| 1900.4823 |
Article |
A halt in Alaska shipping resulted from picketing by a Japanese cannery workers' union at the waterfront where ships bound for Alaska affected. |
Labor Strife Halts Alaska Shipping |
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05/01/37 |
Great Northern Daily |
| 1900.4824 |
Article |
A judge granted a temporary restraining order against the AFof L, its president William Green, and the local organizer Leo Flynn at the request of the Cannery Workers and Farm Laborers Union from recognizing a rival union as the representative of cannery workers. |
Order is Signed by Judge |
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05/04/37 |
Star |
| 1900.4825 |
Article |
Rival Japanese and Filipino cannery workers' unions met in court to air their dispute over alleged discrimination by their unions. |
Two Races in Union Dispute |
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09/14/37 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| 1900.4826 |
Article |
A settlement over the dispute between the AFL and CIO over who should represent the Alaska cannery workers seemed to be resolved when there was agreement that the matter should be taken up by vote. |
C.I.O. Cannery Union Favors Election Plan |
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04/28/38 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| 1900.4827 |
Article |
Dispute between rival cannery workers' unions held the prospect of a delay in the salmon fishing industry. |
Salmon Tieup Feared in New Union Quarrel |
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04/23/38 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| 1900.4828 |
Article |
Friday, April 29, 2005, 12:00 a.m. Pacific
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Day of rebirth, sorrow revisited
By Florangela Davila
Seattle Times staff reporter
It's been 30 years since Bing Crosby's "White Christmas" echoed over the Saigon airwaves, signaling the U.S. evacuation of the besieged capital. Throngs of desperate South Vietnamese crowded the U.S. Embassy and lunged at departing Army helicopters fleeing the advancing communist troops.
That same day, April 30, 1975, Phi Long Dang watched his father pull out a pistol and threaten to kill himself rather than live under a communist regime. What followed for Dang and his family was an odyssey shared by tens of thousands of South Vietnamese who found new lives in the United States.
Thirty years ago tomorrow, South Vietnam, the place of Dang's birth, surrendered to North Vietnam. The day ? called Thang Tu Den, or "black April," by many ? is observed each year by Vietnamese refugees. How it's remembered underscores an ideological as much as a generational gap within the community.
The date haunts many older Vietnamese, those who witnessed the war or spent years as political prisoners of the North Vietnamese. "We consider April 30 like our Holocaust day," says Pham Huy Sanh, 69, a retired South Vietnamese Army colonel who lives in Kent. "It's a day of sorrow for all the people we left behind."
Sanh and others will attend a candlelight vigil tonight to mourn the loss of their country. They will also rally tomorrow to condemn communism.
But younger Vietnamese Americans have planned a rally tomorrow to salute the arrival of Vietnamese in Washington 30 years ago, to thank the state for welcoming them and to recognize their own successes.
"We want to make April 30th a day that doesn't cast a shadow, that's not about bitterness," says Thao Tran, 29, who works as a business-development officer in Rainier Valley. "We want to acknowledge our past, but acknowledge how far we've come."
Local Vietnamese of both generations agree the 30-year mark should be acknowledged. They're no longer newcomers struggling to start over in a strange country, speaking a new language, seeking employment, raising families. Their community, they say, has come into its own, regardless of a split over issues like the war.
Dang, now 40 and enjoying a middle-class life in Kent, bridges both generations. He can't help but respect those who have suffered under communism and those who have only the faintest memory of Vietnam.
For 30 years, he listened to his father denounce communism, prohibiting the family from returning to the country for a visit. Even when his father neared death, he refused to return to the land of his birth.
But like most Vietnamese refugees here, Dang has lived most of his life in this country. And he's hoping the next generation, including his young daughter, values its Vietnamese roots.
"I told her I'd pay her $5 for every Vietnamese word she learns," Dang says about 8-year-old Sabrina Phi-Khanh, who is Vietnamese-Laotian-American.
His payout thus far? "Twenty bucks," he laughs.
Coded message
By the time the communist tanks rolled into Saigon that April day, the United States had a plan to evacuate some South Vietnamese citizens along with U.S. personnel. The signal for the start of the evacuation was a coded message on U.S. Armed Forces Radio that included the repeated playing of "White Christmas."
"Every time I hear the song, it makes me really sad," says Tam Nguyen, owner of Saigon Bistro in Seattle.
Then-Gov. Dan Evans agreed Washington would accept 500 Vietnamese evacuated at the end of the war. "We ended up taking about 1,000," says Jeff Kibler, who worked at the U.S. Embassy in Saigon and helped with the evacuation. He now supervises the state's Refugee and Immigrant Program.
During the next three decades, two more waves of refugees resettled in the United States, now home to 1.2 million Vietnamese and Vietnamese Americans. The greater Seattle Vietnamese community numbers 40,000, the sixth-largest regional population in the country.
Leaving home
Last Sunday, Dang sat in the Ben Le cafe in Rainier Valley. He had spent that morning at the nearby Thanh That Cao Dai temple, where he donned a white ao dai, or robe, and prayed.
The temple anchors him to the larger Vietnamese community, and it especially binds him to the memory of his father, who was equally passionate about religion and politics.
"Every New Year and every April 30, he'd make us sing all these Vietnamese songs," Dang says over coffee.
Recalls Dang's brother Phi Van: "You know how some dads take their kids to the movies to spend time with them? My dad would take us to political events."
Dang was 10 when President Duong Van Minh surrendered to the North Vietnamese. His father, then a local councilman, called to his eldest son, threatening to commit suicide.
Dang and his family lived in South Vietnam's Ca Mau province, in a narrow house that also held a family-run bookstore. He'd cross the street to ring the bells at the Roman Catholic church and swam in a nearby river. He'd climb on his roof and collect pieces of shrapnel that rained down during the war.
His mother, a nurse, persuaded her husband to put down his gun.
One of her relatives was a communist official, a fact that might have saved his father's life, given his nationalist-party leanings. But nonetheless, his father spent the next three years detained in communist "re-education" camp.
The Dang family fled Vietnam in 1979, in a patrol boat packed with 30 other people. A Spokane church sponsored the family's resettlement. They arrived April 23. "Cold, empty, spread out," Dang recalls about his new home.
During the summers, both parents and all five children picked berries in Oregon. His father assembled electronics; his mother cooked in Chinese restaurants. The parents' mantra to their children: You need to go to school. You need to be somebody.
"When my parents came to this country, they had no idea what we could accomplish," Dang says.
Eventually his parents opened an Asian grocery and watched Dang graduate from high school and enroll in college. After two years, Dang dropped out because of his family's financial troubles. The family lost its store. Money had run out and Dang took a job in an Alaska fish cannery, which turned into a 17-year-career, including stints as a manager.
Thirty years after the war, Saigon is called Ho Chi Minh City and diplomatic relations between the United States and Vietnam have been normalized. There's a U.S.-Vietnam trade agreement. U.S. Navy ships have docked in Vietnam's ports. Last December, United Airlines became the first U.S. airline in 30 years to offer direct service to the country.
Visits to Vietnam by former refugees have reunited families or have introduced them to the country of their parents.
"The sheer commercialism was unbelievable," says Dawn-Thanh Nguyen, 34, of Seattle, who visited in 2003. Fancy store fronts. Sweet fruits that tasted like moist cakes. Buying gingered tofu by running out onto a hotel balcony and hollering to a woman on the street below.
But the decision to make the trip, just like the war or current Vietnamese politics, divides the community.
"There's still a strong anti-communist sentiment," said Linda Vo, a professor of Asian American Studies at the University of California, Irvine. "People don't want it known that they've visited or have any business relationship with the country because that might mean you support the Vietnamese government."
For example, when three artists from Vietnam visited Seattle earlier this year, they earned the disdain of some local Vietnamese who called for protests.
The rift is acutely visible now as the community plans ways to mark tomorrow. "I can understand how one group can be bitter and one group can be carefree. But at the end of the day, they're all Vietnamese," says Tam Nguyen, the local restaurateur.
Phi Long Dang admires the economic progress Vietnam has made and says he hasn't had time to visit the country, a trip he begged his father to make when he was diagnosed with cancer. He offered to pay, but his father refused. Kim Dang died two years ago.
