Images from Topaz.
The single internment camp located in Utah was at Topaz, Utah, sixteen
miles west of Delta, Utah. Named for a nearby mountain, Topaz was in
the middle of an area charitably descibed as a "barren, sand-choked
wasteland." The
first internees were moved into Topaz in September, 1942, and it was
closed in October, 1945. At its peak, Topaz held 9,408 people in barracks
of tarpaper and wood.
The items in this exhibit were graciously lent to the University of Utah
by George G.
Murakami, a young American from Berkeley, California, who was interned in
Topaz.
For more information about the Japanese Relocation camps, see the
following: Japanese
Relocation Photograph Collection, P0144, and Topaz and
Hispanics in Utah, P0318.
.
Artifacts
Diploma from Topaz High.
Class of '44 Graduation Announcement
Class of '45 Graduation Announcement
Photographs
Kogiku Murakami and son, George. June, 1944. Topaz, Utah.
Group of Friends
Group of Friends
Group of Friends
Topaz Rams Football Team.
Recent History
Letter from President George Bush to internees,
1990
Topaz High School 40th Reunion
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