Work and jobs

img Photograph of Dr. Little with hospital nurses (ddr-csujad-47-317)

Photograph of Dr. Morse and Christine Little posing with other hospital nurses as the Little family gets ready to depart the Manzanar incarceration camp. Behind the group is a car and trailer loaded with the families belongings. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0472

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-47-317/

img Photograph of a nurse posing in front of a tree at Manzanar (ddr-csujad-47-190)

Photograph of a nurse posing in front of a tree at Manzanar incarceration camp. She is wearing her nurse's uniform. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0326

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-47-190/

img Photograph of Morse Little and his son (ddr-csujad-47-302)

Photograph of Morse Little and his son, both drinking from bottles, near the Manzanar incarceration camp at a hospital staff picnic. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0451

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-47-302/

img Photograph of Dr. Little with hospital nurses (ddr-csujad-47-318)

Photograph of Dr. Morse and Christine Little posing with other hospital nurses as the Little family gets ready to depart the Manzanar incarceration camp. Behind the group is a car and trailer loaded with the families belongings. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0473

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-47-318/

img Photograph of nurses posing in front of the Manzanar hospital (ddr-csujad-47-200)

Photograph of three nurses posing in front of a building at Manzanar incarceration camp, possibly the hospital. A screen covered window on tar-papered walls is visible behind a tree. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0336

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-47-200/

img Photograph of a group of women in front of staff housing (ddr-csujad-47-172)

Photograph of the residents of the newly-constructed bachelorette dorms standing in the snow in front of staff housing at Manzanar incarceration camp. From left to right: Nona Winchester (secretary), Edith Cox (teacher), ____, Lena Harrison (teacher), Susan Shoaf (secretary), Martha Shoaf (teacher), Ione Bermaye (teacher), and Gretchen Ingalls (teacher). The snow-covered Inyo Mountains can be seen …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-47-172/

img Photograph of a lab technician in the Manzanar hospital (ddr-csujad-47-201)

Photograph of a male lab technician sitting in front of his microscope. Other equipment can be seen on the workstations. He is in the laboratory of the Manzanar hospital. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0337

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-47-201/

img Photograph of Yone Akite, R.N., posing in front of a tree at Manzanar (ddr-csujad-47-189)

Photograph of Yone Akite, R.N., posing in front of a tree at Manzanar incarceration camp. She is in her nurse's uniform. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0325

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-47-189/

img Photograph of four women posing next to a building with two cars in the background at Manzanar (ddr-csujad-47-197)

Photograph of four women posing next to a building with two cars in the background at Manzanar incarceration camp. Two of the women are wearing long flowery dresses. An administrative building can be seen in the behind the cars. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0333

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-47-197/

img Photograph of Dr. Agnes V. Barlett sitting on a rock in front of the Manzanar hospital (ddr-csujad-47-319)

Photograph of Dr. Agnes V. Barlett sitting on a rock in the hospital garden at Manzanar incarceration camp. Behind her the hospital and an attached shed is visible. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0474

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-47-319/

img Photograph of women standing in front of a car (ddr-csujad-47-323)

Photograph of two women standing in front of a car with the Inyo mountains in the background at Manzanar incarceration camp. One of them is Thelma McBride, a nurse at the Manzanar hospital. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0478

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-47-323/

img Photograph of Irene Gavigan leaning over an infant at Manzanar (ddr-csujad-47-227)

Photograph of Irene Gavigan leaning over an infant who is laying on a blanket at Manzanar incarceration camp. The building behind is possibly the hospital. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0371

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-47-227/

img Photograph of hospital staff posing in front of the Manzanar hospital (ddr-csujad-47-255)

Photograph of female hospital staff posing in front of the Manzanar hospital. Ten women are visible wearing skirts, blouses and cardigans. The front three are kneeling and the other seven are standing behind them. An entrance is visible behind them. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0401

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-47-255/

img Photograph of a man in a robe sitting on a rock wall in front of the Manzanar hospital (ddr-csujad-47-245)

Photograph of a man in a robe wearing slippers sitting on a rock wall in the hospital garden at Manzanar incarceration camp. The hospital is visible behind him with a manhole cover in the foreground. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0390

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-47-245/

img Photograph of Dagmar Quarnstrom and the hospital staff aides in front of the Manzanar hospital (ddr-csujad-47-193)

Photograph of Dagmar Quarnstrom and the hospital staff aides in front of the Manzanar hospital at the Manzanar incarceration camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0329

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-47-193/

img Photograph of Edna Anderson, Bernice Sibner, and Christine Little at a Manzanar hospital staff picnic (ddr-csujad-47-301)

Photograph of Edna Anderson, Bernice Sibner, and Christine Little near the Manzanar incarceration camp at hospital staff picnic. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0450

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-47-301/

img Photograph of Mitzie, the secretary and interpreter for PHN (ddr-csujad-47-185)

Photograph of Mitzie, the secretary and interpreter for PHN, at Manzanar incarceration camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0321

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-47-185/

Photograph of Dr. and Mrs. Jiro Muramoto with daughter posing in front of the Manzanar hospital, with a nurse standing in the entrance (ddr-csujad-47-220)

img Photograph of Dr. and Mrs. Jiro Muramoto with daughter posing in front of the Manzanar hospital, with a nurse standing in the entrance (ddr-csujad-47-220)

Photograph of Dr. and Mrs. Jiro Muramoto with daughter posing on the grass in the hospital garden at Manzanar incarceration camp. In the background, with a nurse standing in the entrance of an open door. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0364

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-47-220/

img Photograph of people playing cards at a Manzanar hospital staff picnic (ddr-csujad-47-235)

Photograph of three people sitting on the ground playing cards at a Manzanar hospital staff picnic. Several additional people can be seen in the background along with a table and trash can. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0380

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-47-235/

doc Standard position description (ddr-csujad-45-79)

A description on the requirements for the Block Coordinator position. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: HMRC_01-02_012

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-45-79/

doc Heart Mountain Relocation Project Fifth Community Council, 11th session (September 18, 1945) (ddr-csujad-45-62)

The council minutes feature a urgent request for ambulance drivers. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: HMRC_01-01_091

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-45-62/

doc Heart Mountain Relocation Project Fifth Community Council, 17th session (October 9, 1945) (ddr-csujad-45-68)

The council minutes feature a report on the need for more staff in the hospital mess hall. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: HMRC_01-01_097

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-45-68/

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 Japanese American News Clippings, August 1943 (ddr-csujad-19-16)

This document contains news clippings and articles about Japanese Americans from different tabloids describing significant events like the "first Mass Evacuation" which took place in the United States and how the Japanese people adjusted to the new way of life in the War Relocation Centers during the period of August 1943. See this object in the …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-19-16/

doc [Minutes of the meeting of divisional responsible men and the Co-ordinating Committee of the Tule Lake Center, February 26, 1944] (ddr-csujad-2-26)

Meeting minutes of incarceree-led Tule Lake Camp government. Primarily regarding camp employment. Describes employment statistics, concerns, and workers compensation. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sjs_sch_0026

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-2-26/

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