Building the Densho Digital Repository: Three Decades of Digital Preservation (Densho)

Densho: Building the Densho Digital Repository: Three Decades of Digital Preservation. “How did Densho’s digital archives begin, and how have they evolved over nearly three decades? Densho Ar…

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Densho Encyclopedia Graduate Internship - Densho: Japanese American Incarceration and Japanese Internment

About DenshoDensho is a Seattle-based non-profit organization started in 1996, with the initial goal of documenting oral histories from Japanese Americans who were incarcerated during World War II. This evolved...

Monument to Japanese American WWII detainees lists more than 125,000 names

Japanese Americans who were incarcerated on U.S. soil during World War II are being commemorated at the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles. A massive book, called the Ireichō, lists the names of the more than 125,000 people who were detained in the camps nationwide. It will be on display at the museum until Dec. 1. Visitors can honor detainees by leaving by a mark under their names using a Japanese stamp called a hanko. The project was conceived by a team of researchers led by a Buddhist priest at the University of Southern California and took more than three years to complete.

'Overflowing with Hope' Opening Overflows - Alameda Post

There was standing room only for the opening of the “Overflowing with Hope: The Hidden History of Japanese Americans in Alameda” exhibit.