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doc Letter from Jane Harino to Rev. Wendell [L.] Miller, circa 1942 (ddr-csujad-20-7)

Personal letter states that she is going to Jerome, Arkansas rather than to Granada, a change that pleases her because "there's a certain someone in Jerome - We're both so very happy"; also mentions passes for Miller [and Mrs. Miller?] as well as for the Reverend and Mrs. Clay, and asks that Miller help her by …

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av Interview with George Hamamoto, (audio) (ddr-csujad-56-1)

Sonoma County resident George Hamamoto was interviewed on June 20, 1978, by a Sonoma State University student for the North Bay Ethnic Archive Project. He discusses growing up in Sebastopol, the family grocery store, removal to Assembly Center in Merced, then incarceration at Granada (Amache) camp. Discusses organization and administration of camp, and return to Napa …

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doc Digest of Information No. 13 (ddr-densho-156-385)

Section titles: "Conference Opens Monday"; "Heart Mountain Center Opens"; "2,319 Seek Repatriation"; "Relocation Projects to be Military Areas"; "Magazine Articles Published"; "Relocation Postoffices Named"; "Name Project Medical Center"; "Railroad Asks 500 Workers"; "Gila Memo Awaits Final Signature"; "Housel to Denver"; "To Analyze Subsistence Costs"; "Japanese File Protest"; "Jobs Offered in Chicago Area"; "Project Medical Guide Prepared"; …

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doc Timeline of camp relocation (ddr-densho-493-23)

Memo book open to page with handwritten timeline of camp relocation, with dates, durations, origins and destinations of each journey. "May 22, 1942 - 5 p.m. / Auburn - Pinedale / May 24 - 2 nites on train / c-i- / July 16, 1942 - 8 a.m. / Pinedale - Tule Lake / July 17 - …

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doc War-time experiences (ddr-csujad-55-2385)

Narrative essay describing Hatsuye Nakamura's experience as an individual of Japanese ancestry living in California during the events of World War II. Nakamura describes the evacuation orders and their impact on the community, her experience at Tule Lake and Granada incarceration camps, relocation to Chicago, and eventual return to Marysville, California. See also the narrative essay …

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doc Letter from John (Sohei) Hohri to Harold Landon and Thelma Jo Bruce (ddr-janm-18-34)

Letter from John (Sohei) Hohri to Harold Landon & Thelma Jo Bruce, dated July 12, 1972. The envelope is addressed to Harold & Thelma Jo Landon in Granada Hills, CA from John Sohei Hohri in New York. Along the bottom is a drawing of a ship passing under a bridge with tall city buildings on the …

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doc Tulean Dispatch Vol. 5 No. 23 (April 16, 1943) (ddr-densho-65-203)

Selected article titles: "Northern Colorado, Denver Reaches Saturation Point" (p. 1), "Disposal Pits to be Dug For Clean-up Day" (p. 1), "Granada Adopts Ordinances" (p. 1), "Largest Group Leaves Project" (p. 1), "No Authority Yet to Freeze Farm Workers: Assurance Given By Choate" (p. 1), "Sunday Papers Now Sold at 29" (p. 1), "An Editorial: Let's …

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doc Tulean Dispatch Vol. 4 No. 98 (March 18, 1943) (ddr-densho-65-180)

Selected article titles: "Offices Are Set-Up For Group Work" (p. 1), "Clams Are Unsanitary" (p. 1), "Colonist Teachers Study Psychology" (p. 1), "Over 1000 Volunteers in Relocation Camps: 7425 Hawaiian Nisei Swarm Draft Boards" (p. 1), "Bank of America Service is Discontinued Until Apr. 6" (p. 1), "Granada Evacuees Give $1254 To Red Cross Fund" (p. …

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Collection Yuriko Domoto Tsukada Collection (ddr-densho-356)

This collection consists of Yuriko Tsukada (nee Domoto)’s photographs, correspondences, personal records, diaries, and Granada (Amache) Camp Administrative Records related to the Social Welfare Department. Photographs in this collection are of the Domoto and Tsukada families before 1941. The correspondences are to Yuriko Tsukada (nee Domoto) from friends and family while she was held in Merced …

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img Diagram of the Amache concentration camp (ddr-densho-37-519)

Original WRA caption: Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado. Wall charts show residence of every resident. A yellow button (pink pin) in center of any residence shows that a relocation plan has been made and approved. A red button after a name shows individual is out on terminal leave. A total of nearly 15,000 evacuees were inducted …

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img WRA resettlement image (ddr-densho-7-1)

Original WRA caption: Mrs. George Isoda (left) and Mrs. Masumi Kaneko (right) are preparing supper for their husbands in the kitchen of their large Milwaukee home. The Isodas lived in Los Angeles and came to Milwaukee from the Granada Relocation Center. The Kanekos were from Seattle, and lived at the Hunt Relocation Center before coming to …

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doc Letter from Geo. Yoshioka to Rev. [Wendell] Miller, September 22, 1942 (ddr-csujad-20-10)

