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img [50th anniversary reunion] (ddr-csujad-56-246)

50th anniversary reunion of incarcerees from Camp Amache are featured in this color photo. [Haruo kawase] See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nbea08-03-055

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doc Topaz Times Vol. V No. 13 (November 2, 1943) (ddr-densho-142-232)

Selected article titles: "Amache MP's Transferred to Wyoming" (p. 1), "5 Internees Here from New Mexico" (p. 1), "35 Topaz Workers First Group to Arrive at Tule Lake Center" (p. 1), "Negro Authority on Race Issues to Speak Tonight" (p. 1), "RE: Canada: Japanese Can Sue Gov't" (p. 2).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-142-232/

doc Granada Pioneer Vol. III No. 54 (May 9, 1945) (ddr-densho-147-264)

Selected article titles: "Still Opposes Coast Return of Japanese" (p. 1), "Former Amache Resident Glad 'To Be Home'" (p. 1), "Editorial: Cheer is Due Victors" (p. 2), "V-E Day Brings Joy: Hope for Early Return" (p. 3), "V-E Day Brings Joy: Hope for Early Return" (p. 5).

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doc Letter to Yuri Domoto from Richard Tsukada (ddr-densho-356-426)

Letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from her future husband Richard "Dick" Tsukada. Dick writes about plans to return to Amache soon, and asks if she will need anything on the journey back. Item tied together with all objects between ddr-densho-356-492 and ddr-densho-356-534.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-426/

Narrator Betty Tanakatsubo

Nisei female. Born June 15, 1925, in Sacramento, California. During World War II, removed to the Sacramento Assembly Center, California, and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Transferred to the Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado. Left camp for Cleveland, Ohio, and worked for the War Relocation Authority. Eventually settled in Chicago, Illinois.

https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/580/

Narrator Keith One

Sansei male. Born 1953 in Chicago, Illinois. Parents' families lived in Sacramento, California, prior to World War II. During the war, they were sent to the Tule Lake concentration camp, California, and the Amache concentration camp, Colorado. Both parents resettled in Chicago after the war, where they met and Keith was born.

https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/951/

Collection Frice Family Collection (ddr-densho-257)

The Frice Family Collection consists of two documents. One is the Granada (Amache) Directory, a listing of all the incarcerees, staff members, and organizations in camp. And the other is a marriage scroll for Baba Nobuzo and Miye Kato.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-257/

Collection James G. Lindley Collection (ddr-densho-160)

These photographs are from the collection of James G. Lindley, project director of the Granada (Amache) concentration camp. The scans were made from color slides depicting everyday life in Granada, with an emphasis on camp personnel and administrative staff.

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doc Letter from Henry [Katsumi] Fujita to Mr. and Mrs. Davis, October 5, 1942 (ddr-csujad-23-14)

Describes in detail the long train ride from Sept. 15-18 between Merced and the Granada (Amache) incarceration camp: the layout of the train cars, times to different towns, tunnels and coal smoke, eating and sleeping arrangements, military troops and equipment staged along the railway, desert scenery, late arrival at Amache, an extra night aboard the train, …

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av An Oral History with Lillie Y. McCabe, Part II (ddr-csujad-29-17)

An oral history with Lillie Y. McCabe, an incarceree at the Santa Anita Temporary Assembly Center and the Granada (Amache) incarceration camp. This interview was conducted for the Japanese American Oral History Project by California State University, Fullerton. The interview covers the Anglo reverends and ministers who helped her while she was incarcerated at Amache, how …

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img [Produce display] (ddr-csujad-56-167)

Selection of produce on display with a sign above it saying "Amache Farmers". Photo provided by Tak Kameoka. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nbea08-02-034

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img [Junior High Class] (ddr-csujad-56-208)

A group portrait of Camp Amache Junior High Class. Page 17 of Kawase Family Photo Album, Book One. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nbea08-03-017

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img [Administration area] (ddr-csujad-56-194)

Camp Amache administration and personnel buildings near front entrance. Page 3 of Kawase Family Photo Album, Book One. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nbea08-03-003

