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Letter from Joseph Ishikawa to Bill Becker (ddr-densho-468-218)
doc Letter from Joseph Ishikawa to Bill Becker (ddr-densho-468-218)
Update on requirements to add Norman Thomas to state ballot and efforts to establish Socialist Party in Nebraska. Request for Norman Thomas to speak at convention.
Seattle Times: Navy Loading Relief Supplies to Orient (ddr-densho-446-439)
doc Seattle Times: Navy Loading Relief Supplies to Orient (ddr-densho-446-439)
Ai Chih Tsai was one of the co-chairs of a joint effort by Seattle-area churches and the Navy to provided relief supplies to the Orient.
Inaugural opening of Elk Grove Japanese School (ddr-csujad-55-1588)
img Inaugural opening of Elk Grove Japanese School (ddr-csujad-55-1588)
Sepia-toned photograph of a group of students and adults at the inaugural opening of the Elk Grove Japanese language school. Photograph includes identification of some individuals. From left to right, Yamada, Hatsutaro Ishigaki, Kanjiro Omae, George Haruto Omae, Harry Kaname Omae, Frank Yamada, George Shigeru Matsumoto, Shigeo Sakamoto, Makishima, Robert Masaru Matsumoto, Tsunematsu Sugimoto, Elwood Norio …
Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
doc Seattle Post-Intelligencer: "Wartime Evacuation Japanese Dark Period" (ddr-densho-483-134)
Article in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer commemorating the 25th anniversary of the World War II incarceration of Japanese Americans.
Letter from Joseph Ishikawa to Bill Becker (ddr-densho-468-203)
doc Letter from Joseph Ishikawa to Bill Becker (ddr-densho-468-203)
Update on requirements to add Norman Thomas to state ballot and efforts to establish Socialist Party in Nebraska.
Letter from Joseph Ishikawa to Harry Fleischman (ddr-densho-468-207)
doc Letter from Joseph Ishikawa to Harry Fleischman (ddr-densho-468-207)
Update on attempts to add Norman Thomas to ballot in Nebraska with request for assistance.
Mitsuye May Yamada - Joe Yasutake - Tosh Yasutake Interview (ddr-densho-1000-135)
vh Mitsuye May Yamada - Joe Yasutake - Tosh Yasutake Interview (ddr-densho-1000-135)
Before being contacted by Densho, the Yasutake siblings had planned to conduct their own family history interviews. Individually and jointly, they and other family members had written and gathered material documenting their family history. They shared much of this with me to assist with research and preparation for the Densho interview. Mitsuye's daughter Jeni had coordinated …
Pacific Citizen, Vol. 67, No. 17 (October 25, 1968) (ddr-pc-40-43)
doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 67, No. 17 (October 25, 1968) (ddr-pc-40-43)
Selected article titles: "Seattle to save International dist." (p. 1), "Unpaid Fines of 'Tokyo Rose' Sought by U.S." (p. 1), "Inouye warns against misuse of police power" (p. 1), "United Methodist Church conducts survey of Issei-Nisei congregations" (p. 3), "Politicians once had a field day with racial slur" (p. 6).
Pacific Citizen, Vol. 64, No. 13 (March 31, 1967) (ddr-pc-39-13)
doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 64, No. 13 (March 31, 1967) (ddr-pc-39-13)
Selected article titles: "U.S. supreme court calls Nisei to argue Loving case" (p. 1), "Youth Brotherhood Award started" (p. 1), "Juvenile problems will never cease" (p. 3).
Letter written on behalf of Keizaburo Koyama by Mr. and Mrs. A.C. Goodenough. Page 2 of 4. (ddr-one-5-113)
doc Letter written on behalf of Keizaburo Koyama by Mr. and Mrs. A.C. Goodenough. Page 2 of 4. (ddr-one-5-113)
Photocopy of a declassified letter written to Dr. William G. Everson, President of Linnfield College in McMinneville, Oregon and Chairman of the Alien Enemy Hearing Board by Mr. and Mrs. A.C. Goodenough. This is the second page of a four-letter. The letter continues, stating that early on in their relationship with the Koyamas, Mrs. Koyama confessed …
Pacific Citizen, Vol. 42, No. 25 (June 22, 1956) (ddr-pc-28-25)
doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 42, No. 25 (June 22, 1956) (ddr-pc-28-25)
Selected article titles: "Senate unanimously approves claim bill amendment, need House okay. Senate version limits compromise to $100,000; House bill has no ceiling" (p. 1), "JACL Urges House By-Pass Confab On Senate Action" (p. 1), "President signs amendment to Fulbright Act" (p. 1), "Sacramento Japanese area to be demolished soon" (p. 1), ""Ex-Seattle Nisei attends first …
Pacific Citizen, Vol. 64, No. 10 (March 10, 1967) (ddr-pc-39-10)
doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 64, No. 10 (March 10, 1967) (ddr-pc-39-10)
Selected article titles: "Nipponmachi Renewal" (p. 1), "Japan does best job teaching mathematics, U.S. ranks 8th" (p. 1), "Maryland Mixed Marriage Ban Repealed: Washington, D.C. JACL Active in Push to Repeal Old Law" (p. 1), "D.C. installation oratory placed in the Congressional Record" (p. 1), "Episodes of Evacuation: Crystal City internment" (p. 2), "MDYC workshop to …
