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Employee driver's license, Form WRA-22, Masami Iwasa (ddr-csujad-55-162)
doc Employee driver's license, Form WRA-22, Masami Iwasa (ddr-csujad-55-162)
Poston employee driver's license authorizing Masami Iwasa to operate a government owned vehicle as part of employment as a Supply and Transportation Officer with the War Relocation Authority. Form WRA-22. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0164
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-162/
WRA Alien's Short Term Leave permission (ddr-densho-410-393)
doc WRA Alien's Short Term Leave permission (ddr-densho-410-393)
For Henri Takahashi to travel to New York City from Topaz Camp to survey relocation possibilities
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-410-393/
Resolution proposed by Japanese American Council for Democracy (ddr-densho-122-420)
doc Resolution proposed by Japanese American Council for Democracy (ddr-densho-122-420)
Presented to the Post War World Council on June 18, 1942, urging support of the necessity of incarceration and cooperation with the War Relocation Authority (WRA)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-122-420/
Community Government in War Relocation Centers (ddr-densho-282-9)
doc Community Government in War Relocation Centers (ddr-densho-282-9)
Examination of Japanese American evacuee community government in the framework of the WRA.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-282-9/
Camp construction (ddr-densho-37-409)
img Camp construction (ddr-densho-37-409)
Original WRA caption: Manzanar, California. Construction of barrack apartments for evacuees of Japanese ancestry has commenced at this War Relocation Authority Center.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-409/
Barracks with American flag (ddr-densho-151-57)
img Barracks with American flag (ddr-densho-151-57)
Original WRA caption: Manzanar Relocation center, Manzanar, California. Street scene of barrack homes at this War Relocation Authority Center. The windstorm has subsided and the dust has settled.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-57/
Leave permit for work group, WRA-135, Masami Iwasa (ddr-csujad-55-171)
doc Leave permit for work group, WRA-135, Masami Iwasa (ddr-csujad-55-171)
Form authorizing Masami Iwasa to leave Poston incarceration camp for Nampa, Idaho. Includes conditions and restrictions. WRA-135. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0173
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-171/
Tule Lake WRA Center information bulletin (January 3, 1945) (ddr-csujad-55-183)
doc Tule Lake WRA Center information bulletin (January 3, 1945) (ddr-csujad-55-183)
Bulletin including information on WRA leave clearance, exclusion orders, military permits, persons not eligible to leave, army stop list, army hearings, repatriation, renunciation of citizenship, relocation plans and office, temporary leave, transfers and visiting between centers, outside visitors, and a message from Secretary of the Interior, Harold L. Ickes. See this object in the California State …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-183/
Housing form no. 3 revised, Form C-WRA-35 (ddr-csujad-55-730)
doc Housing form no. 3 revised, Form C-WRA-35 (ddr-csujad-55-730)
Form for housing at Heart Mountain incarceration camp. Form C-WRA-35. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0732
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-730/
Requisition for mess hall supplies, Form C-WRA-43 (ddr-csujad-55-683)
doc Requisition for mess hall supplies, Form C-WRA-43 (ddr-csujad-55-683)
Requisition form for food and baking supplies at Heart Mountain incarceration camp. Form C-WRA-43. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0685
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-683/
Request for transportation of property, WRA-156, Mary Tsukamoto (ddr-csujad-55-11)
doc Request for transportation of property, WRA-156, Mary Tsukamoto (ddr-csujad-55-11)
Form completed by Mary Tsukamoto to have her four boxes of property transported from Jerome incarceration camp to Kalamazoo, Michigan. General instructions to holders of citizen's indefinite leave attached. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_00012
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-11/
Instructions to evacuees on seasonal work leave, WRA-49 (ddr-csujad-55-676)
doc Instructions to evacuees on seasonal work leave, WRA-49 (ddr-csujad-55-676)
Rules and regulations for incarcerees at Heart Mountain incarceration camp regarding "seasonal work leave." Covers travel, change of address, unemployment, expiration, returning to a "Center" prior to contract expiration, welfare services, and information for aliens. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0678
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-676/
Citizen's indefinite leave card (ddr-densho-126-4)
doc Citizen's indefinite leave card (ddr-densho-126-4)
A card given by the War Relocation Authority (WRA) to Nisei who were allowed to leave the camps indefinitely for work or school.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-126-4/
