- Published / Created:
- [circa May 1943]
- Call Number:
- WA MSS S-2650
- Collection Title:
- Records related to the community government at the Poston Relocation Center, Arizona
- Container / Volume:
- Box 1 | Folder 25
- Image Count:
- 9
- Abstract:
- Records related to a community government formed by Japanese American internees at the Poston Relocation Center, Arizona, 1942-1945. Material includes reports from committees on health care, social welfare, and education, as well as a charter for the community government. The collection also includes memoranda about camp governance and other publications in English and Japanese distributed by the United States War Relocation Authority, as well as contemporary newspaper clippings about relocation centers and Japanese Americans.
- Description:
- The Poston Relocation Center in Arizona was the largest of the ten Japanese American internment camps operated by the United States War Relocation Authority during World War II, 1942-1945.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Poston (Ariz.)
- Subject (Name):
- Poston Relocation Center (Ariz.) and United States.--War Relocation Authority
- Subject (Topic):
- Concentration camps--Arizona, Concentration camps--United States, Japanese Americans--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945, Japanese--United States, World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Arizona--Poston, World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--United States, and World War, 1939-1945--Japanese Americans
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Charter of the community of Poston
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- Published / Created:
- circa 1945 January
- Call Number:
- WA MSS S-2651
- Collection Title:
- Mary Burford Courage papers related to the Poston Relocation Center, Arizona
- Container / Volume:
- Box 1 | Folder 11
- Image Count:
- 9
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Publications and a small group of correspondence and photographs related to the Poston Relocation Center, Arizona, 1943-1945, collected by Mary Burford Courage, a schoolteacher at the camp. Publications published by the United States War Relocation Authority include information distributed to employees and Japanese Americans incarcerated in the camp. The collection includes contemporary newspaper clippings and issues of the Pacific Citizen newspaper in 1944, as well as related newspaper clippings from 1992 about the forced removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans. Photographs in the collection include overviews of the camp, as well as informal portraits of children and a view of a toy lending library. The collection also includes photographic Christmas cards, circa 1952-1955, from the Kitaji family, who were incarcerated in the camp.
- Description:
- Mary Burford Courage (born circa 1897) taught English language classes at Poston II High School at the Poston Relocation Center, Arizona, 1943-1945. After World War II she taught at the Kahuku High and Elementary School in Hawaii., Purchased from William Reese Co. on the William Robertson Coe Fund No. 3, 2010., and The Poston Relocation Center in Arizona was the largest of the ten Japanese American internment camps operated by the United States War Relocation Authority during World War II, 1942-1945.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Poston (Ariz.)
- Subject (Name):
- Courage, Mary Burford, Poston Relocation Center (Ariz.), and United States War Relocation Authority
- Subject (Topic):
- Concentration camps--Arizona, Concentration camps--United States, Japanese Americans--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945, Japanese--United States, World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Arizona--Poston, and World War, 1939-1945--Japanese Americans
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Memorandum: A Message From the Director of the War Relocation Authority
- Published / Created:
- 1944 December 17
- Call Number:
- WA MSS S-2651
- Collection Title:
- Mary Burford Courage papers related to the Poston Relocation Center, Arizona
- Container / Volume:
- Box 1 | Folder 9
- Image Count:
- 8
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Publications and a small group of correspondence and photographs related to the Poston Relocation Center, Arizona, 1943-1945, collected by Mary Burford Courage, a schoolteacher at the camp. Publications published by the United States War Relocation Authority include information distributed to employees and Japanese Americans incarcerated in the camp. The collection includes contemporary newspaper clippings and issues of the Pacific Citizen newspaper in 1944, as well as related newspaper clippings from 1992 about the forced removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans. Photographs in the collection include overviews of the camp, as well as informal portraits of children and a view of a toy lending library. The collection also includes photographic Christmas cards, circa 1952-1955, from the Kitaji family, who were incarcerated in the camp.
- Description:
- Mary Burford Courage (born circa 1897) taught English language classes at Poston II High School at the Poston Relocation Center, Arizona, 1943-1945. After World War II she taught at the Kahuku High and Elementary School in Hawaii., Purchased from William Reese Co. on the William Robertson Coe Fund No. 3, 2010., and The Poston Relocation Center in Arizona was the largest of the ten Japanese American internment camps operated by the United States War Relocation Authority during World War II, 1942-1945.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Poston (Ariz.)
