Publications

From 1942-1945, camp inmates published newspapers documenting events inside and outside the camps. Although published under the direction of the camp administration, these newspapers were important for building and maintaining a sense of community among the Japanese Americans.

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vh Hideo Hoshide Interview I Segment 45 (ddr-densho-1000-184-45)

Printing information about the so-called "loyalty questionnaire" in the camp newspaper

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-184-45/

vh Hideo Hoshide Interview I Segment 44 (ddr-densho-1000-184-44)

Moving to Tule Lake, working as editor of the Tulean Dispatch

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-184-44/

vh Hideo Hoshide Interview I Segment 56 (ddr-densho-1000-184-56)

Becoming editor-in-chief of the Minidoka Irrigator

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-184-56/

vh Bill Hosokawa Interview Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-129-17)

Role as editor of a camp newspaper, the Heart Mountain Sentinel

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-129-17/

vh Bill Hosokawa Interview Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1000-129-18)

Dilemma faced as editor of the Heart Mountain Sentinel: report the truth without provoking negative sentiment and riots

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-129-18/

vh Sue K. Embrey Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-6-3)

Work in Manzanar concentration camp: making camouflage nets, writing for the Free Press

This interview was conducted at the Voices of Japanese American Redress Conference, held on the UCLA campus and sponsored by the UCLA Asian American Studies Center and the UCLA School of Public Policy and Social Research. Because of the full conference schedule, our …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-6-3/

vh Kunio Otani Segment 34 (ddr-densho-1000-75-34)

Working as the sports editor for the Tulean Dispatch

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-75-34/

vh Kunio Otani Segment 23 (ddr-densho-1000-75-23)

Joining the staff of the Heart Mountain Sentinel, a camp newspaper

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-75-23/

vh Kunio Otani Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-75-13)

Working as the sports editor for the Tulean Dispatch, a camp newspaper

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-75-13/

vh Kara Kondo Interview Segment 33 (ddr-densho-1000-139-33)

Working as a "society editor" for the "Heart Mountain Sentinel"

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-139-33/

vh Kara Kondo Interview Segment 35 (ddr-densho-1000-139-35)

Writing society columns for the "Heart Mountain Sentinel"

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-139-35/

img Japanese Americans in front of camp newspaper office (ddr-densho-93-2)

Original Ansel Adams caption: Roy Takeno (Editor) and group reading Manzanar paper in front of office, Yuichi Harata, Nabuo Samamura, Manzanar Relocation Center, California.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-93-2/

doc Request from Common Ground to receive copies of all Assembly Center and camp newspapers (ddr-densho-338-436)

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img Assembling and folding "The sentinel," Heart Mountain incarceration camp newspaper (ddr-csujad-14-55)

Assembling and folding "The sentinel," Heart Mountain incarceration camp newspaper. January 8, 1943. Photo by Tom Parker. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: HMLSC_TOMO_f20

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-14-55/

doc Desert Sentinel, Volume I, No. 4, November 30, 1942 (ddr-csujad-17-5)

School newspaper published at the Gila River incarceration camp. Features and topics include a new superintendent and the choice of "Desert Sentinel" as the name for the school paper; news of campus, sports, and social and holiday events, including the opening of the Butte High School library; items about classes, students and teachers, including a student …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-17-5/

doc Granada Pioneer, Edition 2, Issue 21, January 15, 1944 (ddr-csujad-17-9)

Newspaper published at the Granada incarceration camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: JARC_02-07_04

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-17-9/

doc Deserted Senses [spoof title for Desert Sentinel], Vol. I, No. 9, April 1, 1943 (ddr-csujad-17-3)

School newspaper published at the Gila River incarceration camp; this is an April Fools' Day issue with articles and illustrations making fun of life at camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: JARC_04-01_03

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-17-3/

doc Granada Pioneer, Edition 2, Issue 20, January 8, 1944 (ddr-csujad-17-8)

Newspaper published at the Granada incarceration camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: JARC_02-07_03

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-17-8/

doc Desert Sentinel, Vol. I. No. 15, June 21, 1943 (ddr-csujad-17-1)

School newspaper published at the Gila River incarceration camp. According to an announcement on the back page, publication seeks to make known the War Relocation Authority's "plans and policies," the results of Community Council deliberations, and various regulations and news about life at the Gila River Incarceration Camp. Issue features articles about and by the Camp's …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-17-1/

doc Granada Pioneer, Vol. I, No.5, November 11, 1942 (ddr-csujad-17-6)

Newspaper published at the Granada incarceration camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: JARC_02-01_06

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-17-6/

doc Granada Pioneer, Vol. I, No.61, May 1, 1943 (ddr-csujad-17-7)

Newspaper published at the Granada incarceration camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: JARC_02-04_01

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-17-7/

doc Desert Sentinel, Vol. I No. 3, December 24, 1942 (ddr-csujad-17-4)

School newspaper published at the Gila River incarceration camp. Features and topics include a constitution and new principal for Butte High School; news of campus, sports, and social and holiday events; items about classes, students and teachers; and short prose and poetry pieces. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-17-4/

doc Desert Sentinel, Vol. I No. 12, May 14, 1943 (ddr-csujad-17-2)

School newspaper published at the Gila River incarceration camp. Features and items include a report on a bond drive and on a "Kampus Karnival"; news about the debate team and about a talent show, as well as about goings-on at Topaz, Utah; Manzanar, California; Echoes, Wyoming; Hunt, Idaho; and Amache, Colorado; and illustrations. See this object …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-17-2/

doc Manzanar From Inside Out (ddr-csujad-19-2)

Text of address by Roy Nash, Director of the Manzanar War Relocation Project, given to the Commonwealth Club of California, San Francisco, on July 31, 1942 for the purpose of "interpret[ing] the actuality of a War Relocation Center housing 10,000 evacuees" in view of perceptions of mistreatment of incarcerees in California. Sections of the speech include …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-19-2/

doc Social groups: creative writers, Caucasian-Japanese relationship, Mr. Cook, leadership (ddr-csujad-26-12)

Report on a creative writers group including establishment, membership, meetings, purpose, and leadership. The group gathered weekly to critique each other's work for submittal to the Tulean Dispatch and outside publications. Describes the involvement, influence, and eventual tension with Mr. Cook and the writers group as an example of a "Caucasian-Japanese relationship" in the camp. Report …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-26-12/