the United States to take part in the celebration of the centenary of the death of Goethe, leaving the White House with the German Ambassador, Herr von Prittwitz und Gaffron. (Harris & Ewing, from Times Wide World Photos.)"
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-njpa-1-673/
Noboru Shirai aboard Tatsuta Maru (ddr-csujad-55-1316)
img Noboru Shirai aboard Tatsuta Maru (ddr-csujad-55-1316)
Black and white photograph depicting Noboru Shirai standing next to a life preserver aboard the Tatsuta Maru bound for the United States. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1318
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1316/
Mensaje Para Camara de Representantes Japonesa de Subditos Japoneses on Estados Unidos (ddr-csujad-55-879)
doc Mensaje Para Camara de Representantes Japonesa de Subditos Japoneses on Estados Unidos (ddr-csujad-55-879)
Correspondence from Japanese nationals at Heart Mountain incarceration camp to the Japanese government (via the Spanish Ambassador to the United States). See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0881
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-879/
Instructional aid for aliens on indefinite leaves (ddr-csujad-55-28)
doc Instructional aid for aliens on indefinite leaves (ddr-csujad-55-28)
Instructions regarding procedures and paperwork for indefinite leave from an incarceration camp for incarcerees who are not United States citizens or nationals. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_00031
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-28/
Letter from Elmer L. Shirrell, Relocation Supervisor, to whom it may concern, November 12, 1943 (ddr-csujad-55-2176)
doc Letter from Elmer L. Shirrell, Relocation Supervisor, to whom it may concern, November 12, 1943 (ddr-csujad-55-2176)
Correspondence from Elmer Shirrell to Whom it May Concern regarding George Nakamura's loyalty to the United States and recommendation for a job. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2278
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2176/
Issei father (ddr-densho-151-310)
img Issei father (ddr-densho-151-310)
Original caption: Near Florin, California. This Issei, the father of seven children, came to the United States from Japan when he was a boy. Formerly he was in the wholesale grocery business in Los Angeles and came to Florin, California just before the freezing order came through for all persons of Japanese ancestry.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-310/
73 questions and answers about the WAAC (ddr-csujad-49-5)
doc 73 questions and answers about the WAAC (ddr-csujad-49-5)
A recruiting pamphlet for the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. The pamphlet asks and answers questions about training, duties, promotions, payment and benefits, uniforms, eligibility, and enrollment logistics. Numerous questions are accompanied by cartoon illustrations. An item from the Sue Kato scrapbook (gfb_skc_0001). See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 2019_002_001_007
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-49-5/
Application for certificate of identification (aliens of enemy nationalities), Form AR-AE-22, Itsuhei Takano (ddr-csujad-42-86)
doc Application for certificate of identification (aliens of enemy nationalities), Form AR-AE-22, Itsuhei Takano (ddr-csujad-42-86)
An application for certificate of identification, Form AR-AE-22, filled by Itsuhei Takano. The United States Government requires all aliens of enemy nationalities, including Italy, Germany, and Japan, to apply at a post office in February 1942. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: tak_01_41_001
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-42-86/
Passport application approval (ddr-densho-278-1)
doc Passport application approval (ddr-densho-278-1)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-278-1/
Harry Matsuoka's alien registration card (ddr-densho-390-4)
doc Harry Matsuoka's alien registration card (ddr-densho-390-4)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-390-4/
War Relocation Authority Documents Collection (ddr-densho-282)
Collection War Relocation Authority Documents Collection (ddr-densho-282)
The Government Documents collection is comprised of reports and studies published by the War Relocation Authority. The bulk of the items are focused on the lives and treatment of Japanese Americans during World War II.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-282/
Newspaper article: S.D. Pastor Starts Home - UNRRA Aid Returning from Formosa (ddr-densho-446-407)
doc Newspaper article: S.D. Pastor Starts Home - UNRRA Aid Returning from Formosa (ddr-densho-446-407)
Newspaper profile on Ai Chih Tsai return to U.S. (October 1947)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-407/
Letter from Joseph Savoretti to Lt. Col. Merillat Moses (ddr-densho-446-120)
doc Letter from Joseph Savoretti to Lt. Col. Merillat Moses (ddr-densho-446-120)
Acknowledgement of receipt of letter from June 21. Department of Justice has discontinued practice of amending registration records and cannot consider Tsai's request.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-120/
Bob and Masa (Ogawa) Nakayama Collection (ddr-densho-420)
Collection Bob and Masa (Ogawa) Nakayama Collection (ddr-densho-420)
The Bob and Masa (Ogawa) Nakayama Collection consists of 43 photographic prints and a graduation announcement documenting Bob and Masa's experiences during World War II. Included are scenes from life in Manzanar and Minidoka concentration camps, as well as from military life both in the United States and abroad.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-420/
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