Concentration camps

The War Relocation Authority (WRA) oversaw construction of ten concentration camps in sparsely populated and isolated areas. Between June and October 1942, Japanese Americans were transferred from the "assembly centers" to the larger camps. Housing approximately 120,000 people, the camps were designed to be self-contained communities, complete with hospitals, post offices, schools, warehouses, and residential areas. The WRA attempted to establish normalcy by setting up newspapers, a degree of self-government, sports leagues, and social events. But confinement, monotony, and harsh conditions exacerbated tensions between pro- and anti-camp administration residents and between the disempowered Issei and their U.S.-born Nisei children. At several centers, conflicts erupted into violence and at the Manzanar concentration camp the unrest resulted in fatal shootings. The WRA gradually granted work and school leave to those they considered "loyal." The last camp closed in March 1946.

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Related articles from the Densho Encyclopedia :
Concentration Camps, U.S.A. (book), Gila River, Heart Mountain, Jerome, Manzanar, Minidoka, Poston (Colorado River), Psychological effects of camp, Rohwer, Sites of incarceration, Topaz, Tule Lake

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[Picnic by the river] (ddr-csujad-56-142)
img [Picnic by the river] (ddr-csujad-56-142)
Photo of incarcerees on blankets by the river. Large group of elderly women in the foreground. Photo provided by Tak Kameoka. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nbea08-02-009
[Produce display] (ddr-csujad-56-164)
img [Produce display] (ddr-csujad-56-164)
Display of produce with pieces of paper placed on them. Photo provided by Tak Kameoka. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nbea08-02-031
Letter from Frank Ito to Joe and Lea Perry, May 18, 1944 (ddr-csujad-56-80)
doc Letter from Frank Ito to Joe and Lea Perry, May 18, 1944 (ddr-csujad-56-80)
Letter from Frank Ito to Joe and Lea Perry. The original letters are housed with the Sonoma County Japanese American Citizens League (JACL), and were borrowed for digitization courtesy of the JACL, December 2014. Transcript is found in item: ssu_nbea_9078. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nbea08-01-078
Granada Station (ddr-csujad-56-178)
img Granada Station (ddr-csujad-56-178)
Train from the assembly center arriving at Camp Amache, inscribed with a note "End of the long train trip". Photo provided by Tak Kameoka. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nbea08-02-045
Letter from Kazuo Ito to Lea Perry, September 17, 1943 (ddr-csujad-56-52)
doc Letter from Kazuo Ito to Lea Perry, September 17, 1943 (ddr-csujad-56-52)
Letter from Kazuo Ito to Lea Perry. The original letters are housed with the Sonoma County Japanese American Citizens League (JACL), and were borrowed for digitization courtesy of the JACL, December 2014. Transcript is found in item: ssu_nbea_9050. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nbea08-01-050
Letter from Kazuo Ito to Lea Perry, January 5, 1945 (ddr-csujad-56-100)
doc Letter from Kazuo Ito to Lea Perry, January 5, 1945 (ddr-csujad-56-100)
Letter from Kazuo Ito to Lea Perry. The original letters are housed with the Sonoma County Japanese American Citizens League (JACL), and were borrowed for digitization courtesy of the JACL, December 2014. Transcript is found in item: ssu_nbea_9098. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nbea08-01-098
[Chicken coops] (ddr-csujad-56-155)
img [Chicken coops] (ddr-csujad-56-155)
Photo of several chicken coops and chickens meandering around. Photo provided by Tak Kameoka. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nbea08-02-022
[Personnel housing] (ddr-csujad-56-193)
img [Personnel housing] (ddr-csujad-56-193)
Living quarters with desert plants in foreground. Page 2 of Kawase Family Photo Album, Book One. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nbea08-03-002
[Japanese American soldier] (ddr-csujad-56-181)
img [Japanese American soldier] (ddr-csujad-56-181)
Picture of Japanese American incarceree and soldier standing in front of Amache Honor Roll four-sided board. Photo provided by Tak Kameoka. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nbea08-02-048
[Pyramid] (ddr-csujad-56-243)
img [Pyramid] (ddr-csujad-56-243)
Haruo Kawase, Fred and another young man from Camp Amache pose for the camera. Page 29 of Kawase Family Photo Album, Book Two. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nbea08-03-052
Letter from Johnny written by Kazuo to Lea Perry, July 12, 1945 (ddr-csujad-56-118)
doc Letter from Johnny written by Kazuo to Lea Perry, July 12, 1945 (ddr-csujad-56-118)
Letter from Johnny written by Kazuo Ito to Lea Perry. The original letters are housed with the Sonoma County Japanese American Citizens League (JACL), and were borrowed for digitization courtesy of the JACL, December 2014. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nbea08-01-116
