Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Arts and Humanities Commons

Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Arkansas State Archives

Relocation camps

Articles 1 - 30 of 183

Full-Text Articles in Arts and Humanities

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.


Administrative Report Checklist And Instructions Jul 2020

Administrative Report Checklist And Instructions

Japanese American internment in Arkansas

Handwritten checklist of formal and personal narrative reports, questions regarding the required contents of reports, and information regarding the indexing of reports after they have been collected.


Index Of Personal Narratives From Rohwer Relocation Center Jul 2020

Index Of Personal Narratives From Rohwer Relocation Center

Japanese American internment in Arkansas

The document contains an index of personal narratives from appointed personnel staff at Rohwer Relocation Center compiled by the War Relocation Authority.


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.


Pacific Citizen: The National Publication Of The Japanese American Citizens League Feb 1983

Pacific Citizen: The National Publication Of The Japanese American Citizens League

Japanese American internment in Arkansas

Pacific Citizen newspaper covering a wide range of topics, including the Japanese-American community within the Untied States.


"A Place Called Rohwer" By Joseph Boone Hunter Dec 1981

"A Place Called Rohwer" By Joseph Boone Hunter

Japanese American internment in Arkansas

Hunter was a part of a documentary called "A Place Called Rohwer." This document is about his participation in that film and about the people who lived in Rohwer during their incarceration. The film is housed at the Arkansas State Archives with the Joseph Boone Hunter Papers supplement II, MS.000653.


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.


Pacific Citizen: The National Publication Of The Japanese American Citizens League Aug 1981

Pacific Citizen: The National Publication Of The Japanese American Citizens League

Japanese American internment in Arkansas

This newspaper, entitled the Pacific Citizen, covers a wide range of topics including the Japanese-American community in the United States.


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.


Postscript By Joseph Boone Hunter Dec 1980

Postscript By Joseph Boone Hunter

Japanese American internment in Arkansas

This document describes what happened to the land on which Rohwer Relocation Center sat after the center closed down.


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.


Pastel Drawing On Denim Of Rohwer Japanese American Relocation Camp Dec 1949

Pastel Drawing On Denim Of Rohwer Japanese American Relocation Camp

Japanese American internment in Arkansas

This image shows a pastel drawing on denim of Rohwer Japanese American Relocation Camp, signed by Masao Okayama, who was probably a student at the camp.


National Japanese American Student Relocation Council Questionnaire Dec 1949

National Japanese American Student Relocation Council Questionnaire

Japanese American internment in Arkansas

This questionnaire was designed to help the National Japanese American Student Relocation Council understand the different college options for different areas.


Notice, Executive Committee Of The Rohwer Recreation Association To All Appointed Personnel Dec 1945

Notice, Executive Committee Of The Rohwer Recreation Association To All Appointed Personnel

Japanese American internment in Arkansas

Notice from the Rohwer Recreation Association rescheduling a camp barbecue.


Weekly Reports Of John A. Trice, Reports Officer Nov 1945

Weekly Reports Of John A. Trice, Reports Officer

Japanese American internment in Arkansas

Weekly reports kept by John A. Trice, reports officer, at Rohwer Japanese Relocation Center.


Postcard, Kinuye To Hazel Retherford Nov 1945

Postcard, Kinuye To Hazel Retherford

Japanese American internment in Arkansas

Postcard from Kinuye in Detroit, Michigan to Hazel Retherford at the Rohwer Relocation Center.


Index To The Personal Narrative Reports Of Designated Appointed Personnel Staff, Draft Oct 1945

Index To The Personal Narrative Reports Of Designated Appointed Personnel Staff, Draft

Japanese American internment in Arkansas

Typed, twelve-page draft index of the personal narratives by appointed personnel staff members at Rohwer Relocation Center.


Postcard To Unnamed Resident At Rohwer Relocation Center Aug 1945

Postcard To Unnamed Resident At Rohwer Relocation Center

Japanese American internment in Arkansas

Postcard to an unnamed resident in Block 2 of Rohwer Relocation Center. The postcard is sent from California and written in Japanese.


Rohwer Federated Christian Church Program Jun 1945

Rohwer Federated Christian Church Program

Japanese American internment in Arkansas

Program from the Rohwer Federated Christian Church, June 17th, 1945.


Letter, Marjorie Nagaoka To Hazel Retherford May 1945

Letter, Marjorie Nagaoka To Hazel Retherford

Japanese American internment in Arkansas

Letter from Marjorie Nagaoka in Lodi, California, to Hazel Retherford at Rohwer Relocation Center in Arkansas.


Bulletin Number 14 From Rohwer's Office Of The Superintendent Of Schools To Rohwer Center Schools' Staff Apr 1945

Bulletin Number 14 From Rohwer's Office Of The Superintendent Of Schools To Rohwer Center Schools' Staff

Japanese American internment in Arkansas

This bulletin focuses on and gives advice regarding educators' conduct in the final weeks of the school year, as Rohwer Relocation Center prepares to close.


Memorandum, Ray D. Johnston To All Appointed Personnel Mar 1945

Memorandum, Ray D. Johnston To All Appointed Personnel

Japanese American internment in Arkansas

The memorandum addresses work that needs to be done in light of the war's ending and the closure of relocation camps.


Rohwer Federated Christian Church Program Mar 1945

Rohwer Federated Christian Church Program

Japanese American internment in Arkansas

No abstract provided.


Rohwer Federated Christian Church Program Mar 1945

Rohwer Federated Christian Church Program

Japanese American internment in Arkansas

Rohwer Federated Christian Church program, or order of worship, for Sunday, March 18, 1945.


Memorandum, D.S. Myer To All War Relocation Authority Employees Mar 1945

Memorandum, D.S. Myer To All War Relocation Authority Employees

Japanese American internment in Arkansas

Memorandum from D.S. Myer, Director of the War Relocation Authority, to all War Relocation Authority employees. The memorandum addresses what the employment options are for current employees after closure of relocation camps.


Bulletin Number 10 From Rohwer's Office Of The Superintendent Of Schools To Rohwer Center School Staff Mar 1945

Bulletin Number 10 From Rohwer's Office Of The Superintendent Of Schools To Rohwer Center School Staff

Japanese American internment in Arkansas

Two-page bulletin with school news issued to Rohwer Relocation Center teachers from the superintendent of schools.


Memorandum Number 3 From The War Relocation Authority's Community Division Education Section To Rohwer Center School Staff Feb 1945

Memorandum Number 3 From The War Relocation Authority's Community Division Education Section To Rohwer Center School Staff

Japanese American internment in Arkansas

Three-page memorandum issued to Rohwer Relocation Center teachers with suggestions on procedure for closing the center's school.


Bulletin Number 4 From Rohwer Office Of The Superintendent Of Schools To Rohwer Center School Staff Jan 1945

Bulletin Number 4 From Rohwer Office Of The Superintendent Of Schools To Rohwer Center School Staff

Japanese American internment in Arkansas

Three-page bulletin from Rohwer's Office of the Superintendent of Schools to Rohwer teachers discussing the importance of teaching, of reducing wartime strain on the children, and the future of Nisei children in American schools.


Bulletin Number 3 From Rohwer Office Of The Superintendent To Rohwer Center School Staff Jan 1945

Bulletin Number 3 From Rohwer Office Of The Superintendent To Rohwer Center School Staff

Japanese American internment in Arkansas

Eight-page bulletin issued to Rohwer Relocation Center teachers by the Rohwer superintendent of schools instructions and expectations education after the close of the school year and after the closing of the Relocation Center.