Faith Terasawa photograph collection

Faith Terasawa photograph collection, circa 1930-1955

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Terasawa, Faith
Title: Faith Terasawa photograph collection
Dates: circa 1930-1955 (inclusive)
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Quantity: 42 items
Collection Number: P0602
Summary: The Faith Terasawa photograph collection deals with significant issues dealing with the relocation of Japanese-Americans to internment camps in the Western United States during World War II. Formal portraits of Faith Terasawa, various groups at Topaz or Tule camps, and later (circa 1950) early color images of the buildings and grounds of Topaz or Tule.
Repository: University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860

Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu
Access Restrictions: Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
Languages: English

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Brief collection deals with significant issues dealing with the relocation of Japanese-Americans to internment camps in the Western United States during World War II. Formal portraits of Faith Terasawa, various groups at Topaz or Tule camps, and later (circa 1950) early color images of the buildings and grounds of Topaz or Tule.

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Restrictions on Use

The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.

Preferred Citation

Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Collection is arranged topically.

Separated Materials

See also the Faith Terasawa papers (ACCN 1473) located in the Manuscripts Division of Special Collections.

Related Materials

This collection forms part of the Mitsugi M. Kasai Memorial Japanese American Archive.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Gift of Don Nakahata.

Processing Note

Processed by Dale Larsen and Mary Ann Curtis in 2000.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description
Box	Folder
1	1	Formal Portraits 1: circa 1935 2-3: circa 1938 4: March 1933
1	2	Miscellaneous Groups 1: unidentified couple 2: Topaz Hospital E. Wing, Pharmacist (Shigeko) Medicine Welfare Waker (Faith) Spring 1945 3: January 1945, Tulelake Union Church Nisei group 4: group of children, taken November 22, 1948, kid=s mess hall in back ground 5: Faith Terasawa, December 1944, by Lee Mullis 6: Faith Terasawa and L. L. Mullis, Administration and appointive staff residence in the background. 7: unidentified group at Topaz 8-9: Himego Eudo, F. M. Terasawa, Amy Mauiuva 10-11: unidentified group of women at Topaz 12: unidentified group of women 13:funeral, Jan. 19, 1944, Topaz, Utah. 14: Himego Eudo, F. M. Terasawa, Amy Mauiuva 15: large group in front of the Community Welfare Administration building 16: unidentified (religious ?) group
1	3	Topaz and Tule Lake 1-3: unidentified buildings 4: unidentified man with truck 5-16: unidentified groups of people, some religious gatherings (Topaz Union Church ?) 17: overlooking one of the camps 18: garden
1	4	Miscellaneous Topaz Images (Addendum) 1: Christmas card 2: Topaz Union Church, 1943-1945 3-4: Postcards from Topaz

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945--Photographs

Personal Names

Terasawa, Faith--Photographs

Corporate Names

Central Utah Relocation Center--Photographs

Form or Genre Terms

Photographic prints--1940-1955
Portrait photographs

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