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Letter from Raymond R. Best, Project Director, Tule Lake Project, to Lt. Frank S. Okusako, October 19, 1945 (ddr-csujad-55-232)
doc Letter from Raymond R. Best, Project Director, Tule Lake Project, to Lt. Frank S. Okusako, October 19, 1945 (ddr-csujad-55-232)
Correspondence from Raymond R. Best to Frank Okusako regarding the status of his family members at the Tule Lake incarceration camp including records of their conduct and renunciation of citizenship. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0234
Letter from Ruth Takagi to Mrs. Margaret Waegell, April 1943 (ddr-csujad-55-73)
doc Letter from Ruth Takagi to Mrs. Margaret Waegell, April 1943 (ddr-csujad-55-73)
Handwritten correspondence from Ruth Takagi to Margaret Waegell discussing Takagi's family and working conditions in the camp. Takagi discusses an upcoming move and teaching position at the Tule Lake incarceration camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_00077
Inaugural ball (ddr-csujad-55-1930)
doc Inaugural ball (ddr-csujad-55-1930)
Invitation to the inaugural ball presented by the senior class of Tri-State high school at Tule Lake incarceration camp. Includes decorative cover, list of guests of honor, and schedule of events. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1933
Leave notice: notice to evacuees leaving project via Klamath Falls bus depot (ddr-csujad-55-2396)
doc Leave notice: notice to evacuees leaving project via Klamath Falls bus depot (ddr-csujad-55-2396)
Guidelines for incarcerees at Tule Lake incarceration camp who are preparing to depart the camp via Klamath Falls bus depot. Includes documents and procedures necessary for leaving the incarceration camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2502
Walerga wasp, no. 8 (June 6, 1942) (ddr-csujad-55-2513)
doc Walerga wasp, no. 8 (June 6, 1942) (ddr-csujad-55-2513)
Newspaper published at the Walerga Assembly Center covering news, updates, camp services, and events. Current issue includes articles on removal to Tule Lake incarceration camp, camp events, and sports. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2619
Roster of project residents (ddr-csujad-55-181)
doc Roster of project residents (ddr-csujad-55-181)
Roster of incarcerees at the Tule Lake incarceration camp. Includes individuals with last names beginning with "M" through "Y." Roster includes name, address, birth date, citizenship, marital status, and numbers. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0183
Walerga wasp, no. 10 (June 14, 1942) (ddr-csujad-55-2515)
doc Walerga wasp, no. 10 (June 14, 1942) (ddr-csujad-55-2515)
Newspaper published at the Walerga Assembly Center covering news, updates, camp services, and events. Current issue includes articles on colleges accepting Nisei students, Tule Lake incarceration camp, and sports. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2621
Memo from Lorne Huycke, Leave Officer, to all teacher interviewers, February 11, 1943 (ddr-csujad-55-191)
doc Memo from Lorne Huycke, Leave Officer, to all teacher interviewers, February 11, 1943 (ddr-csujad-55-191)
Memorandum of understanding from Lorne Huycke, Leave Officer in Tule Lake camp, to teacher interviewers regarding form WRA 126. Memo states that "Questions 9 and 10 concern the registrant's birth place." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0193
Card from George and Nobu Shoji to Masako Adachi, August 30, 1944 (ddr-csujad-55-1951)
doc Card from George and Nobu Shoji to Masako Adachi, August 30, 1944 (ddr-csujad-55-1951)
Birth announcement card for baby, Lynn Takao Shoji, born to George and Nobu Shoji on August 8, 1944 at Tule Lake incarceration camp. From the Masako Adachi scrapbook. See also sac_jaac_1953. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1954
Tri-State High School student's report (ddr-csujad-55-1992)
doc Tri-State High School student's report (ddr-csujad-55-1992)
Report card from Tri-State High School at Tule Lake incarceration camp belonging to Allan Minoru Hida reflecting his grades in arts and crafts during his 8th grade year. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1995
Sociology essay (ddr-csujad-55-1918)
doc Sociology essay (ddr-csujad-55-1918)
Sociology essay written by Bob Oriba[?] for a class assignment at Tri-State High School at Tule Lake incarceration camp. Covers lack of childcare, food shortage and other social problems. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1921
Walerga wasp, no. 9 (June 10, 1942) (ddr-csujad-55-2514)
doc Walerga wasp, no. 9 (June 10, 1942) (ddr-csujad-55-2514)
Newspaper published at the Walerga Assembly Center covering news, updates, camp services, and events. Current issue includes articles on removal to Tule Lake incarceration camp, camp news, and sports. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2620
Draft letter (ddr-csujad-55-1905)
doc Draft letter (ddr-csujad-55-1905)
Handwritten correspondence draft regarding employment at the library, daily life at the incarceration camp, and the "Manzanar section," probably referring to incarcerees from Manzanar who were segregated at Tule Lake. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1908
Tule Lake nighttime panorama (ddr-csujad-3-6)
img Tule Lake nighttime panorama (ddr-csujad-3-6)
High vantage point panoramic nighttime photograph of Tule Lake camp with the lights from the buildings inside camp on. The photograph shows the expanse of the camp against the darkened landscape. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: tos_01_001_006
Holiday greeting card (ddr-csujad-3-14)
img Holiday greeting card (ddr-csujad-3-14)
Christmas greeting card featuring Santa Claus presenting a photo of the Tule Lake incarceration camp buildings and landscape from what appears to be a guard tower. Card reads "Season's greetings." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: tos_01_001_015
Eiichi Yamashita Interview II (ddr-densho-1000-424)
vh Eiichi Yamashita Interview II (ddr-densho-1000-424)
Nisei male. Born January 27, 1923, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in Seattle, Washington. Finished high school in Bellingham, Washington, where family moved for father's oyster business. During World War II, removed to the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Left camp and lived in Chicago briefly before returning to the Samish Bay area near Bellingham to …
Mae Iseri Yamada Interview (ddr-densho-1000-267)
vh Mae Iseri Yamada Interview (ddr-densho-1000-267)
Nisei female. Born August 22, 1918, in Thomas, Washington. Grew up in Thomas, where parents ran a grocery store and farm. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to the Pinedale Assembly Center and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Married in camp, and went to work in Weiser, Idaho, and Ontario, Oregon. After the war, returned …
Eiichi Yamashita Interview I (ddr-densho-1000-423)
vh Eiichi Yamashita Interview I (ddr-densho-1000-423)
Nisei male. Born January 27, 1923, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in Seattle, Washington. Finished high school in Bellingham, Washington, where family moved for father's oyster business. During World War II, removed to the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Left camp and lived in Chicago briefly before returning to the Samish Bay area near Bellingham to …
Manzanar diary (ddr-csujad-34-1)
doc Manzanar diary (ddr-csujad-34-1)
One diary written by Hiroshi Fukuwa, a Kibei Nisei of Los Angeles, California. His diary starts from his departing day from Los Angeles to move into the Manzanar incarceration camp as one of the first group of volunteer incacerees. He was transferred to the Gila River camp, Arizona, to join his brother's family, and segregated into …
Tulean Dispatch Collection (ddr-densho-65)
Collection Tulean Dispatch Collection (ddr-densho-65)
This collection consists of selected issues of the Tulean Dispatch, a newspaper published by the inmates at the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Many of the issues are originals, and were donated to Densho by Joe Matsuzawa in 2001. Additional issues of the Tulean Dispatch were provided by the Library of Congress as microfilm scans, and …

