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Description
States that the incarcerees wish to see "normalcy re-established" and peace and cooperation preserved between the Administration and the "Colony" in the Tule Lake incarceration camp, pledging support for the Co-ordinating Committee's efforts to attain peace at the camp. A handwritten annotation next to one of the people's names provides his or her release date. Names Signed: Akiyama; Mohri; Yamanaka; Kimura, Mitsuo; Ikeda; Yamamoto, Koichi; Shimizu; Fujimoto, William; Inouye; Asato; Tsuchiya; Naito, Sam; Yoshida; Saito; Kozuma; Komiya, S.; Kobayashi, Yukio; Tateishi, H. 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.
World War II--Incarceration camps--Conflicts, intimidation, and violence World War II--Incarceration camps World War II--Incarceration camps--Incarcerees World War II--Incarceration camps--Living conditions World War II--Administration--War Relocation Authority World War II--Incarceration camps--Conflicts, intimidation, and violence--Tule Lake strike
Place
Newell, California Incarceration Camps--Tule Lake
Source
San Jose State University Department of Special Collections and Archives
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