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A Principled Stand: The Story of Hirabayashi v. United States

In A Principled Stand, Gordon's brother James and nephew Lane have brought together his prison diaries and voluminous wartime correspondence to tell the story of Hirabayashi v. United States, the Supreme Court case that in 1943 upheld and on appeal…

Why I refused to register for evacuation

Gordon K. Hirayabshi revealed in his letter why he could not obey the evacuation order sending persons of Japanese ancestry into internment camps. He cited constitutional and Bill of Rights guarantees as his authority for resisting the evacuation.

Japanese American Resettlement Through the Lens: Hikaru Carl Iwasaki and the WRA's Photographic Section, 1943-1945

A collection of photographs that focuses on resettlement of Japanese Americans following their release from WRA camps from 1943 to 1945. It explores the WRA's use of photography in its mission not only to encourage 'loyal' Japanese Americans to…

The Extent and Preservation of Original Historical Records in Japan

A report on the extent and preservation of original historical records in Japan, including government records and personal diaries, from the World Conference on Records and Geneological Seminar, in Salt Lake City, UT, 5-8 August, 1969.

Circle of Friendship: Asian Pacific American Artists Cross Cultural Heritage and the American Experience, A Cultural Education Project

Photocopy of the book "Circle of Friendship", which is about Asian Pacific American artists from Washington, D.C.

Systems Fail

Systems Fail offers a selection of work by Hiromi Goto and N.K. Jemisin, WisCon 38's Guests of Honor. Goto's poignant "What Isn't Remembered" imagines a mother, holding out against technological pressures in a future in which secretes are considered…

Satire

A satirical letter to the editor by a Japanese American internee at the Puyallup Assembly Center spoke in jest of the treatment he was receiving and that he was in "agreement" with what was happening to him.