Preservation of the Tule Lake Relocation and Segregation Center Collection, 1976-2009

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Shaw Historical Library
Title
Preservation of the Tule Lake Relocation and Segregation Center Collection
Dates
1976-2009 (inclusive)
Quantity
1.5 linear feet, (3 boxes)
Collection Number
SHL015
Summary
The collection consists of materials collected by the Shaw Historical Library on the activities of the Tule Lake Committee and others to preserve the site of the Tule Lake Relocation and Segregation Center in northern California, the Tule Lake Pilgrimages, the site’s national historic landmark designation and the establishment of the Tule Unit of the World War II Valor in the Pacific Monument.
Repository
Oregon Institute of Technology Libraries, Shaw Historical Library
Oregon Institute of Technology Libraries
3201 Campus Drive
Klamath Falls, OR
97601
Telephone: 5418851772
Fax: 5418851777
libtech@oit.edu
Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research use.

Languages
English
Sponsor
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Historical NoteReturn to Top

The Tule Lake Relocation and Segregation Center operated between 1942 and 1946 as one of ten federal installations for internment of Japanese and Japanese-Americans during World War II. At its peak, more than 18,000 people of Japanese ancestry who had been labeled "disloyal" were detained there. Portions of the site later became private property or state property or remained under federal government control. The Tule Lake Committee and others conducted efforts to preserve the site for many years. The Pilgrimages started in 1974 and continue to the present day. The site was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2006. In December 2008 the Tule Unit of the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument was created by Presidential proclamation.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The collection includes documents, newspaper clippings and ephemera related to the Tulelake Pilgrimages, National Historic Landmark designation documents for the site, speech drafts, curriculum materials, and other items.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Before materials from the Shaw Historical Library may be quoted in print or otherwise reproduced in whole or in part in any publication, exhibit, broadcast or other manner, the user must obtain permission from the owner of the physical property and the holder of the copyright. Copyright status for collections in the Shaw Historical Library varies. Reproduction of any item must contain a complete citation to the original. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.

Preferred Citation

[item identification], Preservation of the Tule Lake Relocation and Segregation Center, The Shaw Historical Library, Oregon Institute of Technology, Klamath Falls, Oregon.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Location of Collection

Shaw Historical Library

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
1 Third Tule Lake Pilgrimage 1976
1 Tule Lake Pilgrimage 2004 Program 2004
1 Tule Lake Pilgrimage 2006 materials 2006
1 Tule Lake Pilgrimage 2008 materials 2008
1 Tule Lake Pilgrimage 2009 materials 2009
1 Visitor information from Tule Lake Unit of Valor in Pacific National Monument 2009
1 Establishment of World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument 2006, 2008
1 Notes by Lee Juillerat
1 Japanese Americans in World War II - National Historic Landmark theme study - draft July 2004 2004
1 Tule Lake Segregation Center National Historic Landmark Nomination 2004
1 Tule Lake Segregation Center National Historic Landmark Nomination 2005
1 Tule Lake Segregation Center National Historic Landmark Nomination 2005
1 Tule Lake - State historical landmark dedication 1979
1 LA Times article on Tule Lake July 23, 2006 2006
1 Landmark proposal aired in Newell
newspaper clipping
2005
1 Visitor information for Manzanar National Historic Site 2003
1 Visitor information Manzanar National Historic Site
2 The Japanese American Incarceration: A case for readdress 1979
2 Speech draft: The Constitution Glimpsed from Tule Lake 1978, 2005
2 Tule Lake Relocation and Segregation Center 1994
2 Newspaper Clippings 1979, 1989, 2001, 2004-2006, 2009
2 Internment Camp Remembered
newspaper clipping
2001
2 Personal recollection of the internment camp
newspaper clipping
2003
2 "A Thousand Cranes over Tule Lake" 2004
2 Klamath County Library- "Oregon Reads 2009" handouts 2009
3 DVD: My Face was My Crime 2007
3 My Enemy, My Friend by Jack Nadel
uncorrected proof
2000
3 JACL Report 1978
3 An American Story from the Bill of Rights to Redress
2 copies
Teacher Training Workshop materials
2001
3 A Lesson in American History: The Japanese American Experience
2 copies
curriculum and resource guide
1996

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Japanese Americans--evacuation and relocation--1942-1945

Corporate Names

  • Shaw Historical Library
  • Tule Lake Committee
  • Tule Lake Relocation Center

Geographical Names

  • Tule Lake (Calif.)
  • Tulelake (Calif.)