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Important Topics

There are certain topics that I think are very important, and that I scanned items from the newsletters about. (NOTE: This is an on-going section. It is NOT complete, and will not be complete until I have finished all the newsletters.)

Crime: This includes things like gambling, theft and vandalism. Most of the stuff is pretty minor and is not at all surprising when thousands of people are made to live in an area together and aren't free to come and go as they please. For example, in the movie American Pastime, one old man had set up a still and also had a gambling operation going on.

Japanese literature and records banned or checked: This involved messages saying no thing such as x, y, or z was allowed, or that they had to be turned in and were held until the end of the internment, or turned in and officially checked and may or may not be returned. This included records and anything written.

Legal Matters: This generally relate to the better known legal cases that challenged the internment in one way or another.

Maps: I think maps are a good way to learn about how things were set out. This will include actual maps, and illustrations of buildings, etc.

Protests and Strikes: Some camps did have protests and/or strikes, ranging from very mild and hardly noticeable on up. Some of these items will refer to events written in one camp's newsletter, but really about something that happened at another camp.

Repatriation: This relates to people who wanted to return to Japan, usually either Issei, who didn't have American citizenship, but sometimes included Nisei who were willing to give up their American citizenship in order to return to Japan.

Rumors and Prejudice: Sometimes rumors were strange enough or upsetting enough to make it into the newsletters. There are also numerous articles showing the prejudice of the people outside the camps.

Violence: This might or might not be related to crime, and could even be accidental, like a bad accident with injuries.

====================Crime====================

Jerome/Denson Communique

Volume 1 #15

Gila River

Volume 1 #15
Volume 1 #16
Volume 1 #25
Volume 1 #26
Volume 2 #6
Volume 2 #9

Granada

Volume 1 #5
Volume 1 #9
Volume 1 #11

Heart Mountain

Supplement 175
179
183
184
Vol. 3 #11

Jerome

Vol. 1 #31
Vol. 1 #32 -Zoot Suit

Manzanar

Volume 1 #18
Volume 2 #11
Volume 2 #16
Volume 2 #37 -zoot suits
Volume 2 #52

Minidoka Irrigator

Volume 1 #4
Volume 1# 2
Volume 1#13
Volume 1 #15
Volume 1 #16
Volume 1 #16, second article

Santa Anita Pacemaker

Volume 1, #11
Volume 1 #13

Tule Lake

Volume 3 #3
Volume 3 #35

====================Legal matters====================

Gila

Volume 2 #75
Volume 2 #81

Granada

Volume 1 #13
Volume 1 #38
Volume 1 #53
Volume 1 #59
Volume 1 #67
Volume 1 #67
Volume 1 #68
Volume 1 #76
Volume 1 #94
Volume 2 #1
Volume 2 #3
Volume 2 #12

Heart Mountain
#65
73
95
174
205
206
211
Volume 1 #25
Volume 2 #14
Volume 2 #15
Volume 2 #17
Volume 2 #20
Volume 2 #23
Volume 2 #26
Volume 2 #52
Volume 3 #11

Jerome

Volume 1 #35
Volume 1 #35
Volume 1 #52

Manzanar

Volume 1 #32
Volume 1 #34
Volume 1 #34
Volume 1 #34
Volume 2 #5
Volume 2 #52

Minidoka

Volume 1 #14 -Hirabayashi
#19 -Yasui
#20 -Yasui
#21 -Yasui
#21 -Yasui (continues)
Volume 1 #22 -Yasui (continues on page 3)
Volume 1 #24 -Yasui
Volume 1 #25 -Yasui (continues on page 6)
Volume 1 #26 -Yasui
Volume 2 #3, p.7
Volume 3 #13
Volume 3 #17 -Yasui
Volume 3 #18 -Supreme Court rules
Volume 3 #18 -article continues
Volume 3 #22 -Yasui released
Volume 3 #23 -Yasui
Volume 3 #24 -Dayton problems
Volume 3 #26 -two articles
Volume 3 #28 -no free school
Volume 3 #52 -Korematsu
Volume 4 #13 -Nisei treason
Volume 4 #19 -Heart Mountain men
Volume 4 #21 -Hirabayashi
Volume 5 #2 -Korematsu
Volume 5 #4
Volume 5 #4
Volume 5 #14
Volume 5 #15

