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doc Letter from David Miyamoto to John Bonomi (ddr-janm-21-8)

Handwritten letter from David Miyamoto, pharmacist at Manzanar Hospital to David Bonomi, Brunswig Drug Company of Los Angeles, dated August 10, 1942. He requests an order be mailed directly to Frank Murata.

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doc Letter to two Nisei brothers from their sister (ddr-densho-153-101)

Excerpt: "Sorry I did not write to you but so many things have happened to keep me to be a very busy gal." Sent from Manzanar concentration camp, California, to Chicago, Illinois.

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doc Letter to a Nisei man from his brother (ddr-densho-153-80)

Excerpt: "Ive been trying to get this letter off for about the last two weeks but everytime I start, something else turns up." Sent from Manzanar concentration camp, California, to Chicago, Illinois.

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doc Letter to two Nisei brothers from their sister (ddr-densho-153-100)

Excerpt: "I don't know what to say because I still can't get over the big shock which was occurred in the afternoon hours." Sent from Manzanar concentration camp, California, to Chicago, Illinois.

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doc Letter to two Nisei brothers from their sister (ddr-densho-153-114)

Excerpt: "Writing to you at this time because mom & pop are sending you (Joe) twenty five dollars for a congratulations on your graduation." Sent from Manzanar concentration camp, California, to Chicago, Illinois.

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doc Letter to a Nisei man from his sister (ddr-densho-153-62)

Excerpt: "Yesterday we received your letter and was very happy to hear that you are getting along well and the job is okay." Sent from Manzanar concentration camp, California, to Chicago, Illinois.

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img [Photograph of the Willow Motel] (ddr-csujad-29-186)

The Willow Motel in Lone Pine, California, was built using barracks from Manzanar. Photograph inscription: The Willow Motel in Lone Pine, California. This business concern, like many others in the Owens Valley, makes use of the barracks formerly housing administrative personnel and internees at the Manzanar Center. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese …

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Collection CSU Northridge Eddie S. Muraoka Collection (ddr-csujad-15)

Eddie S. Muraoka was incarcerated during the Second World War at the Manzanar incarceration camp in Manzanar, California. The collection includes scrapbooks filled with news clippings on Japanese American incarceration, dated 1942-1980s. It also includes loose issues of Pacific Citizen, Kashu Mainichi, Rafu Shimpo, and Maui Kanyaku Imin (Centennial Edition).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 115, No. 10 (October 2, 1992) (ddr-pc-64-35)

Select article titles: "Redress reaffirmed" (p. 1); "California governor vetoes civil rights act" (p. 1); "Manzanar funding bill up for final vote" (p. 1); "L.A. radio host fired for racial stereotyping" (p. 1).

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img Family portrait (ddr-densho-359-1086)

A family portrait taken at Manzanar Concentration Camp in California. The photograph is signed "To Mr. + Mrs Otsuka Iwasa Family 5/22/43". Kyoichi Iwasa with Ralph Iwasa, Yonchan Iwasa with Lynn Iwasa

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img Japanese American soldier (ddr-densho-61-7)

Fumiko Hayashida's son, Leonard, in uniform while serving in the Vietnam War. He was twenty-five years old at the time the photo was taken, and was born in Manzanar concentration camp, California.

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doc Letter to a Nisei man from his sister (ddr-densho-153-133)

Excerpt: "Thank you for all of the letters. It's a good thing you never forget to drop a few lines each week." Sent from Manzanar concentration camp, California, possibly to Camp Robinson, Arkansas.

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doc Letter to a Nisei man from his sister (ddr-densho-153-64)

Excerpt: "This Thurs. & Fri. we did not hear from you but when the mailman comes I think there will be a letter from you." Sent from Manzanar concentration camp, California, to Chicago, Illinois.

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doc Letter to a Nisei man from his brother (ddr-densho-153-47)

Excerpt: "We've been receiving yours letters steady and as you mentioned in your last letter, we will send you more letters and much steadier." Sent from Manzanar concentration camp, California, to Chicago, Illinois.

