School Essays, A-I
Scope and Contents
Files contain class exercises, largely student autobiographies, reflecting, to some extent, lifestyles before forced removal and backgrounds in California and Hawaii. Some papers discuss experiences at the temporary detention centers in Fresno and Arcadia, California, while several present views concerning the forced removal of incarcerres in private life outside the American concentration camps. Less frequently mentioned subjects include: Japanese-American relationships with white people before the war, the plight of the Nisei, the 14th amendment, racial prejudice, and expatriation to Japan.
Dates
- From the Series: 1942-1944
Access Information
Please call (479) 575-8444 or email specoll@uark.edu at least two weeks in advance of your arrival to ensure availability of the materials.
Physical Description
69 pages
Creator
- From the Collection: Tidball, Virginia (Person)
- Letter from the WRA director to WRA staff members
- Autobiography
- Miscellaneous
- A Japanese American High School Student Condemns Internment
- A Student Essay Condemns Japanese American Internment
- Japanese American Student Poem
- Japanese American Student Pleas for Understanding
- Japanese American Student Biography
- Hawaiian-Born Japanese American Student Tells Her Story
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Department Repository
University of Arkansas Libraries
365 N. McIlroy Avenue
Fayetteville AR 72701 United States
(479) 575-8444
specoll@uark.edu