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img Mary Nakata at Heart Mountain (ddr-ajah-6-696)

Caption below photo: Mary Nakata poses in a plaid dress and top in Heart Mountain, Wyoming. 1944 Her family was originally from Alameda, CA. but moved to Mountain View, CA, in the mid 1930s

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doc Letter (with envelope) to Molly Wilson from Miyeko Imamura (December 16, 1942) (ddr-janm-1-64)

Handwritten letter to Molly Wilson from Miyeko Imamura (December 16, 1942). Envelope is postmarked February 20, 1943 from the Heart Mountain Incarceration Camp in Cody, Wyoming.

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doc Letter (with envelope) to Molly Wilson from Miyeko Imamura (August 30, 1942) (ddr-janm-1-63)

Handwritten letter to Molly Wilson from Miyeko Imamura (August 30, 1942). Envelope is postmarked August 31, 1942 from the Heart Mountain Incarceration Camp in Cody, Wyoming.

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doc Letter (with envelope) to Molly Wilson from Yuri Shimokochi (July 5, 1943) (ddr-janm-1-59)

Handwritten letter to Molly Wilson from Yuri Shimokochi (July 5, 1943). Envelope is postmarked July 6, 1943 from the Heart Mountain Incarceration Camp in Cody, Wyoming.

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doc Letter (with envelope) to Molly Wilson from Miyeko Imamura (March 2, 1944) (ddr-janm-1-66)

Handwritten letter to Molly Wilson from Miyeko Imamura (March 2, 1944). Envelope is postmarked March 2, 1944 from the Heart Mountain Incarceration Camp in Cody, Wyoming.

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doc Letter (with envelope) to Molly Wilson from Yuri Shimokochi (December 28, 1942) (ddr-janm-1-57)

Handwritten letter to Molly Wilson from Yuri Shimokochi (December 28, 1942). Envelope is postmarked December 29, 1942 from the Heart Mountain Incarceration Camp in Cody, Wyoming.

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doc Letter (with envelope) to Mollie Wilson from Miyeko Imamura (August 31, 1943) (ddr-janm-1-17)

Handwritten letter to Mollie Wilson from Miyeko Imamura (August 31, 1943). Envelope is postmarked September 11, 1943 from the Heart Mountain Incarceration Camp in Cody, Wyoming.

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doc Letter (with envelope) to Mollie Wilson from Miyeko Imamura (December 19, 1944) (ddr-janm-1-67)

Handwritten letter to Mollie Wilson from Miyeko Imamura (December 19, 1944). Envelope is postmarked December 19, 1944 from the Heart Mountain Incarceration Camp in Cody, Wyoming.

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img Trial of the Heart Mountain draft resisters (ddr-densho-122-2)

The first day of the trial of the 63 Heart Mountain draft resisters in Federal District Court, Cheyenne, Wyoming. MIts Koshiyama seated in center looking down.

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vh Eiichi Edward Sakauye Interview I Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1005-1-17)

A trip outside Heart Mountain

Eiichi Edward Sakauye shot footage of the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming, from 1943-1945, on 8 mm film. This interview is of Mr. Sakauye providing voice-over descriptions for his original footage.

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vh Eiichi Edward Sakauye Interview I Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1005-1-12)

Heart Mountain camp's agricultural workers

Eiichi Edward Sakauye shot footage of the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming, from 1943-1945, on 8 mm film. This interview is of Mr. Sakauye providing voice-over descriptions for his original footage.

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img Japanese American playing a board game (ddr-densho-37-428)

Original WRA caption: Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Heart Mountain, Wyoming. An early immigrant from Japan, now residing at Heart Mountain, after evacuation from West Coast areas, reaches for a pawn in a game of Shogi, similar in characters and playing to chess. Although previously mumbling in Japanese, startled by the camera flas, the old gent let …

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vh Eiichi Edward Sakauye Interview I Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1005-1-9)

Heart Mountain camp's extensive agriculture program

Eiichi Edward Sakauye shot footage of the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming, from 1943-1945, on 8 mm film. This interview is of Mr. Sakauye providing voice-over descriptions for his original footage.

