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George Takei stands with commemorative plaque designating Manzanar a State Monument (ddr-csujad-52-37)
img George Takei stands with commemorative plaque designating Manzanar a State Monument (ddr-csujad-52-37)
Caption on the back of the photograph, created by NBC Television/KNBC 4 Los Angels, reads, "Host George Takei stands with the commemorative plaque designating Manzanar a State Monument in a special repeat telecast of EXPRESSION: EAST-WEST's half-hour examination of Manzanar and other 1942 relocation camps, airing Sat., May 5 at 2:30 p.m. on KNBC/Channel 4. Other …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-52-37/
Kenji Suematsu Interview (ddr-densho-1003-11)
vh Kenji Suematsu Interview (ddr-densho-1003-11)
Nisei male. Born April 29, 1934, in Brawley, California. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Father was arrested by the FBI and mother had a nervous breakdown. Kenji and his sister were sent to stay at the Shonien orphanage in Los Angeles. During mass removal, taken to Manzanar with other orphans and placed in the Manzanar …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1003-11/
Interview with Nobuo Yamashita, part 4 of 5 (ddr-densho-1007-1779)
av Interview with Nobuo Yamashita, part 4 of 5 (ddr-densho-1007-1779)
Yamashita discusses helping prisoners of war avoid execution, the execution of General Yamashita, how he dealt with the more difficult parts of service, the difference between the Japanese soldiers he fought in New Guinea and the Philippines, why he didn't want to serve in Japan during the occupation, staying in contact with his family in Manzanar …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1779/
Internees filled mattress tickings (ddr-densho-253-3)
img Internees filled mattress tickings (ddr-densho-253-3)
Caption: "Internees filled matress tickings with straw as the last daylight fades over the Sierras. Upon these ticks, covering metal Army cots, Japanese slept. Only essential furniture was supplied. Additional comforts were fashioned in Manzanar workshops."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-253-3/
Pacific Citizen, Vol. 82, No. 10 (March 12, 1976) (ddr-pc-48-10)
doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 82, No. 10 (March 12, 1976) (ddr-pc-48-10)
Selected article titles: "Glimpses of Mas Satow with His 'JACL Family'" (p. 1), "Rest in Peace, Mas" (p. 1), "'Farewell to Manzanar' Has Critics, Too" (p. 2), and "Other Principals at Wendy's Trial Set" (p. 3).
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-48-10/
Topaz Times Vol. VI No. 24 (February 29, 1944) (ddr-densho-142-281)
doc Topaz Times Vol. VI No. 24 (February 29, 1944) (ddr-densho-142-281)
Selected article titles: "First Draftees to Leave Wednesday for Exams" (p. 1), "Manzanar Sends 459 to Tule Lake" (p. 1), "'Peace -- Then What?' Topic for Forum" (p. 1), "Granada Nisei Petition Restoration of Rights" (p. 2).
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-142-281/
Information Roundup Vol. IV, No. 2 (ddr-densho-156-372)
doc Information Roundup Vol. IV, No. 2 (ddr-densho-156-372)
Section titles: "Myer on Way Here"; "Students Relocated"; "3500 Leave Centers for Beet Fields"; "Santa Anita to be Cleared"; "Parcel Inspection Regulations Set"; Population: 67,984"; "Central Utah Report"; "Minidoka Sets Up Internal Security"; "Gila River"; "Manzanar."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-156-372/
Christmas letter (ddr-densho-483-132)
doc Christmas letter (ddr-densho-483-132)
Christmas letter from Tsutomu Fukuyama to family friends. The letter describes Christmas at Minidoka, housing conditions following transfers from Tule Lake and Manzanar, the agricultural impacts of the boll weaver, and the resettlement of Nisei Christians.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-483-132/
Envelope addressed to John Bonomi (ddr-janm-21-2)
doc Envelope addressed to John Bonomi (ddr-janm-21-2)
An envelope postmarked May 9, 1942 used to mail the letter ID #2006.22.1a from Manzanar Relocation Center, CA., to Mr. John Bonomi, Los Angeles, CA. Mr. Miyamoto was a drug client of Mr. Bonomi's before incarceration.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-janm-21-2/
Envelope addressed to John Bonomi (ddr-janm-21-7)
doc Envelope addressed to John Bonomi (ddr-janm-21-7)
An envelope to mail a letter from David Miyamoto, Manzanar, to John Bonomi, Brunswig Drug Company of Los Angeles, dated August 7, 1942. David Miyamoto is the pharmacist at the camp hospital. See letter ID#2006.22.4a.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-janm-21-7/
Letter to a Nisei man from a friend (ddr-densho-153-86)
doc Letter to a Nisei man from a friend (ddr-densho-153-86)
Excerpt: "I should have written you before this but every time I would think about it some thing would come up so I didn't get at it." Sent from Manzanar concentration camp, California, to Chicago, Illinois.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-153-86/
Postcard to a Nisei man from his sister (ddr-densho-153-163)
doc Postcard to a Nisei man from his sister (ddr-densho-153-163)
Excerpt: "It sure has been hot lately and I looked at the thermometer in the Odahara's place and it was 102 degrees and that was pretty hot." Sent from Manzanar concentration camp, California, to Chicago, Illinois.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-153-163/
Daily Press Review, Vol. IV, No. 8 (ddr-densho-156-230)
doc Daily Press Review, Vol. IV, No. 8 (ddr-densho-156-230)
Article titles: "Righting a Wrong"; "Camp Construction Now in Home Stretch"; "Project Director Talks to Cody Club on Japanese Colony"; "Japanese Colony Will be a Cross Section of America"; "Congressman Hero Inspecting Camp Heart Mountain"; "Newsnotes from Manzanar"; "Manzanar from the Inside"; "The Olson Follies--"; "Fruit Men See Big Labor Need"; "Discuss Plans for Farm Labor"; …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-156-230/
Pacific Citizen, Vol. 80, No. 1 (January 3-10, 1975) (ddr-pc-47-1)
doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 80, No. 1 (January 3-10, 1975) (ddr-pc-47-1)
Selected article titles: "'Save Whale' Boycott Ad Too Racist for Ecology Unit" (p. 1), "Perspectivist (Internee) History of Manzanar Via Oral Tapes Being Written" (p. 1), "Racism Within Us?" (p. 2), and "Lippmann & Evacuation" (pp. 3, 5).
