Note about Hokoku Seinendan 奉国青年團 in Tule Lake camp, circa 1942-1945
Scope and Contents
Hiroshi Fukuwa Manzanar Diary (1942-1945) contains 36.3 MB (8 PDF files) of born-analog objects (digital reproductions) which were created from the entire collection during digitization process in 2017. It comprises a diary written by Hiroshi Fukuwa, Kibei Nisei of Los Angeles, California, along with newsletters, clippings, and handwritten notes. His diary details his experiences during World War II, starting from the day when he left Los Angeles for the Manzanar incarceration camp in California and including his transfer to the Gila River camp in Arizona and segregation in the Tule Lake camp in California, but he stopped writing before the war ended. The diary describes trips to the camps, construction of facilities, living conditions, work and salaries, events, and incidents and accidents, reflecting a Kibei Nisei perspective.
Dates
- circa 1942-1945
Conditions Governing Access
There are no access restrictions on this collection.
Extent
0.784 Megabytes (1 PDF file)
Language of Materials
Japanese
Creator
- From the Collection: Fukuwa, Hiroshi, 1914-2013 (Author, Person)
Repository Details
Part of the California State University Dominguez Hills, Gerth Archives and Special Collections Repository
University Library South -5039 (Fifth Floor)
1000 E. Victoria St.
Carson CA 90747
310-243-3895
archives@csudh.edu