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![[Ray R. Best had close call with detention camp mob], biographical news article on Tule Lake Camp Director Raymond Best (ddr-csujad-2-39)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/d3/7b/d37bf03e591c4a69d0e2e1e57a6e8e67.jpg)
![[Informal meeting of the divisional responsible men and the project director and Colonel Austin, January 17,1944] (ddr-csujad-2-17)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/92/38/92387058177dd0f0973ad9cd8944f8b8.jpg)
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Photograph of farm field in Fish Springs near Big Pine area (ddr-csujad-47-61)
Photograph of a farm field in Fish Springs area near Big Pine. The foreground is dominated by cleared brush and a plowed field. In the background are the Poverty Hills and Sierra Nevada. A storm is beginning to push over and down the mountains. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project …
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Photograph of L. Josephine Hawes, Mrs. Chamberlain and an army guard in Death Valley (ddr-csujad-47-98)
Photograph of L. Josephine Hawes, Theo Chamberlain and an army guard in Death Valley. The face of the woman in the back is partially obscured by the army guard. The shadow of the photographer can be seen in the lower right corner. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0181
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Photograph of children at Manzanar (ddr-csujad-47-229)
Photograph of four young children on a blanket with toys in front of a building at Manzanar incarceration camp. Behind them is a set of steps and door to a building, possibly the hospital. The toys include a panda bear and a clown. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: …
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Photograph of farm products loaded on trailers for the Manzanar farm exhibit (ddr-csujad-47-66)
Photograph of farm products loaded on trailers for the Manzanar farm exhibit. Three trailers are loaded with produce harvested from the Manzanar incarceration camp. Several men are standing near the trailers. A group of children can be seen in the right corner. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0101
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Photograph of Manzanar closing (ddr-csujad-47-346)
Photograph of Manzanar incarceration camp closing taken in front of the official closure notification, "This project officially closed November 21-1945, no admittance, except on business," and the entrance sign. Ralph P. Merritt is standing in front, with a group of people behind him. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: …
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Photograph of baseball game at Manzanar (view from outfield bleachers) (ddr-csujad-47-46)
Photograph of a baseball game at Manzanar incarceration camp. The photo is taken from the spectator area behind right field. Spectators are lining both the first and third base line of the improvised baseball diamond. The Inyo Mountains can be seen in the background. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project …
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Photograph of a group of men tilling a Manzanar farm with the Sierra Nevada in the background (ddr-csujad-47-55)
Photograph of a group of incarcerees pulling a harrow through a field near the Manzanar incarceration camp. Seven men are pulling the harrow, one is guiding it, and the other is supervising. The Sierra Nevada can be seen in the background. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0090
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Photograph of a woman and child at Manzanar (ddr-csujad-47-180)
Photograph of an elderly woman and child standing in front of the Joshua tree at Manzanar incarceration camp. Two cars and several barracks can be seen in the background on the left side. An administration building is visible on the right. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0306
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Photograph of Jean and Togo Tanaka with daughter Iye posing in front of a door in Cow Creek Camp in Death Valley (ddr-csujad-47-130)
Photograph of Jean and Togo Tanaka with daughter Iye posing in front of a door in Cow Creek Camp in Death Valley National Park. Incarcerees were transferred to the former Civilian Conservation Camp after the Manzanar Riot for their own protection. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0215
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Photograph of Jean and Togo Tanaka with daughter Iye posing in front of a door in Cow Creek Camp in Death Valley (ddr-csujad-47-129)
Photograph of Jean and Togo Tanaka with daughter Iye posing in front of a door in Cow Creek Camp in Death Valley National Park. Incarcerees were transferred to the former Civilian Conservation Camp after the Manzanar Riot for their own protection. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0214
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Special meeting of the Monterey Peninsula Japanese American Citizens League, March 22, 1940 (ddr-csujad-44-151)
Meeting minutes of the Monterey Peninsula Japanese American Citizens League. Includes discussion of how much the chapter should donate toward the reconstruction of the "Nihon-jin-kai" (Nihonjinkai = Japanese Association) building, the location and date of Dr. Inui's lecture, and the voter registration deadline. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: …
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Executive meeting of the Monterey Peninsula Japanese American Citizens League, May 29, 1940 (ddr-csujad-44-157)
Minutes of the Monterey Peninsula Japanese American Citizens League executive meeting. Includes discussion of the 1941 convention, Monterey Birthday Party program, Fresno District Council meeting, Pacific Citizen newspaper, and a suggested letter of protest in response to an article in Liberty Magazine. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: csumb_ms15_0156
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Meeting of the Monterey Peninsula Japanese American Citizens League, August 6, 1937 (ddr-csujad-44-93)
