Jerome

img Children outside barracks (ddr-densho-37-612)

Original WRA caption: Jerome Relocation Center, Dermott, Arkansas. Young children at Jerome Relocation Center.

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img Camp lumber yard (ddr-densho-37-615)

Original WRA caption: Closing of the Jerome Relocation Center, Denson, Arkansas. The Jerome Center lumber yard. Much of this lumber was cut at the center's sawmill which the evacuees operated. The remaining piles are being moved to other centers where needed. In the foreground is the scrap pile from which the residents fashioned most of their …

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img Medical examination (ddr-densho-37-627)

Original WRA caption: Jerome Relocation Center, Denson, Arkansas. A former Californian, Doctor Fugikawa, examining a patient, S. Ego, in the center hospital fluroscope.

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img Japanese American chopping wood (ddr-densho-37-611)

Original WRA caption: Jerome Relocation Center, Dermott, Arkansas. Evacuees at the Jerome Relocation Center chop their own wood in nearby wooded areas. After it is sawed and split to convenient size for burning stoves it is piled alongside each barrack.

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img Mess hall interior (ddr-densho-37-804)

Original WRA caption: Jerome Relocation Center, Denson, Arkansas. The interior of the mess hall in Block 7 in the early afternoon.

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img Children walking in an concentration camp (ddr-densho-37-802)

Original WRA caption: Jerome Relocation Center, Dermott, Arkansas. Young children at Jerome Relocation Center.

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img Japanese Americans harvesting cabbages (ddr-densho-37-807)

Original WRA caption: Jerome Relocation Center, Dermott, Arkansas. Cutting cabbages which have been left for winter harvest.

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img Leaving camp (ddr-densho-37-614)

Original WRA caption: Closing of the Jerome Relocation Center, Denson, Arkansas. Jerome residents who are to be sent to the Granada Center wait in trucks to entrain.

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img U.S.O. show (ddr-densho-37-625)

Original WRA caption: Jerome Relocation Center, Dermott, Arkansas. First U.S.O. [United Services Organizations] show held in the M.P.P.X. [Military Police Post Exchange].

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img Leaving camp (ddr-densho-37-616)

Original WRA caption: Closing of the Jerome Relocation Center, Denson, Arkansas. Jerome residents with their hand luggage wait at the chair car entrance for their names to be called by the War Relocation Authority official checking the list.

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img Jerome concentration camp (ddr-densho-37-618)

Original WRA caption: Closing of the Jerome Relocation Center, Denson, Arkansas. Panorama view of the Jerome Relocation Center.

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img Camp guard tower (ddr-densho-37-624)

Original WRA caption: Closing of the Jerome Relocation Center, Denson, Arkansas. Clara Hasegawa and Tad Mijake take a last look at the Jerome Center from the balcony of one of the camp's guard towers. The towers have not been manned since segregation was completed during the latter part of 1943 and have been popular with the …

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img Japanese American walking in the rain (ddr-densho-37-617)

Original WRA caption: Jerome Relocation Center, Denson, Arkansas. The Arkansas rainy season, and this young resident of the Jerome Center dons rubber boots and carries a parasol. The (buckshot) mud makes the tirp to and from school a little dificult.

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img Lumber yard sign (ddr-densho-37-806)

Original WRA caption: Closing of the Jerome Relocation Center, Denson, Arkansas. Old sign at the Jerome Center's lumber yard.

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av Sumiko Sumi Seki Interview (ddr-densho-400-21)

Sumiko Seki was born on November 24, 1924, in San Pedro, California. She was one of Midori and Kazue Seo's three children. Her father was a farmer in San Pedro and her mother was a housewife. When the war broke out she and her family were sent to Jerome concentration camp in Arkansas. When the war …

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vh George Sakaye Nakano Interview (ddr-densho-400-17)

George Sakaye Nakano was born on November 24, 1935, in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. George's parents were Kibei, born in Hawaii, then educated in Japan before returning to the U.S. Nakano grew up in Los Angeles until he was six years old. When WWII started, the Nakano family was incarcerated in the …

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av George Joji Tenpo Interview (ddr-densho-400-22)

George Tenpo was born on May 28, 1923, in Compton, California. His parents were Hyoichi and Shizue Tenpo. His father was a farmer in Harbor City and his mother was a housewife. During World War II, George and his family were sent to the Santa Anita Assembly Center and the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas. After the …

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doc Letter from Larry Tajiri to Margaret Anderson, editor of Common Ground (ddr-densho-338-430)

Larry Tajiri discusses his travels to Camp Shelby, New Orleans, and Jerome concentration camp. He is disturbed by "the sight of Jim Crow cars and the white-colored segretation." Also sends a list of books he would like to receive from the Common Council.

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doc War Relocation Authority memorandum about community and project analysis reports (ddr-densho-381-16)

A memorandum to War Relocation Authority staff members offering reports about community analysis and project analysis, available by request.

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doc Report and minority views of the Special Committee on Un-American Activities on Japanese War Relocation Centers (ddr-densho-381-55)

A report submitted by John M. Costello to the House of Representatives discussing concerns with the War Relocation Authority's management of the concentration camps.

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doc War Relocation Authority contact list (ddr-densho-381-43)

A contact list of War Relocation Authority directors.

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doc War Relocation Authority administrative notice on payroll allotments for war bonds (ddr-densho-381-19)

Acting Director, Leland Barrows, encourages War Relocation Authority staff to meet payroll allotment goals for war bonds. Included in the notice are copies of letters from H. Morgenthau Jr., Secretary of the Treasury, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and a list of participation numbers.

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doc Project directors report on evacuee resistances to relocation (ddr-densho-381-6)

Dillon S. Myer, War Relocation Authority Director, lists twelve reasons why he believes detainees are reluctant to leave the camps.

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doc Letter to Yuri Domoto from Yoshito Shibata (ddr-densho-356-223)

Letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from Yoshito Shibata in which he recalls a month long recruitment trip to some of the WRA camps for qualified Niseis to join MIS. His writing includes a mention for being present to an incident at Poston (possibly the Poston Strike or the incidences that lead to the strike). He talks …

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doc Four letters to Yuri Domoto from Tomi Domoto (ddr-densho-356-289)

Four letters stored in one envelope to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from her cousin Tomi Domoto. Appears the letters were mailed separately and later stored together in one envelope. 6/8 letter: discusses events leading up to forced removal, inquires about how family are settling into the camp and how hers is and mutual friends. 8/8 letter: discusses …

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