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img Fourth biennial Japanese American Citizens League convention (ddr-densho-259-305)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Posed group of JACL [Japanese American Citizens League] members at the 4th biennial national convention held in Seattle, September 1936. There are only some 50-75 people present, which indicates how small the beginnings of JACL were."

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img Four people (ddr-densho-287-362)

Black and white photograph of four people outside together. From left to right: Lena "Charlee" (Kageyama) Omori, Jeannie, Mikie (Kageyama) Yasui, and Robert "Bob" Kageyama. Written on the album page below the image is "Charlee - Jeannie - Mikie - Bob" in white pencil.

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doc Tulean Dispatch Vol. 5 No. 82 (June 24, 1943) (ddr-densho-65-386)

Selected article titles: "D. of Columbia CIO Group Backs Relocation Plan" (p. 1), "Petition to Amend City Charter Approved; One-Fourth Must Sign" (p. 1), "Convictions of Hirabayashi, Yasui Upheld by Court" (p. 1), "Speakers Listed for School Panel" (p. 3).

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doc Japanese Testing Curfew Denied Bail (June 16, 1943) (ddr-densho-56-934)

The Seattle Daily Times, June 16, 1943, p. 11

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 106, No. 3 (January 22, 1988) (ddr-pc-60-3)

Selected article titles: "Hirabayashi Case May Go to High Court" (p. 1), "Northern California Leaders Support Nakanishi" (pp. 1-2), "Congressman Vouches for JACL's Collaboration with Army in 1942" (pp. 2-3), and "Matchmaking Japanese-Style" (pp. 3, 5).

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img Issei men in suits wearing Japanese flag lapel pins (ddr-densho-259-344)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Group of Issei men in business suits, all of them wearing Japanese flag lapel pins There are strings of paper flags of many nations strung from the ceiling...I will guess that this was some sort of celebration of Japan's entry into World War I on the side of the Allies, because I …

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img Issei men in front of Buddhist church (ddr-densho-259-330)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "39-40 Issei men sitting in chairs in front of what surely must have been a Buddhist church in Portland. The swastika on the door indicates that this was a Buddhist temple. I suspect that these men were members of the Nipponjin Kai--sometimes called the Nihonjin Kai--Japanese Association."

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vh Stanley N. Shikuma Interview I (ddr-densho-1000-517)

Sansei male. Born December 2, 1953, in Brogan, Oregon. Grew up primarily in the Watsonville, California, area, where parents ran a farm. Exposed at an early age to activism and organized labor. Attended Stanford University and then moved to Seattle, Washington, and earned a nursing credential. Has joined and led several prominent Seattle-area taiko (Japanese drum) …

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vh Stanley N. Shikuma Interview II (ddr-densho-1000-520)

Sansei male. Born December 2, 1953, in Brogan, Oregon. Grew up primarily in the Watsonville, California, area, where parents ran a farm. Exposed at an early age to activism and organized labor. Attended Stanford University and then moved to Seattle, Washington, and earned a nursing credential. Has joined and led several prominent Seattle-area taiko (Japanese drum) …

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doc Report Card (ddr-ohs-1-35)

Miyuki Yabe school report card from the Virgil Junior High School for the semester ending June 23, 1939.

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doc Report Card (ddr-ohs-1-34)

Miyuki Yabe school report card from the Virgil Junior High School for the quarter ending April 14, 1939

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img Outside the Hood River Japanese Community Hall after Masuo Yasui was honored for services rendered (ddr-densho-259-612)

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img Portrait of young Nisei man (ddr-densho-259-368)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Portrait of William Ito, the eldest son of Keisuke and Kei Ito, of Portland. William became the first Oregon Nisei to earn an M.D. degree. He established his practice in Honolulu, Hawaii." Signature on photograph: "Sincerely, William Ito."

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img Japanese woman in kimono (ddr-densho-259-114)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Midori Miyake taken in Japan in kimono. She is our first cousin, who was born in Hood River, Oregon (actually, Pine Grove, on our family farm), where her father Saburo Miyake, worked the orchard and the berry field."

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img Nisei girls at the Japanese Community Hall (ddr-densho-259-175)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "20 or so Nisei girls gathered along the south side of the Dee Japanese Community Hall this may represent a Japanese language school, because Mrs. Haru Tsuji, who was a Japanese language teacher, is standing in the background."

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img Japanese man and woman reading in a garden (ddr-densho-259-238)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Japanese print, showing a Japanese man and a Japanese woman wearing rather tall geta (Japanese wooden clogs). Both of them seem to be reading from a piece of white paper. On their left is a small Japanese garden."

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img Nisei boys at Japanese language school (ddr-densho-259-187)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "A group of the young Dee Nisei boys pictured with [Japanese language teacher] Haru Tsuji. Since Toru Hasegawa is also in this picture, maybe some of the Oak Grove Nisei attended the language school at the Dee Community Hall."

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vh Jim Akutsu Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-122-12-4)

Feeling disappointment upon meeting Minoru Yasui

This interview was conducted by filmmaker Frank Abe for his 2000 documentary, Conscience and the Constitution, about the World War II resisters of conscience at the Heart Mountain incarceration camp. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life histories, instead primarily focusing on issues surrounding …

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img Pacific Citizen, Vol. 99, No. 24 (December 14, 1984) (ddr-pc-56-49)

Selected article titles: "It's confirmed: Sansei prefer to marry non-Japanese" (p. 1), "Little Tokyo time capsule to be buried" (p. 2), "Direct redress committee to fete Yasui" (p. 3), "Preserving Prewar Images of Seattle Issei" (p. 5), "Future of Little Tokyo" (p. 7).

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doc Gila News-Courier Vol. III No. 69 (January 29, 1944) (ddr-densho-141-224)

Selected article titles: "Attorney: Minoru Yasui Speaks Tonight" (p. 1), "More Information Given on Nisei Draft Service" (p. 1), "Council Condemns Acts of Cruelty on Prisoners" (p. 1), "Butte Council Condemns Atrocities" (p. 2), "Editorial: Failings at Home" (p. 2), "Qualifications for Draft" (p. 3).

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img Nikkei family seated in living room (ddr-densho-259-393)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "The Katsusaburo and Michiko Tamura family portrait, taken in their home located jear the old Emory (?) sawmill east of Odell, [Oregon]. Seated, [left to right]: Michiko (mother), Alice, unidentified Issei man, George & Oscar. Standing, [left to right]: Katsusaburo (father) & Harry."

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img "Hood River Japanese Hall" (ddr-densho-259-78)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "A large photo of a great many if not the majority, of the Japanese who lived in Hood River [Oregon] valley. This picture was taken in front of the Hood River Japanese Community Hall, which was built in 1926-27."

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img "Portrait of a Nikkei family" (ddr-densho-259-391)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Portrait of a Nikkei family. This was the 'George' (Y)Eitaro and Hama (Sato) Yamaki family, first of Oak Grove, then of Pine Grove, Oregon. Front, [left to right]: Hama, Shigenobu, Eitaro. Back, [left to right]: William, Eiko, Mitsuko, Hideo Sato."

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img "Issei in quasi-feudal Japanese costumes" (ddr-densho-259-453)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "A group of Hood River Issei in quasi-feudal Japanese costumes. I think that this picture was taken at our Mosier farm because of the hills in the background I suspect that this was another undokai [field day/sports day]."

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img Young People's Christian Conference (ddr-densho-259-365)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "I think that this gathering took place in front of what was then called the Centenary Wilbur Methodist Church, in Portland I suspect that this was a YPCC--Young People's Christian Conference--because many of the Nisei are wearing identification badges."

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