Leaving camp

doc Postcard to Molly Wilsom from Sandie Saito (May 31, 1944) (ddr-janm-1-20)

Postcard to Molly Wilson from Sandie Saito (May 31, 1944). It is postmarked June 2, 1944 from Chicago, Illinois.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-janm-1-20/

doc Letter (with envelope) to Molly Wilson from Yuri Shimokochi (July 5, 1943) (ddr-janm-1-59)

Handwritten letter to Molly Wilson from Yuri Shimokochi (July 5, 1943). Envelope is postmarked July 6, 1943 from the Heart Mountain Incarceration Camp in Cody, Wyoming.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-janm-1-59/

doc Letter (with envelope) to Mollie Wilson from Mary Murakami (March 31, 1944) (ddr-janm-1-37)

Typed letter to Mollie Wilson from Mary Murakami (March 31, 1944). Envelope is postmarked April 1, 1944 from Minneapolis, Minnesota.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-janm-1-37/

doc Letter (with envelope) to Mollie Wilson from Miyeko Imamura (December 19, 1944) (ddr-janm-1-67)

Handwritten letter to Mollie Wilson from Miyeko Imamura (December 19, 1944). Envelope is postmarked December 19, 1944 from the Heart Mountain Incarceration Camp in Cody, Wyoming.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-janm-1-67/

doc Citizen's indefinite leave card (ddr-densho-287-3)

Molly Maeda's indefinite leave card giving permission for her to travel from Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho to Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-287-3/

doc Citizen's Indefinite Leave Card (ddr-densho-308-1)

Iwao Hara's Indefinite Leave Card allowed him to leave Minidoka concentration camp and move to Chicago, Illinois to pursue a new job with United Fundraising.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-308-1/

doc Citizen's Indefinite Leave Card (ddr-densho-308-2)

Mae Hara's Indefinite Leave Card allowed her to leave Minidoka concentration camp and move to Chicago, Illinois with her husband, Iwao. While in Chicago she worked with the American Friends Field Service as a Social Worker.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-308-2/

doc Citizen's Indefinite Leave Card (ddr-densho-320-18)

Citizen's Indefinite Leave Card issued to Ronald Seiki Miyasato.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-320-18/

doc Uniform Straight Bill of Ladings (ddr-densho-324-91)

Travel for Misae Uno Taketa from Tule Lake concentration camps to Vale, Oregon.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-324-91/

doc Page of Hisa Nimura Horiuchi Scrapbook (ddr-densho-325-36)

This page of the scrapbook shows documents from two distinct periods of Hisa's wartime life. At the top of the page is an invitation to a Goodbye party thrown at Tule Lake as people began to leave the camp. At the bottom is one of the forms Hisa had to turn into Tri-State High School in …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-325-36/

doc Page of Hisa Nimura Horiuchi Scrapbook (ddr-densho-325-38)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-325-38/

doc Guide to Relocation (ddr-densho-390-147)

A guide for detainees "to supply essential information... in working out their relocation plans." Also included is a transcription of a speech by James G. Lindley, a list of relocation offices, and a map with detainee relocation destinations.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-390-147/

doc Page of Hisa Nimura Horiuchi Scrapbook (ddr-densho-325-37)

This page of the scrapbook shows documents from two distinct periods of Hisa's wartime life. At the top is the form where Hisa formally requests to drop out of high school after her father is forced to move to the Santa Fe Department of Justice Internment Camp after being branded a trouble maker. While not directly …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-325-37/

doc Title: Where do we go from here? (ddr-densho-408-9)

Address to 1945 Graduating class of Hunt High School at Minidoka

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-408-9/

doc Letter from Alvin Uchiyama to Kathleen Koga Uchiyama (ddr-densho-406-187)

Kathleen should be leaving camp soon, he doesn't know what he'll do when he gets out, definitely won't go back to school on the G.I. Bill, too much work.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-406-187/

doc Civilian living in wartime (ddr-densho-381-54)

Information from the War Relocation Authority to prepare detainees for unincarcerated life during wartime. Topics include: employment opportunities, cost of living changes, rationing, taxes, and housing.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-381-54/

doc Takami Hibiya's indefinite leave card (ddr-densho-381-121)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-381-121/

doc Kansas City Newsletter Volume 1, Number 1 (ddr-densho-381-18)

The debut issue of the Kansas City News Letter [sic], written by the War Relocation Authority for areas served by the Kansas City Regional Relocation Office. Articles include upcoming events, employee recognition, an advertisement recommending the Midwest for permanent relocation, and more.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-381-18/

doc Yoshi Hibiya's leave clearance application (ddr-densho-381-171)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-381-171/

doc War Relocation Authority notice on the relocation of unattached children and youth (ddr-densho-381-28)

Myer writes about the specifics of how children under the age of sixteen, who have been separated from their parents for various reasons, can navigate the process of relocating outside the camps.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-381-28/

doc Janet Hibiya indefinite leave memorandum (ddr-densho-381-177)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-381-177/

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 Letter from Harold S. Fistere to Takami Hibiya (ddr-densho-381-147)

Harold S. Fistere writes to Takami Hibiya to inform him that the War Relocation Authority has some articles of contraband belonging to him. The letter gives instructions on how to retrieve the articles and what will happen if the articles are not claimed.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-381-147/

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 Yoshi Hibiya reference letter (ddr-densho-381-172)

A letter from Hisashi Hagiya to Dillon S. Meyer attesting to Yoshi Hibiya's successful efforts to "Americanize" her daughter and herself.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-381-172/

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