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Amy Kasai pictorial works depicting life in Japanese American internment camps.
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Amy Kasai pictorial works depicting life in Japanese American internment campsCreator/Contributor:
Kasai, Amy., creatorAbstract:
Paintings, prints and drawings by Amy Kasai, documenting her experiences in Japanese-American internment camps during World
War II. Works depict internees, camp grounds, and surrounding landscapes at the Fresno Assembly Center, Tule Lake Relocation
Center, and Jerome Relocation Center (Arkansas). Also includes fine art works. Photographs depict Kasai, her family and other
unidentified Japanese-Americans before, during and after internment. Also includes War Relocation Authority administrative
manuals, reports, and other paperwork, as well as related papers, all of which may pertain to various duties performed at
the internment camps.
Date:
ca. 1935-ca. 1955, bulk 1942-1943 (issued)Subject:
n-us-ca -- n-us-arJapanese Americans -- Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945 -- Pictorial works
Internment camps -- California -- Photographs
Internment camps -- Arkansas -- Photographs
Japanese Americans -- Photographs
Américains d'origine japonaise -- Relogement et internement forcés, 1942-1945 -- Ouvrages illustrés
Camps d'internement -- Californie -- Photographies
Camps d'internement -- Arkansas -- Photographies
Américains d'origine japonaise -- Photographies
Internment camps
Japanese Americans
Arkansas
California
Fresno Assembly Center (Fresno, Calif.) -- Pictorial works
Tule Lake Relocation Center -- Pictorial works
Jerome Relocation Center (Ark.) -- Pictorial works
United States. -- War Relocation Authority.
Fresno Assembly Center (Fresno, Calif.)
Jerome Relocation Center (Ark.)
Tule Lake Relocation Center.
United States. -- War Relocation Authority
Kasai, Amy -- Portraits
Note:
Many works signed by artist Amy Kasai.
Title devised by cataloger.
Type:
graphicPhotographs.
Pictorial works.
Portraits.
Prints.
Paintings.
Drawings.
Physical Description:
drawing
painting
photoprint
print
2 boxes (ca. 185 drawings, prints, paintings and photographic prints) : color and b&w ; 46 x 30 cm or smaller.
Language:
English