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doc Evacuation of Merced Assembly Center (ddr-densho-356-794)

Instructions for internees at Merced on the camp wide transfer to Topaz.

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doc Information Release No. 26: Regulations Governing Evacuee Advisory Committee (ddr-densho-356-787)

Memo to all residents of Merced Assembly Center from Harry L. Black, Center Manager regarding the Wartime Civil Control Administration's policy on evacuee advisory committees. Details the committee's formation, function and powers.

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doc Information Release No. 31: Inquires from Evacuees (ddr-densho-356-793)

Memo to all residents of Merced Assembly Center from Harry L. Black, Center Manager regarding sending inquires about family members detained by Immigration and Naturalization to the proper government agency.

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doc Memo from Harry L. Black, Assistant Project Director, to Willard E. Schmidt, Chief of Police, re: disorders in Block #54, June 2, 1944 (ddr-csujad-2-83)

Discusses imprisonment in the stockade of 12 incarcerees and tension concerning the Japanese Language Schools and the schools in the camps, detailing what it terms "terrorist tactics" on the part of the Japanese Language School's proponents and concluding that the Project Director is justified in using the stockade for disciplinary purposes. The document also includes the …

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doc Memo from Harry L. Black, Advisory Committee, to Mr. [Raymond R.] Best, February 8, 1944 (ddr-csujad-2-91)

Memorandum regarding meeting with Co-ordinating Committee. Concerns meeting to discuss Committee's recommendation to release "18 additional detainees from the stockade." The memo on "Executive Office of the President, Office for Emergency Management" letterhead, also discusses employment of incarcerees from Manzanar and Tule Lake and moving incarcerees out of and into various housing blocks. See this object …

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doc Special Notice to Residents Regarding Property Shipment (ddr-densho-284-117)

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doc Information Release No. 22: Issue of Clothing (ddr-densho-356-785)

Memo to all residents of Merced Assembly Center from Harry L. Black, Center Manager regarding clothing allotments for internees.

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doc The Newell Star, Vol. I, No. 8: Extra (April 22, 1944) (ddr-densho-284-13)

Selected article titles: "Meyer Approves Formation of Representative Committee" (p. 1) and "Black Announces First Step Towards Committee Selection, Arrangements Body to Be Formed" (pp. 1-2).

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doc Information Release No. 21: Social Security Benefits for Evacuees (ddr-densho-356-784)

Memo to all residents of Merced Assembly Center from Harry L. Black, Center Manager regarding Social Security Benefits for internees. Advises that Internees who meet the federal requirements for Old Age and Survivors' Insurance can apply or update their address with the Social Security Board in Stockton, California.

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doc Letter to Harry L. Black from E. Sandquist regarding status of students requesting to attending inland universities (ddr-densho-356-789)

Letter to Harry L. Black, Merced Assembly Center Manager from E. Sandquist, Chief Operations Section Wartime Civil Control Administration. Sandquist informs that the inland universities have been submitted for approval to the War Department and Navy Department and are pending formal approval.

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img Hirokichi "Harry" Hayashi (ddr-densho-441-6)

Black and white photograph of Hirokichi "Harry" Hayashi

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img Harry Okasaki (ddr-densho-475-747)

Black and white portrait of Harry Okasaki in graduation regalia. Inscription in blue ink reads "To Frank / Your classmate Harry Okasaki '42"

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img Harry Sakae (ddr-densho-475-746)

Black and white portrait of Harry Sakae in graduation regalia. Inscription in blue ink reads "To Frank / Classmate of '42 Harry Sakae"

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img Portrait of a man in a suit (ddr-densho-475-101)

Black and white negative of an underexposed portrait of a man (possibly Harry Miwa) gazing to the left of the frame.

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img Five men in Boy Scout gear (ddr-densho-475-736)

Black and white photograph of five young men in Boy Scout uniforms in a camp parking lot. From left to right: Joe, Kenji, Harry, Frank Miwa, and Jack. Written below the photograph on the album page is: "Joe - Kenji - Harry - Frank -Jack" in white pencil.

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img H. Hayashi & Co Floral shop (ddr-densho-441-12)

Black and white photograph of the front window and entry to Hirokichi "Harry" Hayashi's first floral shop. Written along the bottom of the image is "First Florist 1906 Central Avenue Alameda" in black ink.

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img Group of men (ddr-densho-468-395)

Black and white photo of a group of men. Caption on album page: "Harry--Mr. Lada, chief see of the Abe Cabinet" written in white pencil.

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img Three friends (ddr-densho-477-83)

Colorized photograph Harry Ota (left), Mitsuko (Nakahara) Isoshima (center), and Ham Kumasaka (right) standing on a path. Written in the lower right corner of the photograph is: "Mar. 28, 1938" in blue ink. The caption below the photo reads "Harry Ota / Mitsuko / Ham Kumasaka / 1938" in black ink.

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img Five men in Boy Scout gear (ddr-densho-475-735)

Black and white photograph of five young men in Boy Scout uniforms in a camp parking lot. From left to right: Joe, Kenji, Harry, Frank Miwa, and Jack.

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img Harry Okasaki (ddr-densho-475-622)

Black and white photograph of Harry Okasaki eating at a Young Buddhist Association picnic in Big Tree State Park. Written below the photograph on the album page is: "Harry Okasaki" in white pencil. Written across the top of the album page is: "Y.B.A. Picnic / Big Trees June 1, 1941" in white pencil.

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img H. Hayashi & Co greenhouses (ddr-densho-441-28)

Black and white photograph of Hirokichi "Harry" Hayashi's Oakland greenhouses. Written along the bottom of the photograph is "Hayashi Greenhouse Kraust St. 73rd Avenue Greenhouses 1910" in blue ink.

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doc Court Upholds Curfew on Japs (April 15, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-756)

The Seattle Daily Times, April 15, 1942, p. 19

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img Miwa family portrait (ddr-densho-475-108)

Black and white negative of the Miwa family. Back row, left to right: Frank Hidenobu Miwa and Masaru Harry Miwa. Front row, left to right: Tama Miwa, Nobukichi Miwa, and Yoshiko Mae (Miwa) Higaki.

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doc Merced Commencement Program (ddr-densho-356-775)

Program for a Commencement ceremony at Merced Assembly Center.

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doc Letter from US Public Health Services to Merced Assembly Center regarding the sale of contraceptives (ddr-densho-356-786)

Letter from W. T. Harrison, Senior Surgeon and Director of District # 5 with U.S. Public Health Services in San Francisco to Harry L. Black, Manager of Merced Assembly Center. The letter discusses the availability of contraceptives and venereal prophylactics to internees, and advises Merced make these items available to residents and provide medical guidance on …

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