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SPC.2019.024
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Contributing Institution:
California State University Dominguez Hills, Gerth Archives and Special Collections
Title: Manzanar Photo Album
Identifier/Call Number: SPC.2019.024
Physical Description:
1 box
Physical Description:
0.85 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1942-1945; undated
Abstract: This collection contains one album with photographs and newspaper clippings related to the Manzanar incarceration camp, Santa
Fe Japanese Baseball team, and the Koyasan Buddhist Temple in Los Angeles. It also contains oversized photographs of Japanese
interior design. Most of this collection is digitized and available online.
Language of Material:
English
, Japanese
.
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Citations for Archival Material guide, or consult the appropriate style manual.
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.
There are no access restrictions on this collection.
This collection is part of the California State University Japanese American Digitization Project. For more Japanese American
related materials please consult:
CSU Japanese American Digitization Project
The Manzanar Photo Album (1942-1945; undated) contains one album with photographs and newspaper clippings related to the Manzanar
incarceration camp, World War Two, and Japanese interior design. The photographs in the collection contain images of life
at the camp and include photographs of sports teams, funerals, barracks, and other images. The other oversized photographs
in the album are of Japanese tea rooms and gardens.
Arranged in one box.
Existence and Location of Copies
Some of the collection has been digitized and is available at the CSU Japanese American Project site:
Manzanar Photo Album.
Processing Information for Digitized Materials
The Gerth Archives and Special Collections created digitalized reproductions from the original material for long-term preservation
and access. These preservation files (1.97 Gb, 30 tif files) were scanned to and stored on the Gerth Archives and Special
Collections Deparment Drive. For more information on the best practices and standards for the digitization process, please
see:
CSU Japanese American Digitization Project technical reference guide.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
Japanese Americans
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Manzanar Incarceration Camp