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Description
Summary of community youth recreation activities at Tule Lake before school began including descriptions of administration, leadership and training, the "Community Activities Commission," advisory board, planning board, staff, organization, and activities. 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--Sports World War II--Incarceration camps--Social and recreational activities World War II--Incarceration camps--Social relations World War II--Incarceration camps--Work and Jobs World War II--Incarceration camps--Living conditions World War II--Incarceration Camps--Facilities, services, and camp administration World War II--Incarceration camps--Arts and literature World War II--Incarceration camps--Holidays and festivals Community activities--Associations and organizations--Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts of America Community activities--Sports--Sumo Identity and values--Youth Identity and values--Children Social sciences
Place
Newell, California Incarceration Camps--Tule Lake
Source
Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library
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