Conflicts, intimidation, and violence

doc [Revolt at Tule Lake: Crop workers blamed for riots; Honolulu Japanese led the mob, 1943-11-04] (ddr-csujad-2-41)

Newspaper article about protests at Tule Lake Camp in November, 1943 which led to martial law being in place for three months. Article describes camp administration refusing to listen to incarceree demands and violence against staff. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sjs_sch_0041

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-2-41/

doc Tule Lake Co-ordinating committee notes (ddr-csujad-2-27)

Meeting notes of incarceree led Tule Lake Camp government. Describes a desire to "return to normalcy" after unrest in camp including various publications, vandalism, the arrival of Manzanar transfers, lack of employment, and no prisoners being released for three weeks from the army stockades. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-2-27/

doc [Report on Tule Lake disorders] (ddr-csujad-2-64)

A report written from the Community Analysis Section at Camp Granada regarding transfers to Amache Camp from Tule Lake Camp. The report describes the protests at Tule Lake Camp which led to martial law from November, 1943-January 1944. Highlights of the report include protests against the low quality and quantity of food present at Tule Lake …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-2-64/

Letter from G. E. Sterling, Assistant Chief Engineer and Chief, Radio Intelligence Division, Federal Communications Commission, to Willard E. Schmidt, Chief, Administrative Police, April 18, 1944 (ddr-csujad-2-81)

doc Letter from G. E. Sterling, Assistant Chief Engineer and Chief, Radio Intelligence Division, Federal Communications Commission, to Willard E. Schmidt, Chief, Administrative Police, April 18, 1944 (ddr-csujad-2-81)

Concerns an investigation into whether radiotelegraph signals originated from a transmitter in the vicinity of the Tule Lake incarceration camp; included is a page, presumably from a letter sent by Schmidt to Sterling on April 14th, 1944, describing Administration concerns about the Japanese Language School. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-2-81/

doc May the committee further recommend the release of the following (ddr-csujad-2-76)

Document presents a list of 52 incarcerees; names are introduced with the text, "May the committee further recommend the release of the following" [presumably from the army stockades]. Nakao, Masaru; Inoue, Tetsuo; Hayashioa, Bob; Tahara, Tom; Saito, Shu; Shingu, Tadashi (Fred); Ogata, Tanji; Fujimoto, Tadao (Wm); Yamamoto, Kazuo; Tanabe, Yaichi; Wada, Shozo; Takaoka, Yoshio; Komiya, Shunichi; …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-2-76/

doc Tule Lake Center Diary, February 1944 (ddr-csujad-2-29)

Daily diary for March, written by Co-ordinating Committee Secretary Byron Akitsuki at Tule Lake Camp. Primarily describes various unrest and incidents in different blocks, especially Ward 6. Also includes memos and messages sent, release of prisoners from army stockades, and committee member meetings. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-2-29/

doc Letter from Mrs. Sakazaki to Raymond Best, Director of Tule Lake Camp (ddr-csujad-2-12)

Letter from Mrs. Sakazaki to Raymond Best, Director of Tule Lake Camp, requesting for the release of her husband, Tokuraro Sakazaki ,from the army stockades at Tule Lake Camp. Includes her letter in Japanese and notes about her interpreter and situation. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sjs_sch_0012

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-2-12/

doc [Minutes of the special meeting of the divisional responsible men of the Tule Lake Center, April 8, 1944] (ddr-csujad-2-19)

Meeting minutes of incarceree-led Tule Lake Camp government. Describes donations to the camp, election of a new representative body, and a fight within the camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sjs_sch_0019

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

doc Marion Masada interview (ddr-csujad-6-19)

Oral history interview with Marion Masada. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: SCRC_MASADA_MARION

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-6-19/

doc Ordinance no. 1 (ddr-csujad-7-28)

An ordinance regulating offenses (crimes) in the Granada incarceration camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: HMLSC_Ordinance_NO1

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-7-28/

doc Masao Araki (ddr-csujad-8-4)

Oral history interview with Masao Araki. Information on the oral history project is found in: csuf_stp_0012A; Glossary in: csuf_stp_0014. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FCPL Araki, Masao

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-8-4/

av An Oral History with Seiko Ishida (ddr-csujad-29-11)

Retired Kibei teacher recounts samurai parents' background and their immigration to Seattle, Washington; socioeconomic composition of Seattle's Japanese community; earlier teacher training; prewar stays in Japan as a child and as a tutor in a missionary family; experiences as a teacher in the wartime resettlement in New York; and postwar return to Los Angeles. This oral …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29-11/

av Oral history with Karl Yoneda (ddr-csujad-29-381)

An oral interview with Karl Yoneda, a Nisei labor activist and veteran, incarcerated at the Manzanar incarceration camp. The interview was conducted for the Japanese American Oral History Project by California State University, Fullerton. Transcript is found in item: csufccop_jaoh_0942. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 1376.1_T01

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29-381/

doc FBI report on incidents at various camps (ddr-densho-122-891)

Report files by Blaney Barton and George Blair based on information provided by confidential informants inside the camps, pages identifying names of informants redacted from report,

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-122-891/

doc FBI report on incidents at various camps (ddr-densho-122-890)

Report filed by Edward Kirby based on information provided by confidential informants inside the camps, pages identifying names of informants redacted from report

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-122-890/

doc Memo to FBI Inspector M.E. Gurnea (ddr-densho-122-391)

Notes on illicit activities in internment camps, incomplete document

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-122-391/

doc Two reports on subversive activities at Heart Mountain (ddr-densho-122-426)

Reports filed by confidential sources and send to Heart Mountain Director Guy Robertson

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-122-426/

doc Transcript of leave clearance hearing for Frank Emi and Min Tamesa (ddr-densho-122-821)

Hearing conducted after Emi and Tamesa attempted to leave camp without leave clearance

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-122-821/

img Man standing in front of "Internal Security Sub Station No. 6" (ddr-fom-1-423)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-423/

doc "Relocation Center" composition (ddr-densho-334-1)

May Okano Sakuma's composition reflecting on her time at Minidoka concentration camp.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-334-1/

doc New Republic article: "Trouble Among Japanese Americans" (ddr-densho-35-343)

This New Republic article was written by Isamu Noguchi, the reknowned 20th century artist and sculptor.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-35-343/

Further comments by the War Relocation Authority on newspaper statements allegedly made by Representatives of the House Committee on Un-American Activities (ddr-densho-381-13)

doc Further comments by the War Relocation Authority on newspaper statements allegedly made by Representatives of the House Committee on Un-American Activities (ddr-densho-381-13)

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 violence at the camps and conspiracies to assassinate the President.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-381-13/

doc The Tule Lake WRA Center Information Bulletin (March 2, 1944) (ddr-densho-284-5)

Selected article titles: "Population Swells to 16,797 with Arrival of Manzanites" (p. 1), "Warrants Given to Five Nisei Granada Boys" (p. 1), and "Postonian Is Arrested for Sedition" (p. 4).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-284-5/

doc The Newell Star, Vol. I, No. 17 (June 22, 1944) (ddr-densho-284-24)

Selected article titles: "Army Trial to Decide Okamoto Case Outcome" (p. 1), "Reporters Reveal Story on Tule Lake Farm Area" (pp. 2, 4), and "Ondo Practices in Preparation for 'Obonye'" (p. 3).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-284-24/

doc The Newell Star, Supplement (May 25, 1944) (ddr-densho-284-19)

Includes articles regarding the shooting of Shoichi James Okamoto, a 30-year-old construction worker. He was shot and killed by a military police sentry while returning to the center from delivering lumber to a job site.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-284-19/

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