Kelly Gates
Japanese American National Museum
100 North Central Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Phone: (213) 830-5615
Email: collections@janm.org
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Japanese American National Museum. All rights reserved.

Charles W. and Margaret Frost Papers

Collection number: 97.169

Japanese American National Museum

Los Angeles, California
Processed by:
Kelly Gates
Date Completed:
December 2014
Encoded by:
Lauren Zuchowski
© 2014 Japanese American National Museum. All rights reserved.

Descriptive Summary

Title: Charles W. and Margaret Frost papers
Dates: 1942-1945
Collection number: 97.169
Creator: Frost, Charles W.
Creator: Frost, Margaret
Collection Size: .5 linear feet
Repository: Japanese American National Museum (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Los Angeles, California 90012
Abstract: This collection contains items belonging to Margaret Frost. The War Relocation Authority (WRA) employed Mrs. Frost and her husband, Charles W. Frost, as teachers at the Tule Lake and Minidoka concentration camps.
Physical location: Japanese American National Museum 100 North Central Avenue, Los Angeles 90012

Access

By appointment only. Please Contact the Collections Management and Access Unit by email (collections@janm.org) or telephone (213-830-5615).

Publication Rights

All requests for permission to publish, reproduce, or quote from materials in this collection must be submitted to the Hirasaki National Resource Center at the Japanese American National Museum (collections@janm.org).

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Charles W. and Margaret Frost papers. 97.169, Japanese American National Museum. Los Angeles, CA.

Alternative Forms of Material Available

The collection has been scanned and made available through Densho (http://ddr.densho.org/collections/#ddr-janm).

Biography / Administrative History

Husband and wife, Charles W. and Margaret Frost were both employed by the WRA and worked as teachers at the Tule Lake and Minidoka concentration camps. The materials in this collection include flyers for social activities and community meetings, drawings and sketches, invitations to events, cards, and other such documents.

Scope and Content of Collection

This collection contains a variety of rare WRA educational material as well as other documents and objects which help highlight recreational life in the camps.

Arrangement

Folder 1: 32 documents/flyers related to various camp community meetings or activates.
Folder 2: 32 documents/flyers related to various camp community meetings or activates.
Folder 3: 31 documents/flyers related to various camp community meetings or activates.
Folder 4: 32 documents/flyers related to various camp community meetings or activates.
Folder 5: 32 documents/flyers related to various camp community meetings or activates.
Folder 6: 32 documents/flyers related to various camp community meetings or activates.
Folder 7: 26 documents/flyers related to various camp community meetings or activates.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Frost, Charles W.
Frost, Margaret
Japanese Americans
World War II
Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945.
United States. War Relocation Authority
Japanese American evacuation and resettlement
Tule Lake Relocation Center
Minidoka Relocation Center
Tulelake (Calif.)
Jerome (Idaho)