So rather than accepting his father's politics, Phi Long embraces his father's faith and tries not to work on Sundays so he can attend temple. "The older you get, the more you go back to your roots. When I come here, I feel like the whole community supports me," he says about the Cao Dai temple.
Dang doesn't plan to attend either anniversary event tomorrow, but not for political reasons. He plans to work at his new job, selling cars at an automobile dealership, Toyota of Seattle.
Seattle Times researcher Gene Balk contributed to this report.
Florangela Davila: 206-464-2916 or fdavila@seattletimes.com
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Day of Rebirth, Sorrow Revisted. |
Davila, Florangela |
04/29/2005 |
Seattle Times |
| 1900.4829 |
Article |
Sunday, May 01, 2005, 12:00 a.m. Pacific
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Vietnamese groups divided over how to remember past
By Tan Vinh
Seattle Times staff reporter
The crowd of 300 gathered on the grand, black-and-white mosaic floor of Union Station yesterday morning, telling stories of where they were 30 years ago when South Vietnam fell to the North Vietnamese communist regime.
Then Vietnamese and Vietnamese Americans headed outside to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the fall of Saigon. What happened next underscored the generation gap and the emotional complexities of the region's Vietnamese community.
At one corner of the street, a group of mostly young Vietnamese Americans marched to City Hall in a symbolic gesture to thank the state for accepting them in their new homeland.
Across the street, a group of mostly Vietnamese retirees in their old military uniforms marched toward "Little Saigon" in the Chinatown International District, chanting in Vietnamese, "Down with communism!" and "Freedom for Vietnam!"
"We wanted to have a unified event," said Thao Tran, 29, a member of the Unity of Vietnamese Americans Committee, a group of mostly young business and community leaders. "Unfortunately, we could not settle our program differences."
Trong Tang helped organize the Little Saigon march with former military men.
"We encourage the young generation to get involved in the community, but they should have checked with the older generation," he said. "They should show respect to the elders."
The issue has been a source of tension and an embarrassment to some Vietnamese who didn't want controversy to overshadow the anniversary.
Vietnamese community and business leaders said representatives from both events met as early as February to settle their differences.
But the older group, made up of many former prisoners of war, was adamant about setting the tone and taking the lead, according to community leaders who attended the meetings. The group, called the Republic of South Vietnam Armed Forces Veterans' Confederation of Washington State, believed the anniversary should be a day to mourn and to condemn communism for human-rights abuses.
Sanh Pham, 69, a retired Vietnamese army colonel, found the focus of the younger generation ? thanking the U.S. government and acknowledging the accomplishments of refugees ? too upbeat for what he considers the darkest day in South Vietnam history.
Yesterday, both sides downplayed the controversy. "We have an incredibly diverse community. I'm surprised there are only two separate events," said Chris Brownlee, 30, of Seattle, who helped organize the march toward City Hall.
At yesterday morning's Union Station gathering, Vietnamese and Vietnamese Americans spoke of their plight in the war-torn country and of adjusting in the United States.
Then came the marches. A group of at least 150 headed toward City Hall to hear Mayor Greg Nickels, U.S. Rep. Jim McDermott, D-Seattle, and other dignitaries speak about the contribution Vietnamese have made to the area in the past 30 years.
Nickels said he was aware of the two conflicting views but said that comes with having a diversity of 40,000 Vietnamese and Vietnamese Americans in the Seattle area, one of the largest concentrations in the country. This should be a day of healing, said the mayor, "a day we can look forward with hope."
In the Chinatown International District, the group of veterans lined up with their families standing in one corner dressed in black. The former soldiers took turns condemning the communist regime for human-rights abuse and restricting free speech.
They then marched around Vietnamese storefronts, waving the flag of the former Republic of Vietnam.
Casey Bui, 32, who helped organize the City Hall march, said he was not offended that the veterans held a separate march. He attended a candlelight vigil the former military men held the night before. "We are all part of one Vietnamese community," he said.
Tan Vinh: 206-515-5656 or tvinh@seattletimes.com
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Vietnamese Groups Divided Over How to Remember Past |
Vinh, Tan |
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Article |
A view inside the Nippon Kan Theatre (Nikkon Kan), which is located inside the Astor Hotel in the Chinatown/International District. The Theatre was the center of Japanese American life before World War II. |
Seattle's Japantown: A ghost begins to stir |
Schwartz, Susan |
February 8, 197 |
The Seattle Times |
| 1900.4830 |
Article |
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/222371_saigon30.html
It's a fateful day for Vietnamese: 30 years since Saigon's fall. Includes stories and thoughts about the future for Vietnamese in the United State.
Saturday, April 30, 2005
By ATHIMA CHANSANCHAI
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER
Seattle actress Khanh Doan wasn't yet born when the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon fell at the hands of the North Vietnamese army 30 years ago today, signaling the end of nearly three decades of conflict in the war-torn country.
Her father, a South Vietnamese infantryman, was placed in a re-education camp. She didn't meet him until she was 8 years old.
Not until she joined the cast of the 5th Avenue Theatre's "Miss Saigon" did her emotions about the anniversary surface.
"To my parents, the fall of Saigon was the start of a lot of hardship," she said.
Since the end of World War II, the small Southeast Asian country had been beset by civil war, division in 1954, and both communist and Western -- French and U.S. -- forces throwing military might into campaigns that cost the lives of nearly 60,000 American soldiers and an estimated 3 million Vietnamese.
The day the United States pulled out of its embassy in Saigon -- April 30, 1975 -- was the end of one life and the beginning of an exodus.
Scenes from those last days made their way onto television screens halfway around the world: families fleeing in anything with wheels or rudders, parents tearfully pushing their children into the arms of strangers, fire in the streets and a desperate crowd clambering over embassy walls.
Doan and others in the Seattle area's Vietnamese American community -- the third-largest in the country at more than 80,000 -- reflected on the anniversary with the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
Among their voices: a former naval officer who spent three years in prison after Saigon fell, a housewife who saw the disintegration of her country, a real estate agent who hopes other Vietnamese Americans build on their parents' sacrifices, and a high school girl born in Vietnam long after the communist takeover.
Khanh Doan, 29, actress, an ensemble cast member in "Miss Saigon"
The only full Vietnamese member of the 5th Avenue Theatre's "Miss Saigon" cast, Doan moved to Seattle about a year and a half ago. She wasn't even born when her father, a South Vietnamese infantryman, was placed in a re-education camp. She was 8 when she met her father, who found her and her mother in San Diego after years of imprisonment and searching.
"I had a lot of prejudices about the show before I did it. But the director, David Bennett, really wanted to tell the story. He did a lot of research and had people talk to us, had us watch videos. It was really emotional for me. It brought up things I hadn't felt, especially thinking about my mom and what my parents went through. It was the first time it was in my face. I cried every day.
"They don't think about going back to Vietnam. They feel like they'd be strangers there, going back as tourists.
"Before the show, I never thought about the anniversary. To my parents, the fall of Saigon was the start of a lot of hardship.
"Doing this show makes you remember this is based in history and it makes you want to portray the characters with as much truth and honesty as you can.
"Vietnam is always associated with the war. Vietnam equals war. I don't want to stop people from talking about the war, but I want there to be other things. We should nurture our talents to create new material."
Kim Pham, 54, publisher and editor- in-chief of Nguoi Viet, weekly Northwest Vietnamese newspapers
Pham came to Seattle in 1979 after spending three years in jail because he was a naval press officer for South Vietnam.
"The reason we are refugees is because we escaped and we want them to change, too, to have a better life. I feel like one of the songs in 'Miss Saigon': We don't forget the past, but we need to move on.
"But with my generation, it's very difficult to tell them to move on. It's a very sensitive and emotional thing. There was pain and panic. It was very difficult to withdraw.
"We can't stay here and wish someday that the communists will fall down. But there are so many factions here. We need to be like a family when they have a guest -- respect the family and don't fight with other guests."
Tiffany Bui, 40, Bothell housewife, mother of three
Bui is about the same age her widowed mother was when she fled from Vietnam with 11 children in tow.
