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Title
Scatterbrain masterpieces: short stories, poetry, jokes, cartoons, carnival editions
Creator
Tri-state High American life class: publisher
Furuta, Mary: author
Hamaguchi, Teiko: author
Himoto, Sam: author
Hiraoka, Rose: author
Iwasaki, Toshi: author
Kanemasu, Helen: author
Nakamura, Natalie: author
Nishimura, Mitsue: author
Ogawa, Henry: author
Oto, Mitsy: author
Sakamoto, George: author
Tomita, Nobu: author
Tanimoto, George: author
Uratsu, Marvin: author
Date Created and/or Issued
1943-04-30
Contributing Institution
California State University, Dominguez Hills, Archives and Special Collections
Collection
CSU Japanese American Digitization Project
Rights Information
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of the Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library.
Description
Student created magazine consisting of several drawings, poems, and short stories including: "Spectacular flight" by Mary Furuta, "Nisei learns to smile again" by Teiko Hamaguchi, "Small but solid" by Sam Himoto, "Terrific teens" by Rose Hiraoka, "Too young" by Toshi Iwasaki, "Glamour ain't hay" by Helen Kanemasu, "Alone with brother" by Natalie Nakamura, "17 a boy" by Mitsue Nishimura, "Pay off for victory" by Henry Ogawa, "Row row row" by Mitsy Oto, "Chance at bat" by George Sakamoto, "Murder in black" Nobu Tomita, "Bucky" by George Tanimoto, "Spring fever" by Marvin Uratsu.
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.
Type
text
Format
Periodicals; Narratives; Poetry; Illustrations
32 pages, typescript, illustrations
application/pdf
Identifier
mei_03_15_001
ucsb_mei_0045
http://cdm16855.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16855coll4/id/13139
Language
English
Subject
World War II--Incarceration camps--Arts and literature
World War II--Incarceration camps--Education
World War II--Incarceration camps--Publications
Arts and literature--Literary arts--Fiction
Arts and literature--Literary arts--Poetry
Arts and literature--Visual arts--Drawing
Education--Secondary education
Identity and values--Youth
Place
Newell, California
Incarceration Camps--Tule Lake
Source
Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library
Relation
California State University Japanese American Digitization Project
http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt509nf34j/
Robert Billigmeier Collection

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