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Amy Kasai pictorial works depicting life in Japanese American internment camps [graphic].
BANC PIC 2010.014--PIC; BANC PIC 2010.014--B; BANC PIC 2010.014
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Title:
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 by
Kasai at the internment camps.
Date:
ca. 1935-ca. 1955, bulk 1942-1943 (issued)Subject:
n-us-ca -- n-us-arKasai, Amy -- Portraits
Fresno Assembly Center (Fresno, Calif.) -- Pictorial works
Tule Lake Relocation Center -- Pictorial works
Jerome Relocation Center (Ark.) -- Pictorial works
United States. -- War Relocation Authority.
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 -- Pictorial works
Concentration camps -- California -- Photographs
Concentration camps -- Arkansas -- Photographs
Japanese Americans -- Photographs
Note:
Many works signed by artist Amy Kasai.
Title devised by cataloger.
Type:
graphicPrints.
Paintings.
Drawings.
Physical Description:
graphic
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
Identifier:
BANC PIC 2010.014--PIC
BANC PIC 2010.014--B
BANC PIC 2010.014