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Description
Scrapbook created in Tule Lake camp by Japanese American students. Contents include drawings, art, holiday greeting cards prints, poetry and signatures of student groups. 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--Arts and literature World War II--Incarceration camps--Living conditions Community activities--Festivals, celebrations, and holidays Arts and literature--Visual arts--Drawing Arts and literature--Visual arts--Painting Arts and literature--Literary arts--Poetry Community activities--Associations and organizations--Student clubs Identity and values--Youth
Place
Newell, California Incarceration Camps--Tule Lake
Source
Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library
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