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Weekly Report From Rohwer Relocation Center And General Comment By Project Director Aug 2020

Weekly Report From Rohwer Relocation Center And General Comment By Project Director

Japanese American internment in Arkansas

Weekly report from Rohwer Relocation Center on Feb. 29, 1943.


Incomplete Block Managers' Meeting Report Jul 2020

Incomplete Block Managers' Meeting Report

Japanese American internment in Arkansas

Incomplete block managers' meeting minutes for one of the Japanese-American relocation centers. The minutes are missing previous pages.


Photographic Portrait Of Dr. Joseph Boone Hunter Jul 2020

Photographic Portrait Of Dr. Joseph Boone Hunter

Japanese American internment in Arkansas

Photographic portrait of Dr. Joseph Boone Hunter.


Group Photograph Of Joseph Boone Hunter And Two Unidentified People Jul 2020

Group Photograph Of Joseph Boone Hunter And Two Unidentified People

Japanese American internment in Arkansas

Group photograph of Joseph Boone Hunter and two unidentified people.


Photograph Of Bride And Groom At A Wedding Jul 2020

Photograph Of Bride And Groom At A Wedding

Japanese American internment in Arkansas

Photograph of bride and groom at a wedding.


Photograph Of Japanese Individuals In Traditional Attire Jul 2020

Photograph Of Japanese Individuals In Traditional Attire

Japanese American internment in Arkansas

Photograph of Japanese individuals in traditional attire.


Photograph Of Betty Hunter And Unidentified Woman Jul 2020

Photograph Of Betty Hunter And Unidentified Woman

Japanese American internment in Arkansas

Photograph of Betty Hunter and unidentified woman.


Letter, George Kaneko To Friends Of Rohwer Jul 2020

Letter, George Kaneko To Friends Of Rohwer

Japanese American internment in Arkansas

Typed letter from George Kaneko, chairman of the Committee on Arrangements for the War Relocation Authority, to the Friends of Rohwer. The letter is an invitation to a conference addressing the future of Japanese Americans after World War II.


Letter, Mary Kuriyama To Hazel Retherford Jul 2020

Letter, Mary Kuriyama To Hazel Retherford

Japanese American internment in Arkansas

Partial letter from Mary Kuriyama at an internment camp in Arizona to Hazel Retherford in Arkansas. Kuriyama talks about life in the camp she's been transferred to.


Graphite Drawing Of Jerome Relocation Center Barracks Jul 2020

Graphite Drawing Of Jerome Relocation Center Barracks

Japanese American internment in Arkansas

Graphite drawing of the barracks at Jerome Relocation Center. Drawn by internee Bill Uyema.


Christmas Calendar For The Month Of December Jul 2020

Christmas Calendar For The Month Of December

Japanese American internment in Arkansas

Single page calendar for the month of December. The calendar has an image of Santa Claus at the top.


Line Drawing For Cutout Of Vase With Flowers Jul 2020

Line Drawing For Cutout Of Vase With Flowers

Japanese American internment in Arkansas

Printed line drawing of a cutout of a vase with flowers.


Still Life Color Drawing Of A Fruit Bowl By Natsumi Tomita Jul 2020

Still Life Color Drawing Of A Fruit Bowl By Natsumi Tomita

Japanese American internment in Arkansas

Color still life of a bowl of fruit. Drawing by Natsumi Tomita.


Still Life Drawing Of Flowers In A Vase By Mary Saki Jul 2020

Still Life Drawing Of Flowers In A Vase By Mary Saki

Japanese American internment in Arkansas

Still life drawing of a vase of flowers by Mary Saki.


Still Life Color Drawing Of A Fruit Bowl By Yasuko Hizayama Jul 2020

Still Life Color Drawing Of A Fruit Bowl By Yasuko Hizayama

Japanese American internment in Arkansas

Color still life drawing of a bowl of fruit. Drawing by Yasuko Hizayama.


The Womanless Wedding Presented By The Rohwer Recreation Association Jul 2020

The Womanless Wedding Presented By The Rohwer Recreation Association

Japanese American internment in Arkansas

Program from the play, "A Womanless Wedding" presented by the Rohwer Recreation Association.


