Heart Mountain

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doc War Relocation Authority contact list (ddr-densho-381-43)

A contact list of War Relocation Authority directors.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-381-43/

doc War Relocation Authority administrative notice on payroll allotments for war bonds (ddr-densho-381-19)

Acting Director, Leland Barrows, encourages War Relocation Authority staff to meet payroll allotment goals for war bonds. Included in the notice are copies of letters from H. Morgenthau Jr., Secretary of the Treasury, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and a list of participation numbers.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-381-19/

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.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-381-6/

img Grace Nakata (ddr-ajah-6-691)

Caption below photo: Grace Nakata in Heart Mountain, Wyoming circa 1943-1945

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-691/

doc Heart Mountain Community Activities overview (ddr-densho-379-333)

David Yamakawa submits Report of Community Activities at Heart Mountain Relocation Center

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-379-333/

img Heart Mountain USO dance (ddr-densho-513-2)

Jack Furumura singing at a USO Thanksgiving dance at Heart Mountain.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-513-2/

img Hisao Nakata at Heart Mountain (ddr-ajah-6-694)

Caption below photo: Hisao Nakata of Alameda, CA. Translation: are you angry or not? Heart Mountain, Wyoming, circa 1942-1945. Caption on sides of photo in Japanese.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-694/

img Three people in the snow at Heart Mountain (ddr-ajah-6-683)

Caption below photo: Japanese incarcerees play in the snow in front of the barracks, Heart Mountain, Wyoming, circa 1942-1945.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-683/

img Laundry Room at Heart Mountain (ddr-ajah-6-687)

Caption below photo: Heart Mountain, Wyoming laundry room in the snow, circa 1942-1945, Note the furnace smokestack

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-687/

doc New Herald Vol. 3 No. 3 (July 8, 1945) (ddr-densho-483-89)

Selected article titles: "Relocated" (p. 1), "Jenson visits Hunt" (p. 1), "Heralds wanted" (p. 1), "S.O.S." (p. 1), "Ye are an epistle" (p. 2), "Miss shock" (p. 2), "Mr. and Mrs. Snider" (p.2), "Along life's way" (p. 3)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-483-89/

img Chiyo Sakane Fukuda wearing an apron (ddr-densho-482-7)

Chiyo Sakane Fukuda wearing an apron and holding a bucket at Heart Mountain.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-482-7/

img Yo Sakane and Jack Ikemoto at Heart Mountain (ddr-densho-482-4)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-482-4/

img Chiyo Sakane Fukuda at Heart Mountain (ddr-densho-482-1)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-482-1/

img Susie Ikemoto at Heart Mountain (ddr-densho-482-3)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-482-3/

img Chiyo, Elaine, and Susie at Heart Mountain (ddr-densho-482-6)

Written on back: L - Chiyo Sakane Fukuda, Middle - baby, Elaine Ikemoto, R - Susie Ikemoto, mother.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-482-6/

img View of Heart Mountain (ddr-densho-482-8)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-482-8/

img Icicles hanging from Heart Mountain housing (ddr-densho-482-2)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-482-2/

img Fujiko at Heart Mountain (ddr-densho-482-5)

Written on photograph: to big sis Chiyo, forever your sis Fujiko.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-482-5/

img Snowy Heart Mountain (ddr-densho-482-9)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-482-9/

doc Vehicle code of Heart Mountain Relocation Center (ddr-csujad-55-500)

Rules and regulations for operating a motorized vehicle at Heart Mountain incarceration camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0502

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-500/

doc Sentinel supplement, series 67 (May 11, 1943) (ddr-csujad-55-1053)

News bulletin for incarcerees covering announcements, events, programs, policies, recreational activities, and jobs at Heart Mountain incarceration camp. Current issue includes information on employment, civil service examination, training courses, and sports briefs. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1055

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1053/

doc Minutes from the Heart Mountain Community Council meeting, May 12, 1944 (ddr-csujad-55-564)

Minutes from the Heart Mountain Community Council meeting. Includes discussion on police uniforms, subcommittees, and camp services. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0566

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-564/

doc Letter to Mr. West, June 8, 1944 (ddr-csujad-55-1000)

Correspondence regarding purchasing produce with funds from a bank. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1002

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1000/

doc Minutes from the Heart Mountain Community Council meeting, September 28, 1943 (ddr-csujad-55-475)

Minutes from the Heart Mountain Community Council meeting. Includes report on lumber, health and sanitation, and resignation. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0477

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-475/

doc Movie schedule (ddr-csujad-55-717)

Schedule of showing times for the film, "A little bit of Heaven," at Heart Mountain incarceration camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0719

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-717/