Senate Investigation

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Title Senate Investigation
Note Images and descriptions were collected and provided by KUED in the making of their 1987 documentary about the Topaz Internment Camp. Some images were used in the documentary as representations of actual events occurring at Topaz.
Photo Number Box 1, No. 3-5
Subject Topaz Relocation Center (Topaz, Utah); Japanese Americans; World War II--United States; World War II; Governmental Investigations
Publisher Utah State Historical Society
Date 1943
Description Japanese-Americans attending a Senate investigation at the Topaz Relocation Center. Early in 1943, the Utah State Senate investigated Topaz on reports of waste"" and luxurious conditions. Reports proved unfounded.
Rights Digital Image © 2012 Utah State Historical Society. All Rights Reserved.
Format image/jpeg
Source Format Photographic print
Type Image/StillImage
Source Size 7.75x9.75 in.
Scanning Technician Jennkia Anderson
Holding Institution Utah State Historical Society
Scanning Institution Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library
File Name 39222002186349
Conversion Specifications Scanned by Utah State University Library Digital Initiatives staff using Epson Expression 10000 scanner, grayscale, at 800 dpi. Archival file is uncompressed TIFF.
ARK ark:/87278/s6h131zm
Source MSS C 125 The KUED Topaz (Utah) Residents Photograph Collection, 1987
Relation https://history.utah.gov/finding-aids/data/C00125/C0125.xml
Setname dha_kued_trc
ID 483299
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6h131zm