Central Utah Relocation Center
Organization
Found in 23 Collections and/or Records:
Willis Carl and Pearl Graul Nugent photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P1584
Abstract
Willis Carl Nugent and his wife Pearl Graul Nugent worked as Protestant missionaries in Japan beginning in the 1920s. In 1942, they moved to Delta, Utah, to minister at the Central Utah Relocation Center, or Topaz. This collection contians photographs, postcards, and cards documenting the Nugents' work at Topaz and serving as missionaries in Japan dating from 1927 to 1951.
Dates:
1927-1957
Saving the Legacy oral history audio recordings
Collection
Identifier: A0864
Abstract
The Saving the Legacy oral history audio recordings consists of interviews with World War II veterans living in Utah and the Intermountain Region about their experiences, early, and after war lives. The oral histories were taken by the American West Center, University of Utah. The collection was later expanded to include all war veterans.
Dates:
2000-2006
Saving the Legacy oral history project transcripts
Collection
Identifier: ACCN 2070
Abstract
The American West Center, at the University of Utah, is involved in a nationwide effort to preserve the stories of men and women who witnessed the events of World War II. This oral history project, Saving the Legacy: An Oral History of Utah's World War II Veterans, has the mission of interviewing veterans living in Utah and the Intermountain Region. The American West Center later expanded their mission to include all war veterans....
Dates:
2001-2010
Takasaburo and Lillian Sakaye Sekino papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: ACCN 2158
Abstract
The Takasaburo and Lillian Sakaye Sekino papers (1940s-1950s) contain documents related to the Sekino family's internment at Topaz during World War II.
Dates:
1940-1949
Sandra C. Taylor papers
Collection
Identifier: ACCN 1808
Abstract
The Sandra C. Taylor papers (1942-1999) contain research files, notes, material related to Vietnam and the Vietnam War, and photocopies of documents produced by the War Relocation Authority Board relative to the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II. There is also material primarily relating to the conflict in Indochina, and its repercussions in American society. Also included are manuscript drafts written by Taylor and by others whose research she consulted. Taylor is a...
Dates:
1942-1999
Sandra C. Taylor photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P0898
Abstract
The Sandra C. Taylor photograph collection contains images related to Vietnam and the Vietnam War and images produced by the War Relocation Authority Board depicting the incarceration of Japanese-Americans during World War II.
Dates:
1945-1987
Faith Terasawa papers
Collection
Identifier: ACCN 1473
Abstract
The Faith Terasawa papers (1942-1955) contain documents resulting from the internment of her family at the Central Utah Relocation Center ("Topaz") from 1942-1945. These include personal records, especially those surrounding the death of her father, Rev. B. H. Terasawa; camp administrative documents; educational documents; and camp publications.
Dates:
1942-1955
Faith Terasawa photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P0602
Abstract
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.
Dates:
circa 1930-1955
Topaz Museum interviews
Collection
Identifier: ACCN 2465
Abstract
Transcripts of interviews (2008) conducted with individuals associated with internees at the Topaz internment camp in Utah.
Dates:
2008
Topaz oral histories photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P0726
Abstract
The Topaz oral histories photograph collection contains one black and white candid shot of a young typist at Topaz. There are also four color photographs of various Japanese political figures in Washington D.C., during 1988.
Dates:
1940s-1988