- Subject (Name):
- Courage, Mary Burford, Poston Relocation Center (Ariz.), and United States War Relocation Authority
- Subject (Topic):
- Concentration camps--Arizona, Concentration camps--United States, Japanese Americans--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945, Japanese--United States, World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Arizona--Poston, and World War, 1939-1945--Japanese Americans
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Public Proclamation No. 21: Allows Evacuees to Return to Their Homes and Lifts Contraband Regulations, as well as Related Memorandums
- Published / Created:
- 1945
- Call Number:
- WA MSS S-2650
- Collection Title:
- Records related to the community government at the Poston Relocation Center, Arizona
- Container / Volume:
- Box 1 | Folder 40
- Image Count:
- 14
- Abstract:
- Records related to a community government formed by Japanese American internees at the Poston Relocation Center, Arizona, 1942-1945. Material includes reports from committees on health care, social welfare, and education, as well as a charter for the community government. The collection also includes memoranda about camp governance and other publications in English and Japanese distributed by the United States War Relocation Authority, as well as contemporary newspaper clippings about relocation centers and Japanese Americans.
- Description:
- The Poston Relocation Center in Arizona was the largest of the ten Japanese American internment camps operated by the United States War Relocation Authority during World War II, 1942-1945.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Poston (Ariz.)
- Subject (Name):
- Poston Relocation Center (Ariz.) and United States.--War Relocation Authority
- Subject (Topic):
- Concentration camps--Arizona, Concentration camps--United States, Japanese Americans--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945, Japanese--United States, World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Arizona--Poston, World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--United States, and World War, 1939-1945--Japanese Americans
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > When you leave the relocation center
- Published / Created:
- [194-]
- Call Number:
- WA MSS S-2651
- Collection Title:
- Mary Burford Courage papers related to the Poston Relocation Center, Arizona, 1943-1992.
- Container / Volume:
- Box 1 | Folder 16
- Image Count:
- 12
- Description:
- Mary Burford Courage (born circa 1897) taught English language classes at Poston II High School at the Poston Relocation Center, Arizona, 1943-1945. After World War II she taught at the Kahuku High and Elementary School in Hawaii. and The Poston Relocation Center in Arizona was the largest of the ten Japanese American internment camps operated by the United States War Relocation Authority during World War II, 1942-1945.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Poston (Ariz.) and Poston (Ariz.)--Pictorial works
- Subject (Name):
- Courage, Mary Burford, Poston Relocation Center (Ariz.), Poston Relocation Center (Ariz.)--Pictorial works, and United States.--War Relocation Authority
- Subject (Topic):
- Concentration camps--Arizona, Concentration camps--Arizona--Pictorial works, Concentration camps--United States, Japanese Americans--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945, Japanese--United States, World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Arizona--Poston, World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Arizona--Poston--Pictorial works, and World War, 1939-1945--Japanese Americans
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Six photographs of Poston Relocation Camp and camp life]
- Call Number:
- WA MSS S-2651
- Collection Title:
- Mary Burford Courage papers related to the Poston Relocation Center, Arizona, 1943-1992.
- Container / Volume:
- Box 1 | Folder 15
- Image Count:
- 12
- Description:
- Mary Burford Courage (born circa 1897) taught English language classes at Poston II High School at the Poston Relocation Center, Arizona, 1943-1945. After World War II she taught at the Kahuku High and Elementary School in Hawaii. and The Poston Relocation Center in Arizona was the largest of the ten Japanese American internment camps operated by the United States War Relocation Authority during World War II, 1942-1945.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Poston (Ariz.) and Poston (Ariz.)--Pictorial works
- Subject (Name):
- Courage, Mary Burford, Kitaji family, Poston Relocation Center (Ariz.), Poston Relocation Center (Ariz.)--Pictorial works, and United States.--War Relocation Authority
- Subject (Topic):
- Concentration camps--Arizona, Concentration camps--Arizona--Pictorial works, Concentration camps--United States, Japanese Americans--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945, Japanese--United States, World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Arizona--Poston, World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Arizona--Poston--Pictorial works, and World War, 1939-1945--Japanese Americans
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Six photographs of children and camp life]
- Published / Created:
- [194-]
- Call Number:
- WA MSS S-2651
- Collection Title:
- Mary Burford Courage papers related to the Poston Relocation Center, Arizona, 1943-1992.
- Container / Volume:
- Box 1 | Folder 17
- Image Count:
- 2
- Description:
- Mary Burford Courage (born circa 1897) taught English language classes at Poston II High School at the Poston Relocation Center, Arizona, 1943-1945. After World War II she taught at the Kahuku High and Elementary School in Hawaii. and The Poston Relocation Center in Arizona was the largest of the ten Japanese American internment camps operated by the United States War Relocation Authority during World War II, 1942-1945.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Poston (Ariz.) and Poston (Ariz.)--Pictorial works
- Subject (Name):
- Courage, Mary Burford, Poston Relocation Center (Ariz.), Poston Relocation Center (Ariz.)--Pictorial works, and United States.--War Relocation Authority
- Subject (Topic):
- Concentration camps--Arizona, Concentration camps--Arizona--Pictorial works, Concentration camps--United States, Japanese Americans--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945, Japanese--United States, World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Arizona--Poston, World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Arizona--Poston--Pictorial works, and World War, 1939-1945--Japanese Americans
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Watercolor painting Christmas card]