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doc Drawing of barracks 16, apartment 28 at Tanforan Assembly Center (ddr-densho-392-15)

Caption written by Kenneth Iyeki: "Barrack 16, apartment 28 where the Iyeki's resided in a palatial horse stable. The balcony which was the only one of its kind in camp proved very useful. The little door under the porch when swung open would reveal many beer and whiskey bottles strewn all over the wet earth. The …

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doc Drawing of the script books building at Tanforan Assembly Center (ddr-densho-392-20)

Caption written by Kenneth Iyeki: "This is where the script books were sold, and where they were distributed free. If anyone wanted extras, they would have to pay for them. Cash was not used in in the center."

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img Assembly center barracks (ddr-densho-151-19)

Original WRA caption: Tanforan Assembly center, San Bruno, California. Barracks for family living quarters. Each door enters into a family unit of two small rooms. Tanforan assembly center was opened two days before the photograph was made. On the first day there had been a heavy rain. When a family has arrived here, first step of …

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doc Minutes of the council called by the independent Japanese Congregational Church, June 11, 1942 (ddr-densho-498-28)

Minutes of the council called by the Independent Japanese Congregational Church in Oakland, California (now at Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California) and the Plymoth Congregational Church in Oakland, California, to be held at the Tanforan Assembly Center to proceed with the examination and ordination of Mr. George Aki and Mr. Masayoshi Wakai, on June 11, …

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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 Letter to Rev. Robert Inglis from Shigeyuki Kusuda (ddr-densho-498-11)

Letter to Robert Inglis from Shigeyuki Kusuda from Tanforan Assembly Center. He arrived May 7 and is settling in as comfortably as possible.

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doc Clipping- An Historical Ordination (ddr-densho-498-29)

An Historical Ordination by Robert Inglis. Inglis writes of the ordination of Mr. George Aki and Mr. Masayoshi Wakai at Tanforan Assembly Center

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Collection Tanforan Totalizer Collection (ddr-densho-149)

This collection consists of issues of the Tanforan Totalizer, a newspaper published by the inmates at the Tanforan Assembly Center, California. The paper was published from May through September of 1942.

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doc Drawing of warehouses and the music conservatory at Tanforan Assembly Center (ddr-densho-392-17)

Caption written by Kenneth Iyeki: "On the left is a warehouse, futher down is the music conservatory and finally at the end of the road is the mess mine building. We used to play on the tin roof of the warehouse. I abruptly stopped such shenanigans when an official angrily told me that a mine which …

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doc Drawing of the inside of a classroom at Tanforan Assembly Center (ddr-densho-392-22)

Caption written by Kenneth Iyeki: "This is my wonderful history class (under the grandstand). The entire school was housed under one roof with no partition between classes. There wold be so much noise that one day we, weather permitting, the teachers would [?] their classes out on the grandstand where there would be less noise. The …

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img Japanese American family waiting for bus (ddr-densho-151-329)

Original caption: Oakland, California. Evacuee family of Japanese ancestry leaving Wartime Civil Control Administration station to board a bus which will take them to Tanforan Assembly center.

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img Father and children waiting for bus (ddr-densho-151-246)

Original caption: Oakland, California. Residents of Japanese ancestry waiting for evacuation buses which will take them to the Tanforan Assembly center under Civilian Exclusion Order Number 28.

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doc Drawing from the middle of the race track at Tanforan Assembly Center (ddr-densho-392-1)

Caption written by Kenneth Iyeki: "Here is another scene, skeched from the middle of the track. The striped pole in the foreground represented a furlough. 220 yards. The barrack in the scene is number 115. There were five rooms to a barrack. Five families. Separating each room were plywood walls, built half-way to the ceiling. One …

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doc Drawing of the inside of a shower room at Tanforan Assembly Center (ddr-densho-392-21)

Caption written by Kenneth Iyeki: "Here is a typical shower room (men's). By the time we were to be shipped to Utah, the plywood walls were warped and twisted by the constant humidity. The shwere would turn from hot to cold and from cold to hot. One often traversed the entire camp, searching for a shower …

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doc Letter to Rev. Robert Inglis from Hideko Nakazawa (ddr-densho-498-35)

Letter to Robert Inglis from Hideko Nakazawa letting him know that she will be joining her family at Tanforan Assembly Center and to address all letters to her there.

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img Japanese Americans boarding bus (ddr-densho-151-244)

Original caption: Oakland, California. Boarding a bus at the Wartime Civil Control Administration station for Tanforan Assembly center. These evacuees of Japanese ancestry will later be transferred to a War Relocation Authority center to spend the duration.

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img Japanese American Citizens League office (ddr-densho-151-195)

Original caption: Centerville, California. Evacuees of Japanese ancestry waiting in front of the Japanese American Citizens League quarters for evacuation buses which will take them to the Tanforan Assembly center.

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img Issei woman waiting for bus (ddr-densho-151-193)

Original caption: Centerville, California. This farm mother of Japanese ancestry is awaiting the evacuation buses which will take her and 595 others from this district to the Tanforan Assembly center.

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doc Notice of evacuation date for people of Japanese ancestry sent by Washington Township JACL (ddr-ajah-7-14)

Informing community that evacuation date is May 9, to meet a Tanforan Assembly Center, to dispose of any property or items, get their typhoid inoculation and register for an absentee ballot.

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img Baggage of Japanese Americans lining the street (ddr-densho-151-164)

Original caption: Hayward, California. Baggage of evacuees of Japanese ancestry stacked at public park as evacuation bus prepares to leave for Tanforan assembly center. Evacuees will be transferred later from assembly centers to War Relocation Authority centers where they will spend the duration.

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doc Sketch of the L.W. Gorman Hay Grain-Feeds barn at Tanforan Assembly Center (ddr-densho-392-59)

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img Assembly center gate (ddr-densho-151-56)

Original WRA caption: San Bruno, California. A sign at the main entrance of the Tanforan Assembly center, through which all traffic passes. The gate is guarded and controlled by United States soldiers.

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doc Letter to Rev. Robert Inglis from Isao Tanaka (ddr-densho-498-38)

Letter to Robert Inglis from Isao Tanaka explaining that most of the people from Tanforan Assembly Center have been or will be transported to Topaz, Utah. Tanaka thanks Inglis for his kindness.

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Collection Rev. Robert Inglis Collection (ddr-densho-498)

Reverend Robert Inglis provided kindness and charity to Japanese Americans as they were being removed from Oakland, California to Tanforan Temporary Assembly Center, Topaz War Relocation Center, and Jerome War Relocation Center. The bulk of this collection is correspondence from Japanese Americans thanking Rev. Robert Inglis for his help during their removal. Reverend Inglis also communicated …

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doc Daily Press Review, Vol. V, No. 5 (ddr-densho-156-245)

Article titles: "Jap Wife Returns to Orange County"; "Japanese Evacuees May Attend Midwest Schools"; "Korematsuat Tanforan Assembly Center"; "Beet Growers Recruit Japs"; "U.S. Seeks Teachers at Japanese Center"; "U.S. Court Acts to Obtain Jap Camp Site"; "Jap Labor Asked"; "High Wages at Jap Center Said Cause of Labor Shortage"; "4,200 Japs to Move from Tanforan"; "Two …

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