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Description
Report detailing the establishment of a recreation and community activities department including its organization, activities planning, personnel problems and conflicts, issues with structure and equipment, and a structural diagram of the community activities section. The report focuses on the place of recreation in the lives of incarcerees and the differences between Issei and Nisei leading to tension within the department. Report compiled as a portion of the Japanese American Evacuation and Resettlement Study (JERS).
The Robert Billigmeier collection is comprised of materials collected during his work and stay at the Tule Lake incarceration camp conducting research for the University of California’s Japanese Evacuation and Resettlement Study (JERS). The collection includes: photographs taken during his time at Tule Lake; a scrapbook created by students at Tule Lake in 1942; camp publications; reports and manuscripts; and student writings. Several of the reports and manuscripts draw from the personality cards written by students in the Tule Lake incarceration camp.
Community activities--Recreational activities World War II--Incarceration camps--Social and recreational activities World War II--Incarceration camps--Facilities, services, and camp administration World War II--Incarceration camps--Impact of incarceration Community activities--Sports--Baseball Community activities--Sports--Softball Community activities--Sports--Judo Community activities--Sports--Sumo Community activities--Recreational activities--Go Arts and literature--Performing arts Arts and literature--Visual arts Community activities--Festivals, celebrations, and holidays Identity and values--Issei Identity and values--Nisei Social sciences Social sciences--Fieldwork
Place
Newell, California Incarceration Camps--Tule Lake
Source
Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library
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