Jay Friedlander, “A Place Called Rohwer” Videotape
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Scope and Content Note
Sixty-minute color 3/4" videotape, produced by University of Arkansas at Little Rock associate professor of journalism Friedlander for Arkansas Educational Television Network in the summer of 1980; featuring photographs from National Archives and Records Service’s records of U.S. War Relocation Authority, interviews with former WRA incarceree Sam Yada and former WRA administrator Joseph Boone Hunter, and a discussion by Friedlander; broadcast by AETN March 29, 1981.
Dates
- 1980
Creator
- Friedlander, Edward Jay (Person)
Language of Materials
Materials are in English.
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.
Use Information
Videotape available for on-premises closed-circuit viewing only.
No Interlibrary Loan.
Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).
Biographical Note
Dr. Edward Jay Friedlander is a journalist, documentary filmmaker, and professor. He is a Professor Emeritus of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Department of Journalism.
Located in rural Desha County, Arkansas the Rohwer Relocation Center was a World War Two-era incarceration camp; one of two in the state. The two camps would incarcerate 16,000 Japanese-Americans during the conflict. Rohwer Relocation Camp was open from September 1942 until November 1945. Deteriorating rapidly after closure, the incarceree cemetary is one of the few parts of the camp that remain. (Information taken from the Encyclopedia of Arkansas.)
Extent
0.5 Linear Feet (1 box)
Acquisition Information
The Jay Friedlander, “A Place Called Rohwer” Videotape was donated to the Special Collections Department by the Arkansas Educational Television Network in August 1981.
Processing Information
Processed by Samuel Sizer; completed in August 1981.
Finding aid language was updated by Adam Heien in February 2023 as part of a project to update outdated or harmful description about the forced removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II.
Creator
- Friedlander, Edward Jay (Person)
Source
- Arkansas Educational Television Network (Donor, Organization)
- Title
- Jay Friedlander, “A Place Called Rohwer” Videotape
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Samuel Sizer
- Date
- August 1981
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English.
Revision Statements
- February 2023: Finding aid revised by Adam Heien in February 2023 as part of a project to update outdated or harmful description about the forced removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II.
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