Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Frost, Charles W. and Frost, Margaret
- 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.
- Extent:
- .5 linear feet
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Charles W. and Margaret Frost papers. 97.169, Japanese American National Museum. Los Angeles, CA.
Background
- Scope and content:
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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.
- Biographical / historical:
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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.
- Arrangement:
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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.
- Physical location:
- Japanese American National Museum 100 North Central Avenue, Los Angeles 90012
- Rules or conventions:
- Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- 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 - Names:
- Frost, Charles W.
Frost, Margaret - Places:
- Tulelake (Calif.)
Jerome (Idaho)
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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By appointment only. Please Contact the Collections Management and Access Unit by email (collections@janm.org) or telephone (213-830-5615).
- Terms of access:
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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:
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[Identification of item], Charles W. and Margaret Frost papers. 97.169, Japanese American National Museum. Los Angeles, CA.
- Location of this collection:
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Collections Management & Access Unit100 North Central AvenueLos Angeles, CA 90012, US
- Contact:
- 213-625-0414