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== What is in This Collection? == | == What is in This Collection? == | ||
This collection is an index to | This collection is an card index to the Minidoka Irrigator, a weekly newspaper, of those interned at the Minidoka Japanese Relocation Center, also known as Camp Hunt, located in Jerome County, Idaho from 1942-1945. Japanese internment camps were established during World War II by President Franklin Roosevelt through his Executive Order 9066. From 1942 to 1945, it was the policy of the U.S. government that people of Japanese descent would be interred in isolated camps. Enacted in reaction to Pearl Harbor and the ensuing war, the Japanese internment camps are now considered one of the most atrocious violations of American civil rights in the 20th century. | ||
The Minidoka Japanese Relocation Center was opened August 10, 1942 and was in operation until October 28, 1945. It reached its’ maximum population of 9,397 in March 1943. Most of the internees came from the Seattle, Washington and Portland, Oregon areas with a few coming from Alaska. | The Minidoka Japanese Relocation Center was opened August 10, 1942 and was in operation until October 28, 1945. It reached its’ maximum population of 9,397 in March 1943. Most of the internees came from the Seattle, Washington and Portland, Oregon areas with a few coming from Alaska. | ||
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== What Can These Records Tell Me? == | == What Can These Records Tell Me? == | ||
The index cards reference the date and page of the ''Minidoka Irrigator'', a weekly newspaper published in and for the camp, in which the records can be found. | The index cards reference the date and page of the ''Minidoka Irrigator'', a weekly newspaper published in and for the camp, in which the records can be found. | ||