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What were WRA Forms #2 through #19?

I started volunteering at the Japanese American National Museum in 2000. I immediately took advantage of one of their services—access to the National Archives ...

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The Experience of an NCI Intern During a World Pandemic

Everyone can agree that 2020 is a year of unprecedented circumstances. With COVID-19 forcing the world to stay at home, the world as we know ...

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The MIS: Boots on the Ground in the Pacific

Collections Management staff at the Japanese American National Museum often provide photographs and scans of items from the museum’s collections to highlight anniversaries, holidays ...

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Chiyoko Sakamoto, a Trailblazer and Innovator of the Nikkei Community

Chiyoko Sakamoto was an innovator in her day, and a trailblazer for the Nikkei community. Sakamoto was the first Japanese American female lawyer in California ...

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In Memoriam: A Tribute to Lane Ryo Hirabayashi

Lane Ryo Hirabayashi was an innovator in the field of Asian American Studies, a historian and storyteller who dedicated his life to deepening public knowledge ...

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The Story of Citizen USA

The release of the book Citizen USA by the Japanese American National Museum has been over 75 years in the making. Written at the Manzanar ...

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Irene Hirano Inouye: A Personal Reflection

On April 7, 2020, I heard that Irene Hirano Inouye, a member of Delta Phi Kappa in the mid-60s, passed away. I was saddened by ...

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JANM’s Media Arts Center Spotlight

“There are so many wonderful stories waiting to be told. Just like the ‘junk’ in your parent’s garage that might really be an artifact ...

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Kizuna 2020: Nikkei Kindness and Solidarity During the COVID-19 Pandemic

JANM Volunteers in the Time of Covid

40 staff and 200 volunteers are the human resource numbers for the Japanese American National Museum. With volunteers outnumbering staff 5:1, the hallways and ...

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Memories on the Open Market

For scholars of Japanese American history, telling the story of incarceration is important yet difficult. Doing justice to the complicated narrative of camp life and ...