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Wade
Head Collection-MSS 118
This collection includes correspondence, notes, speeches, and essays
relating to the War Relocation Authority (WRA) camps in general
and specifically to the one in Poston, AZ. Wade Head was the director
of the Colorado River War Relocation Center (known as Poston) from
1942-1944. Of interest in the collection is original artwork by
the internees and a movie about the construction of the camp.
Frances
and Mary Montgomery Collection-MSS 7
Frances and Mary Montgomery were teachers at Butte High School located
at the Gila River Relocation Center. This collection includes correspondence
with former students, class information, and newspaper articles.
Photographs
Wade Head Photograph Collection-FP
HEA 1-109
The photography collection includes 109 photographs including buildings
at the Poston Relocation Center, events, school life, and construction
of the facility.
Frances and Mary Montgomery Photograph
Collection-FP MONT 1-235
This collection includes 235 photographs of buildings, school activities,
and functions at the Gila River Relocation Center.
| Books |
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| D 769.8.A6 I65 1994 |
Ten visits : brief accounts of visits to
all ten Japanese American relocation centers of World War II,
relocation recollections, the struggle for redress, human relations
and other essays by Frank and Joanne Iritani, 1994. |
| D 769.8.A6 U52x 1946 |
WRA: A story of human conservation
by the United States War Relocation Authority, 1946. |
| D 769.8.A6D37 1993 |
Prisoners Without Trial: Japanese Americans
in World War II by Roger Daniels, 1993. |
| D 753.8.O38 1999 |
Storied Lives: Japanese American Students
and World War II by Gary Y. Okihiro, 1999. |
| D 769.8.A6 J364 1991 |
Japanese Americans: From Relocation to
Redress, edited by Roger Daniels, Sandra C. Taylor, and
Harry H.L. Kitano, 1991. |
| D 769.8.A6 F48 1943 |
The First Year: Story of the Red Cross
in Poston, published by the American Red Cross, 1943. |
| D769.8.A6 A5 1946 |
Impounded People: Japanese Americans in
Relocation Centers, by the United States Department of
the Interior, War Relocation Authority, 1946. |
| D 769.8.A6 A14x 1992 |
50th Anniversary Canal Camp Reunion 1942-1992,
published by Reunion Committee, 1992. |
| D 769.8.A6 U5x 1946 |
Wartime Exile: The Exclusion of the Japanese
American From the West Coast by the United States Department
of the Interior, War Relocation Authority, 1946. |
| D 769.8.A6 U498x 1946 |
The Relocation Program by the United
States Department of the Interior, War Relocation Authority,
1946. |
| D 769.8.A6 U496x 1946 |
The Evacuated People: A Quantitative Description
by the United States Department of the Interior, War Relocation
Authority, 1946. |
| D 769.8.A6 U495x 1946 |
Community Government in War Relocation
Centers by the United States Department of the Interior,
War Relocation Authority, 1946. |
| D 769.8.A6 U493x 1946 |
Administrative Highlights of the WRA Program
by the United States Department of the Interior, War Relocation
Authority, 1946. |
| D 769.8.A6 T73x 1997 |
Transforming Barbed Wire: The Incarceration
of Japanese Americans in Arizona During World War II edited
by Thomas Nakayama, 1997. |
Videos/Movies
Poston Relocation Camp Film, 1942, Wade Head Collection
MSS 118
This is a silent, color film that highlights the construction of
the camp and arrival of internees. To view the film, please see
the archivist for a DVD copy.
Additional Resources
Japanese
American National Museum
Current ongoing exhibit called “Common Ground: The Heart of
the Community” which chronicles 130 years of Japanese American
history beginning with the Issei pioneers through WWII incarceration
to the present.
University
of Arizona Library, Special Collections
War Relocation Authority Camps in Arizona, 1942-1946: Approximately
40 images depicting life at Poston and Gila River internment camps.
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