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1047 items
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Nisei linguists (ddr-densho-114-144)
Original caption: Capt. R. W. Pedlow of Chester, Pa., right, and Tec 3 James Iso of San Jose, Calif., Nisei, left, are attached to the G2 Liaison section, Allied Translation and Interpreter section, GHQ, Army Forces in the Pacific, Nippon Yusen Kaisha Bldg., Tokyo, Japan. They are responsible for furnishing qualified Nisei interpreters and translators needed …
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Colorado Times Vol. 31, No. 4334 (July 10, 1945) (ddr-densho-150-48)
Selected article titles: "The 11th Street Corner"; "Nisei in Italian Fighting Donate to Roosevelt Memo"; "Nisei Study Nebraska to Find New Locations"; "$1,000 Reward to Bar Attacks on Nisei in Calif. Revealed"; "Tadano-Taguchi Wedding"; "Bill Mauldin Says Nisei GIs Did More Than Any Others"; "Court Bans Commercial Leases by Alien Japanese"; "San Jose JACL to Meet"; …
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Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 93 (August 2, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-180)
Selected article titles: "Army Sole Arbiter of Returnees"; "On the Other Hand"; "San Jose League Social"; "Say Mating Problem Related to Teeth"; "Expressive Speech"; "Seeking Harley Yoshimura"; "Birth of Boy Reported"; "Land Suit Filed in Visalia Court"; "The Basic Trouble"; "Returnee Osako, Commits Suicide in Seattle"; "Girl, 22, Killed"; "Marriage License Secured"; "Memorial Book Fund Established"; …
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Granada Pioneer Vol. III No. 42 (March 28, 1945) (ddr-densho-147-253)
Selected article titles: "Lauds Stand Taken by San Jose Law Officer" (p. 1), "To Refuse Evacuee Plan" (p. 1), "Reveals 17,600 Nisei in US Armed Services. Has Accepted Alien Japanese" (p. 1), "Seattle Area Properties for Sale" (p. 3), "6000 Tule Lake Nisei Ask Citizenship Renunciation" (p. 3), "Exhibits Paintings and Drawings of Center Life" (p. …
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"The Junta Meets to Discuss the Future of the Revolution" (ddr-njpa-1-1787)
Caption on reverse: "The Junta meets to discuss the future of the revolution: the five men who replaced the de Cespedes cabinet assemble in Havana as the government changed hands. Reading from the left, they are: Sergio Carbo, a Havana publisher; Dr. Ramon Grau San Martin, Dr. Guillermo Portela, a professor in the University of Havana; …
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Misa Taketa Interview (ddr-densho-1000-436)
Nisei female. Born January 18, 1925, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in the South Park area, south of Seattle, where parents ran a farm. During World War II, removed to the Pinedale Assembly Center, California, and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, lived and worked in Ontario, Oregon, for a time, before living …
Narrator Dave Kawamoto
Nisei male. Born December 16, 1916, in Cupertino, California. Attended San Jose State College, where he was an NCAA wrestling champion. Immediately after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, tried to enlist in the U.S. Air Corps, but was refused on account of his Japanese ancestry. Was one semester short of earning a business degree when he …
Narrator Susan Hayase
Sansei female. Born 1956. Member of San Jose Nihonmachi Outreach Committee (NOC) and National Coalition for Redress/Reparations (NCRR). Helped recruit individuals to testify during the San Francisco hearings for the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Citizens (CWRIC) and organized support for the redress movement at grassroots level.
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San Jose State Schmidt (Willard E.) Papers (ddr-csujad-2)
The Willard Schmidt collection, documents some of the administrative duties of Willard Schmidt, the Chief of Internal Security for the War Relocation Authority and the Tule Lake incarceration/segregation camp. This collection contains administrative records and photos documenting the Tule Lake camp, the largest incarceration camp with a peak population of 18,789 and with the most turbulent …
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Manzanar Free Press Vol. 6 No. 87 (April 21, 1945) (ddr-densho-125-331)
Selected article titles: "Search State for Mail Truck Robbers; Postoffice Makes Check" (p. 1), "Forty-nine Leave on Relocation on Terminal Departure" (p. 1), "Evacuee Property Tell increase in Relocation Program" (p. 1), "Twelve Leave Next Week for Pre-induction Physical Exams" (p. 1), "Project Director Quoted by Times on Coast Return" (p. 2), "Condemn Attack on Nisei …
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George Yoshinaga Interview (ddr-manz-1-107)
Nisei male. Born July 19, 1925, in Redwood City California. Grew up in San Jose, California. During World War II, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. Served in the military in the U.S. Counterintelligence Corps during the war in Japan. After the war, worked as a journalist, …
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Letter from Kaneji Domoto to Wakako Domoto (ddr-densho-329-863)
Letter from New York City. Mostly anecdotes about spending time with his co-workers in their time off in the city, going to bookstores and the library and seeing shows. Anecdotes about his boss at the New York World's Fair job, landscape architect Shogo Myaida. Taking and printing pictures from the worksite. In pencil on back of …
Narrator Richard Konda
