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doc Grade School Musical and Dramatic Program (ddr-densho-356-776)

Program for the Grade School Musical and Dramatic performances on August 8, 1942.

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doc Information Release No. 22: Issue of Clothing (ddr-densho-356-785)

Memo to all residents of Merced Assembly Center from Harry L. Black, Center Manager regarding clothing allotments for internees.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-785/

doc Notice to internees, Information Release 1 (ddr-densho-356-780)

Notice to internees providing basic information about how to provide or obtain information, housing, postal service, mess hours, baby feeding, work assignments, and a request to stay away from the Admin building when new arrivals arrive.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-780/

doc Information Release No. 26: Regulations Governing Evacuee Advisory Committee (ddr-densho-356-787)

Memo to all residents of Merced Assembly Center from Harry L. Black, Center Manager regarding the Wartime Civil Control Administration's policy on evacuee advisory committees. Details the committee's formation, function and powers.

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img Group photo (ddr-densho-356-55)

Photograph of six men holding a sign that reads "Art Staff" outside a barrack at Merced Assembly Center. Inscribed on the back: "Yuri Domoto Tsukada 40c - C Merced Assembly Center 1942."

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doc Notice to internees, bathroom hours (ddr-densho-356-778)

Notice to internees that informs of the times in which one of the bathrooms in male only and female only.

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doc Information Release No. 21: Social Security Benefits for Evacuees (ddr-densho-356-784)

Memo to all residents of Merced Assembly Center from Harry L. Black, Center Manager regarding Social Security Benefits for internees. Advises that Internees who meet the federal requirements for Old Age and Survivors' Insurance can apply or update their address with the Social Security Board in Stockton, California.

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doc Notice to internees, do not cross fence (ddr-densho-356-779)

Public notice to all internees at Merced to not cross the barbed wire fence.

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doc Merced Commencement Program (ddr-densho-356-775)

Program for a Commencement ceremony at Merced Assembly Center.

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doc Yuriko Domoto's Notice to Report to Work (ddr-densho-356-772)

A reassignment for Yuriko Domoto Tsukada to become a Supervising Director of Social Welfare at the Merced Assembly Center.

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doc Information Release No. 31: Inquires from Evacuees (ddr-densho-356-793)

Memo to all residents of Merced Assembly Center from Harry L. Black, Center Manager regarding sending inquires about family members detained by Immigration and Naturalization to the proper government agency.

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doc Divisions and Personnel at Merced Assembly Center (ddr-densho-356-777)

Booklet that lists staff in each division at Merced Assembly Center.

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img Group photo (ddr-densho-356-54)

Photograph of 12 adults posing for a photograph at Merced Assembly Center. Inscribed on the back: "Yuri Domoto Tsukada -C 40c Merced Assembly Center 1942."

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doc Yuriko Domoto's Notice to Report to Work (ddr-densho-356-771)

A reassignment for Yuriko Domoto Tsukada to become a Recreation Director at the Merced Assembly Center.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-771/

doc Barrack, mess and issue record (ddr-densho-356-770)

A written record of Yuriko Domoto Tsukada's barrack assignment.

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doc Instructions on Evacuation of Merced Assembly Center (ddr-densho-356-774)

Instructions for Yuriko Domoto Tsukada, her father Kanetaro Domoto, and her sister Wakako Domoto for the relocation from Merced to Granada.

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img Group photo (ddr-densho-356-53)

Photograph of 14 adults posing for a photograph at Merced Assembly Center. Inscribed on the back is: "Yuri Domoto Tsukada 40c-C Merced Assembly Center 1942."

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doc Clothing Request (ddr-densho-356-773)

Carbon copy of a clothing request made by Yuriko Domoto

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img White townspeople saying goodbye (ddr-densho-151-292)

Original caption: Woodland, California. The departure of persons of Japanese ancestry by special train for Merced Assembly center brought many of their Caucasian friends to the station on this morning when they were being evacuated. Woodland is situated in the rich agricultural Sacramento Valley about ten miles northwest of Sacramento, California.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-292/

vh Takashi Moriuchi Interview (ddr-phljacl-1-18)

Nisei male. Born August 31, 1919, in Livingston, California. Grew up in Livingston and graduated from the University of California at Berkeley. During World War II, removed to the Merced Assembly Center, California, and the Amache concentration camp, Colorado. Left camp to farm in Fort Collins, Colorado. Eventually started a family and moved to New Jersey.

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img Issei woman crying as she boards train (ddr-densho-151-293)

Original caption: Woodland, California. Women at railroad station on morning of departure of persons of Japanese ancestry from this agricultural community to the Merced Assembly center. The woman in the dark slack suit is one of the few exhibiting grief on leaving.

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vh Mas Takano Interview (ddr-ajah-1-5)

Nisei male. Born June 15, 1932, in Alameda, California. Grew up in Alameda, where father was a gardener. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, moved to Cortez, California, for a few months before being removed to the Merced Assembly Center, California, and the Amache concentration camp, Colorado. After leaving camp, returned to California. Drafted into the …

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Collection Mercedian Collection (ddr-densho-191)

This collection consists of issues of the Mercedian, which was the newspaper for the Merced Assembly Center, California, open from May 6, 1942, to September 15, 1942. The newspaper provided information about activities and sports, living conditions, and the move to permanent camps.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-191/

doc Constitution of the Stanislaus-Merced Chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League (ddr-csujad-46-4)

Constitution of the Stanislaus-Merced Chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League and chapter requirements. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: csus_nac_0004

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-46-4/

img Government workers on train platform (ddr-densho-151-303)

Original caption: Woodland, California. This staff of Wartime Civil Control Administration workers have completed their job and stand on the platform awaiting the departure of the special train which has been loaded with evacuees of Japanese ancestry bound for the Merced Assembly center, 125 miles away.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-303/

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