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img Talent show skit (ddr-densho-37-380)

Original WRA caption: Tule Lake Segregation Center, Newell, California. Skit by boys in talent show sponsored by Tri-State High School student body June 9 at Tule Lake Center to help finance the annual.

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doc Rohwer Outpost Vol. III No. 6 (July 21, 1943) (ddr-densho-143-81)

Selected article titles: "Further Data on Segregation. Tule Lake Selected as Special Segregation Center" (p. 1), "Unauthorized Leaves from Center Out" (p. 1), "Attention! Repatriates" (p. 1), "Cannery: New Plant to be Done Soon" (p. 2).

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doc Heart Mountain Sentinel Vol. II No. 34 (August 21, 1943) (ddr-densho-97-142)

Selected article titles: "Citizenship of Nisei Affirmed; Be Confident, Says JACL President" (p. 1), "Loyal Evacuees Not to Be 'Forced Out' of Center" (p. 1), "900 Residents Named for Tule Lake Center in Segregation Move" (p. 1), "Clarify Status of Parolees" (p. 1), "Editorial: Another Angle" (p. 4), "Tule Lake Segregation Center is Described" (p. 4), …

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Collection Yamanaka Collection (ddr-densho-188)

This collection contains documents and photographs from Densho narrator K. Morgan Yamanaka. The documents include letters and papers regarding Tule Lake, California, during the time it was designated a segregation center, including documents about the Tule Lake stockade and renunication of citizenship.

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doc Tule Lake: at this segregation center are 18,000 Japanese considered disloyal to U.S. (ddr-csujad-55-2502)

Pictorial report published in "Life Magazine" detailing life and living conditions in Tule Lake incarceration camp. Covers segregation, facilities, co-ops, administration, and daily life in the incarceration camp.

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vh Frank S. Fujii Segment 23 (ddr-densho-1000-8-23)

Conflict within camp; life after Tule Lake becomes a "segregation center"

This interview was conducted over two days due to electrical problems. The majority of the interview was completed on the second day, September 5.

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doc Denson Tribune Vol. I No. 47 (August 10, 1943) (ddr-densho-144-88)

Selected article titles: "Tule Lake Volunteering Deadline Set" (p. 1), "Welfare, Segregation Interviews Completed Ahead of Schedule. Clearance Hearing Near" (p. 1), "Segregation Meeting Slated for Tonight" (p. 1), "Congressmen Impressed by Center Development" (p. 1), "Biggest Worry: Housing Shortage" (p. 2), "Tule Lake to Operate with Same Personnel. Major Changes Not Expected" (p. 3).

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doc Tule Lake Pilgrimage (ddr-densho-365-8)

This pamphlet briefly describes the circumstances leading to the creation of the Tule Lake Relocation and Segregation Center, and follows up with a statement concerning the importance of the Tule Lake Pilgrimage in the healing process for Japanese Americans. The right-hand fold out includes an itinerary for the 1994 Tule Lake Pilgrimage.

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vh Sadako Nimura Kashiwagi Interview (ddr-manz-1-172)

Nisei female. Born in Sacramento, California. Grew up in Newcastle, California, where parents were tenant farmers. During World War II, removed to the Marysville Assembly Center, California, and then to the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Remained in Tule Lake when it was converted to a segregation center. After leaving camp, returned to California.

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doc Denson Tribune Vol. I No. 43 (July 27, 1943) (ddr-densho-144-84)

Selected article titles: "Tule Lake Confirmed Segregation Center" (p. 1), "Bridge Across Big Bayou to Deep Elm Finished. Undertaking Completed in Eight Weeks" (p. 1), "A Proposal: Group Resettlement" (p. 2).

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doc Letter from Ray D. Johnston to D. S. Myer (ddr-densho-379-739)

Ray D. Johnston requests that Chimata Sumida not be transferred from the Rohwer incarceration Camp to the Tule Lake Segregation Center. Both camp officials and other incarcerees highlight Chimata Sumida's positive effect on the community of Rohwer and request his transfer to Tule Lake be cancelled.

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doc Letters from Tule Lake Stockade (ddr-densho-394-1)

A short biography of Lili Sugimoto Inouye followed by transcribed letters sent between Lili and her husband, Tatsuo, during his incarceration in the Tule Lake Segregation Center Stockade for being a "No-No" boy.

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img Stockade wood-burning stove (ddr-densho-11-8)

In 1943, Tule Lake concentration camp became a segregation center. A stockade was built to detain those who were considered security risks by the WRA. This wood-burning stove was used to help heat the stockade.

