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img Memorial honoring deceased camp inmates (ddr-densho-11-12)

This memorial honors Japanese Americans who died while incarcerated at the Tule Lake concentration camp. The marker is located at the Linkville cemetery in Klamath Falls, Oregon.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-11-12/

img Pilgrimage attendees on Castle Rock (ddr-densho-11-6)

Tule Lake inmates erected this cross on top of a formation called Castle Rock. The area below the cross is the former site of the concentration camp.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-11-6/

img YWCA conference attendees (ddr-densho-111-10)

L to R: Aya Miyazaki, Sada Murayama and Elaine Ishikawa Hayes. These young women were temporarily released from Tule Lake concentration camp to attend the YWCA conference.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-111-10/

doc Letter from Tatsuo Inouye to his daughters (ddr-densho-394-19)

Tatsuo Inouye writes to his daughters from the the Tule Lake Stockade. He tells his daughters to be good before Christmas so they will receive good presents.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-394-19/

doc Granada Pioneer Vol. II No. 77 (August 2, 1944) (ddr-densho-147-190)

Selected article titles: "Five Local Youths Found Guilty of Petty Larceny" (p. 1), "Nisei Retain Property Equity" (p. 4), "Tule Lake Japanese Pick New Policemen" (p. 6).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-147-190/

doc Granada Pioneer Vol. II No. 5 (November 13, 1943) (ddr-densho-147-118)

Selected article titles: "Milk Supply to be Cut by 700 Quarts. Drastic Reduction Forces New Arrangement" (p. 1), "True Account of Tule Lake Not Released" (p. 1).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-147-118/

img Japanese Americans digging potatoes (ddr-densho-37-90)

Original WRA caption: Tule Lake Relocation Center, Newell, California. Potatoes on the farm at this relocation center are dug by a mechanical digger pulled by a tractor.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-90/

img Japanese American departure from camp (ddr-densho-37-124)

Original WRA caption: Bye bye Tule Lake! Be it vanished with all the horrible memories and be it forgotten as a dream of the short summer nite!

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-124/

img Muddy conditions (ddr-densho-37-350)

Original WRA caption: Tule Lake Relocation Center, Newell, California. Thaws turn the streets and firebreaks into seas of mud, and makes difficult motor transportation through the center.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-350/

img Transferees' baggage (ddr-densho-37-758)

Original WRA caption: Baggage of Tule Lake transferees sorted and piled accordingly at Hunt siding. Most of the baggage was delivered to the owners the same day.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-758/

img Japanese Americans relocating to a different camp (ddr-densho-37-61)

Original WRA caption: Baggage of Tule Lake transferees sorted and piled accordingly at Hunt siding. Most of the baggage was delivered to the owners the same day.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-61/

img Muddy conditions (ddr-densho-37-349)

Original WRA caption: Tule Lake Relocation Center, Newell, California. Thaws turn the streets and firebreaks into seas of mud, and makes difficult motor transportation through the center.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-349/

doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 18 No. 12 (March 25, 1944) (ddr-pc-16-13)

Selected article titles: "Navy Official Says McCoy's Attack on Nisei Does Not Reflect Department's Policies" (p. 1), "Secretary Ickes Says 21,000 Have Resettled" (p. 1), "New Newspaper Started at Tule Segregation Camp" (p. 1), "Tule Radios Had Only Short Range, Report" (p. 2), "Tule Lake Resident Sentenced to Year For Food Theft" (p. 2), "Report Twelve …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-16-13/

doc Population and ecology (ddr-csujad-26-24)

Comparison of Tule Lake incarceree population statistics collected by the Division of Housing and Employment to the 1940 US Census statistics of Japanese Americans from California, Oregon and Washington. Examines how expelled communities disbursed at Tule Lake via housing records, age and gender distribution, religious affiliation, and the number of births at Tule Lake up to …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-26-24/

doc Daily Press Review, Vol. III, No. 5 (ddr-densho-156-206)

Article titles: "Ralph Advocates Use of Japanese Evacuees for Farm Labor"; "Germans, Italians are Aided on Coast"; "Infant Formula Kitchen Opens at Tule Lake Relocation Center"; "Population of Tule Lake Relocation Project Now 7,570"; "Seek to Alleviate Farm Labor Shortage"; First Baby Born at Tule Lake Relocation Project"; "Japanese Farm Labor Sought by Klamath Falls Agricultural …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-156-206/

doc Heart Mountain Sentinel Supplement Series 129 (September 28, 1943) (ddr-densho-97-352)

Selected article titles: "Cooperation Asked in Housing Adjustments" (p. 1), "Positions Open on Sentinel Staff" (p. 1), "Drum and Bugle Corps to Welcome Tule Lake Arrivals" (p. 2).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-97-352/

doc Rohwer Outpost Vol. IV No. 23 (March 22, 1944) (ddr-densho-143-150)

Selected article titles: "Draftees: 54 to Report on Friday" (p. 1), "Cockroach Spray Ready for Residents" (p. 2), "Notice: Films Needed at the Tule Lake Camp" (p. 3).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-143-150/

doc Denson Tribune Vol. II No. 32 (April 21, 1944) (ddr-densho-144-162)

Selected article titles: "1,898 Nisei of Draft Age are Called" (p. 1), "Draft Applies to Tule Lake" (p. 1), "This Can Happen Only in the USA" (p. 2).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-144-162/

doc Poston Chronicle Vol. XIX No. 30 (August 1, 1944) (ddr-densho-145-538)

Selected article titles: "Cushman Compiles Behavior Advice" (p. 1), "Certificates Wanted by Tule Lake Coop" (p. 1), "Japanese-Americans Who Own Land are Assured of Safety" (p. 4).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-145-538/

doc "List of Tuleans" (ddr-densho-291-39)

A listing of the people moved from Tule Lake to Minidoka. Also includes a notice to those living in Minidoka explaining the plans for housing the new residents.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-291-39/

img Memorial plaque (ddr-densho-35-1)

This plaque is part of a monument erected in 1979 by the JACL and California State Department of Parks and Recreation to commemorate the Tule Lake concentration camp.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-35-1/

doc Granada Pioneer Vol. I No. 93 (August 21, 1943) (ddr-densho-147-94)

Selected article titles: "18-year-olds Must Register" (p. 1), "Only 105 Residents are Tule-Lake Bound" (p. 1), "280 Units Must be Open for Tuleans" (p. 4).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-147-94/

img Camp construction (ddr-densho-37-249)

Original WRA caption: Construction begins on a War Relocation Authority center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry near Tule Lake in Modoc County, California, south of the Oregon border.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-249/

img Japanese Americans relocating to a different camp (ddr-densho-37-55)

Original WRA caption: Recreation Hall in which moveable screens were set up to provide bedrooms for Tule Lake transferees due to a temporary shortage of regular barrack space.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-55/

img Sleeping nursery school children (ddr-densho-37-369)

Original WRA caption: Tule Lake Relocation Center, Newell, California. Nursery school children taking a midafternoon nap. Note the piles of shoes placed at the head of each bed.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-369/

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