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Description
School newspaper published at the Gila River incarceration camp. According to an announcement on the back page, publication seeks to make known the War Relocation Authority's "plans and policies," the results of Community Council deliberations, and various regulations and news about life at the Gila River Incarceration Camp. Issue features articles about and by the Camp's Project Director, E. R. Smith; articles on topics such as signs demarcating camp boundaries share pages with those concerning various aspects of life, including school activities; graphics and cartoons; editorials; news from around the region, including from Poston I, Arizona, Tule Lake, California, and Hunt, Idaho; and illustrations. During the incarceration of the Japanese Americans from 1942-1945, newspapers recording camp activities and providing news of events outside the camps were issued by the incarcerees from the beginning of their confinement in temporary assembly centers and permanent relocation centers. This collection of newsletters consists of nineteen titles from nine different camps.
World War II--Incarceration camps--Publications World War II--Incarceration camps--Living conditions World War II--Incarceration camps--Social and recreational activities World War II--Incarceration camps--Education
Place
Rivers, Arizona Incarceration Camps--Gila River
Source
California State University, Northridge. University Library. Special Collections & Archives
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