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Notice of assignment, Form WRA-21, George Naohara (ddr-csujad-38-566)
doc Notice of assignment, Form WRA-21, George Naohara (ddr-csujad-38-566)
A notice of assignment, Form WRA-21, issued by Lee A. Lampson, Tule Lake Relocation Center, War Relocation Authority. It notifies George Nobuo Naohara of a farmer's position assigned. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_05_13_019
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-38-566/
Elementary school students (ddr-densho-151-33)
img Elementary school students (ddr-densho-151-33)
Original WRA caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. An elementary school with voluntary evacuee attendance has been established with volunteer evacuee teachers, most of whom are college graduates. No school equipment is as yet obtainable and available tables and benches are used. However, classes are often held in the shade of the barrack building at this …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-33/
Japanese Americans taking citizenship classes (ddr-densho-151-407)
img Japanese Americans taking citizenship classes (ddr-densho-151-407)
Original caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Part of a class under the Adult Education Program at this War Relocation Authority center. It is composed of Issei and Kibei evacuees who are studying the Ideals of American Citizenship and the English language with which they are unfamiliar. There are 18 such classes, each averaging 20 volunteer …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-407/
Japanese Americans taking English language class (ddr-densho-151-406)
img Japanese Americans taking English language class (ddr-densho-151-406)
Original caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Part of a class under the Adult Education Program at this War Relocation Authority center. It is composed of Issei and Kibei evacuees who are studying the Ideals of American Citizenship and the English language with which they are unfamiliar. There are 18 such classes, each averaging 20 volunteer …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-406/
Japanese American store owner prior to mass removal (ddr-densho-151-91)
img Japanese American store owner prior to mass removal (ddr-densho-151-91)
Original caption: San Francisco, California. Mr. Tatsuno pictured in his San Francisco drygoods store prior to evacuation of residents of Japanese ancestry. He was in the drygoods business for forty years in San Francisco. Evacuees will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-91/
Two friends at school prior to mass removal (ddr-densho-151-97)
img Two friends at school prior to mass removal (ddr-densho-151-97)
Original caption: Pals at Raphael Weill Public School, Geary and Buchanan Streets. Yuichi Sumi (left), of Japanese ancestry, and Tommy Wong of Chinese descent, on one of the last days before evacuation. Evacuees of Japanese ancestry will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for duration.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-97/
Japanese American family arriving at bus station (ddr-densho-151-168)
img Japanese American family arriving at bus station (ddr-densho-151-168)
Original caption: Hayward, California. This family of Japanese ancestry have just arrived in town from their farm. They will await the evacuation bus which will take them to the Tanforan Assembly center where they will be transferred later to War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-168/
Japanese Americans waiting for bus (ddr-densho-151-247)
img Japanese Americans waiting for bus (ddr-densho-151-247)
Original caption: Oakland, California. Residents of Japanese ancestry congregated at Wartime Civil Control Administration station under Civilian Exclusion Order Number 28, awaiting evacuation buses which will take them to Tanforan Assembly center for later transfer to War Relocation Authority cnters where they will spend the duration.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-247/
Japanese Americans receiving inoculations (ddr-densho-151-109)
img Japanese Americans receiving inoculations (ddr-densho-151-109)
Original caption: San Francisco, California. As a safeguard for health, evacuees of Japanese descent were inoculated as they registered for evacuation at 2031 Bush Street. Nurses and doctors, also of Japanese ancestry, administered inoculations. Evacuees were later transferred to War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-109/
Japanese Americans receiving inoculations (ddr-densho-151-111)
img Japanese Americans receiving inoculations (ddr-densho-151-111)
Original caption: San Francisco, California. As a safeguard for health, evacuees of Japanese descent were inoculated as they registered for evacuation at 2031 Bush Street. Nurses and doctors, also of Japanese ancestry, administered inoculations. Evacuees were later transferred to War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-111/
Japanese American horticulturalist prior to mass removal (ddr-densho-151-87)
img Japanese American horticulturalist prior to mass removal (ddr-densho-151-87)
Original caption: San Leandro, California. Greenhouse on nursery operated, before evacuation, by horticultural experts of Japanese ancestry. Many of the Nisei (born in this country) attended leading agricultural colleges such as that at Cornell. Evacuees will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-87/
Japanese American farmers prior to mass removal (ddr-densho-151-126)
img Japanese American farmers prior to mass removal (ddr-densho-151-126)
Original caption: Near Mission San Jose, California. This family of Japanese ancestry have but a few more days to work in their stawberry field before evacuation to an assembly point from where they will later be transferred to a War Relocation Authority center to spend the duration.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-126/
Japanese American Citizens League bulletin board (ddr-densho-151-212)
img Japanese American Citizens League bulletin board (ddr-densho-151-212)
Original caption: Centerville, California. Bulletin board in Japanese American Citizens League office, during period when farmers of Japanese ancestry were preparing for evacuation. Farmers and other evacuees will be given opportunities to follow their callings at War Relocation Authority centers where they will spend the duration.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-212/
Signed letter from B.R. Stauber, Relocation Planning Officer, to Mr. W.K. Kelly, Assistant Commissioner for Alien Control, on the transfer of Keizaburo Koyama to the Minidoka War Relocation Center (ddr-one-5-244)
doc Signed letter from B.R. Stauber, Relocation Planning Officer, to Mr. W.K. Kelly, Assistant Commissioner for Alien Control, on the transfer of Keizaburo Koyama to the Minidoka War Relocation Center (ddr-one-5-244)
