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Susan McKay papers, 1970-2017
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- McKay, Susan, 1942-
- Title
- Susan McKay papers
- Dates
- 1970-2017 (inclusive)Date of CollectionDate of Collection
- Quantity
- 12.76 cubic ft. (18 boxes) + 4.49 GB
- Collection Number
- 400036
- Summary
- Research, oral history interviews, and instructional material related to women at the Heart Mountain Relocation Center, pregnancy in rural Wyoming, and women of armed conflict and peace-building.
- Repository
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American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming
American Heritage Center
University of Wyoming
1000 E. University Ave.
Dept. 3924
Laramie, WY
82071
Telephone: 3077663756
ahcref@uwyo.edu - Access Restrictions
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Series IV. Personal papers, boxes 15-18 and digital folders ahcdm_400036_024-048 are restricted from use until January 1, 2060 except to Julie McKay and Sharon McKay.
- Languages
- English
Historical NoteReturn to Top
Susan McKay was born on July 26, 1942 in Los Angeles, California to L.F. and Ethel Richardson. Following her graduation from DePauw University in Indiana, she and her husband, John, moved to Boulder, Colorado where she earned a master's degree in maternal child nursing at the University of Colorado. In 1966, they moved to Laramie, Wyoming where her daughters, Julie and Sharon, were born. She earned a Ph.D. in 1978 at the University of Wyoming and was a W.K. Kellogg National Fellow from 1983-1986. In 2000 she was awarded the Presidential Faculty Achievement Award at the University of Wyoming where she was a professor of Women's and International Studies.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Susan McKay collection contains research materials, audio tapes and transcripts of interviews, and other materials from McKay's research on the Heart Mountain Japanese Relocation Center near Cody, Wyoming during World War II and the resulting publication, "The Courage Our Stories Tell: The Daily Lives and Maternal Child Health Care of Japanese American Women at Heart Mountain", published in 2002. Also included are series of audio visual instructional materials, research, photographs, slides, articles, and books regarding pregnant women in rural Wyoming; and research files, presentations, photographs, slides, books, and articles regarding McKay's research of women/mothers from areas of armed conflict such as Sierra Leone in West Africa.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
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Restrictions on Use
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Preferred Citation
Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Susan McKay Papers, Collection Number 400036, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Related Materials
There are no known other archival collections created by Susan McKay at the date of processing.
Acquisition Information
This material was received from Susan McKay from 2006-2017.
Processing Note
The collection was processed by Rhonda Wright in April 2006, Shaun Hayes in June 2013, Chelsea Nelson in February 2015, and updated by Jamie J. Greene in October 2016, and April 2018.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Series I. Materials pertaining to the Heart Mountian Relocation CenterReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Sub-Series 1. Subject Files Contains correspondence, transcripts of interviews with Heart Mountain Relocation Center internees and other materials.