Envelope and letter to Dr. Keizaburo
doc Envelope and letter to Dr. Keizaburo "Kei" Koyama from Teru Koyama and Eva Koyama (ddr-one-5-19)
Yellowed envelope addressed to Dr. Keizaburo Koyama in Camp Livingston from his wife, Teru Koyama, in the Portland Assembly Center. The envelope is postmarked Jul 13, 1942. In red pencil “7/16-42” is written just below the postmark. On the left side of the envelope is a purple "CENSORED" stamp with unknown initials below the stamp in …
Envelope and letters to Dr. Keizaburo
doc Envelope and letters to Dr. Keizaburo "Kei" Koyama from Teru Koyama and Miriam Kiyo Koyama (ddr-one-5-30)
Envelope addressed to Dr. Keizaburo Koyama at Camp Livingston from his wife, Teru Koyama, and daughter, Miriam Kiyo Koyama. Postmarked Sep 16, 1942. In red pencil “9/20-42” is written to the left of the postmark. In the lower left corner is a purple "Censored" stamp from Camp Livingston. Inside the envelope are two letters, one from …
Thomas T. Noguchi Interview (ddr-densho-1021-8)
vh Thomas T. Noguchi Interview (ddr-densho-1021-8)
Thomas Noguchi was the first Japanese American to serve as the Chief Medical Examiner-Coroner of Los Angeles Country. Well-known for conducting autopsies of public figures such as Robert F. Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe, and William Holden, Noguchi was in the position between 1967 and 1982. As a Shin Issei immigrant born in Japan (in 1927) and trained …
Pacific Citizen, Vol. 66, No. 2 (January 12, 1968) (ddr-pc-40-2)
doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 66, No. 2 (January 12, 1968) (ddr-pc-40-2)
Selected article titles: "Race not important in determining whether one tolerates or rejects transplanted organ, says Nisei" (p. 1), "JACL can take on part of Negro problem, Marutani tells CCDC" (p. 1), "An unselfish Issei who comforted the needy, the sick for 50 years honored by Salt Lake" (p. 1), "Four couples cited for giving comfort …
Pacific Citizen, Vol. 67, No. 22 (November 29, 1968) (ddr-pc-40-48)
doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 67, No. 22 (November 29, 1968) (ddr-pc-40-48)
Selected article titles: "Issei wonders about justice, waits over year for day in court" (p. 1), "Chicago JAB statement of policy on police OK'd" (p. 1), "Nation's sense of values opened for critical look at CCDC confab" (p. 1), "Racial innuendo charged in Wash. log issue debates" (p. 1), "Tsukemono, shoyu, sake in huge amounts lead …
Pacific Citizen, Vol. 64, No. 15 (April 14, 1967) (ddr-pc-39-16)
doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 64, No. 15 (April 14, 1967) (ddr-pc-39-16)
Selected article titles: "High tribunal impressed by Nisei plea in Loving case" (p. 1), Unanimous supreme court favors late yen claimants" (p. 1), "Housing act overhaul proposed" (p. 1), "Sokagakkai subversive charge recoils Commission" (p. 1), "McCarran Internal Security Act of 1950 seen as step to avert another Evacuation" (p. 3).
Mitsuye May Yamada Interview (ddr-densho-1000-137)
vh Mitsuye May Yamada Interview (ddr-densho-1000-137)
Female, child of Issei parents. Born July 5, 1923, in Fukuoka, Japan while her mother and two older Nisei brothers visited relatives. Named Mitsuye Mei Yasutake at birth. From age 3, grew up in Seattle, WA. Father employed by the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service as interpreter for twenty years, until separated from family on December …
Pacific Citizen, Vol. 65, No. 13 [10] (September 8, 1967) (ddr-pc-39-37)
doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 65, No. 13 [10] (September 8, 1967) (ddr-pc-39-37)
Selected article titles: "Public school teachers more worried about job security than education" (p. 1), "Economic development, social upkeep of Asia is Japan's new role: Shimoda" (p. 1), "Enomoto challenges JACLers to strive for more meaningful record; Cincinnati lass chosen queen" (p. 1), "Nisei urges repeal of 1952 McCarran Act to bar detention camp revival; JACL …
Pacific Citizen, Vol. 64, No. 23 (June 9, 1967) (ddr-pc-39-24)
doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 64, No. 23 (June 9, 1967) (ddr-pc-39-24)
Selected article titles: "Yokohama Specie Bank yen deposit claimants get final chance to file" (p. 1), "Watsonville JACL project to beautify Japanese cemetery" (p. 1), "UCLA Symposium on Evacuation: Japanese tailor-made for Army order, says Kitano" (p. 1), "UC Berkeley accepts Japanese women student clubhouse on Hearst Ave." (p. 1).
Pacific Citizen, Vol. 71, No. 16 (October 16, 1970) (ddr-pc-42-41)
doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 71, No. 16 (October 16, 1970) (ddr-pc-42-41)
Selected article titles: "Hawaii will elect Nisei lt. governor" (p. 1), "Positive action brewing from continuous Asian actor picket" (p. 1), Seattle City Council votes 5-4 approving Nihonmachi housing" (p. 1), "Union protests firing at Sony distributors" (p. 3), "Asian American biographical data shows up wide career achievements" (p. 3).
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