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img Football players (ddr-csujad-44-38)

A photograph of twelve young Nisei men incarcerated at Tule Lake, California. They are presumably football players. They are posing in two rows in front of a barrack. Six young men are standing in the back row behind six young men kneeling on the ground. Photo inscription on back: "B Football." See this object in the …

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img Girls' basketball team (ddr-csujad-44-37)

A photograph of eight young Nisei women incarcerated at Tule Lake, California. They are presumably girls' basketball team members. They are standing in two rows in front of a barrack. Four women are in each row, with one row standing in front of the other. Photo inscription on back: "Girls' Basket ball." See this object in …

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doc Daily Press Review, Vol. V, No. 6 (ddr-densho-156-246)

Article titles: "Jap Wife Killer Ordered to Gas Cell This Winter"; "Cleric Favors Jap Centers"; "Aliens are Warned on Curfew Law Violations"; "Fair Buildings to House Japs"; "Jap Woman Charged with Bribe Attempt"; "Items from Tule Lake"; "State Needs 3,429 More Beet Workers"; "Letters to Editors"; "'Loyal Alien' Status Likely for Many Italians in California"; "Mexico …

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doc Training of George K. Kambara, MD (ddr-csujad-55-1985)

Article on George K. Kambara covering his early life in California, education, incarceration, his ophthalmology practice at the Tule Lake incarceration camp, his experience as a doctor in Memphis and Wisconsin, relocation to Los Angeles, and discrimination as a Japanese-American. Published in "Archives of ophthalmology," Vol. 117, September 1999. See this object in the California State …

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vh Susumu Mukushima Interview (ddr-chi-1-4)

Nisei male. Born October 8, 1942, in Los Angeles, California. During World War II, mother and father received special dispensation to delay going to the Santa Anita Assembly Center to give birth. After Susumu was born, the family was sent to Santa Anita and then the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming, and later transferred to Tule …

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doc Tulean dispatch magazine section, vol. 1, no. 8 (March 1943) (ddr-csujad-55-1636)

Monthly publication at Tule Lake incarceration camp including stories, poems, commentary and creative writing. Current issue includes "Nisei America" by Riley O'Suga, "What Makes Peter Run?" by Frances Okomoto, "Haiku and Painting" by Ken Yasuda, "Tule in Rhyme" by Iku Wada, "Ramblings" by Eugene Okada, "It's the Little Things of Life" by Sachiko Higashi, "Looking Back" …

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Narrator Richard E. Yamashiro

Nisei male. Born February 13, 1929, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in Hollywood, California, and was living there when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941. Removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. Parents signed "no-no" on the so-called "loyalty questionnaire" and the family was transferred to the Tule Lake concentration camp, California, then designated as a …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 21 No. 18 (November 3, 1945) (ddr-pc-17-44)

Selected article titles: "Reveal Nisei GIs Served With Allied Units" (p. 1), "National JACL Plans to Enter Oyama Case Testing Validity Of California Alien Land Law" (p. 1), "WRA Closes Central Utah Camp On Time as Last Group Leaves" (p. 1), "Last Evacuee Family at Hunt Refused to Leave Center" (p. 2), "U.S. Deportation Program May …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 29 No. 19 (November 5, 1949) (ddr-pc-21-44)

Selected article titles: "Reveal First Complete Story of Role Played by Nisei Gis During War Against Japan" (p. 1), "Missouri Law Bars Marriage of Nisei Vet, Springfield Girl" (p. 1), "South California ACLU Tells Effect of Government Action in Tule Lake Renunciants Case" (p. 2), "Masaoka Sees Little Chance For Extension of Deadline Under Evacuee Claims …

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doc [Minutes of the special meeting of the divisional heads of the Tule Lake Center, January 12, 1944] (ddr-csujad-2-33)

Meeting minutes of incarceree led Tule Lake Camp government. Discusses plans for incarcerees to go back to work toward the end of the martial law period in the camp, a hunger strike, and the official formation of the Co-ordinating Committee. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sjs_sch_0033

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Report on Heart Mountain to Tule Lake transfer Sam Horino, leader of movement to challenge Selective Service for incarcerated Japanese Americans (ddr-csujad-2-45)

doc Report on Heart Mountain to Tule Lake transfer Sam Horino, leader of movement to challenge Selective Service for incarcerated Japanese Americans (ddr-csujad-2-45)

Informational report to Willard Schmidt about Sam Horino, an incarceree transferred from Heart Mountain Camp to Tule Lake Camp. Horino was accused of protesting the Selective Service program for incarcerated Japanese Americans and creating bulletins he posted throughout Heart Mountain Camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sjs_sch_0045

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img View from Castle Rock facing east (ddr-csujad-26-129)

