Kooskia Internment Camp scrapbook
Content Description
In 2005, the son of one of the camp’s now-deceased guards discovered the scrapbook among family memorabilia and offered it to the University of Idaho. Consequently, the scrapbook was purchased by the University of Idaho Library with financial assistance from the Library Associates, a friends group.
The original binding and covers were removed at an unknown time. It is also unknown who took the photos or compiled the scrapbook. The finding aid is organized by page then by individual photos on each page.
Dates
- Creation: 1944
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Biographical / Historical
The Kooskia Internment Camp is a World War II detention facility that was located in a remote area of north central Idaho. The camp was administered by the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) for the U.S. Department of Justice. It held men of Japanese ancestry who were determined to be enemies of the U.S., even though most of them were long-time U.S. residents. The Japanese internees at the Kooskia camp came from 23 states.
Extent
2 linear feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This scrapbook is a hand-made manuscript consisting of 148 photographs (and two drawings) of activities and and buildings related the Kooskia Internment Camp.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Materials acquired from Micheal Moshier in 2005 (MA 2005-10).
Existence and Location of Copies
This photographs from this scrapbook were digitized and made into the Kooskia Internment Camp Scrapbook.
Subject
- Kooskia Internment Camp (Idaho) (Organization)
- Title
- Kooskia Internment Camp scrapbook
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Amy Thompson; updated by Sara Szobody in 2024.
- Date
- 2022
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives Repository