Minidoka

Concentration Camp

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doc Letter from R. S. Davidson to Robert K. Thurber about suspending leave (ddr-densho-381-139)

A letter from R. S. Davidson, Acting Minidoka Project Director, to Robert K. Thurber about suspending leave for seven detainees, including Takami Hibiya.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-381-139/

doc Letter from Tatsuya Ichikawa to Chuzaburo Ito (ddr-densho-381-163)

A letter in Japanese from Tatsuya Ichikawa to Chuzaburo Ito.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-381-163/

doc Takami Hibiya's personal history statement (ddr-densho-381-131)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-381-131/

doc War Relocation Authority notice on evacuee requests for material from Chambers of Commerce and other local agencies (ddr-densho-381-21)

Myer addresses prejudiced responses to Japanese-American high school students' requests for statistical information about the New England area. Myer recommends that staff discourage direct correspondence between detainees and outside agencies.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-381-21/

doc Takami Hibiya's United States citizen of Japanese ancestry form (ddr-densho-381-135)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-381-135/

doc Letter from Captain John Hall to Dillon S. Myer regarding Takami Hibiya's leave clearance (ddr-densho-381-146)

Captain John M. Hall writes to Dillon S. Myer in response to an earlier letter asking for clarification on Takami Hibiya's suspended leave clearance.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-381-146/

doc Conversation between W. Wade Head and Harold H. Townsend (ddr-densho-381-2)

An investigative interview conducted by W. Wade Head, Project Director, of Harold H. Townsend, Supply and Transportation Officer, who abandoned his post during the Poston Strike claiming he feared for his life.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-381-2/

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

A contact list of War Relocation Authority directors.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-381-43/

doc Takami Hibiya's indefinite leave application (ddr-densho-381-140)

Takami Hibiya's leave application from Minidoka concentration camp to work at the Navy Language School at the University of Colorado.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-381-140/

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.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-381-19/

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.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-381-6/

doc Yoshi Hibiya reference letter request (ddr-densho-381-174)

Myer, Dillon S.: author; War Relocation Authority: author

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-381-174/

doc Aliens in Our Midst (ddr-densho-381-197)

Transcript of a radio broadcast hosted by the University of Chicago Round Table Broadcast with additional footnotes and illustrations. Ernest Colwell (Dean of the Divinity School, University of Chicago), Carey McWilliams (California Commissioner of Immigration and Housing), and Louis Wirth (Department of Sociology, University of Chicago) discuss immigration and barriers to obtaining citizenship, logistics of the …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-381-197/

Supplementary comments by the War Relocation Authority on newspaper statements allegedly made by Representatives of the House Committee on Un-American Activities (ddr-densho-381-12)

doc Supplementary comments by the War Relocation Authority on newspaper statements allegedly made by Representatives of the House Committee on Un-American Activities (ddr-densho-381-12)

Additional comments from the War Relocation Authority in response to statements made by to the House Committee on Un-American Activities to the press about living conditions in the camps, rumors of violence and protest, and criticisms of how the camps are being managed.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-381-12/

doc Minidoka project memorandum about regulations for the survey of property (ddr-densho-381-22)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-381-22/

doc Barneston's Japanese Community (ddr-densho-381-175)

A report prepared for the Seattle Water Department that discusses the history of Japanese immigration and community in Barneston, Washington, including a transcript of Yoshi Hibiya's oral history.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-381-175/

img Flim negative of Tamako Tokuda and baby (ddr-densho-383-461)

Written on accompanying material: "Mom & Butchie in Minidoka". The baby is George and Tamako Tokuda's oldest son, Floyd Tokuda.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-383-461/

img Flim negative of Tamako Tokuda and baby (ddr-densho-383-462)

Written on accompanying material: "Mom & Butchie in Minidoka". The baby is George and Tamako Tokuda's oldest son, Floyd Tokuda.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-383-462/

doc Draft of piece of writing about life in camp (ddr-densho-383-576)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-383-576/

doc Journal (ddr-densho-383-626)

Journal in English and Japanese from 1942.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-383-626/

doc Clipping about Minidoka internees from Alaska (ddr-densho-383-619)

"Alaskan Evacuees don't fear Winter"

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-383-619/

img Flim negative of Tamako Tokuda and baby (ddr-densho-383-460)

Written on accompanying material: "Mom & Butchie in Minidoka". The baby is George and Tamako Tokuda's oldest son, Floyd Tokuda.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-383-460/

doc Tamako Inouye's 1942 Diary (ddr-densho-383-627)

Tamako (Inouye) Tokuda's daily diary from 1942. She discusses forced removal from Seattle, time at Puyallup Assembly Center and time at Minidoka.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-383-627/

doc Ballot for "Sweetheart of Minidoka" contest (ddr-densho-383-529)

Ballot for Section Two

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-383-529/

doc Letter from Juro Nakamura to Tamako Inouye (ddr-densho-383-550)

Re: various staged productions and entertainment. Outside with addressed stamped by censors, printed with "Prisoner of war" which Nakmura has crossed out and written "Internee"

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-383-550/