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Guy and Marguerite Cook Nisei Collection

This collection contains materials collected by the Cooks during their employment at Tule Lake. Much of the collection focuses on education, although there are also materials of a more general and of a more specifically personal nature. Of particular interest are faculty narratives describing the problems of teaching in a relocation center and student autobiographies chronicling their adjustment to relocation. The collection also contains substantial clippings and report files that document the segregation of "disloyal" Japanese-Americans at Tule Lake, the uprising of 1943, and the repatriation to Japan of "disloyals" following the War. The Cook Collection also contains a small body of materials pertaining to Centers other than Tule Lake (see Index)

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Letter from John L. Burling for Masao Sakamoto (Chairman, Sokuji Kikoku Roshi Dan) and Tsutomu Higashi (Chairman, Hokoku Seinen Dan) [re: apprehension], January 18, 1945

John L. Burling
Carper, Madelon Counselor (11-1-45) [5 l.] [re "Japanese school"]

Madelon Carper

Narrative report of Madelon Carper, counselor and registrar at Tri-State High School about her experience at Tule Lake Relocation Center, November 1, 1945
Summary Report of the School Program - Heart Mountain Relocation Center

Clifford D. Carter

The cover page, table of contents, and pages 23-58 of a summary report of the school program at Heart Mountain
Club Tulean Saddle Daze [dance & floor show] invitation (2-24-45)

Club Tulean

Program for Saddle Daze dance and floor show held 2/24/1945 at Club Tulean in the Tule Lake Relocation Center in Newell, California
Dunbar, Elsie S. English (8-30-45) [4 l.]

Elsie S. Dunbar

Teacher narrative of Elsie S. Dunbar, Secondary Teacher at Tule Lake Center, entitled "Personal Narrative Report," dated 8/30/1945
Green, B. Raymond ? (n.d.) [1 l.]

B. Raymond Greene

Teacher narrative of B. Raymond Greene, undated, entitled "Panacea", circa 1945
"A Sketchbook on Project Life: Tule Lake Center" and WRA Letter, December 24, 1945

Ronald Hitomi and Marvin K. Opler
Letter from Tomi Iwasaki to Tom Clark, US Attorney General, Re: Forced Renunciation Citizenship, October 12, 1945

Tomi Iwasaki
Mrs. Long (Business) (n.d.) [handwritten; 2 l.]

Long

Teacher narrative of Mrs. Long, business teacher, entitled "My Position in Tule Lake," undated, circa 1945
Yoshiko Gwendalyn Matsubara Autobiography, November 16-17, 1942

Yoskiko Gwendalyn Matsubara
"Excelsior" Tri-State High School Senior Edition, 1945

Lew M. Matsumoto
Tri-State High School Senior Edition, 1945

George Okano
F. Onye [?]. Tule Lake [untitled 8.5" x 11" pencil sketch] [F. Onye]

F. Onye

Signed pencil sketch of Tule Lake. Untitled, undated
Opland, William. F. (Math) (8-24-45) [4 l.]

William F. Opland

Teacher narrative of William F. Opland, math teacher at Tule Lake Relocation Center, entitled "Personal Narrative Report," dated 8/24/1945
Yoshito Osaki, Orinda CA (6-14-45) [6 l.; describes incarceration after "uprising"?] [Yoshito Osaki]

Yoshito Osaki

Letter from Yoshito Osaki to Mr. Guy Cook dated June 14, 1945, describing his experiences being placed in jail after participating in an "uprising."
Palonis, Estelle V. (English) (ca 8-45) [13 l.] [re language problems]

Estelle V. Palonis

Teacher narrative of Estelle V. Palonis, English teacher at Tule Lake Relocation Center, entitled "Personal Narrative Report of a High School Teacher," from August 1945
Parton, Leathel (Journalism) (n.d.) [handwritten; 3l.]

Leathel E. Parton

Teacher narrative from Leathel E. Parton, untitled, undated, circa 1945
Phillips, Dorothy (Art) (6-45) [3 l.]

Dorothy Phillips

Teacher narrative of Dorothy Phillips, Art teacher in Tule Lake Relocation Center, titled "The Tri-State Art Program September 1942-May 1945," dated June 1945
Shigeo Sakamoto Autobiography, February 9, 1945

Shigeo Sakamoto
Senior Ball Invitation, April 24, 1945

Joe Sakumura
Senior Class Banquet Invitation, April 29, 1945

Senior Class
Simkins, Inez C. (English) (8-30-45) [handwritten; 4 l.]

Inez C. Simkins

Teacher narrative for Inez C. Simkins, English teacher at Tule Lake Relocation Center, titled "Personal Narrative Report," dated 8/30/1945
Baccalaureate Service Program, October 14, 1945

Tri-State High School
Class Officers Roster, 1945

Tri-State High School
Commencement Program, May 4, 1945

Tri-State High School