U.S. War Relocation Authority, Jerome Relocation Center Records

Collection

Identifier: MS Un4r 452

Staff Only
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Scope and Content Note

Ninety-two glossy prints, 4" x 5" and 5" x 7", as well as reports, yearbooks, programs, and clippings related to the administration, the school system, and everyday life at the World War II American concentration camp, Camp Jerome, Denson, Arkansas.

Dates

1942-1944

Creator

Jerome Relocation Center (Ark.) (Organization)

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

No Use Restrictions Apply.

No Interlibrary Loan.

Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).

Biographical Note

Camp Jerome was a World War II-era American concentration camp in Denson, Arkansas.

Extent

1 Linear Feet (2 boxes)

Additional Description

Arrangement of the Papers

Material is arranged and described in two series:

Series 1. Photographs
Series 2. Printed Records

Acquisition Information

The U.S. War Relocation Authority, Jerome Relocation Center Records were donated to the Special Collections Department by William Oren Melton and Mary White Melton of Jonesboro, Arkansas, in November, 1982.

Related Materials

Records relating to the U.S. War Relocation Authority, Jerome Relocation Center Records include:

Jerome Relocation Center Collection MC 629

Jerome Relocation Center Final Report MC 695

U.S. Jerome Relocation Center, Denson, Arkansas Records MS Un4j 360 WRA

Processing Information

Processed by Ellen Shipley; completed in October 1983. Image descriptions in quotations are transcriptions of original image captions.

Finding aid language was updated by Joshua Youngblood and Katrina Windon in August 2022 as part of a project to update outdated or harmful description about the forced removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II.