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doc Memo to President Roosevelt from Francis Biddle (ddr-densho-67-88)

Memo to President Roosevelt from Francis Biddle regarding resettlement. Pg 1: Biddle discusses the current resettlement situation and suggests that anti-Japanese press is impeding relocation. Pg 2: Biddle discusses the negative portrayal of the War Relocation Authority (WRA), especially from the Tule Lake riots and the alleged coddling of evacuees. Pg 3: Discusses political problems of …

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doc Pacific Citizen Christmas 1945 Issue (ddr-densho-121-5)

Selected article titles: "WRA Will Assist Returned Evacuees to Find Permanent Location on Pacific Coast" (p. 3), "Judge Grants New Hearing to Renunciant" (p. 3), "442nd Infantry Still on Duty in Many Sections of Italy" (p. 3), "Placer Supervisors Will Grant Aid to Returned Evacuees" (p. 3), "Three Arrested in Murder of Nisei Veteran" (p. 3), …

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doc Weekly Press Review No. 51 (ddr-densho-156-363)

Original summary excerpts: Tule Lake was again the high spot of interest this week as the War Department and WRA announced the return of the center to WRA control for the first time since the November disturbances. Criticism of the action was immediately expressed by residents of the Tule Lake area and by West Coast congressmen …

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doc Weekly Press Review No. 31 (ddr-densho-156-343)

Original summary excerpt: Segregation continued to hold top honors as a source of news this week. Reports on the appointment of Raymond R. Best as Tule Lake director stressed his previous experince at Minidoka, Moab and Leupp, and quoted denial of field administrator, Robert Cozzens, that changes were a "shakeup". Reports of a proposed enlargement of …

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doc Timeline of camp relocation (ddr-densho-493-23)

Memo book open to page with handwritten timeline of camp relocation, with dates, durations, origins and destinations of each journey. "May 22, 1942 - 5 p.m. / Auburn - Pinedale / May 24 - 2 nites on train / c-i- / July 16, 1942 - 8 a.m. / Pinedale - Tule Lake / July 17 - …

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vh Charles Olds Interview (ddr-densho-1000-121)

White male. Born 1913 in Karuizawa, Japan, to missionary parents. Attended Canadian school in Kobe, Japan, before coming to the United States with his older brother. He attended the University of Chicago School of Social Work, then volunteered to work for the War Relocation Authority (WRA). He later worked as a relocation officer in the concentration …

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Collection Bain Collection (ddr-densho-2)

The Bain collection, 1920s-1940s, focuses on the daily and recreational activities of the Nishimura and Yorita families, originally from Seattle, Washington. This collection contains several photographs of farming, fishing, and swimming. The majority of the collection focuses on the incarceration of the two families at Minidoka, Idaho, and Tule Lake, California. Many photographs document their jewelry-making …

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doc Heart Mountain Sentinel Supplement Series 141 (November 2, 1943) (ddr-densho-97-364)

Selected article titles: "More Job Offers Received at Outside Employment Office" (p. 1), "Wills Drawn for Residents by Project Attorney" (p. 1), "Notice to Former Tule Lake Residents" (p. 1), "Equipment to be Installed in Recreation Halls" (p. 1).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 82, No. 20 (May 21, 1976) (ddr-pc-48-20)

Selected article titles: "Wendy's Defense Sketched" (p. 1), "Topaz Committee Raises $5,500 for 2nd Monument at Campsite" (p. 1), "Tule Lake Plaque Too Hot to Handle" (pp. 1-2), and "From the Frying Pan: Of Seaweed & Eels" (p. 2).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 78, No. 22 (June 7, 1974) (ddr-pc-46-22)

Selected article titles: "Tule Lake Pilgrimage: 'More Should've Come'" (pp. 1-2), "Benefactors of Nikkei Remembered" (pp. 1-2), "Record Is Clear, Nisei GIs Turned Attitude Around" (p. 2), and "Cleveland JACL: Plight of the Average J.A." (p. 2).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 78, No. 19 (May 17, 1974) (ddr-pc-46-19)

Selected article titles: "Changed to 'JAN': USAF Drops 'JAP'" (p. 1), "Japan-U.S. Friendship Act Under Study" (pp. 1-2), "Tule Lake Designated Historical Landmark" (pp. 1, 6), and "A Grandfather's Hope for Children of Intermarriage" (pp. 2, 5).

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doc Poston Chronicle Vol. XIX No. 9 (June 10, 1944) (ddr-densho-145-517)

Selected article titles: "Fujii Acquitted of Violating Sedition Act" (p. 1), "Fire Destroys Barrack in Camp II Blaze Thursday" (p. 1), "Water Situation in Center Serious. Disruption of Service May Occur" (p. 1), "Tule Lake Visitors Minimized" (p. 2).

