Finding Aid to the Japanese American relocation center views 1942

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Finding Aid to the Japanese American relocation center views 1942

Collection number: BANC PIC 1986.012--PIC

The Bancroft Library

University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000
Phone: (510) 642-6481
Fax: (510) 642-7589
Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu
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Copyright 2017 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.

Collection Summary

Collection Title: Japanese American relocation center views
Date: 1942
Collection Number: BANC PIC 1986.012--PIC
Photographer: Parker, Tom
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea.
Author: Okubo, Miné.
Photographer: Stewart, Francis
Extent: 45 items
Repository: The Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000
Phone: (510) 642-6481
Fax: (510) 642-7589
Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu
Abstract: Photographed by Dorothea Lange, Francis Stewart, and Tom Parker. Drawings by Miné Okubo.
Languages Represented: Collection materials are in English

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Japanese American relocation center views, BANC PIC 1986.012--PIC, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Photographs
Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945--Photographs
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962 -- Pictorial works.

Funding

This project was funded, in part, by a grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Japanese American Confinement Sites Grant Program. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. Department of the Interior.

Scope and Content

Photographs document the Japanese American evacuation of World War II and its effects. Shown are children and adults at various relocation centers throughout the west. Includes one view of Eleanor Roosevelt visiting the Gila River camp.

 

San Francisco 1942 BANC PIC 1986.012:1

 

San Francisco Calif. 4/11/42 exclusion orders posted at First and Front Streets directing the removal of persons of Japanese ancestry. The order was issued April 1, 1942 by Lieutenant General J. L. DeWitt (Photographer: Dorthea Lange) BANC PIC 1986.012:2

 

San Francisco store 1942 BANC PIC 1986.012:3--PIC

 

San Francisco 1942 BANC PIC 1986.012:4--PIC

 

1942 BANC PIC 1986.012:5--PIC

 

Woodland, Callif. 5/20/42 Families of Japanese ancestry awaiting train to the Merced Assembly Center. (photographer: Dorothea Lange) BANC PIC 1986.012:6--PIC

 

[Child with luggage] BANC PIC 1986.012:7--PIC

 

California 1942. Bird's eye view of quarters and baggage at Salinas (Calif.) Assembly Center. (Photographer: Clem Albers) BANC PIC 1986.012:8--PIC

 

Santa Anita BANC PIC 1986.012:9--PIC

 

Salinas, California 3/31/42 Evacuees enjoy a moment of relaxation before setting up housekeeping at this assembly center. They will be transferred ultimately to a war relocation center. (Photographer: Clem Albers) BANC PIC 1986.012:10--PIC

 

Colorado River BANC PIC 1986.012:11--PIC

 

Colorado River BANC PIC 1986.012:12--PIC

 

Colorado River WRA, Arizona BANC PIC 1986.012:13--PIC

 

Colorado River BANC PIC 1986.012:14--PIC

 

Poston Arizona (Colorado River Center) 6/14/42 Robert Neada, son of the first family to arrive at this center. His family are evacuees from El Centro Calif. BANC PIC 1986.012:15--PIC

 

Colorado River BANC PIC 1986.012:16--PIC

 

Gila River, Sgt. Komoto and brother BANC PIC 1986.012:17--PIC

 

D. Myer (director of War Relocation Authority) and Eleanor Roosevelt at Gila River WRA, Arizona BANC PIC 1986.012:18--PIC

 

Granada BANC PIC 1986.012:19--PIC

 

Granada. Painting by Takio Ueyama BANC PIC 1986.012:20--PIC

 

Granada Relocation Center (Amache, Colorado) 12/10/42 under direction of Takio Ueyama. (Photog. Tom Parker) BANC PIC 1986.012:21--PIC

 

Prof. Obata from Univ. of Calif. (Berkeley) at Topaz, Utah WRA. BANC PIC 1986.012:22--PIC

 

Central Utah BANC PIC 1986.012:23--PIC

 

Heart Mountain, Colorado BANC PIC 1986.012:24--PIC

 

Heart Mountain, Colorado BANC PIC 1986.012:25--PIC

 

Heart Mountain, Colorado BANC PIC 1986.012:26--PIC

 

An English class at Heart Mountain, Colorado BANC PIC 1986.012:27--PIC

 

Changing classes at Rohwer high school. 1942. (photographer: Tom Parker) BANC PIC 1986.012:28--PIC

 

Arkansas (Jerome or Rohwer) BANC PIC 1986.012:29--PIC

 

Jerome, Arkansas BANC PIC 1986.012:30--PIC

 

Jerome Reloc. Center, Denson, Arkansas. 3/12/43 Adult Education class. (Photographer: Tom Parker) BANC PIC 1986.012:31--PIC

 

Manzanar, Calif. (photographer: Dorthea Lange) BANC PIC 1986.012:32--PIC

 

Manzanar, Calif. (photographer: Dorthea Lange) BANC PIC 1986.012:33--PIC

 

[U.S. Post Office) BANC PIC 1986.012:34--PIC

 

Manzanar Relocation Center. Sixth grade boys enjoying a soft ball game at recess. 2/10/43 (Photographer: Francis Stewart) BANC PIC 1986.012:35--PIC

 

Manzanar BANC PIC 1986.012:36--PIC

 

Manzanar, Calif. (photographer: Dorthea Lange) BANC PIC 1986.012:37--PIC

 

3rd grade class, Manzanar. An "early" school. BANC PIC 1986.012:38--PIC

 

Manzanar Calif. (photographer: Dorthea Lange) BANC PIC 1986.012:39--PIC

 

Manzanar, Calif. (photographer: Dorothea Lange) BANC PIC 1986.012:40--PIC

 

Manzanar, Calif. (photographer: Dorothea Lange) BANC PIC 1986.012:41--PIC

 

"Go" players at an unspecified WRA camp BANC PIC 1986.012:42--PIC

 

[Xmas Illustration. Mine Okubo. Dec . 1942. Trek] BANC PIC 1986.012:43--PIC

 

[Illustration of child being bathed. June 1943. Trek.] BANC PIC 1986.012:44--PIC

 

[Illustration of people during a meal. Mine Okubo. Feb. 1943. Trek] BANC PIC 1986.012:45--PIC

Additional Note

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