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doc Translation of poster at Tule Lake Camp regarding repatriation and loyalty to Japan (ddr-csujad-2-43)

Translation of a poster within washrooms at the Tule Lake Incarceration Camp. Describes inadequate treatment of incarcerees compared to other camps, loyalty and repatriation to Japan, and the need to quell "disgraceful behavior" such as violence. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sjs_sch_0043

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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 Statement by Marvin K. Opler, Community Analyst, Tule Lake Center, December 24, 1945 (ddr-csujad-55-244)

Report by Marvin Opler regarding the illustrations and sketchbook of incarceree, Ronald Hitomi. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0246

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img A man and a child examining a barbed wire fence at Tule Lake (ddr-densho-294-55)

Photograph of Roy Imura holding son Todd Imura up the the barbed wire. Castle Rock in the background.

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img Pilgrims looking at a photograph display at the former site of Tule Lake (ddr-densho-294-31)

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img Pilgrims looking at a photograph display at the former site of Tule Lake (ddr-densho-294-32)

Also showing artifacts from the camp

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doc Information Roundup Vol. III, No. 8 (ddr-densho-156-367)

Section titles: "Transfer to Heart Mountain Scheduled"; "Attorneys Appointed"; "Guayule Project to be Experimental"; "Activities at Tule Lake"; "Net Factory for Poston"; "Reported in 'Press Bulletin'"; "Beet Workers Leave Tonight."

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img A boy looking out of a train window (ddr-fom-1-915)

WRA caption on reverse: "Boy accompanying his parents to the Tule Lake Center looks out a window of the special train which carried 254 transferees from the Minidoka Relocation Center."

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doc Page of Hisa Nimura Horiuchi Scrapbook (ddr-densho-325-1)

This scrapbook is reconstructed from a scrapbook Hisa Nimura Horiuchi first made while she was incarcerated at Tule Lake Concentration Camp. The art was drawn by Hisa's brother Nobuya Nimura.

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doc Granada Pioneer Vol. II No. 22 (January 19, 1944) (ddr-densho-147-135)

Selected article titles: "Army Relinquishes Tule Lake Rule" (p. 1), "Reconstruction of Ice Skating Rink Underway" (p. 3), "Japanese Proves Good Citizenship" (p. 5), "Gambling House Operator Arrested" (p. 5).

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img Portrait of couple (ddr-densho-359-1582)

Phil and Alice Okano. Caption written beneath the photograph in the album "At Idaho". The Okanos were released from Tule Lake in 1943 to do farm work in Caldwell, Idaho.

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doc The Newell Star, Vol. I, No. 9 (April 27, 1944) (ddr-densho-284-14)

Selected article titles: "20-25 Group Predominates in Tule Lake" (pp. 1-2), "Voluntary Terminations Aid Employment Policy" (pp. 1-2), and "Danjo Seinenkai Exhibit Attracts Large Crowds" (p. 2).

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img Japanese Americans relocating to a different camp (ddr-densho-37-289)

Original WRA caption: "Easier than going through the door loading hand baggage for departure." The Japanese Americans shown in this photograph are presumably bound for the Tule Lake concentration camp.

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img Japanese Americans sorting turnips (ddr-densho-37-315)

Original WRA caption: Tule Lake Relocation Center, Newell, California. Evacuee workers in the packing shed, sorting and packing turnips which have been grown on the farm near this relocation center.

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img Camp art exhibit (ddr-densho-37-319)

Original WRA caption: Tule Lake Relocation Center, Newell, California. An evacuee girl proudly shows friends her art work which was on display in the exhibit shows held on labor day.

