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Collection UT Institute of Texan Cultures at San Antonio Collection (ddr-densho-115)

The UT Institute of Texan Cultures at San Antonio collection consists of photographs from several of the lesser-documented World War II Department of Justice internment camps. The Institute of Texan Cultures, part of the University of Texas, is a museum dedicated to enhancing the understanding of cultural history, science, and technology and their influence upon the …

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doc Gila News-Courier Vol. III No. 72 (February 5, 1944) (ddr-densho-141-227)

Selected article titles: "OWI Releases Pictures of Former Gilans at Work" (p. 1), "Justice Department Will Act to Defend Nisei Rights" (p. 1), "Editorial: The Old Order Changeth" (p. 2), "'You Are Being Watched -- People of California'" (p. 2), "Kuroki Barred from Simms Radio Program" (p. 2), "Rumor of WRA Transfer to Interior Dept. Traced" …

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doc Change of Residence Notice (ddr-densho-25-27)

Considered a "dangerous enemy alien," Matahichi Iseri was separated from his family and sent to the Department of Justice internment camp at Fort Missoula, Montana. In June 1942, he received a Change of Residence Notice certificate, which indicated that his request to join his family at the Pinedale Assembly Center in California had been approved.

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 33 No. 15 (October 20, 1951) (ddr-pc-23-42)

Selected article titles: "Justice Department Will Not Ask Immediate Deportation of Wartime Renunciant Group" (p. 2), "National Observance of Nisei Soldier Memorial Day Urged By National JACL President" (p. 2), "Support Given Bill to Give Evacuee Federal Workers Time Lost During Mass Evacuation" (p. 3), "Intergroup Contacts Do Not Always Result in Tension" (p 5).

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vh Paul Uyehara Interview (ddr-phljacl-1-24)

Sansei male. Son of Grayce Uyehara and Hiroshi Uyehara. Grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where parents were active in numerous Japanese American community activities. Graduated from Oberlin College and became involved in activist and political causes. Studied law and eventually became Senior Attorney with the Civil Rights Division at the U.S. Department of Justice.

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doc Granada Pioneer Vol. I No. 57 (April 17, 1943) (ddr-densho-147-58)

Selected article titles: "Evacuees are Allowed to Re-enter Center" (p. 1), "Gila News Faces Paper Shortage" (p. 1), "Opinion of Justice Department Awaited" (p. 3), "Dual Citizenship Attacked by State" (p. 3), "Cherry Trees are Americans" (p. 3), "Chapin Hall Questions Loyalty of Japanese" (p. 3), "Illegal Liquor Sale to be Investigated" (p. 3).

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Letter from Cedrick M. Shimo to Bob Bratt, executive director, Office of Reparations Administration, Department of Justice, December 5, 1998 (ddr-csujad-24-68)

doc Letter from Cedrick M. Shimo to Bob Bratt, executive director, Office of Reparations Administration, Department of Justice, December 5, 1998 (ddr-csujad-24-68)

A letter from Cedrick M. Shimo to Bob Bratt in which Shimo makes an argument for why he should receive repatriations, even though he was not in an incarceration camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: chi_05_002

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doc Duplicate of 2016.23.64 (ddr-one-5-157)

Unsigned duplicate of 2016.23.64.

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doc Form No. CL. 1: Claim for Damage to or Loss of Real or Personal Property by a Person of Japanese Ancestry (ddr-densho-483-67)

Claim filed by Fukuyama family for damages and lost property during World War II incarceration. Claim filed for $1106. Approved for $829 on 11/1/25.

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doc Letter from Helen Napoleon to Robert K. Bratt, Administrator for Redress, U.S. Department of Justice September 5, 1991 (ddr-csujad-55-2079)

Correspondence from Helen Napoleon to Robert Bratt regarding the status of redress payments to non-Japanese individuals who chose to accompany their spouse to an incarceration camp during World War II. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2182

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doc Memo to President Roosevelt from Francis Biddle (ddr-densho-67-88)

Memo to President Roosevelt from Francis Biddle regarding resettlement. Pg 1: Biddle discusses the current resettlement situation and suggests that anti-Japanese press is impeding relocation. Pg 2: Biddle discusses the negative portrayal of the War Relocation Authority (WRA), especially from the Tule Lake riots and the alleged coddling of evacuees. Pg 3: Discusses political problems of …

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doc Evacuation claims settlement sheet (ddr-densho-25-65)

Under the Japanese American Evacuation Claims Act, Matahichi Iseri claimed $246 in damages from losses due to World War II. In 1952, the Justice Department awarded him a compromise settlement of $226. He was fortunate to receive an amount so close to his original claim, since many Japanese Americans received much less.

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 23 No. 13 (October 5, 1946) (ddr-pc-18-40)

Selected article titles: "Young Japanese Americans Supplied U.S. With Important Data on Japan During War" (p. 1), "Fight on Anti-Alien Fishing Ban Carried to High Court" (p. 1), "Masaoka Warns Law's Passage May Mean Second Evacuation" (p. 1), "Justice Department to Seek Law to Permit Disposal of Unclaimed Evacuee Property" (p. 6).

