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Tanforan totalizer, vol. 1, no. 19 (September 12, 1942) (ddr-csujad-55-2325)
doc Tanforan totalizer, vol. 1, no. 19 (September 12, 1942) (ddr-csujad-55-2325)
Tanforan totalizer, final issue, vol. 1, no. 19, whichi is a newsletter published at the Tanforan Temporary Assembly Center. Covers a background on WRA Director Dillon S. Myer, WRA policies on basic provisions, community enterprises, work and pay, order of merit, private employment, clothing allowances, self government, and an overview of events and happenings at the …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2325/
Letter to Yuriko Domoto from Alice Clo Watson (ddr-densho-329-482)
doc Letter to Yuriko Domoto from Alice Clo Watson (ddr-densho-329-482)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-329-482/
Daily Press Review, Vol. III, No. 16 (ddr-densho-156-218)
doc Daily Press Review, Vol. III, No. 16 (ddr-densho-156-218)
Article titles: "American-Born Japs Allowed to Enter War Poster Contest"; "Utah Officials Study Evacuee Education Problem"; "Japanese Workers Help in Idaho Beet-Thinning"; "More Traitors"; "Aliens are Called Eager to Assist America in War"; "Colombia Moves Axis Citizens"; "Tule Lake Project Population 10,946"; "War Relocation Authority Opens Cody Office"; "Evacuated Japs Dine as Family Unit"; "Wilkes Leaves …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-156-218/
Letter from John J. McCloy, Assistant Secretary of War, to Dillon S. Myer (ddr-densho-67-23)
doc Letter from John J. McCloy, Assistant Secretary of War, to Dillon S. Myer (ddr-densho-67-23)
Letter from John J. McCloy, Assistant Secretary of War, to Dillon S. Myer, Director of the War Relocation Authority. Reporting recommendations of Dr. Dedrick, head of the Statistical Division of the Wartime Civil Control Administration. Urges segregation of the "pro-Japan" Kibei and Issei, and expresses fear of internal security incidents in the camps, and "contamination" of …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-67-23/
Resolution by the Native Sons of the Golden West (ddr-densho-67-91)
doc Resolution by the Native Sons of the Golden West (ddr-densho-67-91)
A list of resolutions adopted by the Native Sons of the Golden West. They believe that the War Relocation Authority and Dillon Myer cannot properly control the internees at Tule Lake and suggest the U.S. Army take over. Also call for the permanent ban on Japanese immigration as well as the execution of Japanese in charge …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-67-91/
Poston Information Bulletin Vol. II No. 10 (June 23, 1942) (ddr-densho-145-36)
doc Poston Information Bulletin Vol. II No. 10 (June 23, 1942) (ddr-densho-145-36)
Selected article titles: "School Classes at Poston Will Begin October 1, Says Regional WRA Office" (p. 1), "Dillon Myer Succeeds M.S. Eisenhower as War Relocation Authority Chief" (p. 1), "Railhead Warehouses Aid Supply Transport" (p. 1), "New Well at Comp #3 Assures Completion of Water Supply" (p. 1).
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-145-36/
Obituary, Dillon S. Myer (ddr-csujad-55-2414)
doc Obituary, Dillon S. Myer (ddr-csujad-55-2414)
Newspaper clipping published in "San Francisco chronicle" of the obituary of War Relocation Authority Director, Dillon S. Myer. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2520
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2414/
Japanese Americans waiting for baggage inspection (ddr-densho-151-226)
img Japanese Americans waiting for baggage inspection (ddr-densho-151-226)
Original caption: Turlock, California. These evacuees of Japanese ancestry have just arrived at this Assembly center and are awaiting the inspection of their baggage. They will then be assigned places in the barracks to remain until they are transferred to a War Relocation Authority center for the duration.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-226/
Japanese American waiting with baggage (ddr-densho-151-103)
img Japanese American waiting with baggage (ddr-densho-151-103)
Original caption: San Francisco, California. An early comer arrives with personal effects at 2020 Van Ness Avenue as part of the 664 residents of Japanese ancestry to be evacuated from San Francisco on April 6, 1942. Evacuees will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-103/
Japanese Americans waiting with baggage (ddr-densho-151-101)
img Japanese Americans waiting with baggage (ddr-densho-151-101)
Original caption: San Francisco. Early comers arrive with personal effects at 2020 Van Ness Avenue as part of the contingent of 664 residents of Japanese ancestry, first to be evacuated from San Francisco on April 6, 1942. Evacuees will housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-101/
Mother with two young children waiting for bus (ddr-densho-151-200)
img Mother with two young children waiting for bus (ddr-densho-151-200)
Original caption: Centerville, California. Members of farm family await evacuation bus. In March they came from Santa Barbara County to Alameda County, so that all members of the family could be evacuated together. Evacuees of Japanese ancestry will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-200/
Japanese American discussing financial affairs (ddr-densho-151-98)
img Japanese American discussing financial affairs (ddr-densho-151-98)
Original caption: San Francisco, California. A business man of Japanese ancestry confers with a representative of the Federal Reserve Bank at Wartime Civil Control Administration station to arrange disposition of his financial affairs prior to evacuation. Evacuees will be housed at War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-98/
Japanese Americans registering for mass removal (ddr-densho-151-116)
img Japanese Americans registering for mass removal (ddr-densho-151-116)
Original caption: The full caption for this photograph reads: San Francisco, California. In response to the Army's Exclusion Order Number 20, residents of Japanese ancestry appear at Civil Control Station at 2031 Bush Street for registration. The evacuees will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-116/

