Trials and Triumphs: Tri-State High School, Classes of 1945, Tule Lake Segregation Center, Newell, California

Collection

Identifier: SHL204

Staff Only

Content Description

A copy of the book (with the permission from the Associate Editor attached), donated to the Shaw Library by Mary Kawano Fong. Book editors: Terry Ishihara and Ben Hara. Unbound copy. A collection of 21 memoirs written by members of the class of 1945 Tri-State High School.

Dates

2004

Biographical / Historical

The Tule Lake Relocation and Segregation Center operated between 1942 and 1946 as one of ten federal installations for internment of Japanese and Japanese-Americans during World War II. At its peak, more than 18,000 people of Japanese ancestry who had been labeled "disloyal" were detained there. Portions of the site later became private property or state property or remained under federal government control. The Tule Lake Committee and others conducted efforts to preserve the site for many years. The Pilgrimages started in 1974 and continue to the present day. The site was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2006. In December 2008 the Tule Unit of the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument was created by Presidential proclamation.

Extent

1 item ([describe boxes, items, etc. here]) : Unbound copy of a book, 156 pages

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The Tule Lake Relocation and Segregation Center operated between 1942 and 1946 as one of ten federal installations for internment of Japanese and Japanese-Americans during World War II. Tri-State High School operated on the territory of the Center. Collection contains an unbound collection of memoirs, written by the members of the class of 1945 of that school.