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doc Manzanar Free Press Vol. 5 No. 30 (April 12, 1944) (ddr-densho-125-227)

Selected article titles: "Farm Loans Now Possible for Japanese American Resettlers" (p. 1), "Block 16 Evacuation Nearing Completion" (p. 1), "Coiffure Contest Slated for Friday" (p. 1), "Racial Prejudice Hit by Dillon S. Myer" (p. 1), "Approval Necessary to Change Partition" (p. 1), "Return to West Coast" (p. 2), "Nisei Appointed to CIO Union Offices" (p. …

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doc Advance release (Office of War Information), OWI-2712 (November 1, 1943) (ddr-csujad-55-1908)

Press release regarding the purpose and process of segregation at Tule Lake, movement of segregants between WRA Centers, security at Tule Lake, unrest among incarcerees, strike and violence, interventions by the administration, and international press. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1911

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doc Weekly Press Review No. 30 (ddr-densho-156-342)

Original summary excerpt: From Western sources came the major news items reviewed this week. Director Dillon S. Myer, after leaving the Denver conference of WRA officials, visited Granada Relocation Center at Amache on July 28, and addressed a large gathering of evacueees and personnel. On arriving in Los Angeles, he conferred with WRA officials in charge …

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doc Minidoka Irrigator Vol. IV No. 18 (June 21, 1944) (ddr-densho-119-93)

Selected article titles: "Farm Program For 1944-5 Set. Early Summer Harvest Yields 25,000 Pounds of Vegetables, S. Kamaya Reveals; 660 Acres Now Planted" (p. 1), "Quarterly Census Set For June 30" (p. 1), "Evacuee Land Owners Warned of Campaign. Dillon S. Myer Instructs Residents of Escheat Proceedings Now Being Conducted By Pacific Coast States" (p. 1), …

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doc Dealing with Japanese-Americans by John F. Embree, Documents Section, Office of Reports (ddr-csujad-48-131)

Short report from WRA Documents Section leader John F. Embree on recommended attitudes, suggestions, and practices while interacting with incarcerated Japanese Americans. According to Embree, race is hereditary while culture is acquired, and Caucasians should refrain from making stereotypical images of "Japanese types." Embree describes the differences in culture and attitudes including questions of loyalty between …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 21 No. 25 (December 22, 1945) (ddr-pc-17-51)

Selected article titles: "WRA Will Assist Returned Evacuees to Find Permanent Location on Pacific Coast" (p. 3), "California Attorney General Says Sheriff Attempted to Prevent Evacuee Employment" (p. 3), "Rehearings May Be Held for Tule Lake Group" (p. 3), "The Future of the Nisei is His Own by Dillon S. Myer" (p. 9), "Nisei Assisted in …

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doc Change of residence report card, WAR-148C. rev. (ddr-csujad-38-579)

A blank form of "Change of residence" report card. The return address is: Mr. Dillon S. Myer, Director, War Relocation Authority, Barr Building, Washington 25, D.C. Form "WAR-148C. rev." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_05_17_001

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doc Letter encouraging activism in response to the exclusion order (ddr-csujad-45-92)

A letter asking the reader to write letters to government officials, Henry L. Stimson, Charles M. Bonesteel, and Dillon S. Myer to protest the continued incarceration of Japanese Americans. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: HMRC_01-06_002

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doc Poston Chronicle Vol. XXIII No. 20 (June 23, 1945) (ddr-densho-145-648)

Selected article titles: "Units 2 and 3 to Close. Residents Expected to Relocate by October 1" (p. 1), "Dillon S. Myer Discusses Myths About Evacuees in Speech at Occidental College in Los Angeles" (p. 1), "Evacuees Claiming Their Property at Warehouses Must Take Credentials" (p. 2), "Union Insurance Company will Insure Evacuees" (p. 2), "Philippines GI's …

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doc Jap 'Revenge' Feared for Tule Lake Incident (November 14, 1943) (ddr-densho-56-982)

The Seattle Daily Times, November 14, 1943, pp. 1, 16

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doc War Relocation Authority administrative notice on payroll allotments for war bonds (ddr-densho-381-19)

Acting Director, Leland Barrows, encourages War Relocation Authority staff to meet payroll allotment goals for war bonds. Included in the notice are copies of letters from H. Morgenthau Jr., Secretary of the Treasury, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and a list of participation numbers.

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Letter from Harry Bentley Wells, teacher, Manzanar High School, to Dillon S. Myer, Director, War Relocation Authority, Marcy 23, 1943 (ddr-csujad-48-76)

doc Letter from Harry Bentley Wells, teacher, Manzanar High School, to Dillon S. Myer, Director, War Relocation Authority, Marcy 23, 1943 (ddr-csujad-48-76)

Letter to the War Relocation Authority from Harry Bentley Wells conveying the good character of Masaye Nakahira with regards to her request to leave Manzanar. Wells discusses her participation and preparation for the class she was attended as well as her thorough "Americanization." Transcription is found in item: ecm_wells_9076. See this object in the California State …

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doc Segregation of Persons of Japanese Ancestry in Tule Lake Relocation Center (ddr-densho-493-35)

16-page pamphlet authored by the War Relocation announcing the segregation of "disloyal" Japanese Americans at Tule Lake and the displacement of "loyal" Tule Lake residents to other camps, based on responses to Question 28 of the loyalty questionnaire. Pamphlet explains who will be segregated based on their answers; which people will receive a hearing prior to …

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doc Tulean Dispatch Vol. 6 No. 1 (July 17, 1943) (ddr-densho-65-255)

Selected article titles: "Relocation of Supervisor Tells of Conditions in New York" (p. 1), "New Executive Secretary" (p. 1), "Return of Evacuees Discussed" (p. 1), "Program For Obon Festival" (p. 2).

