Crystal City

Department of Justice Internment Camp

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Letter from D.S. Myer to Charles Ernst answering questions regarding Crystal City (ddr-densho-356-980)
doc Letter from D.S. Myer to Charles Ernst answering questions regarding Crystal City (ddr-densho-356-980)
Letter from WRA Director D.S. Myer to Central Utah Relocation Center Director Charles F. Ernst responding to a series of memos requesting information about Crystal City Camp. Myer directs further questions to the officer in charge at Crystal City, advises that internees who transfer to Crystal City should not expect to be granted permanent leave until …
Memo to Project Directors from Leland Burrows (ddr-densho-356-981)
doc Memo to Project Directors from Leland Burrows (ddr-densho-356-981)
Memo from Leland Burrows, Acting Director to all Project Directors. The memo advises all camps that about 50 families will be approved for family reunification and transfer to Crystal City in the following months. Burrows details requests to camps to review and vet any possible families applying for reunification, what requirements they need to meet, and …
Letter to Yuri Domoto from Mitsuko Nakamura (ddr-densho-356-387)
doc Letter to Yuri Domoto from Mitsuko Nakamura (ddr-densho-356-387)
Letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from Mitsuko Nakamura in which Mitsuko tells about how her family is adjusting to life at Crystal City and asks about Yuri's relocation to Boston. Item tied together with all objects between ddr-densho-356-321 and ddr-densho-356-413.
Letter to Yuri Domoto from Mitsuko Nakamura (ddr-densho-356-544)
doc Letter to Yuri Domoto from Mitsuko Nakamura (ddr-densho-356-544)
Letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from Mitsuko Nakamura. Mitsuko writes about her mother's passing and her regret that she didn't keep in touch more with Yuri when Yuri's father Kanetero died. Item tied together with all objects between ddr-densho-356-551 and ddr-densho-356-577.
Memo regarding family reunification (ddr-densho-356-978)
doc Memo regarding family reunification (ddr-densho-356-978)
Memo from Sara A. Brown to Public Welfare Staff regarding family unification. The memo provides some facts about conditions of transferring, retainment of citizenship, repatriation, leave, schooling, effects on children and upcoming visit from a Crystal City representative.
Letter to Yuri Domoto from Mitsuko Nakamura (ddr-densho-356-381)
doc Letter to Yuri Domoto from Mitsuko Nakamura (ddr-densho-356-381)
Letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from Mitsuko Nakamura in which Mistuko tells about her first days in Crystal City and how it differs from Amache. Item tied together with all objects between ddr-densho-356-321 and ddr-densho-356-413.
Letter from D.S. Myer to Charles Ernst answering questions regarding Crystal City (ddr-densho-356-979)
doc Letter from D.S. Myer to Charles Ernst answering questions regarding Crystal City (ddr-densho-356-979)
Letter from WRA Director D.S. Myer to Central Utah Relocation Center Director Charles F. Ernst responding to a series of memos requesting information about Crystal City Camp. Myer directs further questions to the officer in charge at Crystal City, advises that internees who transfer to Crystal City should not expect to be granted permanent leave until …
Autobiography of Arthur Yakabi (ddr-densho-401-3)
doc Autobiography of Arthur Yakabi (ddr-densho-401-3)
Photocopy of Arthur Yakabi's handwritten autobiography detailing his childhood in Peru, detention in the United States during WWII, and his adulthood in the United States.
Arthur Yakabi's Testimony to the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (ddr-densho-401-2)
doc Arthur Yakabi's Testimony to the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (ddr-densho-401-2)
Copy of Arthur Yakabi's testimony to the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians detailing his experiences being deported from Peru and sent to various American Concentration Camps.
Family portrait (ddr-densho-359-1108)
img Family portrait (ddr-densho-359-1108)
The caption in the album is "Crystal City Texas 1943".Back row, left to right: Shoji Kanogawa, Yae Kanogawa, Reo Kanogawa; front row: Shizu and Sho Kanogawa
Ramsay Yosuke Mori Interview (ddr-densho-1000-316)
vh Ramsay Yosuke Mori Interview (ddr-densho-1000-316)
Nisei male. Born February 23, 1933, in Tokyo, Japan. Moved with parents to Hawaii at a young age, and grew up in Honolulu, where family held a prominent position in the community. Just prior to the bombing of Pearl Harbor, parents received a phone call from Japan, which was tapped by the FBI. The U.S. government …
Surveillance Office and facilities at Crystal City Department of Justice Internment Camp (ddr-csujad-55-1446)
img Surveillance Office and facilities at Crystal City Department of Justice Internment Camp (ddr-csujad-55-1446)
Scrapbook page containing seven black and white photographs of the surveillance office, main gate, visitation house, guard tower, and aerial views of Crystal City Department of Justice Internment Camp. From the Mary F. Clark scrapbook, "Before I Forget, 1942-1947," page 97. See also sac_jaac_1334 through sac_jaac_1529. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American …
Greenery, roads, and walks being built by housing at Crystal City Department of Justice Internment Camp (ddr-csujad-55-1367)
img Greenery, roads, and walks being built by housing at Crystal City Department of Justice Internment Camp (ddr-csujad-55-1367)
Scrapbook page containing six black and white photographs depicting barracks and housing at Crystal City Department of Justice Internment Camp. Includes images of three unidentified Japanese children and two unidentified individuals. From the Mary F. Clark scrapbook, "Before I Forget, 1942-1947," page 38. See also sac_jaac_1334 through sac_jaac_1529. See this object in the California State Universities …
Federal Elementary School Class of 1944 eight grade graduation (ddr-csujad-55-1425)
doc Federal Elementary School Class of 1944 eight grade graduation (ddr-csujad-55-1425)
Program for the Federal Elementary School graduation ceremony at Crystal City Department of Justice Internment Camp. For scrapbook page with program see sac_jaac_1425. From the Mary F. Clark scrapbook, "Before I Forget, 1942-1947," page 77. See also sac_jaac_1334 through sac_jaac_1529. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1427
Japanese school at Crystal City Department of Justice Internment Camp (ddr-csujad-55-1520)
img Japanese school at Crystal City Department of Justice Internment Camp (ddr-csujad-55-1520)
Color photograph depicting the Japanese school and bridge in the background and a boy playing near a stream in the foreground at Crystal City Department of Justice Internment Camp. From the Mary F. Clark scrapbook, "Before I Forget, 1942-1947," page 144. See also sac_jaac_1334 through sac_jaac_1529. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American …
First large list of staple drugs, the most money I ever spent in one day which of course means nothing to anyone, except myself (ddr-csujad-55-1378)
doc First large list of staple drugs, the most money I ever spent in one day which of course means nothing to anyone, except myself (ddr-csujad-55-1378)
Order form including list of staple drugs for use at Crystal City Department of Justice Internment Camp. Form includes name of drugs, quantity, unit, price, and amount. From the Mary F. Clark scrapbook, "Before I Forget, 1942-1947," page 49. See also sac_jaac_1334 through sac_jaac_1529. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project …
Officers mess hall; Culinary staff for hospital and officers mess (ddr-csujad-55-1454)
img Officers mess hall; Culinary staff for hospital and officers mess (ddr-csujad-55-1454)
Scrapbook page containing three black and white photographs depicting groups of internees dining in the mess hall and a group photograph of the hospital and officers mess culinary staff. Title from caption. See also sac_jaac_1455. From the Mary F. Clark scrapbook, "Before I Forget, 1942-1947," page 103. See also sac_jaac_1334 through sac_jaac_1529. See this object in …
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