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Doug and Takiye Kondo standing outside barracks (ddr-ajah-6-160)
Inscription on front: Douglas and grandmother Gila Relocation Center Arizona, U.S.A. 1944. Caption above photo: Doug Kondo poses with his grandmother, Takiye Kondo in Gila River, AZ, 1944. This is the only photo that is known to exist of the Takiye, who was a well respected midwife in her hometown of Alameda, CA before World War …
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Second Year at Gila (ddr-densho-469-9)
A summary of the second year spent by camp inmates at the Gila River Relocation Center. Topics on the second year of the camp include the camp's administration, involvement in the war, predominant religions, schools, agriculture, recreation, and population, ending with a timeline of events.
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Japanese American building a model ship (ddr-densho-37-597)
Original WRA caption: Gila River Relocation Center, Rivers, Arizona. Wataru Ichinotsubo, former produce market employee form Los Angeles, California, is shown sandpapering the hull of a model into final shape in the model ship factory here. These ships are carefully constructed for the Navy by the Japanese-American craftsmen.
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Gila River concentration camp project director (ddr-densho-37-600)
Original WRA caption: Gila River Relocation Center, Rivers, Arizona. Douglas K. Todd, Project Director of the Gila Relocation Center. On September 15, two weeks before the Canal Camp at Rivers, Arizona, was to close, only 635 people remained and 370 of these had bus or train reservations for the following week (the Canal Camp once had …
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Rohwer Outpost Vol. I No. 8 (November 21, 1942) (ddr-densho-143-9)
Selected article titles: "Community Council. Committees for Center Charter and Co-op Enterprises Selected" (p. 1), "Work on Walls Begins Soon" (p. 1), "Blocks to Collect Firewood" (p. 1), "20 Soldiers are Latest Guests of this Center" (p. 2), "Student Relocation in Photoengraving" (p. 2), "Go and Shogi Teachers Needed" (p. 3), "Editorial: Organization First" (p. 4), …
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Japanese American making plans for a model ship (ddr-densho-37-596)
Original WRA caption: Gila River Relocation Center, Rivers, Arizona. Tadao Kawate, former drafting student from Los Angeles City College, at work on plans for model ships. Blueprints, drawn to the scale of 50 feet to the inch, are supplied by the Navy but must be redrawn to the scale of 60 feet to the inch before …
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University of California evacuation and resettlement study: The Gila River WRA relocation center, Rivers, Pinal County, Arizona (ddr-csujad-26-27)
Description of the Gila River incarceration camp during the first month of occupation, including camp location, climate, landscape, barracks, issues with camp construction, poor conditions and lack of furnishings, incarcerees who were subjected to upon arrival. Camp administration, food and housing issues, camp employment, security, recreation, and social groups are described and analyzed. Report compiled as …
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Information Digest No. 48 (ddr-densho-156-406)
Section titles: "Segregation"; "Director Myer's Field Trip"; "Physicians and Nurses for Center Positions Interviewed"; "Progress on WRA Movie"; "Participation in Community Activities"; "Gila River Dehydration Plant in Operation"; "Field Reports Officers to be Appointed"; "New WRA Publications"; "Red Cross Drives"; "Personnel Changes"; Leave Clearances"; "Central Utah Relocation Program"; "Teacher Shortage a Prospect"; "Engraved School Diplomas Prohibited"; …
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Japanese Americans feeding cows (ddr-densho-37-604)
Original WRA caption: Gila River Relocation Center, Rivers, Arizona. M. Fujita is pictured feeding the cows at the dairy farm school. He works days on the hog farm, and spends his evenings at the school to learn milking and the care of the cows. Prior to evacuation, he was a builder of fishing boats at San …
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Consignee memo (ddr-csujad-42-115)
A consignee memo issued by Universal Carloading and Distributing Co., Inc. on July 19, 1945. It documents the shipper, "WRA Gila River Relocation Center," Arizona, and the consignee, Fumio Fred Takano, Chicago, Illinois. The handwritten notes read: Deliver Monday 8-20 only. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: tak_01_63_002
