To Parents, Patrons, and Friends of the Topaz City High School
subject: Central Utah Relocation Center, Utah; World War II; Japanese American Internment; Topaz High School; youth
description: This is a newsletter from L.G. Noble, the principle of Topaz High in 1942, to the parents of the high school and jr. high students. This document lists a number of expectations and goals that the high school staff hoped to accomplish. Topics include addressing school curricula, attendance, and the prohibition of tobacco. The second half of the document is a translated version of the letter in Japanese.
creator: Noble, L.G. (compiler)
source: Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, Topaz Internment Camp Documents, (MSS 170, Box 1, Fd. 7)
date: 1942-12-14
contributor: Digitized by the Digital Initiatives Unit, Merrill-Cazier Library, Utah State University
rights: Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the USU Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives (email: SCWeb@usu.edu)
coverage: Central Utah Relocation Center, Utah

First Issue of Topaz Times Jr.
subject: Central Utah Relocation Center, Utah; World War II; Japanese American Internment; Topaz High School; youth
description: This is the first issue of the "Topaz Times Jr.," the Topaz High newspaper, published on December 23, 1944. Later, the name was changed to "The Topazette," and it included a section for the jr. high. This issue announces a school play as well as message from the Student Body Government. This issue also has a faculty list, a list of books that students requested for the school for Christmas, a sports and editorial page, as well as a Christmas comic.
creator: Topaz High Student Journalism Class of 1942
source: Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, Topaz Internment Camp Documents, (MSS 170, Box 1, Fd. 3)
date: 1942-12-23
contributor: Digitized by the Digital Initiatives Unit, Merrill-Cazier Library, Utah State University
rights: Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the USU Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives (email: SCWeb@usu.edu)
coverage: Central Utah Relocation Center, Utah

Nagare no Tabi (A Stream's Journey)
subject: Central Utah Relocation Center, Utah; World War II; Japanese American Internment; Topaz Times Newspaper
description: Chiura Obata, a renowned art professor and artist interred at Topaz, produced the art and text for this story. It was originally published in the New Year’s edition of the ""Topaz Times"" in January of 1943. Translated, the story reads: “Under the spring sun, our fateful journey began from Berkeley, California. Our destiny after ""Pearl Harbor"" was to be determined by a Higher Power—who could foretell our fate? Now, looking back, we feel nostalgia as we see the panorama of the past eight months of our life. While buses carried us across the great San Francisco Bay Bridge, we caught a glimpse of the San Francisco skyline silhouetted in the rain. We felt a tug in our hearts as we bid farewell to the familiar surroundings to which we had become so attached. We waded in rain, through slush and mud up to our knees, only to stumble into empty horse stalls. Many an involuntary sob escaped our lips as we began our life at Tanforan. The spirit of ten thousand people, however, could not be crushed for long. Presently, we made our own way of life among ourselves and found a bond of attachment with everything around us. But our journey was not yet over. We were soon to say farewell to the community we had helped to build and to the familiar grandstand which towered above. Good-bye, California! Good-bye to our beloved mother state. Our last adieus were said as we sped past the beautiful Feather River. Hello, Utah! But how dry and wild the desert country is! Resting beside the railroad, we girded our spirits and prepared ourselves for our coming life. The desert dust storm! Barracks, rooms—everything, everywhere was sunk in darkness! But not so our hopes and determination to conquer nature’s violence. We looked up, and there, as if in answer, not fifty feet above us we saw the pure blue of the skies. Four months of hardship have passed. Our strong hopes and iron will to succeed have never wavered. At last, we see the beautiful dawn as reflected in the morning sun bright against …
creator: Obata, Chiura (artist)
source: Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, Topaz Internment Camp Documents, (MSS 170, Box 1, Fd. 2)
date: 1943
contributor: Digitized by the Digital Initiatives Unit, Merrill-Cazier Library, Utah State University
rights: Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the USU Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives (email: SCWeb@usu.edu)
coverage: Central Utah Relocation Center, Utah

Ramblings 1944
subject: Central Utah Relocation Center, Utah; World War II; Japanese American Internment; Topaz High School; youth
description: Ramblings '44 is the second yearbook produced by the Associated Students of Topaz High School. Covering the school year September 1943 through June 1944, it describes the scholastic activities and accomplishments of Japanese American students interned at the Topaz Relocation Center in Utah during World War II.
creator: The Associated Students of Topaz High School
source: Digitized from a copy of Ramblings generously loaned by the Topaz Museum. The Associated Students of Topaz High School. Ramblings 1944. (Central Utah Relocation Center, Topaz, Utah, 1944)
date: 1944
contributor: Digitized by the Digital Initiatives Unit, Merrill-Cazier Library, Utah State University
rights: This is a U.S. government document and as such is freely available without restriction.
coverage: Central Utah Relocation Center, Utah

