3146 items
3146 items
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Grant Hirabayashi Interview (ddr-densho-1000-183)
Kibei male. Born November 9, 1919, in Thomas, Washington. Went to Japan at age twelve, attended school, and returned to the U.S. as a high school student. Enlisted in the army just prior to the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and was eventually recruited for the Military Intelligence Service. Selected as one of fourteen Japanese Americans to …
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Betty Morita Shibayama Interview (ddr-densho-1000-152)
Nisei female. Born May 30, 1933, in Hood River, Oregon. Raised in the Hood River valley on family farm. After December 7, 1941, removed to the Pinedale Assembly Center, California, and then to the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. In 1943, moved with family to the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho, before leaving camp for Chicago, Illinois, …
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Elaine Ishikawa Hayes Interview III (ddr-densho-1000-163)
Nisei female. Born June 30, 1923, in Willows, California. Grew up in Sacramento, California, prior to World War II. During the war, was removed to the Sacramento Assembly Center, California, and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Left camp to attend college in Wisconsin, and later moved to Chicago, Illinois. Post-World War II, was active in …
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Elaine Ishikawa Hayes Interview I (ddr-densho-1000-157)
Nisei female. Born June 30, 1923, in Willows, California. Grew up in Sacramento, California, prior to World War II. During the war, was removed to the Sacramento Assembly Center, California, and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Left camp to attend college in Wisconsin, and later moved to Chicago, Illinois. Post-World War II, was active in …
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Tokio Hirotaka - Toshio Ito - Joe Matsuzawa Interview (ddr-densho-1000-23)
Mr. Hirotaka was born in 1910, Mr. Matsuzawa was born in 1913, and Mr. Ito in 1922. All three are Nisei males, born and raised in Bellevue, Washington. They and their families were incarcerated at the Pinedale Assembly Center, California, and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Prior to the war, their families were part of a …
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Elaine Ishikawa Hayes Interview II (ddr-densho-1000-158)
Nisei female. Born June 30, 1923, in Willows, California. Grew up in Sacramento, California, prior to World War II. During the war, was removed to the Sacramento Assembly Center, California, and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Left camp to attend college in Wisconsin, and later moved to Chicago, Illinois. Post-World War II, was active in …
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Frank H. Hirata Interview (ddr-densho-1000-271)
Kibei-Nisei male. Born November 19, 1925, in Spokane, Washington. At the age of ten, went to Japan with grandfather. During World War II, was conscripted into the Japanese army, and was still in training when the war ended. After the war, continued education, graduating from Kyoto University with a law degree. Got married in 1957 and …
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Tomiko Hayashida Egashira (ddr-densho-1001-24)
Nisei female. Grew up on Bainbridge Island, Washington, where parents ran a farm. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. Transferred to the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. After leaving camp, returned to Bainbridge Island.
(This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park …
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Doreen Rapada Interview (ddr-densho-1001-28)
Female of First Squamish Nation and Filipino descent. Born August 3, 1943, on Bainbridge Island, Washington. Grew up on Bainbridge Island, where parents worked as strawberry farmers and were prominent members of the Filipino American community on the island.
(This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National …
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Hisa Matsudaira Interview (ddr-densho-1001-27)
Nisei female. Grew up on Bainbridge Island, Washington, where family ran a farm. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California, eventually transferring to the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. After the war, returned to Bainbridge Island.
(This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National …
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Joe Kino Interview (ddr-densho-1001-33)
Nisei male. Spent early years in Japan before returning to Bainbridge Island, Washington. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. After leaving camp, lived in Chicago, Illinois, for a time before eventually returning to Bainbridge.
(This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from …
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Yukiko Takahashi Interview (ddr-densho-1001-22)
Nisei female. Grew up on Bainbridge Island, Washington. Was working as a maid in Seattle when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. During the war, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California, and transferred to the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho.
(This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of …
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Iku Amatatsu Watanabe Interview (ddr-densho-1001-36)
Nisei female. Grew up on Bainbridge Island, Washington. During World War II, removed with family to the Manzanar concentration camp, California, and transferred to the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. After leaving camp, lived and worked in Chicago for a time before eventually returning to Bainbridge.