"The 'fall of Saigon' for me came way before April 30, 1975. It came when as a child of 10 in South Vietnam in '75, I helped my mother feed and take care of people fleeing the war from the North. We didn't have much but it was more than they had, and Mother never could say no to people in need. I remember humongous pots of soups and pots and pots of rice. We even housed a famous Vietnamese movie star.
"It came when my second-oldest brother came through the front door and collapsed in my arms, scratched up and exhausted. He had lost most of his platoon and barely made it out of the jungle with his life with the help of strangers and a tart, bitter fruit that he still had in his hand. I witnessed him tell his friend's sister that her brother was dead. Her cries haunted me for years.
"There's a legend in my family that an old uncle had seen a vision of a yellow star and a red star fighting and that the red one gobbled up the yellow one.
"We left on a fishing boat and then went onto a barge. They were all scared and terrified. I remember there were a lot of well-dressed city folk with lots of luggage. All my mom grabbed were clothes, family china we still have, some of my dad's mementos, a stamp collection, pictures and Vietnamese money. On the big international boats, people would climb on each other in mobs. The sides broke and people fell over into the water.
"To me, what I went through that day -- as harried as it was for a child of 10 -- was a walk in the park compared to what others went through. As a parent now, I can't imagine sending my child with total strangers. I can't say that day really scarred my soul. For a good number of us, it meant a bump up in our economic status. It gave us opportunities we wouldn't have if we had stayed. It was a blessing in disguise, which sounds horrible to say because so many lives were totally ruined."
Casey Bui, 32, real estate agent, Tiffany Bui's brother-in-law and member of the Unity of Vietnamese Americans Committee
Born just outside of Saigon, Bui was the second-youngest of 11 children. Before his family left on a military plane a couple of days after Saigon fell, his eldest brother was captured by North Vietnamese troops. The family settled in Oregon, with his father, a South Vietnamese army officer, starting over as a custodian at a local high school to support his children.
"It's refreshing for me to find Vietnamese Americans my age who feel as passionately as I do about our community and not wanting to forget some of the sacrifices our parents and grandparents have made, and not squandering opportunities we've had.
"As much hardship and obstacles we all have in our lives, this is still a country people literally died to get into.
"If I don't give back to my community with that privilege, part of me feels that I have not taken advantage of the blessings I've been given."
Thanh Vo, singer and Cingular Wireless systems analyst
A budding singer when she fled Vietnam in 1982, Vo built a new fan base in Seattle after she arrived in 1988. (She lived in the Philippines and California in-between.) Her latest CD, "Khi Xa Sai Gon," or "After Saigon," was released for this anniversary.
"I actually find myself dealing with a mixed set of emotions: both pride and disappointment. Pride that heroes were made by the sacrifice to liberate a country. Disappointment in the situation that made the sacrifice necessary.
"I will never forget the arrival of the communists and the difficult years that followed.
"With this pain in my heart, no matter what people keep saying about the country being better now, I still do not believe it.
"I try to use my feelings to propel myself forward. The past can be both a driving force or an anchor."
Chris and Kelly Brownlee, both 30
Vietnamese adoptees who came to the United States through Operation Babylift, they met at the 25th fall of Saigon anniversary in Baltimore in 2000, where the seeds of a cross-country romance for Bostonian Chris and Seattleite Kelly were first sown. They have a daughter, Lily, who is 17 months old.
Chris: "It is a sad day, but in this time of passing and mourning we should take a look at how much our community has been able to accomplish. We should not look at how much we've lost and really cherish how much we've done.
"One day out of the year, we can put our differences aside. This is a really important day for all of us to be equally represented and find our own collective voice."
Thuc Chi Nguyen, 15, sophomore at Evergreen High School
Thuc Chi was born in 1989 in Ban Me Thuot, southern Vietnam. She left Vietnam with her family in 1994 and settled in Seattle. Her father was a lieutenant during the war.
"The first thing I think about when I think about the fall of Saigon is that it is the reason I am here today in America. Because Vietnam is under a communist government, my parents wanted our family to come over here for more opportunities."
IF YOU GO
The Fall of Saigon 2005: A Day of Remembrance and Hope will be held today.
It starts at 11 a.m. with a gathering at Seattle's Union Station, 401 S. Jackson St., featuring Vietnamese refugees, war veterans and representatives from the Vietnamese American community.
They will march to City Hall and hold a rally at 12:30 p.m.
P-I reporter Athima Chansanchai can be reached at 206-448-8041 or athimachansanchai@seattlepi.com
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A Fateful Day for Vietnamese |
Chansanchai, Athima |
04/30/2005 |
Seattle Post Inteligencer |
| 1900.4831 |
Article |
Preface to a book of the same title. |
Light One Candle: A Survovor's Story of Holocaust Demons and Japanese Heros. |
Ganor, Solly |
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| 1900.4832 |
Article |
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Behave Like Your Actions Reflect on All Chinese |
Jackson |
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Smithsonian Magazine |
| 1900.4833 |
booklet |
Story of the transfer of a Chinese home to the Peabody Essex Museum.
House was a merchant's house from Southeast China. |
Yin Yu Tang: Preserving Chinese Vernacular Architecture |
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| 1900.4834 |
Journal |
Reprint of the Talbot Mine of Renton accounts payable journal from 1880
Pages marked reference Chinese workers of companies. Wa Chong is the most prominent and repetative. |
Talbot Mine Journal |
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1880 |
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| 1900.4835 |
Article |
Article about Clarence Arai's election to the presidency of the Seattle chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League. |
Clarence Arai Is Elected to Head Japanese League |
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1/25/1936 |
Seattle Times |
| 1900.4836 |
Article |
Article about the Seattle Library Board's plan for its annual banquet at the Benjamin Franklin Hotel. Clarence Arai was a member of the board. |
Library Staff Plans Annual Banquet Friday |
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4/3/1941 |
Seattle Post-Ingelligencer |
| 1900.4837 |
Article |
Article covering Clarence Arai's speech at the Japanese American Citizens League northwest district convention in Yakima, WA and the other events that were held there in conjunction with the convention. |
Roy Nishimura Conducts Rally |
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9/6/1937 |
Yakima Daily Republic |
| 1900.4838 |
Article |
Article about the Japanese American Citizens League northwest district convention in Yakima, WA and the events that were being planned. |
Delegates Come To Yakima Meet |
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9/5/1937 |
Yakima Sunday Herald |
| 1900.4839 |
Article |
Article about the picnic that was held in conjunction with the Japanese American Citizens League northwest distric convention held in Yakima, WA and the events that were to take place. |
Japanese American Citizens Group Holds Sunday Afternoon Picnic |
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9/6/1937 |
Yakima Independent |
| 1900.484 |
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A Short History of the International District |
Chin |
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| 1900.4840 |
Article |
Article in the Municipal News announcing Clarence Arai's candidacy for the Republican nomination in the 37Th District. |
Clarence Arai for Representative |
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8/22/1936 |
Municipal News |
| 1900.4841 |
Article |
Article reporting the new officers of the Seattle Public Library Board, which includes Clarence Arai as the new vice president. |
Mrs. Quigley Head of Library Board |
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1937 |
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| 1900.4842 |
Article |
Article about Clarence Arai's leadership in getting the Alaska Cannery Workers union, composed of Japanese Americans, to organize a picket line for ships leaving for Alaska waters. |
Alaska Cannery Union Organizes Jap Workers |
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5/22/1937 |
Industrial Worker Ch? |
| 1900.4843 |
Article |
Article quoting Republican legislatlive candidate for the 37th District Clarence Arai as against 'Isms'. |
Arai, Legislature Candidate, Hits "Isms" |
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8/21/1936 |
Seattle Times |
| 1900.4844 |
Article |
Article expressing the view of Clarence Arai, Republican candidate for representative for the 37th District, on matters of the Constitutiona and welfare reform. |
Clarence Arai Favors Preserving Constitution |
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1937 |
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| 1900.4845 |
Article |
