COLLECTION
Kooskia Internment Camp Scrapbook Item Info
- Title:
- Kooskia Internment Camp Scrapbook
- Link:
- https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/kooskia/
- Date Created:
- 1943
- Archival Date:
- 1943-1945
- Collection Description:
- The Kooskia Internment Camp Scrapbook consists of 148 photographs (and two drawings) which document the lives of Japanese Americans incarcerated during the camp's two years of operation (May 1943 - May 1945). The camp was located in a remote area of north central Idaho, 30 miles from the town of Kooskia and administered by the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) for the U.S. Department of Justice.
- Librarian Explanation:
- Scrapbook shows daily life of detainees, including work, cooking, and socializing.
- Relevant Standard:
- 9-12.US2.21 Evaluate Supreme Court and executive decisions to limit civil liberties and to relocate Japanese Americans and others to internment camps.
- Subjects:
- internment camps japanese-american world wars
- Location:
- Kooskia, Idaho
- Latitude:
- 46.14029796
- Longitude:
- -115.9787592
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Language:
- eng
Attribution
- Citation:
- "Kooskia Internment Camp Scrapbook", University of Idaho Library Open Education Portal, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://thecdil.github.io/oep/items/kooskia-internment-camp-scrapbook.html