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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 15 No. 26 (November 26, 1942) (ddr-pc-14-25)

Selected article titles: "Five-Day Disturbance Ended At Poston; Loyal Nisei Win Praise of Project Director" (p. 1), "JACL Will Aid Individual Resettlement of Evacuees" (p. 1), "Yasui Appeals Conviction on 'Alien' Charge" (p. 1), "No Black Dragon Society in Canada, Report Mounties" (p. 2), "Christmas Parties Assured For U.S. Evacuee Children" (p. 3), "Tule Lakers To …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 35 No. 1 (July 5, 1952) (ddr-pc-24-27)

Selected article titles: "JACL Plays Important Role in Obtaining Passage of Issei Citizenship Legislation" (p 1), "Wartime Friend of Nisei Asks Japanese Americans to Work For All Victims of Prejudice" (p. 2), "Min Yasui Named Winner of JACL 'Nisei of Biennium' Award at Convention Banquet" (p. 3), "Honor 28 Bay Area Citizens Who Fought for Rights …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Whole No. 2,231, Vol. 96, No. 11 (March 25, 1983) (ddr-pc-55-11)

Selected article titles: "Coram nobis litigants file CWRIC report in U.S. District Court" (p. 1), "NCJAR files its lawsuit for reparations from U.S. gov't" (p. 1), "Yasui says political battles ahead in reparations quest" (p. 1), "Washington Senate votes to pay $5,000 to Nikkei workers" (p. 1), "A few more editorials on Nikkei internment" (p. 1), …

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img "Issei women hoeing strawberries" (ddr-densho-259-274)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Two Issei women hoeing strawberries This picture is interesting because it shows them wearing long dresses with long sleeves, and large straw hats. This kind of attire for farm work wasn't the functional and comfortable clothing that the Issei farm women used to wear in our day. Also it shows very well …

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img Japanese women wearing montsuki (ddr-densho-259-84)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "This picture of an unknown Japanese woman and a younger, equally unknown Japanese woman [shows] the formal montsuki--which is an over-garment which has the family crest placed on it in 5 defined places. The younger woman is wearing what looks like a fancy kapogi--but it looks to good to be just a …

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vh Mary Kinoshita Ikeda Interview (ddr-densho-1000-510)

Nisei female. Born May 18, 1927, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in Seatle, where father wsa the head bellboy at an exclusive club. Attended the Maryknoll Catholic school in Seattle prior to World War II. During World War II, removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. While at Minidoka, brother …

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img Japanese American and white men and boys at St. Marks church (ddr-densho-259-197)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "St. Marks Church in Hood River, showing [Masuo Yasui], several Issei men, a Caucasian minister, and remarkably, a Japanese minister not Isaac Inouye. St. Marks was either a Catholic or Episcopalian church--or maybe it was a Lutheran church. In any event, the two clerics are wearing their collars backwards, as Catholic and …

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img Japanese American and white men and boys at St. Marks church (ddr-densho-259-110)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "St. Marks Church in Hood River, showing [Masuo Yasui], several Issei men, a Caucasian minister, and remarkably, a Japanese minister not Isaac Inouye. St. Marks was either a Catholic or Episcopalian church--or maybe it was a Lutheran church. In any event, the two clerics are wearing their collars backwards, as Catholic and …

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img Japanese American and white men and boys at St. Marks church (ddr-densho-259-237)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "St. Marks Church in Hood River, showing [Masuo Yasui], several Issei men, a Caucasian minister, and remarkably, a Japanese minister not Isaac Inouye. St. Marks was either a Catholic or Episcopalian church--or maybe it was a Lutheran church. In any event, the two clerics are wearing their collars backwards, as Catholic and …

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img Wedding portrait (ddr-densho-259-527)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Wedding portrait of Ryusuke Watanabe, from Kanagawa ken, and his bride, Sen Tokuda, who was born in Tokyo. Ryusuke came to the U.S. in 1907 and Sen came in 1922 It's been said that Ryusuke was one of the four Issei men who were arrested by the FBI and sent to an …

