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img Art class (ddr-densho-151-439)

Original caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Making artificial flowers in the Art School at this War Relocation Authority center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry.

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img Japanese Americans in art class (ddr-densho-151-480)

Original caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Making artificial flowers in the Art School at this War Relocation Authority center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry.

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img Japanese Americans eating in mess hall (ddr-densho-151-66)

Original WRA caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Mealtime in one of the messhalls at this War Relocation Authority center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry.

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doc War Relocation Authority memorandum about community and project analysis reports (ddr-densho-381-16)

A memorandum to War Relocation Authority staff members offering reports about community analysis and project analysis, available by request.

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img Shower facilities (ddr-densho-37-477)

Original WRA caption: Poston, Arizona. Typical shower facilities 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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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 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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doc Manzanar session of the Inyo and Mono counties (ddr-csujad-48-49)

Public outreach brochure for Manzanar Session of the Inyo and Mono Counties; the front page contains a stylized print of the barracks with a tree in front (possibly a wood-cut or etching). Contains a program for a visit to Manzanar and anecdotal information and facts regarding the incarceration camp and the people within. Transcription is found …

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doc Manzanar Relocation Area civilian pass (ddr-csujad-48-48)

Manzanar Relocation Area civilian pass for Shirley Wells. No. 50; Good only for March; Name Shirley Wells; Position Superv. Nurse; Height 5'4" Eyes Blue Hair Brown; Signed by the Acting Asst. Project Director and the Pass Holder. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_wells_0048

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doc Standard position description, guard (ddr-csujad-2-73)

Position description for Guard, CPC-5, position code: Q2aD65; date allocated: May 13, 1943. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sjs_sch_0073

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doc Standard position description, internal security officer (ddr-csujad-2-75)

Description for Internal Security Officer (Organization Title), CAF - 7, Assistant Internal Security Officer (Class Title); duties include training and supervising incarceree patrolmen "in all phases of a positive program" that includes protection of people and property, enforcement of laws, and traffic control, among other duties. The second page contains only an official stamp. See this …

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doc Where old soles are traded for new (ddr-csujad-38-346)

A newspaper clipping titled, "Where old soles are traded for new," published in "Denson tribune" on June 11, 1943. It describes incarcerees who work in the shoe repair shop at the Jerome camp in Arkansas. The clipping was sent from Mitzi Masukawa Naohara's friend, "Sock," at the Jerome camp to Mitzi at the Poston camp in …

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doc Change of residence report card, WAR-148C. rev. (ddr-csujad-38-579)

A blank form of "Change of residence" report card. The return address is: Mr. Dillon S. Myer, Director, War Relocation Authority, Barr Building, Washington 25, D.C. Form "WAR-148C. rev." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_05_17_001

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doc Envelope from War Relocation Authority, United States Department of the Interior, to George Naohara, September 27, 1945 (ddr-csujad-38-569)

An envelope from War Relocation Authority, United States Department of the Interior, to George Nobuo Naohara in Chicago, Illinois, where he has been reestablishing his life after leaving the Tule Lake camp, California. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_05_13_022

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doc Poston chronicle vol. 2, no. 64 (December 2, 1943); Granada pioneer, vol. 1, no. 94 (August 25, 1943) (ddr-csujad-35-4)

Japanese section of "Poston chronicle published on December 2, 1943; and English section (page 9) and Japanese section (page 5) of "of "Granada Pioneer" published on August 25, 1943. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: kuw_01_04_001

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doc Poston chronicle vol. 16, no. 26 (December 4, 1943) (ddr-csujad-35-5)

Japanese section of "Poston chronicle. Poston II " vol. 16, no. 26. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: kuw_01_05_001

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doc Teacher and the war relocation project (ddr-csujad-48-125)

Title as: The Teacher and the War Relocation Project. This memorandum includes a broad overview of the reasoning behind the creation of the combat zone, Executive Order 9066, and Executive Order 9102 as well as the selection of "relocation areas," the kinds of jobs held by Japanese-Americans and the administration of the "relocation areas." It outlines …

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doc Chronology of evacuation and relocation (ddr-csujad-48-109)

Title: "A Chronology of Evacuation and Relocation." This document describes in detail the chronology of "evacuation and relocation" after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Report No. 6-1879-BU-COS-WP. Transcription is found in item: ecm_wells_9918. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_wells_0918

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doc Background for the relocation program (ddr-csujad-48-110)

Titled as: The background for the relocation program (prepared for information of Staff of the War Relocation Authority). It also describes the early Japanese migration to the United States and some of the economic and social aspects of American Japanese life. Transcription is found in item: ecm_wells_9919. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese …

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doc Japanese words defined (ddr-csujad-48-105)

Lexicon of common Japanese words published by the War Relocation Authority. The document also provides a basic grammar lesson for the pluralization of nouns and the pronunciation of vowels. Transcription is found in item: ecm_wells_9914. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_wells_0914

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doc Standard position description (ddr-csujad-45-79)

A description on the requirements for the Block Coordinator position. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: HMRC_01-02_012

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doc Tabulation of News Clippings, edited June 16, 1945 (ddr-csujad-19-24)

A tabulation of the US newspaper articles organized by subject, published around June 1945. Formally published under the title: News digest. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: WRA_01-17_01

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doc Digest of the West Coast Newspaper Items, October 8 to November 2, 1945 (ddr-csujad-19-7)

Factual information describing the activities of the War Relocation Authority and Army, Japanese Americans in the armed services, anti Japanese activities and other incidents during the period from October 8 to November 2, 1945. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: WRA_01-01_02

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