The Nabata family of Wapato, WA were farmers who were sent to Heart Mountain Relocation Center for incarceration during World War II, from 1942 to 1945.
Executive Order 9066:
In 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which resulted in the incarceration from 1942 to 1946 of approximately 120,000 adults and children of Japanese ancestry, many of whom were United States citizens. They were expelled from their homes and placed in incarceration camps without due process and in violation of their civil rights. These camps were euphemistically referred to as “relocation centers” or “internment camps”. After decades of advocacy by the Japanese American community, in 1988 the United States issued a formal apology and began redress to survivors of Japanese incarceration during World War II.
This collection consists of three photographs collected by the Nabata family, taken at Heart Mountain Relocation Center during World War II. They are black and white prints (4 inches by 10 inches). The other images are of the incarceration camp buildings with Heart Mountain in the background. One of these is stamped "Photo by Oku."
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[Item Description]
Nabata Family Collection of Heart Mountain Photographs, circa 1942-1945 (SC 014.12)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Kazue Nabata Yamamoto donated this collection to the Washington State University Libraries in 2017 (MS.2017.16).
Cheryl Gunselman processed this collection in 2017.
In 2021, in response to evolving societal understanding regarding the language used to describe the impact of Executive Order 9066, this finding aid was revised to more accurately provide context to the mass incarceration of people of Japanese ancestry during World War II.
George and Frank C. Hirahara Photograph Collection of Heart Mountain, Wyoming, 1932-2016
Tom T. Hide Collection, 1925-2012
Okubara Family Collection, circa 1943-2008
Takeda Family Collection, 1938-circa 2012
Kenneth Nishiyori Collection, 1942-1944
George and Doris McIntyre Papers, 1944-1945
Mari Tsuruyama Okumura Collection, 1936-2014
Patti Hirahara Collection, 1955-2020
Terry Ishihara Collection, 1989-2012
Mike Mackey Collection, 1940-2002
Heart Mountain High School
Fusataro Nakaya Photographs, circa 1944
Frank Chin Oral History Collection, 1974-1986
Inez Puckett McEwen Collection on Japanese-American Incarceration, 1942-1943
Japanese American Redress Collection, 1976-2000
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