Records related to the community government at the Poston Relocation Center, Arizona
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 40
Image Count:
14
Abstract:
Records related to a community government formed by Japanese American internees at the Poston Relocation Center, Arizona, 1942-1945. Material includes reports from committees on health care, social welfare, and education, as well as a charter for the community government. The collection also includes memoranda about camp governance and other publications in English and Japanese distributed by the United States War Relocation Authority, as well as contemporary newspaper clippings about relocation centers and Japanese Americans.
Description:
The Poston Relocation Center in Arizona was the largest of the ten Japanese American internment camps operated by the United States War Relocation Authority during World War II, 1942-1945.
Subject (Geographic):
Poston (Ariz.)
Subject (Name):
Poston Relocation Center (Ariz.) and United States.--War Relocation Authority
Subject (Topic):
Concentration camps--Arizona, Concentration camps--United States, Japanese Americans--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945, Japanese--United States, World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Arizona--Poston, World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--United States, and World War, 1939-1945--Japanese Americans
"Of this pamphlet twenty-five copies only have been privately printed by Clement Shorter for distribution among his friends." and BEIN Ip B276 W49: In original gray wrappers; in case. Inscribed on half-title: "Charles Maggs ... from Clement Shorter May 22, 1917."
Publisher:
Privately printed by Clement Shorter,
Subject (Name):
Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew), 1860-1937, Maggs, Charles--Presentation inscription from C.K. Shorter (BEIN Ip B276 W49), Shorter, Clement King, 1857-1926, and Shorter, Clement King,--1857-1926--Presentation inscription to C. Maggs (BEIN Ip B276 W49)
