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One Book 2013/2014: When the Emperor was Divine: Art of the Internment

WWII and Japanese American Internment

Art and Documentation

Kenjiro Nomura : an artist's view of the Japanese American internment - Kenjiro Nomura, editor, June Mukai McKivorEdit/Delete
Call Number: 940.5317 N811k 1991
Publication Date: 1991
A local artist's paintings with accompanying text on the internment of Japanese Americans at Camp Harmony in Puyallup and Minidoka in Idaho.

American Memory Collection: Library of Congress

Lost for over 40 years, the Ansel Adams collection documented the life of Japanese Americans imprisoned in Manzanar.

Ansel Adams. 1943. Tom Kobayashi, Landscape, Manzanar Relocation Center, California

Art Collections & Exhibitions

Online exhibitions of art and crafts produced from the internment camps.