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Title
Messhalls in Tule Lake
Creator
Sakoda, James Minoru, 1916-: author
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
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of the Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library.
Description
Report describing the mess halls of Tule Lake including: administrative organization, operations, personnel, duties, conflicts, wages, food procurement and distribution, food preparation, schedules, sample menus, dietary accommodations, food rationing and shortages, seating capacity, seating arrangements and systems, utensils, and incarceree attendance. The report analyzes workers and incarceree behaviors, status, mental faculties, disposition, religion, age, and gender. Report compiled as a portion of the Japanese American Evacuation and Resettlement Study (JERS).
The Robert Billigmeier collection is comprised of materials collected during his work and stay at the Tule Lake incarceration camp conducting research for the University of California’s Japanese Evacuation and Resettlement Study (JERS). The collection includes: photographs taken during his time at Tule Lake; a scrapbook created by students at Tule Lake in 1942; camp publications; reports and manuscripts; and student writings. Several of the reports and manuscripts draw from the personality cards written by students in the Tule Lake incarceration camp.
Type
text
Format
Manuscripts; Ethnography; Reports
76 pages, typescript
application/pdf
Identifier
mei_02_30-33
ucsb_mei_0023
http://cdm16855.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16855coll4/id/13048
Language
English
Subject
World War II--Incarceration camps--Facilities, services, and camp administration
World War II--Incarceration camps--Food
World War II--Incarceration camps--Work and jobs
World War II--Incarceration camps--Conflicts, intimidation, and violence
World War II--Incarceration camps--Impact of incarceration
World War II--Incarceration camps--Living Conditions
World War II--Incarceration camps--Social relations
Social sciences
Social sciences--Fieldwork
Identity and values--Family
Place
Newell, California
Incarceration Camps--Tule Lake
Source
Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library
Relation
California State University Japanese American Digitization Project
http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt509nf34j/
Robert Billigmeier Collection

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