Article on plans by Republicans and Democrats of Kitsap County to stage events to begin the start of the election year. Clarence Arai, Republican, is among the visiting dignitaries to the Republican event. |
Both Parties Plan Rallies Here Tonight |
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1/21/1936 |
Bremerton Sun |
| 1900.4846 |
Article |
Article on Clarence Arai's election as president of the JACL (Japanese American Citizens League) Seattle chapter. |
Arai Is Unanimous Choice As Seattle J.A.C.L. Prexy |
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1/24/1936 |
North American Times |
| 1900.4847 |
Article |
Article on registration for the draft in Seattle, and picture accompanying the article mentioned Chinese, Japanese and Filipinos as among the registrants. |
70,000 Register For Draft Here |
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| 1900.4848 |
Article |
Aricle about Japanese Americans in Seattle and the difficulties they face because of racial discrimination and their determination to prove that they are Americans as anyone else. |
The Nisei: Challenge To Fair-Mindedness |
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12/11/1940 |
Seattle Star |
| 1900.4849 |
Article |
Article about the lawyers who were chosen to give free advice to selective service registrants if they had questions by going to the attorney listed for their local draft board. Included were three Japanese American attorneys--Clarence Arai, Kenji Ito and Harry I. Takagi. |
Draft Advice Will Be Given By Attorneys |
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11/10/1940 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| 1900.485 |
Report |
Part one of the results of a survey of the Jackson Street neighborhood from the Jackson Street Neighborhood Study Group. Took a look at values, local organizations, social layers, annual events, faction disputes, and comparison of other neighborhoods. |
A Survey of Attitudes and Opinions in the Jackson Street Community Study Area: Part I |
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January 13, 195 |
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| 1900.4850 |
Article |
Article on Mayor Earl Millikin's consideration of possible candidates for chief of police, city health commissioner, board of public works members and library board members of whom Clarence Arai is one of the board members. |
Millikin Will Make 2 Vital Appointments |
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3/12/1940 |
Seattle Post-Ingelligencer |
| 1900.4851 |
Article |
Article about the 50th aniversary of the Seattle Public Library system and the program and tea that was to be held at the Yesler Branch Libary. |
Yesler Library Branch To Stage Colorful Affair |
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4/19/1941 |
Japanese American Courier |
| 1900.4852 |
Article |
Article about the installation of officers of the Seattle, White River, Tacoma and Puyallup Valley chapters of the JACL held at the New Washington Hotel. Article emphasized the Americanism of the event. |
Japanese Americans Pledge U. S. Loyalty |
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3/16/1941 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| 1900.4853 |
article |
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Tears Flow as Historic Deal Signed |
Walker, William |
September 23, 1 |
Toronto Star |
| 1900.4854 |
article |
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The Trilogy: The Loaded Gun |
Marutani, Bill |
October 17, 200 |
Pacific Citizen |
| 1900.4855 |
article |
Eligible Japanese Canadian survivors of WWII internment will receive compensation, a Japanese Canadian human rights foundation for awareness of the experience and research against racism. The article is incomplete. |
Internees to Receive $240 million |
Walker, William |
September 22, 1 |
Toronto Star |
| 1900.4856 |
article |
Article discusses Guy Tozzoli's determination to build the world's tallest building, his group's selection of Minoru Yamasaki as their architect, his radical design and construction, and the problems the building had even befor 9/11. |
The height of ambition |
Glanz, James |
September 8, 20 |
New York Times Magazine |
| 1900.4858 |
article |
Article contains a photograph from the Henry and Yuki Miyake Collection of the Courier Class A championship basketball team, sponsored by Langendorf Bakery. The caption lists the names of all present, who became soliders two years later when WWII broke out. |
Ah, those were the days |
Nisei Veterans Newsletter |
February 1992 |
Nisei Veterans Newsletter |
| 1900.4859 |
article |
Flyer and registration form for the symposium |
Japanese Americans and Executive Order 9066: Fifty Years After |
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February 21-22, |
National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institute |
| 1900.486 |
Report |
Part two of the results of a survey of the Jackson Street neighborhood from the Jackson Street Neighborhood Study Group. Took a look at comparison of the Jackson Street Neighborhood to Seattle as a whole, voicing opinions during public meetings, newcomers to the Neighborhood, and opinions of the Neighborhood. |
A Survey of Attitudes and Opinions in the Jackson Street Community Study Area: Part II |
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January 13, 195 |
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| 1900.4860 |
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| 1900.4861 |
article |
Includes the complete program for the symposium and list all panelists. |
Japanese Americans and Executive Order 9066: Fifty Years After |
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January 10, 199 |
National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institute |
| 1900.4863 |
article |
The San Francisco Examiner takes the 50th anniversary of internment to apologize to the Japanese American community for their wrong judment in advocating internment. |
Learning the Lesson of Internment |
Bishop, Katherine |
February 20, 19 |
San Francisco Examiner |
| 1900.4864 |
article |
Article describes national remembrance activities regarding the 50th anniversary of President Rosevelt's signing of Executive Order 9066 on February 19, 1942. |
Treating the Pain of 1942 Internment |
Bishop, Katherine |
February 19, 19 |
New York Times |
| 1900.4866 |
article |
A summary of the internment brought up-to-date with tales of a growing tide of anti-asian harassment. Article is incomplete. |
Japanese look back 50 years to the horrors of internment |
Foster, David |
January 26, 199 |
Columbian |
| 1900.4867 |
article |
Fouth installment of an 8-part series on the history of martial arts in the Pacific Northwest. |
Chronicling martial arts in the northwest |
Svinth, Joseph |
December 22-26, |
North American Post |
| 1900.4868 |
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| 1900.4869 |
article |
Article mentions the Wing Luke Asian Museum's exhibit "Executive Order 9066: 50 years before and 50 years after." |
Minidoka was more than an 'interlude' |
Hannula, Don |
February 19, 19 |
Seattle Times |
| 1900.487 |
Article |
On the dragon mural in Hing Hay Park |
There's an IDEA behind new mural |
Reiner, Cathy |
May 14, 1977 |
The Seattle Times |
| 1900.4870 |
article |
Article mentions the Wing Luke Asian Museum's exhibits "Executive Order 9066: 50 years before and 50 after." This is the same article, published on a different date, as found in 1900.4871. |
The same lesson - 50 and 200 years ago |
Williamson, Don |
February 20, 19 |
Seattle Times |
| 1900.4871 |
article |
Article mentions the Wing Luke Asian Museum's exhibits "Executive Order 9066: 50 years before and 50 after." |
Voices of past, present cry out against injustice |
Williamson, Don |
February 24, 19 |
Seattle Times |
| 1900.4872 |
Article |
Photos of a labor leaders' conference in Denver showing five pictures, including Clarence Arai of the Fish Cannery Workers. |
Labor Leaders Here From Juneau To Galveston |
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10/8/1937 |
Rocky Mountain News |
| 1900.4873 |
Photo |
Photo in the Seattle Times of members of the JACL (Japanese American Citizens League) at an Independence Day dance showing them saluting the American flag. |
Japanese Americans Pledge Loyalty To Flag |
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7/7/1941 |
Seattle Times |
| 1900.4874 |
Article |
Article about Japanese Americans and Blacks trying to use Colman Swimming Pool and being denied entry. |
Color Groups Protest Ban At New Pool |
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7/25/1941 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| 1900.4875 |
Photo |
Photo with caption of Clarence Arai reporting on his being honored for the unionization of Seattle's Japanese markets at a banquet. |
A Good Helper |
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11/1/1941 |
Butcher Workingman (?) |
| 1900.4876 |
Article |
Article about Japanese Americans and Blacks protesting their exclusion from Colman Pool
at Lincoln Park in a meeting with the Seattle Park Board. |
Pool Exclusion Protests Filed |
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7/29/1941 |
Seattle Times |
| 1900.4877 |
Article |
Article about Japanese Ameicans wanting to use Colman Pool in Seattle's Lincoln Park and appearing before the Seattle Park Board to protest their exclusion. |
We're Americans |
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7/25/1941 |
Great Northern Daily News |
| 1900.4878 |
Article |
Article about President Franklin D. Roosevelt's order to freeze all Japanese assets in the United States and its effect on the Japanese community in the Seattle area. |
Freezing Edict Will Hit Trade in Sound Area |
Market, Dan B. |
