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doc Letter from Dillon S. Myer, Director, War Relocation Authority, to J. Flores, March 1943 (ddr-csujad-51-2)

Correspondence between Dillon S. Myer, Director of War Relocation Authority, and Long Beach resident J. Flores. In the letter, War Relocation Authority is requesting character verification for Shigetoshi Sugiyama, a Japanese American who listed Flores as a reference when applying to leave the incarceration camp. WRA-140. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American …

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doc Fortune Magazine article: "Issei, Nisei, Kibei" (ddr-densho-274-19)

This article discusses the problems created by the mass removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans. It also critiques the policies of the War Relocation Authority (WRA), in particular the idea of "protective custody."

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doc Camp permission slip (ddr-densho-390-122)

A permission slip for Walter Matsuoka to attend Civilian Conservation Corps camp, through the Boy Scouts of America, in exchange for helping the War Relocation Authority in tearing down buildings and acquiring lumber.

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img Assembly of baggage (ddr-densho-37-581)

Original WRA caption: Salinas, California. Baggage is being assembled to be taken by truck to the Salinas Assembly center where evacuees from this area will await transfer to a War Relocation Authority center.

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img Unloading beds (ddr-densho-37-474)

Original WRA caption: Poston, Arizona. Apache Indians assist in the unloading of beds for evacuees of Japanese ancestry at this War Relocation Authority center which is located on the Colorado River Indian Reservation.

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img Barracks construction (ddr-densho-37-572)

Original WRA caption: Pomona, California. Workmen erecting barracks for evacuees of Japanese ancestry at assembly center on Pomona Fair grounds. Evacuees will be assigned later to War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.

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img Child looking out of bus window (ddr-densho-151-174)

Original caption: San Francisco, California. A young evacuee looks out the window of bus before it starts for Tanforan Assembly center. Evacuees will be transferred to War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.

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img Issei farmer and government employee discuss mass removal (ddr-densho-151-136)

Original caption: Hayward, California. Harry Konda, farmer, discusses evacuation details with a representation of the Farm Security Administration. Evacuees of Japanese ancestry will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.

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img Baggage inspection (ddr-densho-151-225)

Original caption: Turlock, California. Baggage is inspected as families arrive at Turlock assembly center. Evacuees of Japanese ancestry will be transferred later to War Relocation Authority centers where they will spend the duration.

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img Baggage inspection (ddr-densho-151-220)

Original caption: Turlock, California. Baggage is inspected as families arrive at Turlock assembly center. Evacuees of Japanese ancestry will be transferred later to War Relocation Authority centers where they will spend the duration.

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img Nisei boys on doorstep (ddr-densho-151-214)

Original caption: San Francisco, California. High School boys look over Buchanan Street scene, prior to evacuation of residents of Japanese ancestry. Evacuees will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.

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doc Statement by Dillon S. Myer about constitutional principles involved in the relocation program (ddr-densho-381-15)

A statement from Dillon S. Myer, Director of the War Relocation Authority, presented before the Costello Sub-committee of the House Committee on Un-American Activities. Myer discusses the benefits of leave regulations in relation to the constitutionality of the evacuation and relocation program.

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img Japanese Americans tending crops (ddr-densho-151-36)

Original WRA caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Evacuee in her "hobby garden" which rates highest of all the garden plots at this War Relocation Authority center. Vegetables for their own use are grown in plots 10 x 50 feet between rows of barracks.

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img Portrait of a Japanese American (ddr-densho-151-376)

Original caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Karl Yoneda, Block Leader at this War Relocation Authority center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry. He is married to a Caucasian and they have a child four years old. The family are spending the duration at this center.

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img Art class (ddr-densho-151-438)

Original caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Class is being held in the Art School at this War Relocation Authority center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry. Instruction is given in oil and water-color, life-drawing and sketching, lettering, poster-making and fashion drawing.

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img View of camp gardens (ddr-densho-151-467)

Original caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Evacuees of Japanese ancestry are growing flourishing truck crops for their own use in their "hobby gardens". These crops are grown in plots 10 x 50 feet between blocks of barracks at this War Relocation Authority center.

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img Farm crew (ddr-densho-151-389)

Original caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Farm crew of which Johnny Fukazawa is foreman. These men are ready to return to the center's mess hall for lunch after a busy morning in the fields of the farm project at this War Relocation Authority center.

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img Japanese Americans tending crops (ddr-densho-151-35)

Original WRA caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Evacuees of Japanese ancestry are growing flourishing truck crops for their own use in their "hobby gardens." These crops are grown in plots 10 x 50 feet between blocks of barrack at this War Relocation Authority Center.

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img Japanese Americans gardening (ddr-densho-151-65)

Original WRA caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Evacuees of Japanese ancestry are growing flourishing truck crops for their own use in their "hobby gardens". These crops are grown in plots 10 x 50 feet between blocks of barrack at this War Relocation Authority center.

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img Concentration camp gardens (ddr-densho-151-71)

Original WRA caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Evacuees of Japanese ancestry are growing flourishing truck crops for their own use in their "hobby gardens". These crops are grown in plots 10 x 50 feet between blocks of barracks at this War Relocation Authority center.

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img Japanese Americans working in garden (ddr-densho-151-371)

Original caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Evacuees of Japanese ancestry are growing flourishing truck crops for their own use in their "hobby gardens". These crops are grown in plots 10 x 50 feet between blocks of barrack at this War Relocation Authority center.

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doc Letter from W.W. Lessing, Relocation Officer, War Relocation Authority, to Mrs. George H. Nakamura, November 25, 1945 (ddr-csujad-55-2450)

Correspondence from W.W. Lessing to Dorothy Nakamura regarding grants for former incarcerees returning to their former homes after World War II. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2556

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doc Memo from Vernon R. Kennedy, Relocation Supervisor, War Relocation Authority to all project directors, March 15, 1944 (ddr-csujad-55-980)

Memorandum of understanding from Vernon Kennedy to All Project Directors regarding employment opportunities and the Job Summary report from the Chicago area. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0982

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doc Memo from Elmer L. Shirrell, Relocation Supervisor, War Relocation Authority, to all project directors, December 31, 1943 (ddr-csujad-55-797)

Memorandum of understanding from Elmer Shirrell to All Project Directors regarding job vacancies in the Chicago area for incarcerees. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0799

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doc Memo from Vernon R. Kennedy, Relocation Supervisor, War Relocation Authority, to all project directors, April 1, 1944 (ddr-csujad-55-987)

Memorandum of understanding from Vernon Kennedy to All Project Directors regarding job opportunities for "resettlers," farming, and housing in the Chicago area. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0989

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