Ramblings 1943
subject: Central Utah Relocation Center, Utah; World War II; Japanese American Internment; Topaz High School; youth
description: Japanese American students interned at the Topaz Relocation Center produced high school yearbooks during the 1943 and 1944 school years. The introduction to the 1943 yearbook provides some insight into the unusual nature of their school: "The Topaz High School Student Body Association is composed of students from almost all of the big and small towns and cities of California, and includes some from the Hawaiian Islands. In one year's time these children of truck gardeners, grocerymen, merchants, clerks, domestic works, carpenters, ministers, laundrymen, teachers, and others have amalgamated into a well organized functioning student body. Sports and activities have taken place in which every student has participated with an effervescent spirit although there was dire need for equipment. The first graduating class had one hundred and ninety-six seniors and twenty summer session students, many graduating with honors.
creator: The Associated Students of Topaz High School
source: Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, Topaz Internment Camp Documents, (MSS 170, Box 1, Fd. 10)
date: 1943
contributor: Digitized by the Digital Initiatives Unit, Merrill-Cazier Library, Utah State University
rights: This is a U.S. government document and as such is freely available without restriction.
coverage: Central Utah Relocation Center, Utah

Guidebook of the Center
subject: Central Utah Relocation Center, Utah; World War II; Japanese American Internment;
description: Guidebook to the Central Utah Relocation Project in Topaz, Utah describes to incoming residents the layout, facilities, and services of the center. Illustrated by Yuri Sugihara, the guidebook contains maps, building layouts, a diagram of the "Topaz shield," schedules for work, religious services, etc., and written policies, procedures as well as a list of "do's" and "don'ts." Cover says: Welcome to Topaz!
creator: Central Utah Relocation Center
source: Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, Leonard J. Arrington Historical Archives, (LJAHA COLL 1, Series XII, Box 146, Fd. 7)
date: 1943-09
contributor: Digitized by the Digital Initiatives Unit, Merrill-Cazier Library, Utah State University
rights: This is a U.S. government document and as such is freely available without restriction.
coverage: Central Utah Relocation Center, Utah

Dealing with Japanese Americans
subject: Central Utah Relocation Center, Utah; World War II; Japanese American Internment;
description: Written in October 1942 to staff of the War Relocation Authority, this paper stresses the importance of understanding the cultural background of the Japanese Americans living in relocation centers. It describes common behavior patterns among the older Japanese (issue) such as use of a go-between for negotiating sensitive matters between two people or parties to avoid embarrassment. It urges staff to become personally acquainted with as many of the center residents as possible to build confidence and allay fears. To communicate new policies, Embree recommends they be explained directly by the center's head instead of via a middle person. He describes the anxieties and attitudes likely to be operating in the three groups making up relocation center populations: issue (born in Japan); nisei (born in U.S., educated in U.S.); and kibei (born in U.S. , educated in Japan).
creator: Embree, John F. (writer)
source: Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, Topaz Internment Camp Documents, (MSS 170, Box 1, Fd. 8)
date: 1942-10
contributor: Digitized by the Digital Initiatives Unit, Merrill-Cazier Library, Utah State University
rights: This is a U.S. government document and as such is freely available without restriction.
coverage: Central Utah Relocation Center, Utah

“Our Younger Generation”
subject: Central Utah Relocation Center, Utah; World War II; Japanese American Internment;
description: Hiro Katayama wrote this article which was included in "All Aboard," which was a literary and art magazine published by Japanese Americans in 1944 at Topaz. This article discusses the difficulties that youth encountered at Topaz, including boredom and lack of educational support. The article argues that in order for youth to become Americanized, they must be able to relocate outside of the internment camps.
creator: Katayama, Hiro (author); Sugihara, Yuriko (illustrator)
source: Central Utah Relocation Center. Historical Section. Project Reports Division. All Aboard (Spring 1944). Digitized from a original copy generously lent to Utah State University Library by the Topaz Museum.
date: 1944 Spring
contributor: Digitized by the Digital Initiatives Unit, Merrill-Cazier Library, Utah State University
rights: This is a U.S. government document and as such is freely available without restriction.
coverage: Central Utah Relocation Center, Utah

