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img Japanese American carpenter building furniture (ddr-densho-37-358)

Original WRA caption: Tule Lake Relocation Center, Newell, California. Shinkichi Kiyono, 56, carpenter-evacuee from Longview, Washington, is shown using a carpenter's plane which he won as first prize in a furniture contest conducted among the evacuees of Japanese descent at this War Relocation Authority center.

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img Japanese Americans preparing shells for jewelry making (ddr-densho-2-50)

Kumataro (left) and Kadju Nishimura measure and separate shells to be used in jewelry-making. The Nishimuras woke up at the crack of dawn and dug waist-deep holes to find the shells. The shells were then bleached white and later painted. Tule Lake was drained in the early 1900s. The camp was located on the old lake …

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doc WRA Project Analysis Series No. 9: Preliminary Survey of Resistances to Resettlement at the Tule Lake Relocation Center (ddr-densho-171-205)

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doc [Minutes of the special meeting of the divisional responsible men of the Tule Lake Center, April 8, 1944] (ddr-csujad-2-19)

Meeting minutes of incarceree-led Tule Lake Camp government. Describes donations to the camp, election of a new representative body, and a fight within the camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sjs_sch_0019

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doc Letter from Oregon Governor Sprague and rebuttal from Ichiro Hasegawa, Richard Higawa, and Ken Sekiguchi from Tule Lake (ddr-densho-423-156)

Letter sent to President Roosevelt and reprinted in the Oregon Journal, arguing that Japanese incarcerees should be forced to work on the sugar beet harvest or be deported to Japan. The detailed rebuttal from Hasegawa, Higawa and Sekiguchi gives exact numbers of available labor, problems with work conditions on the farms, hypocrisy of demanding the removal …

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doc Letter from Raymond R. Best, Project Director, Tule Lake Project, to Lt. Frank S. Okusako, October 19, 1945 (ddr-csujad-55-232)

Correspondence from Raymond R. Best to Frank Okusako regarding the status of his family members at the Tule Lake incarceration camp including records of their conduct and renunciation of citizenship. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0234

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 17 No. 4 (July 31, 1943) (ddr-pc-15-29)

Selected article titles: "WRA Names Tule Lake Camp As New Segregation Center. Size, Location and Farming Opportunities Cited Among Reasons for Choice of Site" (p. 1), "Nisei Women To Be Accepted In WAC Ranks" (p. 1), "Tule Lake Director Gives Classification Of Disloyal Group" (p. 2), "Nisei Involved in Street Fight Near Recovery" (p. 2), "Three …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 22 No. 6 (February 9, 1946) (ddr-pc-18-6)

Selected article titles: "Closing Date of Tule Lake Camp Extended to Assist Relocation Of Eligible Evacuee Residents" (p. 1), "Japanese Americans Return To Coast Fishing Industry As All-Nisei Clipper Sails" (p. 1), "Canadian Government Report Criticizes British Columbia's Treatment of Nisei Citizens" (p. 2), "All Segregees Entitled to Get Hearings" (p. 1), "Jobs, Housing Major Problems …

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doc Page of Hisa Nimura Horiuchi Scrapbook (ddr-densho-325-36)

This page of the scrapbook shows documents from two distinct periods of Hisa's wartime life. At the top of the page is an invitation to a Goodbye party thrown at Tule Lake as people began to leave the camp. At the bottom is one of the forms Hisa had to turn into Tri-State High School in …

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vh Kazuko Uno Bill Interview II (ddr-densho-1000-219)

Nisei female. Born June 5, 1921, in Seattle, Washington. Raised in South Park, Washington where family operated a small produce farm. Attended Cleveland High School and the University of Washington. Was in senior year of college on December 7, 1941. Father picked up by FBI following the bombing of Pearl Harbor and sent to Missoula internment …

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vh Sumiko M. Yamamoto Interview (ddr-densho-1000-269)

Nisei female. Born May 12, 1925, in Spreckels, California. Moved frequently with family as a child, eventually settling in Gilroy, California. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to the Salinas Assembly Center, California, and the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. Following father's desire to repatriate to Japan, transferred to Tule Lake concentration camp, California, when it …

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vh K. Morgan Yamanaka Interview (ddr-densho-1000-329)

Nisei male. Born April 14, 1924, in San Francisco, California. Went to Japan with family at a very young age before returning to San Francisco. During World War II, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. Answered "no-no" on the so-called "loyalty questionnaire" and transferred to Tule Lake concentration …

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vh Kazuko Uno Bill Interview I (ddr-densho-1000-211)

Nisei female. Born June 5, 1921, in Seattle, Washington. Raised in South Park, Washington where family operated a small produce farm. Attended Cleveland High School and the University of Washington. Was in senior year of college on December 7, 1941. Father picked up by FBI following the bombing of Pearl Harbor and sent to Missoula internment …

