Heart Mountain Incarceration Camp Collection
Scope and Contents
This collection brings together materials documenting the Heart Mountain incarceration camp. The materials include meeting minutes, camp laws, and correspondence produced by Japanese Americans incarcerated at Heart Mountain Relocation Center, as well as legal documents from the People of Heart Mountain vs. Tom Yamada, and a small number of images.
Content Warning: The historical documents in this collection include euphemistic terms and racist language that were wrongfully used to describe Japanese Americans during and after the World War II period.
Dates
- Creation: 1943-1945
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for research use.
Conditions Governing Use:
Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of this collection has not been transferred to California State University, Northridge. Copyright status for other materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Historical Note:
The library created this collection of materials for study and research. The Heart Mountain incarceration camp was established by the U.S. government’s War Relocation Authority (WRA) to incarcerate Japanese Americans during World War II.
Full Extent
0.42 Linear Feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Heart Mountain incarceration camp was established by the U.S. government’s War Relocation Authority (WRA) to incarcerate Japanese Americans during World War II. This collection brings together materials documenting the Heart Mountain incarceration camp including meeting minutes, camp laws, and correspondence.
Processing Information:
The collection was initially processed by Tony Gardner. The finding aid was revised in 2012. The finding aid was revised again in 2026 to address outdated and harmful descriptive language. References to Japanese American “relocation,” “evacuation,” and “internment” during World War II were removed and replaced with community recommended/currently accepted terminology in 2026, such as “Japanese American incarceration.”
Genre / Form
- Title
- Guide to the Heart Mountain Incarceration Camp Collection
- Date
- 2012-04-05
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections & Archives Repository
University Library
California State University, Northridge
18111 Nordhoff Street
Northridge CA 91330-8326 USA
818-677-4594
asksca@csun.edu