World War, 1939-1945 -- Concentration camps -- United States
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Alan and Mary Cazort Papers Related to Japanese American Incarceration in Arkansas
Collection
Identifier: MC 1489
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...
Dates:
1942-1945
Paul and Ann Faris Papers
Collection
Identifier: MC 2612
Content Description
The collection contains the photography, writings, and other personal and professional papers of Paul and Ann Faris. Series 1 contains personal and professional papers, including correspondence, biographical materials, and materials related to Paul Faris' work as a professor at Hendrix College. Series 2 contains research materials, photographs, drafts, and other materials related to Paul Faris' 1983 book Ozark Log Cabin Folks: The Way They...
Dates:
circa 1933-2022
Rosa A. Heinke Materials
Collection
Identifier: MC 1896
Scope and Content Note
Materials include a diary, school materials, and materials recounting Heinke's observations of the Rohwer Internment Camp.
Dates:
1935-1944
Yosie Kamiya Photograph Album
Collection
Identifier: MC 2675
Content Description
The photograph album includes photographs of Yosie Kamiya as an infant; as a young child with her family while incarcerated at Rohwer Relocation Center in Rohwer, Arkansas during World War II; growing up in Gardena, California, including a photograph of Kamiya with her basketball team; and as a college student at Whittier College in Los Angeles, California. Some photographs appear to be from vacations, including an image with Coit Tower in San Francisco, California. Loose photographs include...
Dates:
circa 1940-1961
U. S. War Relocation Authority, Rohwer Relocation Center Records
Collection
Identifier: MS G88 257
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence, memoranda; reports; bulletins; lists; budgets and other financial records: scrapbooks: camp newspapers, periodicals, and other printed titles; photographs; and other materials created, received, or collected by Nat R. Griswold while he served, 1943-1945, as Superintendent of the Community Activities Section of the Rohwer Relocation Center at McGehee, Ark., and pertaining to the operation of the center and to the life and work of its residents.
Dates:
1938-1945
U.S. War Relocation Authority Photographs
Collection
Identifier: MS Un4p 365
Scope and Content Note
Sixty-four 8" x 10" glossy prints, 31 of the Rohwer Relocation Center at McGehee, Ark. and 33 of the Jerome Relocation Center at Denson, Ark., together with 680 electrostatic copies of photographs (64 of those in 8" x 10" prints and 616 others) with coded and captioned identifications. Photographs and electrostatic copies depict aspects of American concentration camp administration and facilities and of the life and work of incarcerees held there. Prints and electrostatic copies are...
Dates:
1942-1944