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Portrait of Kiyoshi Kawakami (ddr-njpa-4-677)
img Portrait of Kiyoshi Kawakami (ddr-njpa-4-677)
Caption on front [translation]: "K. K. Kawakami, journalist and author"
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-njpa-4-677/
One Evacuee's Version of Events Leading up to the incident of December 6 (ddr-densho-122-562)
doc One Evacuee's Version of Events Leading up to the incident of December 6 (ddr-densho-122-562)
Report from Community Analysis Section on Manzanar Riot, author not identified
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-122-562/
doc "Repairing America" - chapter 18 (ddr-densho-122-248)
Notes from the San Francisco Hearing of the CWRIC, author unknown.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-122-248/
Clipping regarding Theodore Dreiser (ddr-njpa-1-182)
doc Clipping regarding Theodore Dreiser (ddr-njpa-1-182)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "[illegible] January 24, 1932. Theodore Dreiser. American Author."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-njpa-1-182/
Letter from Marvel Maeda and seven other author to Dr. Miles Cary, December 23, 1942 (ddr-csujad-55-1821)
doc Letter from Marvel Maeda and seven other author to Dr. Miles Cary, December 23, 1942 (ddr-csujad-55-1821)
Correspondence from Marvel Maeda, Catherine Embree, Kikuye Tanaka, Kunitani Anne, Mohri Eunice, Garret Nana, and Sunao Imoto to Miles Cary regarding recommendations for the Saturday morning school programs at Poston incarceration camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1824
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1821/

Narrator Joanne F. Oppenheim

White female. Born 1934 in Middletown, New York. Grew up in Monticello, New York. Author of several books about the Japanese American experience, including Dear Miss Breed and tanley Hayami, Nisei Son.
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/733/
Letter sent to T.K. Pharmacy (ddr-densho-319-161)
doc Letter sent to T.K. Pharmacy (ddr-densho-319-161)
Letter stating that the author had prepaid for sake but that the shipment was sent COD.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-319-161/
Note regarding Japanese paintings (ddr-densho-299-227)
doc Note regarding Japanese paintings (ddr-densho-299-227)
Note regarding paintings Japanese Army artists made which were displayed in conquered areas. After the war these paintings were moved to a museum where the author took pictures of many of them. The author cannot recall doing this though and jokes about his senility.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-227/
Article: 15th century triptych graces collection at Kresge Art Museum (ddr-densho-468-257)
doc Article: 15th century triptych graces collection at Kresge Art Museum (ddr-densho-468-257)
Article on 15th century triptych acquired by the Kresge Art Museum at MSU with quotes from director Joseph Ishikawa (author, publication, and date unknown)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-257/
Gerald L. Beppu Collection (ddr-densho-435)
Collection Gerald L. Beppu Collection (ddr-densho-435)
This collection consists of one interview conducted by author Josh Tuininga. The interview is not a full life history, focusing instead on Gerald L. Beppu's family's experiences during and after World War II, including the establishment of their family business, Linc's Tackle Shop. This interview was supported, in part, by a grant from 4Culture.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-435/
Report:
doc Report: "The Hawaiian Groups" (ddr-densho-67-66)
Report written for the WRA on Hawaiian evacuees in the U.S. Describes the status of Hawaiian evacuees based upon the observations by the author at a "swank dinner party." The author concludes that evacuation to the mainland was not voluntary and the conditions at Jerome were harsh for the Hawaiian evacuees. Also noted tensions between mainland …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-67-66/
On Tolerance, newspaper editorial, The Press Democrat, May 27, 1942 (ddr-csujad-23-15)
doc On Tolerance, newspaper editorial, The Press Democrat, May 27, 1942 (ddr-csujad-23-15)
Newspaper editorial dated May 27, 1942, on Sonoma County, California's Japanese evacuation and incarceration. Author offers stance of tolerance and "true democracy." Author is anonymously named "Miss Nineteen." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: lp041-01-004
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-23-15/
Letter from Pat [Cummings] to Michi Weglyn, January 22, 1993 (ddr-csujad-24-119)
doc Letter from Pat [Cummings] to Michi Weglyn, January 22, 1993 (ddr-csujad-24-119)
A letter from Pat Cummings to Michi Weglyn about a story of Frank Chin's that they both think should be published. The author of the letter is probably children's book author and illustrator Pat Cummings. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: chi_09_004
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-24-119/
Newspaper clipping:
doc Newspaper clipping: "New Art Center Director Here Sees Character, Identity in Every Painting" (ddr-densho-468-238)
News clipping of profile on Joseph Ishikawa, the new director of the Sioux Falls Art Center (author, publication, and date unknown) [Note: item is heavily water damaged]
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-238/
Letter to Larry Tajiri from Margaret Anderson, editor of Common Ground (ddr-densho-338-425)
doc Letter to Larry Tajiri from Margaret Anderson, editor of Common Ground (ddr-densho-338-425)
The author praises Larry Tajiri's work running the Pacific Citizen, discusses an article on the Manzanar riot/uprising, and requests he stop using the term "the American Japanese."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-338-425/
Newspaper clipping: Reception at Art Center for Director (ddr-densho-468-239)
doc Newspaper clipping: Reception at Art Center for Director (ddr-densho-468-239)
News clipping of an art reception to be held in honor of Joseph Ishikawa and his wife at the Sioux City Art Center (author, publication, and date unknown)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-239/
Announcement (ddr-one-3-109)
doc Announcement (ddr-one-3-109)
Announcement from the Smithsonian Program for Asian Pacific American Studies of a book reading and lecture by author Janus Y. Kurahara about his family's experience of internment during WWII.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-3-109/
Pacific Citizen, Vol. 116, No. 10 (March 12, 1993) (ddr-pc-65-10)
doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 116, No. 10 (March 12, 1993) (ddr-pc-65-10)
Select article titles: "Nikkei officer responds to gays in the military" (p. 1); "Maryland congressman makes racial remarks" (p. 1); "Clinton sees Japan as liability, author says" (p. 1).
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-65-10/

