2145 items
2145 items
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Keynote Talk: Rev. Ai Chih Tsai Biography and Legacy (ddr-densho-446-353)
Notes for Taiwanese American Historical Society Keynote Talk on May 17, 2017
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Paul Satoh Interview (ddr-densho-1021-9)
Born in Osaka, Japan, in 1936, Paul Satoh spent a happy childhood as the only child of a chemist and a homemaker. Satoh's extended family included an uncle who had studied at the University of California, Los Angeles, and his wife, a US-born Nikkei from Hawai'i who occasionally had received a "care pack from the United …
Narrator Ben Uyeno
Nisei male. Born November 30, 1918, in Yakima, Washington. Spent two years of childhood in Japan. Returned to Seattle and became an active participant in Japanese American community life. Was attending the University of Washington when World War II started. Avoided incarceration with the help of the Friends (a Quaker organization), which hid him and helped …
Narrator Henry Miyatake
Nisei male. Born April 28, 1929, in Seattle, Washington. Incarcerated at Puyallup Assembly Center and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Had some key childhood experiences with discrimination that made him a self-described, "independent thinker," and later, an influential figure in the Japanese American community. While a teenager in camp, he wrote and defended an essay criticizing the …
Narrator Nobu Suzuki
Nisei female. November 25, 1909, in Seattle, Washington. Father established one of the largest oyster companies in the United States prior to World War II. Graduated from Garfield High School, the University of Washington, and then the Pacific School of Religion where she earned a master's degree in religious education. At the outbreak of WWII, assisted …
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Dealing with Japanese-Americans by John F. Embree, Documents Section, Office of Reports (ddr-csujad-48-131)
Short report from WRA Documents Section leader John F. Embree on recommended attitudes, suggestions, and practices while interacting with incarcerated Japanese Americans. According to Embree, race is hereditary while culture is acquired, and Caucasians should refrain from making stereotypical images of "Japanese types." Embree describes the differences in culture and attitudes including questions of loyalty between …
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Letter from Robert Cashman to American Consul General in Shanghai (ddr-densho-446-242)
Affidavit in support of Ai Chih Tsai's appeal to return to U.S. with immigration status without qualification.
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Letter from Ai Chih Tsai to President Franklin D. Roosevelt (ddr-densho-446-122)
Request for executive action to change status to "friendly alien" based on prior work for U.S. government in order to avoid deportation, to avoid consequences for wife and baby, and to allow Tsai to be considered for employment in the American Consulate in Formosa and Chinese Embassy [final draft]
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Letter from Ai Chih Tsai to Edward J. Ennis (ddr-densho-446-100)
Petition to change Tsai's alien status with description of past efforts and employment record.
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Letter from Ai Chih Tsai to Robert Cashman (ddr-densho-446-101)
Request for Cashman to write a letter to whom it may concern stating that Cashman advised Tsai to withdraw his petition for status change.
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Letter from Ai Chih Tsai to President Franklin D. Roosevelt (ddr-densho-446-123)
Request for executive action to change status to "friendly alien" based on prior work for U.S. government in order to avoid deportation, to avoid consequences for wife and baby, and to allow Tsai to be considered for employment in the American Consulate in Formosa and Chinese Embassy [typed draft]
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 71, No. 25 (December 18, 1970) (ddr-pc-42-50)
Selected article titles: "East Coast history of Japanese to be distinctive contribution" (p. 1), "National Constitution Japanese American Citizens League" (p. 2), "JACL chapter presidents" (p. 4), "JACL Bowling Tournament Champions" (p. 7), "The JACL Story: For Better Americans in a Greater America" (p. 9), "Heart Mountain WRA Camp residents sound off before a Dies Committee …
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Bulletin, no. 6, September 4, 1942 (ddr-csujad-18-2)
Bulletin No. 6, titled: Remember Pearl Harbor. Decrying misinformation accusing people of Japanese descent of sabotage during the attack on Pearl Harbor, the document seeks "to aid in combating the malicious stories which still persist concerning sabotage" there. The report includes numerous items from 1942, including newspaper and magazine articles, and columns from the Chicago Daily …
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"Fujitaro Kubota and his garden" (ddr-densho-354-2125)
Fujitaro Kubota came to the United States in 1907. He settled in Seattle and founded a landscaping business based on principles of Japanese gardening while using many local plants. Kubota Garden began as a place to showcase Fujitaro's work for future clients, but grew into a community gathering place. Even through the horror of internment, Mr. …
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Stuart S. Murray and two men looking at samurai swords (ddr-njpa-2-216)
Caption on reverse: "HISTORIC SWORD: A Japanese samurai sword which was given to the Rev. Samuel Chenery Damon by Manjiro Nakahama about a century ago was presented to Rear Adm. S. S. Murray, commandant of the 14th naval district, at a brief ceremony yesterday afternoon at the Honolulu Academy of Arts by Samuel R. Damon, great …
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Resettlement handbook (ddr-densho-493-34)
"Resettlement Handbook" with front cover illustration of a person considering locations on a large globe. Published by the Evacuee Information Office of the Granada Project. Resource and instruction book for leaving camp. Instructions for how to make transportation arrangements and apply for transportation funding, close out clothing allowance, employment and last paychecks, return of government property, …
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Soldier and mother (ddr-densho-151-45)
Original WRA caption: Florin, Sacramento County, California. A soldier and his mother in a strawberry field. The soldier, age 23, volunteered July 10, 1941, and is stationed at Camp Leonard Wood, Missouri. He was furloughed to help his mother and family prepare for their evacuation. He is youngest of six years children, two of them volunteers …
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Pacific Times: Rev. Ai Chih Tsai: Memories by His Children (ddr-densho-446-351)
Article submitted for publication in the Pacific Times on May 3, 2017.
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Naoko Wake Collection of Oral Histories of US Survivors of the Atomic Bombs (ddr-densho-1021)
This collection consists of ten interviews that historian Naoko Wake conducted in 2011-15 for her book American Survivors: Trans-Pacific Memories of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Five of the interviews are with US survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, while the other five are with medical and legal professionals and community activists who …
Narrator Keiko Shinmoto
Keiko Shinmoto's father migrated from Hiroshima to Portland, Oregon, where his brother was an owner of a grocery store. After returning to Hiroshima to see his ailing father, Keiko's father found it impossible to return to America as his mother hid his passport to keep him in Japan. Shortly, Keiko's mother joined him in Hiroshima, also …
Narrator Matsuko Hayashi
Born in 1921 in Parlier in Fresno County, California, Matsuko Hayashi (pseudonym) grew up as the second oldest of the eight children of a first-generation immigrant who had come to the United States as a sixteen years old, and his wife who had come as a "picture bride." They raised grapes on three farms that Matsuko's …
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Draft: Eulogy for John DeJong (Page 2) (ddr-densho-468-255)
Second page of typed draft eulogizing John DeJong
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Letter from Ernest Cadman Colwell to William Benton, Assistant Secretary of State (ddr-densho-446-315)
Letter of introduction for Ai Chih Tsai, who has 2 interests: establishing a university in Formosa and making plans for his return to Formosa
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Rev. Ai Chih Tsai Biography and Legacy (ddr-densho-446-352)
Powerpoint for Taiwanese-American Historical Society Exhibit presented on May 17, 2017
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Yeichi Nimura posing in costume (ddr-njpa-4-1404)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Yeichi Nimura photo - Iris - Paris." Caption on reverse: "Today the dancers of the world can be counted on the fingers of one hand, and Nimura is one of them. He was born in Japan and educated in the United States, where he first achieved fame and where he originated his …