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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: How to Help Japanese American Student Relocation.
Description: Informational pamphlet published by the National Japanese American Student Relocation Council. The objective of the NJSRC was to assist federally incarcerated Japanese American students in continuing their education.
Date Created: 1943, September 30, 1943, September 30, 1943
Name Subject(s): National Japanese American Student Relocation Council., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Christian Education. Division of Higher Education., American Friends Service Committee.
Topical Subject(s): Japanese American college students--History--20th century., Japanese Americans--Education (Higher)--History--20th century., Japanese Americans--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945., Japanese Americans--Forced removal and incarceration, 1942-1945.
Geographic subjects: 20th century., 20th century., North and Central America--United States
Physical Location: RG 37, Box 1, Folder 16; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Christian Education Department of Colleges and Theological Seminaries and National Japanese American Student Council Records, 1942-1948.--https://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-37
Identifier (local): rg37_b1_f16_japanese_american_relocation
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:343578

Title: Water garden with bridge.
Description: [Water garden with bridge at a Japanese American incarceration camp.]
Creator Name(s): Thorne, Frederick R. (photographer)
Date Created: 1940, circa 1940
Topical Subject(s): Japanese Americans--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945., Japanese Americans--Forced removal and incarceration, 1942-1945., World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--United States., Incarceration camps--United States.
Geographic subjects: North and Central America--United States
Physical Location: SLIDES B34; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: [Relocation of Japanese-Americans during the Second World War] slide.--http://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=1866
Identifier (local): ds2054
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:6740

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