Narrator Kenichi Nakano

Sansei male, born November 20, 1944, at the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. He was the oldest son of Yaeko Nakano.

Narrator Kazie Good

Nisei female. Born May 6, 1925, in Sacramento, California. During World War II, sent with family to the Sacramento Assembly Center, California, and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Due to father's refusal to answer the so-called "loyalty questions" in 1943, the family remained in Tule Lake when it was turned into a segregation center. Subject …
History of the Tule Lake Union Church as told to James Sakoda by Rev. Kuroda (ddr-csujad-26-9)
doc History of the Tule Lake Union Church as told to James Sakoda by Rev. Kuroda (ddr-csujad-26-9)
Summary of an interview conducted with Rev. Andrew Kuroda describing the beginnings of the Lake Union Church at Tule Lake including how the church was named, election of ward stewards, the organization of the Church Board of Directors and the congregation. Interview conducted as part of the Japanese American Evacuation and Resettlement Study (JERS). See this …

Narrator Tetsujiro "Tex" Nakamura

Nisei male. Born July 16, 1917, in San Francisco, California. Grew up in Sacramento, and graduated from UC Berkeley in 1939. During World War II, was removed to the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Voluntarily stayed in Tule Lake after it was designated a Segregation Center, and worked in the legal aid office. Assisted attorney Wayne …
Nisei football players outside a barrack (ddr-csujad-44-19)
img Nisei football players outside a barrack (ddr-csujad-44-19)
A group photograph of young Nisei men incarcerated at Tule Lake, California. They are presumably football players and posing in two rows outside a barrack. The men in the back row are standing and the men in the front row are kneeling. Photo inscription on back: "C Football." See this object in the California State Universities …
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