2240 items
2240 items
doc
Tulean Dispatch Vol. III No. 56 (September 19, 1942) (ddr-densho-65-53)
Selected article titles: "Gila River Center Appreciates Farm Produce From Tule Lake" (p. 1), "Race Relations Course Given" (p. 1), "Forum On Co-op Monday Night" (p. 1), "Project Area is Varied" (p. 1), "Workers May Get Pay Before Going" (p. 1), "Buddhist 'Oshoko' at Sunday Service" (p. 1), "New Course Will Probe Family Ties" (p. 1), …
Narrator Toshiko Sakata
Nisei female. Born April 29, 1925, in Clarksburg, California. Grew up in the communities of Clarksburg and Courtland before the war. During World War II, removed to the Marysville Assembly Center and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, returned to the Clarksburg area.
Narrator Heidi Sakazaki
Nisei female. Born March 28, 1928, in Clarksburg, California. Grew up in the Sacramento area prewar. During World War II, was removed with family to the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, worked in Utah and Los Angeles before eventually returning to Sacramento.
Narrator Lily M. Inazu
Nisei female. Born in San Juan Bautista, California. During World War II, removed with her husband to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. As a result of husband's response to the so-called "loyalty questionnaire," transferred to Tule Lake. After leaving camp, resettled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
img
Japanese American and friend digging for shells (ddr-densho-2-60)
Jimmie Yorita (right) digs for shells used by people in camp to make jewelry. His sister, Patsy (left), and Neal Frost, son of one of the camp's teachers, sift the dirt. Tule Lake was drained in the early 1900s. The camp was located on the old lake bed, where camp inmates found shells for making jewelry …
doc
Minidoka Irrigator Vol. IV No. 26 (August 19, 1944) (ddr-densho-119-99)
Selected article titles: "10,000 Acre Ranger Fire Calls Out On, Off Duty Crew" (p. 1), "Alien Population Down to 3 Million" (p. 1), "Co-op Patronage Refunds Completed" (p. 1), "Tule Lake Visiting Restricted To Emergency Cases" (p. 1), "Inspector From Immigration Dept. Arrives Wednesday" (p. 1), "Tule Youth Struck by Coal Truck Dies" (p. 1), "Six …
Narrator Peggy Tanemura
Ni-ten-gosei (half Nisei, half Sansei) female. Born June 3, 1932, in Seattle, Washington. Incarcerated at the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington; Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho; and Tule Lake segregation center, California. Returned to Seattle after the war and stayed temporarily at the Seattle Japanese Language School.
Narrator Emi Yamamoto
Nisei female. Born October 3, 1919, in Fresno, California. Grew up in Watsonville, California, helping on family's strawberry farm. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, was removed to the Salinas Assembly Center and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. After World War II, returned to Watsonville.
Narrator Kay Shimada
Nisei male. Born May 1, 1924, in Clarksburg, California. Grew up in Clarksburg, where parents ran a farm. During World War II, removed to the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Served in the military during the war. Returned to the Sacramento area and reestablished farming business.
doc
Manzanar diary (ddr-csujad-34-1)
One diary written by Hiroshi Fukuwa, a Kibei Nisei of Los Angeles, California. His diary starts from his departing day from Los Angeles to move into the Manzanar incarceration camp as one of the first group of volunteer incacerees. He was transferred to the Gila River camp, Arizona, to join his brother's family, and segregated into …
vh
Bill Nishimura Interview (ddr-densho-1000-119)
Nisei male, born June 21, 1920, in Compton, California. Raised on a farm in Lawndale, California. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, his father was picked up by FBI and detained at a Department of Justice (DOJ) internment camp in Lordsburg, New Mexico. His family voluntarily moved to Visalia, California, then was forcibly moved to Poston …
vh
Tokio Yamane Interview Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-432-13)
Questioning the martial law status of Tule Lake when it was a segregation center (Japanese language)
This interview was conducted in Japanese. The transcript is a translation of the original interview. This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or …
Narrator Hiroshi Kashiwagi
Nisei male. Born November 8, 1922, in Sacramento, California. Spent childhood and adolescence in Loomis, California, before spending senior year in high school in Los Angeles, California. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to Marysville Assembly Center, California, and then to Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Resisted the draft and renounced U.S. citizenship, remaining with …
Narrator Tom Akashi
Nisei male. Born June 7, 1929, in Merced, California. Grew up in Mount Eden, California, and was removed to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Incarcerated at the Topaz concentration camp in Utah, then moved to Tule Lake concentration camp after family volunteered to move to Japan. While at Tule Lake, …
Narrator Hitoshi "Hank" Naito
Nisei male. Born April 20, 1926, in San Diego, California. Grew up in Terminal Island, California, where father was a fisherman. During World War II, removed with family to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. Family was transferred to Tule Lake in response to father's answers on the so-called …
Narrator Clara S. Hattori
Nisei female. Born May 21, 1919, in Sacramento, California. Grew up in the Loomis area of California, where parents ran a farm and fruit orchard. Just prior to World War II, worked in the Japanese Pavilion at the San Francisco World's Fair of 1939-1940. During World War II, removed to the Marysville Assembly Center, California, and …
Narrator Fusako Yamamoto
Nisei female. Born March 29, 1920, in Sacramento, California, where father owned and operated a restaurant, and mother taught Japanese language school. During World War II, removed to the Marysville Assembly Center and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Left camp to work in Chicago before eventually returning to Sacramento.
