Contact California State University, Sacramento, Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Description
Directive listing articles classified as contraband in the Western Defense Command that should not be taken to the Tule Lake Center, including firearms, short-wave radios and radio transmitting sets, signal devices, and cameras; materials that may contain "invisible writings"; graphical representations of military or naval installations or of arms; certain types of flashlights; or any other articles deemed as contraband by authorities. The second page of the document is in Japanese.
The Japanese American Archival Collection documents the people, places, and daily life of Japanese Americans, primarily those who lived in the once thriving community of pre-war Florin in the Sacramento region, as well as the conditions in American incarceration camps during World War II. The approximately 7,000 original items include personal and official letters, photographs, diaries, arts and crafts, newsletters, textiles, camps artifacts, yearbooks and other publications.
Type
text
Format
Memorandum; Official documents 2 pages, typescript; 8 x 10.5 in. application/pdf
World War II--Incarceration camps World War II--Administration--Wartime Civil Control Administration World War II--Administration--War Relocation Authority
Place
Newell, California Incarceration Camps--Tule Lake
Source
California State University, Sacramento, Department of Special Collections and University Archives
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