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![Pacific Citizen, Vol. 113, No. 17 [November 22, 1991] (ddr-pc-63-42)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/6e/09/6e09ae747892c8e287615283fde15f0f.jpg)
![Memo from Harry L. Black, Advisory Committee, to Mr. [Raymond R.] Best, February 8, 1944 (ddr-csujad-2-91)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/97/9f/979fe83faee38355fb14a9b76d0e063b.jpg)
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Arnold T. Maeda Interview Segment 26 (ddr-densho-1003-5-26)
Involvement with the Manzanar Reunion Committee
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 Interior.
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Colorado Times Vol. 31, No. 4309 (May 12, 1945) (ddr-densho-150-22)
Selected article titles: "Featuring... Nisei-Grams"; "Nisei's Home Stoned in S.F."; "Wounded Nisei Soldier Gets Ovation in Los Angeles"; "Californians' Worry Grows at Treatment of Evacuees"; "Plenty to Eat at Spring Retreat"; "Nisei Committee Aids Resettlers and Organizes in Philadelphia"; "Manzanar Light Levy Suit Asked"; "California Anti Japanese League is Organized."
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"Murder in Camp Manzanar" (ddr-densho-67-18)
Document written by J.Y. Kurihara. Account of incident in which Harry Ueno, a kitchen worker, was accused of assaulting Fred Tayama, JACL member and accused "informant." Kitchen Workers Union members and Manzanar residents went to administration to demand the release from jail of Ueno and soldiers fired on crowd, killing one person. Members of the Kitchen …
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Memorandum from Sub-Committee on Controversial Issues to Mr. Ralph Merritt, Project Director, Manzanar War Relocation Area, January 16, 1943 (ddr-csujad-48-96)
Memorandum from the Sub-Committee on Controversial Issues to Ralph Merritt, Project Director of "Manzanar War Relocation Center," regarding the teaching and discussion of controversial issues in the classroom. The sub-committee provides several suggestions on how to address the issue, but would like formal approval from Mr. Merritt. Transcription is found in item: ecm_wells_9905. See this object …
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Manzanar Free Press Vol. 5 No. 19 (March 4, 1944) (ddr-densho-125-216)
Selected article titles: "Committee Drafts Resolutions for Washington Consideration" (p. 1), "Six on Probation for Law Violation" (p. 1), "Sentence Man on Assault Charge" (p. 1), "Manzanar Resolutions: Memorandum to Project Director Merritt" (p. 1), "Ickes Names Jerome as First to Close" (p. 1), "Conduct Hearings for Tule Internees" (p. 2), "Segregation Hits Recreation Staff" (p. …
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Picking the site (ddr-csujad-47-30)
Photograph of the Owens Valley Coordinating Committee picking the site for the Manzanar Incarceration Camp. From left to right: Wallace Howard (FBI), Rex Nicholson (WCCA), Col. McGill (U.S. Army), Ralph P. Merritt (Chairman, Owens Valley Coordinating Committee), Clayton E. Triggs (WCCA), and Col. Kelton (U.S. Army). Caption reads: Picking the site. Title from caption, which was …
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Sam H. Ono Interview (ddr-densho-1003-2)
Nisei male. Born July 10, 1926, in Sacramento, California. Moved frequently as a child after mother passed away. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. Graduated from high school in Manzanar. Left camp to attend Morningside College in Iowa. Drafted into the army and served in the medical corps. Eventually returned to …
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Sue K. Embrey Interview (ddr-densho-1000-6)
Nisei female. Born January 6, 1923, in Los Angeles, California. During World War II, was incarcerated at Manzanar concentration camp, California. Wrote for the Manzanar Free Press while incarcerated. Resettled during World War II in Madison, Wisconsin, and Chicago, Illinois. Returned to Los Angeles, California, in 1948. Founding member of Nisei Progressives and the Manzanar Committee.
