330 items
330 items
doc
Santa Anita Pacemaker Vol. I No. 11 (May 26, 1942) (ddr-densho-146-10)
Selected article titles: "Election of Leaders Friday. Registration of Voters Begins" (p. 1), "Wage Scale Now Set. System Retroactive to Assignment Date" (p. 1), "Air Raid Regulations" (p. 1), "Blackout Effective" (p. 1), "Mass Feeding Problems Illustrated. Foods Committee Awaits Suggestions" (p. 3), "Ten Held for Gaming. Raiders Seize 3G's; Trial Set for Today" (p. 3), …
doc
Santa Anita Pacemaker Vol. I No. 34 (August 15, 1942) (ddr-densho-146-37)
Selected article titles: "More Clips. New Barber Shop Opens" (p. 1), "Mess Hall Contest Resumed Under New Mess Director" (p. 1), "Light Bulbs Can be Obtained" (p. 1), "Net Project Rumors Killed" (p. 2), "Evacuees Face Damage Suit" (p. 2), "Center Babies Get High Chairs" (p. 2), "Seven Accused of Bribery" (p. 2), "Draft Delinquents Sign …
doc
Santa Anita Pacemaker Vol. I No. 18 (June 16, 1942) (ddr-densho-146-18)
Selected article titles: "Graduation Set June 26" (p. 1), "Projects for WRA Centers Discussed" (p. 1), "Weekly Barrack Checks Begin" (p. 1), "Issei is Citizen of United States" (p. 3).
doc
Santa Anita Pacemaker Vol. I No. 3 (April 28, 1942) (ddr-densho-146-2)
Selected article titles: "Postal Rules Issued" (p. 1), "Regulations Announced for Package Delivery" (p. 1), "Registration of Men 45-64 at Santa Anita Totals 760. Number of Japanese Signed Falls Short of Estimates" (p. 1), "New Mess Hall Open This Week" (p. 3), "Photographer Takes Pictures at Center" (p. 4).
doc
Santa Anita Pacemaker Vol. I No. 47 (September 30, 1942) (ddr-densho-146-50)
Selected article titles: "Two New Movements Scheduled. San Franciscans Set for Utah, San Pedro -- Long Beach to Jerome" (p. 1), "Take Minimum Hand Luggage" (p. 1), "Local Population Drops to 6700 as 500 More Leave for Rohwer" (p. 1).
doc
Santa Anita Pacemaker Vol. I No. 38 (August 29, 1942) (ddr-densho-146-41)
Selected article titles: "Second Movement Starts Tomorrow. Total of 4500 Set for Wyoming" (p. 1), "Clean Up of Units Asked" (p. 1), "Eligibles May Get Pullman Reservations" (p. 1), "Car Owners Here Asked to Call" (p. 1), "Baggage Must be Tagged Properly" (p. 2), "Editorial: Right to Vote is All-Important" (p. 6).
doc
Santa Anita Pacemaker Vol. I No. 8 (May 15, 1942) (ddr-densho-146-7)
Selected article titles: "Civic Hall Opens. Self-Government Plans Progress; 1st Meeting Held" (p. 1), "'I Pledge'" (p. 1), "Inspection of Barracks" (p. 1), "May 17 -- I am an American Day" (p. 1), "Unclaimed Packages Accumulate. Residents Urged to Check Stations" (p. 2), "New Banking System Announced" (p. 2), "Partitioning Nears End" (p. 3), "'Wear Mess …
doc
Santa Anita Pacemaker Vol. I No. A (April 18, 1942) (ddr-densho-146-32)
Selected article titles: "Self Government Plan Proposed for Center. Elected Body to Deal with Civic Problems" (p. 1), "Children Enjoy Recreation" (p. 1), "Work on Athletic Field Rushed to Provide Sports Facilities" (p. 1), "Protect Your Health, Welfare" (p. 2).
doc
Santa Anita Pacemaker Vol. I No. 37 (August 26, 1942) (ddr-densho-146-40)
Selected article titles: "Keep Mess Cards" (p. 1), "First Group Leaves by Train. More than Six Hundred Depart for Colorado River Project Tonight" (p. 1), "53 Colleges Open Doors to Students" (p. 1), "Firemen Battle Blaze in Jockey Grandstand" (p. 1), "Ask Camoufleurs to Keep Working" (p. 1), "Resignations Not Accepted by Mess" (p. 2), "Residents …
doc
Santa Anita Pacemaker Vol. I No. 44 (September 15, 1943) (ddr-densho-146-47)
Selected article titles: "All Baggage Must be Checked. Administration Warns Departees" (p. 1), "More Farewells: Second Group Goes" (p. 1), "Rohwer Movement to Commence Tomorrow" (p. 1), "Igasaki Named Chief Train Monitor" (p. 1), "On the Slow Train to Arkansas" (p. 2).
