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Letter to chairman of social security board from War Relocation Authority (ddr-densho-356-894)
doc Letter to chairman of social security board from War Relocation Authority (ddr-densho-356-894)
Letter to Arthur J. Altmeyer, chairman of the Social Security Board from D.S. Myer, Director of the War Relocation Authority regarding possible public assistance Japanese Americans will need and what departments are responsible for what.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-894/
Camp visit by Eleanor Roosevelt (ddr-densho-37-468)
img Camp visit by Eleanor Roosevelt (ddr-densho-37-468)
Original WRA caption: Gila River Relocation Center, Rivers, Arizona. Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, accompanied by Dillon Myer, National Director of the War Relocation Authority, visit the Gila River Relocation Center, where they were greeted by crowds of enthusiastic evacuees.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-468/
Concentration camp street scene (ddr-densho-151-69)
img Concentration camp street scene (ddr-densho-151-69)
Original WRA caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Street scene looking east toward the Inyo Mountains at this War Relocation Authority center. The children are coming to their barrack homes from play school.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-69/
Concentration camp site (ddr-densho-37-251)
img Concentration camp site (ddr-densho-37-251)
Original WRA caption: Tule Lake Relocation Center, Newell, California. Site on which a War Relocation Authority center is to be constructed for the housing of 10,000 evacuees of Japanese ancestry for the duration.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-251/
Japanese sandals (ddr-densho-37-816)
img Japanese sandals (ddr-densho-37-816)
Original WRA caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Close-up of geta, stilt-like sandals, which are especially useful in dust. These are made by evacuee craftsmen in this War Relocation Authority center.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-816/
Mimeographed copy of
doc Mimeographed copy of "Racism and Reason", published by the Department of the Interior, War Relocation Authority (October 2, 1944) (ddr-janm-1-45)
10-page mimeographed copy of a speech entitled "Racism and Reason," published by the Department of the Interior, War Relocation Authority, Washington, DC. Address was to be delivered by Dillon S. Myer, Director of the War Relocation authority at an interfaith meeting sponsored by the Pacific Coast Committee on American Principles and Fair Play, at Los Angeles, …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-janm-1-45/
Administrative notice, no. 241 (April 26, 1945) (ddr-csujad-55-1668)
doc Administrative notice, no. 241 (April 26, 1945) (ddr-csujad-55-1668)
Myths and Facts about the Japanese Americans, War Relocation Authority. Memorandum regarding distribution and use of a War Relocation Authority publication titled "Myths and Facts about the Japanese Americans." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1670
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1668/
Families arriving at Turlock (ddr-densho-151-455)
img Families arriving at Turlock (ddr-densho-151-455)
Original caption: Turlock, California. Families of Japanese ancestry arrived at Turlock Assembly. Evacuees will be housed later at War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-455/
Child wearing
img Child wearing "evacuation tag" (ddr-densho-151-185)
Original caption: Centerville, California. This youngster is awaiting evacuation bus. Evacuees of Japanese ancestry will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-185/
Issei couple waiting for bus (ddr-densho-151-190)
img Issei couple waiting for bus (ddr-densho-151-190)
Original caption: Centerville, California. This farming couple awaits evacuation bus. Evacuees of Japanese ancestry will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-190/
Final Accountability Rosters Collection (ddr-densho-305)
Collection Final Accountability Rosters Collection (ddr-densho-305)
This collection contains the Final Accountability Rosters from the 10 concentration camps. These reports were compiled during the closures of all camps and contains information about each person, including: name, family number, date of birth, marital status, citizenship status, alien registration number, method of original entry into the center, date of entry, pre-evacuation address, center address, …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-305/
Japanese Americans clearing brush (ddr-densho-151-388)
img Japanese Americans clearing brush (ddr-densho-151-388)
Original caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. More land is being cleared of sage brush at the southern end of the project to enlarge this War Relocation Authority center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-388/
CSU Northridge War Relocation Authority Collection (ddr-csujad-19)
Collection CSU Northridge War Relocation Authority Collection (ddr-csujad-19)
The War Relocation Authority (WRA) was created on March 18, 1942, by Executive Order of the President, No. 9102. This new civilian agency was to be responsible for "the relocation (of evacuees) in appropriate places, providing for their needs in such manner as may be appropriate, and supervising their activities." The collection consists of reports, memoranda, …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-19/
Takami Hibiya suspended leave clearance form (ddr-densho-381-143)
doc Takami Hibiya suspended leave clearance form (ddr-densho-381-143)
Leave form with a notation from Robert K. Thurber. stating that J.B. (possibly Captain John Hall) does not recommend Takami for leave from the Minidoka camp.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-381-143/
View of a farm growing beans (ddr-fom-1-890)
img View of a farm growing beans (ddr-fom-1-890)
WRA caption on reverse: "A view of a farm a few miles south of the Minidoka War Relocation Authority center. Beans are growing in the foreground."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-890/
View of a farm growing beans (ddr-fom-1-891)
img View of a farm growing beans (ddr-fom-1-891)
WRA caption on reverse: "A view of a farm a few miles south of the Minidoka War Relocation Authority center. Beans are growing in the foreground."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-891/
View of a farm growing beans (ddr-fom-1-892)
img View of a farm growing beans (ddr-fom-1-892)
WRA caption on reverse: "A view of a farm a few miles south of the Minidoka War Relocation Authority center. Beans are growing in the foreground."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-892/
View of a wheat farm (ddr-fom-1-893)
img View of a wheat farm (ddr-fom-1-893)
WRA caption on reverse: "A view of a wheat farm a few miles south of the Minidoka War Relocation Authority center for evacuees of Japanese descent."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-893/
Mother and children waiting in line (ddr-densho-151-223)
img Mother and children waiting in line (ddr-densho-151-223)
Original caption: Turlock, California. Families of Japanese ancestry arrive at Turlock Assembly Center. Evacuees will be housed later at War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-223/
Japanese Americans boarding bus (ddr-densho-151-208)
img Japanese Americans boarding bus (ddr-densho-151-208)
Original caption: Centerville, California. Members of farm family board evacuation buses. Evacuees of Japanese ancestry will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-208/
Japanese Americans boarding bus (ddr-densho-151-207)
img Japanese Americans boarding bus (ddr-densho-151-207)
Original caption: Centerville, California. Members of farm family board evacuation bus. Evacuees of Japanese ancestry will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-207/
Japanese Americans coping with dusty conditions (ddr-densho-37-475)
img Japanese Americans coping with dusty conditions (ddr-densho-37-475)
Original WRA caption: Poston, Arizona. Jim Morikawa sprinkling in an attempt to settle the dust at this War Relocation Authority center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-475/
Construction of barracks (ddr-densho-37-254)
img Construction of barracks (ddr-densho-37-254)
Original WRA caption: Work commences on the construction of barrack homes for evacuees of Japanese ancestry on the site selected for this War Relocation Authority center.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-254/
Partially developed camp site (ddr-densho-37-401)
img Partially developed camp site (ddr-densho-37-401)
Original WRA caption: Parker, Arizona. View of partially developed site of War Relocation Authority Center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry on the Colorado River Indian Reservation.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-401/
Japanese American with parasol (ddr-densho-37-766)
img Japanese American with parasol (ddr-densho-37-766)
Original WRA caption: Japanese parasol for spring showers at Santa Anita Park assembly center. Evacuees later are transferred to War Relocation Authority center for the duration.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-766/
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