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Heart Mountain Relocation Project, statistics, period covering December 3-December 10, 1942 (ddr-csujad-55-675)
doc Heart Mountain Relocation Project, statistics, period covering December 3-December 10, 1942 (ddr-csujad-55-675)
Report and statistics covering Heart Mountain incarceration camp. Includes reports from WRA divisions including Housing and employment, War works (covering the canal project, cabinet shop, ceramics project, sewing project, sawmill project, and canning project), Recreation, Education, Community government, Hospital (covers statistics), Community services (covers fire department, police department, and social welfare), Office of design coordination, administration, …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-675/
Letter to Kaneji Domoto from a WRA relocation officer (ddr-densho-329-101)
doc Letter to Kaneji Domoto from a WRA relocation officer (ddr-densho-329-101)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-329-101/
Barber shop (ddr-densho-37-384)
img Barber shop (ddr-densho-37-384)
Original WRA caption: Tule Lake Relocation Center, Newell, California. Motimer Cooke, Supervisor of Community Enterprises, enjoys the first hair-cut given in the barber shop at this War Relocation Authority center. Frances Imura, evacuee from Sacramento is the barber.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-384/
Letter from Dillon S. Myer, Director, War Relocation Authority, to Harry Bentley Wells (ddr-csujad-48-75)
doc Letter from Dillon S. Myer, Director, War Relocation Authority, to Harry Bentley Wells (ddr-csujad-48-75)
Letter from War Relocation Authority to Harry Bentley Wells for reference purposes for Masaye Nakahira who applied to "leave a relocation center" (WRA-140), requesting a statement regarding his opinion of the individual. Transcription is found in item: ecm_wells_9075. "WRA-140." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_wells_0075
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-48-75/
Military policeman patrolling camp fence (ddr-densho-37-483)
img Military policeman patrolling camp fence (ddr-densho-37-483)
Original WRA caption: Arcadia, California. Military police patrol fence around Santa Anita Park assembly center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry. Evacuees are transferred later to War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-483/
Construction of Pomona Assembly Center (ddr-densho-37-390)
img Construction of Pomona Assembly Center (ddr-densho-37-390)
Original WRA caption: Pomona, California. General view of assembly center being constructed on Pomona Fairgrounds, for evacuees of Japanese ancestry. Evacuees will be assigned to War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-390/
Reclamation project superintendent showing camp site (ddr-densho-37-252)
img Reclamation project superintendent showing camp site (ddr-densho-37-252)
Original WRA caption: Beauford Hayden, Superintendent of Reclamation Project, displaying chart showing the location of the site selected for a War Relocation Authority center for the housing of evacuees of Japanese ancestry.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-252/
Military police guarding camp boundary (ddr-densho-37-472)
img Military police guarding camp boundary (ddr-densho-37-472)
Original WRA caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Evacuees are shown returning to the center for lunch after clearing the land of brush and weeds around the boundary of this War Relocation Authority center. Army Military Police guard these boundaries.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-472/
Temporary hospital barracks (ddr-densho-151-70)
img Temporary hospital barracks (ddr-densho-151-70)
Original WRA caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Emergency hospital housed in temporary quarters at this War Relocation Authority center for evacuees of Japanese ancesrty. The modern new hospital is almost ready for occupancy as shown in Photo C-851.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-70/
Fortune Magazine article:
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."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-274-19/
Assembly of baggage (ddr-densho-37-581)
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.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-581/
Unloading beds (ddr-densho-37-474)
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.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-474/
Barracks construction (ddr-densho-37-572)
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.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-572/
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/
Requisition for materials and supplies, Form 272, Form WRA-7, Shirley E. Wells (ddr-csujad-48-87)
doc Requisition for materials and supplies, Form 272, Form WRA-7, Shirley E. Wells (ddr-csujad-48-87)
Requisition of materials and supplies by Shirley E. Wells for a refrigerator to be delivered to Apt. 7-9-5 on May 19, 1943, requisition no. 5722. Transcription is found in item: ecm_wells_9087. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_wells_0087
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-48-87/
General information bulletin (Cody, Wyo.), series 9 (September 11, 1942) (ddr-csujad-55-644)
doc General information bulletin (Cody, Wyo.), series 9 (September 11, 1942) (ddr-csujad-55-644)
General information bulletin, series 9, published at the Heart Mountain incarceration camp, Wyoming on September 11, 1942. Bulletin including news, events, and topics related to Heart Mountain incarceration camp. Includes: WRA statement released; Temporary court system planned; No favoritism at mess halls; Line-up of talent under way; Armband return requested; Pomona paychecks still issued; Scout movement …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-644/
Incarcerees transferring from trains to buses on their way to Minidoka (ddr-fom-1-889)
img Incarcerees transferring from trains to buses on their way to Minidoka (ddr-fom-1-889)
WRA caption on reverse: "This evacuee has just arrived by train with 600 others from the Puyallup assembly center and is boarding one of the waiting buses for the Minidoka War Relocation Authority center."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-889/
A woman boarding a bus to go to Minidoka (ddr-fom-1-888)
img A woman boarding a bus to go to Minidoka (ddr-fom-1-888)
WRA caption on reverse: "This evacuee has just arrived by train with 600 others from the Puyallup assembly center and is boarding one of the waiting buses for the Minidoka War Relocation Authority center."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-888/
Japanese Americans serving food (ddr-densho-37-484)
img Japanese Americans serving food (ddr-densho-37-484)
Original WRA caption: Arcadia, California. Cafeteria-style assures promptness in serving meals at Santa Anita assembly center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry. Evacuees are transferred later to War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-484/
Military police on watchtower (ddr-densho-37-392)
img Military police on watchtower (ddr-densho-37-392)
Original WRA caption: Arcadia, California. Military police on duty in watch-tower at the Santa Anita Assembly Center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry. Evacuees are transferred to War Relocation Authority Centers for the duration.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-392/
Construction of assembly center (ddr-densho-37-571)
img Construction of assembly center (ddr-densho-37-571)
Original WRA caption: Pomona, California. General view of assembly center being constructed on Pomona Fair Grounds for evacuees of Japanese ancestry. Evacuees will be assigned later to War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-571/
Panoramic view of camp (ddr-densho-37-746)
img Panoramic view of camp (ddr-densho-37-746)
Original WRA caption: A panorama view of the Minidoka War Relocation Authority center. This view, taken from the top of the water tower at the east end of the center, shows partially completed barracks.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-746/
Concentration camp site (ddr-densho-37-253)
img Concentration camp site (ddr-densho-37-253)
Original WRA caption: This site near Tule Lake in Modoc County, just south of the Oregon border, has been selected for the construction of a War Relocation Authority center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-253/
Baggage inspection (ddr-densho-151-12)
img Baggage inspection (ddr-densho-151-12)
Original WRA 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.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-12/
Baggage inspection (ddr-densho-151-8)
img Baggage inspection (ddr-densho-151-8)
Original WRA 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.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-8/
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