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[Minutes of the special meeting of the divisional heads of the Tule Lake Center, January 12, 1944]

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Title: [Minutes of the special meeting of the divisional heads of the Tule Lake Center, January 12, 1944]
Date Created and/or Issued: 1944-01-12
Contributing Institution: California State University, Dominguez Hills, Archives and Special Collections
Collection: CSU Japanese American Digitization Project
Rights Information: Copyright has not been assigned to the San Jose State University Library Special Collections and Archives. This item is available for educational, non-commercial purposes. Please contact San Jose State University for publication information.
Description: Meeting minutes of incarceree led Tule Lake Camp government. Discusses plans for incarcerees to go back to work toward the end of the martial law period in the camp, a hunger strike, and the official formation of the Co-ordinating Committee.
The Willard Schmidt collection, documents some of the administrative duties of Willard Schmidt, the Chief of Internal Security for the War Relocation Authority and the Tule Lake incarceration/segregation camp. This collection contains administrative records and photos documenting the Tule Lake camp, the largest incarceration camp with a peak population of 18,789 and with the most turbulent history. In 1943, the camp was turned into a segregation center to house "disloyal" Japanese Americans relocated from other camps based on their answers to a confusing loyalty questionnaire. The camp endured martial law from November 1943- Jan 1944 after escalating protests and unrest. The hostile environment of the camp lead to many incarcerees renouncing their American citizenship upon the end of incarceration, a process which took 14 years to reverse if they did not wish to be deported to Japan.
Type: text
Format: Meeting minutes
2 pages, typescript
application/pdf
Identifier: sjs_sch_0033
http://cdm16855.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16855coll4/id/6075
Language: English
Subject: World War II--Resistance and dissidence
World War II--Incarceration camps--Impact of incarceration
Community activities--Associations and organizations
World War II--Incarceration camps--Work and jobs
Place: Newell, California
Incarceration Camps--Tule Lake
Source: San Jose State University Department of Special Collections and Archives
Relation: California State University Japanese American Digitization Project
http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt0j49q761/
Schmidt (Willard E.) Papers

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