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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img Malcom Epley (ddr-csujad-29-217)

Photograph title: "The Tule Lake War Relocation Center, was located on the northern California border, 35 miles south of Klamath Falls, Oregon. Standing on the left is Malcom Epley, then managing editor of the Klamath Falls Herald and News. The man on Epley's right is unidentified." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29-217/

av Jane Muranaka oral history interview (ddr-csujad-31-9)

Oral history of Jane Muranaka, recorded as part of Asian American Studies 390, California State University, Northridge. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: JSFVOH_01-12

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-31-9/

av Michi and Tom Imai oral history interview (ddr-csujad-31-5)

Oral history of Michi and Tom Imai, recorded as part of Asian American Studies 390, California State University, Northridge. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: JSFVOH_01-04

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-31-5/

av Telling Our Stories, CSUN Asian American Studies 390 (ddr-csujad-31-1)

Video edited and recorded by students of CSUN's Asian American Studies 390 course in the spring semester of 2004. This video serves as an introduction to the oral history project regarding Japanese Americans in the San Fernando Valley, and features portions of interviews edited from numerous oral history recordings made by students of the class. See …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-31-1/

av Harold Muraoka oral history interview (ddr-csujad-31-11)

Oral history of Harold Muraoka, recorded as part of Asian American Studies 390, California State University, Northridge. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: JSFVOH_01-14

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-31-11/

av Pete Mitsui oral history interview (ddr-csujad-31-8)

Oral history of Pete Mitsui, recorded as part of Asian American Studies 390, California State University, Northridge. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: JSFVOH_01-10

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-31-8/

av Roy Tamotsu Muranaka oral history interview (ddr-csujad-31-10)

Oral history of Roy Muranaka, recorded as part of Asian American Studies 390, California State University, Northridge. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: JSFVOH_01-13

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-31-10/

av James Higashida oral history interview (ddr-csujad-31-4)

Oral history of James Higashida, recorded as part of Asian American Studies 390, California State University Northridge. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: JSFVOH_01-03

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-31-4/

av Yoneko Takimoto oral history interview (ddr-csujad-31-17)

Oral history of Yoneko Takimoto, recorded as part of Asian American Studies 390, California State University, Northridge. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: JSFVOH_01-21

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-31-17/

av Katsuye Watanabe oral history interview (ddr-csujad-31-19)

Oral history of Katsuye Watanabe, a resident of San Fernando Valley, was recorded as part of Asian American Studies 390 course work at California State University, Northridge. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: JSFVOH_01-22

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-31-19/

av Fusaye Ohara oral history interview (ddr-csujad-31-12)

Oral history of Fusaye [Fusae] Ohara, recorded as part of Asian American Studies 390, California State University, Northridge. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: JSFVOH_01-15

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-31-12/

vh Frank Emi oral history interview (ddr-csujad-31-2)

Oral history of Frank Emi, recorded as part of Asian American Studies 390, California State University, Northridge. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: JSFVOH_01-01

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

av Chiyo Muto Shibuya oral history interview (ddr-csujad-31-14)

Oral history of Chiyo Muto Shibuya, recorded as part of Asian American Studies 390, California State University, Northridge. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: JSFVOH_01-18

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-31-14/

av Ritsuo Takeuchi oral history interview (ddr-csujad-31-15)

Oral history of Ritsuo Takeuchi, recorded as part of Asian American Studies 390, California State University, Northridge. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: JSFVOH_01-19

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-31-15/

av Kenji and Hayako Kihara oral history interview (ddr-csujad-31-7)

Oral history of Kenji and Hayako Kihara, recorded as part of Asian American Studies 390, California State University, Northridge. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: JSFVOH_01-08

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-31-7/

av Emi Hazama oral history interview (ddr-csujad-31-3)

Oral history of Emi Hazama, recorded as part of Asian American Studies 390, California State University, Northridge. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: JSFVOH_01-02

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-31-3/

vh Bo Sakaguchi oral history interview (ddr-csujad-31-13)

Oral history of Bo Sakaguchi, recorded as part of Asian American Studies 390, California State University, Northridge. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: JSFVOH_01-16

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-31-13/

av Ritsuo Takeuchi oral history interview (ddr-csujad-31-16)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-31-16/

av Katsuye Watanabe oral history interview (ddr-csujad-31-20)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-31-20/

av Emi Kami oral history interview (ddr-csujad-31-6)

Oral history of Emi Kami, recorded as part of Asian American Studies 390, California State University, Northridge. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: JSFVOH_01-06

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-31-6/

av Oral history recording with Frances Ishii Lyon and Kiyo Anne Fujimoto (ddr-csujad-53-1)

An oral history recording with Frances Ishii Lyon and Kiyo Anne Fujimoto, daughters of Frank and Hisa Ishii. Frank Ishii was the first president of the Japanese American Citizens League in Long Beach. The family was first "evacuated"; from Long Beach to Santa Anita race track assembly center, then incarcerated at the Jerome camp in Arkansas. …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-53-1/

vh An Oral History with Norman Y. Mineta (ddr-csujad-29-55)

Japanese American congressman, representing the Thirteenth Congressional District of California, born and raised in San Jose, California, discusses his early life, graduation from the University of California, Berkeley, and receiving a commission and serving in the armed forces from 1953-1956. Recalls the removal, "relocation," and incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II at the Heart …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29-55/

img [Photograph of Mrs. Lillian Baker, S.I. Hayakawa, and Virginia McCurdy] (ddr-csujad-29-110)

Mrs. Lillian Baker with S.I. Hayakawa and Virginia McCurdy. Mrs. Baker was South Bay Chair for Senator Hayakawa's primary campaign in 1977. Miss McCurdy was another campaign worker. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: P030

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29-110/

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/

av Oral history with Lynn E. Iwasa (ddr-csujad-29-84)

An oral interview with Lynn E. Iwasa, incarceree born 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_0204. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 5865_T01

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29-84/