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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: Japanese American Incarceration Camp.
Description: Japanese American incarceration camp California.
Creator Name(s): Thorne, Frederick R. (photographer)
Date Created: 1942, circa 1942
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: California., California., North and Central America--United States--California
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): ds1090
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:5403

Title: Japanese American Incarceration Camp.
Description: Japanese American Citizens League San Francisco Chapter.
Creator Name(s): Thorne, Frederick R. (photographer)
Date Created: 1942, circa 1942
Name Subject(s): Japanese American Citizens' League.
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: San Francisco (Calif.), North and Central America--United States--California--San Francisco--San Francisco
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): ds5240
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:57366

Title: Japanese American Incarceration Camp.
Description: Outside of the police station at a Japanese American incarceration camp; probably Manzanar in California.
Creator Name(s): Thorne, Frederick R. (photographer)
Date Created: 1942, circa 1942
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: 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): ds5239
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:57367

Title: Japanese American Incarceration Camp.
Description: Japanese farmers at an incarceration camp; probably Manzanar in California.
Creator Name(s): Thorne, Frederick R. (photographer)
Date Created: 1942, circa 1942
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: 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): ds5226
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:57378

Title: Japanese American Incarceration Camp.
Description: A man walks outside at a Japanese American incarceration camp; probably Manzanar in California.
Creator Name(s): Thorne, Frederick R. (photographer)
Date Created: 1942, circa 1942
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: California., North and Central America--United States--California--Inyo--Manzanar
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): ds5230
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:57379

Title: Japanese American Incarceration Camp.
Description: Woman using a microscope at Manzanar incarceration camp in California.
Creator Name(s): Thorne, Frederick R. (photographer)
Date Created: 1942, circa 1942
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: 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): ds5233
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:57381

Title: Japanese American Incarceration Camp.
Description: Men and women outside Rohwer Federated Christian Church at Rohwer War Relocation Center in Arkansas.
Creator Name(s): Thorne, Frederick R. (photographer)
Date Created: 1942, circa 1942
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: Rohwer (Ark.), North and Central America--United States--Arkansas--Desha--Rohwer
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): ds5238
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:57383

Title: Japanese American Incarceration Camp.
Description: Street view of a Japanese American incarceration camp; probably Manzanar in California.
Creator Name(s): Thorne, Frederick R. (photographer)
Date Created: 1942, circa 1942
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: 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): ds5225
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:57371

Title: Japanese American Incarceration Camp.
Description: Man walks down the street at a Japanese American incarceration camp; probably Manzanar in California.
Creator Name(s): Thorne, Frederick R. (photographer)
Date Created: 1942, circa 1942
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: 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): ds5236
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:57372

Title: Japanese American Incarceration Camp.
Description: Service at Rohwer Buddhist Church, Rohwer Japanese American incarceration camp in Arkansas.
Creator Name(s): Thorne, Frederick R. (photographer)
Date Created: 1942, circa 1942
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: Rohwer (Ark.), North and Central America--United States--Arkansas--Desha--Rohwer
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): ds5237
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:57373

Title: Pacific Grove Cleaners.
Description: Street view of Pacific Grove Cleaners, Pacific Grove, California.
Creator Name(s): Thorne, Frederick R. (photographer)
Date Created: 1942, circa 1942
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.
Geographic subjects: Pacific Grove (Calif.), North and Central America--United States--Monterey--California--Pacific Grove
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): ds5380
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:82608

Title: Construction workers.
Description: Construction workers in California.
Creator Name(s): Thorne, Frederick R. (photographer)
Date Created: 1942, circa 1942
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: California., North and Central America--United States--California
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): ds5421
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:82625

Title: Japanese American Incarceration Camp.
Description: Street view of Manzanar incarceration Camp.
Creator Name(s): Thorne, Frederick R. (photographer)
Date Created: 1942, circa 1942
Name Subject(s): Manzanar War Relocation Center.
Topical Subject(s): World War, 1939-1945--Evacuation of civilians., Japanese Americans--Forced removal and incarceration, 1942-1945., Japanese Americans--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945., World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--United States., Incarceration camps--United States.
Geographic subjects: Manzanar (Calif.), North and Central America--United States--California--Inyo--Manzanar
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): ds5511
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:82985

Title: Japanese American Incarceration Camp.
Description: Children stand beside a fence at Manzanar War Relocation Center, California.
Creator Name(s): Thorne, Frederick R. (photographer)
Date Created: 1942, circa 1942
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: 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): ds5243
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:57376

Title: Japanese American Incarceration Camp.
Description: Children stand beside a fence at Manzanar War Relocation Center, California.
Creator Name(s): Thorne, Frederick R. (photographer)
Date Created: 1942, circa 1942
Topical Subject(s): Japanese Americans--Missions., Japanese Americans--Forced removal and incarceration, 1942-1945., Japanese Americans--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945., World War, 1939-1945--Evacuation of civilians., World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--United States., Incarceration camps--United States.
Geographic subjects: Manzanar (Calif.), North and Central America--United States--California--Inyo--Manzanar
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): ds5512
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:82986

Title: The Japanese in our midst, 1943.
Description: Pamphlet published by the Colorado Council of Churches which questions the morality of holding Japanese Americans in incarceration camps.
Date Created: 1943
Topical Subject(s): Japanese Americans--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945., World War, 1939-1945--Japanese Americans., World War, 1939-1945--Evacuation of civilians., World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--United States., Japanese Americans--Missions., Japanese Americans--Forced removal and incarceration, 1942-1945., Incarceration camps--United States.
Geographic subjects: United States., Pacific Coast (U.S.), North and Central America--United States--Pacific Coast, United States.
Physical Location: PAM BV 2788 .J3 C6 1943; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: The Japanese in our midst, 1943 [prepared and published under the auspices of the Colorado Council of Churches].--https://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=36741
Identifier (local): pam_bv_2788_j3_c6_1943
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:146359

Title: The Story of Japanese-American student relocation.
Description: World Student Service Fund pamphlet which urges young Americans to come to the aid of Japanese American students by supporting the relocation efforts of the WSSF.
Date Created: 1943
Topical Subject(s): Asian American students--Pacific Coast., World War, 1939-1945--Evacuation of civilians., Japanese Americans--Missions., Japanese Americans--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945., Japanese Americans--Forced removal and incarceration, 1942-1945.
Geographic subjects: Pacific Coast., Pacific Coast (U.S.), North and Central America--United States--Pacific Coast
Physical Location: PAM LC 220.5 W67 S7 1944; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: The Story of Japanese-American student relocation.--https://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=30602
Identifier (local): pam_lc_220.5_w67_s7_1944
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:146354

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

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