Granada (Amache)

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 109, No. 5 (September 1, 1989) (ddr-pc-61-30)

Selected article titles: "Textbook Revision Resolution Vents Bad Feelings in California" (pp. 1, 3), "JACL to Dedicate Tule Lake Linkville Cemetery Sept. 10" (p. 1), "ORA Estimates 16,000 Eligible Potentials for Redress 70 Years and Up as of 1988" (p. 2), and "A Brown Japanese Amerasian Speaks: The Defense and Nurture of Amerasian Culture in America" …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 104, No. 23 (June 12, 1987) (ddr-pc-59-23)

Selected article titles: "Teachers Get Lesson about WW2 Camps" (p. 1), "President de la Madrid Credits Japanese Nikkei with Strengthening Japan-Mexico Relationship" (pp. 1, 11), "Lies and Half-Truths" (p. 4), and "Turkish Group Opposes Bill to Fund Films" (p. 10).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 82, No. 22 (June 4, 1976) (ddr-pc-48-22)

Selected article titles: "Foundation Responsiveness Project: Queries from Membership" (p. 1), "Reparations Study" (pp. 1, 4), "Columbia Basin Plan: Part II" (p. 2), and "Justice Overdue" (p. 3).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-48-22/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 83, No. 12 (September 17, 1976) (ddr-pc-48-37)

Selected article titles: "Tourism in U.S. Means Jobs" (pp. 1-2), "About 'Racial Purity'" (p. 2), "From the Frying Pan: Misinformation Lingers" (p. 2), and "Biennium Afterthoughts: Organizational Structure" (p. 3).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 83, No. 21 (November 19, 1976) (ddr-pc-48-46)

Selected article titles: "Preparing Nisei to Retire" (p. 1), "Japanese National Character and Japanese Americans" (pp. 1, 3), and "Minority of One: Amache Catharsis" (pp. 2, 4).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 75, No. 4 (July 28, 1972) (ddr-pc-44-29)

Selected article titles: "Masaoka Final Report Looks at JACL Future" (p.1-2), "Kenzo Signs Agreement Not to Use Anti-Nisei Lable" (p.1), "Amache Revisted: A Reunion with the Past" (p.3).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 75, No. 16 (October 20, 1972) (ddr-pc-44-41)

Selected article titles: "Nixon Signs Yen Claims Bill, Cites Nikkei Contributions to America" (p.1), "'Guilty by Reason of Race' E.O. 9066 Cover Girl Speaks Out" (p.1-2), "Little Tokyo Towers Files with HUD to Fund $6 Million Housing Project" (p.3).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 76, No. 21, (June 1, 1973) (ddr-pc-45-21)

Select article titles: "Inouye: Impeachment if Hard Evidence Warrants It" (p.1); "City Housing Okays Project for Li'l Tokyo" (p.1); "Rep. Mink Wants HEW to Establish National Asian Studies Institute" (p.1); "Nisei Born in Texas Internment Camp Conferred Law Degree at San Diego" (p.2); "Effects of Parents Being Away from Home" (p.4).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 89, No. 2074 (December 21-28, 1979) (ddr-pc-51-50)

Special holiday issue. Selected article titles: "School Teacher Recalls Minidoka" (p. 26), "In Defense of JACL's Founding Membership Principle: Citizenship" (pp. 47-48), "Nikkei Impressions of Nikkei America After a Long Absence" (pp. 49, 92), and "Growing up in Postwar Japan" (pp. 54, 94). The holiday issue included advertisements bought by JACL members and chapters that included …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 95, No. 14 (October 1, 1982) (ddr-pc-54-39)

Selected article titles: "Nisei Farmers League Criticizes Simpson-Mazzoli Immigrant Bill" (pp. 1, 8), "Student Complains of U.S. Textbook Views of Japanese" (pp. 1, 8), and "Monument Planned for Amache Site" (p. 8).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-54-39/

doc Letter from Geo. Yoshioka to Rev. [Wendell] Miller, September 22, 1942 (ddr-csujad-20-10)

Personal letter written en route to Granada, Colorado from the Temporary Assembly Center at Santa Anita, describing the train ride thus far, one day into their journey. Included are a description of the food, the terrain in Utah, where they have currently made a stop, and the train itself, a Pullman with two cars out of …

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img [Dennis Fujita at Granada (Amache) incarceration camp] (ddr-csujad-23-10)

Ten-month-old son of Henry and Ann Fujita taking first steps in the sandy soil at Amache in February 1944. The letter 'C' denotes Apartment 12-C in Block 10-H. The family name plaque "FUJITA" can also be seen. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: lp028-08-009

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-23-10/

doc Christmas card from Emma Hesse to Mr. and Mrs. Henry [Katsumi] Fujita, December 21, 1941 (ddr-csujad-23-12)

