Administrative Information

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open to all researchers.

Conditions Governing Use

Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred Citation

Colorado River Relocation Center Scrapbook, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information

The materials were acquired by Special Collections Research Center on 00/00/2008.

Processing Information

The contents of the scrapbook were removed from the scrapbook for preservation reasons. The original order of the materials was maintained.

Scope and Contents

This scrapbook of a female employee at the Colorado River Relocation Center in Poston, Arizona includes photographs, a poem, programs, correspondence, and other material. The Colorado River Relocation Center is also known as the Poston Relocation Center and was one of the sites internment camps created for Japanese Americans and Japanese nationals by the U.S. government during World War II. Poston is located in present day La Paz County, Arizona. The woman who created this scrapbook, which has been disassembled, is presumed to have been a white federal employee. For images of the scrapbook see online link and for a more detailed description see folder link below.

Index Terms

Genre/Form of Material:

• Scrapbooks

Topical Term:

• Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation--1939-1945.
• World War, 1939-1945--United States--Scrapbooks
• World War, 1939-1945--Women--United States

Additional Information