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img Heart Mountain incarceration camp (ddr-csujad-37-16)

Panorama of Heart Mountain incarceration camp in Cody, Wyoming. People pictured walking down a street in between camp barracks. Snow covered Heart Mountain is seen behind. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: mhf_016

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img Morita family outside barracks (ddr-ajah-2-900)

Caption below photo: The Morita family stands in front of Black 23, Barrack 15, rooms D and E, where they lived while incarcerated at Heart Mountain, Wyoming, circa 1943-1944. They were originally from Alameda, CA., then moved to Mountain View, CA, by 1933

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img Departure from camp (ddr-densho-37-430)

Original WRA caption: Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Heart Mountain, Wyoming. Reversing the scenes of nearly three years ago when ttrian after train brought more than 11,000 evacuees from the West Coast. Heart Mountain residents now are bidding goodbye to friends and neigbors as they return to their homes or depart for new homes and work throughtout …

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Narrator Kats Kunitsugu

Nisei female, born March 19, 1925. Incarcerated at Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming, during World War II. Was on the staff of the camp's newspaper, the Heart Mountain Sentinel.

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doc Daily Press Review, Vol. VI, No. 24 (ddr-densho-156-289)

Article titles: "Activities of Heart Mountain Wyoming"; "10,000 Japs From Camps are Working"; "Japanese Settlers"; "Ford Says Article on Japs Wrong"; "Japanese in Sidney Factory District"; "Evacuee Volunteers Met by Discrimination"; "Votes of State Jap Counted."

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doc General information bulletin (Cody, Wyo.), series 2 (August 26, 1942) (ddr-csujad-55-637)

General information bulletin, series 2, published at the Heart Mountain incarceration camp, Wyoming on August 26, 1942. This issue titled: Highlights of Remarks by Mr. C.E. Rachford to First Heart Mountain Colonists. Bulletin outlining remarks from C. E. Rachford to incarcerees regarding restrictions, duties, and operations at Heart Mountain incarceration camp. See this object in the …

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doc Daily Press Review, Vol. V, No. 17 (ddr-densho-156-257)

Article titles: "Jap-American is Sentenced"; "Jap Labor Being Recruited"; "Farmers Protest Grog Sales to Jap Evacuees"; "Trainload of Japs Passes Through to State's Beet Fields"; "New York Optical Company Building Factory at Center"; "Activities of Heart Mountain, Wyoming"; by Bill Hosokawa"; "Scott Taggart to Heart Mountain Job"; "Speaker Tells of Jap Camp Near Jerome"; "8,000 More …

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vh Bill Hosokawa Interview Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-129-14)

Impressions of the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington: "What the hell are they trying to do to us?"; controversy over Jimmie Sakamoto's role in Puyallup, and being sent to Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming

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img Japanese American working on camp newspaper (ddr-densho-37-461)

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 newspaper, pulls a galley proof. Aside from being editor of the paper, Bill, on press night, sets type, prepares makeup, locks forms, and performs all the tasks pertinent to …

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vh Kats Kunitsugu Interview (ddr-densho-122-16)

Nisei female, born in 1925. Incarcerated at Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming, during World War II. Was on the staff of the camp's newspaper, the Heart Mountain Sentinel.

(This interview was conducted by filmmaker Frank Abe for his 2000 documentary, Conscience and the Constitution, about the World War II resisters of conscience at the …

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Collection Evelyn Dell Collection (ddr-densho-152)

The Evelyn Dell Collection features photographs of Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming, where Ms. Dell worked as a fourth grade teacher. The collection focuses on education in camp and includes photographs of students, teachers and administrators, camp facilities, and school celebrations.

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img Woman standing in front of camp barracks (ddr-csujad-37-5)

Photograph of a woman wearing a winter coat in snow at the Heart Mountain incarceration camp. Barracks pictured behind her. Handwritten note on back of photograph states "Heart Mt. (Mountain) Reloc (Relocation) Cl [Camp] Wyoming." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: mhf_005_01

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vh Kunio Otani Interview (ddr-densho-1000-75)

Nisei male. Born July 31, 1921, in Seattle, Washington. Raised in Raymond, Washington. Incarcerated at Tule Lake concentration camp, California, and Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming; he worked on the staff of both camp newspapers, the Tulean Dispatch and the Heart Mountain Sentinel, respectively. Resettled in Seattle after the war and entered the greenhouse business. He …

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vh Rick Sato Interview (ddr-densho-1000-80)

Nisei male. Born in Wapato, Washington. Family farmed in Yakima Valley, Washington, before the war. Incarcerated at the Portland Assembly Center, Oregon, and Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. Served briefly in the Military Intelligence Service (MIS). Resettled in Wapato, Washington.

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Narrator Shig Yabu

Nisei male. Born June 13, 1932, in San Francisco, California. During World War II, removed to the Pomona Assembly Center, California, and the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. While in camp, found an injured magpie bird, named it Maggie, and adopted it as a pet. Following the war, wrote a children's book, Hello, Maggie! and became …

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Narrator Bacon Sakatani

Nisei male. Born August 23, 1929, in El Monte, California. Grew up in El Monte, before being removed with family during World War II to the Pomona Assembly Center, California, and the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. Returned to California after leaving camp, and opened a produce market and did gardening work. Active with various Japanese …

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doc Daily Press Review, Vol. VII, No. 10 (ddr-densho-156-299)

Article titles: "Manzanar Relocation Chief Named"; "Aliens Employed in Shipyards"; "Conflicts in Relocation Camps"; "Japs Settle Row at Evacuee Camp"; "Mexicans Fill California Jobs"; "Classes in Japanese"; "Probation for Seattle Jap"; "No Pickers"; "Activities of Heart Mountain Wyoming"; "Notes on Gila River Project."

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doc General information bulletin (Cody, Wyo.), series 10 (September 14, 1942) (ddr-csujad-55-645)

General information bulletin, series 10, published at the Heart Mountain incarceration camp, Wyoming on September 14, 1942. Bulletin including news, events, and topics related to Heart Mountain incarceration camp. Includes: Investigation of mess situation under way; Mattress and bed supply sufficient; Temporary judges and alternates named; and Heart attack fatal to man. See this object in …

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av Wyoming Chronicle: Aura Newlin Japanese Americans in Wyoming (ddr-densho-1024-5)

Aura Newlin, a Northwest College faculty member and board member of the Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation, talks about her family history as a fourth generation Japanese American and a fourth generation Wyomingite, then takes the viewer on a tour of the Heart Mountain Interpretive Center , telling the story of the forced removal and incarceration and …

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Narrator Grace Kubota Ybarra

Sansei female. Daughter of Guntaro Kubota, an Issei immigrant and one of the leaders of the Heart Mountain Fair Play Committee. Incarcerated at Heart Mountain, Wyoming, as a child, and has memories of receiving letters with cartoon drawings from her father while he was in prison.

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