Evacuation of the West Coast
subject: Central Utah Relocation Center, Utah; World War II; Japanese American Internment;
description: M. Yubuki created this hand drawn map of evacuation, which was published in "All Aboard" in 1944, a literary and art magazine published in Topaz. Included on the map are eight relocation centers as well as major cities in the western United States.
creator: Yubuki, M. (illustrator)
source: Central Utah Relocation Center. Historical Section. Project Reports Division. All Aboard (Spring 1944). Digitized from a original copy generously lent to Utah State University Library by the Topaz Museum.
date: 1944 Spring
contributor: Digitized by the Digital Initiatives Unit, Merrill-Cazier Library, Utah State University
rights: This is a U.S. government document and as such is freely available without restriction.
coverage: Central Utah Relocation Center, Utah

“Little Citizens Speak”
subject: Central Utah Relocation Center, Utah; World War II; Japanese American Internment;
description: This is an article from "All Aboard" which was a literary magazine that was published in Topaz in the Spring of 1944, written by 7th grade students at Topaz High. This article records several experiences and stories from the lives of these students from Pearl Harbor to living at Topaz.
creator: 7th Grade Students at Topaz High
source: Central Utah Relocation Center. Historical Section. Project Reports Division. All Aboard (Spring 1944). Digitized from a original copy generously lent to Utah State University Library by the Topaz Museum.
date: 1944 Spring
contributor: Digitized by the Digital Initiatives Unit, Merrill-Cazier Library, Utah State University
rights: This is a U.S. government document and as such is freely available without restriction.
coverage: Central Utah Relocation Center, Utah

“Year's End” by Henry Tani
subject: Central Utah Relocation Center, Utah; World War II; Japanese American Internment;
description: This is an article from "All Aboard" which was a literary magazine that was published in Topaz in the Spring of 1944. Henry Tani was the author while Tamiko Kosakura was the illustrator. This article describes briefly the format and brief history of Topaz High, providing insights into the reason behind the curriculum and the behavior of the students.
creator: Tani, Henry (author); Kosakura, Tamiko (artist)
source: Central Utah Relocation Center. Historical Section. Project Reports Division. All Aboard (Spring 1944). Digitized from a original copy generously lent to Utah State University Library by the Topaz Museum.
date: 1944 Spring
contributor: Digitized by the Digital Initiatives Unit, Merrill-Cazier Library, Utah State University
rights: This is a U.S. government document and as such is freely available without restriction.
coverage: Central Utah Relocation Center, Utah

Overview of High School Curriculum and Graduation Speeches
subject: Central Utah Relocation Center, Utah; World War II; Japanese American Internment; youth; Topaz High School;
description: This is an excerpt from "The Education Program Central Utah Relocation Center" which is an explanation of the curriculum for both the elementary schools and high school at Topaz. This provides some introduction to how Topaz High was structured and how it functioned. At the end of this excerpt is the valedictorian speeches that were given at the Topaz High graduation.
creator: War Relocation Authority
source: Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, "The Education Program Central Utah Relocation Center" (General Book Coll, 375.Un3e, pgs 155-166)
date: 1942-1945
contributor: Digitized by the Digital Initiatives Unit, Merrill-Cazier Library, Utah State University
rights: Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the USU Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives (email: SCWeb@usu.edu)
coverage: Central Utah Relocation Center, Utah

High School Teachers Reports of Students
subject: Central Utah Relocation Center, Utah; World War II; Japanese American Internment; youth; Topaz High School;
description: This is an excerpt from "The Education Program Central Utah Relocation Center" which is an explanation of the curriculum for both the elementary schools and high school at Topaz. Also included is a brief history of the education program. This excerpt contains some faculty reports of Topaz High teachers and their views on their students.
creator: War Relocation Authority
source: Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, "The Education Program Central Utah Relocation Center" (General Book Coll, 375.Un3e, pgs 120-123)
publisher: United States War Relocation Authority
date: 1942-1945
contributor: Digitized by the Digital Initiatives Unit, Merrill-Cazier Library, Utah State University
rights: Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the USU Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives (email: SCWeb@usu.edu)
coverage: SCA375-Un3e-Pgs120-123.pdf

