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Description
Manuscript evaluating potential behavior patterns and social organization among incarcerees at Tule Lake including leadership roles, planning boards, efforts to curb juvenile delinquency and "Nisei apathy." 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.
World War II--Incarceration camps--Social relations Social sciences Social sciences--Fieldwork Identity and values--Issei Identity and values--Nisei Community activities--Associations and organizations--Japanese American Citizens League World War II--Incarceration camps--Incarcerees Community activities--Associations and organizations World War II--Incarceration camps--Impact of incarceration
Place
Newell, California Incarceration Camps--Tule Lake
Source
Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library
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