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-47-1/
Gila News-Courier Vol. IV No. 59 (July 25, 1945) (ddr-densho-141-418)
doc Gila News-Courier Vol. IV No. 59 (July 25, 1945) (ddr-densho-141-418)
Selected article titles: "Miller Gives Closing Dates for Schools" (p. 1), "Suggests State Buy Manzanar" (p. 1), "Class Opens in Janitor Work" (p. 1), "Recognition for Nisei" (p. 2), "Draft Trial: Supreme Court Denies Hearing" (p. 3).
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-141-418/
Information Roundup Vol. VI, No. 13 (ddr-densho-156-382)
doc Information Roundup Vol. VI, No. 13 (ddr-densho-156-382)
Section titles: "Plans Made for Washington Move"; "Priorities Sought"; "Director Appointed for Manzanar"; "Junior Red Cross Aids Children"; "Leave Regulations Out"; Land Grant Railroad Rates"; "Project Reports"; "From Project Papers"; "Attorney Arrives"; "Contract Signed for Net Factories."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-156-382/
Ireito (ddr-csujad-29-161)
img Ireito (ddr-csujad-29-161)
Photograph of the Manzanar memorial monument. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: P102
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29-161/
M. Jack Takayanagi - Mary Takayanagi Interview (ddr-manz-1-123)
vh M. Jack Takayanagi - Mary Takayanagi Interview (ddr-manz-1-123)
Nisei male and female, married couple. Grew up in Los Angeles, California. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. Left to attend college in Des Moines, Iowa, and eventually settled in Portland, Oregon.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-123/
Matsue Watanabe Interview (ddr-densho-1001-9)
vh Matsue Watanabe Interview (ddr-densho-1001-9)
Nisei female. Born and raised in Bainbridge Island, Washington. Removed to Manzanar concentration camp, California, during World War II. Left camp to work and attend school in Chicago, Illinois, before eventually returning with family to Bainbridge Island.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1001-9/
Letter to a Nisei man from his brother (ddr-densho-153-57)
doc Letter to a Nisei man from his brother (ddr-densho-153-57)
Excerpt: "Sorry I haven't written in such a long time, but since I am involved in school politics along with 5 solids, it keeps me pretty well occupied." Sent from Manzanar concentration camp, California, to Chicago, Illinois.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-153-57/
Nobuko Omoto Collection (ddr-densho-361)
Collection Nobuko Omoto Collection (ddr-densho-361)
The Nobuko Omoto Collection consists of a scrapbook kept by Nobuko Sakai Omoto to remember the Bainbridge Island Japanese American community and their removal during World War II. Nobuko's scrapbook includes newspaper clippings from the local Seattle newspapers which were sent by her friend Phyllis Waltz Jones while Nobuko was incarcerated in Manzanar. Other content in …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-361/
Pacific Citizen, Vol. 104, No. 25 (June 26, 1987) (ddr-pc-59-25)
doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 104, No. 25 (June 26, 1987) (ddr-pc-59-25)
Selected article titles: "Redress Still a Goal of Nikkei in Canada" (pp. 1, 6), "House Judiciary Committee Passes Redress Legislation" (p. 1), "Ex-Internees Lend a Hand to Refugee Students" (p. 1), and "Manzanar Reunion Planned" (p. 2).
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-59-25/
Pacific Citizen, Vol. 82, No. 14 (April 9, 1976) (ddr-pc-48-14)
doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 82, No. 14 (April 9, 1976) (ddr-pc-48-14)
Selected article titles: "Nixon Criticized for E.O. 9066 View" (p. 1), "'The Bamboo People': 'Tokyo Rose' Among Strandee Cases" (p. 1), "Another Side of Wendy" (pp. 1, 3), and "'Go for Broke!' vs. 'Farewell to Manzanar" (p. 3).
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-48-14/
Pacific Citizen, Vol. 75, No. 18 (November 3, 1972) (ddr-pc-44-43)
doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 75, No. 18 (November 3, 1972) (ddr-pc-44-43)
Selected article titles: "Asian Americans Picket ILGWU N.Y. Headquarters" (p.1), "'Concentration Camp' Rejected for Manzanar Landmark Plaque" (p.1), "A Nisei View of Japan: A Homogenous Society" (p.2), "California's Prop. 21 Schoo Segregation Again" (p.3).
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-44-43/
Pacific Citizen, Vol. 78, No. 1 (January 4-11, 1974) (ddr-pc-46-1)
doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 78, No. 1 (January 4-11, 1974) (ddr-pc-46-1)
Selected article titles: "Washington Newsletter: U.S.-Japan Relations" (pp. 1-2), "World-Wide Use of 'Jap' Noted in Book Indexes" (pp. 1, 3), "Selected Bibliography on Japanese Americans" (p. 4), and "Book Review: 'Farewell to Manzanar'" (p. 5).
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-46-1/
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