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doc Letter to D.S. Myer, Director, War Relocation Authority (ddr-csujad-51-3)

A handwritten letter from J. Flores to Dillon S. Myer, Director, War Relocation Authority. Flores is responding to a reference request (hslb_lbph_0061) from the War Relocation Authority about his Japanese American neighbor, Shigetoshi Sugiyama, who had applied to leave the incarceration camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: hslb_lbph_0062

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doc Seattle Chapter, JACL Newsletter, October 2, 1962 (ddr-sjacl-1-55)

Bulletin covering the following topics: Alien Land Law Committee needs support of ALL members, appeal to 1,250, 000 voters, Committees in Spokane, Puyallup Valley, White River. Four main committees-Endorsements, Finance, Public Relations and Speakers Bureau; recap of Convention, Dillon S Myer, WRA Director, Speaker at Issei Banquet; initial meeting of National Jr JACL, 32 years after …

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doc Janet Hibiya indefinite leave memorandum (ddr-densho-381-177)

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doc Letter to Mamie, November 2, 1943 (ddr-csujad-55-130)

Correspondence to Mamie describing events that occurred at Tule Lake incarceration camp on November 1, 1943. Correspondent describes the labor strike, a visit from Dillon S. Myer, director of the War Relocation Authority, a crowd of Japanese gathering at the camp administration building, the army's response, and the beating of Dr. Pedicord. See this object in …

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doc Manzanar Free Press Relocation Supplement Vol. 1 No. 1 (April 14, 1945) (ddr-densho-125-368)

Selected article titles: "Daniel Chapman Arrives Next Week from East to Aid Resettlers" (p. 1), "Students Leaving With Parents on Relocation May Receive Credits" (p. 1), "Americans Do Note Like to Hear Foreign Languages" (p. 2), "Introduce New England Farming to Issei in New Booklet Published" (p. 2), "Gets 'Good Treatment' in Los Angeles City" (p. …

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doc Colorado Times Vol. 31, No. 4328 (June 26, 1945) (ddr-densho-150-42)

Selected article titles: "The Open Forum: Action by Our Government And Attorney General Urged Against Vigilantes. Both Branches of the California ACLU Send Messages to Top State Officials"; "Land Acquired by Aliens in Cal. Declared State Property by Court. Dummy Real Estate Deals Held Fraud in Legal Decision"; "Half of Housing Facilities at Poston, Gila Will …

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doc Tanforan totalizer, vol. 1, no. 19 (September 12, 1942) (ddr-csujad-55-2325)

Tanforan totalizer, final issue, vol. 1, no. 19, whichi is a newsletter published at the Tanforan Temporary Assembly Center. Covers a background on WRA Director Dillon S. Myer, WRA policies on basic provisions, community enterprises, work and pay, order of merit, private employment, clothing allowances, self government, and an overview of events and happenings at the …

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doc Manzanar Free Press Vol. 6 No. 61 (January 20, 1945) (ddr-densho-125-305)

Selected article titles: "Dillon Meyer [Myer] Explains Necessary Procedures in Obtaining Grants" (p. 1), "Discuss Nisei Return to School Classroom" (p. 1), "On Exclusion Orders" (p. 1), "Anti-Nisei Feeling Hits Coast Stores" (p. 1), "15,000 War Jobs Seen for Nisei on Coast Return" (p. 1), "Discharged Veteran Found Dead at Gila" (p. 1), "Propose Stripping Citizenship …

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doc Tulean Dispatch Vol. 4 No. 61 (January 30, 1943) (ddr-densho-65-147)

Selected article titles: "Nisei May Now Join U.S. Army: Stimson Issues Order, Program Enables Jobs in War Production" (p. 1), "Barriers Removed to Bear Arms" (p. 1), "18-Year Old Boys Must Register Now" (p. 1), "Coverley Hopes for Complete Harvest of Potentialities" (p. 1), "T.B. Test Results Good" (p. 1), "Guest Editorial: Too Elaborate" (p. 2), …

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doc Cooperative Colonization (ddr-sbbt-2-27)

A proposal to incentivize incarcerees to leave the concentration camps by investing in land, farming equipment, and other materials for Japanese Americans to establish "colonies in fertile land suitable for agriculture."

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doc Correspondence regarding need for Internal Security staff, December 1943 (ddr-csujad-2-85)

Teletype from John H. Provinse to Dillon S. Myer requesting additional staff for the police department in very of the "general upset conditions now existing here" (December 3, 1943); teletype from Earl D. Brooks of the WRA Personnel Division approving some positions and requesting additional information for others (December 6, 1943); and letter from Willard E. …

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