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- Title
- Japanese American incarceration during World War II
- Description
- Images of, and publications regarding, the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II. Includes the entirety of Frederick Thorne's "Japanese American forced removal and incarceration during World War II slide collection," a circa 1944 slide collection documenting life at Japanese American incarceration camps during World War II, including Manzanar War Relocation Center in California and Rohwer Relocation Center in Arkansas. Features images of imprisoned Japanese Americans as well as scenes of Presbyterian mission work in the camps. In 2023, description found in this digital collection was revised as part of ongoing effort to address harmful and offensive language. For more information, contact us at refdesk@history.pcusa.org.
- Creator Name(s)
- Thorne, Frederick R. (photographer)
- Date Created
- ca. 1942
- Name Subject(s)
- Manzanar War Relocation Center., Rohwer Relocation Center (Ark.)
- Topical Subject(s)
- Japanese Americans--Missions., Japanese Americans--Forced removal and incarceration, 1942-1945., World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--United States., Japanese Americans--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945.
- Geographic subjects
- Missions., United States., Rohwer (Ark.), Manzanar (Calif.), North and Central America--United States--California--Inyo--Manzanar, North and Central America--United States--Arkansas--Desha--Rohwer
- Physical Location
- ; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:slides_b34
- Title
- Manzanar Japanese Relocation Center.
- Description
- The Japanese Relocation Center in Manzanar, CA.
- Creator Name(s)
- Thorne, Frederick R. (photographer)
- Date Created
- 1942, circa 1942-1945
- Name Subject(s)
- Manzanar War Relocation Center.
- Topical Subject(s)
- Japanese Americans--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945., Japanese Americans--Forced removal and incarceration, 1942-1945., World War, 1939-1945--Evacuation of civilians., World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--United States., Incarceration camps--United States., Japanese Americans--Missions.
- Geographic subjects
- Manzanar (Calif.), North and Central America--United States--California--Inyo--Manzanar
- Physical Location
- RG 427, Box 3, Folder 3; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
- Related Item
- Sarah Clarke Oltmans Papers, ca. 1889-1991.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-427
- Identifier (local)
- ds6370
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:146378
