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Rohwer Relocation Center (Ark.)

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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

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


Incomplete Block Managers' Meeting Report Jul 2020

Incomplete Block Managers' Meeting Report

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


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

Group Photograph Of Joseph Boone Hunter And Two Unidentified People

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Group photograph of Joseph Boone Hunter and two unidentified people.


Index Of Personal Narratives From Rohwer Relocation Center Jul 2020

Index Of Personal Narratives From Rohwer Relocation Center

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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

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


Photograph Of Mrs. Leau Matsumoto Jul 2020

Photograph Of Mrs. Leau Matsumoto

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Photograph of Mrs. Leau Matsumoto.


Photograph Of An Undertaker At Gravesite Jul 2020

Photograph Of An Undertaker At Gravesite

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Photograph of an undertaker at a gravesite.


Suggestions For Conduct Of Leave Clearance Interviews Jul 2020

Suggestions For Conduct Of Leave Clearance Interviews

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


Leave Clearance Hearings Protocol Jul 2020

Leave Clearance Hearings Protocol

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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.

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


Index To Photographs Submitted By The Rohwer Reports Division Jul 2020

Index To Photographs Submitted By The Rohwer Reports Division

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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

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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

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


Proposed Memorial For The 442nd Regiment And The 100th Battalion Dec 1982

Proposed Memorial For The 442nd Regiment And The 100th Battalion

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These documents show a drawing of the proposed memorial at Rohwer for the 442nd Regiment and the 100th Battalion and a description of the scheduled dedication.


Newspaper Article, "Dedication Of Memorial To Nisei A Triumph To Former Internees At Relocation Center" Aug 1982

Newspaper Article, "Dedication Of Memorial To Nisei A Triumph To Former Internees At Relocation Center"

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Article detailing the dedication of the new 17' tall granite and marble monument at the Rohwer Relocation Center.


Newspaper Article, "At Rohwer, Arkansas Remembers" Jun 1982

Newspaper Article, "At Rohwer, Arkansas Remembers"

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Article giving a brief history of the Japanese Americans interned at Rohwer during World War II with historic images of Rohwer Relocation Center and photographs from a memorial service held at the site.


Newspaper Article, "Rohwer Relocation Center Revisited" Jun 1982

Newspaper Article, "Rohwer Relocation Center Revisited"

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Newspaper article describing Memorial Day services held at Rohwer Relocation Center.


Newspaper Article, "Memorial Day Focus Comes To Rohwer" Jun 1982

Newspaper Article, "Memorial Day Focus Comes To Rohwer"

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Newspaper article describing Memorial Day services held at Rohwer Relocation Center.


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

"A Place Called Rohwer" By Joseph Boone Hunter

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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"

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


Fundraising Letter From Sam Yada, Director Of The Rohwer Center Memorial Fund Jul 1981

Fundraising Letter From Sam Yada, Director Of The Rohwer Center Memorial Fund

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Fundraising letter asking for $10,000 to replace the memorial stone in Rohwer Cemetery and to maintain its upkeep.


Rohwer Center Memorial: List Of Service Man Killed In Action Jul 1981

Rohwer Center Memorial: List Of Service Man Killed In Action

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This document is a list of Japanese Americans who voluntarily enlisted in the United States military from the Relocation Camp in Rohwer and who died overseas fighting in World War II. This list was taken from the monument built to honor those individuals.


Postscript By Joseph Boone Hunter Dec 1980

Postscript By Joseph Boone Hunter

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


Newspaper Article, "A Monument Recalls Hatred Born Of War" Dec 1972

Newspaper Article, "A Monument Recalls Hatred Born Of War"

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Newspaper article detailing the condition of the Rohwer Center Cemetery in Desha County in 1972.


Letter, Mike Masaoka To Dr. Joseph B. Hunter Jul 1965

Letter, Mike Masaoka To Dr. Joseph B. Hunter

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Letter from Mike Masaoka of the Japanese American Citizens League informing Dr. Hunter that very little progress has been made on the Rohwer Center Cemetery and Nisei GI Memorial project.


Letter, Joseph Boone Hunter To Mike Masaoka, Japanese American Citizens League Jun 1964

Letter, Joseph Boone Hunter To Mike Masaoka, Japanese American Citizens League

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Letter between Dr. Hunter and Mike Masaoka, who had been trying to get the Rohwer Center Cemetery and Nisei GI Memorial declared a National Park.


Letter, A.C. Stratton To Dr. Joseph B. Hunter Jun 1964

Letter, A.C. Stratton To Dr. Joseph B. Hunter

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This letter is informing Dr. Hunter that the National Park Service decided that the Rohwer Center Cemetery and Nisei GI Memorial does not fit the criteria for a National Park.


Letter, Acting Assistant Director Of The National Park Service To Mike Masaoka May 1964

Letter, Acting Assistant Director Of The National Park Service To Mike Masaoka

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This letter is informing Mike Masaoka, of the Japanese American Citizens League, that the Rohwer Center Cemetery and Nisei GI Memorial does not qualify as an addition to the National Park system.


Letter, Dr. Joseph Hunter To A. Clark Stratton Apr 1964

Letter, Dr. Joseph Hunter To A. Clark Stratton

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This letter to A. Clark Stratton from Joseph Boone Hunter discusses the possibility of the Rohwer Relocation Center Cemetery becoming part of the National Parks Service.


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

Pastel Drawing On Denim Of Rohwer Japanese American Relocation Camp

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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.