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img Hisao Nakata at Heart Mountain (ddr-ajah-6-694)

Caption below photo: Hisao Nakata of Alameda, CA. Translation: are you angry or not? Heart Mountain, Wyoming, circa 1942-1945. Caption on sides of photo in Japanese.

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img Woman at Heart Mountain, Wyoming concentration camp barracks window (ddr-densho-122-723)

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img Group of children outside barracks (ddr-ajah-6-688)

Caption below photo: Young Niseis in front of Block 23, where the Nakatas lived in Heart Mountain, Wyoming, circa 1942-1945. The Nakatas were from Alameda, CA. The Moritas were originally from Oakland, then Alameda, then moved to Mountain View, CA in 1933. The Nakatas didn't know the Marita's until they met in Heart Mountain.

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doc Daily Press Review, Vol. VII, No. 14 (ddr-densho-156-303)

Article titles: "Principals Get Data on Jap Camp Needs"; "Sensible Use of Japanese Labor"; "Club Group Sees Relocation Area"; "Activities of Heart Mountain Wyoming"; "Urges Japanese Help on Farms."

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img Tomoshige Nakata family outside barracks (ddr-ajah-6-692)

Caption below photo: Nakata family, originally of Alameda, CA at Heart Mountain, Wyoming. By WWII, the family was living in Palo Alto, CA. Block 2315 F circa 1942-1945

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img Group of children outside barracks (ddr-ajah-2-913)

Caption below photo: Young Nisei sisters and brothers in front of Block 23, Barracks 15, where the Nakatas, and Hiroses all lived in Heart Mountain, Wyoming, circa 1943-1944

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img Community Council at Heart Mountain concentration camp (ddr-densho-242-13)

Caption on front: "Second Com. Council [illegible] - July 1944." Caption by Ike Hatchimonji: "Heart Mountain, Wyoming, july 1944. Community Council. Block representatives. Kumezo Hatchimonji, block 27, back row, extreme left."

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Collection CSU Northridge Heart Mountain Relocation Center Collection (ddr-csujad-45)

The Heart Mountain Relocation Center was built during the summer of 1942 and received its first contingent of Japanese Americans on August 12, 1942. It is located in Park County, northwestern Wyoming. The collection contains Community Camp Council meeting minutes, camp laws, correspondence, the case of People of Heart Mountain vs. Tom Yamada, and other documents.

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img Japanese American working on camp newspaper (ddr-densho-37-460)

Original WRA caption: Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Heart Mountain Wyoming. In the press room of the Cody Enterprise, Bill Hosokawa, Editor of the Sentinel, Heart Mountain Relocation Center newspaper, sets type for the final makeup of the weekly edition. Bill, a former foreign correspondent and Washington U. graduate, sets type, pulls proofs, operates the linotype, locks …

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doc Daily Press Review, Vol. V, No. 24 (ddr-densho-156-264)

Article titles: "Governor Inspects Heart Mountain Relocation Project"; "Activities of Heart Mountain Wyoming -- by Bill Hosokawa"; "Japanese 'Student' Seized by the FBI"; "Items from Minidoka Relocation Center"; "College Prexy Defends Jap Student Evacuees"; "Liked America Better"; "Charges Filed Against Jap"; "War Plant is Established at Jap Center"; "Milk Shortage Here"; "500 Japanese to Aid Harvest."

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doc Heart Mountain Wyoming reports: covering the period December 19th to 24th, 1942: Heart Mountain Relocation Center (ddr-csujad-55-1023)

Report and statistics covering Heart Mountain incarceration camp. Includes reports from WRA divisions including Administration, Community Services (covers fire department, police department), Social Welfare, Recreation, Education, Community Government, Hospital (covers statistics), War Works, Housing and Employment, Transportation and Supply, Community Enterprises, Engineering-Construction-Maintenance, Office of Design Coordination, and general population (including birth and death) statistics. See this …

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img Group of girl scouts on camping trip (ddr-ajah-2-888)

Caption below photo: Girl Scout Troop 15, Heart Mountain, Wyoming. Looks like a weenie roast and pots of food, possibly just outside the confines of the camp, possibly near the Shoshone River. 1943

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