PARTNER

OBJECT ID

ddr-csujad-29-244 (CSUJAD Local ID: P187, CSUJAD Project ID: csufccop_jaoh_0630)

PARENT COLLECTION

CSU Fullerton Center for Oral and Public History Japanese American Oral History Project Collection

DESCRIPTION

Photograph of a former Heart Mountain incarceree and oral history narrator discussing Estelle Ishigo, a Caucasian woman and artist who went into camp with her Japanese American husband, Arthur Ishigo, when he was forcibly removed from Los Angeles. Ishigo also worked for the War Relocation Authority while at Heart Mountain. "Lone Heart Mountain" tells the story of Ishigo's camp experience through charcoal drawings and sketches she did while behind barbed wire. Photograph inscription: "The interviewee at one of her many speaking appearances before civic and educational groups. On this occasion she is publicizing a book, "Lone Heart Mountain," written by Estelle Ishigo, a Caucasian and fellow internee at the Heart Mountain Center in Wyoming." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: P187

CONTRIBUTOR

CSU Fullerton Center for Oral and Public History

PREFERRED CITATION

Courtesy of CSU Fullerton Center for Oral and Public History

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