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vh Mary T. Yoshida Interview Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1014-9-12)

Adjusting to life in Texas

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vh Mary T. Yoshida Interview Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1014-9-8)

Leaving camp for St. Paul, Minnesota

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vh Mary T. Yoshida Interview Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1014-9-15)

Awareness of World War II incarceration experience by younger generations

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vh Mary T. Yoshida Interview Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1014-9-13)

Returning to Minneapolis, working with youth programs at the YWCA

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 35 No. 19 (November 7, 1952) (ddr-pc-24-45)

Selected article titles: "Premier Yoshida urges Issei in U.S. to take advantage of citizenship" (p. 1) "Permanent Nisei Young Republicans urged by Nixon" (p. 1), "Cite Walter-McCarran omnibus bill significant milestone in U.S. law" (p. 2), "Citizenship classes for Denver Issei now ready" (p. 4).

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img Six young Nisei women posing on a lawn (ddr-ajah-6-385)

Caption below photo: Young Nisei women attending summer school pose in Alameda, CA, 1935

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img Early Issei women with their children at a social gathering (ddr-csujad-55-2213)

Black and white photograph of a group of Issei women, one man, and children in formal dress at a social gathering. Pictured from left to right (children sitting on lawn): Susuma Jimba, Harry Yoshida, (first row): Reverend and Mrs. Yoshida, standing next to her is Esther Miwa, standing on right end is Mrs. Kambara with her …

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img Any Old Time (ddr-janm-16-15)

B-7759-A Art Shaw Art Shaw and his Orchestra Vocal refrain by Billy Holiday\nB-7759-B Back Bay Shuffle fox trot Art Shaw and his Orchestra typewritten paper label George Yoshida scotch taped on label . Label black with gold letterings.\n# 13 on list in box

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 78, No. 5 (February 8, 1974) (ddr-pc-46-5)

Selected article titles: "Aliens Eligible for Federal Job, Appellate Holds" (p. 1), "'Two Worlds of Jim Yoshida': Half of Film to Be Shot in Japan" (pp. 1, 4), "Cranston-Kennedy Bilingual Education Bill Adopted by Senate Subcommittee" (p. 3), and "Monterey Peninsula JACL: Matsunaga Sees Nixon to Resign" (p. 3).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 78, No. 3 (January 25, 1974) (ddr-pc-46-3)

Selected article titles: "Reagan Wants Jpn. For State Use" (p. 1), "Washington Newsletter: Anti-Japanese American Acts (It Can Happen Here, Again)" (p. 2), "'Two Worlds of Jim Yoshida': Hollywood Film Production Starts on Saga of Nisei Strandee in Japan" (p. 3), and "Book Review: Manzanar in Retrospect" (p. 5).

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img Kawata family dinner (ddr-densho-477-305)

Photograph of the Kawata family at the end of a meal. Left to right: Sumihiro Kawata, Fuki (Isoshima) Kawata with her daughter Isako Kawata in her lap, and Chiyono (Makio) Isoshima. The caption written on the photo reads "Sumihiro Kawata, Fuki Isako, Grandma Isoshima" in blue ink.

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img Nagai family portrait (ddr-densho-495-62)

Portrait of the Nagai family, from left to right: Dorothy Haruko Nagai, Nancy Teruko Nagai, and Kise (Yoshioka) Nagai. Caption on album page reads: "Haruko, Teruko, and Mother / Kise Nagai (Yamaguchi, Japan / circa 1915)"

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doc Letter from Michi Weglyn to Frank Chin, September 5, 1997 (ddr-csujad-24-78)

A letter from Michi Weglyn to Frank Chin in which she writes about doing research for the Yoshida railroad workers case. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: chi_06_004

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img Post office at the Heart Mountain incarceration camp (ddr-csujad-42-229)

Photographed are incarcerees standing in front of a post office in the Heart Mountain camp. The caption reads: S Yoshida Ht. Mt. Wyo. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: tak_02_06_011

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img Minidoka honor roll (ddr-densho-518-59)

Written next to photograph in scrapbook: [left to right] Eddie, Tosh, May, Ayako.

