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doc Community Activity document from Topaz Concentration Camp (ddr-densho-379-331)

James Lamb, Community Services Department at Topaz Concentration Camp, describes activities of the department and plan to merge with the Educational Department.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-379-331/

img Two girls standing in front of barracks (ddr-densho-292-1)

Caption on reverse: "Topaz, Utah. Shigeko Omori on left, Mary Kaibe, right 17 years. 1943? Nishioka family residence Block 31A, family # 20752."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-292-1/

doc Monthly Report on Topaz Boy Scouts (ddr-densho-356-901)

Monthly Report on Topaz Boy Scouts for the month of March. Includes scout activities, and issues the troop faces due to circumstances.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-901/

doc Report on Juvenile Delinquency (ddr-densho-356-900)

Report on juvenile delinquency cases and how cases are processed and resolved by the community welfare section's youth guidance division in Topaz.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-900/

vh Mitsue Matsui Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1008-3-9)

Family split between Topaz concentration camp, the Midwest, and Japan

Members of the National Japanese American Historical Society (NJAHS) arranged for and conducted this interview in conjunction with Densho.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1008-3-9/

doc Daily Press Review, Vol. V, No. 19 (ddr-densho-156-259)

Article titles: "Japanese Labor is 'Insufficient'"; "Decision Against White Wife of Jap is Upheld"; "Report 5,000 Workers Needed"; "First Issue of 'Topaz Times' Out This Week"; "Japanese Arriving at Center Rapidly"; "Japanese Taken from Camp on Felony Charge"; "First Japanese Birth at Topaz"; "Japs in Tulelake to Aid Beet Crop"; "Get Jap Relocation Center Ready"; "The …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-156-259/

doc Topaz Times Vol. I No. 47 (December 28, 1942) (ddr-densho-142-58)

Selected article titles: "Election for Councilmen Tomorrow" (p. 1), "WRA Official Visits Topaz" (p. 1), "Many Prizes Offered in Marathon Race" (p. 1).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-142-58/

doc Topaz Times Vol. I No. 46 (December 24, 1942) (ddr-densho-142-57)

Selected article titles: "Missing Resident Found Alive. Horsemen Find Fukagai 10 Mi. from Mt. Topaz" (p. 1), "Candidates Named for Election" (p. 1).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-142-57/

doc Topaz Times Vol. II No. 33 (February 9, 1943) (ddr-densho-142-95)

Selected article titles: "Residents Hear Proclamation on Combat Team" (p. 1), "Mechanics of Topaz Registration Given" (p. 1), "Citizen Questions Answered" (p. 2).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-142-95/

img Portrait of a man (ddr-densho-298-30)

Caption in album: "Art, graduating from Alexander Hamilton Jr. High and very busy growing up to be __? Taken in Topaz (Jan. 27, 1945)."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-298-30/

img Masaru Yoshioka (ddr-densho-357-732)

Private Masaru Yoshioka addressed this photograph of himself in military uniform taken in the Topaz camp to, "Dearest Mom and Pop, Love Masaru."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-357-732/

doc Application of alien of enemy nationality for permission to travel (ddr-densho-410-12)

Request by Henri Takahashi to travel to Topaz from San Francisco to care of Tomoye and baby, Norman Takahashi, soon to be born.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-410-12/

doc Topaz Times Vol. VII No. 27 (July 1, 1944) (ddr-densho-142-320)

Selected article titles: "Cat Found in Topaz; Couple from California Answers Ad" (p. 1), "Draft Evaders: 3 Year Sentence Given to Youths" (p. 1).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-142-320/

doc Topaz Times Vol. IV No. 37 (September 25, 1943) (ddr-densho-142-217)

Selected article titles: "489 Topazans Leave Friday for Tule Trek" (p. 1), "Ebiharas, Largest Topaz Family to Leave, Plan Relocation in Ohio" (p. 1).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-142-217/

img A couple with their son (ddr-densho-298-22)

Caption in album: "Henry and Grace with their first-born, Ronald Yuji in the Doctor's Quarters Section of the Base Hospital in Topaz, 1944."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-298-22/

doc Letter from Martha Nozawa to Tomoyuki Nozawa and Tomoye Takahashi (ddr-densho-423-420)

Telling them about her train trip back to Minneapolis, met several soldiers traveling back to the Midwest including a Nisei they knew from Topaz

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-423-420/

img Shuzo "Bill" Takeda with daughter Judy (ddr-ajah-6-542)

Caption below photo: Shuzo "Bill" Takeda with first born child, Judy. Block 13, Topaz, Utah, 1943. Bill married Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara from Alameda, CA.

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img Portrait of group of men in uniform (ddr-ajah-2-800)

Caption: Niseis from the Military Intelligence School at Camp Savage, Minnesota visit friends and family incarcerated at Topaz, Utah - December 4. 1942. Includes names.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-800/

vh Kinge Okauchi Interview (ddr-manz-1-39)

Nisei male. Born May 20, 1924, in Sacramento, California. Grew up in Sacramento and Menlo Park, California. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and Topaz concentration camp, Utah. While in Topaz, worked for the recreation department organizing a summer camp for kids. Attended Stanford University after leaving camp, and …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-39/

doc Topaz Times Vol. I No. 48 (December 29, 1942) (ddr-densho-142-59)

Selected article titles: "Hold Election Today for Councilmen" (p. 1), "New Champions Star in Bridge Tourney" (p. 1), "Medico-Social Consultant Visits Topaz" (p. 1).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-142-59/

doc Topaz Times Vol. V No. 12 (October 30, 1943) (ddr-densho-142-231)

Selected article titles: "Embrace Photos Prompt Official Investigation" (p. 1), "Topaz Meat Quota Supplied by Farm" (p. 1), "Evacuees' Assimilation Not Difficult -- Myer" (p. 2).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-142-231/

doc Co-Op News, Vol I. No. 3 (June 10, 1943) (ddr-densho-288-3)

Selected article titles: "$1,000 Fund for Topaz School Children" (p. 1), "Questions and Answers" (p. 1), "Merchandise is Scarce - Reports Tatsuno from Chicago" (p. 1).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-288-3/

img Masaru Yoshioka (ddr-densho-357-737)

Private Masaru Yoshioka addressed this portrait to his parents, "Your son, Masaru." Masaru's parents, Yani and Tadaichi Yoshioka, were held in the Topaz, Utah camp.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-357-737/

doc Granada Pioneer Vol. II No. 42 (March 29, 1944) (ddr-densho-147-155)

Selected article titles: "Plans for All Center Co-op Conclave Here Completed" (p. 1), "War Department's Views on Nisei Draft Sent to Topaz" (p. 6).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-147-155/

doc Application for alien of enemy nationality for permission to travel (ddr-densho-410-37)

Application and approval of travel for Henry Takahashi to travel to Topaz from San Francisco to bring Tomoye Takahashi with him back to San Francisco.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-410-37/

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