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Box | Folder | ||
1 | 1 | Addresses |
undated |
1 | 2-3 | Books |
undated |
8 | Books by Susan McKay: "The Courage Our Stories Tell" |
2002 | |
Folder | |||
1 | 4-6 | Correspondence |
1994-2003, undated |
1 | 7 | Courage our Stories Tell |
undated |
1 | 8 | Fiset, Louis -- Papers |
undated |
1 | 9 | Health reports |
undated |
1 | 10 | Heart Mountain Interviews--Abe, Atsuoko |
undated |
1 | 11 | Heart Mountain Interviews--Comparison Chart |
undated |
1 | 12 | Heart Mountain Interviews--Emi, Amy |
undated |
1 | 13 | Heart Mountain Interviews--Emi, Susi |
undated |
1 | 14 | Heart Mountain Interviews--Endo, Ada |
undated |
1 | 15 | Heart Mountain Interviews--Group |
undated |
1 | 16 | Heart Mountain Interviews--Hironaka, Katie |
undated |
1 | 17 | Heart Mountain Interviews--Jio, Mary |
undated |
1 | 18 | Heart Mountain Interviews--Kawakami, Mary |
undated |
1 | 19 | Heart Mountain Interviews--Kessel, Velma |
undated |
1 | 20 | Heart Mountain Interviews--Komatsu, Michi |
undated |
1 | 21 | Heart Mountain Interviews--Kuromiya, Emiko |
undated |
1 | 22 | Heart Mountain Interviews--Ikegami, Midori |
undated |
1 | 23 | Heart Mountain Interviews--Masunaga, Hiroko |
undated |
1 | 24 | Heart Mountain Interviews--Masunaka,Mitsuko |
undated |
1 | 25 | Heart Mountain Interviews--Morita, Fumiye |
undated |
1 | 26 | Heart Mountain Interviews--Pease, Aiko |
undated |
1 | 27 | Heart Mountain Interviews--Shiba, Rose |
undated |
1 | 28 | Heart Mountain Interviews--Takagi, Mary |
undated |
1 | 29 | Heart Mountain Interviews--Toriumi, Sophie |
undated |
1 | 30 | Heart Mountain Interviews--Uriu, Alice |
undated |
1 | 31 | Heart Mountain Interviews--Watanabe, Chiye |
undated |
1 | 32 | Heart Mountain Interviews--Yoritsune,Shigeko |
undated |
1 | 33 | Non-Heart Mountain Interviews--Beckwith, Emiko Somekawa |
1997 |
1 | 34 | Non-Heart Mountain Interviews--Latham, Elizabeth |
undated |
1 | 35 | Non-Heart Mountain Interviews--Nishizu, Clarence I. |
1966 |
1 | 36 | Non-Heart Mountain Interviews--Pease, Aiko Horikoshi |
1993 |
1 | 37 | Non-Heart Mountain Interviews--Kunitsugu, Katsumi |
1973 |
1 | 38 | Non-Heart Mountain Interviews--Ishii, Amy Uno |
1973 |
2 | 1 | Heart Mountain Logo |
undated |
2 | 2 | Heart Mountain Records |
undated |
2 | 3 | Institutional Review Board Material and Releases |
undated |
2 | 4 | Los Angeles, CA Interviews |
undated |
2 | 5 | Miscellaneous |
undated |
2 | 6 | Morita, Fumiya -- Relocation |
undated |
2 | 7 | Notes |
undated |
2 | 8-9 | Photographs |
undated |
10 | Publications: Heart Mountain |
undated | |
Folder | |||
2 | 10-18 | References |
undated |
2 | 19 | Resources- Collection Guides |
1986-1994 |
2 | 20 | San Jose, CA Interviews |
undated |
12 | Slides: Heart Mountain women and children |
1984, 1996 | |
12 | Slides: Japan Lecture, Stress Management Workshop, Heart Mt. Presentation |
1980s | |
12 | Slides: Kellog Fellows, Heart Mountain Lecture |
undated | |
Folder | |||
2 | 21 | Surveys |
undated |
2 | 22-23 | Susan McKay Biographical Material |
undated |
Sub-Series 2. Audio-Visual Materials Contains audio cassette tapes of interviews with Heart Mountain Relocation Center internees and a video tape of an interview with internee Charlene Yoritsune
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Box | Item | ||
3 | 1-2 | Cassette Tapes--Atsuko, Abe |
March 2, 1995 |
3 | 3-4 | Cassette Tapes--Emi, Amy |
September 9, 1994 |
3 | 5-6 | Cassette Tapes--Emi, Susie |
