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Guide to the Moriyuki Shimada Scrapbook, 1942-1945
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Description
Moriyuki Shimada was twenty-two years old when he and his family were forcibly removed from their home in Santa Clara, California
to the Heart Mountain Concentration Camp in Wyoming. Shimada created a scrapbook after the war with the photographs he had
taken and collected during his incarceration.
Background
Moriyuki Shimada (1920-2000) was twenty-two years old when he and his family were forcibly removed from their home in Santa
Clara, California to the Heart Mountain concentration camp in Wyoming.
Restrictions
All requests for permission to publish, reproduce, or quote from materials in this collection must be submitted to the Hirasaki
National Resource Center at the Japanese American National Museum (hnrc@janm.org).
Availability
Collection is open for research by appointment. Please contact the Japanese American National Museum's Manabi & Sumi Hirasaki
National Resource Center at (213) 830-5680 or hnrc@janm.org to schedule an appointment. The Resource Center hours are Tuesday
through Sunday, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.