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113 items
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Japanese Americans relocating to a different camp (ddr-densho-37-292)
Original WRA caption: People from the Manzanar Relocation Center were moved to the Tule Lake Segregation Center and quartered in the ten blocks which had been built as an addition at Tule Lake. They arrived in four special trains and were taken directly from the railroad to their new homes. A total of 1876 people came …
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Camp new arrivals (ddr-densho-37-300)
Original WRA caption: People from the Manzanar Relocation Center were moved to the Tule Lake Segregation Center and quartered in the ten blocks which had been built as an addition at Tule Lake. They arrived in four special trains and were taken directly from the railroad to their new homes. A total of 1876 people came …
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Japanese Americans relocating to a different camp (ddr-densho-37-290)
Original WRA caption: People from the Manzanar Relocation Center were moved to the Tule Lake Segregation Center and quartered in the ten blocks which had been built as an addition at Tule Lake. They arrived in four special trains and were taken directly from the railroad to their new homes. A total of 1876 people came …
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Camp new arrivals (ddr-densho-37-293)
Original WRA caption: People from the Manzanar Relocation Center were moved to the Tule Lake Segregation Center and quartered in the ten blocks which had been built as an addition at Tule Lake. They arrived in four special trains and were taken directly from the railroad to their new homes. A total of 1876 people came …
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Japanese Americans relocating to a different camp (ddr-densho-37-291)
Original WRA caption: People from the Manzanar Relocation Center were moved to the Tule Lake Segregation Center and quartered in the ten blocks which had been built as an addition at Tule Lake. They arrived in four special trains and were taken directly from the railroad to their new homes. A total of 1876 people came …
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Japanese Americans relocating to a different camp (ddr-densho-37-295)
Original WRA caption: People from the Manzanar Relocation Center were moved to the Tule Lake Segregation Center and quartered in the ten blocks which had been built as an addition at Tule Lake. They arrived in four special trains and were taken directly from the railroad to their new homes. A total of 1876 people came …
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Camp new arrivals (ddr-densho-37-297)
Original WRA caption: People from the Manzanar Relocation Center were moved to the Tule Lake Segregation Center and quartered in the ten blocks which had been built as an addition at Tule Lake. They arrived in four special trains and were taken directly from the railroad to their new homes. A total of 1876 people came …
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Kenji Ogawa Interview (ddr-manz-1-170)
Sansei male. Born April 16, 1942, in Manzanar, California. In 1943, parents signed "no-no" on the so-called "loyalty questionnaire" and were transferred to the Tule Lake segregation center, California. Moved with family to Japan, and returned to the United States in the 1950s to attend high school.
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Kenji Maruko Interview Segment 22 (ddr-densho-1010-8-22)
Transferring to Tule Lake when it was converted to a segregation center
This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 19 No. 2 (July 15, 1944) (ddr-pc-16-29)
Selected article titles: "Hunt Leads WRA Centers in Relocation" (p. 1), "Report Shows No Sabotage by Canada Nisei" (p. 1), "Famed Merrill's Marauders Back Rights of U.S. Nisei" (p. 3), "2,100 Graduates High Schools in Relocation Camps" (p. 3), "Draft Evaders Sent to Prison in Washington. Special Rail Prison Car Takes Evacuees To McNeil Island" (p. …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 17 No. 19 (November 13, 1943) (ddr-pc-15-44)
Selected article titles: "Gila Community Will Set Up Own Judicial System" (p. 1), "370 Loyal Evacuees Leave Newell Segregation Center. Military Police Aid Departure Of Final Group. Loyal Volunteers Still Harvesting Farm Crops On Tule Project Farm" (p. 1), "Rumor of Deaths In Tule Outbreak Exploded by Facts" (p. 1), "Strike Called By Segregants At Tule …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 17 No. 4 (July 31, 1943) (ddr-pc-15-29)
Selected article titles: "WRA Names Tule Lake Camp As New Segregation Center. Size, Location and Farming Opportunities Cited Among Reasons for Choice of Site" (p. 1), "Nisei Women To Be Accepted In WAC Ranks" (p. 1), "Tule Lake Director Gives Classification Of Disloyal Group" (p. 2), "Nisei Involved in Street Fight Near Recovery" (p. 2), "Three …
