Japanese American relocation center views, 1942

Summary

Creators:

Parker, Tom, Lange, Dorothea., Okubo, Miné., and Stewart, Francis

Abstract:

Photographed by Dorothea Lange, Francis Stewart, and Tom Parker. Drawings by Miné Okubo.

Extent:

45 items

Language:

Collection materials are in English

Background

Scope and content:

Photographs document the Japanese American evacuation of World War II and its effects. Shown are children and adults at various relocation centers throughout the west. Includes one view of Eleanor Roosevelt visiting the Gila River camp.

Processing information:

This project was funded, in part, by a grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Japanese American Confinement Sites Grant Program. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. Department of the Interior.

Rules or conventions:

Finding Aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

Location of this collection:

UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library

University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft Library

Berkeley, CA 94720-6000, US

Contact:

510-642-6481

bancref-library@berkeley.edu

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