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img Japanese American and white men and boys at St. Marks church (ddr-densho-259-262)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "St. Marks Church in Hood River, showing [Masuo Yasui], several Issei men, a Caucasian minister, and remarkably, a Japanese minister not Isaac Inouye. St. Marks was either a Catholic or Episcopalian church--or maybe it was a Lutheran church. In any event, the two clerics are wearing their collars backwards, as Catholic and …

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img Japanese doctor's clinic (ddr-densho-259-493)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "This portrait appears to have been a Japanese doctors' clinic in Japan It shows five Japanese women dressed in white uniforms so they must have been nurses in the clinic. Whom I presume to have been the owner-doctor is dressed in a morning coat and striped pants, and is even wearing dove-gray …

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img Portrait of Nikkei family (ddr-densho-259-488)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Portrait of the Shohei and Tei Endo family of Willow Flat, Oregon. There have been two spellings for their last name--Endo, as in the Oregon Japanese census of 1928, or Endow, as in Linda Tamura's book, The Hood River Issei. Shohei came to the U.S. in 1908, and Tei, his wife, in …

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img Reverend of the Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church (ddr-densho-259-26)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "The Reverend Seijiro and Mrs. Hana Uemura Rev. Uemura was the pastor of the Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church in Portland in the 1920s Some Portland Nisei still talk about the old 'me-kyokai' Kyokai in this instance meant church, but the 'me' meant the Methodist Episcopal, which was abbreviated M.E. and read as …

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img Issei making sushi (ddr-densho-38-10)

Issei members of the Bukkyo Fujinkai (Buddhist Women's Association) making sushi for the church bazaar. Left, front row: Mrs. Yamanaka, Mrs. Fukei, Mrs. Mizuta, Mrs. Takahashi, Mrs. Aoyama, Mrs. Tsuye, Mrs. Teramoto, Mrs. Shimokon, and Howard Sakura. Left, back row: Mrs. Nagamatsu, Mrs. Hashimawari. unidentified, Mrs. Watanabe, and unidentified. Right, front row: Mrs. Yasui, Mrs. Kihara, …

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doc Minidoka Irrigator Vol. III No. 23 (July 31, 1943) (ddr-densho-119-181)

Selected article titles: "Lack of Evidence Forces Dies to Call Off Nisei Investigations" (p. 1), "WRA Clarifies Segregation Policy. Tule Choice Explains. Agricultural Advantages: Size, Listed as Reasons" (p. 1), "Hunt Exchange of Transferees Not Seen Till After October 1" (p. 1), "Minoru Yasui Released Thurs." (p. 1), "Minnesota American Legion Denounces Race Discrimination" (p. 2), …

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vh Dotti Yasuko Tagawa Reisbord Interview (ddr-densho-1000-509)

Nisei-Sansei female. Born May 9, 1941, in Seattle Washington. An infant when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, family was sent to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. After leaving camp, family returned to Seattle, where Dotti attended school. After high school, moved to Southern California, raised a family, and became a teacher …

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doc Memo to John Tateishi from Clifford Uyeda (ddr-chijacl-1-173)

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doc Memo to Karen Seriguchi and Harry Honda from Clifford Uyeda (ddr-chijacl-1-170)

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Yasui Family and University of Oregon President and Assistant at the Honorary Degree Awarding Ceremony for Nisei students at U of O in 1942 (ddr-densho-259-636)

img Yasui Family and University of Oregon President and Assistant at the Honorary Degree Awarding Ceremony for Nisei students at U of O in 1942 (ddr-densho-259-636)

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vh Mary Kato - Frances Kajita Nishi Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-494-7)

Growing up around other Japanese American families

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vh Mary Kato - Frances Kajita Nishi Interview Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-494-14)

Positive and negative memories of camp

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vh Mary Kato - Frances Kajita Nishi Interview Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1000-494-18)

Meeting future husbands and getting married

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vh Mary Kato - Frances Kajita Nishi Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-494-10)

Memories of the train ride to the Pinedale Assembly Center

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vh Mary Kato - Frances Kajita Nishi Interview Segment 21 (ddr-densho-1000-494-21)

Positive aspects of living in Walla Walla

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