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Description
Journal entries written by high school students discussing their observations and perspectives on a variety of topics including living in barracks, block noise, lack of privacy, mess hall dining, nosy neighbors, jobs, leisure time, sports, movies, church attendance, the Young Buddhist Association (YBA), family dynamics, social changes, dating, and rumors. Each entry includes the full date and student name. The entries were part of a class assignment and collected for the Japanese American Evacuation and Resettlement Study (JERS). Additional personality cards are: ucsb_mei_0032, ucsb_mei_0035, ucsb_mei_0036, ucsb_mei_0037, ucsb_mei_0038, ucsb_mei_0039, ucsb_mei_0042, ucsb_mei_0043, ucsb_mei_0044.
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.
World War II--Incarceration camps World War II--Incarceration camps--Arts and literature World War II--Incarceration camps--Conflicts, intimidation, and violence World War II--Incarceration camps--Facilities, services, and camp administration World War II--Incarceration camps--Food World War II--Incarceration camps--Housing--Barracks World War II--Incarceration camps--Impact of incarceration World War II--Incarceration camps--Incarcerees World War II--Incarceration camps--Living conditions World War II--Incarceration camps--Religion World War II--Incarceration camps--Social and recreational activities World War II--Incarceration camps--Social relations World War II--Incarceration camps--Work and jobs Arts and literature--Performing arts--Film Community activities--Recreational activities Community activities--Sports Community activities--Sports--Baseball Community activities--Sports--Basketball Education--Japanese language schools Identity and values--Youth Identity and values--Family Identity and values--Japanese American identity 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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