Wartime Civil Control Administration (WCCA)

doc Relocating A People (ddr-csujad-19-71)

This is an article from the magazine "Common Ground," volume III, no. 4, summer 1943, which discusses about the manpower shortage and the considerable expense to the government due to the relocation of 110,000 people of Japanese descent. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: WRA_02-23_01

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Letter from Willard E. Schmidt, National Chief of Internal Security, to R. B. Cozzens, Field Assistant Director, War Relocation Authority, November 22, 1943 (ddr-csujad-2-90)

doc Letter from Willard E. Schmidt, National Chief of Internal Security, to R. B. Cozzens, Field Assistant Director, War Relocation Authority, November 22, 1943 (ddr-csujad-2-90)

Contains recommendations for future planning and functions of the Internal Security Section of the Tule Lake incarceration camp, including for a segregation area for "bachelor Kibei and recalcitrants" and detailing needs for personnel, equipment, and security procedures; letter calls for the camp to be considered "maximum type" given that it has become more of an isolation …

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doc Letter from Seda Suzuki to Rev. and Mrs. Miller, 1942 September 11 (ddr-csujad-20-19)

A letter sent to Mr. and Mrs. Wendell Miller giving thanks for his sermon. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: WLM_01-46_19

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doc Letter from George Yoshioka to Rev. [Wendell L.] Miller, [September 11, 1942] (ddr-csujad-20-6)

Personal letter written from Santa Anita Assembly Center. Yoshioka discusses the start of "movement to Relocation Centers," naming Parker Dam; Wyoming; Granada, Colorado; Arkansas; and Gila, Arizona, along with locations from which people are being removed, including San Diego, Los Angeles, Hollywood, Long Beach, and other Southern California locations. He also mentions that his family has …

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doc Letter from the Suzuki's to Rev. and Mrs. Miller, circa 1942 (ddr-csujad-20-13)

Letter from the Suzuki's to Rev. and Mrs. Miller regarding recent happenings at the Santa Anita Assembly Center. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: WLM_01-46_14

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doc Letter from June Harino to Rev. Miller, 1942 October 15 (ddr-csujad-20-22)

A letter from June Harino sent to Miller regarding her being assigned to a camp in Jerome, Arkansas where there awaits a "certain someone" with whom she is very happy. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: WLM_01-46_11

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doc Letter from June Harino to Rev. Miller, 1942 June 9 (ddr-csujad-20-20)

A letter sent to Mr. Wendell L. Miller. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: WLM_01-46_20

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doc Letter from Lester Suzuki to Brother [Wendell L.] Miller, May 4, 1942 (ddr-csujad-20-3)

Personal letter written from the Santa Anita Temporary Assembly Center and describing early days there, including lack of regular work and schooling schedules and of appropriate food for children; scouts and boys' clubs being in development; religious services on Sundays attracting nearly 2000 people; and the need to wait for community facilities such as laundry and …

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doc Letter from Jane Harino to Rev. Wendell [L.] Miller, circa 1942 (ddr-csujad-20-7)

Personal letter states that she is going to Jerome, Arkansas rather than to Granada, a change that pleases her because "there's a certain someone in Jerome - We're both so very happy"; also mentions passes for Miller [and Mrs. Miller?] as well as for the Reverend and Mrs. Clay, and asks that Miller help her by …

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doc News Clippings (ddr-csujad-20-24)

Newspaper clippings, circa 1942. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: WLM_01-45_01

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doc Letter to Wendell L. Miller, 1942 April 27 (ddr-csujad-20-21)

An angry letter sent to Mr. Wendell L. Miller. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: WLM_01-44_03

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doc Letter from George K. Sakai, 1942 May 4 (ddr-csujad-20-14)

Letter from George Sakai to United Methodist Church regarding address information for a mutual friend. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: WLM_01-46_13

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doc Comic Strip, 1943 December 26 (ddr-csujad-20-12)

Clipped comic strip of "Little Joe." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: WLM_01-45_02

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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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doc Letter from Mrs. L. [Lester] Suzuki to Rev. [Wendell L.] and Mrs. [?] Miller, May 5, 1942 (ddr-csujad-20-4)

Personal letter written from the Santa Anita Assembly Center. Suzuki thanks Reverend Miller and Mrs. Miller for their kindness; mentions friends among the "dear Caucasian ministers such as you"; and discusses the importance of religious services, housing in a new barrack vs. in the stables, making furniture from scrap wood, an impending increase in number of …

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doc Postcard from Anna Brooks, 1942 June 8 (ddr-csujad-20-23)

Postcard from Anna Brooks regarding Leila Hofstetter. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: WLM_01-46_12

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doc Letter from L.W., circa 1942 (ddr-csujad-20-25)

A letter from L.W. Addressee is not known. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: WLM_01-44_04

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img Photograph of Clayton E. Triggs, WCCA Manzanar Camp Manager (ddr-csujad-47-33)

Photograph of Clayton E. Triggs taken at Manzanar Incarceration Camp. He is wearing a three-piece, dark, pinstripe suit standing on a dirt road out in the desert. He has a light cigar in his left hand and a hat in his right. In the background are two parked cars and a truck. Other men in suits …

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img Picking the site (ddr-csujad-47-30)

Photograph of the Owens Valley Coordinating Committee picking the site for the Manzanar Incarceration Camp. From left to right: Wallace Howard (FBI), Rex Nicholson (WCCA), Col. McGill (U.S. Army), Ralph P. Merritt (Chairman, Owens Valley Coordinating Committee), Clayton E. Triggs (WCCA), and Col. Kelton (U.S. Army). Caption reads: Picking the site. Title from caption, which was …

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img Waiting for the first arrivals (ddr-csujad-47-31)

Photograph taken at Manzanar incarceration camp of eleven men posing outdoors; three are crouching in the front row, with eight standing in the back. Five of the eight in the back row are wearing military uniforms, the remaining men are wearing suits and ties. Utility poles and two large tents can be seen in the background, …

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doc Individual request for repatriation, Form WCCA R-100 (ddr-csujad-55-185)

Form distributed to individuals requesting repatriation. Questions cover the individual's personal description, citizenship, entry into the United States, residence outside of the United States, education, employment, previous residences, and relatives. Form WCCA R-100. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0187

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