Descriptive Summary
Administration Information
Rohwer Incarceration Center History
Scope and Content
Indexing Terms
Related Material
Descriptive Summary
Title: Rohwer High School Yearbook Collection
Dates: 1943
Collection Number: Consult repository.
Creator:
Rohwer Yearbook Staff
Beasley, Wm. E.
Extent:
1 box
.20 linear ft.
Repository: California State University, Dominguez Hills
Archives and Special Collections
Archives & Special Collection
University Library, Room 5039
1000 E. Victoria Street
Carson, California 90747
Phone: (310) 243-3895
URL: http://www4.csudh.edu/libarchives/index
Abstract:
This collection contains one Senior Class Yearbook or booklet from Rohwer High School inside Rohwer Incarceration Center.
This yearbook from 1943 features images from each of the homerooms of students, and includes their names, their location of
where they lived in the incarceration center, any clubs or groups they belonged to at school, and the name of their high school
prior to being relocated to Rohwer.
Language: Collection material is in English
Administration Information
Access
There are no access restrictions on this collection.
Publication Rights
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Archives
and Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical
materials and not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Preferred Citation
[Title of item], Rohwer High School Yearbook Collection, Courtesy of the Department of Archives and Special Collections. University
Library. California State University, Dominguez Hills
Acquisition Information
Library acquisition
Rohwer Incarceration Center History
On February 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 which gave the military the authority to
exclude any citizen who posed a threat to national security. As a result, approximately 120,000 Japanese-Americans living
on the West Coast were removed and incarcerated in concentration camps. One of these camps was Rohwer Incarceration Center
located in Desha County in southeastern Arkansas- a heavily wooded and swampy area with high humidity. Most of the incarcerees
imprisoned at Rohwer came from Los Angeles and San Joaquin counties in California. The living quarters in the main residential
area was approximately 500 acres and was surrounded by barbed wire fences and eight guard towers that were staffed by military
police. All incarcerees were housed within partitioned sections of 20’ by 120’ barracks which were arranged in groups of 12
blocks. Each block housed approximately 200-300 individuals. Rohwer officially closed on November 30, 1945 making it the last
WRA camp to close, except for the Tule Lake Segregation Center.
Scope and Content
The Rohwer High School Yearbook Collection contains one senior class yearbook from Rohwer High School from 1943. Created by
students within Rohwer Incarceration Center in Rohwer, Arkansas, the yearbook contains images and class listings of all the
students within each homeroom along with the name of each student’s location within the incarceration center, names of clubs
or groups they belonged to at school, and the name of their high school prior to relocation. The yearbook also contains illustrations
of classrooms, students, teachers, and events such as senior prom, Sadie Hawkins dance, and the senior farewell dance. Also
included are class superlatives and a timeline of noteworthy events that took place throughout the 1942-1943 school year,
such as inter-center sports games against Jerome Incarceration Center, and semester start and end dates.
Arrangement
Arranged in 1 box, five folders.
Indexing Terms
Subjects
Concentration camps--United States.
Japanese Americans--Pacific States--History--20th century.
Japanese Americans
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
Rohwer Relocation Center (Ark.)
World War, 1939-1945 – Arkansas
Geographic Areas
Rohwer Relocation Center (Ark.)
Rohwer (Ark.)
Related Material
This collection is part of the CSU Japanese American Digitization Project. Related materials can be found here: http://www.csujad.com.