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Narrator Bessie Yoshida Konishi

Nisei female. Born September 17, 1932, in La Jara, Colorado. Spent childhood in Alamosa, Colorado, where family operated a successful produce farm. Married in 1950 and obtained graduate degree in education. Active with Japanese American community projects and diversity education.

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Narrator Mary T. Yoshida

Nisei female. Born June 6, 1923, in Central Point, Oregon. While in elementary school, sent to live with a foster family in Medford, Oregon. Was attending college when World War II broke out, and was removed to the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Left camp to work in St. Paul, Minnesota, as a housegirl. Finished college …

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img Hiroshi Yoshida's studio (ddr-one-2-397)

Black and white photographic print of crowd walking to art studio of Hiroshi Yoshida, a well-known printmaker in Tokyo, during a tour sponsored by the Red Cross. Shiuko Sakai is pictured wearing a dark coat, and Yo Tagiri is walking on Shiuko Sakai’s left. Inscribed on the back: "Jan 47/Red Cross Tour- Art Studio"

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img Obon Festival- Odori folk dance (ddr-one-1-230)

Black and white photographic negative of Obon dancers performing in front of a crowd. Dancer first from left is Susan Shizuko (Yoshida) Kurimoto. Obon is an annual event hosted by the Oregon Buddhist Church (now known as Oregon Buddhist Temple) and attended by the wider Nikkei community. This image was taken at Holladay Park in Portland, …

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img Nagai family portrait (ddr-densho-495-60)

Back row, left to right: Keitaro Nagai and Kise (Yoshioka) Nagai. Front row, left to right: Haruko Dorothy Nagai, and Teruko Nancy Nagai. Caption on album page above photograph "Keitaro and Kise Yoshioka Nagai / Haruko Dorothy and Teruko Nancy / Circa. 1914."

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img Japanese Consul-General, Hawaii Red Cross workers and a fisherman (ddr-njpa-2-1110)

Caption on reverse: "Pictured above are, left to right, Japan's Consul General Kenzo Yoshida, Manager John Rolfes of the Hawaii Chapter, American Cross, at 453 South Beretania Street; Capt. Kazuo Nagatani, skipper of the ill-fated fishing vessel Hiroshima Maru No. 2 which ran aground off Ala Moana Park last Saturday; and Miss Florence Tam, disaster director …

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Information concerning citizenship German, Italian and Japanese Farmers of Alameda County and associated documents for Egashira family (ddr-densho-491-50)

doc Information concerning citizenship German, Italian and Japanese Farmers of Alameda County and associated documents for Egashira family (ddr-densho-491-50)

Includes property report, JACL Property survey, family reports

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img Record Case (ddr-janm-16-1)

One wooden box with locked hinged lid and thick leather handle at top. Covered in crocodile pattern material glued on. Metal locking mechanism on lid. 7 3/4" x 3/4" leather handle at top held down by two metal. Backside two metal hinges. Small white paper pasted on R5970S.11A YOSHIDA. Inside cover of lid is list of …

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img Obon Festival Dance Rehearsal (ddr-one-1-316)

Black and white photographic negative of Obon dancers rehearsing an Odori folk dance inside Norse Hall in Northeast Portland. Dancers from left to right: Betty Nakashimada, Aki (Shiraishi) Dong, Mabel (Maekawa) Ota, Carol (Takeda) Smith, unidentified, Tomi Tsujimura, Susan Shizuko (Yoshida) Kurimoto. Obon is an annual event hosted by the Oregon Buddhist Church (now known as …

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doc Letter from residents requesting prisoner release, February 18, 1944 (ddr-csujad-2-8)

Letter from residents requesting the release of two incarerees: Wataru Obara, and Hiroichi Shimamura, detained in army stockades at Tule Lake Camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sjs_sch_0008

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