| Japanese American Internment Camps
Abundant
Dreams Diverted
A short article reproduced from the Seattle Times that describes
the history of Japanese Americans in the Northwest leading up to and
including the "evacuation" of 1942. Includes several photographs within
the article with a link to more photos at the bottom.
Children
of the Camps - Internment History
Provides an overview of the topic plus links to a timeline,
information on the camps, the impact on the health of individuals who
experienced internment, and historical documents. Based on the PBS documentary
The Children of the Camps.
The Decision
To Evacuate the Japanese From the Pacific Coast
Details the chronology of the internment process focusing on
the administrative decision-making made by military and civilian authorities.
Written by Stetson Conn, an historian at the Office of the Chief of
Military History.
Japanese
American Exhibit and Access Project
Includes pictures, articles, personal accounts, chronologies,
and information on "everyday life" in the camps with a focus on Camp
Harmony. Also has a section on Japanese-Canadian internment and a bibliography.
From the University of Washington Libraries.
Japanese-American
Internment in WWII Photographs Exhibit
Provides links to photographs of the Tule Lake Camp in Northern
California and the Topaz Camp in Utah. From the Special Collections
Department, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah.
University
of Wisconsin Eau Claire: Japanese Internment Camps
Provides a short overview of the topic plus documentary photos,
links to maps illustrating the layout of the camps and the interior
of the housing units, and a link to a personal account. Created by Ingolf
Vogeler, a geographer at the University of Wisconsin.
War Relocation
Authority Photographs of Japanese American Evacuation and Resettlement,
1942-1945
Click on "Container Listing" on the left for a list of series
photographs; photos appear on the right. Descriptive information is
provided for each picture. From the Online Archive of California.
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September 9, 2008
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