War Relocation Authority (WRA)

doc Dealing with Japanese-Americans (ddr-densho-156-102)

Attachment forwarded to WRA staff members by Dillon S. Myer. The attachment was written by John F. Embree, Documents Section, Office of Reports.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-156-102/

doc Memorandum: "Use of the terms 'Japanese', 'Camps' and 'Internment'" (ddr-densho-156-100)

Copy of a memo sent to Regional Directors and Project Directors by WRA Director Dillon S. Myer.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-156-100/

doc Memorandum: "Newspaper Attack on Japanese Americans by Marjorie Young" (ddr-densho-156-103)

Memo forwarded to Reports Officers by John C. Baker, Chief, Office of Reports. The original memo was written by John F. Embree, Senior Archivist.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-156-103/

doc Letter from Francis Biddle, U.S. Attorney General, to Dillon Myer, War Relocation Authority (ddr-densho-156-127)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-156-127/

doc A Statement of Guiding Principles of This War Relocation Authority (ddr-densho-156-132)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-156-132/

doc Helpful Hints for Successful Relocation (ddr-densho-156-113)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-156-113/

doc Document for camp administrators regarding resettlement (ddr-densho-156-153)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-156-153/

doc War Relocation Semi-Annual Report (ddr-densho-156-107)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-156-107/

av Oral history with Ed. H. Runcorn (ddr-csujad-29-364)

An oral interview with Ed. H. Runcorn, a worker for the War Relocation Authority during World War II. The interview was conducted for the Japanese American Oral History Project by California State University, Fullerton. Transcript is found in item: csufccop_jaoh_0908. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 1332_T01

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29-364/

img [Paul G. Robertson and Arthur A. Hansen] (ddr-csujad-29-149)

Photograph of narrator, Paul G. Robertson, and interviewer, Arthur A. Hansen during the recording of his oral history. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: P090

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29-149/

img [Paul G. Robertson and Georgia Day Robertson] (ddr-csujad-29-145)

Photograph of Paul G. Robertson and Georgia Day Robertson. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: P086

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29-145/

av Oral history of Morris and Cherry Abe (ddr-csujad-28-3)

Oral history Interview of Morris and Cherry Abe. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: csuci_vcc-jic_0005

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-28-3/

doc Storage list for Kojima (ddr-sbbt-2-367)

An evacuee property report for goods belonging to Kojima, moved from the Buddhist Church (Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Temple) to lot 890.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-sbbt-2-367/

doc Letter from H. Leon Yager to Harry L. Stafford (ddr-sbbt-2-32)

A letter from H. Leon Yager to Harry L. Stafford regarding personal histories for Yukiko and Yoshito Fujii.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-sbbt-2-32/

doc Application for Federal Employment (ddr-sbbt-2-30)

Yoshito Fujii's application for federal employment as a relocation field agent for the War Relocation Authority.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-sbbt-2-30/

doc Letter from Yoshito Fujii to Herman Leon Yager (ddr-sbbt-2-17)

A response letter from Yoshito Fujii to Herman Leon Yager about a Japanese language teaching position at the University of Pennsylvania.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-sbbt-2-17/

doc Letter to H. Leon Yager from Yoshito Fujii (ddr-sbbt-2-34)

A response letter to H. Leon Yager from Yoshito Fujii with an enclosed personal history statement.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-sbbt-2-34/

doc Meeting of the Community Council and the Block Commissioners with Mr. Myer (ddr-sbbt-2-31)

Community council members and block commissioners meet with Mr. Dillon S. Meyer, outlining the difficulties of leaving Minidoka and present a series of requests.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-sbbt-2-31/

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/

img [Paul Robertson and Georgia Day Robertson] (ddr-csujad-29-128)

Photograph of Paul G. Robertson and Georgia Day Robertson standing outside of a house. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: P048

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29-128/

doc Mess Hall Identification Card (ddr-csujad-29-24)

Manzanar mess hall identification card. Block 20, Building 11, Apt. 4. Belonging to Ruth Hochi. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 4137_M03

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29-24/

img [Paul G. Robertson and Arthur A. Hansen] (ddr-csujad-29-142)

Photograph of narrator, Paul Robertson, and interviewer, Arthur A. Hansen during the recording of his oral history. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: P083

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29-142/

av An Oral History with Woodrow Odanaka (ddr-csujad-29-14)

Impressions of a Nisei concerning pre-World War II family produce business in Los Angeles, California; removal to Santa Anita Assembly Center in California, and the Granada incarceration camp in Colorado; wartime college experiences in Minnesota; and Army military intelligence duties in the Philippines and occupied Japan. This oral history was conducted for the Japanese American Oral …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29-14/

img [Paul G. Robertson] (ddr-csujad-29-135)

Photograph of narrator, Paul G. Robertson. The interviewer was Arthur Hansen. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: P076

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29-135/

img [Paul G. Robertson and Arthur A. Hansen] (ddr-csujad-29-143)

Photograph of narrator, Paul Robertson, and interviewer, Arthur A. Hansen during the recording of his oral history. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: P084

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29-143/

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