Substantial Run of an Internment Camp Newspaper
Heart Mountain Sentinel and Hato Maunten Senchineru: Japanese Edition of Heart Mountain Sentinel (Run of 40 and 22 issues, respectively)
Publication: Heart Mountain, WY: Heart Mountain Sentinel, 1944–1945.
Notes: A substantial run of both the English and Japanese editions of this internment newspaper, spanning the final year of the camp. The Heart Mountain Sentinel is generally considered one of the best internment camp newspapers, written by a team of professional journalists from the best Japanese-American publications on the West Coast.
The paper chronicles the actions of former internees serving in the Army in Europe, programs sponsored by the War Relocation Authority, the progress of civil rights lawsuits, examples of prejudice outside the camp, and the ups and downs of the Heart Mountain sports teams. Beginning with the X-Day cover story on December 23, 1944, proclaiming the end of internment, the subsequent issues are filled with reports from camp members who had returned home, accounts of the sometimes hostile White response to the returning Japanese Americans, and information about resettlement programs and requirements.
The Japanese-language issue, mimeographed at the Heart Mountain Relocation Center, is a digest version of the main paper.
Present here are the following issues:
Heart Mountain Sentinel, vol. III, nos. 31, 32–52; vol. IV, nos. 1, 2, 4–8, 10, 11, 13–15, 17–20, 22, 27, 29 (July 29, 1944 to July 14, 1945). Eight pages each, tabloid size, 11 by 15-1/2 inches, printed on newsprint at the offices of the Cody Enterprise newspaper.
Hato Maunten Senchineru, vol. III, nos. 40–43, 45–52; vol. IV, nos. 1, 2, 4–8, 10, 11, 13 (Sept. 30, 1944 to March 24, 1945). Six pages each. 8 by 12-1/2 inches to 8-1/2 by 14 inches. Mimeographed.
Edition + Condition: The English-language Sentinel issues are very good, with tanning to the newsprint as usual. Minor chipping to the edges of a few issues, but remarkably well preserved overall. The Japanese-language issues are generally very good, with some tanning to the paper. Each issue is stapled and the staples are rusting; the top leaf of one issue has detached from the staple but again, it is remarkably well preserved.
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