Rohwer

Volume 1 #11
Volume 2 #21
Volume 2 #28
Volume 2 #51

Topaz

Volume 3 #39
Volume 4 #20

Tule Lake

Volume 4 #17
Volume 4 #96
Volume 5 #77
Volume 5 #82
Volume 6 #2
Volume 6 #13

====================Maps and Illustrations====================

Gila River

Volume 1 #1 -street scene
p.10 -canal camp
p.11 -canal camp
Volume 1 #3 -high school site
Volume 1 #3 -boundary lines
Volume 1 #5 -hospital area
Volume 1 #7 -canal camp high school and elementary school sites
Volume 1 #8 -hospital
Volume 1 #9 -block 41
Volume 1 #20 -hospital

Gila

Volume 1 #21 -hospital

Volume 2 #28 /a>

Granada

Volume 1 #3 -shops, etc.
Volume 1 #4 -Granada Relocation Area
Volume 1 #9 -proposed high school
Volume 1 #14 -hospital arrangement
Volume 1 #16 -model block
Volume 1 #51 -new exclusion line
Volume 1 #66 - high school farm area

Heart Mountain
#19 -school layout
Vol. 1 #4 -planned ceramics plant

Jerome

#1 -center boundaries
#11 -Jerome project
Volume 1 #10 -recreation ground plan
Volume 1 #11 -center auditorium
Volume 1 #14 -planned administrator home
Volume 1 #15 -fire department station
Volume 1 #21 -paystation
Volume 1 #22 -Block 17
Volume 1 #25 -home for mules
Volume 1 #26 -hog butchering
Volume 1 #27
Volume 1 #28 -Occupational Coding and Records section
Volume 1 #30
Volume 1 #31
Volume 1 #32 - Mess hall workers
Volume 1 #33 - shoe repair shop
Volume 1 #34 - USO room
Volume 1 #34 - Tofu being made
Volume 1 #36 - alterations center
Volume 1 #37 - community analysis section
Volume 1 #37 - U.S. map labeled in Japanese
Volume 1 #38 - Military Police
Volume 1 #39 - victory garden
Volume 1 #41 - sawmill
Volume 1 #43 - bridge built
Volume 1 #43 - outdoor stage
Volume 1 #45 - motor pool
Volume 1 #50 - electrical section
Volume 1 #51 - USO center
Volume 1 #53 - outdoor platform
Volume 1 #55 - library
Volume 1 #59 - laundry room
Volume 1 #60 - body building
Volume 1 #60 - map of center
Volume 1 #61 - library
Volume 1 #63 - making a call
Volume 1 #70 - making clubs
Volume 1 #75 - preparing for winter

Manzanar

Volume 1 #4 -general map
Volume 1 #4 -cute map

Merced Assembly Center

Volume 1 #1 -general Map of Merced
#2 -another general map
#7 -center location
#11 -center location

Minidoka

Volume 1 #1 -general layout
Volume 1 #14 -civic center
Volume 2 #4
Volume 3 #31
Volume 3 #44
Volume 4 #33

Rohwer

Volume 1 #1 -general layout
Volume 1#10 -hospital layout
Volume 2 #17

Santa Anita Assembly Center

Volume 1 #4 -district 2
#5 -district 3
#6 -district 4
#7 -district 5
#8 -district 6
#9 -district 7
#31 -overall map

Tanforan

Volume 1 #1

Topaz

Sept. 17 Premier issue
Sept. 26 Premiere Issue
Sept. 30 Premiere Issue
Volume 1 #13
Volume 1 #13 (another map)

Tule Lake

Volume 3 #30 -agricultural project
Volume 3 #45 -labor day layout
Volume 3 #60 -area layout
Volume 3 #64(65)
Volume 5 #78