Narrator Susie "Jinx" Fujii
Nisei female. Born March 8, 1930, in Brooks, Oregon. Grew up in Brooks, where parents ran a farm. During World War II, removed to the Tule Lake concentration camp, California, and transferred to the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. After the war, returned to Oregon and remained in Portland.
Narrator Kenji Ogawa
Sansei male. Born April 16, 1942, in Manzanar, California. In 1943, parents signed "no-no" on the so-called "loyalty questionnaire" and were transferred to the Tule Lake segregation center, California. Moved with family to Japan, and returned to the United States in the 1950s to attend high school.
doc
The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 19 No. 26 (December 30, 1944) (ddr-pc-16-53)
Selected article titles: "121 Japanese American Gis Reported Wounded in Action in Battle for Germany" (p. 1), "Full Force of Government's Support Promised to Loyal Japanese Americans by Ickes" (p. 1), "Justice Department Expected to Take Over Tule Lake Camp" (p. 1), "Many Evacuees Plan to Remain Outside Coast Area" (p. 1), "Expect 60 Thousand Evacuees …
doc
The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 21 No. 11 (September 15, 1945) (ddr-pc-17-37)
Selected article titles: "Nisei Battalion Took Place In Final Battles in Germany" (p. 1), "Tule Lake Administration Not Changed by Action of Army. Military Police Now Acting as Agents of Justice Department" (p. 2), "Military Police Detachments Withdrawn from Centers" (p. 2), "VFW Post in Spokane Rejects Sgt. Koyama, Wounded Veteran of Pacific War Against Japan" …
doc
The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 21 No. 18 (November 3, 1945) (ddr-pc-17-44)
Selected article titles: "Reveal Nisei GIs Served With Allied Units" (p. 1), "National JACL Plans to Enter Oyama Case Testing Validity Of California Alien Land Law" (p. 1), "WRA Closes Central Utah Camp On Time as Last Group Leaves" (p. 1), "Last Evacuee Family at Hunt Refused to Leave Center" (p. 2), "U.S. Deportation Program May …
doc
The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 34 No. 4 (January 26, 1952) (ddr-pc-24-4)
Selected article titles: "Government Sets Deadline For Compromise Claims. Justice Department Moves To Speed Up Submission of Offers Under New Setup" (p. 1), "Early Ratification of Japan Peace Treaty Urged by JACL" (p. 1), "House Judiciary Committee Urges Favorable Action on Equality in Naturalization" (p. 2), "Tule Lake Renunciant Asks For Restoration of Rights Forfeited in …
doc
The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 29 No. 19 (November 5, 1949) (ddr-pc-21-44)
Selected article titles: "Reveal First Complete Story of Role Played by Nisei Gis During War Against Japan" (p. 1), "Missouri Law Bars Marriage of Nisei Vet, Springfield Girl" (p. 1), "South California ACLU Tells Effect of Government Action in Tule Lake Renunciants Case" (p. 2), "Masaoka Sees Little Chance For Extension of Deadline Under Evacuee Claims …
doc
Pacific Citizen, Vol. 109, No. 15 (November 10, 1989) (ddr-pc-61-40)
Selected article titles: "Conference Report Shunted Back to House: Senate Delays Money Bill for Redress" (p. 1), "JACL, OCA, Etc.: Concerns Discussed at D.C. Anti-Asian Violence Confab" (p. 1), "For the Japanese American National Museum Collection: Artifacts Gathered from Basement of S.K. Uyeda (Taul) Building Being Torn Down in Little Tokyo" (p. 3), and "Sequel to …