(This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from …
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Shig Moritani Interview (ddr-densho-1001-21)
Nisei male. Born April 10, 1921. Grew up in Bainbridge Island, Washington, where family ran a strawberry farm. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. Left camp and lived in Chicago and New York before eventually returning to Bainbridge Island.
(This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the …
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Letter from F. de Amat, Consul of Spain, to Mr. Shizuo Sasaki, Secretary, Spanish Consul Joint Committee, Topaz, Utah, February 18, 1944 (ddr-csujad-55-886)
Correspondence from F. de Amat, Consul of Spain, to Shizuo Sasaki, Secretary, Spanish Consul Joint Committee, regarding selective service of the Japanese American citizens. Includes information from the Embassy in Washington. D.C. regarding obligations of American citizens of Japanese descent to serve in the U.S. Army. Letter relayed from the Consul of Spain in San Francisco …
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Seattle Chapter, JACL Reporter, Vol. 38, No. 4, April 2001 (ddr-sjacl-1-488)
Newsletter covering the following topics: Seattle JACL co-sponsors event to honor Takuji Yamashita who was posthumously admitted to the Washington State Bar Association 99 years after he graduated from the UW Law School but prohibited from practicing law because he was an alien ineligible for citizenship; Seattle JACL to make sushi for the Seattle Cherry Blossom …
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Seattle Chapter, JACL Reporter, Vol. VIII, No. 10, October 1971 (ddr-sjacl-1-135)
Bulletin covering the following topics: 50th Anniversary Program-Aim to honor pioneers like Clarence Arai. After potluck at Blaine with National President having a ?rap? session with youth, ?Sansei, can you dig politics??; Congress passes bill to Repeal Title II of the Internal Security Act of 1950; Pride and Shame to be exhibited in Olympia at PNW …
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Seattle Chapter, JACL Reporter, Vol. 24, No. 6, June 1987 (ddr-sjacl-1-364)
Newsletter covering the following topics: JACL sponsored Redress Seminar at Nippon Kan attracts 120 scholars and teachers, keynote by Washington Supreme Court Chief Justice, Vernon Pearson, panel of former internees, Sally Kazama, Mako Nakagawa, Sama Nakagawa, and Roy Sakamoto; ?Coming Home? is 1988 Seattle JACL Convention theme; Young Adults group will be named ?Doshi Kai? Chiz …
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Mae Hara Collection (ddr-densho-308)
The Mae Hara Collection is comprised of photographs and documents from the personal family collection of Mae Hara, a Japanese American who was interview by Densho in 2004. The photos depict Mae's prewar life in Seattle, Washington. The documents concern her family's Oyster business pre-war, relocation to Minidoka, and post war life.
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Fremont JACL Collection (ddr-densho-491)
The collection consists of documents collected by the Fremont JACL (then the Washington Township JACL) with information on property ownership and agricultural work of Japanese Americans in the area in advance of the population's removal. Also included are nine scrapbooks with photos, documents, meeting notes for Fremont and South Alameda County JACL from 1949-1980.
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Asano Terao Interview II Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-109-8)
Comparison of the discrimination in Salt Lake City, Utah and Seattle, Washington (Japanese language)
This interview was conducted in Japanese and was translated so as to convey Mrs. Terao's way of speaking as closely as possible. For example, there are instances in which she makes some grammatical errors. These mistakes are conveyed through similar grammatical errors …
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Asano Terao Interview II Segment 27 (ddr-densho-1000-109-27)
Returning to job making necklaces after moving back to Seattle, Washington (Japanese language)
This interview was conducted in Japanese and was translated so as to convey Mrs. Terao's way of speaking as closely as possible. For example, there are instances in which she makes some grammatical errors. These mistakes are conveyed through similar grammatical errors in …
Narrator Marianne West
Nisei female. Born November 4, 1926, in Seattle, Washington. Family lived in Leavenworth, Washington, then moved to the West Coast. After the outbreak of World War II, family was removed from Bellingham, Washington, to Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Transferred to Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming, before leaving to resettle in Spokane, Washington.
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News clippings regarding the incarceration of Japanese Americans, F.C. 19, December, 1943 (ddr-csujad-55-761)
Collection of newspaper clippings covering Japanese Americans during World War II. Topics include incarceration camps, Japanese American soldiers, race, prejudice, work, and other commentary. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0763