Student Attitudes at Topaz High
subject: Central Utah Relocation Center, Utah; World War II; Japanese American Internment; youth; Topaz High School;
description: This is an excerpt from "The Education Program Central Utah Relocation Center" which is an explanation of the curriculum for both the elementary schools and high school at Topaz. Also included is a brief history of the education program. This particular excerpt has excerpts from High School student papers about the United States and Internment. These students are anonymous.
creator: War Relocation Authority
source: Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, "The Education Program Central Utah Relocation Center" (General Book Coll, 375.Un3e, pgs 115-120)
publisher: United States War Relocation Authority
date: 1942-1945
contributor: Digitized by the Digital Initiatives Unit, Merrill-Cazier Library, Utah State University
rights: Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the USU Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives (email: SCWeb@usu.edu)
coverage: Central Utah Relocation Center, Utah

Teacher Perceptions of Topaz High
subject: Central Utah Relocation Center, Utah; World War II; Japanese American Internment; Topaz High School;
description: This is an excerpt from "Japanese American Youth in Topaz Relocation Center Utah: An Oral History," which is a thesis written by Akiko J. Tohmatsu in 1994. In this thesis, Tohmatsu interviews several Japanese American students who attended Topaz High, as well as their teachers. This excerpt includes several responses from teachers at Topaz High (both white and Japanese American) discussing the quality of education at Topaz High as well as the difficulties of teaching there.
creator: Tohmatsu; Akiko J. (author)
source: Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, "Japanese American Youth in Topaz Relocation Center Utah: An Oral History," (Book Coll 42 no. 68, pg 80-88.)
date: 1992
contributor: Digitized by the Digital Initiatives Unit, Merrill-Cazier Library, Utah State University
rights: Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the USU Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives (email: SCWeb@usu.edu)
coverage: Utah State University, Logan, Utah

Student Perceptions of Topaz High
subject: Central Utah Relocation Center, Utah; World War II; Japanese American Internment; Topaz High School; youth
description: This is an excerpt from "Japanese American Youth in Topaz Relocation Center, Utah: An Oral History," which is a thesis written by Akiko J. Tohmatsu in 1994. In this thesis, Tohmatsu interviews several Japanese American students who attended Topaz High, as well as their teachers. This excerpt includes several responses from Japanese American students relating to Topaz High. They discuss the quality of education and what was difficult about school at Topaz.
creator: Tohmatsu; Akiko J. (author)
source: Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, "Japanese American Youth in Topaz Relocation Center, Utah: An Oral History," (Book Coll 42 no. 68, pg 64-80)
publisher: 1992
date: Digitized by the Digital Initiatives Unit, Merrill-Cazier Library, Utah State University
contributor: Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the USU Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives (email: SCWeb@usu.edu)
coverage: Utah State University, Logan, Utah

Perceptions of Evacuation and Relocation
subject: Central Utah Relocation Center, Utah; World War II; Japanese American Internment; youth; Topaz High School;
description: This is an excerpt from "Japanese American Youth in Topaz Relocation Center, Utah: An Oral History," which is a thesis written by Akiko J. Tohmatsu in 1994. In this thesis, Tohmatsu interviews several Japanese American students who attended Topaz High, as well as their teachers. This excerpt has several comments relating to evacuation and life at Topaz. Tohmatsu uses several acronyms in her thesis: NS means Nisei Student, QF means that they used a question form to communicate with the interviewee, CT means Caucasian Teacher, JAT means Japanese American Teacher, OI means Oral interview.
creator: Tohmatsu; Akiko J. (author)
source: Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, "Japanese American Youth in Topaz Relocation Center, Utah: An Oral History," (Book Coll 42 no. 68, pg 41-46)
date: 1992
contributor: Digitized by the Digital Initiatives Unit, Merrill-Cazier Library, Utah State University
rights: Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the USU Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives (email: SCWeb@usu.edu)
coverage: Utah State University, Logan, Utah

"Instructions to All Persons of Japanese Ancestry"
subject: World War II; Japanese American Internment;
description: This is a notice posted by the Western Defense Command on May 5, 1942. This poster directs all Japanese Americans to report to the Civilian Control Station and gives them a week to settle their affairs and leave their homes.
creator: Western Defense Command
source: Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, Broadside D0010
publisher: Western Defense Command
date: 1942-05-05
contributor: Digitized by the Digital Initiatives Unit, Merrill-Cazier Library, Utah State University
rights: Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the USU Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives (email: SCWeb@usu.edu)
coverage: San Francisco, California

“Your Enemy is the Jap”
subject: World War II; Japan; Propaganda
description: This is a World War II Official Navy Poster, created by Hotchkiss-USNR in 1944. The poster describes Japanese labor capabilities, and by doing so, attempts to encourage American workers to increase their own efforts on the homefront.
creator: Hotchkiss-USNR (artist)
source: Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, Broadside F0006
publisher: United States Industrial Incentive Division
date: 1944
contributor: Digitized by the Digital Initiatives Unit, Merrill-Cazier Library, Utah State University
rights: Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the USU Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives (email: SCWeb@usu.edu)
coverage: United States