7/26/1941 |
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| 1900.4879 |
Article |
The JACL Northwest District Convention concludd in Seattle with speeches, panel discussions and an oratorical contests included. A photo of four Japanees American girls pledging allegiance to the U.S. flag accompanied the article. |
Japanese Here Cite Value of Americanism |
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09/02/1941 |
Seattle Post Intelligencer |
| 1900.488 |
Article |
The story of Chin Gee Hee's grandaughter, Margaret Chin, who was to inherit, but her grandfather didn't want to leave his heritage to a girl. |
Three Generations of Chinese Family Which Figures in Queer Story of Wealth and Oriental Tradition |
Andersen, Gudrun |
September 23, 1 |
Seattle Post Intelligencer |
| 1900.4880 |
Article |
Tadako Tamura expressed her thoughts on the aftermath of the JACL Pacific Northwest convention in the Japanese American Courier. |
Convention After-Thoughts |
Tadako Tamura |
09/12/1941 |
Japanese American Courier |
| 1900.4881 |
Article |
A photograph showed Japanese American pledging allegiance to the U.S. at a rally at the Seattle Buddhist Church. |
1,300 Seattle Japanese Pledge Loyalty |
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12/23/1941 |
Seattle Times |
| 1900.4882 |
Article |
Clarence Arai, a captain in the army reserves whose commission expired after he could not pass the physical, sought to regain his commisssion because he wanted to help the U.S. now that it was at war. |
Arai Asks Post in U.S. Army |
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12/11/1941 |
Seattle Post Intelligencer |
| 1900.4883 |
Article |
Clarlence Arai, local Japanese Americcan attorney, expressed his wish to join the army and regain his commission as a captain after it had been terminated because of his health. |
Arai, Japanese Attorney, Seeks to Rejoin Army |
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1941 |
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| 1900.4884 |
Article |
Bill Hosokawa, Japanese American journalist, told of the rally held at the Seattle Buddhist Church auditorium that reaffirmed Japanese Americans' loyalty to the U.S. and their support for the U.S. war effort. |
The Rally Rigmarole |
Bill Hosokawa |
12/23/1941 |
N.A. Times |
| 1900.4885 |
Article |
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, in an editorial, affirmed the loyalty and good citizenship of Japanese Americans and urged the public to be tolerant and understanding of their plight. At the same time, it urged Japanese Americans to do their part in helping the American war effort. |
Our Japanese |
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1941 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| 1900.4886 |
Article |
Clarence Arai, former president of the Seattle JACL and also former national president of the JACL, urged Japanese Americans to assist in the war effort and to be good, patriotic citizens in working together with others so that democracy might prevail. |
Let Us Do Our Part |
Clarence T. Arai |
12/20/1941 |
N.A. Times |
| 1900.4887 |
Article |
Clarence Arai was elected wartime JACL president of the Seattle chapter; he succeeds Kenji Ito. |
Arai Elected War Time President of local J.A.C.L. Succeeding Ito |
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12/30/1941 |
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| 1900.4888 |
Article |
A photograph showed members of the JACL tabulating the results of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer's "Buy a Boeing Bomber" campaign. |
$2,800 More in Contributions |
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01/31/1942 |
Seattle Post Intelligencer |
| 1900.4889 |
Article |
The JACL held ceremonies for Japanese Americans to affirm their allegiance to the U.S. by reciting an oath and signing papers containing the oath of alllegiance. A photograph showed Toshiko Nakagawa being photographed after taking an oath and registering. |
Seattle Japanese Take Oath of U.S. Allegiance |
Walter Rue |
03/23/1942 |
Seattle Post Intelligencer |
| 1900.489 |
Pamphlet |
An informational pamphlet warning people to take care of blight on their houses. It also lists what the Jackson Street Community Council has accomplished so far. |
Tomorrow Is Today |
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1958 |
Jackson Street Community Council |
| 1900.4890 |
Article |
Japanese Americans, some of whom held dual citizenship, took an oath of allegiance to the U.S.
in ceremonies from Japanese American attorney Clarence Arai. Six women and one man were shown in a photograph in the Sattle P-I. |
A Pledge of Loyalty to the United States |
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03/23/1942 |
Seattle Post Intelligencer |
| 1900.4891 |
Article |
A photo showed the first arrivals to the Manzanar camp in the Owens Valley of California being assigned to their respective barracks. |
First Japanese Arrive at Evacuee Camp |
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03/23/1942 |
Seattle Post Intelligencer |
| 1900.4892 |
Article |
Bainbridge Island Japanese were making plans to evacuate the Island as orders were received to leave although the exact date had not been determined. People were packaing their goods or storing them, a pastor was closing his church, and businessmen were winding up their affairs. |
Bainbridge Japs Prepare to Leave |
Carlton Fitchett |
03/24/1942 |
Seattle Post Intelligencer |
| 1900.4893 |
Article |
Evacuation from Southern California began as some 1,000 Japanese went either by car caravan or train to the Manzanar camp in Owens Valley, California. |
Evacuation of Calif. Japs Now Under Way |
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03/34/1942 |
Seattle Post Intelligencer |
| 1900.4894 |
Article |
A photograph showed Johnny Nakata , grocery owner, cutting some meat as he explained that he wanted someone to take over his business while he's gone .Another photograph showed Rev. Kihachi Hirakawa at the altar of the church he built with his own labor and which he must leave to be evacuated with other Japanese from Bainbridge Island. |
Butcher and Preacher - All Japanese Must Leave Bainbridge Island Homes |
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03/24/1942 |
Seattle Post Intelligencer |
| 1900.4895 |
Article |
Construction workers were busily building homes at the Manzanar camp site in Owens Valley, California where a large contingent of West Coast Japanese were to be placed. |
Homes Rushed for Japs at Reception Center |
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03/23/1942 |
Seattle Star |
| 1900.4896 |
Article |
A photograph showed May Katayama, a Bainbridge Island florist, being fingerprinted as she registered for eventual ebvacuation from the Island. |
Farewell Thumbprint |
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03/23/1942 |
Seattle Star |
| 1900.4897 |
Article |
Four men sat in contemplation as they talked about the immiment evacuation that was to take place soon on Bainbridg Island. in a photograph. in a Seattle newsplaper. |
What happens next? |
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03/23/1942 |
Seattle Star |
| 1900.4898 |
Article |
Japanese Americans on Bainbridge Island prepared to leave their homes on the Island as they filled out registration papers. Two photographs showed one picture with an older man and youth, while another showeed a little girl with a registration form. |
Camera Catches Drama of Island Evacuation |
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03/23/1942 |
Seattle Star |
| 1900.4899 |
Article |
An army sentry looks toward three Japanese Americans outside Anderson's store on Bainbridge Island where registration was taking place. |
Uncle Sam Says "Move On!" |
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03/26/1942 |
Seattle Star |
| 1900.490 |
Article |
The city council of Taipei, Taiwan gives Seattle a pavilion for Hing Hay Park. Includes commentary on Seattle's last gift from an Asian country: the City of Tokyo, Japan, gave a gift of a tea house for the Japanese Garden in the Arboretum. |
A welcome gift from Taipei |
|
May 1, 1975 |
The Seattle Times |
| 1900.4900 |
Article |
Santa Anita racetrack in Arcadia, California was being prepared for use as a temporary evacuation center for Japanese evacuees as housing was being constructed for the new arrivals. |
Jap Evacuees Will Follow The Ponies at Santa Anita |
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1942 |
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| 1900.4901 |
Article |
Photos show the Owens Valley in California where reportedly 60,000 Japanese were to be located at a camp called Manzanar. One photo shows the camp barracks with the mountains in the background; another shows people lining up to register; and a third shows three women outside the door of a barrack clearing construction debris. |
Owens Valley - New Home of 60,000 Japs |
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03/25/1942 |
Seattle Star |
| 1900.4902 |
Article |
A curfew of 8 pm had the Japanese colony at home and obeying the law, according to a Seattle police officer. A photo of Aki Kato pointing to a clock at a drug store indicated that there were about 7 minutes to go before all Japanese had to be at home. |
Japanese Colony Dark as All Obey New Army Ruling |
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03/28/1942 |
Seattle Star |
| 1900.4903 |
Article |
A curfew ordered by the Western Defense Command on all Japanese on the West Coast had people observing the order by staying home or closing up shop. Two photos showed how people were affected by the curfew with one group playing cards at home, while another showed a druggist locking the doors to his pharmacy. |