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Memorandum of agreement (ddr-csujad-2-82)
Draft of agreement, to be signed by the Project Director of the Tule Lake Segregation Center and the District Attorney of Modoc County, regarding their respective financial and legal responsibilities in investigating and prosecuting criminal violations of State law at the Tule Lake camp. The unsigned draft has handwritten editing, including strikeouts. See this object in …
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Volunteers leaving from Jerome camp to Tule Lake camp (ddr-csujad-38-297)
Photographed are incarcerees seeing off the volunteers moving from the Jerome camp in Arkansas, to the Tule Lake Segregation Center in California. The caption reads: From Jerome Relocation Camp, volunteers to Tule Lake were transported by truck and later by train. A photo from: Mitzi Naohara photo album (csudh_nao_0200), page 18. See this object in the …
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Weekly Press Review No. 29 (ddr-densho-156-341)
Original summary excerpt: The chief source of news interest at this time is the coming segregation of disloyal evacuees. The center selected to house the segregated persons, Tule Lake, was announced by Harvey Coverley, director of the project on July 25. The announcement was covered by AP, UP, and INS. An official announcement made the following …
Narrator Sadako Nimura Kashiwagi
Nisei female. Born June 27, 1933, 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 …
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San Jose State Schmidt (Willard E.) Papers (ddr-csujad-2)
The Willard Schmidt collection, documents some of the administrative duties of Willard Schmidt, the Chief of Internal Security for the War Relocation Authority and the Tule Lake incarceration/segregation camp. This collection contains administrative records and photos documenting the Tule Lake camp, the largest incarceration camp with a peak population of 18,789 and with the most turbulent …
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Nisei serviceman with wife and daughter (ddr-densho-37-751)
Original WRA caption: T/4 Taniguchi visits his wife and daughter at the Minidoka Relocation Center before returning to his unit in the Pacific. Taniguchi volunteered for the Army in 1942 when he and his family were at Tule Lake before it became a segregation center. He served in the China-Burma-India theatre and served on load to …
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Weekly Press Review No. 31 (ddr-densho-156-343)
Original summary excerpt: Segregation continued to hold top honors as a source of news this week. Reports on the appointment of Raymond R. Best as Tule Lake director stressed his previous experince at Minidoka, Moab and Leupp, and quoted denial of field administrator, Robert Cozzens, that changes were a "shakeup". Reports of a proposed enlargement of …
Narrator Kenge Kobayashi
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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Sumiko M. Yamamoto Interview (ddr-densho-1000-269)
Nisei female. Born May 12, 1925, in Spreckels, California. Moved frequently with family as a child, eventually settling in Gilroy, California. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to the Salinas Assembly Center, California, and the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. Following father's desire to repatriate to Japan, transferred to Tule Lake concentration camp, California, when it …
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Tokio Yamane Interview Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-432-17)
Forming youth groups in Tule Lake Segregation Center (Japanese language)
This interview was conducted in Japanese. The transcript is a translation of the original interview. This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are …
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Ben Takeshita Interview (ddr-densho-1000-467)
Nisei male. Born August 2, 1930, in San Mateo, California. During World War II, removed with family to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. Due to parents' answers on the so-called "loyalty questionnaire," transferred to Tule Lake when it was designated a segregation center. After leaving camp, returned to San Mateo, …
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Yukiko Miyahara Interview (ddr-manz-1-62)
Nisei female. Born November 29, 1919, in Venice, California. Married in Venice prior to World War II, and had a child only a few days after the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas. Transferred with family to the Tule Lake concentration …
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Toyoko Okumura Interview (ddr-janm-13-6)
Nisei female. Born October 14, 1916, in Gardena, California. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas. In response to the so-called "loyalty questionnaire," transferred to Tule Lake segregation center with family, and expatriated to Japan. Worked in Japan for the U.S. government and …