Personal letter written en route to Granada, Colorado from the Temporary Assembly Center at Santa Anita, describing the train ride thus far, one day into their journey. Included are a description of the food, the terrain in Utah, where they have currently made a stop, and the train itself, a Pullman with two cars out of …

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doc Daily Press Review, Vol. III, No. 11 (ddr-densho-156-212)

Article titles: "Marysville Assembly Center Manger Now at Assembly Center Near Portland"; "Japs Made Own Arrest During Northern Hotel Fire"; "Approximately 5000 Japanese Will be Left in Tulare County"; "Loafing is a Crime These Days"; "Variety of Crops in at Newell Center"; "Condemnation Suits Started on Land for Granada Jap Center"; "Seeks Japanese Crop Aid"; "Workmen …

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av An Oral History with Woodrow Odanaka (ddr-csujad-29-14)

Impressions of a Nisei concerning pre-World War II family produce business in Los Angeles, California; removal to Santa Anita Assembly Center in California, and the Granada incarceration camp in Colorado; wartime college experiences in Minnesota; and Army military intelligence duties in the Philippines and occupied Japan. This oral history was conducted for the Japanese American Oral …

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vh David Matsuoka Interview (ddr-densho-1010-5)

Nisei male. Born December 21, 1929, in Walnut Grove, California. Grew up in Walnut Grove where father owned and operator a shoe sales and repair business. During World War II, removed with family to the Merced Assembly Center, California, and Granada concentration camp, Colorado. Returned to California as a high school student.

(This material is based …

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vh Thomas Shigekuni Interview (ddr-densho-1000-297)

Nisei male. Born August 4, 1929, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in Los Angeles where parents ran a nursery business. During World War II, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Granada concentration camp, Colorado. After leaving camp, lived briefly in Illinois before returning to California.

(This material is based upon work …

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vh Nancy K. Araki Interview I (ddr-densho-1000-305)

Sansei female. Born October 16, 1937, in San Francisco, California. During World War II, removed to the Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado. Family briefly left camp for Utah before voluntarily entering the Topaz concentration camp, Utah, when mother was pregnant. After leaving camp, returned to San Francisco and resumed elementary school.

(This material is based upon …

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vh Nancy K. Araki Interview II (ddr-densho-1000-357)

Sansei female. Born October 16, 1937, in San Francisco, California. During World War II, removed to the Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado. Family briefly left camp for Utah before voluntarily entering the Topaz concentration camp, Utah, when mother was pregnant. After leaving camp, returned to San Francisco and resumed elementary school.

(This material is based upon …

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vh Betty Tanakatsubo Interview (ddr-densho-1000-343)

Nisei female. Born June 15, 1925, in Sacramento, California. During World War II, removed to the Sacramento Assembly Center, California, and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Transferred to the Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado. Left camp for Cleveland, Ohio, and worked for the War Relocation Authority. Eventually settled in Chicago, Illinois.

(This material is based …

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vh Kenji Taguma Interview (ddr-densho-122-28)

Sansei male, born 1969. Editor for the Nichi Bei Times, the oldest Japanese American bilingual newspaper in northern California. Son of a draft resister from Granada concentration camp. Attended California State University at Sacramento and became involved in civil rights activism.

(This interview was conducted by filmmaker Frank Abe for his 2000 documentary, Conscience and …

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img Granite monument memorial (ddr-densho-37-512)

Original WRA caption: Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado. Granite monument erected in memory of the center residents who died in the War Relocation Camp at Amache, Colorado, was dedicated on Sept. 6, 1945, in an outdoor ceremony at the cemetery. The monument was designed by Reverend Masahiko Wada. Names of 148 persons, including 31 Nisei who …

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doc Letter from George Yoshioka to Rev. [Wendell L.] Miller, [September 11, 1942] (ddr-csujad-20-6)

Personal letter written from Santa Anita Assembly Center. Yoshioka discusses the start of "movement to Relocation Centers," naming Parker Dam; Wyoming; Granada, Colorado; Arkansas; and Gila, Arizona, along with locations from which people are being removed, including San Diego, Los Angeles, Hollywood, Long Beach, and other Southern California locations. He also mentions that his family has …

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doc Frank F. Nakamura (ddr-csujad-55-2384)

Narrative essay describing Frank F. Nakamura's experience as an individual of Japanese ancestry living in California during the events of World War II. Nakamura describes his role as the Sutter-Yuba president of the Japanese American Citizens League, the evacuation orders and their impact on the community, Nakamura's experience at Tule Lake and Granada incarceration camps, relocation …

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vh Richard Iwao Hidaka Interview (ddr-densho-1000-345)

Nisei male. Born April 11, 1928, in Modesto, California. Grew up in Modesto, where parents ran a laundry business and then a farm. During World War II, removed to the Merced Assembly Center, California, and the Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado. After leaving camp, finished school in Chicago, Illinois, and served in the National Guard. Remained …

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vh Min Tonai Interview II (ddr-densho-1000-302)

Nisei male. Born February 6, 1929, in San Pedro, California. Grew up on Terminal Island, California, where father ran several successful stores. During World War II, removed with family to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado. After leaving camp returned to California to attend school. Served in Korea and …

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