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doc Kibei's view of Life in relocation camps during World War II (ddr-csujad-38-582)

A term paper prepared by Eileen Naohara Yoshimura, a daughter of George and Mitzi Naohara, for Professor Donald Teruo Hata's "Basic History 100" course at CSU Dominguez Hills Department of History. It focuses on the experiences of George Nobuo Naohara. She interviewed him about his time spent at the Tule Lake camp. See this object in …

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doc Card from George Naohara to Mitzi Naohara, February 14, 1945 (ddr-csujad-38-416)

A Valentine's Day card from George Nobuo Naohara to "Mitsuko" who is Mitzi Masukawa Naohara. He probably wrote from the Tule Lake camp in California where he was incarcerated to her while she was incarcerated at the Poston camp in Arizona. An item from: Mitzi Naohara scrapbook (csudh_nao_0400), page 37. See this object in the California …

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img Nisei men grouped around the back of truck (ddr-csujad-44-48)

A photograph of seven Nisei men, incarcerated at Tule Lake, California, grouped around the back of a large truck. The truck is loaded with furniture and boxes. Three men are in the truck bed. Four men are on the ground bending over a crate. A barrack is visible behind them. See this object in the California …

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doc [Report of the informal interview of the divisional responsible men and the detained stockade internees] (ddr-csujad-2-53)

Report from the incarceree-led government at Tule Lake Incarceration Camp. A transcript from an interview of the "Divisional Responsible Men" and their attempts to challenge the status-quo in the camp. Discusses hunger strike due to the army stealing incarceree items and attempts to release prisoners from the army stockades at the camp. See this object in …

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doc Memo from Harry L. Black, Advisory Committee, to Mr. [Raymond R.] Best, February 8, 1944 (ddr-csujad-2-91)

Memorandum regarding meeting with Co-ordinating Committee. Concerns meeting to discuss Committee's recommendation to release "18 additional detainees from the stockade." The memo on "Executive Office of the President, Office for Emergency Management" letterhead, also discusses employment of incarcerees from Manzanar and Tule Lake and moving incarcerees out of and into various housing blocks. See this object …

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Letter from R. R. Best, Project Director, and Lionel Perkins, Business Enterprises Adviser United States Department of the Interior War Relocation Authority to Mr. Ivan Williams Department of Justice, December 5, 1945 (ddr-csujad-12-24)

doc Letter from R. R. Best, Project Director, and Lionel Perkins, Business Enterprises Adviser United States Department of the Interior War Relocation Authority to Mr. Ivan Williams Department of Justice, December 5, 1945 (ddr-csujad-12-24)

This official correspondence confirms that Tsugitada Kanamori had worked at the Tule Lake incarceration camp for 6.5 months and had earned a total of $131.86 as of November 30, 1945. Issued by R.R. Best, Project Director and Lionel Perkins, Business Enterprises Adviser United States Department of the Interior War Relocation Authority. See this object in the …

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img Football players (ddr-csujad-44-38)

A photograph of twelve young Nisei men incarcerated at Tule Lake, California. They are presumably football players. They are posing in two rows in front of a barrack. Six young men are standing in the back row behind six young men kneeling on the ground. Photo inscription on back: "B Football." See this object in the …

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img Girls' basketball team (ddr-csujad-44-37)

A photograph of eight young Nisei women incarcerated at Tule Lake, California. They are presumably girls' basketball team members. They are standing in two rows in front of a barrack. Four women are in each row, with one row standing in front of the other. Photo inscription on back: "Girls' Basket ball." See this object in …

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doc Manzanar Free Press Vol. 5 No. 20 (March 8, 1944) (ddr-densho-125-217)

Selected article titles: "Myer Releases Analysis Report on 'Kibei' Problem" (p. 1), "Fox Reveals Facts About Army Test" (p. 1), "Explains Policies on Clothing Allowance" (p. 1), "Dies Asks Removal of Myer and Best" (p. 1), "New Seasonal Leave Regulation Limits Future Use of Permits" (p. 1), "Final Trainload Reaches Tule Lake" (p. 1), "Evacuees Establish …