The first High School Graduation
subject: Central Utah Relocation Center, Utah; World War II; Japanese American Internment;
description: Illustration from Mine Okubo's "Citizen 13660" showing the first High School Graduation.
creator: Okubo, Mine (author and artist)
source: Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, "Citizen 13660" (Book Coll 58 no. 15, pg 188)
publisher: Columbia University Press
date: 1946
contributor: Digitized by the Digital Initiatives Unit, Merrill-Cazier Library, Utah State University
rights: Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the USU Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives (email: SCWeb@usu.edu)
coverage: Central Utah Relocation Center, Utah

Illustration of High School class
subject: Central Utah Relocation Center, Utah; World War II; Japanese American Internment;
description: Illustration from Mine Okubo's "Citizen 13660" depicting a High School class at Topaz.
creator: Okubo, Mine (author and artist)
source: Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, "Citizen 13660" (Book Coll 58 no. 15, pg 166)
publisher: Columbia University Press
date: 1946
contributor: Digitized by the Digital Initiatives Unit, Merrill-Cazier Library, Utah State University
rights: Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the USU Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives (email: SCWeb@usu.edu)
coverage: Central Utah Relocation Center, Utah

The first Christmas at Topaz
subject: Central Utah Relocation Center, Utah; World War II; Japanese American Internment;
description: Illustration from Mine Okubo's "Citizen 13660" showing the first Christmas at Topaz.
creator: Okubo, Mine (author and artist)
source: Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, "Citizen 13660" (Book Coll 58 no. 15, pg 156)
publisher: Columbia University Press
date: 1946
contributor: Digitized by the Digital Initiatives Unit, Merrill-Cazier Library, Utah State University
rights: Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the USU Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives (email: SCWeb@usu.edu)
coverage: Central Utah Relocation Center, Utah

Japanese Americans gathered around a stove
subject: Central Utah Relocation Center, Utah; World War II; Japanese American Internment;
description: Illustration from Mine Okubo's "Citizen 13660" which shows Japanese Americans gathered around a pot belly stove.
creator: Okubo, Mine (author and artist)
source: Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, "Citizen 13660" (Book Coll 58 no. 15, pg 147)
publisher: Columbia University Press
date: 1946
contributor: Digitized by the Digital Initiatives Unit, Merrill-Cazier Library, Utah State University
rights: Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the USU Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives (email: SCWeb@usu.edu)
coverage: Central Utah Relocation Center, Utah

Welcome to Topaz
subject: Central Utah Relocation Center, Utah; World War II; Japanese American Internment;
description: Illustration from Mine Okubo's "Citizen 13660" depicting Japanese American arrival at Topaz.
creator: Okubo, Mine (author and artist)
source: Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, "Citizen 13660" (Book Coll 58 no. 15, pg 123)
publisher: Columbia University Press
date: 1946
contributor: Digitized by the Digital Initiatives Unit, Merrill-Cazier Library, Utah State University
rights: Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the USU Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives (email: SCWeb@usu.edu)
coverage: Central Utah Relocation Center, Utah

Illustration of Tanforan living quarters
subject: World War II; Japanese American Internment; Tanforan Assembly Center
description: Illustration from Mine Okubo's "Citizen 13660" showing the sawdust covered Tanforan horse stalls where some Japanese Americans were housed in the assembly center.
creator: Okubo, Mine (author and artist)
source: Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, "Citizen 13660" (Book Coll 58 no. 15, pg 37)
publisher: Columbia University Press
date: 1946
contributor: Digitized by the Digital Initiatives Unit, Merrill-Cazier Library, Utah State University
rights: Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the USU Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives (email: SCWeb@usu.edu)
coverage: Tanforan Assembly Center

Arial photograph of Tanforan
subject: World War II; Japanese American Internment; Tanforan Assembly Center
description: Arial view of Tanforan
creator: unknown
source: Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, Leonard J. Arrington Photograph Collection (P0316, Box 3, Fd. 27, image 39)
date: unknown
contributor: Digitized by the Digital Initiatives Unit, Merrill-Cazier Library, Utah State University
rights: Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the USU Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives (email: SCWeb@usu.edu)
coverage: Tanforan Assembly Center

