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doc Poston Chronicle Vol. XXIV No. 18 (October 23, 1945) (ddr-densho-145-675)

Selected article titles: "A Happy Ending" (p. 1), "Closing Date Set for Tule Lake" (p. 1), "Board of Equalization Permits Issued to All" (p. 3), "Storage Time Limit" (p. 3), "Current Population Figures" (p. 3).

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img Looking down a firebreak towards Castle Rock (ddr-densho-298-7)

Caption on reverse: "A shot of the 'firebreak' (space) between barrack 'blocks' (about 9-10 barracks) in Tule Lake. The cliff in the background we called 'Castle Rock.' Fran and I climbed it every day."

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doc The Newell Star, Vol. I, No. 5 (April 6, 1944) (ddr-densho-284-10)

Selected article titles: "Sentence Nine Draft Evaders" (p. 1), "Duplicate Forms Needed for Repatriation-Records" (p. 1), "Personnel Mess Fire Caused by Overheating" (p. 2), and "Groundwork Laid for Tule Lake Baseball Association" (p. 6).

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img Japanese Americans transferring to a different camp (ddr-densho-37-64)

Original WRA caption: A group of 254 evacuees transferred from the Minidoka Relocation Center to the Tule Lake Center boards the train at Hunt siding after riding the five miles from the center in trucks.

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doc Letter to Yuri Domoto from Yoshito Shibata (ddr-densho-356-238)

Letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from Yoshito Shibata while en-route to visit his family at Tule Lake. In the letter he explains his sudden trip to visit family, and why the letter is brief.

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Collection Betty Lou Brittenham Collection (ddr-densho-485)

The Betty Lou Brittenham Collection consists of two objects pertaining to employment and residence at the Tule Lake concentration camp.

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img Stockade wood-burning stove (ddr-densho-11-8)

In 1943, Tule Lake concentration camp became a segregation center. A stockade was built to detain those who were considered security risks by the WRA. This wood-burning stove was used to help heat the stockade.

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doc Gila News-Courier Vol. III No. 36 (November 13, 1943) (ddr-densho-141-187)

Selected article titles: "Tule Lake: Quiet Under Army Control" (p. 1), "Ration: Book Issuance Discontinued" (p. 1), "'Tofu' Manufacture in Rivers Soon" (p. 1), "Editorial: Money Not Enough" (p. 2), "Legion: 'Airs Fascist Principles'" (p. 2).

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doc Topaz Times Vol. VI No. 24 (February 29, 1944) (ddr-densho-142-281)

Selected article titles: "First Draftees to Leave Wednesday for Exams" (p. 1), "Manzanar Sends 459 to Tule Lake" (p. 1), "'Peace -- Then What?' Topic for Forum" (p. 1), "Granada Nisei Petition Restoration of Rights" (p. 2).

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doc Rohwer Outpost Vol. III No. 6 (July 21, 1943) (ddr-densho-143-81)

Selected article titles: "Further Data on Segregation. Tule Lake Selected as Special Segregation Center" (p. 1), "Unauthorized Leaves from Center Out" (p. 1), "Attention! Repatriates" (p. 1), "Cannery: New Plant to be Done Soon" (p. 2).

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doc Poston Chronicle Vol. XV No. 23 (September 10, 1943) (ddr-densho-145-409)

Selected article titles: "Parcel Post to Internees Mailed Free" (p. 1), "Ten More Exchangee Returned Due to Priority" (p. 1), "Send-Off for Tule Lake Bounds Planned" (p. 1), "Poston Community Enterprises Remodeling Sale" (p. 4).

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doc Poston Chronicle Vol. XIV No. 29 (August 11, 1943) (ddr-densho-145-385)

Selected article titles: "Return to Japan Depends Upon Two Nations" (p. 1), "Best Appointed Tule Lake Center Project Director" (p. 3), "1393 Treated at Medical Clinic" (p. 3), "65 Children Examined by Health Dept." (p. 3).

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doc Christmas letter (ddr-densho-483-132)

Christmas letter from Tsutomu Fukuyama to family friends. The letter describes Christmas at Minidoka, housing conditions following transfers from Tule Lake and Manzanar, the agricultural impacts of the boll weaver, and the resettlement of Nisei Christians.

