Granada (Amache)

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Project directors report on evacuee resistances to relocation (ddr-densho-381-6)
doc Project directors report on evacuee resistances to relocation (ddr-densho-381-6)
Dillon S. Myer, War Relocation Authority Director, lists twelve reasons why he believes detainees are reluctant to leave the camps.
Yasuyo
img Yasuyo "Frances" Ikeda sitting on bed inside barracks (ddr-ajah-6-439)
Caption below photo: Yasuyo "Frances" Ikeda, of Alameda, CA., in her barracks at 6G-7C at Amache incarceration camp. The back of the chair has her father's name, Yoyoji listed. Note the May 1945 calendar, Roi Tan cigars box and other household items. By July she and her brother, MItsuru, would leave Amache for Sacramento, CA and …
Review of Granada Community Activities (ddr-densho-379-336)
doc Review of Granada Community Activities (ddr-densho-379-336)
Report includes detailed reports of activities and requirements for each Community Activities category
Emmy Sumida Ito in front of her barrack door at Amache Relocation Center (ddr-densho-379-683)
img Emmy Sumida Ito in front of her barrack door at Amache Relocation Center (ddr-densho-379-683)
Written below the photograph "Hi family! Love Emmy 1-10-'43" Emmy Sumida Ito was incarcerated with her husband, Ken Ito, at Amache while the rest of her family was incarcerated at Rohwer.
Yasuyo Ikeda at Amache (ddr-ajah-6-441)
img Yasuyo Ikeda at Amache (ddr-ajah-6-441)
Caption below photo: Yasuyo "Frances" Ikeda of Alameda, CA, at Amache, Co. Printed on photo: May 1945
Three young women sitting outside barracks (ddr-ajah-6-443)
img Three young women sitting outside barracks (ddr-ajah-6-443)
Caption below photo: Misao Muratani, Frances Yasuyo Ikeda of Alameda, CA, Annabel Tsujimoto. Amache incarceration camp
Man standing outside barracks (ddr-ajah-6-433)
img Man standing outside barracks (ddr-ajah-6-433)
Caption below photo: Frank Masutani, Amache, Colorado 1944-1945
Woman standing outside barracks (ddr-ajah-6-445)
img Woman standing outside barracks (ddr-ajah-6-445)
Caption below photo: Mrs. Kozono at Amache incarceration camp, likely May 1945
Yasuyo
img Yasuyo "Frances" Ikeda (ddr-ajah-6-438)
Caption below photo: Yasuyo "Frances" Ikeda of Alameda, CA. Amache, Colorado, May 1945
Resettlement handbook (ddr-densho-493-34)
doc Resettlement handbook (ddr-densho-493-34)
"Resettlement Handbook" with front cover illustration of a person considering locations on a large globe. Published by the Evacuee Information Office of the Granada Project. Resource and instruction book for leaving camp. Instructions for how to make transportation arrangements and apply for transportation funding, close out clothing allowance, employment and last paychecks, return of government property, …
Woman standing with barracks in background (ddr-densho-493-73)
img Woman standing with barracks in background (ddr-densho-493-73)
Caption on page below photos: Jan. 7, 1945 Frances (Itabashi) Nisimura poses in front of barracks.
Group leaning on railing (ddr-densho-493-78)
img Group leaning on railing (ddr-densho-493-78)
Per donor note on page 29: Amache Warehouse workers at a picnic The woman in front of the group is Frances (Itabashi) Nishimura.
Mess Pass (ddr-densho-493-25)
doc Mess Pass (ddr-densho-493-25)
Amache "workers mess" meal pass for Frances (Itabashi) Nishimura, stamped by the Property Officer and the Project Steward.
Mary Sakai throwing a snowball (ddr-densho-493-71)
img Mary Sakai throwing a snowball (ddr-densho-493-71)
Inscription on photo front: Always, Mary. Caption on page: 1945 Mary Sakai
Shizuo Nishimura travel authorization (ddr-densho-493-30)
doc Shizuo Nishimura travel authorization (ddr-densho-493-30)
Form authorizing Shizuo Nishimura to leave camp on July 29, 1944, traveling at WRA expense to Ontario, Oregon.
Tomio Itabashi with his aunt Kuni Itabashi (ddr-densho-493-43)
img Tomio Itabashi with his aunt Kuni Itabashi (ddr-densho-493-43)
Caption below photo: Kuni 1965 - adopted by Frances. Caption at top of page: 12 F 10 F Amache Barracks
Mary Sakai outside in snow (ddr-densho-493-72)
img Mary Sakai outside in snow (ddr-densho-493-72)
Inscription on photo front: Love, Mary. Caption on page: 1945 Mary Sakai
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