Letter from Kazuo Ito to Lea Perry, October 18, 1944 (ddr-csujad-56-92)
doc Letter from Kazuo Ito to Lea Perry, October 18, 1944 (ddr-csujad-56-92)
Letter from Kazuo Ito to Lea Perry. The original letters are housed with the Sonoma County Japanese American Citizens League (JACL), and were borrowed for digitization courtesy of the JACL, December 2014. Transcript is found in item: ssu_nbea_9090. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nbea08-01-090
Letter from Kazuo Ito to Lea Perry, April 16, 1944 (ddr-csujad-56-77)
doc Letter from Kazuo Ito to Lea Perry, April 16, 1944 (ddr-csujad-56-77)
Letter from Kazuo Ito to Lea Perry. The original letters are housed with the Sonoma County Japanese American Citizens League (JACL), and were borrowed for digitization courtesy of the JACL, December 2014. Transcript is found in item: ssu_nbea_9075. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nbea08-01-075
[Surgery] (ddr-csujad-56-137)
img [Surgery] (ddr-csujad-56-137)
Surgical procedure in progress. Photo provided by Tak Kameoka. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nbea08-02-004
[News room] (ddr-csujad-56-220)
img [News room] (ddr-csujad-56-220)
Camp newspaper headquarters with man walking past and other incarcerees working on newspaper. Page 6 of Kawase Family Photo Album, Book Two. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nbea08-03-029
Letter from Kazuo Ito to Lea Perry, June 21, 1943 (ddr-csujad-56-49)
doc Letter from Kazuo Ito to Lea Perry, June 21, 1943 (ddr-csujad-56-49)
Letter from Kazuo Ito to Lea Perry. The original letters are housed with the Sonoma County Japanese American Citizens League (JACL), and were borrowed for digitization courtesy of the JACL, December 2014. Transcript is found in item: ssu_nbea_9047. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nbea08-01-047
Strike up the band (ddr-csujad-56-179)
img Strike up the band (ddr-csujad-56-179)
The camp marching band, comprised of teenagers, parades down a dirt road. Photo provided by Tak Kameoka. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nbea08-02-046
[In the water] (ddr-csujad-56-146)
img [In the water] (ddr-csujad-56-146)
Two children running out of the water and a third person holding up their pants standing in the water. A group of people sit and play on the banks. Photo provided by Tak Kameoka. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nbea08-02-013
[Barrack housing] (ddr-csujad-56-195)
img [Barrack housing] (ddr-csujad-56-195)
Living quarters with dirt road running between buildings. Utility posts with wires line the road and incarcerees mill about. Page 4 of Kawase Family Photo Album, Book One. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nbea08-03-004
Letter from Kazuo Ito to Lea Perry, September 24, 1943 (ddr-csujad-56-53)
doc Letter from Kazuo Ito to Lea Perry, September 24, 1943 (ddr-csujad-56-53)
Letter from Kazuo Ito to Lea Perry. The original letters are housed with the Sonoma County Japanese American Citizens League (JACL), and were borrowed for digitization courtesy of the JACL, December 2014. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nbea08-01-051
Letter from Joe Perry to Kazuo Ito, March 12, 1945 (ddr-csujad-56-106)
doc Letter from Joe Perry to Kazuo Ito, March 12, 1945 (ddr-csujad-56-106)
Letter from Joe Perry to Kazuo Ito. The original letters are housed with the Sonoma County Japanese American Citizens League (JACL), and were borrowed for digitization courtesy of the JACL, December 2014. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nbea08-01-104
[Two ladies and a building] (ddr-csujad-56-209)
img [Two ladies and a building] (ddr-csujad-56-209)
Two young Japanese American women in front of a large building. Page 18 of Kawase Family Photo Album, Book One. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nbea08-03-018
Letter from Frank Ito to Joe and Lea Perry, August 7, 1944 (ddr-csujad-56-86)
doc Letter from Frank Ito to Joe and Lea Perry, August 7, 1944 (ddr-csujad-56-86)
Letter from Frank Ito to Joe and Lea Perry. The original letters are housed with the Sonoma County Japanese American Citizens League (JACL), and were borrowed for digitization courtesy of the JACL, December 2014. Transcript is found in item: ssu_nbea_9084. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nbea08-01-084
[Sitting by the river] (ddr-csujad-56-238)
img [Sitting by the river] (ddr-csujad-56-238)
A group of Japanese American incarcerees sit and talk by the Arkansas River near Camp Amache. Page 24 of Kawase Family Photo Album, Book Two. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nbea08-03-047
[Dentistry lab] (ddr-csujad-56-160)
img [Dentistry lab] (ddr-csujad-56-160)
Line of dentist chairs with patients and dentist working on them. Photo provided by Tak Kameoka. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nbea08-02-027
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