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doc Tulean Dispatch Vol. IV No. 37 (January 1, 1943) (ddr-densho-65-125)

Selected article titles: "Former Director Prays for a Better Year" (p. 1), "Galen Fisher to Address Local Colonists Today" (p. 1), "Catholic Mass For New Years" (p. 1), "Official WRA New Year Day Menu" (p. 1), "No Holiday For Personnel Staff" (p. 1), "Electric Service to be Cut Off Sunday Morning" (p. 1), "Point With Pride" …

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Collection Kinuta Uno Collection (ddr-densho-324)

The Kinuta Uno Collection consists of letters and documents regarding the Uno Family's life in Seattle, Washington pre-World War II through their removal and life in Pinedale Assembly Center, Tule Lake and Minidoka concentration camp. Pre-war topics include: family business dealings and Kinuta Uno's work with the Northwest American Japanese Association, Seattle Zairyudobo, and the Consulate …

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img Japanese Americans digging for shells (ddr-densho-2-48)

Left to right: Peggie Yorita, Margaret Frost (wife of one of the camp's teachers), Kumataro Nishimura, and his wife, Kadju, dig and sift for shells at the Tule Lake concentration camp. Kumataro made the sieve by hand from scrap lumber and wire from a door screen. The shells were bleached and used for jewelry-making, which was …

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Collection Ishikawa Hayes Collection (ddr-densho-111)

The Ishikawa Hayes collection consists of photographs from the personal family collection of Elaine Ishikawa Hayes, who was interviewed by Densho in 2004. Many of the photographs depict life in Tule Lake concentration camp, California.

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Narrator Kenge Kobayashi

Nisei male. Born July 25, 1926, in the Imperial Valley, California. Incarcerated at the Tulare Assembly Center, California, Gila River concentration camp, Arizona, and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. In his interview, he discusses his memories of Tule Lake concentration camp after it became a segregation center, including the killing of a camp inmate rioting, implementation …

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doc Poston Chronicle Vol. XXII No. 9 (January 31, 1945) (ddr-densho-145-607)

Selected article titles: "Procedure for Gradual Liquidation of Center Outlined" (p. 1), "Mills Says No More Reinductions Will be Permitted Into Center" (p. 1), "Biddle Says 5,000 at Tule Lake Center Ask for Repatriation" (p. 2), "Man Held for Shooting of 3 Nisei in Idaho" (p. 3), "171 Removed from Tule to Internment Camp" (p. 3), …

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Collection Mabel Sugiyama Eto Family Collection (ddr-densho-298)

The Mabel Sugiyama Eto Family Collection contains one photograph album and 20 loose photographic prints. Subjects range from life in Tule Lake and Topaz (Central Utah) concentration camps to temporary agricultural leave and post-war relocation.

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doc Mercedian Vol. I No. 7 (July 7, 1942) (ddr-densho-191-7)

Selected article titles: "Cute 'N Nice!" (p. 1), "Crack Band Needs Name" (p. 1), "Cheers Greet Floats" (p. 1), "Lucky Hogs" (p. 3), "Weight Clinic" (p. 3), "Tule Lake Trip for 15" (p. 3), "Heat Protection" (p. 3), "Care of Children" (p. 3), "No News on Relocation" (p. 4).

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doc Heart Mountain Sentinel Supplement Series 201 (May 30, 1944) (ddr-densho-97-423)

Selected article titles: "More Details of Tule Lake Shooting Announced" (p. 1), "Special 'Back' Gates to be Used by Hikers" (p. 1), "Unfilled Seasonal Job Offers to be Withdrawn" (p. 1), "Foreign Bonds and Property Must be Reported" (p. 1), "Photographer Will be in Center Every Wednesday" (p. 2).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 82, No. 16 (April 23, 1976) (ddr-pc-48-16)

Selected article titles: "WW2 Camp for Hawaii Nikkei Recalled" (p. 1), "Honouliuli Internment Camp: Oahu Footnote to a Dark Chapter" (pp. 1-2), "'Go for Broke!' vs. 'Farewell to Manzanar'" (p. 2), and "Steel Cross at Tule Lake Camp Site to Be Rededicated at 2nd Pilgrimage" (p. 4).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 88, No. 2046 (June 8, 1979) (ddr-pc-51-22)

Select article titles: "Ruled as 'Adequate Rep' in Class Action Suit vs. WSU" (pp. 1, 5), "Plaque Dedicated at Tule Lake Campsite" (p. 1), "JACL Suports Boycott of Squibb to Fight 'Opium'" (pp. 1, 7), and "Echoes from Shiroyama: Kashiwabara: Was the Evacuation Good or Bad?" (p. 5).

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img Snowy hillside (ddr-csujad-26-110)

Snowy hillside scenery photo likely taken nearby Tule Lake incarceration camp. From photo album of Robert Billigmeier. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: mei_05_071

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