ipl2: Information You Can Trust

Ask an ipl2 Librarian

Search:

Search Help

Search results for:
Japanese Americans	Viewing 1 to 10 of 29

Next>>

California Japantowns

This website explores "the historic legacies of Japantown communities across the state and the vibrant communities of the three remaining Japantowns in California," in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and San Jose. Features maps of the three Jap ...

http://www.californiajapantowns.org/

Exploring the Japanese American Internment Through Film & the Internet

This website "utilizes a rich collection of video clips as a starting point for examining the many aspects and implications of the Japanese American internment." Essays and video clips explore topics related to World War II and prewar discr ...

http://www.asianamericanmedia.org/jainternment/

Letters From the Japanese American Internment

In this history lesson plan, "students make deductions about life in an internment camp by reading and comparing letters written to [children's librarian] Clara [Estelle] Breed." Provides images of the letters, photos, links to related Smit ...

http://smithsonianeducation.org/educators/lesson_plans/japanese_internment/

National Japanese American Historical Society (NJAHS)

This San Francisco based non-profit organization is "dedicated to the preservation, promotion, and dissemination of materials relating to the history and culture of Japanese Americans." Contains exhibits and information on Japanese American ...

http://www.nikkeiheritage.org/

Kent Nagano: Fresh Air in Montreal

2004 interview with Japanese-American conductor Kent Nagano, highlighting his achievements and his views about Asians in classical music. In English and French. Note: additional material on Nagano is not linked from this article, but is available thr ...

http://www.scena.org/lsm/sm9-7/Nagano-en.htm

Redwood City Remembers: Japanese Americans in Redwood City

"The goal of the project was to gather information ... about Japanese-Americans interned during World War II." The project features "a collection of letters between a local banker, J. Elmer Morrish, and many of the interned Japanese-Am ...

http://www.redwoodcityremembers.info/

Clara Estelle Breed: Centennial 1906-2006

This site celebrates the life and work of San Diego librarian Clara Breed (1906-1994) and her advocacy for Japanese Americans incarcerated during World War II. Includes photographs, a bibliography, and links to a biography and video files. Created by ...

http://www.sandiego.gov/public-library/news-events/missbreed.shtml

Discover Nikkei: Japanese Migrants and Their Descendents

Material "about Nikkei people -- Japanese emigrants and their descendants who have created communities throughout the world. ... Nikkei also include people of mixed racial descent who identify themselves as Nikkei." Features a "real pe ...

http://www.discovernikkei.org/en/

Japanese American Archival Collection (JAAC) ImageBase

This website "presents about 1400 images in a searchable database of selected photographs and images of artifacts related to the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II." Search, or browse by medium (artifact, document, or phot ...

http://digital.lib.csus.edu/jaac/

Japanese American National Museum

Site of a Los Angeles museum "dedicated to sharing the experience of Americans of Japanese ancestry." Resources include a collection guide, information on World War II relocation camps, a chronology of Japanese Americans in American wars (1 ...

http://www.janm.org/

Next>>

Connect With Us On

ipl2 is hosted by The iSchool at Drexel, College of Information Science and Technology, with major support from the College of Information at Florida State University. Sponsored by Intel and Sun Microsystems Copyright Notice (c) 1995 - 2008 The Regents of the University of Michigan. All rights reserved. (c) 2009, Drexel University, All Rights Reserved.