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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 56, No. 21 (May 24, 1963) (ddr-pc-35-21)

Selected article titles: "Gen. Devers to Participate in June 2 Memorial for Nisei" (pp. 1, 4), "Documentary Material Sought for Japanese History Project (pp. 1, 3), "Washington Newsletter: Kuchel: Fright Peddlers" (pp. 1-2), and "Assimilation of Youth into JACL Program Should Be Two-Ways; Chapter Must Welcome Them, Youth Must Offer Self to JACL" (p. 4).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 53, No. 3 (July 21, 1961) (ddr-pc-33-29)

Selected article titles: "Washington Newsletter: Comments on Evacuation Series" (p. 1), "Akiji Yoshimura's Job as Liaison Chairman for 'Issei Story' Described" (p. 1), "Federal Gov't. Moves to End Housing Bias in Nation's Capital" (p. 1), and "Nevada's New Commission of Equal Rights of Citizens Starts Study of Racial Problems; Negroes Feel Mild Law in Right Direction" …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 53, No. 1 (July 7, 1961) (ddr-pc-33-27)

Selected article titles: "TV Station Apologizes for Anti-Nisei Film" (p. 1), "Senate Passes Bill to Allow Issei Widow to Remain in U.S., Was to Be Deported" (p. 1), "'Command Decision': Evacuation, Part 6" (p. 1), and "Nisei Americans Show Interest in Visit of Prime Minister Ikeda to Washington; Japan Recognized as Hope in Far East" (p. …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 108, No. 16 (April 28, 1989) (ddr-pc-61-16)

Selected article titles: "NCWNPDC, CCDC & PSWDC: JACL Concerns Examined at Reno Tri-District Conference" (p. 1), "Go for Broke National Veterans Association Preparing Gala Golden Anniversary Program for 1993 in Washington" (pp. 1, 3), "From the Frying Pan: Japan's Post-War Success: The Nisei Connection" (p. 4), and "Grassroots Forum: Speculation on JACL's Future" (p. 5).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 84, No. 5 (February 11, 1977) (ddr-pc-49-5)

Selected article titles: "Reactions to Ariyoshi Plan to Control Immigration Mixed" (p.1), "Colorado Issei Pioneer: Naoichi Hokasono" (p.1), "Anti-Evacuation Stance of Justice Dept. Recalled" (p.1-2), "For E-1' Visa Immigrant Students in Washington: Resident Tuition Privilege Aim" (p.3), "Summary of Planning Conference on Nisei Retirement" (p.4), "Pardon for Iva Toguri" (p.5).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Whole No. 2161, Vol. 93, No. 17 (October 23, 1981) (ddr-pc-53-42)

Selected article titles: "Former U.S. government officials slated to testify at CWRIC-Washington hearing" (p. 1), "McCloy letter lauds wartime Nikkei behavior in camps" (p. 1), "Oregon state map showing 'Jap Hollow' ires Portland Nisei" (p. 1), "Ex-Poston boss backs redress; camp 'far from comfortable'" (p. 3), "JACLers step up push for bill to aid Hibakusha" (p. …

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img Mayor signing the Day of Remembrance proclamation (ddr-densho-10-15)

Mayor Charles Royer of Seattle, Washington, signs the proclamation for the Day of Remembrance. Behind him (left to right): Henry Miyatake, Shosuke Sasaki, Arlene Oki, Ron Mamiya, Floyd Schmoe, Cherry Kinoshita, and Dr. Minoru Masuda. Annual Day of Remembrance ceremonies are held in many Japanese American communities on or around February 19th, the day Executive Order …

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img Japanese performance (ddr-csujad-25-343)

A photograph of a Japanese theater performance taken by "Aiko," a photo studio in Seattle, Washington. Performers wear kimono. It is taken in the early 1900s. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_12_005

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img Tacoma Hongwanji Buddhist Church (ddr-csujad-25-340)

A group photograph of the funeral attendees taken in front of "Tacoma Hongwanji Buddhist Church", in Tacoma, Washington. It is probably taken in the early 1900s. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_12_002

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doc Manzanar Free Press Vol. 5 No. 19 (March 4, 1944) (ddr-densho-125-216)

Selected article titles: "Committee Drafts Resolutions for Washington Consideration" (p. 1), "Six on Probation for Law Violation" (p. 1), "Sentence Man on Assault Charge" (p. 1), "Manzanar Resolutions: Memorandum to Project Director Merritt" (p. 1), "Ickes Names Jerome as First to Close" (p. 1), "Conduct Hearings for Tule Internees" (p. 2), "Segregation Hits Recreation Staff" (p. …

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doc Manzanar Free Press Vol. III No. 43 (May 29, 1943) (ddr-densho-125-135)

Selected article titles: "Photo Studio Temporarily Closed Due to Lack of Photographer" (p. 1), "General DeWitt to be Given Post in Washington, D.C.?" (p. 1), "U.S. in Wartime Depicted by Employment Offers" (p. 1), "Resettlers Offered Accommodations on Special Bus" (p. 1), "Average Attendances Good, Declares Principal High" (p. 1), "Return of Japanese to West Coast" …

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img Portrait of Karl C. Leebrick (ddr-njpa-2-594)

