Heart Mountain

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doc Letter from Minola Tamesa to Uhachi Tamesa (ddr-densho-333-76)

Letter to Uhachi about renting out Tamesa home in Washington

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-333-76/

doc Letter from Minola Tamesa to Uhachi Tamesa (ddr-densho-333-67)

Letter to Uhachi about life at Leavenworth

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-333-67/

doc Letter from Minola Tamesa to Uhachi Tamesa (ddr-densho-333-73)

Letter to Uhachi about finances and correspondence courses

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-333-73/

doc Letter from Minola Tamesa to Uhachi Tamesa (ddr-densho-333-78)

Letter to Uhachi about life at Leavenworth

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-333-78/

doc Letter from Uhachi Tamesa to Min Tamesa (ddr-densho-333-2)

Letter to Min at Leavenworth about Fair Play Committee Legal fees

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-333-2/

doc Letter from Minola Tamesa to Uhachi Tamesa (ddr-densho-333-82)

Letter to Uhachi about legal representation

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-333-82/

doc Letter from Uhachi Tamesa to Min Tamesa (ddr-densho-333-1)

Letter to Min at Leavenworth about Frank Emi

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-333-1/

doc Letter from Minola Tamesa to Uhachi Tamesa (ddr-densho-333-72)

Letter to Uhachi about life insurance and communication with friends

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-333-72/

img A woman at Heart Mountain (ddr-densho-328-38)

Caption in album: "Ht. Mt. / Shig / '45."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-328-38/

img Sisters at Heart Mountain (ddr-densho-328-35)

Caption in album: "Yuri and Mary Kawachi at Heart Mountain."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-328-35/

doc Emi Kimura Fujii's CWRIC testimony (ddr-densho-338-134)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-338-134/

Comments by the War Relocation Authority on statements in the press allegedly made by witnesses before the Committee on Un-American Activities (ddr-densho-381-14)

doc Comments by the War Relocation Authority on statements in the press allegedly made by witnesses before the Committee on Un-American Activities (ddr-densho-381-14)

Additional comments from the War Relocation Authority in response to statements allegedly made by to the House Committee on Un-American Activities to the press between June 8 and June 17. Topics addressed include: questioned loyalty, conspiracies to sabotage local dams, and food quality.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-381-14/

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/

doc Takami Hibiya's United States citizen of Japanese ancestry form (ddr-densho-381-135)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-381-135/

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/