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Description
Newspaper article about Nakashima family, who relocated to New Hope, Pennsylvania after being incarcerated at Camp Minidoka. Article describes father George Nakashima's unique carpentry work and how he assisted incarcerees at Minidoka to remodel their barrack apartments to make them more livable, resettling on the east coast after life in the camp, and his family's involvement with his furniture making, including young daughter Mira Nakashima. The War Relocation Authority (WRA), together with the Wartime Civil Control Administration (WCCA), the Civil Affairs Division (CAD) and the Office of the Commanding General (OFG) of the Western Defense Command (WDC) operated together to segregate and house some 110,000 men women and children from 1942 to 1945. The collection contains documents and photographs relating to the establishment and administrative workings of the (WDC), the (WRA) and the (WCCA) for the year 1942.
Type
text
Format
Clippings; Articles; Newsletters 1 page, typescript with printed photograph application/pdf
World War II--Leaving camp--'Resettlement Immigration and citizenship--Law and legislation--Discriminatory laws Identity and values--Nisei World War II--Incarceration camps--Housing--Barracks World War II--Incarceration camps--Incarcerees World War II--Incarceration camps--Living conditions World War II--Incarceration camps--Social relations Arts and literature--Visual arts--Architecture
Place
New Hope, Pennsylvania Incarceration Camps--Minidoka
Source
San Jose State University Department of Special Collections and Archives
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