Tule Lake

img Jewelry made in camp (ddr-densho-2-49)

This corsage pin was made by Peggie Yorita, a Japanese American at the Tule Lake concentration camp. The flowers and leaves are composed of shells found at the camp. Tule Lake was drained in the early 1900s. The camp was located on the old lake bed, where people found shells for making jewelry to sell to …

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img Corsage made of shells (ddr-densho-2-4)

This corsage pin was made by a Japanese American in camp. The flower petals and leaves are made from various types of shells found at the camp. She used toothbrush bristles dipped in cornmeal for stamens and wound the stems by hand with fine green thread. Wire from screen windows was used to put the pin …

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doc Tule Lake Pilgrimage sign up form (ddr-densho-365-9)

This blank sign up form for the 1994 Tule Lake Pilgrimage lays out the price tiers for the trip, including handwritten notes on prices excluding the bus portion of the trip.

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doc Takeharu Inouye Diary (ddr-densho-365-2)

In the second diary he kept in the camp at Tule Lake, Takeharu Inouye recounts his struggles with education and the boredom resulting from few recreational opportunities. Though he participated in several baseball games with his classmates, Takeharu spent the majority of his free time attending the movie showings that occurred daily or weekly throughout the …

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doc Kinenhi: Reflections on Tule Lake (ddr-densho-365-10)

This advertisement with an attached order form features the book entitled Kinenhi: Reflections on Tule Lake. The book was inspired by pilgrimages to Tule Lake and features interviews with internees.

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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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doc Through the Windows at Tule Lake (ddr-densho-365-7)

Through the Windows at Tule Lake was an event consisting of performances and readings during the 1994 Tule Lake Pilgrimage. Performers included Barbara Muramoto, the Shizen Youth Dance Theatre, Bill Marutani, Aya Ogawa, and David Hirota. The event focused on experiences at Tule Lake across generations, including for young people interned in the camp. The program …

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doc Takeharu Inouye Diary (ddr-densho-365-1)

Takeharu Inouye's first diary documents his family's forced move to the Sacramento Assembly Center, followed by their move to the Tule Lake concentration camp. Since his mother, Miyoe Inouye, was a teacher, thirteen-year-old Takeharu's diary focuses on his classes in the Japanese and American schools at Tule Lake. His struggles with his schoolwork, as well as …

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doc Takeharu Inouye Diary (ddr-densho-365-3)

In the final diary that Takeharu Inouye kept during his internment at Tule Lake, he includes descriptions of the movies he went to see daily, which served as his primary form of recreation. Takeharu also describes his feelings over succeeding and failing in his high school classes, since his friends would cheat off of his work, …

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img Tule Lake Housing Warehouse Crew (ddr-densho-517-2)

Group photo of 20 men. Written on back: "Tule Lake 1943 / Housing Warehouse Crew" in black ink. Written on back: "Roy 3rd from left in dark shirt" in pencil.

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img Tule Lake Housing Warehouse Crew (ddr-densho-517-1)

Group photo of 15 men. Written on back: "Tule Lake / 1943?" in pencil.

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doc Christmas letter (ddr-densho-483-132)

Christmas letter from Tsutomu Fukuyama to family friends. The letter describes Christmas at Minidoka, housing conditions following transfers from Tule Lake and Manzanar, the agricultural impacts of the boll weaver, and the resettlement of Nisei Christians.

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doc The Minidoka Herald Special Edition (February, 1944) (ddr-densho-483-94)

Selected article titles: "The work of the Federated Christian Church of Minidoka" (p. 1); "A glimpse into the barrack colony of Minidoka" (p. 1), "The vision of the worldwide church" (p. 1), "Greetings from Minidoka" (p. 1), "Structure of the Federated Christian Church of Minidoka" (p. 1), "The work of the Minidoka Project elementary schools" (p. …

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doc Letter from Oregon Governor Sprague and rebuttal from Ichiro Hasegawa, Richard Higawa, and Ken Sekiguchi from Tule Lake (ddr-densho-423-156)

Letter sent to President Roosevelt and reprinted in the Oregon Journal, arguing that Japanese incarcerees should be forced to work on the sugar beet harvest or be deported to Japan. The detailed rebuttal from Hasegawa, Higawa and Sekiguchi gives exact numbers of available labor, problems with work conditions on the farms, hypocrisy of demanding the removal …

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doc Letter from Y. Takeshita to Tomoyuki Nozawa (ddr-densho-423-372)

Letter in Japanese.

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doc Letter from Eiko Takeshita to Tomoyuki Nozawa (ddr-densho-423-367)

Letter in Japanese

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doc Letter from U. Yamamoto to Tomoyuki Nozawa (ddr-densho-423-394)

Letter in Japanese

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doc Card from Eiko Takeshita to Tomoyuki Nozawa (ddr-densho-423-356)

Card in Japanese

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doc Telegram from Eiko Takeshita to T. Nozawa (ddr-densho-423-350)

Informing him that Eiichi died from burns after falling into ash pit. Eiichi was 3 years old

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doc Letter from E. Takeshita to T. Nozawa (ddr-densho-423-354)

Letter in Japanese

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doc Letter addressed to Tomoyuki Nozawa (ddr-densho-423-370)

Letter in Japanese, written on The Ohio Cleaner letterhead

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doc Segregation of Persons of Japanese Ancestry in Tule Lake Relocation Center (ddr-densho-493-35)

16-page pamphlet authored by the War Relocation announcing the segregation of "disloyal" Japanese Americans at Tule Lake and the displacement of "loyal" Tule Lake residents to other camps, based on responses to Question 28 of the loyalty questionnaire. Pamphlet explains who will be segregated based on their answers; which people will receive a hearing prior to …

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doc Red Cross message from Tomio Itabashi to Koichiro Itabahashi (ddr-densho-493-18)

American Red Cross Civilian Message Form with message from Tomio Itabashi to his father Koichiro in Japan. Message reads "We are all well and safe. Do not worry. Our regards to relatives." Back of paper has three lines of Japanese text in reply; underneath, paper is stamped "Examined by 364 - U.S. Censorship" as well as …

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doc Aquila 1943 (ddr-densho-493-39)

First edition of the Aquila, yearbook of Tri-State High School at the Tule Lake facility in Newell, California. The book includes a roster of all students, photos of the classes and clubs (including Zoology Club, Needle Arts Club, Tri-State Thespians, glee clubs, and others), names and photos of faculty and staff, and a written history of …

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img Wedding cake topper (ddr-densho-493-1)

Cake topper is from Frances (Itabashi) Nishimura wedding in camp.

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