Photocopy of a declassified typed letter from B.R. Stauber, Relocation Planning Officer, to Mr. W.K. Kelly, Assistant Commissioner for Alien Control on the transfer of Keizaburo Koyama to the Minidoka Relocation Center. The Project Director, Mr. Stafford, should expect notification from the Immigration and Naturalization Service two days prior to the transfer.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-5-244/
Memo from Robert E. Gibson, Education Advisor, War Relocation Authority, to all project directors, March 4, 1943 (ddr-csujad-55-1742)
doc Memo from Robert E. Gibson, Education Advisor, War Relocation Authority, to all project directors, March 4, 1943 (ddr-csujad-55-1742)
Memorandum of understanding from Robert E. Gibson to All Project Directors regarding social studies materials that are available to education departments at each incarceration camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1744
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1742/
One thousandth of the Nation: an address by Dillion S. Myer, Director of the War Relocation Authority (ddr-csujad-55-1645)
doc One thousandth of the Nation: an address by Dillion S. Myer, Director of the War Relocation Authority (ddr-csujad-55-1645)
Transcription of a speech by Dillon Myer to civic organizations in Salt Lake City, Utah, regarding the history and activities of the War Relocation Authority, the "relocation program," incarceration camps, Nisei in military service, and current state of the "relocation program." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1647
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1645/
Letter from Hugh T. Fullerton, Major, A.G.D, to Project Director, Heart Mountain War Relocation Project, through Captain Mark. H. Astrup, Liaison Officer, War Relocation Authority, November 23, 1942 (ddr-csujad-55-322)
doc Letter from Hugh T. Fullerton, Major, A.G.D, to Project Director, Heart Mountain War Relocation Project, through Captain Mark. H. Astrup, Liaison Officer, War Relocation Authority, November 23, 1942 (ddr-csujad-55-322)
Correspondence from Hugh T. Fullerton to Project Director, Heart Mountain War Relocation Project regarding a request for clothing allowances. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0324
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-322/
Letter from Dillon S. Myer, Director, War Relocation Authority, to Mr. Guy Robertson, Project Director, Heart Mountain Relocation Center, May 13, 1944 (ddr-csujad-55-565)
doc Letter from Dillon S. Myer, Director, War Relocation Authority, to Mr. Guy Robertson, Project Director, Heart Mountain Relocation Center, May 13, 1944 (ddr-csujad-55-565)
Correspondence from Dillon S. Myer to Guy Robertson requesting that Robertson provide instructions to incarcerees regarding "seasonal leave." Instructions cover working under contract with the War Food Administration, unemployment complaints, permission to traveling outside the "travel district," breaking labor contract, converting to indefinite leave, selective service, and work record. See this object in the California State …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-565/
Letter from Eva Koyama to Edward J. Ennis, Director, Alien Enemy Control Unit. Page 3 of 5. (ddr-one-5-215)
doc Letter from Eva Koyama to Edward J. Ennis, Director, Alien Enemy Control Unit. Page 3 of 5. (ddr-one-5-215)
Photocopy of a declassified handwritten letter from Eva Koyama, daughter of Teru and Keizaburo Koyama, to Edward J. Ennis, Director, Enemy Alien Control Unit. Eva said her mother used to work at the War Relocation Authority Center for a few dollars a month, but has been unable to do so recently due to health. Over the …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-5-215/
Letter from Eva Koyama to Edward J. Ennis, Director, Alien Enemy Control Unit. Page 4 of 5. (ddr-one-5-216)
doc Letter from Eva Koyama to Edward J. Ennis, Director, Alien Enemy Control Unit. Page 4 of 5. (ddr-one-5-216)
Photocopy of a declassified handwritten letter from Eva Koyama, daughter of Teru and Keizaburo Koyama, to Edward J. Ennis, Director, Enemy Alien Control Unit. Eva writes that she loves and misses her father greatly, but that she also thinks of the other girls her age whose fathers are currently serving in the military, so she can …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-5-216/
Visitors pass no. 12237 (ddr-csujad-38-559)
doc Visitors pass no. 12237 (ddr-csujad-38-559)
A visitors pass issued by E. B. Whitaker, Project Director, signed by Mary Merritt. It authorizes George Nobuo Naohara of Brigham, Utah to visit Block 8-10-E at the Jerome camp in Arkansas. WRA-38. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_05_13_011
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-38-559/
Takami Hibiya reference letter (ddr-densho-381-141)
doc Takami Hibiya reference letter (ddr-densho-381-141)
A reference letter from Lorne Huycke to Dillon S. Meyer for Takami Hibiya. Huycke speaks about his contact with Takami at the Minidoka Project, where they worked together in the Housing Department.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-381-141/
Report of visits and conferences with recommendations (ddr-csujad-55-1704)
doc Report of visits and conferences with recommendations (ddr-csujad-55-1704)
Report and recommendations by N. E. Viles, War Relocation Authority, Community Management Division, Education Section regarding schools at Poston incarceration camp. Covers personnel problems, school buildings, records and reports, financial control, property control, summer school program, elementary and high school, state school accreditation, nursery school, and adult education. See this object in the California State Universities …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1704/
Letter from N.E. Viles, Education Adviser, War Relocation Authority, to Mr. Dallas C. McLaren, Poston High School Principal, June 30, 1944 (ddr-csujad-55-1853)
doc Letter from N.E. Viles, Education Adviser, War Relocation Authority, to Mr. Dallas C. McLaren, Poston High School Principal, June 30, 1944 (ddr-csujad-55-1853)
Correspondence from N.E. Viles to Dallas McLaren regarding receipt of a copy of "El Curriente." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1856
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1853/
Committee report on school and community libraries (ddr-csujad-55-1727)
doc Committee report on school and community libraries (ddr-csujad-55-1727)
Report and recommendations on school and community libraries at Poston incarceration camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1729
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1727/
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