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doc In My Parents' Words (ddr-densho-258-208)

A booklet to accompany a panel entitled In My Parents' Words: Voices from the Department of Justice Camps at the 2013 Japanese American National Museum National Conference held at the Sheraton Hotel in Seattle, Washington. Satoru Ichikawa focuses on the separation of his father, a Buddhist priest, from his family for two years during the family's …

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img Hoshidan members leaving Tule Lake (ddr-densho-37-196)

Original WRA caption: The 25 lay-down strikers leave the stockade gate, under heavy guard, to march the approximate mile to the special Department of Justice train, 6-24-45. (Besides losing their clothes, they also "lost face" with possible sympathizers remaining in the colony, and caused the Hokoku and Hoshi Dan to become laughing stock of the colony.)

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doc Letter from John J. McCloy, Assistant Secretary of War, to Dillon S. Myer (ddr-densho-67-22)

Letter from John J. McCloy, Assistant Secretary of War, to Dillon S. Myer, Director of the War Relocation Authority, regarding transfer of family members to join issei in Department of Justice internment camps. McCloy wary of such transfers, as he believes they would subject Nisei to "issei contamination." Favors instead paroling Issei out of internment camps …

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Narrator Paul Uyehara

Sansei male. Son of Grayce Uyehara and Hiroshi Uyehara. Grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where parents were active in numerous Japanese American community activities. Graduated from Oberlin College and became involved in activist and political causes. Studied law and eventually became Senior Attorney with the Civil Rights Division at the U.S. Department of Justice.

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doc Letter from Francis Biddle to James Fly (ddr-densho-67-100)

Letter from Francis Biddle to James Fly inquiring about the accuracy of DeWitt's Final Report. Biddle is concerned with the report because of its importance in evacuation decision and because Department of Justice investigations found it baseless. Biddle specifically wants to know if the Federal Communications Commission also investigated the alleged ship-to-shore contacting and if DeWitt …

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img Japanese American departure from camp (ddr-densho-37-162)

Original WRA caption: From all over the colony they stream to the processing office for this is Tule's last day of existence. Department of Justice has scheduled a special train which carried approximately 450 to internment camp at Crystal City, Tex. Less than 100 including families of renunciants who had not yet been reprieved were to …

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Letter from Arthur R. Schor, Chief, Claims Section, Office of Alien Property, Department of Justice, to Sadae Hirota, March 3, 1958 (ddr-csujad-55-1903)

doc Letter from Arthur R. Schor, Chief, Claims Section, Office of Alien Property, Department of Justice, to Sadae Hirota, March 3, 1958 (ddr-csujad-55-1903)

Correspondence from Arthur Schor to Sadaye [Sadae] Hirota regarding a debt claim and procedures for maintaining the claim or utilizing the funds in Japan. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1906

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doc The Newell Star, Vol. I, No. 30 (September 21, 1944) (ddr-densho-284-36)

Selected article titles: "Adopt Resolution to Send Gifts to Japanese Soldiers Held by US: Gift Drive Expected in Near Future" (p. 1), "Myer Reports 45 Center Nisei Killed in Italy; Tule Casualties Given" (pp. 1-2), "Mexicans Want to Intern Japanese" (p. 1), and "Department of Justice: Report Shows Decrease in Alien Population" (p. 2).

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doc List of regulations specifying conduct to be observed by "alien enemies" (ddr-densho-25-20)

Matahichi Iseri, considered a "dangerous enemy alien," was arrested on Dec. 7, 1941, and imprisoned in the Department of Justice internment camp at Fort Missoula, Montana. During the war, enemy aliens were not allowed to own contraband articles such as weapons, signal devices, and cameras. They were required to carry certificates of identification at all times, …

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doc Letter from Tatsuya Ichikawa to Loyd H. Jenson (ddr-densho-258-204)

Tatsuya Ichikawa writes to Loyd H. Jensen the Officer in Charge of the Sante Fe Department of Justice Internment Camp. Ichikawa requests to be given temporary parole so he could travel to Minidoka concentration camp to help his family. His two youngest children were hospitalized. A post-it note written by Satoru Ichikawa attached to the letter …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 32 No. 26 (July 7, 1951) (ddr-pc-23-27)

Selected article titles: "'Guilt by Association' Policy in Deportation of Japanese Alien Protested by JACL" (p. 1), "TV Station Chief Expresses Regrets Over Film Feature Showing Nisei as Traitors" (p. 1), "Hawaii Adult Education Heads May Ask Ford Foundation for Citizenship Training Funds" (p. 2), "Justice Department Rules Internees Ineligible to File for Evacuation Loss Claims" …

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vh Yoshihiro Uchida Interview Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-411-12)

Father and brothers sent to Department of Justice camps

This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the …

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