Narrator Chiyoko Yano

Nisei female. Born February 27, 1918, in Oakland, California. Grew up in Oakland before being removed to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. In Topaz, worked for the War Relocation Authority in the Central Statistics Division. Husband served in the OSS, the Office of Strategic Services. Lived in Japan during the …
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/337/
Place of schools in War Relocation Centers (ddr-csujad-55-1690)
doc Place of schools in War Relocation Centers (ddr-csujad-55-1690)
Essay by Mrs. Lucy W. Adams on the role of schools in Relocation Centers. Covers the birth of a community, the task of schools in incarceration camps, and the educational policy of the War Relocation Authority. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1692
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1690/
Orphans at Manzanar Childrens' Village (ddr-densho-151-443)
img Orphans at Manzanar Childrens' Village (ddr-densho-151-443)
Original caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Evacuee orphans from an institution in San Francisco who are now established for the duration in the Childrens' Village at this War Relocation Authority center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry. Mrs. Harry Matsumoto, a University of California graduate, and her husband are superintendants of the Childrens' Village where 65 …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-443/

Narrator Miyoko Tsuboi Nakagawa

Nisei female. Born March 8, 1925, in Portland, Oregon. Lost mother at an early age and helped to take care of the family. During World War II, removed to the Portland Assembly Center, Oregon, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. After leaving camp, worked for a War Relocation Authority office helping to return confiscated property to …
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/784/
Amache information booklet (ddr-densho-390-146)
doc Amache information booklet (ddr-densho-390-146)
An information pamphlet from the Amache concentration camp, belonging to Harry and Walter Matsuoka. Includes detailed information on amenities, employment options, and operations at Amache with several illustrations and a cover created by the Amache Silk Screen shop.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-390-146/
Minority Report of Rep. Herman Eberharter (ddr-densho-35-413)
doc Minority Report of Rep. Herman Eberharter (ddr-densho-35-413)
Minority report written by Representative Eberharter, one of three members of the special subcommittee created by the House Committee on Un-American Activities to investigate War Relocation Authority (WRA) programs. Contradicts the majority report issued by his colleagues on the subcommittee (see "Report of the House Committee on Un-American Activities").
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-35-413/
Japanese American baggage (ddr-densho-37-586)
img Japanese American baggage (ddr-densho-37-586)
Original WRA caption: Salinas, California. Baggage belonging to evacuees of Japanese ancestry has been brought to the park in the center of town ready to be trucked to the Salinas Assembly center where evacuees from this district will await transfer to a War Relocation Authority center to spend the duration.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-586/
Invitation to Spring Festival at Tri State High School (ddr-csujad-55-137)
doc Invitation to Spring Festival at Tri State High School (ddr-csujad-55-137)
Invitation to a Spring Festival at Tri-State High School for the War Relocation Authority education staff. Includes illustrations. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0139
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-137/
Japanese Americans receiving inoculations (ddr-densho-151-110)
img Japanese Americans receiving inoculations (ddr-densho-151-110)
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. Children were given special attention. Evacuees were later transferred to War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-110/
Four sisters in front of home (ddr-densho-151-215)
img Four sisters in front of home (ddr-densho-151-215)
Original caption: Mountain View, California. Four sisters in the Mitarai family. Their father operated an industrialized farm in Santa Clara County, prior to evacuation. Farmers and other evacuees of Japanese ancestry will be given opportunities to follow their callings in War Relocation Authority centers where they will spend the duration.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-215/
Assembly center new arrivals (ddr-densho-151-31)
img Assembly center new arrivals (ddr-densho-151-31)
Original WRA caption: Turlock, California. Farm families of Japanese ancestry arriving at this Assembly Center from Byron. Their hand baggage will be inspected on the table at lower right. After being medically examined, all will be assigned to their places in the barracks for later transfer to War Relocation Authority centers.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-31/
Japanese Americans waiting with baggage (ddr-densho-151-104)
img Japanese Americans waiting with baggage (ddr-densho-151-104)
Original caption: San Francisco, California. Early comers arrive with personal effects at 2020 Van Ness Avenue as part of the contingent of 664 residents of Japanese ancestry first to be evacuated from San Francisco on April 6, 1942. Evacuees will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-104/
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