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Title
Report on a developing community, Poston
Creator
Arensberg, Conrad M. (Conrad Maynadier), 1910-1997: author
Date Created and/or Issued
1942
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 must be submitted in writing to California State University, Sacramento, University Library, Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives as the owner of the physical item and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained. Further information available online: www.lib.csus.edu/scua
Description
Report from an anthropological perspective on the developing community at Poston incarceration camp. Covers a description of Arensberg's activities and research methods, research plans and organization, impressions of the development of community at Poston, and reflections on the administration. Originally published in the journal of Human Organization, 1942.
The Japanese American Archival Collection documents the people, places, and daily life of Japanese Americans, primarily those who lived in the once thriving community of pre-war Florin in the Sacramento region, as well as the conditions in American incarceration camps during World War II. The approximately 7,000 original items include personal and official letters, photographs, diaries, arts and crafts, newsletters, textiles, camps artifacts, yearbooks and other publications.
Type
text
Format
Reports; Fieldnotes; Ethnography
41 pages; 11 x 8.5 inches, typescript
application/pdf
Identifier
sac_jaac_1857
http://cdm16855.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16855coll4/id/10716
Language
English
Subject
World War II--Administration--War Relocation Authority
World War II--Incarceration camps--Facilities, services, and camp administration
World War II--Incarceration camps--Incarcerees
Place
Parker, Arizona
Incarceration Camps--Poston (Colorado River)
Source
California State University, Sacramento, Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Relation
California State University Japanese American Digitization Project
Japanese American Archival Collection

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