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doc Order battle map, Korean War front line (ddr-csujad-38-471)

Order battle map with George Nobuo Naohara's handwritten notes on his experience during the Korean War. He captured Chinese soldiers of the Eight Rote Army in Paech'on, Korea and interrogated them. Item from: George Naohara scrapbook: Korean War and before leaving Japan (csudh_nao_0600). See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: …

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img 318 Sigma Debs (ddr-csujad-38-212)

Photographed are members of a Nisei women's club, 318 Sigma Debs, at the Poston camp in Arizona. They were also baseball players. The caption reads: 318 Sigma Debs. Title from caption. A photo from: Mitzi Naohara photo album (csudh_nao_0200), page 7. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_02_07_008

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img Sgt. Tamura and Sgt. Uyekawa (ddr-csujad-38-492)

A photograph of Sgt. Tamura and Uyekawa standing under apple trees. The caption reads: Sgt. Tamura is shaving his face by an electric shaver while Sgt. Uyekawa is guarding Sgt. Tamura. Item from: George Naohara scrapbook: Korean War and before leaving Japan (csudh_nao_0600). See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: …

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img Tule Lake scrapbook illustarted page (ddr-csujad-26-57)

Scrapbook page featuring a pastel and pencil drawing of "Tule Lake Days" depicting a stage performance, a harvest stand, a festival queen, farm workers and a tractor, a school setting with teacher, and a crowd surrounding a train. Tule Lake scrapbook (ucsb_mei_0053), page 5. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project …

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img Toshikuni Taenaka in US Army service uniform (ddr-csujad-25-64)

A photograph of Toshikuni Taenaka, a Japanese American Nisei/Kibei soldier, in US Army service uniform with a metal eagle insignia hat. The photograph is probably taken in Brighton, Colorado, where his parents reside. The same image is found in item: uscb_jia_0121. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_08_01_006

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img Japanese Peruvian baseball team "Asahi" (ddr-csujad-33-19)

A photograph of a Japanese Peruvian baseball team, Asahi. It was taken when the team won the championship. The players hold a champion cup and a Imperial Japanese flag. A photo from an album: Colonisation Japonaise au Perou (csudh_cjp_0001), page 3. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: cjp_01_03_201

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doc Log of books checked out by students in period I, taught by Harry Bentley Wells at Manzanar High School (ddr-csujad-48-120)

Log of books checked out by thirty-nine students in Period 1, taught by Harry Bentley Wells at Manzanar High School. Four names have been added in red colored pencil, three names have been crossed out. Transcription is found in item: ecm_wells_9929. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_wells_0929

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doc Project Director's bulletin, no. 48 (March 31, 1943) (ddr-csujad-48-101)

A bulletin from Ralph Merritt addressing the criticism of the Property Control and Warehousing section. The bulletin establishes a numerical requisition register for each Section or Unit and provides the procedure for future requisitions and the tracking thereof. Transcription is found in item: ecm_wells_9910. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project …

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doc Receipt for order of graduation announcements and calling cards from Chalfant Press (ddr-csujad-48-77)

Receipt from Chalfant Press for the order graduation announcements and calling cards for Manzanar High School graduation. Receipt dated March 2, 1943, care of H. Bentley Wells. Marked paid on March 15, 1943 by Todd Watkins. Transcription is found in item: ecm_wells_9077. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_wells_0077

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doc Room rating (ddr-csujad-48-59)

Blank form for self-rating a classroom after spending Saturday working toward a better room arrangement. Name is filled out with Mr. Wells 7-5-2, but scores are not provided for any of the sections. Transcription is found in item: ecm_wells_9059. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_wells_0059

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doc Letter from Dillon S. Myer, Director, War Relocation Authority, to Harry Bentley Wells (ddr-csujad-48-75)

Letter from War Relocation Authority to Harry Bentley Wells for reference purposes for Masaye Nakahira who applied to "leave a relocation center" (WRA-140), requesting a statement regarding his opinion of the individual. Transcription is found in item: ecm_wells_9075. "WRA-140." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_wells_0075

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doc Brief outline of Japanese history (ddr-csujad-48-71)

A brief chronology of Japanese history starting from the "Mythological Period" to pre-World War II era. Section headings include: Mythological Period, Prehistoric Period, Imperialistic Period, Heian Epoch or Fujiwara Bureaucracy, Geunfei Era, Hojo Tyranny, Ashikaga Anarchy, Civil Strife, Takugawa Shogunate, and Meiji Era. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: …

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doc Letter from Shirley E. Wells to Gertrude L. Wetzel, Project Nursing Director, March 21, 1943 (ddr-csujad-48-78)