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doc Tulean Dispatch Vol. 7 No. 19 (October 26, 1943) (ddr-densho-65-419)

Selected article titles: "Tule Lake: Co-op Declares Refund of 10.9% to Patrons" (p. 1), "Publication Shortages!!" (p. 1), "Exchange Ships Commence to Sail for Home" (p. 2), "Chinese Immigration Bill Pending Before Congress" (p. 3).

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img Japanese Americans relocating to a different camp (ddr-densho-37-63)

Original WRA caption: A group of the 254 evacuees transferred from the Minidoka relocation center to the Tule Lake center boards the train at Hunt siding after riding the five miles from the center in trucks.

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Narrator Jimi Yamaichi

Nisei male. Born October 27, 1922. Grew up in San Jose, California, where his father had a farming operation. Incarcerated in the Pomona Assembly Center, Heart Mountain concentration camp and Tule Lake Segregation Center. Worked on an engineering crew on the Shoshone Dam, and later was a carpentry foreman in Tule Lake. Was in Tule during …

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doc Letter from Evacuee Police to Raymond Best, Director of Tule Lake Camp, February 1, 1944 (ddr-csujad-2-13)

Letter from Evacuee Police Force to Raymond Best, Director of Tule Lake Camp, requesting the release of Hiroyoshi Tsuda from the army stockades at Tule Lake Camp. Signed names: Kataoka, H.; Okusako, Thomas; Ogata, Roy K.; Miyamoto, H.; Tanaka, K.; Haruyama, N.; Yoshida, Maeko; Hanagata, Ken; Ayabe, Toshi S.; Ono, I; Kanno, Thomas K.; Sato, R.; …

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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 …

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doc Letter from S. Yoshiyama to Raymond Best, Director of Tule Lake Camp, February 22, 1944 (ddr-csujad-2-3)

Letter from S. Yoshiyama requesting to meet with his fiance, Hisako Hideya, while detained by the army. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sjs_sch_0003

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img Group of workers in front of a dining hall at Tule Lake War Relocation Center (ddr-densho-474-218)

Back row fourth from left is Kazue "Jay" Naito

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vh Marian Asao Kurosu Interview Segment 63 (ddr-densho-1000-118-63)

Problems at Tule Lake concentration camp, California: scorpions, ticks and sagebrush

During this interview, Mrs. Kurosu alternately speaks in both English and Japanese. As a result, the English translation of the transcript contains [Jpn.] and [Eng.], which indicate whether the original dialogue was spoken in Japanese or English.

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vh Marian Asao Kurosu Interview Segment 65 (ddr-densho-1000-118-65)

Climate differences between Tule Lake concentration camp, California, and Heart Mountain

During this interview, Mrs. Kurosu alternately speaks in both English and Japanese. As a result, the English translation of the transcript contains [Jpn.] and [Eng.], which indicate whether the original dialogue was spoken in Japanese or English.

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vh Marian Asao Kurosu Interview Segment 56 (ddr-densho-1000-118-56)

Water and primitive facilities at Tule Lake concentration camp, California

During this interview, Mrs. Kurosu alternately speaks in both English and Japanese. As a result, the English translation of the transcript contains [Jpn.] and [Eng.], which indicate whether the original dialogue was spoken in Japanese or English.

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doc Weekly Press Review No. 48 (ddr-densho-156-361)

Original summary excerpts: The volume of news reports for the past two weeks indicates that the furor caused by the Tule Lake incident, Dies sub-committee investigations and the "Midwest Frontiers" bathing article, has considerably abated. Alarm over the Tule Lake situation was faintly aroused by a story in the G.F. CALL BULLETIN, which reported that the …

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doc Petition for Rehearing (ddr-densho-385-1)

Fujio Hata requests a rehearing from Judge J. Charles Dennis in Seattle, Washington to reconsider his request of parole from Lordsburg U.S. Army Internment Camp so that he could be reunified with his family incarcerated at Tule Lake Concentration Camp. His son was sick and being treated at Tule Lake Hospital. Fujio Morikawa kept a journal …

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