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Roy Nakata papers, circa 1939-1945.
BANC MSS 2006/226LOCAL
Collection Overview

Title:

Roy Nakata papers, circa 1939-1945

Creator/Contributor:

Nakata, Roy., creator

Abstract:

Contains correspondence, materials relating to attending college, and documents about collecting property after leaving internment. Also includes a photograph of Japan Day in 1939, a couple of drawings one at the Heart Mountain Camp and one by his sister Grace of their home in Palo Alto.

Date:

1939 (issued)

Subject:

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Japanese Americans -- Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945
Japanese Americans -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Photographs
Américains d'origine japonaise -- Relogement et internement forcés, 1942-1945
Américains d'origine japonaise -- Mœurs et coutumes -- 20e siècle -- Photographies
Japanese Americans
Japanese Americans -- Social life and customs
Heart Mountain Relocation Center (Wyo.)
Heart Mountain Relocation Center (Wyo.) -- Pictorial works
Oberlin College -- History
Heart Mountain Relocation Center (Wyo.)
Oberlin College.

Note:

Purchase; From Serendipity Books; in 2004.
Roy Nakata, from Palo Alto California, was sent to the Heart Mountain Camp in Wyoming during the Japanese Internment. He was allowed to attend Oberlin College in Ohio during the war.
Preferred citation: Roy Nakata papers, BANC MSS 2006/226, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
In English with one letter in Japanese.

Type:

History.
Photographs.
Pictorial works.
Drawings.
Photographs.

Physical Description:

print
1 box (.2 linear ft.)

Language:

English
Japanese

Identifier:

BANC MSS 2006/226LOCAL

Origin:

No place, unknown, or undetermined