Newspaper The Rohwer Outpost (Rohwer [Ie. McGehee], Arkansas) 1942-1945 [Online Resource] Outpost / Rohwer news / Rowher jiho

Title

• The Rohwer Outpost (Rohwer [Ie. McGehee], Arkansas) 1942-1945 [Online Resource]

Other Title

• Outpost
• Rohwer news
• Rowher jiho

Summary

• The War Relocation Authority camp newspapers kept the incarcerated Nikkei informed of a variety of information, including administrative announcements, orders, events, vital statistics, news from other camps, and other necessary information concerning daily life in the camps.

Names

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

Dates of Publication

• 1942-1945

Created / Published

• Rohwer [ie. McGehee], Arkansas : [Rohwer Relocation Center], 1942-1945.

Headings

• -  Japanese Americans--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945--Newspapers
• -  Japanese Americans--Arkansas--Rohwer--Newspapers
• -  World War, 1939-1945--Japanese Americans--Newspapers
• -  Japanese American newspapers--Arkansas
• -  McGehee (Ark.)--Newspapers
• -  Rohwer (Ark.)--Newspapers
• -  Desha County (Ark.)--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
• -  Arkansas--Desha County
• -  Arkansas--Rohwer
• -  Forced removal and internment of Japanese Americans--(1942-1945)
• -  World War--(1939-1945)
• -  1939-1945
• -  United States--Arkansas--Rohwer
• -  United States--Arkansas--Desha--McGehee

Genre

• Newspapers

Notes

• -  Semiweekly
• -  Began with: Vol. 1, no. 1 (Oct. 24, 1942); ceased with: Vol. 7, no. 6 (July 21, 1945).
• -  English section published weekly, July 7-21, 1945.
• -  Bound with a preliminary issue dated October 9, 1942 with title: Bulletin.
• -  Has supplements.
• -  Electronic reproduction. Seattle, Washington : Densho digital Archive, 2008.
• -  English and Japanese.
• -  Published at the Rohwer Relocation Center Desha County, southeastern Arkansas, established by the War Relocation Authority.
• -  The December 24, 1942 issue marked the arrival of the Jiho, a four-page Japanese language supplement that was largely a direct translation of the English paper. The Rohwer Outpost's last issue was released on July 21, 1945, before it was transformed into the Rohwer Relocator, a bulletin issued by the WRA that focused on camp closing procedures and relocation opportunities for the remaining inmates. Rohwer War Relocation Center officially closed on November 30, 1945.
• -  Description based on: Vol. 1, no. 1 (Oct. 24, 1942); title from caption (Densho Digital Archive, viewed December 19, 2016).
• -  Latest issue consulted: Vol. 7, no. 6 (July 21, 1945) (hdl.loc.gov, viewed May 5, 2025).
• -  Rohwer relocator 3067-8994 (DLC) 2025200946 (OCoLC)973887552

Medium

• 1 online resource (7 volumes ) : illustrations

Call Number/Physical Location

• ISSN RECORD

Digital Id

• http://archive.densho.org/Core/DAObjectsByCollection.aspx?id=132 External
• https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.sgp/jaicn.sn84025150

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2025200945

OCLC Number

• 966435024
• n966435024

ISSN Number

• 3067-896x

Succeeding Titles

• Rohwer Relocator (McGehee, Arkansas) 1945 to 1945 [Online Resource]

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/2025200945

Additional Metadata Formats

• MARCXML Record
• MODS Record
• Dublin Core Record