Sansei male. Born February 27, 1951, in San Francisco, California. Grew up in San Francisco and attended UC Berkeley. Went to law school at Santa Clara and became involved in Asian law student groups and the Asian Law Alliance. Continued community work after law school and was involved in founding the Nihonmachi Outreach Committee in San …
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Yoshihiro Uchida Interview (ddr-densho-1000-411)
Nisei male. Born April 1, 1920, in Calexico, California. Grew up in the Orange County area. Drafted into the army during World War II, while family was removed to the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. Father and brothers were all transferred to Department of Justice camps, and eventually went to Japan. After military service, Mr. Uchida returned …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 35 No. 16 (October 17, 1952) (ddr-pc-24-42)
Selected article titles: "Thornton Way residents withdraw protest selling house to Nisei" (p. 1), "National JACL stands ready to assist even non-members (like Yoshihara) who are discriminated because of race" (p. 1), "Honolulu judge rules in favor of dual citizen Nisei strandees in Japan" (p. 3), "JACL investigates reports of a San Jose Nisei hit by …
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Executive board meeting of the Monterey Peninsula Japanese American Citizens League, February 8, 1940 (ddr-csujad-44-146)
Minutes of the Monterey Peninsula Japanese American Citizens League executive meeting. Includes discussion of funds raised for the National Infantile Paralysis Fund, the Japanese Association Hall lawn project, transportation to the District Council meeting in San Jose, and suggestions for increasing membership. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: csumb_ms15_0145
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Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 36 (March 23, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-125)
Selected article titles: "San Jose Hostel Prepare to Open"; "Ickes Explains Policy"; "Deportation Unlikely for Issei Indigents"; "Say 4000 Repatriates"; "Expatriation List Growing"; "Resettlement Urged by Utah's Jurist"; "Arrest 2 on Charge of Misrepresentation"; "Introduce Bill on Segregation"; "Want Ads Today"; "Report Government Has Turned Down Suggestions Made by W.R.A. Evacuees"; "Posthumous Honor"; "Recover $12,000 Buried …
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Colorado Times Vol. 31, No. 4294 (April 7, 1945) (ddr-densho-150-7)
Selected article titles: "Resettlement Assistance Fund to be Available to Nisei After Liquidation of WRA"; "Shopping and School Activities Occupy Family of Issei Architect in New York City"; "Ickes Believes West Will Not Tolerate Evacuee Persecution"; "Probe of Titles of Japanese Land Opens in Placer"; "2 Nisei Girls Commissioned Nurse"; "Nisei Bowlers' League"; "Manchu Bears Take …
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Colorado Times Vol. 31, No. 4352 (August 21, 1945) (ddr-densho-150-64)
Selected article titles: "Army Appeals Decision in Individual Exclusion Case"; "Admires Nisei Troops"; "Detroit Nisei Sponsor Dance"; "Bulletin! 442nd to Help Occupy Japan!"; "John Matsushima Gets Degree at Fort Collins"; "ACLU Reward Offer Unclaimed, Evacuees Flocking Back to Coast"; "Nisei Champ of Guernsey Dairy Dept."; "Learn of Marriage"; "Kalifornians' Pre-Labor Day Hop at Stevens Hotel September …
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Five adults and a child in open touring car (ddr-ajah-6-958)
Caption below photo: Seated at right are Sadaichi "Sam" Ota and his wife, Asano, of the Morgan Hill/San Jose area of California. They are Lee Ota's parents. Lee would marry Saitaro "Cy" Towata of Alameda, CA. Born in 1876, Sadaichi was a gardener and died in 1967. Asano was born in 1891 and died in 1973. …
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Seattle Chapter, JACL Reporter, Vol. VIII, No. 8, August 1971 (ddr-sjacl-1-133)
Bulletin covering the following topics: Norm Mineta, Mayor of San Jose, will keynote 50th Anniversary Jubilee Celebration; August meeting was a ?Meet the Candidates? night with City Council candidates; UW Ethnic Cultural Center, 3931 Brooklyn Ave NE, rooms for ACE, American Indian Students, BSU, and Mecha, a Chicano student group; report on Women?s Liberation meeting with …
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M. Jack Takayanagi Interview (ddr-manz-1-122)
Nisei male. Born June 28, 1922, in San Jose, California. As a teenager, moved with family to West Los Angeles, where father was a gardener. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. While in camp, Jack volunteered to work with the orphans at the Manzanar Children's Village, and also helped to establish …
Narrator George Hanada
Nisei male. Born March 29, 1924, in Penryn, California. Spent most of childhood in San Jose, California, before being removed to Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. Served in the military at the end of World War II before returning to California. Opened owned business, George's Service Center, in San Jose's …
Narrator George Yoshinaga
Nisei male. Born July 19, 1925, in Redwood City California. Grew up in San Jose, California. During World War II, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. Served in the military in the U.S. Counterintelligence Corps during the war in Japan. After the war, worked as a journalist, …
Narrator Misa Taketa
Nisei female. Born January 18, 1925, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in the South Park area, south of Seattle, where parents ran a farm. During World War II, removed to the Pinedale Assembly Center, California, and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, lived and worked in Ontario, Oregon, for a time, before living …