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img Young Nisei men in front of barrack (ddr-csujad-44-16)

A group photograph of ten young Nisei men posing outside in front of a barrack at Tule Lake, California. The men are in two rows. The back row is standing and the front row is crouching. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: csumb_ms15_0016

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doc Manzanar Free Press Vol. IV No. 11 (October 13, 1943) (ddr-densho-125-175)

Selected article titles: "Project Director Merritt to Visit Tule Lake Center. To Make Personal Check on Segregation Group" (p. 1), "Urge Delegates to Persuade Relocation" (p. 1), "Caucasian Staff Buys More Bonds" (p. 1), "Philadelphia Hostel Nears Completion" (p. 1), "289 Segregants Leave Manzanar" (p. 1), "WRA and Segregation" (p. 2), "Opening in Chicago for Domestic …

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doc Gila News-Courier Vol. III No. 14 (September 23, 1943) (ddr-densho-141-157)

Selected article titles: "Consolidation of Blocks Seen" (p. 1), "Permanent Council for Canal Takes Office Oath" (p. 1), "Editorial: Job Must be Done" (p. 2), "New York: Committee Writes to F.D.R." (p. 2), "Tule Lake Rumors Discredited" (p. 3), "High School Class Room Renovation Plans Given" (p. 3), "27 Not Criteria for Loyalty" (p. 3), "Hot …

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doc Gila News-Courier Vol. III No. 1 (August 24, 1943) (ddr-densho-141-143)

Selected article titles: "Commission Will Modify 'Cancel' Order" (p. 1), "Rivers and Its Constitution" (p. 1), "Seventy-Seven Gilans Bound for Japan on 'Gripsholm'. Leaving for East Saturday" (p. 1), "Fly Traps for Sanitation" (p. 3), "Do You Believe in Ghosts?" (p. 3), "Children's Village for Japanese Orphans-Manz." (p. 3), "1873 Will Move to Tule Lake as …

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doc Gila News-Courier Vol. III No. 8 (September 9, 1943) (ddr-densho-141-150)

Selected article titles: "Co-op: Full Benefits for Segregants" (p. 1), "No Contamination of Food Found" (p. 1), "Wolter Disproves Rumor in Canal" (p. 1), "Quakers Help in Indiana" (p. 2), "Segregants May Receive Benefits from Red Cross" (p. 3), "Canadian Nisei Seeks Pen Pals" (p. 3), "Tule-Lake-Bound Baggages, Freight to Be Inspected" (p. 5), "List of …

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doc Rohwer Outpost Vol. III No. 27 (October 2, 1943) (ddr-densho-143-104)

Selected article titles: "Second Group Prepares to Go. Procedure to be Similar to First Tule Lake Train Journey" (p. 1), "Notice! Dry Goods Closes" (p. 1), "Ban on Coast Still Holds, Menace Exists, Emmons" (p. 1), "Canadian Evacuees' Goods Sold at Vancouver Mart" (p. 2), "Wisconsin Area Good for Resettlement" (p. 3), "Internal Security Not Yet …

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doc Weekly Press Review No. 8 (ddr-densho-156-320)

Original summary excerpt: Press interest in the WRA was definitely less last week than in the immediate past. Chief source of news was the series of arrests at Tule Lake. Press items on this were in the form of short wire service dispatches on the actual events. Although these were printed here and there in newspapers …

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av Oral history with George Nakagawa (ddr-csujad-29-387)

An oral interview with George Nakagawa, incarceree at the Tule Lake camp. The interview was conducted for the Japanese American Oral History Project by California State University, Fullerton. Transcript is found in item: csufccop_jaoh_0954. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 1959.1_T01

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av Oral history with George Nakagawa (ddr-csujad-29-388)

An oral interview with George Nakagawa, incarceree at the Tule Lake camp. The interview was conducted for the Japanese American Oral History Project by California State University, Fullerton. Transcript is found in item: csufccop_jaoh_0956. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 1959.2_T01

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doc Historical photographs and documents, from internment camps to Military Intelligence Service Language School [order form] (ddr-csujad-1-190)

A book order form. Books published by TecCom Productions include: Manzanar, Tule Lake, Rohwer, Heart Mountain, Assembly Center I (Santa Anita, Pomona, Fresno, Tulare, Pinedale, Salinas), Assembly Center II (Turlock, Tanforan, Stockton, Sacramento, Marysville, Portland, Puyallup). See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ike_03_01_004

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img Autograph board (ddr-densho-493-2)

Varnished wooden board. Front side features an image either burned or painted into it of two barracks, a road a watch tower, and a mountain in the distance with a cross on it, as well as about 40 signed messages of blessing and well wishes. Possibly created at the 1943 wedding of Frances (Itabashi) Nishimura and …

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doc Granada Pioneer Vol. III No. 42 (March 28, 1945) (ddr-densho-147-253)