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doc Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 136 (November 14, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-222)

Selected article titles: "Assessment of Damages Sought"; "Discuss Employment for Nisei Veterans"; "$50,000 Ranch in Escheat Case"; "They Drew a 'Draw' in Wrestling Bout Here"; "Seek War Veteran"; "Insurance Advice Given"; "Name Seven for Honor Medals"; "Birth of a Child Told"; "School Overflow is Problem in Morgan Hill"; "Cal. To Accept Produce Claims"; "Labor Body Condemns …

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doc Colorado Times Vol. 31, No. 4379 (October 25, 1945) (ddr-densho-150-90)

Selected article titles: "Aliens in Hawaii Think Japan Won the War; Await Fleet"; "Some Tuleans Don't Believe Japan Lost War"; "Chicago Nisi Enlists for Occupation Duty"; "'Atomic' Turnips Replace 'Japanese'"; "12th Annual Tri-State YBI Confab Slated for Dec. 28-30"; "S.F. Returnees Move Into Housing Project"; "Returnees Resettle in Long Beach"; "D.U. Students to Hear Eminent Psychologist"; …

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doc Colorado Times Vol. 31, No. 4289 (March 27, 1945) (ddr-densho-150-2)

Selected article titles: "Nisei Loyalty Told as Hawaii Newspaper Calls for Statehood"; "Tule Lake Trio Sentenced"; "AFL Union Suspends Member for Anti-Nisei Talk"; "Nisei Indicted for Desertion From CPS Camp"; "Graves Bearing Enemy Names Desecrated"; "'Real Friendship' from California Man"; "Lost Battalion Thanks Nisei"; "Sacramento Evacuee Killed in Chicago"; "WRA Denies Plan to Unite Enemy Families"; …

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doc Colorado Times Vol. 31, No. 4380 (October 27, 1945) (ddr-densho-150-91)

Selected article titles: "Sacramento Bee: Tule Lake Japanese Still Pose Problem"; "Minidoka Closes Ahead of Schedule"; "Returnee Accused of Tried Attack"; "Choate is WRA Officer in Sacramento"; "Miyasaki-Kikunaga Betrothal Announced"; "Savage and Snelling Graduates Act as 'Eyes and Ears' of Army"; "Nisei Receive Scholarships"; "Nisei Driven Car Injures 2 Seriously"; "Sewing School to Begin Classes Next …

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doc Daily Press Review, Vol. V, No. 6 (ddr-densho-156-246)

Article titles: "Jap Wife Killer Ordered to Gas Cell This Winter"; "Cleric Favors Jap Centers"; "Aliens are Warned on Curfew Law Violations"; "Fair Buildings to House Japs"; "Jap Woman Charged with Bribe Attempt"; "Items from Tule Lake"; "State Needs 3,429 More Beet Workers"; "Letters to Editors"; "'Loyal Alien' Status Likely for Many Italians in California"; "Mexico …

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doc Letter from Chimata Sumida to War Relocation Authority (ddr-densho-379-740)

Chimata Sumida asks to not be transferred from the Rohwer incarceration Camp to the Tule Lake Segregation Center under the guidelines indicated in Leeland Barrows letter to Edward J Ennis of the Alien Enemy Control Unity. Due to the loss of his original repatriation application, he was unable to retract that original application. Chimata Sumida details …

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doc Training of George K. Kambara, MD (ddr-csujad-55-1985)

Article on George K. Kambara covering his early life in California, education, incarceration, his ophthalmology practice at the Tule Lake incarceration camp, his experience as a doctor in Memphis and Wisconsin, relocation to Los Angeles, and discrimination as a Japanese-American. Published in "Archives of ophthalmology," Vol. 117, September 1999. See this object in the California State …

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doc Letter to Mamie, November 2, 1943 (ddr-csujad-55-130)

