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img Japanese Americans waiting with baggage (ddr-densho-151-120)

Original caption: San Francisco, California. Evacuees of Japanese descent among a contingent of 664, first to be removed from San Francisco, awaiting buses at 2020 Van Ness Avenue to transport them to Santa Anita Park assembly center at Arcadia, California. Evacuees are transported later to War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.

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img Japanese Americans sitting outside barracks (ddr-densho-151-278)

Original caption: Sacramento, California. Student evacuees of Japanese ancestry. Most of these boys have attended the University of California for a period of up to three years. They have been at this Assembly center for several days and are awaiting transfer to a War Relocation Authority center where they will spend the duration.

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Letter from Willard E. Schmidt, Internal Security Officer, to Earl D. Brooks, Personnel Division, War Relocation Authority, [December, 1943] (ddr-csujad-2-87)

doc Letter from Willard E. Schmidt, Internal Security Officer, to Earl D. Brooks, Personnel Division, War Relocation Authority, [December, 1943] (ddr-csujad-2-87)

Draft of the letter. Concerns job descriptions for Internal Security staffing; contains extensive handwritten annotations. See "Correspondence regarding need for Internal Security staff, December, 1943" found in item, sjs_sch_0085, for the final draft of the letter, dated December 16, 1943. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sjs_sch_0087

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doc Letter from Harold L. Ickes, Secretary of the Interior, to staff of the War Relocation Authority, December 19, 1944 (ddr-csujad-55-1680)

Correspondence from Harold L. Ickes to staff of the War Relocation Authority regarding his appreciation for the work of WRA staff in "resettlement" of former incarcerees. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1682

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Memo from John H. Provinse, Chief, Community Management Division, War Relocation Authority, to all project directors, March 27, 1944 (ddr-csujad-55-985)

doc Memo from John H. Provinse, Chief, Community Management Division, War Relocation Authority, to all project directors, March 27, 1944 (ddr-csujad-55-985)

Memorandum from John Provinse to All Project Directors regarding a supplementary paper on Community Government from the Topaz incarceration camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0987

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doc Yoshi Hibiya's leave clearance application (ddr-densho-381-171)

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Collection Bigelow Collection (ddr-densho-156)

This collection consists of photographs and documents from the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Documents include student essays as well as numerous reports and publications from the War Relocation Authority sent to all of the camps including Minidoka.

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Letter from R. R. Best, Project Director, and Lionel Perkins, Business Enterprises Adviser United States Department of the Interior War Relocation Authority to Mr. Ivan Williams Department of Justice, December 5, 1945 (ddr-csujad-12-24)

doc Letter from R. R. Best, Project Director, and Lionel Perkins, Business Enterprises Adviser United States Department of the Interior War Relocation Authority to Mr. Ivan Williams Department of Justice, December 5, 1945 (ddr-csujad-12-24)

This official correspondence confirms that Tsugitada Kanamori had worked at the Tule Lake incarceration camp for 6.5 months and had earned a total of $131.86 as of November 30, 1945. Issued by R.R. Best, Project Director and Lionel Perkins, Business Enterprises Adviser United States Department of the Interior War Relocation Authority. See this object in the …

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doc Reference letter from Mrs. N.G. Phillips (ddr-densho-355-185)

Related to ddr-densho-355-184

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doc Community analyst report, no. 74 (May 1, 1945) (ddr-csujad-55-1663)

Community Analyst Trend Report Report from April 23 to 29, 1945. Report on Poston incarceration camp including departure of incarcerees and their relocation plans, closing of Relocation Centers, employment shortages at the camp, selective service, and a youth conference. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1665

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doc Poston committee report on school curriculum (ddr-csujad-55-1728)

Report and recommendations on the school curriculum at Poston incarceration camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1730

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doc Tule Lake interlude (ddr-csujad-55-368)

Pamphlet commemorating the first anniversary of Tule Lake incarceration camp. Includes articles on "various aspects of evacuee life as experienced by the nisei" during 1942-1943. Includes essays, poetry, and illustrations by incarcerees, primarily covering daily life at Tule Lake incarceration camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0370

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doc Community analyst report, no. 77 (May 15, 1945) (ddr-csujad-55-1664)