Seattle Japanese Stay Home After Curfew |
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03/28/1942 |
Seattle Star |
| 1900.4904 |
Article |
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New Library Head to be Named Soon |
Carl L. Cooper |
03/28/1942 |
Seattle Post Intelligencer |
| 1900.4905 |
Article |
Editorials from the Seattle Post Intelligencer in 1942 on whether or not the Japanese community was a threat. |
Nisei Problem |
Jacqueline Wieland |
03/28/1942 |
Seattle Post Intelligencer |
| 1900.4906 |
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| 1900.4907 |
article |
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Exiled within |
Gelernter, Carey Quan |
February 16, 19 |
Seattle Times |
| 1900.4908 |
article |
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Take me out to the wall game |
Berner, Alan |
March 25, 2005 |
Seattle Times |
| 1900.4909 |
article |
Long-hidden photographs showing life in Wyoming's Heart Mountain Relocation Center. |
Photos illuminate internment of Japanese Americans |
Mahar, Ted |
February 18. 20 |
Oregonian |
| 1900.491 |
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The Dream Transformed |
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9/3/1977 |
The Vancouver Sun |
| 1900.4910 |
Article |
The Wing Luke Asian Museum's traveling exhibit, "Executive Order 9066: 50 Years Before and 50 Years After", is displayed at the Puyallup fairground's The Fair Museum. Japanese Americans comment on the exhibit and their experiences during their internment. |
Camp Harmony story unfolds |
|
September14, 19 |
The Columbian |
| 1900.4911 |
article |
Exhibit at the Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center: A League of Their Own: Oregon Nisei Baseball, 1930-1949. A long article with details from those who played the game before internment. |
Great American Pastime |
Pancrazio, Angela Cara |
July 19, 1998 |
Oregonian |
| 1900.4912 |
article |
A survivor of the Bataan Death March protests the plaque to tell the story of a Japanese internment camp in Santa Fe, NM. |
Bataan survivor protests memorial |
Baker, Deborah |
October 26, 199 |
Columbian |
| 1900.4913 |
article |
An extensive summary of the Korematsu and the Heart Mountain Fair Play Committee's constitutional cases in regard to the internment and draft rejection. Includes thoughtful analysis of the continuing bitterness against and between the resistors and the JACL The Coram Nobis case is explained. |
Koremastsu, Resisters Cases |
Nakagawa, Martha |
October 21, 199 |
Pacific Citizen |
| 1900.4914 |
article |
Article draws a parallel between Itallian Americans and Japanese Americans labeled as "enemy aliens" during WWII. |
Italian Americans decry war injustices |
Jansen, Bart |
October 27, 199 |
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| 1900.4915 |
article |
Memories of one JA woman internned at Tule Lake. |
U.S. citizen found brighter side of WWII internment |
Parr, Marina |
August 27, 1999 |
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| 1900.4916 |
article |
Article in connection with the publication of Richard Berner's Seattle Transformed, a history of Seattle, WA in the 1940s. |
Evacuation: March 30, 1942 |
Dorpat, Paul |
August 5, 1999 |
Seattle Times |
| 1900.4917 |
article |
Opinion, the Japanese American community continues to be split over whether the men who refused to go to the camps or the men who fought in World War II were right. It is time for each side to respect the decision of the other and heal the wounds of the past. |
Japanese Americans must heal battle scars |
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July 23, 1999 |
NW Asian Weekly |
| 1900.4918 |
article |
Article is a response to the editorial "Japanese Americans must heal battle scars" (1900.4917) |
Understanding, not forgiveness, needed |
Ikeda, Tsuguo "Ike" |
August 6, 1999 |
NW Asian Weekly |
| 1900.4919 |
article |
Investigatio of the Panama Hotel in Seattle reveals history of Japanese immigrants and the legacy left from WWII internment. |
Era of uncertainty frozen in time |
Le, Phuong |
August 1, 1999 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| 1900.492 |
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Japanese film makers are in Seattle to make a film on an immigrant, Waka Yamada, who was sold into Seattle prostitution at the turn of the twentieth century and lived at Aloha House in the International District. Assisting the crew is Uhachi Tamesa who remembered Waka. |
Japanes TV Crew Films in Seattle |
Lewis, Linda |
3/11/1979 |
Northwest |
| 1900.4920 |
article |
Two barracks from Minidoka will be moved so they are included in the Idaho Farm and Ranch Museum. |
Minidoka to be part of Idaho farm and ranch Museum |
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June 29, 1999 |
Pacific Citizen |
| 1900.4921 |
article |
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California lawmaker seeks reparations for internees |
Jablon, Robert |
June 16, 2000 |
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| 1900.4922 |
article |
Remarks from Gordon Hirabayashi on the occasion of receipt of the University of Washington's disginguished alumnus award. |
Japanese-American Recalls Refusal to Accept Internment |
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February 21, 20 |
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| 1900.4923 |
article |
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Exhibit Recalls Internment of Nikkei at Puyallup Fairgrounds |
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October 14, 199 |
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| 1900.4924 |
article |
Lilly Ono, 85, reflects on World War II spent with her husband, Kay, and children at the internment camp in Northern California |
Uprooted to Tule Lake |
Corum, Holley Gilbert |
December 28, 19 |
The Oregonian |
| 1900.4925 |
article |
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Internee in World War II |
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January 2000 |
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| 1900.4926 |
article |
Commentary that alleges that the Japanese Amnerican Memorial to Patriotism will contain falsified history of the internment and JA participation in World War II. |
Memorial to Patriotism a Betrayal to Historical Accuracy |
Hohri, William |
April 29, 2000 |
North American Post |
| 1900.4927 |
article |
A Japanese American man visits the place where his brother died a hero in World War II |
On death and remembrance |
Ninomiya, Calvin |
May 30, 1999 |
The Seattle Times |
| 1900.4928 |
Article |
Overview of Wing Luke Asian Museum exhibit "A Different Battle" |
Seattle exhibit tells stories of Asian-American veterans |
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May 30, 1999 |
The Seattle Times |
| 1900.4929 |
article |
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Asian American workers describe 'ethnic profiling' |
Anderson, Nick |
May 24, 1999 |
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| 1900.493 |
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History of the early Japanese settlers in the Highline, WA also known as Sunnydale, WA ) and tells the story of the families of Uhachi Tamesa and Kyosuke Yokoa |
The Many Roads To Highline |
Eyler, Melba |
1972 |
The Many Roads To Highline |
| 1900.4930 |
article |
Comments on the dedication of the Nisei veterans; monument in Los Angeles that has inscribed the names of all Japanese Americans who served in the U.S. Armed Forces during WWII or the post-war occupation. |
The living memorial |
Nishimura, Hiro |
July 16, 1999 |
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| 1900.4931 |
article |
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Sen. Feinstein asks U.S. postmaster to issue stamp honoring Nat'l Day of Remembrance |
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June 3, 1999 |
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| 1900.4932 |
article |
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Spark Matsunaga savings bond unveiled |
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June 3, 1999 |
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| 1900.4933 |
article |
Twin Cities Chapter of the JACL pay tribute to JAs who were interned during WWII and to honor those who fought against this injustice. |
Episcopalians, diocese, honored as "unsung heroes" |
Barksdale, Susan |
April 2000 |
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| 1900.4934 |
article |
Details of the organization of the Day of Remembrance at Camp Harmony - the Puyallup Fair Grounds. |
Born in Seattle: Japanese American Redress - Part IV, Chapter 3 |
Shimabukuro, Robert Sadamu |
Nov. 4 - Nov. 1 |
International Examiner |
| 1900.4935 |
article |
Details of the people and the process involved in The Day of Remembrance, the event that in 1978 united the families that were evacuated to the Puyallup Fair Grounds and was the largest gathering of Japanese Americans since the camps. Helped solidify the efforts for redress. |
Born in Seattle: Japanese American Redress - Part VI |
Shimabukuro, Robert Sadamu |
Nov. 18 - Dec. |
International Examiner |
| 1900.4936 |
article |
The efforts of Seattle JACL in educating the state about the evacuation, the people and efforts that went into lobbying the Washington State Congressional delegation are discussed in some detail. |
Born in Seattle: Conclusion |
Shimabukuro, Robert Sadamu |
Dec. 2 - Dec. 1 |
International Examiner |
| 1900.4937 |
article |
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Ottowa apologizes: How Japanese Canadians will be compensated |
Walker, William |
September 23, 1 |
Toronto Star |
| 1900.4938 |
article |
