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img Japanese Americans waiting in line for mess hall (ddr-densho-37-812)

Original WRA caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Ready to pass into dining room at Manzanar, a War Relocation Authority center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry.

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img Construction of barracks (ddr-densho-37-255)

Original WRA caption: Tule Lake Relocation Center, Newell, California. Construction of barrack apartments has begun at this War Relocation Authority center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry.

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img Concentration camp barracks (ddr-densho-151-67)

Original WRA caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Street scene looking west between barrack blocks at this War Relocation Authority center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry.

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img Japanese Americans working in field (ddr-densho-151-391)

Original caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Field laborers hoeing corn on the farm project at this War Relocation Authority center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry.

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doc War Relocation Authority notice on the relocation of unattached children and youth (ddr-densho-381-28)

Myer writes about the specifics of how children under the age of sixteen, who have been separated from their parents for various reasons, can navigate the process of relocating outside the camps.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-381-28/

doc "WRA Interview Questions" (ddr-densho-67-31)

Questions asked by War Relocation Authority officials when evaluating applications for persons of Japanese ancestry to leave the concentration camps.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-67-31/

doc Transcript of Dillon S. Myer speech (ddr-densho-35-423)

Transcript of a speech given by War Relocation Authority (WRA) Director, Dillon S. Myer about the WRA's history and programs.

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doc Project directors report on evacuee resistances to relocation (ddr-densho-381-6)

Dillon S. Myer, War Relocation Authority Director, lists twelve reasons why he believes detainees are reluctant to leave the camps.

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doc Resolution proposed by Japanese American Council for Democracy (ddr-densho-122-420)

Presented to the Post War World Council on June 18, 1942, urging support of the necessity of incarceration and cooperation with the War Relocation Authority (WRA)

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img Gardens and barracks (ddr-densho-151-426)

Original caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Lawns and flowers have been planted by some of the evacuees at their barrack homes at this War Relocation Authority center.

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img Dental clinic (ddr-densho-151-420)

Original caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. The dental clinic in its temporary quarters at this War Relocation Authority center cares for an average of 100 evacuees daily.

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img Japanese American being interviewed (ddr-densho-151-429)

Original caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. A complete record, by personal interview, is being made of every evacuee of Japanese ancestry at this War Relocation Authority center.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-429/

img Japanese Americans relaxing in shade (ddr-densho-151-396)

Original caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Evacuees of Japanese ancestry rest in the cool of the eveing beside their barrack apartments at this War Relocation Authority Center.

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img Barracks with American flag (ddr-densho-151-57)

Original WRA caption: Manzanar Relocation center, Manzanar, California. Street scene of barrack homes at this War Relocation Authority Center. The windstorm has subsided and the dust has settled.

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Collection War Relocation Authority Documents Collection (ddr-densho-282)

The Government Documents collection is comprised of reports and studies published by the War Relocation Authority. The bulk of the items are focused on the lives and treatment of Japanese Americans during World War II.

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Collection War Relocation Authority, Minidoka Collection (ddr-fom-1)

The War Relocation Authority, Minidoka Collection contains a set of previously undigitized negatives take between 1943 and 1945 at Minidoka. These negatives were held at the National Archives and were digitized by the Friends of Minidoka. Topics include: camp scenes, education, fire crews, farming, religion, sports, and vocations.

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doc Guide to Relocation (ddr-densho-390-147)

A guide for detainees "to supply essential information... in working out their relocation plans." Also included is a transcription of a speech by James G. Lindley, a list of relocation offices, and a map with detainee relocation destinations.

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doc Abstracts of Articles Pertaining to the Evacuation and Relocation, Number 1, March 24, 1943 (ddr-densho-423-129)

Set of abstracts of articles prepared by LaVerne Madigan of the WRA. Marked "Property of M. Nozawa"

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doc Shizuo Nishimura's WRA employee driver's license (ddr-densho-493-28)

Card signed by Shizuo, with text "FORM WRA-22 / Employee Driver’s License / 17504 / WAR RELOCATION AUTHORITY / This license, when officially signed and dated, authorizes Shizuo Nishimura [signed] an employee of the War Relocation Authority, when his/her signature appears in the left-hand margin, to operate Government-owned motor vehicles on official business only. This license …

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img Barracks interior (ddr-densho-37-828)

Original WRA caption: Poston, Arizona. Interior view of barrack construction at this War Relocation Authority center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry.

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img Camp street construction (ddr-densho-37-410)

Original WRA caption: Manzanar, California. A street is being constructed at this War Relocation Authority center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry.

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doc Press release from the Office of War Information, War Relocation Authority, regarding segregation (ddr-densho-156-135)

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doc Letter regarding a camp inmate's request for leave clearance (ddr-densho-103-5)

This letter is from the National Student Relocation Council to the War Relocation Authority. The letter is in regards to camp inmate Ruby Inouye's request for indefinite educational leave.

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img Military Police (ddr-densho-37-808)

Original WRA caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Army military police go on duty to guard the boundaries of this War Relocation Authority center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry.

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doc Relocation Problems and Policies (ddr-densho-356-1035)

Speech given at the Tuesday Evening Club in Pasadena, California by War Relocation Authority Director Dillon S. Myer on the subject of relocation of Japanese American from WRA camps.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-1035/

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