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Title: Project Analysis Series No. 4, The Fence at Minidoka
Creator: United States. War Relocation Authority: author
Date Created and/or Issued: 1943-04
Publication Information: Honnold Mudd Library. Special Collections
Contributing Institution: Claremont Colleges Library
Collection: Japanese American World War II Incarceration
Rights Information: For more information on copyright or permissions for this image, please contact Honnold Mudd Library Special Collections at https://library.claremont.edu/scl/
Description: The document details the fence at the Minidoka incarceration camp, giving both a physical but also conceptual description. The author highlights the symbolic meaning of the fence, as the symbol of confinement for the residents. The document also describes the area around the fence, how it is managed, the attempts to escape it and other incidents that have occurred.
Type: text
Format: application/pdf
Identifier: jai00191.pdf
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll18/id/571
Language: English
Subject: World War II--Incarceration camps
World War II--Incarceration camps--Impact of incarceration
World War II--Incarceration camps--Incarcerees
Notes
Place: Washington (D.C.)
Source: Notes, 6 pages, typescript, 11 x 8.5 in.: War Relocation Authority Records, Box 2, Folder 2, Special Collections, Claremont Colleges Library.
Relation: War Relocation Authority Records
Japanese American World War II Incarceration - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll18

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