Map of Tanforan
subject: World War II; Japanese American Internment; Tanforan Assembly Center
description: Map containing the location of the Tanforan Assembly Center.
creator: unknown
source: Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, Leonard J. Arrington Photograph Collection (P0316, Box 3, Fd. 27, image 38)
date: unknown
contributor: Digitized by the Digital Initiatives Unit, Merrill-Cazier Library, Utah State University
rights: Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the USU Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives (email: SCWeb@usu.edu)
coverage: Tanforan Assembly Center

Japanese Americans working in a strawberry patch
subject: Central Utah Relocation Center, Utah; World War II; Japanese American Internment;
description: Japanese Americans working in a strawberry patch, caption reads: "In the strawberry patch, Wada, founder of colony, talks things over with the superintendent of a neighboring mine.
creator: unknown
source: Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, Leonard J. Arrington Photograph Collection (P0316, Box 3, Fd. 27, image 37)
date: 1943-02
contributor: Digitized by the Digital Initiatives Unit, Merrill-Cazier Library, Utah State University
rights: Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the USU Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives (email: SCWeb@usu.edu)
coverage: unknown

Guard in a watch tower
subject: Central Utah Relocation Center, Utah; World War II; Japanese American Internment; Tanforan Assembly Center
description: A guard on watch duty at Tanforan Assembly Center.
creator: unknown
source: Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, Leonard J. Arrington Photograph Collection (P0316, Box 3, Fd. 27, image 36)
date: 1942-1945
contributor: Digitized by the Digital Initiatives Unit, Merrill-Cazier Library, Utah State University
rights: Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the USU Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives (email: SCWeb@usu.edu)
coverage: Tanforan Assembly Center

Illustration of Relocation
subject: Central Utah Relocation Center, Utah; World War II; Japanese American Internment;
description: An illustration of Japanese American relocation.
creator: unknown
source: Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, Leonard J. Arrington Photograph Collection (P0316, Box 3, Fd. 27, image 34)
date: 1942-1945
contributor: Digitized by the Digital Initiatives Unit, Merrill-Cazier Library, Utah State University
rights: Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the USU Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives (email: SCWeb@usu.edu)
coverage: unknown

Map of Project Area
subject: Central Utah Relocation Center, Utah; World War II; Japanese American Internment;
description: A map of the Central Utah Relocation Center Project Area.
creator: unknown
source: Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, Leonard J. Arrington Photograph Collection (P0316, Box 3, Fd. 27, image 33)
date: 1942-1945
contributor: Digitized by the Digital Initiatives Unit, Merrill-Cazier Library, Utah State University
rights: Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the USU Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives (email: SCWeb@usu.edu)
coverage: Central Utah Relocation Center, Utah

Co-op Store at Topaz
subject: Central Utah Relocation Center, Utah; World War II; Japanese American Internment; Youth;
description: Japanese American youth and adults browsing at the Topaz Co-op Store.
creator: unknown
source: Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, Leonard J. Arrington Photograph Collection (P0316, Box 3, Fd. 27, image 24)
date: 1942-1945
contributor: Digitized by the Digital Initiatives Unit, Merrill-Cazier Library, Utah State University
rights: Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the USU Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives (email: SCWeb@usu.edu)
coverage: Central Utah Relocation Center, Utah

Side view of Central Utah Relocation Center
subject: Central Utah Relocation Center, Utah; World War II; Japanese American Internment;
description: View of Topaz barracks from the side.
creator: unknown
source: Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, Leonard J. Arrington Photograph Collection (P0316, Box 3, Fd. 27, image 23)
date: 1942-1945
contributor: Digitized by the Digital Initiatives Unit, Merrill-Cazier Library, Utah State University
rights: Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the USU Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives (email: SCWeb@usu.edu)
coverage: Central Utah Relocation Center, Utah

View of Topaz barracks from the side
subject: Central Utah Relocation Center, Utah; World War II; Japanese American Internment;
description: Image of barracks at Topaz.
creator: unknown
source: Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, Leonard J. Arrington Photograph Collection (P0316, Box 3, Fd. 27, image 21)
date: 1942-1945
contributor: Digitized by the Digital Initiatives Unit, Merrill-Cazier Library, Utah State University
rights: Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the USU Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives (email: SCWeb@usu.edu)
coverage: Central Utah Relocation Center, Utah