Card depicts winter scene with snow and people walking down a path. Message from Emma Hesse states: "I pray for you, and ask that all kindness and understanding surround you these days." Object includes envelope showing address in Petaluma, California. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: lp028-08-012

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-23-12/

img Two wooden chests, Henry Katsumi Fujita, 8305, Granada (Amache) incarceration camp (ddr-csujad-23-7)

Two wooden chests that Henry K. Fujita fabricated from wood "borrowed" from the Amache High School site in the block adjacent to the Fujita family barracks. The number "8305" was the label assigned to the family by the War Relocation Authority. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: lp028-08-006

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-23-7/

img Masonite (ddr-csujad-23-8)

Oil Painting no. 1 of 2 "Masonite" by Geichiro Kare Kuramatsu. Geichiro (Ernest) Kare Kuramatsu was born in Japan in 1885 to a Russian mother and Japanese father. The family moved to Canada, and Ernest saw combat while serving with the Canadian Army in France during World War I. He completed this oil painting in 1943 …

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img Little Americans with Japanese faces [Nancy Fujita and Gordon Nagai] (ddr-csujad-23-5)

A photograph of Nancy Kiyoko Fujita from Petaluma, California (Block 10-H, 12-C at Amache) and Gordon Nagai from Livingston, California (Block 10-H, 11-B at Amache) appeared in an issue of "Time" or known as "Time magazine" either in late 1943 or early 1944 along with an article discussing the resettlement issue. See this object in the …

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img Gary and Nancy Fujita at Granada incarceration camp (ddr-csujad-23-4)

Nancy Kiyoko Fujita and Gary Yoshio Fujita are older children of Henry and Ann Fujita. This 1943 photo appears to have been taken outside of the Fujita's apartment in Block 10-H at Amache. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: lp028-08-003

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-23-4/

doc Letter from Henry [Katsumi] Fujita to Mr. and Mrs. Davis, October 5, 1942 (ddr-csujad-23-14)

Describes in detail the long train ride from Sept. 15-18 between Merced and the Granada (Amache) incarceration camp: the layout of the train cars, times to different towns, tunnels and coal smoke, eating and sleeping arrangements, military troops and equipment staged along the railway, desert scenery, late arrival at Amache, an extra night aboard the train, …

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img Masonite (ddr-csujad-23-6)

Oil Painting no. 2 of 2 "Masonite" by Geichiro Kare Kuramatsu. Geichiro (Ernest) Kare Kuramatsu was born in Japan in 1885 to a Russian mother and Japanese father. The family moved to Canada, and Ernest saw combat while serving with the Canadian Army in France during World War I. He completed this oil painting in 1943 …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-23-6/

doc Ten visits: brief accounts of our visits to all ten Japanese American relocation centers of World War II (ddr-csujad-35-17)

A booklet written by Frank and Joaane Iritani. A brief account of their visits to all ten incarceration camps. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: kuw_01_15_001

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doc Poston camp (ddr-csujad-35-8)

A a travel journal written by Kenji Kawabe of his time away from the Poston camp, Arizona from May 9 through June 2, 1944. He visited the Granada camp in Colorado and Salt Lake and the Topaz camp in Utah, meeting his friends and going sightseeing and shopping. See this object in the California State Universities …

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doc Poston chronicle vol. 2, no. 64 (December 2, 1943); Granada pioneer, vol. 1, no. 94 (August 25, 1943) (ddr-csujad-35-4)

Japanese section of "Poston chronicle published on December 2, 1943; and English section (page 9) and Japanese section (page 5) of "of "Granada Pioneer" published on August 25, 1943. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: kuw_01_04_001

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-35-4/

doc Japanese American News clippings, September-October 1943 (ddr-csujad-19-20)

This document contains news clippings and articles about Japanese Americans from various tabloids during the period from September to October 1943. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: WRA_01-11_01

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Letter from Tommy Tomilson, Chief of Internal Security at Granada Camp to Willard E. Schmidt, Chief of Internal Security at Tule Lake Camp, May 19, 1944 (ddr-csujad-2-47)

doc Letter from Tommy Tomilson, Chief of Internal Security at Granada Camp to Willard E. Schmidt, Chief of Internal Security at Tule Lake Camp, May 19, 1944 (ddr-csujad-2-47)

Information about Motokazu Okada, an incarceree transfer to Tule Lake camp from Granada Camp. Transferred for persistent gambling and drinking. Also includes personal correspondence. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sjs_sch_0047

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-2-47/

img Artist completing a watercolor at Granada incarceration camp (ddr-csujad-14-49)

Artist completing a watercolor at Granada incarceration camp. Photo by Tom Parker. December 13, 1942. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: HMLSC_TOMO_f14

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-14-49/

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