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Title
Map of Amache relocation center
Creator
Okada, Misao: compiler
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
Permission to publish the image must be obtained from the CSUDH Archives as owner of the physical item and copyright. In instances when the copyright ownership is not clear it is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain copyright permission.
Description
A map of what the Amache Relocation Center looked like while it held incarcerees from 1942-1945 includes barracks and other social institutions such as the hospital and the Buddhist church. A list of 35 items have been identified on the map. The barracks 12G is highlited with red marker. Scrapbook page from Misao Okada’s album.
Misao Okada’s scrapbook contains photographs, ephemera, notes, and correspondence documenting her time at Amache and a visit and reunion over 50 years later. The scrapbook also includes materials relating to reparations and events observing Japanese American incarceration.
Type
text
Format
Maps
1 page, typed
image/jpeg
Identifier
oka_019
csudh_oka_0019
http://cdm16855.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16855coll4/id/6613
Language
English
Subject
Geographic communities--Colorado
World War II--Incarceration camps
Place
Amache, Colorado
Incarceration Camps--Granada (Amache)
Source
CSU Dominguez Hills Department of Archives and Special Collections;
Relation
California State University Japanese American Digitization Project
Misao Okada's Album

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