David Swift is collection facts, photos and anecdotes for a reference book about the first class of mISLS graduate in June, 1942. Includes of list of those graduates and the faculty. |
A Titanic Search: More on first MISLS graduates |
Honda, Harry K. |
April 16, 1998 |
Pacific Citizen |
| 1900.4939 |
article |
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Concentration camps |
Marutani, Bill |
April 16, 1998 |
Pacific Citizen |
| 1900.494 |
Article |
South Park near Seattle has changed from small farms and a close-knit society to few farms and industrial building. |
What's Happened To South Park |
Murakami, Debbie |
August 1979 |
International Examiner |
| 1900.4940 |
article |
A panoramic photo of Heart Mountain, taken by George S. Iwanaga brings back memories. Includes list of staff of the Heart Mountain Sentinel, the camp newspaper. |
Heart Mountain memories |
Hosokawa, Bill |
April 16, 1998 |
Pacific Citizen |
| 1900.4941 |
article |
An improbable woman, who keeps out of the limelight, has helped young politicians and prodded taleneted people into civic activism to become a backroom heavyweight. |
The elusive politics of Ruth Woo |
Simon, Jim |
September 8, 19 |
Pacific Magazine |
| 1900.4942 |
article |
Story of political refugees from Vietnam who are trying to make their living in the United States. Follows a group learning to by janitors in the Public Schools of Washington State. |
Life after liberation |
Ramirez, Marc |
May 2, 1993 |
Pacific |
| 1900.4943 |
article |
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Floyd Schmoe |
Bock, Paula |
September 14, 1 |
Pacific Magazine |
| 1900.4944 |
article |
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Homemade opera stirs homesick soul |
Eng, Lily |
March 17, 1997 |
Seattle Times |
| 1900.4945 |
Article |
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Sun Yat-sen's Visit to Seattle |
Reddin, John |
February 23, 19 |
Seattle Times |
| 1900.4946 |
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| 1900.4947 |
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| 1900.4948 |
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| 1900.4949 |
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| 1900.495 |
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Yarrow a Place: An Historical Commentary on Lives and Times During the Early Development of Yarrow Point |
Whitig |
1976 |
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| 1900.4950 |
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| 1900.4951 |
article |
This item is a flyer advertising the "Asian Pacific American stand-up comedy festival" |
Asian Pacific American stand-up comedy festival |
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| 1900.4952 |
Article |
WLM's agreement to purchase Kong Yick Building/Freeman Hotel |
Wing Luke Asian Museum hopes to move |
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July 17, 2003 |
Seattle Post Intelligencer |
| 1900.4953 |
article |
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| 1900.4954 |
Article |
Features the Seattle Chinese Community Girls Drill Team and the Filipino Youth Activities Drill Team. Takes a look at their history and their impact in Seattle. |
Drill teams speak on histories, rivalries |
Dapiaoen, Ian |
July 2-15, 2003 |
International Examiner |
| 1900.4955 |
article |
Students at the Morning Star Cultural Center learn to perform traditional Korean dance and music. |
Morning Star dance group |
Kim, Anne |
July 2 - 15, 20 |
International Examiner |
| 1900.4956 |
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| 1900.4957 |
article |
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Harry Pang built line of popular Chinese frozen foods |
Davila, Florangela |
April 14, 2004 |
The Seattle Times |
| 1900.4958 |
article |
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Tyree Scott, 1940-2003 |
Coolican, J. Patrick |
June 20, 2003 |
The Seattle Times |
| 1900.4959 |
Article |
This article gives accounts of several projects and events occurring in the Chinatown/International District. |
The InterIm Corner: Inside the I.D. |
Im, Tom |
1999 |
International Examiner |
| 1900.496 |
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Bills in Washington State House and Senate would compensate Japanese American state employees who lost their jobs because of Executive Order 9066. |
Bills Provide for Compensation to Japanese American State Employees |
Hayashi, Sumi |
2/2/1983 |
International Examiner |
| 1900.4960 |
article |
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Poets slam down rhythms and rhymes |
Vu, Carol N. |
April 24 - 30, |
Northwest Asian Weekly |
| 1900.4961 |
Article |
Letters to the Editor ot the Seatte Post-Ingelligencer commenting on the proposal to evacuate all Japanese/Japanese Americans from the West Coast. |
Would Move Japanese; Loyal Japanese; For Mr. Moto |
Johnson, Peter S.; Bonus, Albert D.; Guptill, Tom |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| 1900.4962 |
Notice |
Notice of a meeting with the Seattle Library Board, which includes Japanese American Clarence Arai. |
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Seattle Library Board |
| 1900.4963 |
Article |
Letter to the Editor to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer by Charles Sutherland of Cle Elum, WA suggesting what to do with the Japanese in the aftermath of the Pearl Harbor bombing. |
Japanese Problem |
Sutherland, Charles |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| 1900.4964 |
Article |
Interview with Clarence Arai with a Japanese American Courier radio announcer, Tura Nakamura, on how the different cultures in this country combined to promoted Americanism. |
Cultures Combine to Aid Democracy |
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1/25/1941 |
Japanese American Courier |
| 1900.4965 |
Photo |
Photo in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer showing Japanese from Bainbridge Island walking to their train for evacuation while people watch from the Marion St. overpass. |
Bainbridge Japs Leave in First N.W. Evacuation |
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3/31/1942 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| 1900.4966 |
Photo |
Photo with incomplete article about the evacuation of Bainbridge Island Japanese to a concentration camp in California. Photo shows the Nakamura family with Rev. Hirakawa in an army truck. |
225 to Make New Homes in California |
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3/31/1942 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| 1900.4967 |
Proclamation |
Edict issued by General John L. DeWitt announcing the restrictions Japanese, German and Italian aliens and Japanese Americans must observe, primarily a curfew, limitations on travel and giving up certain items like cameras, short wave radios and firearms. |
Text of Gen. DeWitt's Curfew Edict |
DeWitt, Gen. John L. |
March 24, 1942 |
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| 1900.4968 |
Article |
News article about the naming of a trustee to the Seattle Library Board who replaces Clarence Arai. |
Millikin Names Pastor to Board |
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4/2/1942 |
Seattle Times |
| 1900.4969 |
Article |
News article about a minister replacing Clarence Arai as trustee of the Seattle Library Board. |
Mayor Offers Cleric's Name |
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4/2/1942 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| 1900.497 |
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Camp Harmony Revisited: Reparation Effort Begins |
Okimoto, Randy |
Dec. 1978 |
International Examiner |
| 1900.4970 |
Article |
Editorial that appeared in the Seattle Times on 4/1/1942 noting the different ethnicities involved in the removal of the Japanese on Bainbridge Island and how they all worked well together. |
Still a Melting Pot |
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4/1/1942 |
Seattle Times |
| 1900.4971 |
Article |
A review of the Wing Luke Museum's exhibit "One Song, Many Voices." Includes background information about the exhibit and a look at racial discrimination Asian Americans have faced over the years. |
A People's Exhibit: Display shows the richness of Asian community |
Iritani, Evelyn |
May 1, 1993 |
Seattle Post Intelligencer |
| 1900.4972 |
Article |
WLAM was award the National Award for Museum Service and met with Hillary Rodham Clinton. |
Wing Luke Asian Museum Honored at Special White House Ceremony |
Luna, Deni |
October 14-20, |
Northwest Asian Weekly |
| 1900.4973 |
article |
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Humble activist praised for vision, leadership |
Ching, Jennifer |
Nov. 1 - Nov. 7 |
Northwest Asian Weekly |
| 1900.4974 |
Article |
At the Patrons of Northwest Civic, Cultural and Chritable Organizations (Poncho) turns 35, its seeks younger members and more diverse arts projects, including the Wing Luke Museum. |
Poncho at (dare we say it) middle age |
Cronin, Mary Elizabeth |
April 22, 1997 |
The Seattle Times |
| 1900.4975 |
article |
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Lunar New Year is a time to count blessings and throw a dinner party |
Chou, Hsiao-ching |
January 21, 200 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| 1900.4976 |
Article |
Reviews Asia/America: Identities in Contemporary Asian American Art, a national exhibit on display at the Tacoma Art Museum. |
Matters of Survival: Asia/America at the Tacoma Art Museum |
Glowen, Ron |
November 3, 199 |
Artweek |
| 1900.4977 |
article |
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Ring in the Year of the Monkey with dishes that tell their own rich tales |
Haughton, Natalie |
January 21, 200 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| 1900.4978 |
