Tule Lake

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img Concentration camp site (ddr-densho-37-253)

Original WRA caption: This site near Tule Lake in Modoc County, just south of the Oregon border, has been selected for the construction of a War Relocation Authority center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-253/

img Hair salon (ddr-densho-37-149)

Original WRA caption: This beauty parlour is operated by the Tule Lake Co-operative Enterprise, Inc. Patrons are charged a nominal fee.

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img Nursery school students (ddr-densho-37-165)

Original WRA caption: Tule Lake Relocation Center, Newell, California. Nursery school children singing "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star."

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img Construction of barracks (ddr-densho-37-255)

Original WRA caption: Tule Lake Relocation Center, Newell, California. Construction of barrack apartments has begun at this War Relocation Authority center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-255/

vh George Sakaye Nakano Interview (ddr-densho-400-17)

George Sakaye Nakano was born on November 24, 1935, in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. George's parents were Kibei, born in Hawaii, then educated in Japan before returning to the U.S. Nakano grew up in Los Angeles until he was six years old. When WWII started, the Nakano family was incarcerated in the …

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doc Photocopy of autobiography, "Service with the War Relocation Authority, 1942-1946" (ddr-densho-408-10)

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img A man at Tule Lake, Abalone Hill in background (ddr-densho-328-40)

Caption in album: "Tule Lake / Beu [?] Ito / 1945."

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doc Page of Hisa Nimura Horiuchi Scrapbook (ddr-densho-325-20)

Second half of Tule Lake Concentration Camp map.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-325-20/

doc Page of Hisa Nimura Horiuchi Scrapbook (ddr-densho-325-27)

Timeline of highlights from 1942 and 1943 from Tule Lake concentration camp as well as several New Years columns.

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img Nisei woman (ddr-densho-325-174)

Hisa Nimura in her hospital aide uniform. The handwritten inscription on the front of the photograph reads "To Sumito Sincerely Hisa". Written on the back of the photograph "July 1944).

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doc Newspaper (ddr-densho-325-58)

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img Page of Hisa Nimura Horiuchi Scrapbook (ddr-densho-325-49)

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img Selective service questionnaire (ddr-densho-333-50)

Occupational questionnare for Min sent to at Pinedale with address crossed out and Tule Lake address written in

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img Portrait of a family (ddr-densho-328-278)

Caption in album: "Tule Lake 1946 / [?] children."

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doc US WRA Citizen's Indefinite Leave card for Jimmy Yoshihara (ddr-densho-332-14)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-332-14/

doc The Redress Monitor (ddr-densho-381-52)

The national newsletter of the Japanese American Citizens League; volume 2, number 3. Included are articles on: waiting for redress, messages from the editor and chair, fundraising information, a statement from Senator Inouye, and more.

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doc Letter to project directors about the "Kibei problem" (ddr-densho-381-23)

Myer describes Kibei as a "complex problem" in his letter to the project directors. He encloses a report from January 28, 1944, detailing differences between Kibei and Nisei, reasons Kibei were sent for education in Japan, and Kibei reactions to being detained in concentration camps.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-381-23/

doc Relocation problems and policies (ddr-densho-381-24)

An address delivered by War Relocation Authority Director, Dillon S. Myer, to the Tuesday Evening Club. Myer discusses a variety of topics, including the creation of the War Relocation Authority, managing the camps, and plans for relocation.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-381-24/

doc Takami Hibiya's selective service form (ddr-densho-381-134)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-381-134/

doc Takami Hibiya reference letter (ddr-densho-381-141)

A reference letter from Lorne Huycke to Dillon S. Meyer for Takami Hibiya. Huycke speaks about his contact with Takami at the Minidoka Project, where they worked together in the Housing Department.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-381-141/

doc Work release notice from the Florence Walne Navy Language School (ddr-densho-381-136)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-381-136/

doc Report and minority views of the Special Committee on Un-American Activities on Japanese War Relocation Centers (ddr-densho-381-55)

A report submitted by John M. Costello to the House of Representatives discussing concerns with the War Relocation Authority's management of the concentration camps.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-381-55/