Caption on reverse: "BACK FROM TOKYO: Dr. K. C. Leebrick, former member of the University of Hawaii faculty who served as a special assistant to Gen. Douglas MacArthur's political adviser in Tokyo during the past seven months, is now renewing acquaintances in Honolulu en route to Washington, D. C., for reassignment. He is a lieutenant-colonel in …

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img William and Nancy Quinn posing with their children (ddr-njpa-2-1019)

Caption on reverse: "'one big happy family' reunion: The Quinn clan is pictured in a reunion in the Pan American Airways lounge at the airport Saturday afternoon when William F. Quinn, the governor-designate, returned from Washington. Left to right: Billy, Jr., Timothy, Cecily Ann, Mr. Quinn, Stephen, Christopher, and Mrs. Quinn. --(Hawaii Times photo by Seiki …

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doc Letter (with envelope) and copy of Tsuyako "Sox" Kitashima's testimony before the Commission on Wartime Relocation (August 13, 1981) (ddr-janm-4-5)

Letter to Tsuyako "Sox" Kitashima from Katrina Shores, Special Assistant to the Chair of the Commission on Wartime Relocation (January 11, 1982). It encloses a draft copy of Kitashima's testimony before the Commission on Wartime Relocation she gave at the hearing on August 13, 1981 in San Francisco, California. Envelope is postmarked January 20, 1982 from …

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img Fujin Home (ddr-densho-2-3)

The Fujin Home, which was affiliated with the Christian Baptist Church, was located at 11th and Spruce in Seattle, Washington. It offered shelter for people such as orphans, the handicapped, and women who were recently divorced or widowed and who had nowhere else to go. Various types of classes and social activities were organized by the …

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doc In My Parents' Words (ddr-densho-258-208)

A booklet to accompany a panel entitled In My Parents' Words: Voices from the Department of Justice Camps at the 2013 Japanese American National Museum National Conference held at the Sheraton Hotel in Seattle, Washington. Satoru Ichikawa focuses on the separation of his father, a Buddhist priest, from his family for two years during the family's …

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img Portrait of Lester B. Pearson (ddr-njpa-1-1152)

Caption on reverse: "Heads United Nations Interim Commission on Food and Agriculture. L.B. Pearson, Minister-Counsellor of the Canadian Legation in Washington, has been elected Permanent Chairman of the United Nations Interim Commission on Food and Agriculture. The commission, representing forty-four countries, was formally organized at the recent United Nations Food Conference in the U.S."

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img Wang Ching-ting smoking a pipe (ddr-njpa-1-1116)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "(Washington) Domei. Chinese Ambassador to the US Wang is an unenviable person; as his government's representative he must follow their instructions regardless of his feelings as an individual or whether they're to his liking or not. If they lose [illegible] in the political world [illegible] as shown in the good news. [Written] …

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vh Frank Kitamoto Interview (ddr-densho-1000-35)

Sansei male. Born May 28, 1939, on Bainbridge Island, Washington. Incarcerated with parents at Manzanar concentration camp, California, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Returned to Bainbridge Island after end of World War II. President of the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Community (BIJAC), a community organization dedicated to the preservation of Japanese American history on Bainbridge Island.

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doc Seattle Chapter, JACL Reporter, Vol. 34, No. 2, February 1997 (ddr-sjacl-1-443)

Newsletter covering the following topics: JACL will participate in first APIC Legislative day in Olympia; Aki Kurose honored with the dedication of the Laurelhurst Peace Garden Project and a $32,000 grant for a peep counseling resolution program at Laurelhurst Elementary where she taught; Rep. Kip Tokuda introduces Day of Remembrance resolution in the Washington House of …

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doc Seattle Chapter, JACL Reporter, Vol. XX, No. 8, August 1983 (ddr-sjacl-1-324)

Newsletter covering the following topics: August 21, 1983 dedication of Puyallup Fair Monument for Camp Harmony, home to 7,200 Seattle JAs from April to September 1942; Masuda Memorial/University of Washington Archival Project: Shorai no Tame ni. ?For the sake of the future? Please donate Photos, manuscripts on Seattle JACL; moment of silence for Eira Nagaoka.

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doc Seattle Chapter, JACL Reporter, Vol. VI, No. 10, October 1969 (ddr-sjacl-1-112)

Bulletin covering the following topics: community to pay tribute to Issei Pioneers at Nov 24 Banquet at Washington Plaza Hotel, 230 Issei verified, $7.50/Person; standing room only as Police answer questions on Senior citizen safety at JACL Meeting; ACE confronts Mayor on use of Police tactics at UW demonstrations; ?Nisei Syndrome" demo at PNWDC meeting in …

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vh Margaret Saito Interview (ddr-manz-1-84)

Nisei female. Born March 14, 1933, in El Centro, California. Grew up in California where parents were farmers. During World War II, removed with family to the Pomona Assembly Center, California, and Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. After leaving camp, lived for a short time in Spokane, Washington, before moving to Sacramento with family and finishing …

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img Woman holding historic photo (ddr-densho-34-137)

Fifty years later, Shigeko Kitamoto holds a picture that was taken of her children and herself on March 30, 1942 as they were waiting to board a special ferry to Seattle during the exclusion of Japanese Americans from Bainbridge Island, Washington. The children in the photo are from left to right: Jane, Frances and Frank Kitamoto.

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Collection Akizuki Collection (ddr-densho-28)

This Akizuki collection, 1920s-1940s, documents some locations in Bellevue, Washington, and includes one photo of Seattle's Public Market in the 1920s.

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