September 11, 1994 |
3 | 7 | Cassette Tapes--Endo, Ada |
August 18, 1994 |
3 | 8-9 | Cassette Tapes--Kawakami, Mary Hidaki |
November 11, 1997 |
3 | 10-11 | Cassette Tapes--Hironaka, Katie |
March 9, 1995 |
3 | 12-13 | Cassette Tapes--Ikegami, Midori |
September 19, 1994 |
3 | 14-15 | Cassette Tapes--Jio, Mary |
September 19, 1994 |
3 | 16-17 | Cassette Tapes--Komatsu, Michi |
March 6, 1993 |
4 | 1-2 | Cassette Tapes--Kuomiya, Emiko |
September 10, 1994 |
4 | 3-4 | Cassette Tapes--Masunaga, Hiroko |
September 8, 1994 |
4 | 5-6 | Cassette Tapes--Masunaka, Mitsuko |
September 10, 1994 |
4 | 7-8 | Cassette Tapes--Morrita, Fumi |
September 10, 1994 |
4 | 9-12 | Cassette Tapes--Pease, Aiko |
August 17, 1994 |
4 | 13-14 | Cassette Tapes--Shiba, Rose |
March 7, 1995 |
4 | 15-16 | Cassette Tapes--Takagi, Mary |
December 10, 1997 |
4 | 17 | Cassette Tapes--Toriumi, Sophie |
March 3, 1995 |
5 | 1-3 | Cassette Tapes--Toriumi, Sophie |
March 3, 1995 |
5 | 4-5 | Cassette Tapes--Uriu, Alice |
December 12, 1997 |
5 | 6-7 | Cassette Tapes--Watanabe, Chiye |
March 6, 1995 |
5 | 8-9 | Cassette Tapes--Yoritsune, Shigeko |
March 9, 1995 |
5 | 10-11 | Cassette Tapes--Group -- Martha Hirose, Okuri Yamamoto, Mary Akasi, Grace Isitani |
March 7, 1993 |
Folder | |||
Digital | ahcdm_400036_001-005 | Manuscript and book artwork on CD and zip disks |
undated |
Box | Item | ||
6 | 1 | Yoritsune, Charlene Interview on VHS Tape |
undated |
12 | Video: Dr. McKay, Heart Mountain, Wyo, Channel 5, Cheyenne (VHS) |
2002 | |
Sub-Series 3. Oversize Contains Artwork and a panoramic photograph of the Heart Mountain Relocation Center in Wyoming, and a bag from a 1997 Heart Mountain reunion.
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Box | Item | ||
6 | 2 | Artwork |
undated |
6 | 3 | Panoramic photograph |
undated |
6 | 3 | Reunion bag |
1997 |
7 | 1 | The Courage our Stories Tell: The daily lives of Maternal Child Health Care of Japanese American Women at Heart Mountain |
2002 |
Series II. Materials pertaining to Pregnancy and ChildbirthReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | |
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Sub-Series 1. Subject Files |
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Box | ||
Books written by Susan McKay: |
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Box | ||
8 | Assertive Childbirth |
1983 |
8 | Family-Centered Maternity Care |
1984 |
8 | A Study of the Effects of Peer Counseling of Junior Nursing Students at the University of Wyoming |
1978 |
8 | Teaching Strategies for Emotional Transition to Parenthood |
1983 |
9 | FDA Consumer Advisory Commission |
undated |
9 | Manuscript: Stress Management for Pregnancy and Birth - Releases Book #3 |
undated |
9 | Manuscript on child birth |
undated |
14 | Negatives: child birth, miscellaneous (black and white 35mm) |
1980s |
13 | Photographs: Lamaze classes, Birth photos |
1980s |
9 | Presentation Papers |
undated |
9 | Presidential Award Nominee Susan Anne McKay notebook |
undated |
8 | Publications: Maternal Child Health |
1983-1993 |
11 | Slides: Mod 1-4, Series I final |
undated |
11 | Slides: Mod 1-8, Series II final |
undated |
12 | Slides: American Childbirth |
1984, 1996 |
12 | Slides: Obstetrics lectures |
1980s |
13 | Slides: UN Women's Conf., Japan birth lectures, Birth humanizing birth, USSR "peace" trips, Obstetric tour |
1982, 1985, 1986 |
9 | Unpublished book drawings by Charles Mahaw, M.D. obstetrician |
1983 |
Sub-Series 2. Audio-Visual Materials |
