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Scrapbook , 1942 June-October

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1-26

Scope and Contents

A scrapbook compiled by Clifford Paul Weidenthaler at Heart Mountain Incarceration Camp in Cody, Wyoming. Contains a group photograph of engineers in the U.S. Army, three custom buttons for construction projects by Metcalfe-Hamilton-Kansas City Bridge Company and US Army Corps of Engineers, and newspaper clippings depicting construction of Alaska Highway, construction of the camp, hiring carpenters, the switching of command, death of a construction worker, Japanese American incarcerees being transferred to the camp, families being compensated, and family celebrations among the incarcerees. Newspaper clippings were collected mainly from "The Cody Enterprise," "The Billings Gazette," and "The World Herald," published in 1942.

Dates

  • 1942 June-October

Conditions Governing Access

There are no access restrictions on this collection.

Extent

26 folders

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the California State University Dominguez Hills, Gerth Archives and Special Collections Repository

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