Selected article titles: "Lauds Stand Taken by San Jose Law Officer" (p. 1), "To Refuse Evacuee Plan" (p. 1), "Reveals 17,600 Nisei in US Armed Services. Has Accepted Alien Japanese" (p. 1), "Seattle Area Properties for Sale" (p. 3), "6000 Tule Lake Nisei Ask Citizenship Renunciation" (p. 3), "Exhibits Paintings and Drawings of Center Life" (p. …

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doc Granada Pioneer Vol. II No. 75 (July 26, 1944) (ddr-densho-147-188)

Selected article titles: "54 Men Inducted; One Delinquent Listed" (p. 1), "Regulations Permit Saving of Ration Points for Later Use" (p. 1), "Drivers Must Observe Project Regulations" (p. 1), "Get Insecticides from Your Block Manager's Office" (p. 3), "Tule Lake Evacuee Police Turn in Mass Resignation" (p. 4), "WRA Abandons Reopening of Leupp Center" (p. 5), …

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doc Newell star, vo. 1, no. 30 (September 21, 1944) (ddr-csujad-55-1971)

Newsletter published at Tule Lake incarceration camp. Covers news, events, community activities, job openings, sports, and schedule of church services. Includes English and Japanese. From the Masako Adachi scrapbook, page 18. See also sac_jaac_1953. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1974

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doc Letter from Frank S. Okusako, 1st Lt., Infantry, 1945 (ddr-csujad-55-233)

Statement by Frank Okusako describing his family's loyalty to the United States, his upbringing in Auburn, California, service in the United States Army, and arguing for his family's release from Tule Lake incarceration camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0235

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doc Member of the faculty, honored guests, and fellow students (ddr-csujad-55-1912)

Speech given by Andrew Sugiyama, President of the Senior Class, at the commencement ceremony for Tri-State High School, Tule Lake, covering the development of Tri-State High School and the challenges and responsibilities facing Nisei. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1915

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doc Sociology essay (ddr-csujad-55-1919)

Sociology essay written by Toshie Sato for a class assignment at Tri-State High School at Tule Lake incarceration camp. Covers the author's home town environment, impacts of evacuation on the community, and other social issues. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1922

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doc War Relocation Work Corps (ddr-csujad-55-351)

Pamphlet describing the War Relocation Work Corps including planned camp facilities, types of work available, eligibility, benefits, and private employment. "Approved Relocation Areas" section includes descriptions of Manzanar, Parker, Gila, Tule Lake, and Minidoka camps. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0353

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vh Joe Seto Interview (ddr-manz-1-141)

Nisei male. Born 1924 in Tacoma, Washington. Grew up in Tacoma, where father worked for a produce business. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to the Pinedale Assembly Center, California, and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Left camp temporarily to work harvesting sugar beets for a sugar company. Drafted into the army in 1945. …

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vh Hope Omachi Kawashima Interview (ddr-manz-1-154)

Sansei female. Born April 2, 1937, in Auburn, California. Grew up in Loomis, California. During World War II, removed to the Marysville Assembly Center, California, and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Transferred to the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. After leaving camp, lived and attended school in Nebraska for a few years before returning to Loomis. …

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vh George Kikuta Interview (ddr-manz-1-40)

Kibei male. Born March 3, 1942, in Los Angeles, California. At only a few months of age, removed to the Manzanar and Tule Lake concentration camps, California. Expatriated to Japan with family during World War II. Grew up in Japan before returning to Los Angeles for high school. Later studied accounting, and became one of the …

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vh Bill Hirabayashi Interview (ddr-densho-1014-4)

Nisei male. Born September 12, 1923, in Thomas, Washington. Grew up in small town of Thomas, where family was part of the White River Valley farming corporation. During World War II, removed to the Pinedale Assembly Center and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, moved to Chicago and managed a large estate farm. Eventually …

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vh Misa Taketa Interview (ddr-densho-1000-436)

Nisei female. Born January 18, 1925, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in the South Park area, south of Seattle, where parents ran a farm. During World War II, removed to the Pinedale Assembly Center, California, and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, lived and worked in Ontario, Oregon, for a time, before living …

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vh Kunio Otani Interview (ddr-densho-1000-75)

Nisei male. Born July 31, 1921, in Seattle, Washington. Raised in Raymond, Washington. Incarcerated at Tule Lake concentration camp, California, and Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming; he worked on the staff of both camp newspapers, the Tulean Dispatch and the Heart Mountain Sentinel, respectively. Resettled in Seattle after the war and entered the greenhouse business. He …

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vh Misa (Oiye) Mihara Interview (ddr-densho-1000-547)

Sansei female. Born November 20, 1941, in Tacoma, Washington, where parents ran a restaurant. Spent early years at the Tule Lake concentration camp, California, where family was held. After leaving camp, moved to Seattle, Washington. Became an accomplished violinist, performing at an early age. Studied music at the University of Washington, then went on to become …

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