Concentration Camps -- United States
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
CSU Japanese American Digitization Project Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2014-008
Abstract
The central focus of the California State University Japanese American Digitization Project is the digitization and access to primary materials related to the history and progress of Japanese Americans in their communities. An enormous range of subjects and archival materials central to Japanese-American life before, during, and after World War II are in this digital collection including: letters, photographs, oral histories, camp publications, papers of camp administrators and counselors,...
Dates:
1915-1994
Tsugitada Kanamori Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2016-002
Abstract
This collection contains one box of documents belonging to Tsugitada Kanamori. Materials in this collection mostly pertain to Kanamori’s efforts regarding cancelling his renunciation and reinstating his American citizenship. This collection has been digitized and is available online.
Dates:
1948-1958
Tazu Kawamoto Photo Album Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2016-013
Abstract
This collection contains one album of mostly photographs compiled by Tazu Kawamoto that document various people, events, and activities throughout 1939-1943. Materials in this collection include: photographs, flyers, invitations, and business cards relating to Tazu Kawamoto’s personal life, with a focus on events during the World’s Fair on San Francisco’s Treasure Island in 1939. The photographs are most likely taken inside the Gila River Incarceration Center in Arizona, including a...
Dates:
1939-1943
Virginia B. Lowers Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2016-004
Abstract
This collection contains one box of three letters addressed to Virginia B. Lowers, a former high school teacher at University High School in Los Angeles, California. The letter from Masaru Teshiba contains information regarding his experiences as an incarceree mostly while at Tule Lake Segregation Center, the letter from Thomas A. Reeves details his combat experiences, and the letter from W.W. [Escherich] describes events during his trips to Maui, Tientsin China, and Okinawa. All of the...
Dates:
1945-1946
James H. Osborne Nisei Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2017-001
Abstract
The James H. Osborne Nisei Collection contains mostly correspondence between Emiko and Usami Terada, incarcerees in the Rohwer incarceration camp, McGehee Arkansas, and the Thomas family in Lawndale, California and some photographs of the Teradas and the Thomases. The letters describe the trip from the Santa Anita temporary detention faciility to the Rohwer incarceration camp, their lives and conditions in the camp, and their concerns about their properties in Lawndale, California. Also...
Dates:
1941-1971, undated
Sylvester (Owen M.) Tule Lake Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2016-012
Abstract
This collection contains one box of photographic images taken by Captain Owen M. Sylvester while at Tule Lake Segregation Center during a military occupation as a member of the 772 Military Police Battalion in 1943. This collection is digitized and available online.
Dates:
1942-1943