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    Photographic postcards of individuals and groups in the Philippines

    Visual Materials

    A group of 29 photographic postcards and snapshots of people and activities in the Philippines prior to World War II. There are also images of indigenous Igorot peoples at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition of 1909 in Seattle, Washington, and a few photographs of Filipinos in San Francisco, including a group at the Filipino Community Methodist Church. Photographs taken in the Philippines include studio portraits (some with inscriptions in Tagalog), family groups, children, sports teams, and cock fighting. A 1945 image shows an overview of the Santo Tomas internment camp where Japanese authorities interned civilians during WWII. Some postcards have correspondence in English and were mailed to the United States. Please note that this collection contains historical images and language that library users may find harmful, offensive, or inappropriate.

    photCL 739

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    Shōwa 14-nendo Renshū Kantai junkō kinen

    Rare Books

    This book commemorates the Japanese Naval Training Squadron's world tour between July and December 1939. The Iwate, Yagumo and Shiretoko completed an intial tour of China and Taiwan, visiting Dalian, Lushuh, Qingdao, and Shanghai, Taiwan and Amoy. The second tour, undertaken in October 1939 visited Hawaii and Micronesia. The majority of illustrations are photomechanical prints of black and white photographs. The album contains a photographic record of the ports visited including many local attractions and the crews' reception by local Japanese populations. Portraits of the crews include individual pictures of ranking officers and depictions of daily life on board and on shore. Includes a color map of the complete tour route and 3 color reproductions of paintings depicting Hawaii, Truk and warships at sea with a tropical background.

    653619

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    Fifth Chinese daughter

    Rare Books

    Jade Snow Wong grew up in a traditional Chinese family in San Francisco's pre-World War II Chinatown. It was a world in which wives were introduced by their husbands as "my inferior woman," rules were taught with corporal punishment, and home life was literally connected to the family business. She becomes determined to go to college and gain more independence than she has been taught to expect. Her decision sets off a balancing process between cultures that Jade Snow Wong, in correct Chinese third person, explores with humor, reverence, and philosophical insight.

    654209

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    Taishō Jūsan, Jūyonen Renshū Kantai junkō kinen

    Rare Books

    Commerative photographic album of the Japanese Naval Training Squadron's world tour between November 1924 and April 1925. Photographs include portraits of the officers and crew, and photographs of the numerous ports of call, including receptions with local authorities and Japanese communities. Highlights include calls at San Francisco, Vancouver, B.C. and Honolulu, Hawaii. Captions and text in Japanese. A folded color map is included in a pocket at the end. Bound in red cloth with gilt lettering on cover, gitl edges, corded tassle ties. Hinges reinforced with cloth tape on inside.

    653958

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    Printed ephemera -- Re: Japanese Americans -- Reparations, (1986)

    Manuscripts

    "...Congress Apologizes on Behalf of the Nation" by Japanese American Citizens League with participation from U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Redress Administration; Redress! The American People; Against All Odds: The Japanese Americans' Campaign for Dress, Case Program John F. Kennedy School of Government Harvard University; letter from George W. Bush

    mssIto

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    Valentín Gómez Farías letter to Juan Bautista Alvarado

    Manuscripts

    Farías discusses the political situation in California, stating that the independence and liberty of the people of California deserve the government's strict attention.

    mssHM 26651