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Title
Camp
governance
Photographer
Unknown
Date created
circa 1942-1945
Description
A
system
of
camp
governance
was
organized
at
Amache
. The
Amache
Community
Council
consisted
of an
elected
representative
from each
block
. The
representatives
elected
a
five
member
executive
council
.
Elections
were held every
six
months
. Each
block
also had a "
block
manager
" who
spoke
Japanese
and
served
as an
intermediary
for the
WRA
administration
.
WRA
Project
Director
at
Amache
,
James
G
.
Lindley
,
outlined
the
four
objectives
of the
center
:
1)
temporary
housing
and
subsistence
,
2)
an
orderly
community
in which to
live
,
3)
education
and
training
for
youth
and
adults
and
4)
relocation
. The
purpose
of the
Amache
Council
was to
facilitate
the
realization
of the
objectives
. The
council
responsibilities
included
the
formulation
of
ordinances
governing
community
life
within
Amache
and
hearing
cases
involving
violations
of those
regulations
.
Type of object
Image
Physical description
1 photograph : b & w ; 20.3 x 27.9 cm
Institution
Sonoma State University Library
Rohnert Park, California
Subject (Place)
Amache (Colo.)
Subject (Name)
Amache Relocation Camp
Granada Relocation Center
Subject (Topic)
Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
Internment of Japanese Americans, 1942-1945
Amache Community Council
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Identifier
am3_0011
Original source
Fuchigami, Robert Y.
Source collection
North Bay Ethnic Archive
Digital collection
Camp Amache Digital Collection
Related resoures
http://iii.sonoma.edu/record=b1445694
Related links
http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/wwcod/granada.htm
;
http://www.amache.org/
Object form
Photograph
Digital reproduction
Original photograph scanned as a tiff at 400 dpi and 6000 ppi on the long side--Display jpeg set at 400 dpi and 1024 ppi on the long side
Date digitized
2011
Language
eng
Country of creation
U.S.
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