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Box | ||
7 | Reaching Out, Early Pregnancy Series (instructional self-help kit for pregnant rural women, containing a diary guide, topical cassettes, and related film canisters, written and published by Susan McKay) |
1970s |
11 | Audio: Mod 3-4, Series I - 1/2 track master tape (7" reel to reel tape) |
undated |
11 | Audio: Mod 5, Series II - 1/2 track master tape (7" reel to reel tape) |
undated |
11 | Audio: Mod 8, Series II - 1/2 track master tape (2 - 7" reel to reel tapes) |
undated |
11 | Audio: Mod 1-4, Series I - 1/2 track master (6 - 5" reel to reel tapes) |
undated |
11 | Audio: Mod 1-8, Series II - 1/2 track master (13 - 5" reel to reel tapes) |
undated |
11 | Audio: Mod 1-4, Series I (6 cassette tapes) |
undated |
11 | Audio: Mod 1-8, Series II (12 cassette tapes) |
undated |
11 | Audio: "Reaching Out" Series I, Modules 1-4 (4 cassette tapes) |
undated |
11 | Audio: "Reaching Out" Series II, Modules 1-8 (8 cassette tapes) |
undated |
12 | Film: Birth in the Squatting Position #3 (16mm) |
June 21, 1983 |
12 | Video: Second State Labor Project, Uwyo (VHS) |
undated |
Series III. Materials pertaining to Women, Girls, Armed conflict, and Peace-buildingReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | ||
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Box | |||
Articles by Susan McKay: |
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Box | |||
10 | Gender, Peacebuilding, & Reconstruction |
2005 | |
10 | Children & Conflict |
2011 | |
10 | Afro dall'Africa sull'Africa |
2003 | |
10 | Gender & Development |
2006 | |
10 | Bulletin of the Atomic Scientist |
2001 | |
10 | Handbook on Participatory Methods for Community-based Projects |
2010 | |
10 | Community-Based Reintegration of War-Effected Young Mothers |
2010 | |
10 | Studies in Conflict & Terrorism |
2005 | |
10 | A World turned Upside Down |
2006 | |
10 | Culture, Religion, & the Reintegration of Female Child Soldiers in North Uganda |
2010 | |
Books written by Susan McKay: |
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Box | |||
8 | Where are the Girls? |
2004 | |
8 | Women & Peacebuilding |
1999 | |
Folder | |||
13 and Digital | ahcdm_400036_006 and 010 | Bellagio Conference (presentations and images) |
2005-2006 |
Digital | ahcdm_400036_019-022 | Bellagio Conference pictures (4 CDS) |
2005 |
Box | |||
10 | Dr. Susan McKay, Media Tech - "Raising Women's Voices for Peacebuilding" |
undated | |
10 | Jeminie Shell Masters Thesis - "An Analysis of Community-Based Psychosocial and Economic Reintegration Efforts by Young Mothers Formerly Associated with Armed Groups in Sierra Leone" |
2010 | |
13 | Photo album: Round the world trip to study women's peacebuilding |
1999 | |
13 | Photo Badges - Susan McKay (3) |
undated | |
Folder | |||
Digital | ahcdm_400036_023 | Photographs: Africa work, Miranda Worthen |
2003 |
Box | |||
13 | Photographs: St. Petersburg |
1988 | |
Folder | |||
Digital | ahcdm_400036_016-018 | Photographs: Sierra Leone, pics by Miranda Worthen |
2003 |
Digital | ahcdm_400036_009 | Photographs: writing workshop, SL pictures (CD) |
2003-2004 |
Box | |||
Presentations: |
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Folder | |||
Digital | ahcdm_400036_015 | Broken Hearts presentation, PowerPoint (CD) |
2003-2004 |
Digital | ahcdm_400036_014 | Girls at War presentation, PowerPoint (CD) |
April 2005 |
Digital | ahcdm_400036_013 | Reconstructing Fragile Lives - Ohio State presentation, PowerPoint (CD) |
