War Relocation Authority (United States)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Midori Shimanouchi Lederer Papers
Collection
Identifier: TAM.596
Abstract
Born in California, Midori Shimanouchi Lederer (1923-2005) founded JASSI, Inc. (Japanese American Social Services), a non-profit organization based in New York City dedicated to addressing gaps in social services for the Japanese American community. In 1942, Shimanouchi and her family were forcibly removed from their home and incarerated with 110,00 other Nisei at the Central Utah Relocation Center, a concentration camp (euphemistically referred to as an internment camp) in Topaz, Utah. She...
Dates:
1943-1999
Tomie Arai and Legan Wong Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS.439
Abstract
Artist and community activist Tomie Arai (1949- ) has been working as an artist in the New York City area since the 1960s, and together with Legan Wong (1951- ) has also been involved with the New York-based Asian American cultural movement since the 1970s. The Tomie Arai and Legan Wong Papers document arts and cultural organizations in New York specifically focused on the Asian American experience including Cityarts Workshop, Basement Workshop, and Godzilla Asian American Arts Network. Some...
Dates:
1937-2010; Majority of material found within 1970-1999