Landscape photo featuring the Tule Lake incarceration camp and the roads around it as seen in the snow from a nearby hill top. Verso reads, "view from Castle Rock facing east." From photo album of Robert Billigmeier. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: mei_05_099

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img Tule Lake scrapbook illustrated page (ddr-csujad-26-63)

Scrapbook page features a pencil drawn illustration of women studying and reading. The page is covered in notes of best wishes and good luck to the recipient and includes several signatures. Tule Lake scrapbook (ucsb_mei_0053), page 29. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: mei_03_20_011

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img Old Indian fort in Lava Beds National Monument, Calif., J. H. Eastman #B-1324 (ddr-csujad-26-104)

Postcard depicting Native American architecture at Lava Beds National Monument addressed to "Sgt. Tsukahara Student Det. Camp Savage, Minn" on verso. Lava Beds National Monument is nearby Tule Lake incarceration camp. From photo album of Robert Billigmeier. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: mei_05_043

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doc Structural report, disorganization and reorganization, IV: social reorganization in Tule Lake (ddr-csujad-26-21)

Manuscript evaluating potential behavior patterns and social organization among incarcerees at Tule Lake including leadership roles, planning boards, efforts to curb juvenile delinquency and "Nisei apathy." Report compiled as a portion of the Japanese American Evacuation and Resettlement Study (JERS). See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: mei_02_28_001

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doc [Minutes of the special meeting of the divisional heads of the Tule Lake Center, January 22, 1944] (ddr-csujad-2-16)

Minutes of divisional heads of the Tule Lake Center. Describes formal recognition of Co-ordinating committee by Camp Director Raymond Best and Military Police Commander Colonel Verne Austin, release 26 prisoners from army stockades, and details of employment and work opportunities. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sjs_sch_0016

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img Group Poses Next to Cross (ddr-csujad-13-23)

A group of unidentified men pose together next to what appears to be a religious cross. The caption on front of photograph reads, "Tullelake." The men are most likely guards or soldiers stationed at the Tule Lake incarceration camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: tul_01_01_018

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img View of Buildings at Tule Lake Incarceration Camp (ddr-csujad-13-15)

A row of barracks or some other structures at the Tule Lake incarceration camp are photographed from inside a vehicle. Caption on back of photograph reads, "Cruising along streets of Camp Tulelake during Jap disturbance in Nov. 43." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: tul_01_01_010

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doc Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 94 (August 6, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-181)

Selected article titles: "Cozzens Praises Pratt's Statement"; "YMCA Worker on West Coast for Survey Work"; "On the Other Hand"; "Technical Sergeant Released from Ft. Logan"; "Responsibility"; "Investigate Shot"; "Returnee Unable to Get Re-Established: Suicide"; "Tule Lake Fire Fighters Give a Demonstration"; "Returnee News"; "Union Metes Out Punishment to 5"; "Masaoka Speaks at Conclave"; "California Girls Fete …

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doc Tulean dispatch daily supplement (ddr-csujad-55-2398)

Supplement to the Tulean dispatch daily listing the names of individuals at Tule Lake incarceration camp who have received the Order of Merit. Also includes articles on the Merit Board Committee, commendation from Director Coverley, and selection procedures. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2504

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vh George M. Yoshino Interview (ddr-densho-1014-8)

Nisei male. Born February 25, 1921, in Bellevue, Washington. Grew up in Bellevue, where parents operated a farm. During World War II, removed to the Pinedale Assembly Center and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. While in camp, obtained temporary leave to work for a railroad company. Volunteered for the military, and served with the Military Intelligence …

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img Holiday greeting card (ddr-csujad-3-17)

Christmas card of Santa Claus presenting a landscape photo of the Tule Lake incarceration camp featuring a barbed wire fence, snow covered path to a gate leading outside camp to a railroad crossing, and a hillside. Card reads "Season's greetings." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: tos_01_001_018

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img Holiday greeting card (ddr-csujad-3-16)

Christmas card of Santa Claus presenting a photo of the Tule Lake incarceration camp featuring a barbed wire fence, what appears to be a section of a guard tower, and a distant hillside. Card reads "Season's greetings." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: tos_01_001_017

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img Holiday greeting card (ddr-csujad-3-18)

Christmas card featuring Santa Claus presenting a landscape photo of the Tule Lake incarceration camp from outside a barbed wire fence looking in on buildings in camp with a hill in the distance. Card reads "Season's greetings." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: tos_01_001_019

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vh Sarah Sato Interview (ddr-densho-1000-81)

Sansei female. (Mother and father born in Hawaii.) Born February 1925 in Peru. Spent prewar childhood in Peru and Hawaii. Father picked up by the FBI and detained after bombing of Pearl Harbor. Was incarcerated at Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas, and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Renounced citizenship in order to stay with parents, and was …

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