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Santa Anita Assembly Center, 1942 April-October

 File — Box: 2

Scope and Contents

Contained are materials collected by Atsushi Ishida during the mass removal and incarceration in the Santa Anita Accembly Center in California. Included are:

  • Name tags, work notices, mess hall cards, worker's rotating cards, and others
  • Information bulletin (Arcadia, California): two issues of a camp newspaper distributed in the Santa Anita Assembly Center
  • Personal instructions on evacuation: release no. 1A: two copies of a form issued in the Santa Anita Assembly Center notifying of his transfer trip date and instructions. His trip was scheduled on October 10, 1942 to be transferred to the Jerome incarceration camp in Arkansas

Dates

  • 1942 April-October

Conditions Governing Access

There are no access restrictions on this collection.

Extent

From the Series: 2 boxes (1 document box and 1 box album)

Language of Materials

English

Creator

Repository Details

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

Contact:
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