An Oral History with Mitsuhiko H. Shimizu - Segment 1
Issei community leader and businessman in Los Angeles's Little Tokyo recounts his arrest by Federal Bureau of Investigation after Pearl Harbor, his experiences in internment camps in North Dakota and Louisiana, and the Manzanar incarceration camp, California. This oral history was conducted for the Japanese American Oral History Project, Oral …
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An Oral History with Katsuma Mukaeda - Segment 1
Chairman of Japanese American Cultural Center and former president of Japanese Chamber of Commerce recounts conditions of prewar Los Angeles's Little Tokyo, its wartime conversion into a black community, postwar reestablishment as a Japanese-American cultural and commercial center. Includes comments on discriminatory legislation, prewar Japan-American relations. World War II removal …
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An Oral History with Reverend Seytsu Takahashi - Segment 1
Issei Buddhist bishop and superintendent of Kayasan Temple in Little Tokyo since 1931 recounts his wartime experiences and internment at Fort Missoula, Montana; Livingstone, Louisiana; and Crystal City, Texas. Transcribed in both Japanese and English. This oral history was conducted for the Japanese American Oral History Project, Oral History Program, …
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Group photograph of a welcome party for Dr. Furukochi held at Koyasan Betsuin, Los Angeles, California. The event was sponsored by three newspaper companies, presumably "Kashu mainichi shinbun = Japan-California daily news," "Rafu shimpo," and "Shin Nichibei = New Japanese American news." A photo from: Manzanar Photo Album. See this …
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Michi Weglyn was noted activist who wrote redress 'bible'
An obituary of Michi Weglyn written by Takeshi Nakayama and published in the Japanese American newspaper "Rafu Shimpo" on April 27, 1999. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: chi_09_017 View in DDR »
Letter from Michi Weglyn to Frank Chin, April 07, 1998
A letter from Michi Weglyn to Frank Chin in which she compliments Chin, tells him about the many letters she needs to write, and offers to send him newspaper clippings. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: chi_74_01_005 View in DDR »
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