Sacramento (Walerga)

vh Kazie Good Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-429-7)

First impressions of the Walerga Assembly Center

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-429-7/

vh Elaine Ishikawa Hayes Interview I Segment 28 (ddr-densho-1000-157-28)

Living conditions in assembly center: six in one room

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-157-28/

vh Elaine Ishikawa Hayes Interview I Segment 27 (ddr-densho-1000-157-27)

Memories of assembly center at Walerga

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-157-27/

vh John Tomita Interview Segment 12 (ddr-manz-1-76-12)

First impressions of the Walerga assembly center, working as a butcher

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vh Betty Fujimoto Kashiwagi Interview Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1010-2-19)

Coping with difficult living conditions in camp

This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1010-2-19/

vh Ed Yoshikawa Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1014-11-5)

Assembly center living conditions

This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1014-11-5/

doc Walerga Wasp No. 9 (June 10, 1942) (ddr-densho-199-9)

Selected article titles: "First Center Family Left for Tulelake. Dr. Sugiyama Given 10 Hours Notice" (p. 1), "Block Four to Leave Center First. 200 Volunteer Workers to Remain in Center to Clean Up" (p. 1), "Additional 22 Leave for Idaho" (p. 1).

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doc Walerga Wasp No. 8 (June 6, 1942) (ddr-densho-199-8)

Selected article titles: "Center Japanese to be Removed to Tulelake" (p. 1), "Adult School to Begin" (p. 1), "Inland Movement to Commence June 15. Marysville Center Also Included in Relocation" (p. 1), "Rustic Corner: While Freedom Exists Education Carries On" (p. 2), "Sanitary Corps Has Mess Situation Well in Hand" (p. 2).

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doc Walerga Wasp No. 6 (May 30, 1942) (ddr-densho-199-6)

Selected article titles: "Beet Workers to Go to Idaho" (p. 1), "600 Attend First Classes Thursday. School Set-up Revamped at Last Teacher's Meeting, Registration Mon." (p. 2), "Salt for Food Poison" (p. 2), "Complaints to be Aired. Japanese Council Plans Food Inspection" (p. 3), "Center Reaches Capacity" (p. 3), "Cheese and Crackers Menu" (p. 4).

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doc Walerga Wasp No. 4 (May 23, 1942) (ddr-densho-199-4)

Selected article titles: "1500 Attend First Songfest" (p. 1), "Walerga Center Nears Capacity. 4585 Register" (p. 1), "Japanese Council Created" (p. 2), "Ventilation in Mess Hall" (p. 2).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-199-4/

doc Walerga Wasp No. 7 (June 4, 1942) (ddr-densho-199-7)

Selected article titles: "Evacuation A Military Necessity -- Tsukamoto. Jobs for Everyone at Relocation Centers" (p. 1), "35 Volunteers Leave for Idaho" (p. 1), "Center School in Full Swing" (p. 1), "Do You Have a Tractor to Sell" (p. 2).

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doc Walerga Wasp No. 10 (June 14, 1942) (ddr-densho-199-10)

Selected article titles: "72 Colleges Accept Nisei Student. Students to Continue Education" (p. 1), "2169 at Tule Lake. Center Situated on a Basin of a Dried Up Lake. Expected Capacity, 18,000" (p. 1), "Students Sing as Classes End" (p. 1), "Warehouse Worker Falls on His Head" (p. 2), "Tulelake Residents Affect Silk Stockings Suits Writes Stan …

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doc Walerga Wasp No. 1 (May 3, 1942) (ddr-densho-199-1)

Selected article titles: "First Wedding" (p. 1), "Typhoid Infection" (p. 1), "Scissors Will be Returned" (p. 1), "Twenty Men Wanted!" (p. 2).

