Topaz (Central Utah)

doc Letter from D.S. Myer to Charles Ernst answering questions regarding Crystal City (ddr-densho-356-980)

Letter from WRA Director D.S. Myer to Central Utah Relocation Center Director Charles F. Ernst responding to a series of memos requesting information about Crystal City Camp. Myer directs further questions to the officer in charge at Crystal City, advises that internees who transfer to Crystal City should not expect to be granted permanent leave until …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-980/

doc Christmas Card to Yuri Domoto from Min (ddr-densho-356-302)

Christmas card to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from Minoru Yonekura. Item tied together with all objects between ddr-densho-356-277 and ddr-densho-356-320.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-302/

doc Letter to Yuri Domoto from Margaret Saito (ddr-densho-356-340)

Letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from Margaret Saito in which Margaret details her time in Tule Lake, her reason for transferring to Topaz and her desire to relocate to Philadelphia. Margaret also provides details about several mutual friends and her family, and asks about Yuri's. Item tied together with all objects between ddr-densho-356-321 and ddr-densho-356-413.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-340/

doc Monthly Report on Topaz Boy Scouts (ddr-densho-356-901)

Monthly Report on Topaz Boy Scouts for the month of March. Includes scout activities, and issues the troop faces due to circumstances.

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doc Two letters to Yuri from Min Yonekura (ddr-densho-356-285)

Two letters to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from Minoru "Min" Yonekura. Both letters stored in one envelope, unclear if they were mailed together or separately. Letter 5/11: describes forced removal, details items needed in assembly center to make barracks feel homey, food quality in the assembly center and general life there. Letter 2: discusses plans to move …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-285/

doc Report on Juvenile Delinquency (ddr-densho-356-900)

Report on juvenile delinquency cases and how cases are processed and resolved by the community welfare section's youth guidance division in Topaz.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-900/

doc Report on Juvenile Delinquency and the Social Problems Existing in Topaz (ddr-densho-356-899)

Report on causes of juvenile delinquency in Topaz and suggestions to end the problem.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-899/

doc Wedding invitation (ddr-densho-356-349)

Wedding invitation to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada to attend the wedding of Takehiko Yoshihashi and Chiyo Nonaka Yoshihashi Item tied together with all objects between ddr-densho-356-321 and ddr-densho-356-413.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-349/

doc Letter to Yuri from Rosie Suyeyasu (ddr-densho-356-278)

Letter to Yuri Domoto Tsukada from Rose "Rosie" Nakagawa Suyeyasu. In the letter she writes about the dust storms at Topaz, working as a typist, the approaching of her one year anniversary, a the upcoming wedding of their mutual friend Yo Ishida, the pregnancy of her sister-in-law, the possibility she may resettle in Colorado, and inquires …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-278/

doc Flowchart for Segregation (ddr-densho-356-985)

Flowchart of options for individuals who have been deemed disloyal in Granada.

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doc Letter to Yuri Domoto from Min Yonekura (ddr-densho-356-295)

Letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from Minoru "Min" Yonekura. In the letter Min writes about his first few days at Topaz and the trip there. Item tied together with all objects between ddr-densho-356-277 and ddr-densho-356-320.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-295/

doc Letter from D.S. Myer to Charles Ernst answering questions regarding Crystal City (ddr-densho-356-979)

Letter from WRA Director D.S. Myer to Central Utah Relocation Center Director Charles F. Ernst responding to a series of memos requesting information about Crystal City Camp. Myer directs further questions to the officer in charge at Crystal City, advises that internees who transfer to Crystal City should not expect to be granted permanent leave until …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-979/

img Reverend Terakawa's memorial (ddr-densho-357-779)

Members of the Buddhist church community in the concentration camp at Topaz attend the memorial for Reverend Tansai Terakawa.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-357-779/

img Tadaichi Yoshioka (ddr-densho-357-766)

Hanako Terakawa's caption: "Tadaichi Yoshioka, Topaz Relocation Center, July 1944."

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img Tansai Terakawa's funeral (ddr-densho-357-777)

Handwritten caption: "Funeral of Rev. Tansai Terakawa. Part of people who attended services. Nov. 17, 1944."

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img Tadaichi Yoshioka (ddr-densho-357-768)

Hanako Terakawa's caption: "Tadaichi Yoshioka, Topaz Relocation Center, July 1944."

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img Topaz Camp (ddr-densho-357-774)

Hanako Terakawa's caption: "Taken at Topaz, Utah 1944?" Families gather around a picnic table to eat.

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img Labor in Topaz (ddr-densho-357-744)

Handwritten caption: "Cooks, assistants, dishwashers."

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img Yoshioka family in Topaz (ddr-densho-357-733)

Private Masaru Yoshioka visits his parents in the camp in Topaz, Utah. Left to right: Yoni Yoshioka, Masaru Yoshioka, Tadaichi Yoshioka.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-357-733/

img Buddhist Temple (ddr-densho-357-776)

After their collective forced relocation, members of the Oakland Buddhist Church started a new Buddhist church community in the Topaz concentration camp.

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img Tadaichi Yoshioka (ddr-densho-357-745)

Handwritten caption: "Tadaichi Yoshioka, Topaz, Utah 1944."

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img Nursery school (ddr-densho-37-560)

Original WRA caption: Topaz, Utah. Central Utah Relocation Center. Nursery school.

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img Japanese American soldiers on furlough (ddr-densho-37-568)

Original WRA caption: Topaz, Utah. Back from the fighting front on furloughs to visit their families at Topaz Relocation Center are left to right: Ben Moriwaki, and Fred Tamakassubo. These fighting men saw real action during occupied Attu under heavy fire.

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img Japanese Americans relocating to a different camp (ddr-densho-37-289)

Original WRA caption: "Easier than going through the door loading hand baggage for departure." The Japanese Americans shown in this photograph are presumably bound for the Tule Lake concentration camp.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-289/

img Japanese American knitting (ddr-densho-37-562)

Original WRA caption: Topaz, Utah. Knitting warm woolen clothing for her children against the coming winter, this Japanese mother, at the Topaz Relocation Center, takes advantage of the warm Utah sun.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-562/

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