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Title
Photographs of Heart Mountain students grades 4 and 6
Contributing Institution
California State University, Dominguez Hills, Archives and Special Collections
Collection
CSU Japanese American Digitization Project
Rights Information
Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of this collection has not been transferred to California State University, Northridge. Copyright status for other materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Description
A facsimile of three photographs of school children at Heart Mountain. An annotation for the top photograph of a classroom reads, "Grade 4 Ht. Mountain." A middle photo is another view of a classroom taken from the rear of the room. An annotation transcribed from the back of the bottom photo of six male children reads, "(Back) Monjie, Bob Nakano, Kazuo Nabuji, Masaru, Kenji, Frank. Heart Mountain in Background Grade 6 Boys 28-3-E."
The Heart Mountain Relocation Center was built during the summer of 1942 and received its first contingent of Japanese Americans on August 12, 1942. It is located in Park County, northwestern Wyoming. The collection contains Community Camp Council meeting minutes, camp laws, correspondence, the case of People of Heart Mountain vs. Tom Yamada, and other documents.
Type
image
Format
Photographs
1 page, 11 x 8.5 inches
application/pdf
Identifier
HMRC_01-08_001
csun_hmrc_0094
http://cdm16855.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16855coll4/id/35713
Language
English
Subject
World War II--Incarceration camps--Education
Education--Primary education
Place
Cody, Wyoming
Incarceration Camps--Heart Mountain
Source
California State University, Northridge. University Library. Special Collections & Archives
Relation
California State University Japanese American Digitization Project
https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c89s1s8q/
Heart Mountain Relocation Center Collection

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