Manzanar Photo Album
Scope and Contents
The Manzanar Photo Album (1942-1945; undated) contains one album with photographs and newspaper clippings related to the Manzanar incarceration camp, World War Two, and Japanese interior design. The photographs in the collection contain images of life at the camp and include photographs of sports teams, funerals, barracks, and other images. The other oversized photographs in the album are of Japanese tea rooms and gardens.
Dates
- 1942-1945; undated
Conditions Governing Access
There are no access restrictions on this collection.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Archives and Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical materials and not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Extent
1 box
0.85 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Japanese
Abstract
This collection contains one album with photographs and newspaper clippings related to the Manzanar incarceration camp, Santa Fe Japanese Baseball team, and the Koyasan Buddhist Temple in Los Angeles. It also contains oversized photographs of Japanese interior design. Most of this collection is digitized and available online.
Arrangement
Arranged in one box.
Existence and Location of Copies
Some of the collection has been digitized and is available at the CSU Japanese American Project site: Manzanar Photo Album.
Processing Information for Digitized Materials
The Gerth Archives and Special Collections created digitalized reproductions from the original material for long-term preservation and access. These preservation files (1.97 Gb, 30 tif files) were scanned to and stored on the Gerth Archives and Special Collections Deparment Drive. For more information on the best practices and standards for the digitization process, please see: CSU Japanese American Digitization Project technical reference guide.
- Title
- Inventory of the Manzanar Photo Album
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Jennifer Hill
- Date
- 2019-08-21
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 2021-06-02: Abstract and Related Materials Note revised. Existence and Location of Copies and Processing Information for Digitized Materials was added by Jennifer Hill.
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