Community Analyst Trend Report from May 7 to 13, 1945. Report on Poston incarceration camp including departure of incarcerees and their relocation plans, army clearance, incarceree committees, incidents in Fresno, CA and Parker, AZ, combining mess halls, school closings, V-E Day, and a suicide. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project …

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doc Community analysis report, no. 70 (April 18, 1945) (ddr-csujad-55-1662)

Report on "Destination of Leaves to the Evacuated Area, January to March, 1945." Covers number of incarcerees taking indefinite leave from Poston incarceration camp, their destination in California, and the conditions for incarcerees returning to regions of California. "Community analysis section." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1664

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doc Attendance rules and procedures (ddr-csujad-55-1770)

List of revised policies and procedures for Miles E. Carey High School at Poston incarceration camp including attendance, tardiness, absences, teacher's responsibilities, office responsibilities, and forms. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1773

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doc Committee report on health and physical education (ddr-csujad-55-1723)

Report on health and physical education at Poston incarceration camp. Covers the objective of health and physical education, school, recreation department, hospital section, and recommendations. Also includes the committee report on school records and reports. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1725

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doc Attendance rules and procedures (ddr-csujad-55-1771)

List of policies and procedures for Miles E. Carey High School at Poston incarceration camp including attendance, tardiness, absences, teacher's responsibilities, office responsibilities, and forms. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1774

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doc Principal's bulletin (Parker, Arizona), no. 12 (April 30, 1945) (ddr-csujad-55-1776)

Principal's Bulletin #12 from Miles E. Cary High School at Poston incarceration camp. Includes note to all teachers from Arthur L. Harris, superintendent of education. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1779

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doc Committee report on school records and reports (ddr-csujad-55-1724)

Report and recommendations on school records and reports at Poston incarceration camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1726

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doc Community analysis report, no. 69 (April 17, 1945) (ddr-csujad-55-1661)

Report on "the Japanese from Lancaster, California" incarcerated at the Poston incarceration camp. Covers the geography and climate, farms, education, religion, recreation, associations, race relations, and forced evacuation. "Community analysis section." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1663

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doc Tulean dispatch magazine section, vol. 1, no. 7 (ddr-csujad-26-48)

Monthly publication at Tule Lake incarceration camp including stories, poems, commentary and creative writing. Current issue includes: "Snow blossom" by Ken Yasuda; "The barber's wife" by Arthur Morimitsu; "In the still of the night" by Frank S. Tanabe; "Haiku and painting" by Ken Yasuda; "Looking back" by George J. Nakamura; "An expose of the wolf" by …

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doc Tulean dispatch magazine section: holiday edition (ddr-csujad-26-46)

Monthly publication at Tule Lake incarceration camp including stories, poems, commentary and creative writing. Current issue includes: "An editorial" by Howard M. Imazeki; "Her name is woman" by Riley O'Suga; "Christmas tree" by Shuji Kimura; "Six old bachelors" by Miyoko Takagi; "Looking back" by Eugene Okada; "Great American tragedy" by Tsuyoshi Nakamura; "Pure hell" by Yukio …

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doc Tulean dispatch magazine section, vol. 1, no. 9 (ddr-csujad-26-50)

Monthly publication at Tule Lake incarceration camp including stories, poems, commentary and creative writing. Current issue includes: "Question 28" by Shuji Kimura; "Mandy's dream" by Frank Hijikata; "Toppers in camp" by Yuri Kobukata, Mary Harumi Sakai, Lorraine Takayama; "Band leader" by Bryan Mayeda, "Bachelors' quarter" by George Nakamura, "Poultry farm" by Makoto Kobukata, "Looking back" by …

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doc Letter to Harry L. Stafford (ddr-sbbt-2-29)

An unsigned letter addressed to Harry L. Stafford explaining what information would be helpful to incarcerees as they leave camp. The author, likely Yoshito Fujii, requests to become a field agent for the War Relocation Authority to gather information from the eastern United States to assist incarcerees in finding opportunities outside of the camps.

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img Japanese Americans waiting for the bus (ddr-densho-151-105)

Original caption: San Francisco, California. With baggage stacked, residents of Japanese ancestry await bus at Wartime Civil Control Administration station, 2020 Van Ness Avenue, as part of the first group of 664 to be evacuated from San Francisco on April 6, 1942. Evacuees will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-105/

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