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Collection Takeda Family Collection (ddr-densho-501)

The Takeda Family were a farmers in Milpitas, California. The family consisted of married couple, Shoji and Chizu with their children and Shoji's father. During World War II they were all removed to Tule Lake. While at Tule Lake, members of their farming community helped to manage their farm. The family was about to gain agricultural …

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doc Topaz Times Vol. V No. 11 (October 28, 1943) (ddr-densho-142-230)

Selected article titles: "Director Ernst Clarifies Tule Situation in Letter" (p. 1), "One-Third of Pipelines in Center are Replaced" (p. 1), "Employees' Compensation Act Embraces Evacuees" (p. 2), "New Arrivals: 14 Tule Lake Workers Here" (p. 2), "California Lawyers Available to Evacuees Living in Centers" (p. 3).

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img Pupils of Sahomi Tachibana in the new high school auditorium at Tule Lake (ddr-csujad-55-2205)

Black and white photograph depicting pupils of Sahomi Tachibana, dressed in kimono, seated on stage in the high school auditorium at Tule Lake incarceration camp. Verso reads: Taken on August 23, 1943 at the new high school auditorium at Tule Lake War Relocation Project, Newell, California. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American …

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doc Testimony of Thomas Y. Kometani (ddr-densho-67-321)

Written testimony of Thomas Y. Kometani. Incarcerated in the Pinedale Assembly Center and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. This testimony was submitted for the CWRIC hearing in Washington, D.C., on July 14, 1981.

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img Concentration camp site (ddr-densho-37-251)

Original WRA caption: Tule Lake Relocation Center, Newell, California. Site on which a War Relocation Authority center is to be constructed for the housing of 10,000 evacuees of Japanese ancestry for the duration.

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doc Class of 1945 (ddr-csujad-55-2679)

Tule Lake memory book for Tri-State High class of 1945. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2843

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doc Testimony of Richard Akira Hayashi (ddr-densho-67-314)

Written testimony of Richard Akira Hayashi. Incarcerated in the Pinedale Assembly Center, California, and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. This testimony was submitted for the CWRIC hearings in Seattle, Washington, September 9-11, 1981. Personal information excised by Densho.

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img Japanese Americans unloading coal (ddr-densho-37-348)

Original WRA caption: Tule Lake Relocation Center, Newell, California. Evacuee workers unload coal at Staley Junction, which is the rail head for this center. This coal is used by the residents during the extreamely [sic] cold winters which northern California offers.

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img Japanese Americans unloading coal (ddr-densho-37-385)

Original WRA caption: Tule Lake Relocation Center, Newell, California. Evacuee workers unload coal at Staley Junction, which is the rail head for this center. This coal is used by the residents during the extremely cold winters which northern California offers.

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doc Tulelake reunion, May 24-27, 1985 (ddr-csujad-55-2707)

Pamphlet of the Tule Lake reunion, 1985 in Sacramento, California. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2871

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vh Lois Yuki Interview (ddr-manz-1-85)

Nisei female. Born September 13, 1944, in the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. In 1945, family repatriated to Japan. Grew up in Japan, attending school there, before returning with family in the 1950s. Eventually became a teacher and settled in California.

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vh Mary Haruka Nakamura Interview Segment 11 (ddr-one-7-65-11)

Memories of the Tule Lake concentration camp, California

This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.

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vh Michiko Wada Interview (ddr-manz-1-162)

Nisei female. Born in California. Grew up in Watts, California, where parents ran a grocery business. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. After the so-called "loyalty questionnaire," transferred to the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, returned to Los Angeles.

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img Japanese Americans distributing scrap lumber (ddr-densho-37-360)

Original WRA caption: Tule Lake Relocation Center, Newell, California. Evacuees distribute scrap lumber to each block. This scrap will be used by the residents to construct furniture for their apartments and also for firewood.

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vh Emi Yamamoto Interview (ddr-densho-1015-6)

Nisei female. Born October 3, 1919, in Fresno, California. Grew up in Watsonville, California, helping on family's strawberry farm. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, was removed to the Salinas Assembly Center and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. After World War II, returned to Watsonville.

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doc Letter from Mrs. Sakazaki to Raymond Best, Director of Tule Lake Camp (ddr-csujad-2-12)

Letter from Mrs. Sakazaki to Raymond Best, Director of Tule Lake Camp, requesting for the release of her husband, Tokuraro Sakazaki ,from the army stockades at Tule Lake Camp. Includes her letter in Japanese and notes about her interpreter and situation. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sjs_sch_0012

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doc [Interview on problem of the Nisei] and [Emotional repression in a War Relocation Authority Center] (ddr-csujad-2-55)

Report written from an unidentified Nisei on the difficulties of "never being able to become fully Japanese" and the hardships endured at Tule Lake Camp. Second report on the effects of communal living based on Japanese culture at Tule Lake Camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sjs_sch_0055

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vh Marianne West Interview (ddr-densho-1000-120)

Nisei female. Born November 4, 1926, in Seattle, Washington. Family lived in Leavenworth, Washington, then moved to the West Coast. After the outbreak of World War II, family was removed from Bellingham, Washington, to Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Transferred to Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming, before leaving to resettle in Spokane, Washington.

(This interview took …

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img Volunteers leaving from Jerome camp to Tule Lake camp (ddr-csujad-38-297)

Photographed are incarcerees seeing off the volunteers moving from the Jerome camp in Arkansas, to the Tule Lake Segregation Center in California. The caption reads: From Jerome Relocation Camp, volunteers to Tule Lake were transported by truck and later by train. A photo from: Mitzi Naohara photo album (csudh_nao_0200), page 18. See this object in the …

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vh Tommy T. Kushi Interview (ddr-manz-1-47)

Nisei male. Born February 1, 1924, in Florin, California. Grew up in Florin, where family operated a farm. During World War II, was removed to the Marysville Assembly Center and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Left camp and settled in Chicago, Illinois.

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vh Sachi Hiromoto Interview (ddr-densho-1010-13)

Nisei female. Born January 18, 1925, in Sacramento, California. Grew up in the small communities of Clarksburg and Courtland before the war. During World War II, removed to the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, returned to the Sacramento area.

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img Work-leave crew (ddr-densho-5-13)

These workers received permission to leave the Tule Lake concentration camp in California to harvest sugar beets on this farm in Utah. Left to right: Ted Matsushita, Orly Garner (the farm's owner), and Joe Matsuzawa.

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Collection Yamashita Family Collection (ddr-densho-241)

The Yamashita Family Collection contains Kiyoshi Yamashita's undergraduate diploma, program, and honors bulletin, which the University of Washington sent to him while he was incarcerated at Tule Lake concentration camp, California (1942).

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img Tule Lake (ddr-csujad-29-134)

Photograph of Tule Lake plaque. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: P075

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doc Testimony of Hideso John Nomura (ddr-densho-67-305)

Written testimony of Hideso John Nomura, born in Kent, Washington. Incarcerated in the Pinedale Assembly Center, California, the Tule Lake concentration camp, California, and the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. This testimony was submitted for the CWRIC hearings in Seattle, Washington, September 9-11, 1981.

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