1943 Rohwer Center High School Yearbook

About the Project

This 1943 Rohwer Center High School Yearbook belonged to Mitsuye Ito. Ito and her family were among the many Japanese Americans who were forcibly removed from their homes and business on the west coast and incarcerated in relocation camps during World War II. The yearbook was made by the staff, who wrote in the foreword of the book that they hoped students would have pleasant memories of school and remember their theme, the Mississippi River, as a symbol of life and perpetual forward motion. They also reminded the students that they were important to the Nation. The yearbook is signed by numerous students and teachers. Rohwer Center High School was located at the Rohwer Relocation Center in Desha County, Arkansas. This camp was one of the two incarceration camps built in Arkansas to house Japanese Americans from the West Coast. The camp was active from September 18, 1942, to November 30, 1945. The yearbook is in fragile condition and no longer has its cover. Help us transcribe this yearbook and make this important history more accessible.

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