Preschool at Topaz
subject: Central Utah Relocation Center, Utah; World War II; Japanese American Internment; Youth;
description: Image of preschool students at Topaz.
creator: unknown
source: Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, Leonard J. Arrington Photograph Collection (P0316, Box 3, Fd. 27, image 20B)
date: 1942-1945
contributor: Digitized by the Digital Initiatives Unit, Merrill-Cazier Library, Utah State University
rights: Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the USU Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives (email: SCWeb@usu.edu)
coverage: Central Utah Relocation Center, Utah

Topaz High students waiting for assembly
subject: Central Utah Relocation Center, Utah; World War II; Japanese American Internment; Youth;
description: Image of high school students waiting for an assembly meeting.
creator: unknown
source: Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, Leonard J. Arrington Photograph Collection (P0316, Box 3, Fd. 27, image 20A)
date: 1942-1945
contributor: Digitized by the Digital Initiatives Unit, Merrill-Cazier Library, Utah State University
rights: Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the USU Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives (email: SCWeb@usu.edu)
coverage: Central Utah Relocation Center, Utah

Making mochi for New Years
subject: Central Utah Relocation Center, Utah; World War II; Japanese American Internment;
description: Photograph of internees pounding dough to make mochi (a sticky Japanese rice cake) for New Years.
creator: unknown
source: Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, Leonard J. Arrington Photograph Collection (P0316, Box 3, Fd. 27, image 19B)
date: 1942-1945
contributor: Digitized by the Digital Initiatives Unit, Merrill-Cazier Library, Utah State University
rights: Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the USU Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives (email: SCWeb@usu.edu)
coverage: Central Utah Relocation Center, Utah

Workers clearing fields
subject: Central Utah Relocation Center, Utah; World War II; Japanese American Internment;
description: Photograph of workers clearing fields for agricultural use. Some of the works appear to be adolescents.
creator: unknown
source: Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, Leonard J. Arrington Photograph Collection (P0316, Box 3, Fd. 27, image 18B)
date: 1942-1945
contributor: Digitized by the Digital Initiatives Unit, Merrill-Cazier Library, Utah State University
rights: Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the USU Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives (email: SCWeb@usu.edu)
coverage: Central Utah Relocation Center, Utah

View of Topaz from above
subject: Central Utah Relocation Center, Utah; World War II; Japanese American Internment;
description: Photograph of Topaz from above.
creator: unknown
source: Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, Leonard J. Arrington Photograph Collection (P0316, Box 3, Fd. 27, image 16B)
date: 1942-1945
contributor: Digitized by the Digital Initiatives Unit, Merrill-Cazier Library, Utah State University
rights: Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the USU Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives (email: SCWeb@usu.edu)
coverage: Central Utah Relocation Center, Utah

Adult night class at Topaz
subject: Central Utah Relocation Center, Utah; World War II; Japanese American Internment;
description: Photo of an adult night class at Topaz. There were many night classes at Topaz that taught adults subjects from English language and Americanization to Psychology.
creator: unknown
source: Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, Leonard J. Arrington Photograph Collection (P0316, Box 3, Fd. 27, image 16A)
date: 1942-1945
contributor: Digitized by the Digital Initiatives Unit, Merrill-Cazier Library, Utah State University
rights: Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the USU Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives (email: SCWeb@usu.edu)
coverage: Central Utah Relocation Center, Utah

Boy walking in mud
subject: Central Utah Relocation Center, Utah; World War II; Japanese American Internment;
description: Image of boy walking through mud outside of a barrack.
creator: unknown
source: Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, Leonard J. Arrington Photograph Collection (P0316, Box 3, Fd. 27, image 15B)
date: 1942-1945
contributor: Digitized by the Digital Initiatives Unit, Merrill-Cazier Library, Utah State University
rights: Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the USU Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives (email: SCWeb@usu.edu)
coverage: Central Utah Relocation Center, Utah

Arrival at Topaz
subject: Central Utah Relocation Center, Utah; World War II; Japanese American Internment;
description: Photograph of Topaz "residents" arriving at Topaz. Luggage is piled high next to barracks.
creator: unknown
source: Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, Leonard J. Arrington Photograph Collection (P0316, Box 3, Fd. 27, image 14A)
date: c. 1942
contributor: Digitized by the Digital Initiatives Unit, Merrill-Cazier Library, Utah State University
rights: Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the USU Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives (email: SCWeb@usu.edu)
coverage: Central Utah Relocation Center, Utah

Guard at the gate
subject: Central Utah Relocation Center, Utah; World War II; Japanese American Internment;
description: Illustration of a guard at a camp gate.
creator: unknown
source: Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, Leonard J. Arrington Photograph Collection (P0316, Box 3, Fd. 27, image 13)
date: 1942-1945
contributor: Digitized by the Digital Initiatives Unit, Merrill-Cazier Library, Utah State University
rights: Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the USU Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives (email: SCWeb@usu.edu)
coverage: Possibly Central Relocation Center, Utah