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img [Arkansas river bridge] (ddr-csujad-56-231)

Bridge over the Arkansas River near Camp Amache. Page 17 of Kawase Family Photo Album, Book Two. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nbea08-03-040

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doc Granada Pioneer Vol. II No. 36 (March 8, 1944) (ddr-densho-147-149)

Selected article titles: "Joint Resolution to Ask Nisei Rights Restoration" (p. 1), "Eight Internees Paroled to Amache" (p. 5), "British Columbia: Little Hope for Japanese Return to Coastal Areas" (p. 6), "Tule Lake Residents Get Additional Hearings" (p. 7), "Evacuees Sell West Coast Property; Trend Toward Eastern Settlement" (p. 8).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-147-149/

doc Granada Pioneer Vol. II No. 24 (January 25, 1944) (ddr-densho-147-137)

Selected article titles: "Resettlement is Evacuees' Problem Declares Fistere" (p. 1), "Indefinite Leaves to Salt Lake, Denver Areas Halted" (p. 1), "Three Amache Families En Route to Crystal City" (p. 1), "Sino-Japanese Harmony Exists in Omaha Area" (p. 4), "Evacuee Report on Relocation in Northwest Area Unfavorable" (p. 5).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-147-137/

img Yoshiye One (ddr-csujad-55-1324)

Black and white photograph of incarceree, Yoshiye One, standing next to Block GF, Building 7 at Amache incarceration camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1326

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doc Letter to Yuri Domoto from Richard Tsukada (ddr-densho-356-433)

Letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from her future husband Richard "Dick" Tsukada. Dick writes about the increased delay in returning to Amache, playing poker, and asking Yuri to pass a message to his sister. Item tied together with all objects between ddr-densho-356-492 and ddr-densho-356-534.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-433/

doc Letter to Yuri Domoto from Min Yonekura (ddr-densho-356-332)

Letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from Minoru Yonekura in which he details his trip from Amache to Denver and finally Chicago, where he found a job and settled into a room at the local YMCA. Item tied together with all objects between ddr-densho-356-321 and ddr-densho-356-413.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-332/

doc Letter to Yuri Domoto from Richard Tsukada (ddr-densho-356-422)

Letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from her future husband Richard "Dick" Tsukada. Dick writes about how long he will be gone, asks for some money, and the likely way he'll come back to Amache. Item tied together with all objects between ddr-densho-356-492 and ddr-densho-356-534.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-422/

doc Letter to Yuri Domoto from Richard Tsukada (ddr-densho-356-453)

Letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from her future husband Richard "Dick" Tsukada. Dick writes about his exceitment that Yuri is out of the Amache, his own job hunting progress and thoughts about their future. Item tied together with all objects between ddr-densho-356-492 and ddr-densho-356-534.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-453/

Narrator Marion Michiko Bernardo

Nisei female. Born July 25, 1930, in Walnut Grove, California. Grew up in Walnut Grove. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed with family to the Merced Assembly Center, California, and the Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado. Left camp to attend a boarding school in New York before eventually returning to Walnut Grove. Marion passed away …

https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/566/

Narrator Richard Iwao Hidaka

Nisei male. Born April 11, 1928, in Modesto, California. Grew up in Modesto, where parents ran a laundry business and then a farm. During World War II, removed to the Merced Assembly Center, California, and the Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado. After leaving camp, finished school in Chicago, Illinois, and served in the National Guard. Remained …

https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/582/

Narrator Kimiko Nakashima

Nisei female. Born November 27, 1919, in Florin, California. Grew up in Florin where parents ran a farm. During World War II, removed to the Fresno Assembly Center, California, the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas, and the Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado. After leaving camp, lived and worked for a time in Utah before eventually returning to …

https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/601/

Narrator Hana Shepard

Nisei female. Grew up in Los Angeles, California, before World War II. During the war, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado. Transferred to the Crystal City internment camp, Texas, so family could be reunited with father. Had several brothers who served in the U.S. military during World …

https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/838/

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