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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Sentinel supplement, series 84 (June 15, 1943) (ddr-csujad-55-1064)
News bulletin for incarcerees covering announcements, events, programs, policies, recreational activities, and jobs at Heart Mountain incarceration camp. Current issue includes information on employment, a sling shot warning, movies, training courses, an upcoming conference, and lost-and-found. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1066

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Sentinel supplement, series 93 (July 2, 1943) (ddr-csujad-55-1071)
News bulletin for incarcerees covering announcements, events, programs, policies, recreational activities, and jobs at Heart Mountain incarceration camp. Current issue includes information on employment, railroad jobs, improper use of official stationary, training courses, victory gardens, tax exemptions, camp recreation, and sports. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1073

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Sentinel supplement, series 198 (May 18, 1944) (ddr-csujad-55-1614)
News bulletin published at Heart Mountain incarceration camp covering administrative announcements, events, vital statistics, and other necessary information concerning daily life in the camp. Current issue includes information on relocation office transfer, cannery jobs, Red Cross messages, unemployment, and general information. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1616

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Senior edition (ddr-csujad-55-1932)
Yearbook for Tri-State High School at Tule Lake incarceration camp. Includes dedication, forward, list of staff, honorary cabinet members, messages from the school principal and class president, hall of fame, class will, calendar of events, class prophecy, and page for signatures. Includes illustrations. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: …

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Bullador (June 1, 1945) (ddr-csujad-55-1710)
Newsletter, "El Bullador," published by Poston II high school at Poston incarceration camp. Includes articles on the senior class will, Philadelphia representative visit, Kazuo Hironaka, Hiroshi Kamei, and ""ten years from now."" See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1712

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Sentinel supplement, series 99 (July 15, 1943) (ddr-csujad-55-1077)
News bulletin for incarcerees covering announcements, events, programs, policies, recreational activities, and jobs at Heart Mountain incarceration camp. Current issue includes information on family reunions, sawmill jobs, nurses aide classes, Heart Mountain charter, employment opportunities, summer playground schedule, a death announcement, report on Chicago street fight, and sports announcements. Includes section in Japanese. See this object …

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Sentinel supplement, series 209 (June 27, 1944) (ddr-csujad-55-1621)
News bulletin published at Heart Mountain incarceration camp covering administrative announcements, events, vital statistics, and other necessary information concerning daily life in the camp. Current issue includes information on blankets, Red Cross messages, cannery jobs, employment, baby clinic, and general information. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1623

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Minutes from the joint meeting of Heart Mountain Block Chairmen, B.A.O., newspaper staff, January 19, 1943 (ddr-csujad-55-405)
Minutes from the joint meeting of the Heart Mountain Block Chairmen, Block Administrative Officers, and the Newspaper Staff at Heart Mountain incarceration camp. Includes discussion on the camp newspaper. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0407

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Sentinel supplement, series 160 (January 7, 1944) (ddr-csujad-55-1098)
News bulletin for incarcerees covering announcements, events, programs, policies, recreational activities, and jobs at Heart Mountain incarceration camp. Current issue includes information on certificate transfer, classes, Well Baby clinic schedule, boarding school, and job offers. Includes text in Japanese. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1100

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Sentinel supplement, series 47 (March 19, 1943) (ddr-csujad-55-1039)
News bulletin for incarcerees covering announcements, events, programs, policies, recreational activities, and jobs at Heart Mountain incarceration camp. Current issue includes information on a survey of farming and automotive equipment (urging "voluntary" sale of incarceree-owned farming equipment to WRA) and paychecks. Includes section in Japanese. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization …

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Bullador, vol. 2, no. 11 (June 5, 1944) (ddr-csujad-55-1840)
Newsletter, "El Bullador," published by Poston II high school at Poston incarceration camp. Includes reflections on senior year, dedication, 45' cabinet installed, editorials, poetry, principal speaks, and senior wills. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1843

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Sentinel supplement, series 56 (April 13, 1943) (ddr-csujad-55-1045)
News bulletin for incarcerees covering announcements, events, programs, policies, recreational activities, and jobs at Heart Mountain incarceration camp. Current issue includes information on rations, employment, unemployment compensation, a speech by the YMCA Secretary, classical music concert, boxing schedule, and sports. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1047

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Cody Reminder, vol. 1, no. 9 (November 30, 1942), Heart Mountain edition (ddr-csujad-55-1021)
News bulletin featuring advertisements for items available through the Cody Trading Company and brief articles related to news and events at Heart Mountain incarceration camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1023