Meeting minutes of the Monterey Peninsula Japanese American Citizens League. Includes reports from JACL boards on several topics, including donations, attendance at a Monterey City Council meeting, tea garden project construction and expenses, the upcoming barn dance, and the county fair parade. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: csumb_ms15_0092
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73 questions and answers about the WAAC (ddr-csujad-49-5)
A recruiting pamphlet for the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. The pamphlet asks and answers questions about training, duties, promotions, payment and benefits, uniforms, eligibility, and enrollment logistics. Numerous questions are accompanied by cartoon illustrations. An item from the Sue Kato scrapbook (gfb_skc_0001). See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 2019_002_001_007
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WAAC from Denver was only woman at African conference; Captain Louise Anderson; Made the record at Casablanca (ddr-csujad-49-24)
Newspaper clippings on Captain Louise Anderson, who made the stenographic report of the war strategy conferences of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and other United Nations leaders at Casablanca, Morocco. An item from: pages 16-17 of the Sue Kato scrapbook (gfb_skc_0001). See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 2019_002_001_017_02
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Newspaper clippings featuring Ben Kuroki (ddr-csujad-49-252)
A collection of newspaper clippings on Ben Kuroki, titled "Hero of thirty bombing missions tells story of Ploesti oil field raid" by Charles H. Craig and "Sgt. Kuroki speaks at banquet." Items from: pages 126-127 of the Sue Kato scrapbook (gfb_skc_001). See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 2019_002_001_078_03
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Student Relocation (ddr-csujad-19-72)
This article by Robert W. O'Brien discusses about the relocation of thousands of students in colleges throughout the United States to resume their studies, "a year after the mass evacuation of the West Coast Japanese American people into inland camps." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: WRA_02-23_02
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Japanese in Our Midst (ddr-csujad-19-50)
This is an article from the magazine "The Atlantic Monthly," April 1943 which provides a detailed description about the large number of Japanese American people settled in "permanent relocation centers" on the West Coast. It also talks about the distinction between citizen and non-citizen among "the Japanese evacuees." See this object in the California State Universities …
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[Ray R. Best had close call with detention camp mob], biographical news article on Tule Lake Camp Director Raymond Best (ddr-csujad-2-39)
Biographical newspaper article about Tule Lake Camp Director Raymond R. Best and his role during the November 1943 protests at the camp, lead to martial law. Describes how his life was in danger during the protests and his diplomatic work after the camp closed. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project …
![[Informal meeting of the divisional responsible men and the project director and Colonel Austin, January 17,1944] (ddr-csujad-2-17)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/5a/e4/5ae4f244ad5dde211fa9fe97444d1755.jpg)
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[Informal meeting of the divisional responsible men and the project director and Colonel Austin, January 17,1944] (ddr-csujad-2-17)
Minutes of informal meeting between Tule Lake Camp Director Raymond Best and Military Police Commander Colonel Verne Austin and incarceree-led Tule Lake Camp Government. Describes theft incidents from the Army's search of barracks by the soldiers and release of detained prisoners from the army stockades. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization …
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Tule Lake Co-ordinating committee notes (ddr-csujad-2-27)
Meeting notes of incarceree led Tule Lake Camp government. Describes a desire to "return to normalcy" after unrest in camp including various publications, vandalism, the arrival of Manzanar transfers, lack of employment, and no prisoners being released for three weeks from the army stockades. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project …
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Letter from G. E. Sterling, Assistant Chief Engineer and Chief, Radio Intelligence Division, Federal Communications Commission, to Willard E. Schmidt, Chief, Administrative Police, April 18, 1944 (ddr-csujad-2-81)
Concerns an investigation into whether radiotelegraph signals originated from a transmitter in the vicinity of the Tule Lake incarceration camp; included is a page, presumably from a letter sent by Schmidt to Sterling on April 14th, 1944, describing Administration concerns about the Japanese Language School. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization …
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Tule Lake Center Diary, February 1944 (ddr-csujad-2-29)
Daily diary for March, written by Co-ordinating Committee Secretary Byron Akitsuki at Tule Lake Camp. Primarily describes various unrest and incidents in different blocks, especially Ward 6. Also includes memos and messages sent, release of prisoners from army stockades, and committee member meetings. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: …
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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: …
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Press Release, 1943 March 4 (ddr-csujad-18-15)
Press Release following a conference between WRA and AFSC, March 4, 1943 where it was announced that the plans for using Scattergood as a relocation hostel for persons of Japanese ancestry to assist the WRA in its relocation program would be postponed. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: RSG_01-01_06