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Newspaper The Minidoka Irrigator (Hunt, Idaho) 1942-1945 [Online Resource]

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Title

  • The Minidoka Irrigator (Hunt, Idaho) 1942-1945 [Online Resource]

Summary

  • The Minidoka War Relocation Center was in operation from 1942--1945 and one of ten camps at which Japanese Americans, both citizens and resident "aliens," were interned during World War II. Under provisions of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Executive Order 9066, all persons of Japanese ancestry were excluded from the West Coast of the United States. At its peak, Minidoka housed 9,397 Japanese Americans, predominantly from Oregon, Washington, and Alaska.

Names

  • Denshō (Organization)
  • Minidoka Relocation Center
  • United States. War Relocation Authority

Dates of Publication

  • 1942-1945

Created / Published

  • Hunt, Idaho : WRA, 1942-1945.
  • Hunt, Idaho : Minidoka Consumers' Cooperative

Headings

  • -  Minidoka Relocation Center--Newspapers
  • -  Minidoka Relocation Center
  • -  Japanese Americans--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945--Newspapers
  • -  Japanese Americans--Idaho--Hunt--Newspapers
  • -  World War, 1939-1945--Japanese Americans--Newspapers
  • -  Hunt (Idaho)--Newspapers
  • -  Américains d'origine japonaise--Relogement et internement forcés, 1942-1945--Journaux
  • -  Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945--Américains d'origine japonaise--Journaux
  • -  Japanese Americans
  • -  United States
  • -  Idaho--Hunt
  • -  Forced removal and internment of Japanese Americans--(1942-1945)
  • -  World War--(1939-1945)
  • -  1939-1945
  • -  United States--Idaho--Jerome--Hunt

Genre

  • Newspapers

Notes

  • -  Weekly, February 27, 1943-July 28, 1945
  • -  Began with: Volume 1, number 1 (September 10, 1942); ceased with: Volume 5, number 22 (July 28, 1945).
  • -  Collected in Japanese camp papers.
  • -  Electronic reproduction. Seattle, WA : Densho Digital Archive, 2008.
  • -  English and Japanese.
  • -  Published at the Minidoka Relocation Center Hunt, Idaho, established by the War Relocation Authority for civilians of Japanese ancestry.
  • -  Description based on: Vol. 1, no. 1 (Sept. 10, 1942); title from caption (hdl.loc.gov, viewed May 1, 2025).
  • -  Latest issue consulted: Volume 5, number 22 (July 28, 1945) (hdl.loc.gov, viewed May 1, 2025).

Medium

  • 1 online resource (5 volumes) : illustrations

Call Number/Physical Location

  • ISSN RECORD

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2025200925

OCLC Number

  • 962078772
  • n962078772

ISSN Number

  • 3067-8412

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Chicago citation style:

The Minidoka Irrigator Hunt, Idaho -1945 Online Resource. (Hunt, ID), Jan. 1 1942. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2025200925/.

APA citation style:

(1942, January 1) The Minidoka Irrigator Hunt, Idaho -1945 Online Resource. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2025200925/.

MLA citation style:

The Minidoka Irrigator Hunt, Idaho -1945 Online Resource. (Hunt, ID) 1 Jan. 1942. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, aj.sunback.homes/item/2025200925/.