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doc Letter to Martin Dies from Dillon S. Myer (ddr-densho-381-5)

A letter to Martin Dies, Chairman of the Special Committee to Investigate Un-American Activities, from Dillon S. Myer, War Relocation Authority Director, about misleading statements made by committee members and their affect on the War Relocation Authority.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-381-5/

doc War Relocation Authority Case File for Mitsuye Yabe (ddr-ohs-1-74)

WRA - 26; WRA 156 - Request for Transportation of Property; Evacuee Property Report; War Relocation Authority Transportation Division Memorandums; WRA Basic Family Face Sheets; WRA Enlistee Service and Payment Record Cards; Alien Leave Permit; Permit for Evacuee to Return to a Relocation Center; Indefinite Leave Agreement; Evacuee File

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ohs-1-74/

doc "Nisei in Uniform" (ddr-densho-155-19)

Publication of the U.S. Department of the Interior and the War Relocation Authority in collaboration with the War Department.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-155-19/

img Mess hall food (ddr-densho-37-413)

Original WRA caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Meals are being served cafeteria style at this War Relocation Authority Center.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-413/

img Grandfather and grandson (ddr-densho-151-51)

Original WRA caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Grandfather and grandson of Japanese ancestry at this War Relocation Authority center.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-51/

doc Letter to D.S. Myer, Director, War Relocation Authority (ddr-csujad-51-3)

A handwritten letter from J. Flores to Dillon S. Myer, Director, War Relocation Authority. Flores is responding to a reference request (hslb_lbph_0061) from the War Relocation Authority about his Japanese American neighbor, Shigetoshi Sugiyama, who had applied to leave the incarceration camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: hslb_lbph_0062

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-51-3/

doc War Relocation Authority change of residence report card (ddr-csujad-5-77)

A blank form of "War Relocation Authority change of residence report card." It addresses "Mr. Vernon Kennedy, Relocation Supervisor," in Chicago, Illinois. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: oki_01_16_002

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-5-77/

doc War Relocation Authority form: Special Emergency Purchase Request (ddr-densho-155-47)

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doc War Relocation Authority Administrative Manual: Chapter 10: Organization (ddr-densho-156-130)

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doc War Relocation Authority: "Bibliography of Japanese in America" (ddr-densho-35-424)

A bibliography compiled by the War Relocation Authority of all the written sources on Japanese Americans.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-35-424/

doc War Relocation Authority post-exclusion bulletin, number three (ddr-densho-381-26)

In post-exclusion bulletin number three, Acting Director John H. Provinse writes to clarify questions about detainee travel and visitor policies.

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doc Letter from Chimata Sumida to War Relocation Authority (ddr-densho-379-740)

Chimata Sumida asks to not be transferred from the Rohwer incarceration Camp to the Tule Lake Segregation Center under the guidelines indicated in Leeland Barrows letter to Edward J Ennis of the Alien Enemy Control Unity. Due to the loss of his original repatriation application, he was unable to retract that original application. Chimata Sumida details …

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doc Letter from Rohwer incarcerees to War Relocation Authority (ddr-densho-379-743)

Ten members of the Rohwer community write to the War Relocation Authority to ask that Chimata Sumida not be transferred to Tule Lake. They praise his work at Rohwer as an Events speaker as well as his position on the Resettlement Board.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-379-743/

doc Supervisory bulletin (War Relocation Authority), no. 14, 194[?] (ddr-csujad-55-1736)

Guide questions for apprentice teachers. List of questions for apprentice teachers at incarceration camps. Questions cover classroom behavior, teaching styles, and leisure activities. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1738

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1736/

doc Administrative circular (War Relocation Authority), no. 1 (1943) (ddr-csujad-55-1719)

Report on the structure and operation of the Community Activities Division including an organizational chart, scope, organizational structure, and relation to community councils. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1721

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1719/

doc Letter from War Relocation Authority to Bert Blomgren (ddr-densho-540-25)

Letter requesting a reference for Tes Teruo Tada to obtain permission to leave the Poston (Colorado River) concentration camp.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-540-25/

doc The Army Hour (ddr-densho-156-144)

Attachment forwarded to Project Directors by John Baker, Chief, Office of Reports, War Relocation Authority.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-156-144/

doc Solicitor's Memorandum No. 4 (ddr-densho-156-159)

Subject: Legislation Pending in the 78th Congress in which the War Relocation Authority is interested.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-156-159/

doc Community Analysis Report No. 1: Dealing with Japanese Americans (ddr-densho-275-21)

Article written by John F. Embree and circulated to War Relocation Authority staff and administration

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-275-21/

doc WCCA Bulletin Supplement 4: Policy Governing transfer of evacuees under jurisdiction of WCCA (ddr-densho-356-782)

Policy for the transfer of individuals and families from Wartime Civil Control Administration Assembly Center to War Relocation Authority Relocation Camps.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-782/

doc Press release from the Office of War Information, War Relocation Authority (ddr-densho-156-129)

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doc War Relocation Authority administrative notice on payroll allotments for war bonds (ddr-densho-381-19)

Acting Director, Leland Barrows, encourages War Relocation Authority staff to meet payroll allotment goals for war bonds. Included in the notice are copies of letters from H. Morgenthau Jr., Secretary of the Treasury, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and a list of participation numbers.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-381-19/

img Japanese Americans watching baseball game (ddr-densho-151-468)

Original caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Evacuees watching a ball game late in the afternoon at this War Relocation Authority center.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-468/

img Japanese Americans relaxing in shade (ddr-densho-151-427)

Original caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Evacuees at this War Relocation Authority center relaxing in the shade of their barrack apartment.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-427/

img Japanese Americans taking art classes (ddr-densho-151-479)

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

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-479/

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