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doc Topaz Times Vol. II No. 28 (February 3, 1943) (ddr-densho-142-90)

Selected article titles: "Delta-Topaz Road to Get Hard Surface" (p. 1), "City Board of Commissioners Established" (p. 1), "Students Elect School Officers for Spring Term" (p. 1).

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doc Topaz Times Vol. II No. 61 (March 15, 1943) (ddr-densho-142-124)

Selected article titles: "Enlistees' Total Rises to 103; Movie Taken" (p. 1), "Credo of Volunteers of Topaz" (p. 1), "Newcomers Welcomed: Hawaiians Settled in Block 1" (p. 1).

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doc Topaz Times Vol. II No. 6 (January 8, 1943) (ddr-densho-142-67)

Selected article titles: "Student Club to Hold Rally Tomorrow Night" (p. 1), "Information Chief of WRA Visits Topaz" (p. 1), "Start Work on Gravel Walk System" (p. 1).

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img High school students cleaning up outside of Topaz High School (ddr-densho-392-52)

Caption on reverse: "H.S. clean up week. / 3-5-43 # HS 36 / Billie Oshima and his crew in action on clean-up day at the Topaz High School."

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img Family portrait with two men, woman and baby (ddr-densho-426-2434)

Henri Takahashi, Tomoyuki Nozawa, Tomoye (Nozawa) Takahashi, Masako Takahash. 7 copies, scanned 1 stored in envelope with receipt for printing negatives from the Topaz Consumer Cooperative Enterprise Inc

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img Souvenir photo folder and photographs from The Forbidden City nightclub (ddr-ajah-6-858)

Includes story of impact of incarceration on the Bay Area Japanese community and Mitsue Ozeki's last days in Alameda before being sent to Tanforan and eventually Topaz Camp

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img Miss Wakayama's class (ddr-densho-454-1)

Miss Wakayama's third or fourth grade class in Topaz. Written on the back in the upper left corner is "Yoshiye Handa Class-3rd grade teacher- Miss Wakayama Topaz, Utah" in green ink. Written on the back in the upper right corner is "Yoshiye" in pencil. Written on the in the lower right corner on an attached piece …

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doc Manzanar Free Press Vol. 1 No. 1 (September 8, 1945) (ddr-densho-125-367)

Selected article titles: "Families Set Departure Date as Closing Nears. Orderly Center Evacuation Planned as Cards are Returned to Relocation Office Where Transportation Facilities are Scheduled" (p. 1), "Exclusion and Detention Ended by the Military" (p. 1), "Involuntary Relocation Plan at Topaz Center. Special Coaches to San Francisco and Chicago Will Empty Center by November" (p. …

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vh Chiyoko Yano Interview (ddr-densho-1013-9)

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 …

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doc Topaz Times Vol. IV No. 3 (July 8, 1943) (ddr-densho-142-181)

Selected article titles: "700 Employees to be Cut Within Next Three Months" (p. 1), "Report More 'Pox' Cases" (p. 1), "Warning Issued to Topaz Residents on Tularemia" (p. 3).

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doc Topaz Times Vol. I No. 4 (October 30, 1942) (ddr-densho-142-14)

Selected article titles: "The City: Topaz - Delta to Exchange Receptions" (p. 1), "Educators Visit City" (p. 1), "Spooks to Take Over" (p. 1), "Outside Work Figures Given" (p. 2).

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doc Topaz Times Vol. IV No. 30 (September 9, 1943) (ddr-densho-142-210)

Selected article titles: "Problems Arise as Garage Crew Leaves Work" (p. 1), "Italy Conferred Military Truce" (p. 1), "125 Topaz Families Relocate; Majority in Salt Lake City" (p. 3).

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doc Topaz Times Vol. VII No. 11 (May 6, 1944) (ddr-densho-142-302)

Selected article titles: "Water Service Menaced; More Workers Needed" (p. 1), "ACLU: Wirin to Visit Topaz May 17" (p. 1), "Two Gates Leading to Military Area Closed" (p. 2).

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doc Letter to Rev. Robert Inglis from Kay Yamashita (ddr-densho-498-47)

Letter to Robert Inglis from Kay Yamashita explaining what life in Topaz looks like. She also asks for help for Seichi Adachi who is looking to continue his education.

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doc Instruction on Evacuation of Tanforan Assembly Center (ddr-densho-410-6)

For Tomoye and Helen Takahashi and Masako Martha Nozawa to relocate to Central Utah WRA camp (Topaz). Back has instructions of behavior during the transfer in English and Japanese.

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doc Topaz High School reunion speech draft notes (ddr-densho-433-1266)

Kimiko Fujii's draft notes for a speech at a Topaz High School Reunion. She lists an overview of the government's concentration camps, her parents' lives, and her own life.

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img Group photo taken on New Year's eve, 1944 (ddr-densho-426-2435)

Man and child in costume as 1944 and 1945. Tomoye and Henri Takahashi on left. Stored in envelope with receipt for printing negatives from the Topaz Consumer Cooperative Enterprise Inc

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 16 No. 7 (February 18, 1943) (ddr-pc-15-7)

Selected article titles: "7425 Nisei Volunteer for Army in Hawaii. Response to War Department's Announcement Swamps Draft Boards in Hawaiian Islands" (p. 1), "Court Reviews Army Orders On Evacuation" (p. 1), "27 Evacuees Arrested at Gila Center" (p. 1), "California Group Starts Drive For Permanent Exclusion of Japanese Evacuated from State" (p. 2), "Topaz Citizens Send …

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av Shigeki Sugiyama (ddr-ajah-8-7)

Shigeki Sugiyama grew up in Alameda, California. During World War II, he and his family were removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California, then transferred to the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. Shigeki left Topaz for Ann Arbor Michigan, to attend school. In 1946, he was drafted and attended Officer Candidate School, then served overseas for twenty …

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img Wedding portrait of Tomoe Otsu and Susumu Tomine (ddr-ajah-6-943)

Caption below photo: Tomoe Otsu marries Susumu Tomine at Tanforan Race track in San Bruno, CA., on September 15, 1942, while waiting to be sent to Topaz, Utah incarceration camp during WWII. This photo, however was shot at Topaz, where they held another ceremony after the arrival there, with a borrowed wedding dress for the photo. …

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doc Topaz Times Christmas Edition (December 24, 1942) (ddr-densho-142-56)

Selected article titles: "Fire Protection" (p. 1), "PTA Meeting a Success" (p. 3), "Bookkeeping Added to Evening Class" (p. 3).

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doc Topaz Times Special Edition (January 21, 1944) (ddr-densho-142-263)

Selected article titles: "Nisei Draft Approved by War Department" (p. 1), "Draft a Significant Step for Nisei, Says Myer" (p. 1).

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doc Topaz Times Special Edition (May 19, 1944) (ddr-densho-142-306)

Selected article titles: "Nisei Hero Arrives Today. Public Reception Set for Tonight" (p. 1), "Sgt. Kuroki: Foremost an American" (p. 2).

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doc Topaz Times Special Edition (July 14, 1943) (ddr-densho-142-184)

Selected article titles: "Segregation to Start Sept. 1, Declares Myer" (p. 1), "Reasons for Move Slated" (p. 1), "Individual Hearings" (p. 1).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-142-184/

doc Topaz Times Special Edition (August 15, 1945) (ddr-densho-142-422)

Selected article titles: "Japan Surrenders. Center Closing Set. Plans of Forced Relocation Told" (p. 1), "World War II Ends" (p. 1), "Potsdam Ultimatum" (p. 1), "Reasons Given" (p. 1).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-142-422/

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