Alan and Mary Cazort Papers Related to Japanese American Incarceration in Arkansas
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Scope and Content Note
The collection consist of correspondence, printed and mimeographed material, newspaper clippings, and notes. Correspondence includes letters between the Y.W.C.A. and Mary Cazort concerning the creation of a Y.W.C.A. program at the Rowher and Jerome American concentration camps. The collection also contains newspaper clippings pertaining to the American concentration camps, including the employment of Japanese American incarcerees on local farms. The collection also includes copies of the Rowher Outpost, an incarceree-run newspaper published from June through August, 1943.
Dates
- 1942-1945
Creator
- Cazort, Alan (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
No Use Restrictions Apply.
No Interlibrary Loan.
Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).
Biographical Note
Mary Cazort was born in Paragould, Greene County, Arkansas, the daughter of Edith and Robert E. Lee Carpenter. She was married to Dr. Alan Garner Cazort (1900-1986), who was born in Lamar, Johnson County, Arkansas. They had four daughters, Mimi, Cecile, Virginia, and Jean. Mary Cazort first visited Rohwer in 1942 with a group of other Little Rock women on behalf of the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA), and subsequently worked to establish YWCA programs at the Rohwer and Jerome concentration camps.
Mary Cazort served as the first editor for the Arkansas Gardener, a monthly magazine published by the Arkansas Federation of Garden Clubs. She was a member of Pulaski Heights United Methodist Church, and a board member of the Y.W.C.A. in Arkansas. Mary Cazort passed away on April 14, 1984, in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Extent
.75 Linear Feet (1 box)
Arrangement of the Papers
Materials are arranged by topic.
Acquisition Information
The Alan and Mary Cazort Papers Related to Japanese American Incarceration in Arkansas were donated to the Special Collections Department, University of Arkansas Libraries, on September 13, 2002 by their daughter, Cecile Cazort Zorach of Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Processing Information
Processed by John Gore; completed in January 2007.
Finding aid language was updated by 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. As part of these changes, the collection title was updated from "Alan and Mary Cazort Japanese Internment Files" to "Alan and Mary Cazort Papers Related to Japanese American Incarceration in Arkansas."
- Title
- Alan and Mary Cazort Papers Related to Japanese American Incarceration in Arkansas
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- John Gore
- Date
- 2007
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English.
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