Japanese Americans filling straw mattresses (ddr-densho-37-403)
img Japanese Americans filling straw mattresses (ddr-densho-37-403)
Original WRA caption: Poston, Arizona. Evacuees of Japanese ancestry are filling straw ticks for mattresses upon arrival at this war Relocation Authority Center.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-403/
Military Police (ddr-densho-37-808)
img Military Police (ddr-densho-37-808)
Original WRA caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Army military police go on duty to guard the boundaries of this War Relocation Authority center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-808/
Relocation Problems and Policies (ddr-densho-356-1035)
doc Relocation Problems and Policies (ddr-densho-356-1035)
Speech given at the Tuesday Evening Club in Pasadena, California by War Relocation Authority Director Dillon S. Myer on the subject of relocation of Japanese American from WRA camps.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-1035/
High lights and summary of Denver conference of WRA superintendents (ddr-csujad-55-1732)
doc High lights and summary of Denver conference of WRA superintendents (ddr-csujad-55-1732)
Report on the conference of War Relocation Authority superintendents. Covers challenges, goals, and developments in the educational programs at incarceration camps. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1734
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1732/
Request for transportation of property, WRA-156, George Hideo Nakamura (ddr-csujad-55-2419)
doc Request for transportation of property, WRA-156, George Hideo Nakamura (ddr-csujad-55-2419)
Request form for transfer of George Hideo Nakamura's personal property from Tule Lake incarceration camp to Chicago, Illinois. Includes itemized list of personal property. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2525
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2419/
Laborers pass to ride, Form WRA-TL-933, Osamu Oseto (ddr-csujad-55-1901)
doc Laborers pass to ride, Form WRA-TL-933, Osamu Oseto (ddr-csujad-55-1901)
Pass permitting Osamu Oseto to ride to and from the mess hall for work at Tule Lake incarceration camp. Form WRA-TL-933. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1904
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1901/
Request for transportation of property, WRA-156, George Hideo Nakamura (ddr-csujad-55-2393)
doc Request for transportation of property, WRA-156, George Hideo Nakamura (ddr-csujad-55-2393)
Form requesting the transportation of property for George Hideo Nakamura from Marysville, California to Chicago, Illinois. Includes list of personal property and description of individual pieces. Form WRA 156. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2499
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2393/
Hiroko Nishi reading to her daughter in their barracks apartment (ddr-fom-1-862)
img Hiroko Nishi reading to her daughter in their barracks apartment (ddr-fom-1-862)
WRA caption on reverse: "Mrs. Nishi reads a bedtime story to little Eime at this War Relocation Authority center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-862/
Highway sign (ddr-densho-37-400)
img Highway sign (ddr-densho-37-400)
Original WRA caption: Poston, Arizona. Highway leading to this war Relocation Authority center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry on the Colorado River Indian Reservation.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-400/

Narrator Charles Olds

White male. Born 1913 in Karuizawa, Japan, to missionary parents. Attended Canadian school in Kobe, Japan, before coming to the United States with his older brother. He attended the University of Chicago School of Social Work, then volunteered to work for the War Relocation Authority (WRA). He later worked as a relocation officer in the concentration …
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/119/
Digest: Washington Conference, WRA Superintendents of Education, March 20-25, 1944 (ddr-csujad-55-1693)
doc Digest: Washington Conference, WRA Superintendents of Education, March 20-25, 1944 (ddr-csujad-55-1693)
Report from the Washington conference of WRA superintendents of education. Contents include "Problems We Face", "Next Steps for WRA", "Legal Framework of WRA Schools", "Relocation Seminar", "Reading Materials for non-English Speaking Evacuees", "Americanization", "Atypical Education Planning", "Elementary Education", "Secondary Education", "Higher Education", "Teacher Education", "Suggestive Activity Growing Out of the Washington Conference", and "Educational Topics for …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1693/
Construction of barracks (ddr-densho-37-256)
img Construction of barracks (ddr-densho-37-256)
Original WRA caption: Tule Lake Relocation Center, Newell, California. Construction of this War Relocation Authority center has commenced. Approximately 10,000 evacuees of Japanese ancestry will be housed here for the duration.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-256/
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