Views of Topaz
subject: Central Utah Relocation Center, Utah; World War II; Japanese American Internment;
description: View of Topaz from the East towards the South.
creator: unknown
source: Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, Leonard J. Arrington Photograph Collection (P0316, Box 3, Fd. 27, image 10A)
date: 1942-1945
contributor: Digitized by the Digital Initiatives Unit, Merrill-Cazier Library, Utah State University
rights: Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the USU Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives (email: SCWeb@usu.edu)
coverage: Central Utah Relocation Center, Utah

Crowd at Topaz
subject: Central Utah Relocation Center, Utah; World War II; Japanese American Internment; Youth;
description: Crowd of Japanese Americans at Topaz.
creator: unknown
source: Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, Leonard J. Arrington Photograph Collection (P0316, Box 3, Fd. 27, image 4)
date: 1942-1945
contributor: Digitized by the Digital Initiatives Unit, Merrill-Cazier Library, Utah State University
rights: Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the USU Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives (email: SCWeb@usu.edu)
coverage: Central Utah Relocation Center, Utah

Teenage girl standing in front of drying laundry
subject: Central Utah Relocation Center, Utah; World War II; Japanese American Internment; Youth;
description: Japanese American girl standing in front of drying laundry hanging outside of barrack.
creator: unknown
source: Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, Leonard J. Arrington Photograph Collection (P0316, Box 3, Fd. 27, image 3)
date: 1942-1945
contributor: Digitized by the Digital Initiatives Unit, Merrill-Cazier Library, Utah State University
rights: Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the USU Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives (email: SCWeb@usu.edu)
coverage: Central Utah Relocation Center, Utah

Boy standing in front of barracks
subject: Central Utah Relocation Center, Utah; World War II; Japanese American Internment; Youth;
description: Japanese American boy standing in front of barracks at Topaz. Back of the photo reads "Sumida."
creator: unknown
source: Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, Leonard J. Arrington Photograph Collection (P0316, Box 3, Fd. 27, image 1)
date: 1942-1945
contributor: Digitized by the Digital Initiatives Unit, Merrill-Cazier Library, Utah State University
rights: Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the USU Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives (email: SCWeb@usu.edu)
coverage: Central Utah Relocation Center, Utah

Singing the National Anthem
subject: Central Utah Relocation Center, Utah; World War II; Japanese American Internment;
description: Japanese American woman singing national anthem at Topaz.
creator: unknown
source: University of Utah, Utah State Historical Society, KUED Topaz Residents Collection, Box 3. 6-1 https://collections.lib.utah.edu/details?id=483197&page=7&facet_setname_s=dha_kued_trc
publisher: Utah State Historical Society
date: 1943-1944
contributor: Digitized by the Digital Initiatives Unit, Merrill-Cazier Library, Utah State University
rights: Digital Image © 2012 Utah State Historical Society. All Rights Reserved.
coverage: Central Utah Relocation Center, Utah

Racist sign
subject: World War II; Japanese American Internment;
description: "Japs keep out you rats" sign in Barstow, California in 1942.
creator: unknown
source: University of Utah, Utah State Historical Society, KUED Topaz Residents Collection, Box 1, No. 1-9 https://collections.lib.utah.edu/details?id=483251&page=6&facet_setname_s=dha_kued_trc
publisher: Utah State Historical Society
date: c. 1942
contributor: Digitized by the Digital Initiatives Unit, Merrill-Cazier Library, Utah State University
rights: Digital Image © 2012 Utah State Historical Society. All Rights Reserved.
coverage: California

Loyalty sign
subject: World War II; Japanese American Internment;
description: Wanto Company Grocery store in California with sign, "I AM AN AMERICAN" in 1942. Once relocation was ordered, Japanese Americans were forced to sell their businesses and leave their jobs regardless of loyalty to the United States.
creator: unknown
source: University of Utah, Utah State Historical Society, KUED Topaz Residents Collection, Box 1, No. 1-11 https://collections.lib.utah.edu/details?id=483223&page=5&facet_setname_s=dha_kued_trc
publisher: Utah State Historical Society
date: c. 1942
contributor: Digitized by the Digital Initiatives Unit, Merrill-Cazier Library, Utah State University
rights: Digital Image © 2012 Utah State Historical Society. All Rights Reserved.
coverage: California