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![Pacific Citizen, Vol. 113, No. 17 [November 22, 1991] (ddr-pc-63-42)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/69/f6/69f6387623fa46142eec95cdf3554f2d.jpg)
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 113, No. 17 [November 22, 1991] (ddr-pc-63-42)
Select article titles: "Opposition is mounting to Civil Rights provision" (p. 1), "Manzanar Committee pushes for bill passage" (p. 1), "JACL gets White House call to discuss Pearl Harbor event" (p. 1), "Mineta: on Pearl Harbor media coverage" (p. 3), "New Asian Pacific census office established" (p. 3), "Surviving and spying behind enemy lines: Richard Sakakida …
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Sue K. Embrey Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-6-7)
Working with the Manzanar Committee
This interview was conducted at the Voices of Japanese American Redress Conference, held on the UCLA campus and sponsored by the UCLA Asian American Studies Center and the UCLA School of Public Policy and Social Research. Because of the full conference schedule, our interviews were limited to one hour. The interviews …
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An oral history with Sue Kunitomi Embrey - Segment 1 (ddr-csujad-29-64-1)
An oral interview with Sue Kunitomi Embrey, an activist, educator, writer and longtime chair of the Manzanar Committee. The interview was conducted for the Japanese American Oral History Project by California State University, Fullerton. Transcription is found in the item: csufccop_jaoh_0140. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 2426_T01
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George Takei stands with commemorative plaque designating Manzanar a State Monument (ddr-csujad-52-37)
Caption on the back of the photograph, created by NBC Television/KNBC 4 Los Angels, reads, "Host George Takei stands with the commemorative plaque designating Manzanar a State Monument in a special repeat telecast of EXPRESSION: EAST-WEST's half-hour examination of Manzanar and other 1942 relocation camps, airing Sat., May 5 at 2:30 p.m. on KNBC/Channel 4. Other …
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Digest of Information No. 29 (ddr-densho-156-389)
Section titles: "Board of Review to Sift Manzanar Evidence"; "Staff Changes"; "Employment Division Expanding"; "Report from Tokyo"; "48-Hour Week Established"; "Reports Officer Named"; "Priorities"; "Spanish Consul Visits Gila"; "Cameras Obtained"; "Review Committee Named"; "Group Activities Statement"; "Buying Typewriters"; "58 Wagons to Arkansas Centers"; "Reports Officer Named"; "Confers With Magazine Editors"; "Quarterly Report Issued"; "Exclusion Program"; "Hawaiian …
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An oral history with Sue Kunitomi Embrey (ddr-csujad-29-64)
An oral interview with Sue Kunitomi Embrey, an activist, educator, writer and longtime chair of the Manzanar Committee. The interview was conducted for the Japanese American Oral History Project by California State University, Fullerton. Transcription is found in the item: csufccop_jaoh_0140. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 2426_T01
Narrator Rose Matsui Ochi
Nisei female. Born December 15, 1938, in Los Angeles, California. As a child, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Rohwer concentration camp, Arkansas. Following World War II, became a teacher and then went to law school. In 1974, worked for Los Angeles Mayor Bradley as a legislative research coordinator and eventually executive …
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Manzanar Free Press Vol. 6 No. 97 (May 26, 1945) (ddr-densho-125-342)
Selected article titles: "Manzanar Schools to End on May 29" (p. 1), "Appointed Staff Barbecue to Honor School Teachers" (p. 1), "Mess Division Staff Totals 725 Workers" (p. 1), "Anti-Japanese Sign Erected in Orosi by Unidentified Persons" (p. 2), "Coastal Return by 12,000 Estimated" (p. 2), "Committee Aids Nisei in Seattle" (p. 2), "Bainbridge Review Hits …
![Memo from Harry L. Black, Advisory Committee, to Mr. [Raymond R.] Best, February 8, 1944 (ddr-csujad-2-91)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/99/94/999459383d93bcf40af45ee69118aea9.jpg)
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Memo from Harry L. Black, Advisory Committee, to Mr. [Raymond R.] Best, February 8, 1944 (ddr-csujad-2-91)
