MANCUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS RELATING TO THE AMACHE RELOCATION CENTER

MSS-007. Joseph McClelland Collection

McClelland, War Relocation Authority Reports Officer and camp photographer of the Amache Relocation Center, was responsible for sending out press releases to the media. The collection consists of a complete run of the Granada Pioneer for the 1942-43 and various other publications concerning Japanese Americans. Also included is a taped interview with Mr. McClelland.

Collection dates: 1941-1945
Collection size: .5 linear feet

MSS-008. Lloyd Garrison Collection

Dr. Garrison was superintendent of Schools at the Amache Relocation Center. This collection contains letters from internee students, copies of yearbooks and student newspapers, various printed items produced by or for Amache residents, and printed materials on Japanese-American relocation. Also included are black and white identified photographs of students at Amache and a taped interview with Mrs. Garrison.

Collections dates: 1942-1946
Collection size: .5 linear feet

MSS-009. Kathy Odum Collection

Mrs. Odum was a high school teacher, counselor and senior class sponsor at the Amache Relocation Center High School, 1942-1945. Items in the collection include publications by and for the high school students and reports on Japanese-Americans in Colorado. Also included is a taped interview with Mrs. Odum.

Collection dates: 1942-1945
Collection size: .25 linear feet

MSS-010. Ernest Tigges Collection

Tigges was the Farm Superintendent at the Amache War Relocation Center. Items include his personnel records, wartime travel permission orders, a name index of Center staff and internees, 1942-46, and taped interview.

Collection dates: 1942-1946
Collection size: .25 linear feet