Photograph Of An Undertaker At Gravesite Jul 2020

Photograph Of An Undertaker At Gravesite

Japanese American internment in Arkansas

Photograph of an undertaker at a gravesite.


Suggestions For Conduct Of Leave Clearance Interviews Jul 2020

Suggestions For Conduct Of Leave Clearance Interviews

Japanese American internment in Arkansas

Document giving instructions for leave clearance hearings held at Rohwer Relocation Center.


Leave Clearance Hearings Protocol Jul 2020

Leave Clearance Hearings Protocol

Japanese American internment in Arkansas

Document giving instructions for leave clearance hearings held at Rohwer Relocation Center.


Response To Analysts' Report To War Relocation Authority Director Dillon S. Meyer From Austin Smith, Jr. Jul 2020

Response To Analysts' Report To War Relocation Authority Director Dillon S. Meyer From Austin Smith, Jr.

Japanese American internment in Arkansas

Report on the progress of the segregation program at Rohwer Relocation Center.


Rohwer Relocation Center Evacuee Reaction To The Registration Program Jul 2020

Rohwer Relocation Center Evacuee Reaction To The Registration Program

Japanese American internment in Arkansas

Special report on the evacuee attitude toward the implemented registration program.


Index To Photographs Submitted By The Rohwer Reports Division Jul 2020

Index To Photographs Submitted By The Rohwer Reports Division

Japanese American internment in Arkansas

Index to photographs submitted by the Rohwer reports division of the War Relocation Authority.


Letter, Mike Masaoka To A. Clark Stratton Jul 2020

Letter, Mike Masaoka To A. Clark Stratton

Japanese American internment in Arkansas

Official correspondence from Mike Masaoka to A. Clark Stratton concerning the Rohwer Relocation Center Cemetery.


Block Managers' Meeting Minutes Jul 2020

Block Managers' Meeting Minutes

Japanese American internment in Arkansas

Minutes from a block managers' meeting at Rohwer Relocation Center on July 26, 1943.


Newspaper Article, "Rohwer Relocation Center Contributes 866 Men To Service In The U.S. Armed Forces" Jul 2020

Newspaper Article, "Rohwer Relocation Center Contributes 866 Men To Service In The U.S. Armed Forces"

Japanese American internment in Arkansas

Newspaper article listing everyone from the Rohwer Relocation Center serving in the United States military.


Newspaper Article, "A Lesson For The Future" Jun 1982

Newspaper Article, "A Lesson For The Future"

Japanese American internment in Arkansas

Newspaper article with an explanation and an apology from Desha County to the Japanese Americans that were held in Arkansas.


Newspaper Articles, "Couple Raising Money To Mark Internment Of Japanese Americans"; "Imprisonment Was Wrong, Retired Minister Believes" Dec 1981

Newspaper Articles, "Couple Raising Money To Mark Internment Of Japanese Americans"; "Imprisonment Was Wrong, Retired Minister Believes"

Japanese American internment in Arkansas

Articles about time spent at Rohwer Relocation Center by Sam Yada and his family.


Speech, "A Place Called Rohwer" By Joseph Boone Hunter May 1981

Speech, "A Place Called Rohwer" By Joseph Boone Hunter

Japanese American internment in Arkansas

Speech given to the Rotary Club in Little Rock, Arkansas, in May 1981 by Joseph Hunter. Hunter, who was part of a documentary called, "A Place Called Rohwer," talked about his participation in the film and about the people who lived in Rohwer during their relocation. The film is housed at the Arkansas State Archive in the Joseph Boone Hunter papers supplement II, MS.000653.


Historic Monuments Dec 1972

Historic Monuments

Japanese American internment in Arkansas

Document discussing the need for the care of historic monuments in Rohwer, Arkansas.


Article, "Japanese-American Relocation" Dec 1951

Article, "Japanese-American Relocation"

Japanese American internment in Arkansas

This article was written by Ruth Patway Vickers in 1951 with a contemporary viewpoint. The information in this article describes the conditions under which the Japanese Americans lived during their time in the interment camps and how they were perceived by other Americans.