doc
Santa Anita Pacemaker Vol. I No. 28 (July 22, 1942) (ddr-densho-146-28)
Selected article titles: "For Showers Laundries" (p. 1), "Procedure Outlined for Repatriation. Request Forms Must be Returned by 5 p.m. Deadline Tomorrow" (p. 1), "Residents May Check on Radios" (p. 1), "People of All Races Come to Visit Center Residents" (p. 2), "Barbers Ask Clients, 'Wash Hair'" (p. 3), "Editorial: The Myth of Racial Superiority" (p. …
doc
Santa Anita Pacemaker Vol. I No. 16 (June 9, 1942) (ddr-densho-146-16)
Selected article titles: "Net Project Support Requested. Importance of Camouflage Work to National Defense Stressed" (p. 1), "Center's Church Sermons Based on Varied Religious Topics" (p. 2), "Sanitation Improved" (p. 3), "Chemical Solution Settles Street Dust" (p. 3), "Milk-top Value Jumps as Game Sweeps Center" (p. 4).
doc
Santa Anita Pacemaker Vol. I No. 50 (October 7, 1942) (ddr-densho-146-53)
Selected article titles: "Final Movement Set for Gila. About 2000 Santa Anitans to be Relocated to Arizona People" (p. 1), "Orange Mess: Closes Today" (p. 1), "Seven Hundred to Remain" (p. 1).
doc
Santa Anita Pacemaker Vol. I No. 1 (April 21, 1942) (ddr-densho-146-33)
Selected article titles: "Rules Given for Obtaining Local Visitors' Passes. Permits Limited to Blood Relatives, Business Agents" (p. 1), "Laundry Now Ready for Use" (p. 1), "Pacemaker Selected as Newspaper Name" (p. 1), "Boy! We Really Eat" (p. 1), "Fire Instructions Issued" (p. 1), "Registration of Men 45-65 Starts Saturday. Draft Affects Most of Issei" (p. …
doc
Information Bulletin No. 1 (ddr-densho-320-2)
Contains information about living quarters, meals, and other services in the camps.
doc
Information Bulletin No. 1 (ddr-densho-320-1)
Contains information about living quarters, meals, and other services in the camps.
img
Japanese American with parasol (ddr-densho-37-766)
Original WRA caption: Japanese parasol for spring showers at Santa Anita Park assembly center. Evacuees later are transferred to War Relocation Authority center for the duration.
img
Veteran entering assembly center (ddr-densho-37-765)
Original WRA caption: Dressed in uniform marking service in the first World War, this veteran enters Santa Anita Park assembly center for person of Japanese ancestry evacuated from the West Coast.
Narrator Jeff Furumura
Sansei male. Born November 23, 1950, in Los Angeles, California. During World War II, father was in a tuberculosis sanitarium, then was taken to the Tule Lake concentration camp, California, and mother was sent to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas. Parents met in Chicago, Illinois, after leaving the camps. …
Narrator George Nakano
Sansei male. Born November 24, 1935, in Los Angeles, California. During World War II, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California and the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas. Transferred to the Tule Lake concentration camp, California, as a result of parents' answers on the so-called "loyalty questionnaire." After leaving camp, returned to California, attended school, and …
Narrator Art Ishida
Nisei male. Born June 2, 1921, in Fresno, California. Grew up in the Gardena area of Los Angeles, California, before moving to Japan with parents in 1929 and returning to California in the 1930s. During World War II, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas. Gave a qualified answer …
Narrator Sumiko Higashi
Sansei female. Born 1941 in Los Angeles, California. During World War II, the family was sent to the Santa Anita assembly center, California, and the Amache concentration camp, Colorado. After the war, returned to Los Angeles, where father was a gardener and mother worked in LA's fashion district in garment factories. Graduated from UCLA and worked …
vh
Roy H. Matsumoto Interview (ddr-densho-1000-153)
Nisei male. Born May 1, 1913, in Laguna, California. Lived in Japan from childhood through teenage years, before returning to the United States during high school. Incarcerated in the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas. Volunteered for the U.S. army in 1942, and was inducted in the Military Intelligence Service. Selected …