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vh Kenge Kobayashi Interview (ddr-densho-1000-37)

Nisei male. Born July 25, 1926, in the Imperial Valley, California. Incarcerated at the Tulare Assembly Center, California, Gila River concentration camp, Arizona, and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. In his interview, he discusses his memories of Tule Lake concentration camp after it became a segregation center, including the killing of a camp inmate rioting, implementation …

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vh Peggy Tanemura Interview (ddr-densho-1000-85)

Ni-ten-gosei (half Nisei, half Sansei) female. Born June 3, 1932, in Seattle, Washington. Incarcerated at the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington; Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho; and Tule Lake segregation center, California. Returned to Seattle after the war and stayed temporarily at the Seattle Japanese Language School.

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doc Granada Pioneer Vol. I No. 86 (July 28, 1943) (ddr-densho-147-87)

Selected article titles: "Nisei Women to be Accepted in WACs" (p. 1), "WRA Grants Right to Fine Law Violators" (p. 1), "Segregation Program: Tule Lake is Named Center for Segregees" (p. 1), "Basking Snake Causes Alarm" (p. 1), "Column Features Japanese Problem" (p. 3), "Mundt Urges Segregation" (p. 3), "Strike Caused by Restriction" (p. 3).

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vh Jimi Yamaichi Interview I (ddr-densho-1000-106)

Nisei male. Born October 27, 1922. Grew up in San Jose, California, where his father had a farming operation. Incarcerated in the Pomona Assembly Center, Heart Mountain concentration camp and Tule Lake Segregation Center. Worked on an engineering crew on the Shoshone Dam, and later was a carpentry foreman in Tule Lake. Was in Tule during …

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vh Jimi Yamaichi Interview II (ddr-densho-1000-312)

Nisei male born in October 27, 1922. Grew up in San Jose, California where his father had a farming operation. Incarcerated in Pomona Assembly Center, Heart Mountain concentration camp and Tule Lake Segregation Center. Worked on an engineering crew on the Shoshone Dam, and later was a carpentry foreman in Tule Lake. Was in Tule during …

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doc Weekly Press Review, no. 43, November 17, 1943 (ddr-csujad-19-59)

This is the weekly press review which talks about the disturbances and significant incidents in the Tule Lake segregation center. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: WRA_02-13_02

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vh John Tomita Interview (ddr-manz-1-76)

Nisei male. Born August 20, 1920, in Isleton, California. Grew up in Isleton where father operated a restaurant. Attended college and studied engineering before World War II. During the war, removed to the Sacramento (Walerga) Assembly Center, California, and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. In camp, worked on the survey crew. Remained in Tule Lake …

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vh Kazie Good Interview (ddr-densho-1000-429)

Nisei female. Born May 6, 1925, in Sacramento, California. During World War II, sent with family to the Sacramento Assembly Center, California, and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Due to father's refusal to answer the so-called "loyalty questions" in 1943, the family remained in Tule Lake when it was turned into a segregation center. Subject …

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doc Letter from Ivan Williams, Officer in Charge, United States Department of Justice to Sadae Hirota, October 6, 1945 (ddr-csujad-55-1902)

Notice to Sadaye [Sadae] Hirota ordering her "internment" at the Tule Lake Segregation Center. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1905

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doc Rohwer Outpost Vol. III No. 21 (September 11, 1943) (ddr-densho-143-98)

Selected article titles: "First Movement Set to Go! Mangham to Escort Segregees to Tule Lake Center" (p. 1), "WAC Recruiting Officer Will Again Visit Center" (p. 1), "Notice! Segregees" (p. 1), "Special Committee Will Give Final Instructions" (p. 1), "Car Monitors, Car Captains for Segregation Train Chosen" (p. 3), "Editorial: Farewell Segregees" (p. 6).

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doc Letter from Ivan Williams, Officer in Charge, United States Department of Justice to Sadae Hirota, March 1, 1946 (ddr-csujad-55-1899)

Correspondence from Ivan Williams to Sadaye [Sadae] Hirota regarding her release from Tule Lake Segregation Center. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1902

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doc Manzanar Free Press Vol. IV No. 11 (October 13, 1943) (ddr-densho-125-175)

Selected article titles: "Project Director Merritt to Visit Tule Lake Center. To Make Personal Check on Segregation Group" (p. 1), "Urge Delegates to Persuade Relocation" (p. 1), "Caucasian Staff Buys More Bonds" (p. 1), "Philadelphia Hostel Nears Completion" (p. 1), "289 Segregants Leave Manzanar" (p. 1), "WRA and Segregation" (p. 2), "Opening in Chicago for Domestic …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-125-175/

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