Letter of resignation for Shirley E. Wells to Gertrude L. Wetzel, the Project Nursing Director at Manzanar Hospital, effective April 21, 1943. Shirley indicates she enjoyed the work, but has been advised by her physician to resign. Transcription is found in item: ecm_wells_9078. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: …

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doc Project Director's bulletin, no. 39 (January 15, 1943) (ddr-csujad-48-108)

A bulletin from Ralph Merrit, Project Director, regarding hours of work for all federal employees, including civil service employees at Manzanar Incarceration Camp. Procedures for submitting time sheets are addressed as well as the means to request leave. Transcription is found in item: ecm_wells_9917. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project …

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doc Newspaper clippings on Nisei army members and a photograph inscription (ddr-csujad-49-29)

Newspaper clippings on Nisei army members and a ship renamed for a Nisei war hero. Photograph inscription, "Picture taken 1940- at Personnel Office Christmas Party - Ft. Snelling, Minn. The whole 'gang." An item from: pages 22-23 of the Sue Kato scrapbook (gfb_skc_0001). See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: …

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img Photograph of young boys kneeling on dojo floor at Manzanar (ddr-csujad-47-47)

Photograph of young boys kneeling on the dojo mat at the Manzanar Incarceration Camp Judo Dojo. The sensei can be seen kneeling in the lower left corner. Barracks and other buildings can be seen behind the dojo along with the Alabama Hills. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0079

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img Photograph of Kango Takamura working on a painting (ddr-csujad-47-69)

Photograph of Kango Takamura painting a bird resting on a branch at Manzanar incarceration camp. He is in traditional robes and surrounded by additional supplies and paint brushes. The background is a woven screen with flowers and grasses depicted on it. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0104

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img Photograph of the sign at Bad Water in Death Valley (ddr-csujad-47-99)

Photograph of the sign at Bad Water in Death Valley National Park. The sign reads: Bad Water; 279.6 feet below sea level; lowest point in the Western Hemisphere. The photograph is taken looking down the road that heads toward Furnace Creek. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0182

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img Photograph of farm field in Fish Springs near Big Pine area (ddr-csujad-47-61)

Photograph of a farm field in Fish Springs area near Big Pine. The foreground is dominated by cleared brush and a plowed field. In the background are the Poverty Hills and Sierra Nevada. A storm is beginning to push over and down the mountains. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project …

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doc Meeting of the Monterey Peninsula Japanese American Citizens League, August 6, 1937 (ddr-csujad-44-93)

Meeting minutes of the Monterey Peninsula Japanese American Citizens League. Includes reports from JACL boards on several topics, including donations, attendance at a Monterey City Council meeting, tea garden project construction and expenses, the upcoming barn dance, and the county fair parade. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: csumb_ms15_0092

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doc Japanese in Our Midst (ddr-csujad-19-50)

This is an article from the magazine "The Atlantic Monthly," April 1943 which provides a detailed description about the large number of Japanese American people settled in "permanent relocation centers" on the West Coast. It also talks about the distinction between citizen and non-citizen among "the Japanese evacuees." See this object in the California State Universities …

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Letter from G. E. Sterling, Assistant Chief Engineer and Chief, Radio Intelligence Division, Federal Communications Commission, to Willard E. Schmidt, Chief, Administrative Police, April 18, 1944 (ddr-csujad-2-81)

doc Letter from G. E. Sterling, Assistant Chief Engineer and Chief, Radio Intelligence Division, Federal Communications Commission, to Willard E. Schmidt, Chief, Administrative Police, April 18, 1944 (ddr-csujad-2-81)

Concerns an investigation into whether radiotelegraph signals originated from a transmitter in the vicinity of the Tule Lake incarceration camp; included is a page, presumably from a letter sent by Schmidt to Sterling on April 14th, 1944, describing Administration concerns about the Japanese Language School. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization …

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doc Tule Lake Center Diary, February 1944 (ddr-csujad-2-29)

Daily diary for March, written by Co-ordinating Committee Secretary Byron Akitsuki at Tule Lake Camp. Primarily describes various unrest and incidents in different blocks, especially Ward 6. Also includes memos and messages sent, release of prisoners from army stockades, and committee member meetings. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: …

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doc Desert Sentinel, Vol. I No. 3, December 24, 1942 (ddr-csujad-17-4)

School newspaper published at the Gila River incarceration camp. Features and topics include a constitution and new principal for Butte High School; news of campus, sports, and social and holiday events; items about classes, students and teachers; and short prose and poetry pieces. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: …

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doc Press Release, 1943 March 4 (ddr-csujad-18-15)

Press Release following a conference between WRA and AFSC, March 4, 1943 where it was announced that the plans for using Scattergood as a relocation hostel for persons of Japanese ancestry to assist the WRA in its relocation program would be postponed. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: RSG_01-01_06

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