===============No Japanese Literature or Records Allowed===============

Manzanar

Volume 2 #26

Merced

Volume 1 #8
#13

Poston

Volume 1 #20

Santa Anita Pacemaker

Volume 1 #24
#30

Tanforan

Volume 1 #7
#13
#16

======Protests and Strikes (may be about own camp or other camp)======

Gila River

Volume 2 #14

Granada

Volume 1 #86
Volume 2 #1
Volume 2 #3
Volume 2 #4
Volume 2 #4
Volume 2 #4
Volume 2 #5
Volume 2 #6

Heart Mountain

Vol. 1 #5
Vol. 1 #5
Vol. 2 #6
Vol. 2 #11
Vol. 2 #46
Vol. 2 #46
Vol. 2 #47
Vol. 3 #13

Jerome

Volume 1 #10
#11
#13

Manzanar

Volume 2 #10
Volume 2 #55

Minidoka

Volume 1 #21
Volume 1 #24
Volume 1 #25
Volume 1 #26
Volume 3 #11
Volume 3 #37
Volume 3 #37
Volume 3 #38
Volume 3 #38
Volume 3 #41
Volume 4 #6
Volume 4 #36

Poston

Volume 3 #28
Volume 6 #19
Volume 7 #9
Volume 7 #10

Rohwer

Volume 3 #28
Volume 3 #39

Tule Lake

Volume 4 #25
Volume 4 #25
Volume 4 #28
Volume 5 #81

====================Repatriation====================

Granada

Vol. 1 #28
Volume 1 #30 (Really interesting)
Volume 1 #111

Heart Mountain Sentinel Supplement

Heart Mountain Supplement #45

Jerome

Volume 1 #27

Manzanar

Volume 3 #37

Minidoka

Volume 3 #24
Volume 3 #25
Volume 3 #40
Volume 3 #41
Volume 3 #43
Volume 4 #34

Rohwer

Volume 1 #11
Volume 3 #15
Volume 3 #16
Volume 3 #17
Volume 3 #22

Santa Anita Pacemaker

Volume 1 #28

Topaz

Volume 4 #17
Volume 4 #27

Tule Lake

Volume 3 #5
Volume 3 #34
Volume 7 #6

====================Rumors and Prejudice====================

Gila River

Volume 1 #9
Volume 2 #7
Volume 2 #7
Volume 2 #14
Volume 2 #32
Volume 2 #62
Volume 2 #66 (2 articles)
Volume 2 #72
Volume 2 #74

Granada

Volume 1 #3
Volume 1 #15 p.3
Volume 1 #28
Volume 1 #55
Volume 1 #57
Volume 1 #57
Volume 1 #58
Volume 1 #58
Volume 1 #58
Volume 1 #59
Volume 1 #59
Volume 1 #59
Volume 1 #61
Volume 1 #62
Volume 1 #62
Volume 1 #63 (2 articles)
Volume 1 #64
Volume 1 #65 (2 articles)
Volume 1 #67
Volume 1 #68
Volume 1 #68
Volume 1 #68
Volume 1 #69
Volume 1 #71 (4 articles)
Volume 1 #72
Volume 1 #72
Volume 1 #73
Volume 1 #74
Volume 1 #74
Volume 1 #75
Volume 1 #76 (4 articles)
Volume 1 #77
Volume 1 #77
Volume 1 #79
Volume 1 #79
Volume 1 #80
Volume 1 #83
Volume 1 #84 (2 articles)
Volume 1 #85 (2 articles)
Volume 1 #95
Volume 1 #104 (2 articles)
Volume 1 #106
Volume 1 #108
Volume 1 #110
Volume 1 #111
Volume 1 #111
Volume 2 #1
Volume 2 #2
Volume 2 #4
Volume 2 #10
Volume 2 #24

