Collections in Calisphere
All of the items in Calisphere are organized into collections. Collections bring context to images, documents, videos, and audio recordings. Some collections represent a particular topic or format, some have items created by the same person, and some showcase an institution’s special project or initiative. Use the tabs below to explore the hundreds of collections in Calisphere.
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WWII Japanese American Assembly Center newsletters
While Executive Order 9066 called for the forced imprisonment of all persons of Japanese ancestry from the West Coast of the United States, there was no existing infrastructure in place for these Japanese-Americans to go. The eventual concentration camps were not yet completed, or were not yet in a condition to house the vast numbers of prisoners needing shelter. Given this, the United States military established temporary detention camps across California, as well as centers in Arizona and Oregon, to act as stop-over locations until the larger concentration camps were "habitable." There were six such temporary detention camps (otherwise known …
Institution: UC Merced, Library and Special Collections
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