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doc Bulletin, no. 49 (ddr-csujad-34-5)

An issue of "Bulletin" circulated in the Manzanar camp, titled: Question revision. An assessment, that is, "loyalty questionnaire," was conducted in the Manzanar camp on February 12-16 by the War Department and WRA prior to other camps. However, the question 28 was confusing and revised before the assessment was conducted in other camps. The bulletin informed …

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doc Manzanar Free Press Vol. I No. 2 (April 15, 1942) (ddr-densho-125-392)

Selected article titles: "Manzanar Holds First Election. Many Issei Have Initial Experience with Ballots" (p. 1), "First Wedding Bells Ring Out in this New Town for Sunday Rites" (p. 1), "Only Business Visitors Now Being Admitted" (p. 1), "Rice and Vegetables Coming" (p. 1), "Vaccination Hangover Symptoms Defined" (p. 2), "Measles Mastered Say Medicos" (p. 2), …

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vh Sue K. Embrey Interview (ddr-densho-1000-6)

Nisei female. Born January 6, 1923, in Los Angeles, California. During World War II, was incarcerated at Manzanar concentration camp, California. Wrote for the Manzanar Free Press while incarcerated. Resettled during World War II in Madison, Wisconsin, and Chicago, Illinois. Returned to Los Angeles, California, in 1948. Founding member of Nisei Progressives and the Manzanar Committee.

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 74, No. 11 (March 24, 1972) (ddr-pc-44-11)

Selected article titles: "Over 500 Expected This Weekend in Trek to Manzanar" (p.1, 3), "442 'Hero' Rediscovered" (p.1, 5), "Kawabe House" (p.1, 3), "Welfare Issue Flares Inside Little Tokyo" (p.6).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol.76, No.1, (January 5-12, 1973) (ddr-pc-45-1)

Select article titles: "JACL to Boycott Hilton Inns" (p.1); "Manzanar Project Committee Due All Credit for Proposed Landmark Text" (p.1); "'Outwhiting the Whites'" (p.4); "Sonoma County Thrives in 1972" (p.5).

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doc Manzanar Free Press Vol. 6 No. 53 (December 23, 1944) (ddr-densho-125-298)

Selected article titles: "War Relocation Authority Stops Leave Clearance Processing" (p. 1), "Christmas Gift Committee Tells of Gift to Children of Manzanar" (p. 1), "Project Attorney to Handle Legal Requests in City" (p. 1).

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doc Poston Information Bulletin Vol. II No. 3 (June 14, 1942) (ddr-densho-145-29)

Selected article titles: "Poston is Scheduled to be Largest of all Cities Established by War Relocation Authority. 'Hub' Metropolis of Arizona Will Exceed Manzanar, Rivers, Newell and Others" (p. 1), "New Problems" (p. 1).

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img Holiday card (ddr-densho-359-1566)

A Christmas card from the Que Chins. Que Chin was a professional photographer in Seattle; his wife, Natsuko, was a nurse who joined the Bainbridge Island Nisei in Seattle on their train to Manzanar

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vh Nobuko Omoto Interview (ddr-densho-1001-11)

Nisei female. Born December 20, 1923, in Bainbridge Island, Washington. Removed along with family to Manzanar concentration camp, California, before moving to Minidoka, Idaho, in early 1943. Returned to Bainbridge Island after the war.

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doc Envelope addressed to John Bonomi (ddr-janm-21-5)

An envelope to mail a letter ID#2006.22.3a, postmarked June 4, 1942 from David Miyamoto, Manzanar Relocation Center to John Bonomi of the Brunswig Drug Company, sent likely to his home in Monterey Park.

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doc Letter from David Miyamoto to John Bonomi (ddr-janm-21-13)

2 page handwritten letter from David Miyamoto, pharmacist at Manzanar Relocation Center to John Bonomi, Brunswig Drug Company of Los Angeles, dated September 18, 1942. Mr. Miyamoto continued to order supplies for the hospital.

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