Japanese American history exhibit at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, exhibited 1981

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University of Wisconsin--Madison. Asian American Student Union

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Panels from an exhibit created by the Asian American Student Union at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, documenting Japanese American history. Images include: working on railroads, in canneries,...

Panels from an exhibit created by the Asian American Student Union at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, documenting Japanese American history. Images include: working on railroads, in canneries, farms, retail, and trucking; families awaiting relocation to internment camps and at internment camps, during World War II; the 442nd Infantry Regiment; and naturalization of Issei. The exhibit was displayed at Memorial Union, University of Wisconsin-Madison, in conjunction with a symposium and workshops, April 1982. The exhibit copy negatives and prints were made from images loaned to the Asian American Student Union from the National Japanese American Citizens League, San Francisco, California; Chicago Japanese American Citizens League, Illinois; ; National Archives, Washington, D.C.; and Bancroft Library, University of California-Berkeley. Loose photographs and copy negatives are also included.

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