The US Navy Japanese/Oriental Language School Archival Project
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The US Navy Japanese/Oriental Language School Archival Project The Interpreter Archives, University of Colorado at Boulder Libraries Number 195 Remember September 11, 2001 [email protected] May 1, 2014 Our Mission the son of George T. and Helena Tolls. Watching Ingrid Bergman as Bonnie Raitt, the Plasmatics, (Donovan) Monahan. Philip must have been better than the Jeff Lorber and Timothy Leary, In the Spring of 2000, the graduated South High School in food poisoning resulting from William Ackerman and Karla Archives continued the origi- Worcester in 1933. He earned his the meal they missed. Harry Bonoff. Mountain Productions nal efforts of Captain Roger Bachelor’s degree in 1937 from Muheim told me he took Jane to operated the theater for 15 Pineau and William Hudson, the College of the Holy Cross that theatre on their first date. months, but the fixed movie and the Archives first at- and earned a law degree from A renovation of an opera house style seating restricted a tempts in 1992, to gather the Catholic University Law School house, the theatre was designed diversity of activity and the papers, letters, photographs, in 1940. He also attended the by Robert Boller of Kansas City theater was forced to close. The and records of graduates of University of Michigan Law and opened on January 9, 1936. community rallied to reopen the the US Navy Japanese/ School where he received an The design featured a facade theater, and in 1988 it was Oriental Language School, LLM in 1941. decorated in the art deco style, transformed into a multi-use hall University of Colorado at Phil was a life-long swimmer colored glass and black glass with cabaret style seating. Care Boulder, 1942-1946. We and belonged to the YMCA of tiles in Terra Cotta. The interior was given to preserve the art assemble these papers in Greater Worcester on Main carries two twenty-five foot deco ornamentation, including recognition of the contribu- Street. During World War II, murals, on either side, in green the hand-painted murals and tions made by JLS/OLS Philip joined the Navy and and blue along with a ceiling fresco ceiling. instructors and graduates to attended the U.S. Navy Japanese mural depicting a western theme New Hope Communications the War effort in the Pacific Oriental Language School at the in shades of orange. The Daily purchased the theater in 1995, and the Cold War, to the University of Colorado at Camera held a contest to select a with plans to operate it primarily creation of East Asian Boulder. He was deployed in the name for the theater. The as an entertainment venue, while language programs across South Pacific in the Office of winning name was "The also bringing in non-musical and the country, and to the Naval Intelligence Japanese Boulder". The winning entrant community events. Recent development of Japanese- Language Division as a Japanese received a one year pass to the renovations have expanded the American cultural rec- translator and had attained the theater [I guess Boulderites have Boulder Theater's capabilities as onciliation programs after rank of Lieutenant upon his always been humble about their a multi-use facility. It has World War II. discharge. Philip worked for town name. With the Boulderado featured top acts such as B.B over thirty years at the Criminal Hotel and the Boulder Theatre, King, Tori Amos, Blues Traveler, Phili P R. Monahan Division of the United States they always want folks to know Branford Marsalis, Lucinda JlS 1944, 95 Department of Justice. While where they are]. Williams and Johnny Cash, there, he briefed and argued Prior to the mid-1940s, in ranging from Jazz, Rock & Roll, WORCESTER — Philip cases on behalf of the Federal keeping with Boulder’s version Rhythm & Blues, and acoustic. Redmond Monahan, 95, of Government before the United of Jim Crow, African American The theater is now the home of Worcester died Sunday, States Supreme Court, including patrons had to watch movies some of Boulder’s most November 14, 2010 in UMass during the tenure of Chief Justice from the balcony, a policy that cherished entertainment Memorial Medical Center – Earl Warren. Upon his was subverted by a number of traditions, from the eTown radio Memorial Campus. retirement in 1974, he liberal whites who brought program to the annual Warren He leaves several nephews volunteered for a year as a blacks down into the main Miller film screenings to the and nieces, Eileen (Reavey) lawyer with Common Cause, a seating areas during WWII. Boulder International Film Mittelholzer, Carol (Blackmer) nonprofit citizen’s lobbing Between 1950 and 1975, the Festival and more. Since Creen, Paul W. Blackmer, David organization promoting open, number of theatres in Boulder merging with the Fox Theatre M. Blackmer, Joyce (Blackmer) honest and accountable proliferated, with the Regency last year, the colorful theater Marsden, Lynne (Blackmer) government. on Walnut and 11th, the Fox and seems to only have gotten Long, Janice (Monahan) Stalmok, The family would like to the Flatiron on the Hill, one at stronger. Projects for the Joan (Monahan) Spind, Claire extend their gratitude to Dodge Basemar, two near Arapaho and upcoming year include (Monahan) Allen, Carol Park Rest Home in Worcester for Folsom and one by Crossroads renovating the balcony seats, (Monahan) Tisdell, Ellen their exceptional and dedicated Mall. Multiplexes in the suburbs which haven’t been removed McCauley and John Scott care of Phil. and home video rentals cut since the theater re-opened in McCauley; 30 grandnieces and attendance to the Boulder 1936. The theater plans to ask nephews and one great Worcester Telegram & Gazette November 16, 2010 Theatre by the mid-1970s. In supporters to sponsor a chair. grandniece. He was predeceased _______________ 1979, Mann Theaters closed the The versatility of the Boulder by his siblings, Helen Reavey, Boulder theatre. In 1980, with Theater makes it perfect for George F. Monahan, Grace Boulder Theatre the theater’s future up in the air, events ranging from meetings Monahan, Ruth Blackmer, Mary 1936-2011 the city designated the marquee and conferences to live theater, G. Monahan, Frances McCauley; The Boulder Theatre had a sign a historic landmark, private parties and concerts. two nephews, Edwin Reavey, Jr. unique history for the USN rendering it immune to future and George R. Monahan; a niece, http://www.bouldertheater.com/histo JLS/OLS students at the redevelopment. In 1981, the ry.php; Suzanne (Blackmer) Kasper and University of Colorado. It was theater was renovated, this time David Accomazzo, three grandnieces and where Phil Burchill and into updated concert hall by “Boulder Theater turns 75” grandnephews. Hammond Rolph played hooky Mountain Productions. It The Boulder Weekly, Mr. Monahan was born on January 10,2011 and watched For Whom the Bell featured such diverse performers October 12, 1915 in Worcester http://www.boulderweekly.com/articl finals competition in Two days later, the state asserting that the F.B.I.’s spying e-4175-boulder-theater-turns- Washington, D.C. attorney general began the first on a defendant by telescope from 75.html; King graduated cum laude of several investigations. After a quarter-mile away violated his & David M. Hays from Yale Law School. He the Internal Revenue Service constitutional rights. Archivist & Editor ________________ joined the Navy during World threatened to strip the trust of its His favorite and longest-running War II and served as a tax-exempt status retroactively in case involved protecting a small Judge Samuel P. King military Japanese interpreter. 1999, the five trustees, all finch-billed bird, the palila, by dies of head injury He later followed in his Democratic appointees, resigned removing wild goats and sheep at 94 father's footsteps, taking active or were removed from office. from the slopes of a volcano. He Samuel Pailthorpe King, a part in local Republican politics. “They treated it like a cookie ruled in 1979 that the bird had federal judge for nearly four In 1956 he was appointed a jar,” Judge King, a Republican, standing to sue in federal court decades, died this afternoon at territorial district court said of the trustees in an and monitored the bird’s welfare Kuakini Medical Center magistrate. With statehood in interview with The New York for the rest of his life. after falling and suffering a head 1959, Hawaii's first elected Times in 2000, “or a Democratic Besides Ms. Stretch, Judge injury. Republican governor, William pension fund.” King is survived by his wife of King, 94, one of Hawaii's most Quinn, elevated King to a circuit In a 2008 interview with PBS 66 years, the former Anne Van highly respected judges, was one court judgeship. Hawaii, Judge King told of being Patten Grilk; a son, Samuel Jr.; of the authors of the Broken King became one of the first approached by Randall Roth, a another daughter, Louise King Trust essay that led to reforms at judges for Hawaii's professor of trust law at the Lanzilotti; and six grandchildren. the Bishop Estate, now progressive Family Court in the University of Hawaii, who Many Hawaiians remembered known as Kamehameha Schools. 1960s, earning the unofficial title showed him a draft of an essay, the judge for an off-the-cuff — "Father of the Family Court." which the judge called “good and often-quoted — remark to a "We feel so fortunate to have gotten a chance to share Honolulu Star-Advertiser stuff.” potential juror who claimed that our lives with mom and dad all By Star-Advertiser Staff But Judge King volunteered she had to leave for the island of these years," his daughter, POSTED: 06:57 p.m.