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doc Poston Chronicle Vol. XV No. 1 (August 13, 1943) (ddr-densho-145-387)

Selected article titles: "Segregation Not Forced Relocation" (p. 1), "Santa Fe R.R. Seeks Workers" (p. 1), "Poston Schools to Continue Says Dr. Harris" (p. 1), "Repatriates Registering with Consul Called" (p. 1), "Leaflets on Tule Lake Available" (p. 1).

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img Row of barracks (ddr-densho-37-79)

Original WRA caption: Tule Lake Relocation Center, Newell, California. A view down one of the streets of the relocation center, showing the artistic way in which the evacuees decorate the exterior of their barracks to make them more homelike.

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img Barber shop (ddr-densho-37-384)

Original WRA caption: Tule Lake Relocation Center, Newell, California. Motimer Cooke, Supervisor of Community Enterprises, enjoys the first hair-cut given in the barber shop at this War Relocation Authority center. Frances Imura, evacuee from Sacramento is the barber.

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doc Letter to Yuri Domoto from James Lindley requesting her to service on the reception committee (ddr-densho-356-851)

Letter from James G. Lindley, Granada Project Director, to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada. The letter requests Yuri serve on the reception committee, which was created to plan for the arrival of approximately 1000 people transferring to Granada from Tule Lake.

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Collection Takeharu Inouye Collection (ddr-densho-365)

At the age of thirteen, Takeharu Inouye and his immediate family experienced forced relocation to the Sacramento Assembly Center (Walerga), and were subsequently moved to the Tule Lake concentration camp. They remained at Tule Lake for the duration of WWII due to their "disloyal" sentiments. Takeharu recorded his experiences at Tule Lake in three diaries, which …

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vh Minoru Kiyota Interview (ddr-densho-1000-36)

Kibei male, born October 12, 1923, in Seattle, Washington. Raised primarily in San Francisco, California, spending four years in Hiratsuka, Japan. Was incarcerated with his family at Topaz concentration camp, Utah. Refused to sign the so-called "loyalty questionnaire," and as a consequence was moved to Tule Lake Segregation Center, California. In Tule, he renounced his U.S. …

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doc Letter from Raymond R. Best, Project Director, Tule Lake Center, to Takaichi Tsukamoto, August 26, 1943 (ddr-csujad-55-1291)

Correspondence from Raymond R. Best to Takaichi Tsukamoto regarding segregation at Tule Lake. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1293

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img Crowd at Heart Mountain, Wyoming concentration camp awaiting transfer to Tule Lake California September 27, 1943 (ddr-densho-122-722)

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doc Heart Mountain Sentinel Vol. II No. 47 (November 20, 1943) (ddr-densho-97-156)

Selected article titles: "Tule Relaxes as Probe Continues" (p. 1), "Coast Grangers Would Bar Nisei" (p. 1), "Nisei Proving Their Loyalty, Thomas Tells Group at Hostel" (p. 1), "Editorial: Transfer Tule Lake Center!" (p. 4), "Committee on Resettlement of Nisei Formed in Wisconsin" (p. 4), "A Sermon in California: Persecution of Nisei Hit by Minister" (p. …

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doc Manzanar Free Press Vol. 5 No. 47 (June 10, 1944) (ddr-densho-125-244)

Selected article titles: "Tule Center Quota Filled to Capacity" (p. 1), "Soldier Condemns Racial Prejudice" (p. 1), "Furlough Opens to 18 Year-old Youths" (p. 1), "Michigan Refuses to Pay Hospital Fee for Evacuees" (p. 1), "Trio Robs Property From Evacuee Home" (p. 1), "Hit Discrimination Against Loyal Nisei" (p. 2), "Reveal Suicide of Nisei Housekeeper" (p. …

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doc Topaz Times Vol. IV No. 34 (September 18, 1943) (ddr-densho-142-214)

Selected article titles: "Tuleans Arrive Today! Plans Upset as 441 Tule Lakers Come 1 Day Ahead" (p. 1), "Truck Runs Over Boy, 3" (p. 1), "Departees: 489 Residents Set to Leave" (p. 1), "New Residents are Welcomed" (p. 3), "Reception for Tule Lake Arrivals Slated Tuesday" (p. 3), "Teachers' Group Urges Relocation of Evacuees" (p. 6), …

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vh Frank Shinichiro Tanabe Interview (ddr-densho-1000-218)

Nisei male. Born on August 10, 1919, in Osaka, Japan. Attended college at the University of Washington before being removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Established Tule Lake's newspaper, the Tulean Dispatch. Transferred to the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho, before resettling in Chicago. Drafted into the Military Intelligence …

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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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