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Collection contains photographs of Alyce Kadota Yamanaka and friends, the "Ro-Babes" basketball team (ca. 1950s), fabric bowling patches recognizing leagues, tournaments wins and team names (ca. 1950s-1970s), and invitations to social events (1948-1950).

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Collection contains the “Picture Section” of a 1936 edition of the Chicago Sunday Tribune.

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Collection includes copies of the Gila Bulletin from Gila River Internment Camp in Arizona.

Scope and Contents This collection consists of published and unpublished brochures, pamphlets, reports, essays, papers, theses, and dissertations, also known as gray literature, relating to Japanese Americans. Many of these materials were once located in the Legacy Center library. The materials address various subjects, including Japanese Americans, mental illness, resettlement in Chicago, Nisei military service, education, employment, Japanese American history in Sacramento, CA, and more.The...

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This is a small collection of membership directories from the Buddhist Council of the Midwest.

Scope and Contents The Chicago Theological Seminary Japanese American resettlement research papers consist of reports and supporting material used to study the Japanese resettlement and assimilation in Chicago, Illinois in the 1940s. Two summary reports are included: “The Study of Japanese in Chicago in Relation to Church Organizations” and “Report on the Inquiry into the Relation of Agencies in the Division on Education and Recreation to Nisei in Chicago.” Both were compiled in 1945. These reports are part of...

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Collection contains English and Japanese language DVDs and promotional material for a video created about the life of Chieko Onoda, a 1947 graduate of the Cook County School of Nursing (2010-2011). The video was written, directed and produced by Todd Hissong and Rieko Kishi Fukuzawa.

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Collection contains 25 paintings created by Japanese American children that were interned at Granada [Amache] Relocation Center during World War II. Paintings were saved by Kate and Reverend Chiaki Kuzuhara and were donated to the JASC Legacy Center when the couple passed.