Santa Anita

Temporary Assembly Center

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doc Santa Anita Pacemaker (ddr-densho-167-40)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-167-40/

doc Time card (ddr-densho-167-47)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-167-47/

doc Assembly Center evacuation instructions (ddr-densho-157-190)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-157-190/

doc Letter requesting reunification with Issei parents (ddr-densho-157-180)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-157-180/

doc Santa Anita Information Bulletin No. I (ddr-densho-157-191)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-157-191/

doc Thank-you note (ddr-densho-188-28)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-188-28/

doc Workers' pass (ddr-densho-188-30)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-188-30/

doc Paycheck issued in camp (ddr-densho-188-29)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-188-29/

img Luggage arriving at an Assembly Center (ddr-densho-22-440)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-22-440/

img Japanese Americans arriving at Arcadia from San Pedro (ddr-densho-22-439)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-22-439/

img View of Santa Anita Assembly Center (ddr-densho-22-438)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-22-438/

img Incarcerees in a lunch line at Santa Anita Assembly Center (ddr-densho-22-441)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-22-441/

img Unloading luggage at an Assembly Center (ddr-densho-22-442)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-22-442/

img View of Santa Anita Assembly Center (ddr-densho-22-437)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-22-437/

doc Jap-Americans To Be Called For Induction (January 22, 1944) (ddr-densho-56-1013)

The Seattle Daily Times, January 22, 1944, p. 3

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-56-1013/

doc Horses Move Out; Japanese Move In (March 24, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-712)

The Seattle Daily Times, March 24, 1942, p. 19

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-56-712/

doc Let Japs Bet on the Ponies -- With No Races on the Square (April 2, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-738)

The Seattle Daily Times, April 2, 1942, p. 6

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-56-738/

doc Interned Japs Mob One Of Own Members (August 8, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-831)

The Seattle Daily Times, August 8, 1942, p. 1

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-56-831/

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).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-49-30/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 88, No. 2043 (May 18, 1979) (ddr-pc-51-19)

Selected article titles: "Hayakawa Replies to Open Letter-Adv." (p. 1), "Gov. Brown Snubs Asian Heritage Wk." (pp. 1-2), "Midwest District Council: Youth Workshop--Milwaukee: Nisei Evacuees Relate Camp Experiences" (p. 7), and "Japan and U.S. as Partners in a Common Future" (pp. 7, 12).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-51-19/

doc Letter from Rose Tani to Rev. Miller, 1942 May 10 (ddr-csujad-20-17)

Vociferous indictment of the Ladies aid of the Methodist Church for holding a luncheon picnic for "Japanese leaving Santa Anita," and similar efforts, stating that such overtures to "entertain enemies of their native land" are "traitor[ous]" and "disgrace the good sense of American woman hood." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-20-17/

doc Letter from An American Mother to Rev. Wendell L. Miller, May 2, 1942 (ddr-csujad-20-1)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-20-1/

doc Letter from Lester E. Suzuki to Mrs. Miller, 1942 May 31 (ddr-csujad-20-16)

Letter from Lester E. Suzuki to Mrs. Miller addressing improved food conditions. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: WLM_01-46_16

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-20-16/

doc Letter from Seda Suzuki to Rev. and Mrs. Miller, 1942 September 11 (ddr-csujad-20-19)

A letter sent to Mr. and Mrs. Wendell Miller giving thanks for his sermon. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: WLM_01-46_19

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-20-19/

doc Letter from George Yoshioka to Rev. [Wendell L.] Miller, [September 11, 1942] (ddr-csujad-20-6)

Personal letter written from Santa Anita Assembly Center. Yoshioka discusses the start of "movement to Relocation Centers," naming Parker Dam; Wyoming; Granada, Colorado; Arkansas; and Gila, Arizona, along with locations from which people are being removed, including San Diego, Los Angeles, Hollywood, Long Beach, and other Southern California locations. He also mentions that his family has …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-20-6/