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doc Walerga Wasp No. 3 (May 20, 1942) (ddr-densho-199-3)

Selected article titles: "Registration Soars to 3745" (p. 1), "At the Induction Gate" (p. 1), "Sacramento Boy Dies" (p. 2), "Milk Formula for Babies" (p. 2), "Circulating Library" (p. 2), "Laundry Bath" (p. 3).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-199-3/

doc Walerga Wasp No. 5 (May 27, 1942) (ddr-densho-199-5)

Selected article titles: "Flash! Hold the Press & Replate" (p. 1), "Cannibalism" (p. 1), "County to be Cleared by Saturday. Center May Receive Evacuee" (p. 1), "Fire Precaution" (p. 2).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-199-5/

doc Walerga Wasp No. 2 (May 13, 1942) (ddr-densho-199-2)

Selected article titles: "We Got a Name!" (p. 1), "800 Expected at Center 13th" (p. 1), "Firemen" (p. 1), "To Change Residence" (p. 2), "Front Door Lights" (p. 2).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-199-2/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 110, No. 11 (March 23, 1990) (ddr-pc-62-11)

Select article titles: "An Address from JACL-LEC Legislative Strategy Chair"(p.1);"Asian Pacific Municipal Officials Caucus Holds Workshop on Black/Asian Relations"(p.1);"Sakura Grove Dedicated as Memorial to Walerga Assembly Center"(p.2); "70% Increase in Asian/Pacific People from 1980 to 1988 Due to Immigration"(p.3); "San Francisco's Boy Scout Troop 12, Among U.S.'s Oldest, Founded by Issei"(p.8).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-62-11/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 104, No. 12 (March 27, 1987) (ddr-pc-59-12)

Selected article titles: "'More Perfect Union': Smithsonian Gets Hate Mail on JA Exhibit" (pp. 1, 3), "Walerga Park: WW2 Assembly Center Site Memorialized with Plaque" (pp. 1, 3), "JACL Personnel Manual: Framework for Discussion" (pp. 4-5), and "Backlash on the Campuses" (p. 5).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 84, No. 18 (May 13, 1977) (ddr-pc-49-18)

Selected article titles: "Plan Mark for Camp Walerga" (p.1), "More Specific Asian Breakdown in 1980 Census Requested" (p.1), "Needs of Asian Elderly Told to Federal Committee" (p.1, 3), "WCCA Preceded the WRA Camps" (p.2), "School Integration" (p.4), "Carnage in Cambodia" *p.5).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 85, No. 6 (August 5, 1977) (ddr-pc-49-30)

Selected article titles: "Pro-Minority Text Dropped from OK List" (p.1, 3), "Bakke Case Jeopardizes Civil Rights Won Since 1940s, Rep. Chisholm Tells JACL" (p.1, 3), "Internment Credit Bill Hearing Set" (p.2), "Assembly Centers to Be Historical Site" (p.2), "Fresno Senior Citizens Express Needs in Survey" (p.3), "Nisei in Japan: Japanese and Nikkei Influences" (p.8).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 89, No. 2072 (December 7, 1979) (ddr-pc-51-48)

Selected article titles: "Commission-Approach Ideally Suited for Internment Experience" (pp. 1, 3), "Federal Ombudsman Proposed for All Iranians" (p. 1), "Useful Function of S 1649/HR 5499" (p. 4), and "West Wind: 'Hito Hata: Raise the Banner' a Surprise Hit" (pp. 5, 7).

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doc Takeharu Inouye Diary (ddr-densho-365-1)

Takeharu Inouye's first diary documents his family's forced move to the Sacramento Assembly Center, followed by their move to the Tule Lake concentration camp. Since his mother, Miyoe Inouye, was a teacher, thirteen-year-old Takeharu's diary focuses on his classes in the Japanese and American schools at Tule Lake. His struggles with his schoolwork, as well as …

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doc Walerga wasp, no. 6 (May 30, 1942) (ddr-csujad-55-2511)

Newspaper published at the Walerga Assembly Center covering news, updates, camp services, and events. Current issue includes articles on beet workers, adult education, and sports. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2617

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doc Walerga wasp, no. 7 (June 4, 1942) (ddr-csujad-55-2512)

Newspaper published at the Walerga Assembly Center covering news, updates, camp services, and events. Current issue includes articles on "evacuation," schools, and sports. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2618

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2512/

doc Walerga wasp, no. 2 (May 13, 1942) (ddr-csujad-55-2507)

Newspaper published at the Walerga Assembly Center covering news, updates, camp services, and events. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2613

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2507/

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