April 2004 |
Digital | ahcdm_400036_008 | Returned and Neglected: Portland symposium presentation, PowerPoint (CD) |
June 2005 |
Digital | ahcdm_400036_007 | Sierra Leone presentation (PowerPoint) - Miranda Worthen (CD) |
December 2003 |
Digital | ahcdm_400036_012 | What is Peace Psychology/Gender presentation, PowerPoint (CD) |
2003 |
10 | Publications: Miscellaneous |
undated | |
8 | Publications: Peace & Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology Vol. 9-14 |
2003-2009 | |
10 | Research - Women & Peacebuilding Papers |
undated | |
10 | Rights & Democracy, Press Clippings |
2004 | |
9 | Seminar notes: Democratization, Perestroika & Glasnost, Implications for US/USSR |
1988 | |
12 | Slides: Peace Psych presentation address, "Bridges for Peace" |
1984, 1996 | |
12 | Slides: USSR peace trips, Bridges to Peace |
undated | |
12 | Video: Beijing (VHS) |
undated | |
Folder | |||
Digital | ahcdm_400036_011 | Videos and pictures: PAR (CD) |
2007-2009 |
Series IV. Personal Papers (Restricted from use until January 1, 2060)Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | |||
15 | Diaries (personal) |
1956-2017 | |
16 | Mahan: |
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Box | |||
16 | Letters to Dr. Charles Samual Mahan |
1985-2016 | |
16 | Photos of Charles Mahan and McKay |
1984-2007 | |
16 | Greeting cards |
1982-2014 | |
16 | Wessells: |
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Box | |||
16 | Correspondence |
1985-2000 | |
17 | Correspondence |
2001-2016 | |
17 | Greeting cards and photographs |
1986-2010 | |
17 | Clipped articles and publications |
1993-1997 | |
17 | "Psychologists for…" articles and correspondence |
1986-2000 | |
17 | Video: |
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Box | |||
17 | Birth of Leah Esther Feldman Suetsky to Liz Feldman and Jay Suetsky (restricted, must have permission of Liz Feldman and Jay Suetsky to view) (VHS) |
November 21, 1991 | |
17 | "America's Defense Monitor" (VHS) |
1993 | |
17 | 802 Hannah Emily Feldman (VHS) |
December 26, 1988 | |
Research data: |
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Box | |||
17 | Uganda |
2001 | |
17 | Mozambique |
2001-2002 | |
17 | Collaboration with Dyan Mazurana |
2000-2003 | |
17 | "Girls Grant" |
2001-2002 | |
17 | PAR research |
2006-2009 | |
17 | Field notes |
2003 | |
17 | Sierra Leone map |
2003 | |
17 | Sierra Leone notes |
October 2003 | |
17 | Calendar- Sierra Leone |
2003 | |
17 | Field notes and tape notes |
2002 | |
17 | Uganda field notes and contact info |
2001-2002 | |
17 | Singer on child soldiers |
2007 | |
17 | Unlabeled field notes |
undated | |
18 | Freetown notes from memory |
undated | |
Digital | ahcdm_400036_048 | PAR site reports partial set and spread sheet (CD) |
June 23, 2009 |
Box | |||
18 | Slides - Argentina |
1985 | |
Digital | ahcdm_400036_047 | West Africa video and photographs (CD) |
January 2008 |
Box | |||
18 | Audio recordings (research): |
1990-2002 | |
Box | |||
18 | Mambola: |
2003 | |
Box | |||
18 | Meeting with elders (cassette tape) |
October 21, 2003 | |
18 | Trad healers/ TBA meeting (cassette tape) |
October 21, 2003 | |
18 | Kambia team discussion (cassette tape) |
October 15, 2003 | |
18 | Recording #2, tapes 1-12 (tape #3 is empty) (cassette tape) |
October 2003 | |
18 | Message from Charlie, partial message from Mike (cassette tape) |
December 1990-January 1991 | |
18 | Mike Wessells APA pres speech (cassette tape) |
