Guide to the Tule Lake Relocation Center, 1942-1945
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Guide to the Tule Lake Relocation Center, 1942-1945
California State Library
Sacramento, California
- California History Room
- California State Library
- Library and Courts Building II
- 900 N. Street, Room 200
- P.O. Box 942837
- Sacramento, California 94237-0001
- Phone: (916) 654-0176
- Fax: (916) 654-8777
- Email: cslcal@library.ca.gov
- URL: http://www.library.ca.gov/
- Processed by:
- The California State Library staff
- Encoded by:
- Xiuzhi Zhou
© 1998 California State Library. All rights reserved.
Title: Tule Lake Relocation Center,
Date (inclusive): 1942-1945
Box Number: 342
Repository:
California State Library
Sacramento, California
Language:
English.
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[Identification of item], Tule Lake Relocation Center, California State Library.
Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945.
Tule Lake Relocation Center (Calif.).
Personal papers of internees: alien registration i.d.s, housing assignments, work
assignments, clothing allowance receipts, recreation passes, co-op memberships, travel
permits.
Yearbooks, cash advance to enlistees memo, audit of payroll, American Red Cross Receipts
and Expenditures, "Ben Kiroki's Story,"
The American Observer, March 9,
1942 and May 4, 1942.
The Tule Lake project, beginning in May 1942, was the second Japanese Relocation Center
in California. Housing between 14,000 and 15,000 evacuees, Tule Lake was comprised of 7
wards each of which was divided into 9 blocks, with blocks being the basic unit of the
project. For each block, an evacuee was selected as manager by the administration. This
power of "self-government" was contained by centralized War Relocation Authority. Social
and athletic activities boosted morale, especially during the first year.
Material Transferred from the Collection
Van Gelder, Robert.
The Enemy in the House. New York: Dial Press, 1940.
Japanese Relocation Center: Tule Lake
Box Box 342
Personal papers, official documents issued at Tule Lake