Narrator Amy Uyematsu

Sansei female. Born in 1947 in Pasadena, California. Parents were incarcerated at the Manzanar concentration camp, California, and Gila River concentration camp, Arizona, during World War II. Graduated from the University of California at Los Angeles with a mathematics degree. Taught math for more than thirty years in the Los Angeles Unified Schools. Began publishing poetry …
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/1015/
UC Santa Barbara Frank Chin Papers (ddr-csujad-24)
Collection UC Santa Barbara Frank Chin Papers (ddr-csujad-24)
These materials are from box 73 and 74 of the Frank Chin Papers. The Frank Chin Papers contain personal and professional correspondence between Frank Chin and Michi Weglyn relating to particular projects on which either author was working as well as files related to the Day of Remembrance Tribute to Michi Weglyn.

See complete finding aid …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-24/
Letter from Issei man to wife (September 30, 1942) (ddr-densho-140-136)
doc Letter from Issei man to wife (September 30, 1942) (ddr-densho-140-136)
Excerpt: "Roy need take lessons for to write any stories in journalism and creative writing before he start to try to publish. It is hard job to be a author!"
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-140-136/
Rocky Shimpo Vol. 11, No. 129 (October 27, 1944) (ddr-densho-148-62)
doc Rocky Shimpo Vol. 11, No. 129 (October 27, 1944) (ddr-densho-148-62)
Selected article titles: "Thousand Replacements in Six Months Provided by Army Camp"; "On the Other Hand"; "Soldier to Undergo His Third Operation"; "Peace Returns to Tule Lake Project"; "Want Ads"; "Canadian Enlistees are Asked Whether They Will Fight Nippon"; "Marine Took Charge of Young Nisei Bride Enroute to Camp"; "Author-Lecturer to Speak on Race Issue"; "Author …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-148-62/

Narrator Bill Hashizume

Nisei male. Born June 22, 1922, in Mission, British Columbia, Canada. Grew up in Mission before moving to Japan with mother and sisters at age sixteen. Attended high school and college in Japan and enlisted in the Japanese navy in 1944. Worked in Japan for several years following World War II, then returned to Canada, choosing …
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/213/
Memo to John J. McCloy regarding Kibei in Hawaii (ddr-densho-67-59)
doc Memo to John J. McCloy regarding Kibei in Hawaii (ddr-densho-67-59)
Memo to John McCloy from unknown source regarding Hawaiian Kibei parolees. The author states that he had been paroling Kibei considered least dangerous and monitoring them as an alternative to transfering them to the mainland. This process only applied to a tiny population so the military would not be accused of "relaxing their vigilence." Author also …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-67-59/
Pacific Citizen, Whole No. 2149, Vol. 93, No. 5 (July 31, 1981) (ddr-pc-53-30)
doc Pacific Citizen, Whole No. 2149, Vol. 93, No. 5 (July 31, 1981) (ddr-pc-53-30)
Selected article titles: "'No support' for monetary redress in Congress, warns Lungren to JA groups" (p. 1), "Clark lauds 100th/442nd; asks CWRIC for redress" (p. 1), "Manzanar Memories overwhelm author on return" (p. 1).
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-53-30/
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