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Title
Manzanar, a photographic essay
Creator
Uyemura, Chris S.: compiler, author, photographer
Date Created and/or Issued
1973-1979
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 pictorial essay compiled by Chris S. Uyemura. This essay was submitted to Professor Donald T. Hata of the Department of History at CSU Dominguez Hills. It is a pictorial account of the incarceration of people of Japanese ancestry in the Manzanar camp during World War II. Included are photographs, newspaper clippings, and texts which are mounted on cardboard paper sheets (14 x 11 in.). The essay originally consisted of 45 sheets but some sheets are missing.
The Chris S. Uyemura Manzanar Photograph Collection consists of a pictorial essay, “Manzanar, a photographic essay,” and additional loose photos, which were compiled and collected by Chris S. Uyemura. The essay contains photographs, texts, and newspaper clippings, and was submitted to Professor Donald T. Hata of the Department of History at CSU Dominguez Hills. The collection depicts the incarceration of people of Japanese ancestry in the Manzanar camp during World War II as well as reflects the events, contrasting with photographs of the Manznar National Historic Site, which illustrates what is left of the camp today. The collection was originally named as “Asian Pacific Studies Collection Box 14.”
Type
image
Format
Photographs; Essays; Clippings; Excerpts
1 volume (45 sheets and 5 photographs)
image/jpeg; application/pdf
Identifier
uye_01_01-04
csudh_uye_0001
http://cdm16855.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16855coll4/id/18200
Language
English
Subject
World War II--Incarceration camps
World War II--Mass removal ('Evacuation')
Reflections on the past
Place
Carson, California
Incarceration Camps--Manzanar
Source
CSU Dominguez Hills Department of Archives and Special Collections
Relation
California State University Japanese American Digitization Project
Chris S. Uyemura Manzanar Photograph Collection

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