Victoria Denson High School Yearbook, 1944
date: label: date made
content: circa 1944
notes: label: Description
content: This high school yearbook belonged to Eddie Kagimoto and was published in 1944, from Victoria Denson High School in Block 33 in the Jerome, Arkansas prison camp.
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content: The yearbook is titled "Up the Trail" because of the extraordinary lengths students took to ensure they got their education, but not only that, the lengths they took to make sure they were on par with other students around the country. When Camp Jerome announced its imminent closure, students took longer class periods and even went to school on Saturday so they would not fall behind in their education. Students faced lack of supplies, starting school early in the sweltering heat, and cramped quarters.
label: Description
content: The Jerome, Arkansas prison camp was a Japanese American prison camp located in Arkansas near the town of Jerome. It opened on October 6, 1942, and closed on June 30, 1944. It was opened following Executive Order 9066, which authorized military leaders to create exclusion military zones where persons of threat could be excluded from, allowing for the forced relocation of 120,000 Japanese Americans.
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content: The Jerome camp was separated into 50 blocks with a barbed wire fence, a patrol road, and seven watchtowers. Around 300 individuals lived in each cramped block. The families lived in one-room apartments, and sometimes were forced to share this small room with another family. There was little insulation in the barracks.
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content: The residents of Jerome farmed, worked at the saw mill, or made soap. In their time off from work and school, residents formed social and cultural clubs and distracted themselves with recreation and other activities to distract from the dismal conditions of the prison camp.
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content: At Denson High, a variety of clubs and organiztions were provided, such as National Honor Society, Campus Co-Ed, Art Club, Band Club, Chorus, Home Economics, Industrial Arts, Victoria Condensor, Quill and Scroll Club (journalism), Girl Reserves, Music and Radio Club, Junior Red Cross, Chess and Checkers Club, Chemistry Club, Commercial Club, Dramatic Club, Typing Club, Math Club, Senior Needlecraft, Junior Needlecraft, Music Appreciation, Drill Team, Latin Club, Cheer Leaders, a football team, and a basketball team.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Japanese American
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content: Executive Order 9066
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: gift of Fusae Kagimoto
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2016.3120.10
label: nonaccession number
content: 2016.3120
label: catalog number
content: 2016.3120.10
objectType: label: Object Name
content: yearbook
label: Object Name
content: Yearbook
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
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content: ink (overall material)
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content: cardboard (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 3/4 in x 8 in; 27.305 cm x 20.32 cm