August 1992 | |
18 | Susie McKay (cassette tape) |
Feburary 7, 1990 | |
18 | RLS impressions (2 cassette tapes) |
July 31, 1986 - January 10, 1991 | |
18 | Women's communication tapes: |
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Box | |||
18 | Laura Arthson/ Courtney O'Connor (cassette tape) |
May 24, 2002 | |
18 | Courtney O'Connor/ CAVE (cassette tape) |
May 28, 2002 | |
18 | Maude Peacock TRC/ Jeff Kyle CAUSE/ CAVE (cassette tape) |
May 29, 2002 | |
18 | CAVE/TRC (cassette tape) |
May 29, 2002 | |
18 | May Williams/ CAUSE- Mabinky Bangura/ UNICEF (cassette tape) |
May 30, 2002 | |
18 | UNICEF/ CAUSE (cassette tape) |
May 31, 2002 | |
18 | CCF (cassette tape) |
June 3, 2002 | |
18 | FAWE/TRC Yasmine (cassette tape) |
June 3, 2002 | |
18 | Cavitas Makeui/ IRC (cassette tape) |
June 4, 2002 | |
18 | DDR (cassette tape) |
June 6, 2002 | |
18 | School for deaf (cassette tape) |
undated | |
18 | Makenie/ Girls from school (cassette tape) |
undated | |
18 | Cavitas Makenie (2 cassette tapes) |
June 6, 2002 - June 7, 2002 | |
18 | Binta Masurai (cassette tape) |
June 7, 2002 | |
18 | FAWE- Christiana Thorpe/ OIC 4 young women (cassette tape) |
June 10, 2002 | |
18 | 4 RUF women finish/ CCF Masiaka Mawoma community (cassette tape) |
June 10, 2002 | |
18 | Mawoma (cassette tape) |
June 11, 2002 | |
18 | Mamaliki trad healers (side A empty) (cassette tape) |
June 11, 2002 | |
18 | Finish CCF world vision (cassette tape) |
June 12, 2002 | |
18 | World vision BO town girls/ Alfred Kamara (cassette tape) |
June 12, 2002 | |
18 | World vision IRC- alpha Agnes/ World vision- Rose (cassette tape) |
June 13, 2002 | |
18 | COOPI/ World vision Rose (cassette tape) |
June 14, 2002 | |
18 | COOPI/ Chris Robertson (cassette tape) |
June 15, 2002 | |
18 | Rosaline McCarthy/ Andy Brooks (cassette tape) |
June 15, 2002 | |
18 | End interview with Andy Brooks (cassette tape) |
June 16, 2002 | |
18 | UNICEF (Donald and Glenis) (cassette tape) |
undated | |
18 and Digital | ahcdm_400036_024-046 | Sierra Leone recordings and transcripts (CDs) |
2004 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Maternal and infant welfare -- Wyoming -- Park County -- History -- 20th century.
- Maternal health services -- Wyoming -- Park County -- History -- 20th century.
- Peace-building -- Women.
- Rural health services -- Wyoming.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans -- Health and hygiene -- Wyoming -- Park County.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans -- Social conditions -- Wyoming -- Park County.
Corporate Names
- Heart Mountain Relocation Center (Wyo.)
Geographical Names
- Sierra Leone.
- Wyoming -- History, 1939-1945.
- Wyoming -- History, 1946-1999.
Other Creators
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Personal Names
- Abe, Atsuko, interviewee
- Emi, Amy, interviewee
- Emi, Susie, interviewee
- Endo, Ada, interviewee
- Hironaka, Katie, interviewee
- Ikegami, Midori, interviewee
- Jio, Mary, interviewee
- Kawakami, Mary, interviewee
- Kessel, Velma, interviewee
- Komatsu, Michi , interviewee
- Kuromiya, Emiko, interviewee
- Masunaga, Hiroko, interviewee
- Masunaka, Mitsuko, interviewee
- McKay, Susan, 1942- : Courage our stories tell
- Morita, Fumiye, interviewee
- Pease, Aiko, interviewee
- Shiba, Rose, interviewee
- Takagi, Mary, interviewee
- Toriumi, Sophie, interviewee
- Uriu, Alice, interviewee
- Watanabe, Chiye, interviewee
- Yoritsune, Charlene, interviewee
- Yoritsune, Shigeko, interviewee