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Title
Class photographs at Heart Mountain
Contributing Institution
California State University, Dominguez Hills, Archives and Special Collections
Collection
CSU Japanese American Digitization Project
Rights Information
Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of this collection has not been transferred to California State University, Northridge. Copyright status for other materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Description
A facsimile of three group portraits of students and teachers at Heart Mountain. A transcribed annotation from the back of the top class portrait reads, "(Back) Grade 4 Heart Mountain in Background." A transcribed annotation from the back of the middle class portrait reads, "(Back) W.R.A. Ht. Mountain 1942-1943 Grade 4." A transcribed annotation from the back of the bottom photo of two boys and two girls reads, "(Back) Grade 4."
The Heart Mountain Relocation Center was built during the summer of 1942 and received its first contingent of Japanese Americans on August 12, 1942. It is located in Park County, northwestern Wyoming. The collection contains Community Camp Council meeting minutes, camp laws, correspondence, the case of People of Heart Mountain vs. Tom Yamada, and other documents.
Type
image
Format
Photographs
1 page, 11 x 8.5 inches
application/pdf
Identifier
HMRC_01-08_003
csun_hmrc_0096
http://cdm16855.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16855coll4/id/35671
Language
English
Subject
World War II--Incarceration camps--Education
Education--Secondary education
Place
Cody, Wyoming
Incarceration Camps--Heart Mountain
Source
California State University, Northridge. University Library. Special Collections & Archives
Relation
California State University Japanese American Digitization Project
https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c89s1s8q/
Heart Mountain Relocation Center Collection

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