Article |
Article on the Wing Luke Museum's exhibit "They Painted from their Hearts" |
They Painted from their Hearts: Pioneer Asian American Artists |
Glowen, Ron |
November 3, 199 |
Artweek |
| 1900.4979 |
article |
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Keeping Vietnam's traditional arts alive |
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Dec 17, 2003-Ja |
International Examiner |
| 1900.498 |
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Article in Sunday Northwest section written in the present tense to desctibe the evacuation of Seattle Japanese to Puyallup Fairgrounds. |
For the Duration: The Long March to Internment Camp |
Evans, Walter |
4/4/1976 |
Seattle Post Intelligencer |
| 1900.4980 |
article |
Visitors will see the foundation of a barracks, the remnants of ornamental rock gardens, the stone sentry building and the last major structure, the wood-frame auditorium. |
Internment camp from WWII open for tours |
Fleeman, Michael |
July 28, 1997 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| 1900.4981 |
Article |
An amine convention called Sakura-Con in SeaTac, WA featured costumed fans called otaku. |
Diehard otaku display anime cosplay |
Dizon, Kristin |
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Seattle Post Intelligencer |
| 1900.4982 |
article |
A panel discussion at the Langston Hughes Cultural Arts Center where e WW II veterabs shared their experience with serving in segregated units. Includs reflections on the tension between Hawaii Nikkei, whose families were not interned, and west coast Nisei who experience racism. |
Personal Reflections: World War II veterans of degretated units |
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| 1900.4983 |
Article |
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Youth anthology seeks submission |
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July 1, 2003 |
The Asian Reporter |
| 1900.4984 |
Article |
A look at how Ron Chew has shaped the Wing Luke Museum ever since becoming its Executive Director 3 years previous. Includes a biography of Chew. |
Ron Chew: Community Power |
Gelernter, Carey Quan |
May 22, 1994 |
The Seattle Times |
| 1900.4985 |
Article |
A compilation of essays, poems, and short stories that are representative of the diversity of experience of Korean immigrants to the U.S. |
Anthology shows diversity of Korean American voices |
Han, Edward J. |
December 16, 20 |
The Asian Reporter |
| 1900.4986 |
article |
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If it ain't Baroque, don't fix it |
Karl, E. A. |
Feb. 20 - Mar. |
International Examiner |
| 1900.4987 |
Article |
Resident's of Holly Park reflect on their time spent in that community. The Oral Histories from these residents are part of a program produced by the Wing Luke Museum. Holly Park is to be demolished to make way for mixed income housing |
The place we called Holly Park |
Del Rosario, Carina A. |
July 27, 1997 |
The Seattle Times |
| 1900.4988 |
Article |
Critical review of several of the pieces in the 14th annual Asian American Artists Exhibit hosted by the Wing Luke Museum. |
3 themes dominate shows at Wing Luke |
Hackett, Regina |
July 16, 1984 |
Seattle Post Intelligencer |
| 1900.4989 |
Photo |
Photo of Japanese Americans lining up at the doorway of a camp barrack with a soldier and two civilians at the doorway. Most likely this camp is Manzanar, California because it was the first camp built and the date was around that time. |
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3/29/1942 |
New York Herald-Tribune |
| 1900.499 |
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For the Sake of the Children: Bainbridge's Japanese Americans Remember |
Gwinn, Mary Ann |
3/19/1989 |
Pacific |
| 1900.4990 |
Photo |
Photo of Masaru Shibayama, 2 -1/2, of Bainbridge Island standing near a soldier with fixed bayonet. |
A Symbol of Safety |
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3/26/1942 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| 1900.4991 |
Article |
Article about a Japanese woman who committed suicide because she was despondent over being separated from her husband, who had been interned in the Midwest. |
Japanese Leaves Tragic Note |
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4/2/1942 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| 1900.4992 |
Photo |
Photo of three Japanese Americans--Shigeko Tamaki, Sumio Yukawa and Eizo Yukawa--with Shigeko Tamaki registering the two Yukawas on Bainbridge Island prior to being evacuasted. |
Registering on Bainbridge |
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3/26/1942 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| 1900.4993 |
Photo |
Photo showing internees at Manzanar, California camp lining up to receive food being ladled out by workers. It was their first meal of the day at the new camp. |
First Meal in New Alien Camp |
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3/5/1942 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| 1900.4994 |
Photo |
Photo of a caravan of cars led by an army jeep heading for the reception center at the Manzanar camp in the Owens Valley. |
Japs on Way to Camp |
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3/5/1942 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| 1900.4995 |
Photo |
Photo of internees at the Manzanar, California camp gathered outside the camp barracks as they await assignment to their living quarters. |
Japs on Way to Camp |
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3/5/1942 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| 1900.4996 |
Photo |
Photo of two women internees, Gene Hashimoto and Rosemary Anzai, putting up a picture of General Douglas MacArthur on the wall of their apartment at the Manzanar camp in California. |
Their Hero |
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3/5/1942 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| 1900.4997 |
Photo |
Photo of the Manzanar camp in the Owens Valley of California with the Sierra Nevada moutains in the background. |
Owens Valley |
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3/29/1942 |
New York Herald-Tribune |
| 1900.4998 |
Photo |
Photo of a man and two women waving and smiling through the windows of a bus headed for the Manzanar camp in the Owens Valley of California. |
Japanese Smiles |
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3/29/1942 |
New York Herald-Tribune |
| 1900.4999 |
Photo |
Photo of Japanese apparently preparing to leave for Manzanar internment camp in the Owens Valley. Duffel bags are prominently piled high on the ground along with suitcases. Buses are shown in the background on the left. |
Vanguard of More than 100,000 Japanese |
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3/29/1942 |
New York Herald-Tribune |
| 1900.500 |
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House Subcommittee Hears Testimony on Redress |
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6/4/1984 |
International Examiner |
| 1900.5000 |
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Reprinted on the internet; Women's American Baptist Home Missionary Society |
Angel Island: the Ellis Island of the West |
Bamford, Mary |
1917 |
Internet |
| 1900.5001 |
Photo |
Photo of the Santa Anita Race Track in California being converted to temporary housing for Japanese internees before they are sent to permanent housing at Manzanar in the Owens Valley. |
A Temporary Haven at Famous Santa Anita Track |
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3/29/1942 |
New York Herald-Tribune |
| 1900.5002 |
Article |
Article in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer about the reluctance of the Japanese farmers to continue planting because of the uncertainty of what is being planned by the government. |
Planting Halted by Jap Farmers |
Welch, Doug |
3/5/1942 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| 1900.5003 |
Photo |
Photo in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer showing two men, George Tsujihara and Masao Kondo, reading the newspaper for the latest news on evacuation. |
Awaiting Definite News on Removal |
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3/5/1942 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| 1900.5004 |
Photo |
Photo of people filling matresses with straw at the Manzanar internment camp in the Owens Valley of California as they prepare to spend their first night there. |
Filling Matresses with Straw |
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3/5/1942 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| 1900.5005 |
Article |
Editorial in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer of 4/4/1942 praising the efficiency of the evacuation of the Japanese on Bainbridge Island and also the results of a court case against a Japanese American defendant who was found innnocent. |
We Point with Pride |
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4/4/1942 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| 1900.5006 |
Article |
Article on a family whose mother is Japanese American and married to a Chinese American and their two daughters. She and the children will be evacuated to an internment camp while her husband will have to remain. |
Evacuation to Part Chinese, Jap Family |
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4/4/1942 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| 1900.5007 |
Photo |
Photo of Nellie Woo, a Japanese American married to a Chinese American man, who has two daughters and will have to evacuate with her two half-Chinese, half-Japanese daughters to an internment camp. |
An Evacuation Racial Problem |
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4/4/1942 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