Heart Mountain

Supplement #176
Supplement #327
Supplement 347 "terrorism"
Volume 2 #12
Volume 2 #18 (3 articles)
Volume 2 #19
Volume 2 #20
Volume 2 #20
Volume 2 #24
Volume 2 #24
Volume 2 #24
Volume 2 #28
Volume 2 #30
Volume 2 #46
Volume 2 #48
Volume 2 #49
Volume 2 #52
Volume 3 #1
Volume 3 #2
Volume 3 #2
Volume 3 #3
Volume 3 #6
Volume 3 #8

Jerome

#31
Volume 1 #15
Volume 1 #22
Volume 1 #24
Volume 1 #27
Volume 1 #29
Volume 1 #30
Volume 1 #33-Dies committee editorial
Volume 1 #34
Volume 1 #36
Volume 1 #66
Volume 1 #67
Volume 1 #68

Manzanar

Volume 2 #11
Volume 2 #16
Volume 2 #52
Volume 3 #37
Volume 3 #47
Volume 3 #47

Minidoka

Volume 3 #11 -prejudice in Chicago
Volume 3 #11 -Eleanor Roosevelt not prejudiced
Volume 3 #11 -Beeson
Volume 3 #11 - yet another article
Volume 3 #12
Volume 3 #12 -another article
Volume 3 #12 -two more articles
Volume 3 #13
Volume 3 #13 -anti-prejudice
Volume 3 #13 -keep Japanese from CA
Volume 3 #13 -be objective
Volume 3 #14
Volume 3 #15 -Dies committee
Volume 3 #15 -two articles
Volume 3 #15 -yet another article
Volume 3 #17 -2 articles
Volume 3 #17 -1 new article, 1 continued
Volume 3 #18 -2 articles
Volume 3 #19 -Dies committee
Volume 3 #19 -countered prejudice
Volume 3 #19 -Dees article continues
Volume 3 #19 -prejudice is wrong
Volume 3 #19 -answer to Boise official
Volume 3 #19 -anti-Dees committee
Volume 3 #20 -Dees committee
Volume 3 #20 -Myer replies
Volume 3 #20
Volume 3 #20 -article continues
Volume 3 #20
Volume 3 #21 -3 articles
Volume 3 #21 -Dees committee
Volume 3 #22 -ACLU
Volume 3 #22 -California
Volume 3 #22 -Dee committee dies
Volume 3 #23 -3 articles
Volume 3 #23 -editorial
Volume 3 #24
Volume 3 #25
Volume 3 #26
Volume 3 #26
Volume 3 #27
Volume 3 #27
Volume 3 #27
Volume 3 #27
Volume 3 #29
Volume 3 #30
Volume 3 #30
Volume 3 #32
Volume 3 #32
Volume 3 #33
Volume 3 #33
Volume 3 #34
Volume 3 #34
Volume 3 #34
Volume 3 #34
Volume 3 #35
Volume 3 #35
Volume 3 #36 -Pearl Buck
Volume 3 #36 -Pearl Buck
Volume 3 #37 -Pearl Buck
Volume 3 #37
Volume 3 #38
Volume 3 #39
Volume 3 #40 -Dies committee
Volume 3 #40
Volume 3 #40
Volume 3 #40
Volume 3 #40
Volume 3 #42
Volume 3 #44
Volume 3 #44
Volume 3 #44
Volume 3 #44
Volume 3 #44
Volume 3 #45
Volume 3 #45
Volume 3 #45
Volume 3 #46
Volume 3 #46
Volume 3 #47
Volume 3 #47
Volume 3 #48
Volume 3 #48
Volume 3 #49 (Pearl Buck)
Volume 3 #50
Volume 3 #50
Volume 3 #51
Volume 3 #51
Volume 3 #52
Volume 4 #1
Volume 4 #2
Volume 4 #7
Volume 4 #7
Volume 4 #8
Volume 4 #8
Volume 4 #14 (2 articles)
Volume 4 #19
Volume 4 #23
Volume 4 #30
Volume 4 #34 (2 articles)
Volume 4 #35 (2 articles)
Volume 4 #36 (3 articles)
Volume 4 #37
Volume 4 #37
Volume 4 #38 (2 articles)
Volume 4 #40
Volume 4 #41
Volume 4 #41 (2 articles)
Volume 4 #42 (2 articles)
Volume 4 #43 (7 articles)
Volume 4 #44
Volume 4 #45
Volume 4 #45
Volume 4 #46
Volume 4 #46 (5 articles)
Volume 4 #47 (3 articles)
Volume 4 #47 (6 articles)
Volume 4 #47
Volume 4 #50 (3 articles)
Volume 4 #51
Volume 4 #51
Volume 4 #52
Volume 5 #1
Volume 5 #1 (2 articles)
Volume 5 #2 (2 articles)
Volume 5 #3
Volume 5 #4 (2 articles)
Volume 5 #4
Volume 5 #5 (3 articles)
Volume 5 #6
Volume 5 #7 (2 articles)
Volume 5 #10
Volume 5 #12
Volume 5 #14
Volume 5 #14 (2 articles)
Volume 5 #15 (2 articles)
Volume 5 #15
Volume 5 #16
Volume 5 #17
Volume 5 #17 (2 articles)
Volume 5 #18 (2 articles)
Volume 5 #20