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 18 No. 3 (January 22, 1944) (ddr-pc-16-4)

Selected article titles: "War Department Reopens Drafting of Nisei" (p. 1), "Reinstitute Selective Service Procedures on Same Basis As Other American Citizens" (p. 1), "Gen. DeWitt Defends Policy On Evacuation" (p. 1), "Tule Lake Evacuees Repudiate Strike Leadership; Segregees Vote to Return to Work" (p. 2), "Administration of Tule Lake Camp Not Job for Military, Gen. …

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doc Weekly Press Review No. 42 (ddr-densho-156-355)

Original summary excerpt: Reports of the Tule Lake center eclipsed all other WRA news this week, and in several cases merited extra editions. Stories of the Monday, Nov. 1 disturbance became front page news as did succeeding reports of Army control of the center, after violence flared up briefly on the evening of Nov. 4 (Thursday). …

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img Jewelry made in camp (ddr-densho-2-49)

This corsage pin was made by Peggie Yorita, a Japanese American at the Tule Lake concentration camp. The flowers and leaves are composed of shells found at the camp. Tule Lake was drained in the early 1900s. The camp was located on the old lake bed, where people found shells for making jewelry to sell to …

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doc Arbo-Gram Vol. I No. 4 (June 13, 1942 (ddr-densho-189-4)

Selected article titles: "Tule Lake Transfer Procedure Announced" (p. 1), "Future Status of Workers" (p. 1), "Telegrams" (p. 1), "Drs. Leave" (p. 1), "Baby Born" (p. 1), "Tolo Dance" (p. 1), "Amateur Show Sunday Night" (p. 2), "Tule Bound" (p. 2), "Recreational Program" (p. 3), "Soft Ball Season Opens" (p. 4).

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doc Rohwer Outpost Vol. IV No. 34 (April 29, 1944) (ddr-densho-143-161)

Selected article titles: "2500 Jerome Residents to Transfer to Rohwer" (p. 1), "Segregees to be Assigned Quarters for Tule Lake" (p. 1), "All Tule Bounds to be Processed" (p. 1), "Secretary of War Stimson Clarifies Reason of Nisei in Enlisted Reserves" (p. 1), "Aged Segregees to Get Pullman" (p. 1).

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Collection Shizuko and Shigenori Oiye Collection (ddr-densho-350)

The Shizuko and Shigenori Oiye Collection consists of photographs, works of art, correspondence, and documents related to the Oiye's life in Tacoma, Washington before the war, their removal to Tule Lake concentration camp, and their return to Seattle, Washington post-war. Included are drawings and paintings done by Shigenori Oiye while he was at Tule Lake, some …

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doc [Informal meeting of the divisional responsible men and the project director and Colonel Austin, January 17,1944] (ddr-csujad-2-17)

Minutes of informal meeting between Tule Lake Camp Director Raymond Best and Military Police Commander Colonel Verne Austin and incarceree-led Tule Lake Camp Government. Describes theft incidents from the Army's search of barracks by the soldiers and release of detained prisoners from the army stockades. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization …

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doc Manzanar Free Press Vol. 5 No. 44 (May 31, 1944) (ddr-densho-125-241)

Selected article titles: "National USO Acknowledges Local Unit" (p. 1), "Spanish Consul to Receive Town Hall Petitions; Queries" (p. 1), "Tule Lake Nisei Dies From Bullet Wound" (p. 1), "Farm Opportunities for Older Evacuees" (p. 2), "125 Japanese Arrive at Tule Lake Center" (p. 2), "Orchestra Plans Visit to Camp Shelby" (p. 2), "Young Nisei Congregate …

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img Stove vent holes in barracks (ddr-densho-345-138)

A series of photographs taken by Harry Gamble and his team at Manzanar and Tule Lake concentration camps as part of their research. This research was then used to lobby for Tule Lake and not Manzanar be the camp to be designated a National Historic Landmark. The stoves were located back to back in adjoining apartments …

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vh John Tomita Interview (ddr-manz-1-76)

Nisei male. Born August 20, 1920, in Isleton, California. Grew up in Isleton where father operated a restaurant. Attended college and studied engineering before World War II. During the war, removed to the Sacramento (Walerga) Assembly Center, California, and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. In camp, worked on the survey crew. Remained in Tule Lake …

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