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Tulean dispatch magazine section, vol. 1, no. 8 (March 1943) (ddr-csujad-55-1636)
Monthly publication at Tule Lake incarceration camp including stories, poems, commentary and creative writing. Current issue includes "Nisei America" by Riley O'Suga, "What Makes Peter Run?" by Frances Okomoto, "Haiku and Painting" by Ken Yasuda, "Tule in Rhyme" by Iku Wada, "Ramblings" by Eugene Okada, "It's the Little Things of Life" by Sachiko Higashi, "Looking Back" …

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Sentinel supplement (January 30, 1945): Lesson IV (ddr-csujad-55-666)
Lesson for native Japanese speakers covering topics taught in the adult English class at Heart Mountain incarceration camp. Covers grammar and the use of "A" in the English language. This is an excerpt from a special issue of "Heart Mountain sentinel" Japanese section, no. 276. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization …

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Tulean dispatch magazine section, vol. 1, no. 7 (February 1943) (ddr-csujad-55-1635)
Monthly publication at Tule Lake incarceration camp including stories, poems, commentary and creative writing. Current issue includes "Snow Blossom" by Ken Yasuda, "Barber's Wife' by Arthur Morimitsu, "In the Still of the Night" by Frank Tanabe, "Haiku and Painting" by Ken Yasuda, "Looking Back" by George Nakamura, "Expose of the Wolf" by Iroh Otoko, "Corn on …

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Heart Mountain sentinel (September 4, 1943): Zootsuo (ddr-csujad-55-1010)
Comic strip created by Bennie Nobori, published in "Heart Mountain Sentinel" at Heart Mountain incarceration camp. Satirical cartoon features caricatures of a young boy, Zootsuo, and an American Indian "genie." Includes verso in Japanese. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1012

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Stand up and take a bow, Mr. Hale, Sir (ddr-csujad-55-1675)
Essay on discrimination towards Japanese Americans by a local barber. An excerpt from the Poston Chronicle, November 18, 1944. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1677

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Sentinel supplement, series 30 (February 15, 1943) (ddr-csujad-55-1026)
News bulletin for incarcerees covering announcements, events, programs, policies, recreational activities, and jobs at Heart Mountain incarceration camp. Current issue includes information about registration ("loyalty questionnaire") schedule and instructions, policy on construction materials, and paychecks. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1028

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Information bulletin (Cody, Wyoming), no. 1 (August 20, 1942) (ddr-csujad-55-874)
Form belonging to the Nagumo family outlining barrack assignment, mess hall location and meal times, and the location of the information office and medical center at Heart Mountain incarceration camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0876

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Sentinel supplement, series 228 (August 31, 1944) (ddr-csujad-55-943)
News bulletin from Heart Mountain incarceration camp covering jobs through the Army Ordinance Division, lost and found, adult education, visitors to Heart Mountain, Red Cross, college opportunity, books for Japanese prisoners, mailing Christmas packages, and other job offers for incarcerees. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0945

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Sentinel supplement, series 227 (August 29, 1944) (ddr-csujad-55-944)
News bulletin from Heart Mountain incarceration camp covering election of Trust Committeemen, pre-induction physicals, donation drive for scholarship fund, contraband, lumber work opportunities, rules and regulations, and job opportunities at Heart Mountain incarceration camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0946

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Sentinel supplement, series 186 (April 6, 1944) (ddr-csujad-55-1610)
News bulletin published at Heart Mountain incarceration camp covering administrative announcements, events, vital statistics, and other necessary information concerning daily life in the camp. Current issue includes information on Red Cross messages, evacuee property, costume design course, employment, and general information. Includes text in Japanese. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization …

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Sentinel supplement, series 124 (September 16, 1943) (ddr-csujad-55-1090)
News bulletin for incarcerees covering announcements, events, programs, policies, recreational activities, and jobs at Heart Mountain incarceration camp. Current issue includes information on job offers, disposal of hot ashes, transportation of "segregees" to Tule Lake, work at bean and seed mills, and girl scouts. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project …

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Sentinel supplement, series 150 (November 30, 1943) (ddr-csujad-55-1097)
News bulletin for incarcerees covering announcements, events, programs, policies, recreational activities, and jobs at Heart Mountain incarceration camp. Current issue includes information on employment offers, ice skating rinks, sports announcements, and general information. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1099