Correspondence to Mamie describing events that occurred at Tule Lake incarceration camp on November 1, 1943. Correspondent describes the labor strike, a visit from Dillon S. Myer, director of the War Relocation Authority, a crowd of Japanese gathering at the camp administration building, the army's response, and the beating of Dr. Pedicord. See this object in …

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doc To the descendants of George and Masako Okabe (ddr-csujad-55-2311)

Transcription of an oral history interview with George and Masako Okabe regarding their experiences during World War II. Interview covers Pearl Harbor, mass removal, daily life at Tule Lake and Grenada incarceration camps, repatriation to Japan, and return to U.S. Includes Yamazaki's report on the interview for her Sophomore World History class. See this object in …

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vh Susumu Mukushima Interview (ddr-chi-1-4)

Nisei male. Born October 8, 1942, in Los Angeles, California. During World War II, mother and father received special dispensation to delay going to the Santa Anita Assembly Center to give birth. After Susumu was born, the family was sent to Santa Anita and then the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming, and later transferred to Tule …

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vh Stanley N. Shikuma Interview I (ddr-densho-1000-517)

Sansei male. Born December 2, 1953, in Brogan, Oregon. Grew up primarily in the Watsonville, California, area, where parents ran a farm. Exposed at an early age to activism and organized labor. Attended Stanford University and then moved to Seattle, Washington, and earned a nursing credential. Has joined and led several prominent Seattle-area taiko (Japanese drum) …

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vh Stanley N. Shikuma Interview II (ddr-densho-1000-520)

Sansei male. Born December 2, 1953, in Brogan, Oregon. Grew up primarily in the Watsonville, California, area, where parents ran a farm. Exposed at an early age to activism and organized labor. Attended Stanford University and then moved to Seattle, Washington, and earned a nursing credential. Has joined and led several prominent Seattle-area taiko (Japanese drum) …

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doc Tulean Dispatch Vol. 6 No. 35 (August 26, 1943) (ddr-densho-65-286)

Selected article titles: "More Chicks Added Here" (p. 1), "Reeders Here This Friday" (p. 1), "Spanish Vice-Consul Visits: Message For Nationals" (p. 1), "No Nite Hours At Placement" (p. 1), "Nisei Feted at Kansas City" (p. 1), "Bids Now on Sale For Scholarship Fund Dance" (p. 1), "Meeting For Farmers Called" (p. 1), "Ozaki Compares: Minidoka …

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doc Tulean Dispatch Vol. III No. 19 (August 7, 1942) (ddr-densho-65-14)

Selected article titles: "Food Cost Revealed" (p. 1), "Clothing Plan Being Worked Out" (p. 1), "Self Gov't Planned" (p. 1), "Enough Coal for Winter" (p. 1), "Speaking of the Weather: Winter Comes Early at Tule Lake" (p. 1), "450 Baby Formula Prepared Daily" (p. 2), "5842 Receive Hospital Care, Report Reveals" (p. 2), "Well Equipped Hospital …

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av Interview with Arthur (Art) Morimitsu, part 2 of 6 (ddr-densho-1007-1750)

Morimitsu discusses his father's reaction to him volunteering for the military, support from Jewish community members, leaving Tule Lake for Fort Douglas, his education at Camp Savage, and his time in the Military Intelligence Service. Video starts at 0:18. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions in the background. Original title: 59B, II VFW #2, VFW …

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doc Tulean Dispatch Vol. 5 No. 40 (May 6, 1943) (ddr-densho-65-220)

Selected article titles: "Resettlers Apply at Leave Office For Financial Aid" (p. 1), "Treasury Report Made at Co-op Assembly" (p. 1), "U.S.E.S. Cannot Handle Midwest Work Inquiries" (p. 1), "Job Lists Are Posted" (p. 1), "Coal Situation" (p. 1), "Shoe Repair Shop Reopens, New Policies Announced" (p. 2), "Persons Leaving Must Have Photo" (p. 2), "Tule …

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