Poston

Volume 7 #8

Rohwer

Volume 1 #16
Volume 2 #7
Volume 2 #10
Volume 2 #14
Volume 2 #19
Volume 2 #31
Volume 2 #31

Topaz

Volume 1 #6
Volume 2 #43
Volume 2 #57
Volume 2 #64
Volume 2 #70
Volume 4 #25

Tule Lake

Volume 3 #64
Volume 3 #64
Volume 3 #64 (65)
Volume 4 #25
Volume 5 #1
Volume 5 #68
Volume 5 #77
Volume 5 #85
Volume 5 #95
Volume 6 #8

====================Violence====================

Denson/Jerome

Issue #16

Gila River

Volume 1 #26
Volume 1 #28
Volume 2 #47
Volume 2 #50
Volume 2 #84

Granada

Volume A #3
Volume 1 #15
Volume 1 #57
Volume 1 #59
Volume 1 #83
Volume 1 #106

Heart Mountain

#99
Supplement 200
Supplement 201
Supplement 212
Supplement 213
Volume 2 #12
Volume 2 #18
Volume 2 #45

Jerome

#8

Manzanr

Volume 2 #16
Volume 2 #28
Volume 2 #29

Minidoka

Volume 1 #23
Volume 1 #24
Volume 2 #14
Volume 2 #14 (another article)
Volume 3 #42 (youth shot)
Volume 4 #21 (murder at Tule Lake)
Volume 4 #22
Volume 4 #46 (2 articles)

Rohwer

Volume 3 #30
Volume 3 #32

Topaz

Volume 1 #41 -about Manzanar riot
Volume 2 #51 -about Poston
Volume 3 #6 - man killed by sentry
Volume 3 #7 - the sentry
Volume 3 #8 - the funeral
Topaz Extra - reaction
Volume 3 #10 -the funeral
Extra -reaction
Volume 5 #2
Volume 5 #4

Tule Lake

Volume 3 #45
Volume 5 #33

Statistical Analysis

One way to learn which newsletters were devoted to which topics is to examine the number of items each newsletter ran on those topics. I will grant that I may not have gotten every single article on every single topic, but I am making the assumption that any I missed were spread evenly among the newsletters, so the final total of articles should give a fair approximation of the trend or trends each newsletter showed.

This will not be able to be completed until all the newsletters are finished, but I will update it as I finish particular newsletters. The below table shows the various topics, and the number of articles each newsletter had on that topic.

Topic & # of Issues Jerome-177 Minidoka-178 Tule Lake-421

Crime 1 6 2

Legal Matters 3 29 6

Maps/Illustrations 38 6 5

No Japanese Lit. 0 0 0

Protests/Strikes 3 12 4

Repatriation 1 6 3

Rumors/Prejudice 13 185 10

Violence 1 8 2

Granted, this are very 'early returns,' as the networks would say, but they do show that Jerome had a major emphasis on maps and illustrations, whereas Minidoka had a very major emphasis on things doing with rumors and prejudice.

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