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Leaving camp (ddr-densho-37-601)
Original WRA caption: Gila River Relocation Center, Rivers Arizona. Relocators being checked by Leave Officers before boarding bus for California. On September 15, two weeks before the Canal Camp at Rivers, Arizona, was to close, only 635 people remained and 370 of these had bus or train reservations for the following week (the Canal Camp once …
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Inspection of farm machinery (ddr-densho-37-598)
Original WRA caption: Gila River Relocation Center, Rivers, Arizona. Property officer checking farm machinery prior to disposal to the Treasury Department. On September 15, two weeks before the Canal Camp at Rivers, Arizona, was to close, only 635 people remained and 370 of these had bus or train reservations for the following week (the Canal Camp …
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Japanese Americans being inspected upon leaving camp (ddr-densho-37-787)
Original WRA caption: Gila River Relocation Center, Rivers, Arizona. After final checkings are completed, evacuees are anxious to take off. On September 15, two weeks before the Canal Camp at Rivers, Arizona, was to close, only 635 people remained and 370 of these had bus or train reservations for the following week (the Canal Camp once …
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Japanese Americans boarding buses (ddr-densho-37-784)
Original WRA caption: Gila River Relocation Center, Rivers, Arizona. Evacuees returning to their former homes in California by Greyhound bus. On September 15, two weeks before the Canal Camp at Rivers, Arizona, was to close, only 635 people remained and 370 of these had bus or train reservations for the following week (the Canal Camp once …
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Nisei soldier with family (ddr-densho-37-753)
Original WRA caption: Former S. Sgt. Henry H Gosho, Mrs. Gosho (seated) and their eighteen month-old daughter Carol Jeanne are shown with a few of the new Yorkers who attended a dinner in his honor on September 12, 1945, at the Toyo Kwan Restaurant in New York City under the auspices of the new York Chapter …
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Japanese Americans leaving camp by bus (ddr-densho-37-783)
Original WRA caption: Gila River Relocation Center, Rivers, Arizona. Aboard the Greyhound bus, which will take them to their former homes in California, these evacuees are anxious to be off. On September 15, two weeks before the Canal Camp at Rivers, Arizona, was to close, only 635 people remained and 370 of these had bus or …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 18 No. 13 (April 1, 1944) (ddr-pc-16-14)
Selected article titles: "Report First Nisei Killed in Pacific Conflict" (p. 1), "U.S. Supreme Court Grants Review of Evacuation Order. Korematsu Case Will Test Legality of Gen. DeWitt's Ban on Japanese Americans" (p. 1), "Dissenters Removal To Stockade to Await Courts-martial" (p. 1), "Drafting of 1,000 Gila River Center's Evacuees Proceeding Without Incident, Is Report" (p. …
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Seiki Miyasato Collection (ddr-densho-320)
The Seiki Miyasato collection is comprised of personal correspondences, WRA documents, a copy of the Portland Orgonian’s “The Wrong Ancestors” article, and a photographic portrait from the personal family collection of Seiki Ronald Miyasato, a Japanese American incarceree who was held at the Santa Anita assembly center and both the Gila River and Minidoka concentration camps. …
Narrator Keiko Shinmoto
Keiko Shinmoto's father migrated from Hiroshima to Portland, Oregon, where his brother was an owner of a grocery store. After returning to Hiroshima to see his ailing father, Keiko's father found it impossible to return to America as his mother hid his passport to keep him in Japan. Shortly, Keiko's mother joined him in Hiroshima, also …
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Keiko Shinmoto Interview (ddr-densho-1021-3)
Keiko Shinmoto's father migrated from Hiroshima to Portland, Oregon, where his brother was an owner of a grocery store. After returning to Hiroshima to see his ailing father, Keiko's father found it impossible to return to America as his mother hid his passport to keep him in Japan. Shortly, Keiko's mother joined him in Hiroshima, also …
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