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Prints of Pop (& War)

NYU catalogue, curated by Roger Shimomura during his time as the 2012-2013 Artist-in-Residence at the A/P/A Institute at NYU.

A for Adobo

An alphabet book featuring different dishes from Filipino cuisine.

Okage sama de : the Japanese in Hawai'i, 1885-1985

History of the early Japanese immigrants and the role they played in Hawai'i.

Honor by Fire: Japanese Americans at war in Europe and the Pacific

A moving story of men who fought first for the right to fight, and then went on to show a rare courage and tremendous spirit.

Blood and sweat over the railway tracks : the Chinese labourers in the Canadian Pacific Railway construction (1880-1885)

A recollection of the CPR Construction which employed thousands of Chinese labourers to build the transcontinental railway linking this country from coast to coast.

Children of Manzanar

Captures the experiences of some of the nearly four thousand children and young adults held at Manzanar during World War II under Executive Order 9066, an act that authorized the U.S. Army to undertake the rapid removal of more than one hundred…

An American Hero: Shiro Kashino

3 copies Shiro Kashino was incarcerated at the Minidoka War Relocation Center, a concentration camp near Twin Falls, Idaho. When the opportunity to serve the US Army opened in 1943, he volunteered for the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. He fought in…

Dairy of Aya "Betty" Murakami

Translated from shorthand by Miyo Ike 1940-42, 1944-45 (2 binders)

Sorghaghtani of Mongolia

On the windswept steppes of Mongolia in the 13th century, a princess was given the chance to rule.