Memorandum regarding meeting with Co-ordinating Committee. Concerns meeting to discuss Committee's recommendation to release "18 additional detainees from the stockade." The memo on "Executive Office of the President, Office for Emergency Management" letterhead, also discusses employment of incarcerees from Manzanar and Tule Lake and moving incarcerees out of and into various housing blocks. See this object …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 17 No. 3 (July 24, 1943) (ddr-pc-15-28)
Selected article titles: "Draft for Japanese Americans Is Recommended By Senate Military Affairs Committee" (p. 1), "WAC's to Open Ranks to Japanese American Women" (p. 1), "Manzanar College Accredited By State" (p. 1), "Relocation of Loyal Evacuees Will Be Continued, Declares War Mobilization Director" (p. 1), "Late Shelby Volunteers Drill Doubly Hard to 'Catch Up'" (p. …
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Manual on judiciary and arbitration (ddr-csujad-55-786)
Manual covering Judiciary and Arbitration at Manzanar incarceration camp. Part 1, Judiciary, includes the following Articles: 1. Judicial Commission; 2. Officers; 3. Hearing Board; 4. Rules of procedure; and 5. Cases outside the Jurisdiction of Judicial Commission. Part 2, Arbitration, includes the following Articles: 1. Arbitration Committee; 2. Officers; 3. Procedures; 4. Duties of the Commission; …
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Manzanar From Inside Out (ddr-csujad-19-2)
Text of address by Roy Nash, Director of the Manzanar War Relocation Project, given to the Commonwealth Club of California, San Francisco, on July 31, 1942 for the purpose of "interpret[ing] the actuality of a War Relocation Center housing 10,000 evacuees" in view of perceptions of mistreatment of incarcerees in California. Sections of the speech include …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 15 No. 4 (June 25, 1942) (ddr-pc-14-7)
Selected article titles: "Eisenhower Out, Myer Appointed WRA Director!" (p. 1), Senators Rap 'Concentration Camp' Bill" (p. 1), "Native Daughters Seek Ban On Citizenship for Nisei" (p. 1), "800 Citizens Stage 'Strike' At Santa Anita" (p. 1), "National Committee Prepares Relocation of Nisei Students" (p. 2), "Curfew Charge Filed Against Three Nisei" (p. 2), "Have Confidence …
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Manzanar Free Press Vol. II No. 10 (August 12, 1942) (ddr-densho-125-46)
Selected article titles: "Net Project Closed. Production Methods to be Reorganized" (p. 1), "Guayule Chemist Begins Research" (p. 1), "Committee Discusses Relocation Problems" (p. 1), "Buddhist Services Unite Local Couple" (p. 1), "Red Cross Chapter Selects Officers" (p. 1), "Diptheria Shots" (p. 1), "Rentable Property Must be Registered" (p. 1), "Two Hundred Attend First Co-op Congress. …
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Report of Teacher Planning Committee: suggested topics for faculty study groups (ddr-csujad-48-104)
A report by the Teacher Planning Committee on Potential Subject for Faculty Study Groups. Section headings include: (1) School philosophy; (2) Problems peculiar to the Japanese at Manzanar; (3) Curriculum; (4) Extra-curricular activities; (5) Disciplinary problems; (6) School rules, regulations and procedures; (7) Teaching improvement for regular and student teachers; (8) Mental hygiene, public relations and …
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Manzanar Free Press Vol. II No. 57 (November 30, 1942) (ddr-densho-125-15)
Selected article titles: "For a Very Merry Christmas" (p. 1), "Attempted Arson Foiled as Store Blaze Quenched" (p. 1), "Block 12 Boasts Largest Nisei Group" (p. 1), "Chief of Police Gilkey Donates Blood to Sick" (p. 1), "Distinguished Visitors Tour Manzanar Area" (p. 1), "Co-op Educational Committee to Meet" (p. 1), "Shoyu Name Contest" (p. 1), …
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Rose Matsui Ochi Interview I (ddr-densho-1000-276)
Nisei female. Born December 15, 1938, in Los Angeles, California. As a child, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Rohwer concentration camp, Arkansas. Following World War II, became a teacher and then went to law school. In 1974, worked for Los Angeles Mayor Bradley as a legislative research coordinator and eventually executive …