Lloyd Garrison Collection

Posted December 13, 2010 - 11:47am by revetts

Lloyd Garrison Collection
.5 linear feet ; one 5 inch gray box
The materials in this collection document several of the activities in the life of the Amache War Relocation Camp, Granada, Colorado, from 1943 to 1945.

Basic details

Control number:

MSS-008

Collection dates:

1943 - 1981

Size on shelf:

0.50 linear ft

Introduction

The Lloyd Garrison Collection
.5 linear feet ; one 5 inch gray box

Provenance

Donated to the Auraria Library Archives and Special Collections Department on March 26, 1981 by Hildred Garrison, Littleton, Colorado.

Biographical note

Lloyd Garrison was born in 1903 and attended high school in Twin Falls, Idaho. Graduating from the University of Northern Colorado with a BS in 1926, he taught and was a school principal for the next six years in Las Animas, Colorado. He received his Ph.D from Yale University in 1940.
He arrived at the Amache Internment Camp in 1943 to take up his post as Superintendent of Schools, where he remained until 1945.
Hildred Garrison was born in 1901 and attended high school in Sioux City, Iowa. She received a BA in Sociology from the University of Northern Colorado in 1927. She married Lloyd Garrison in 1928.

Historical sketch

1901 - Hildred Garrison born
1903 - Lloyd Garrison born in Denver, Colorado
1926 - Lloyd Garrison receives BS from University of Northern Colorado
1927 - Hildred Garrison receives BA from University of Northern Colorado
1928 - Lloyd and Hildred marry
1932 - Lloyd Garrison appointed Dean at Scottsbluff College in Scottsbluff, Nebraska
1940 - Lloyd Garrison receives Ph.D from Yale University
1943 - Appointed Superintendent of Schools at Amache Internment Camp, Granada, Colorado
1946-1960 - holds various positions at the University of Denver
1960-1970 - Appointed Director of Educational Programs, Region VII, Department of Health, Education and Welfare.
1975 - Lloyd Garrison dies
1990 - Hildred Garrison dies

Scope and content

The materials in this collection document several of the activities in the life of the Amache War Relocation Camp, Granada, Colorado, from 1943 to 1945.
A number of of the students letters discuss the cancellation of a football game against a nearby high school due to racial discrimination.
There is student written play "New Pioneers in America", an issue of the "Granada Pioneer", the student yearbook the "Onlooker" and a U.S. government report "Education Program in War Relocation Centers." There are also examples of the camp's silk-screen work.
There are also photographs from the camp, and a 45 minute interview with Mrs. Lloyd Garrison.

Container list

Lloyd Garrison Collection
one 5 inch gray box
File Folders
1/1              General/Christmas Correspondence – n.d.
1/2              Student letters – 1944
1/3              New Pioneers in America, a play - 1944
1/4              Newspaper: Granada Pioneer - 1945
1/5              Yearbook: Onlooker - 1943
1/6              Yearbook: Onlooker - 1945
1/7              WRA reports - 1945
1/8              Granada/Amache printed materials – n.d.
1/9              Photograph: Amache administrative staff/faculty – n.d.
1/10           Photograph: Graduation class – n.d.
1/11           Japanese relocation printed materials – n.d.
Envelopes
E/1              Prom Queen Lucy Nakano – n.d.
E/2              Prom attendant Yoshiko Oda – n.d.
E/3              Prom attendant Asano Kasai – n.d.
E/3              Prom attendant June Sato – n.d.
E/4              Prom attendant Fumi Sotomura – n.d.
E/5              Queen and attendants, Royal Ball – n.d.
E/6              High school physics class – n.d.
E/7              Woodworking shop tool room – n.d.
E/8              Student and teacher in wood shop – n.d.
E/9              Woodworking class – n.d.
E/10           Leo W. Kraus instructing high school class in properties on wood – n.d.
E/11           Typing class – n.d.
E/12           Typing class, Marguerite Anderson, teacher – n.d.
E/13           Orchestra with Charles Hinman – n.d.
E/14           Band with Charles Hinman – n.d.
E/15           Band and clarinetist – n.d.
E/16           Girls' Glee Club, Lowell M. Jackson, teacher – n.d.
E/17           Girls' Glee Club, Lowell M. Jackson, teacher – n.d.
E/19           Graduation Ceremony – ca. 1945
E/20           Graduation – ca. 1945
E/21           Graduation – ca. 1945
E/22           Graduation – ca. 1945
E/23           Graduation – ca. 1945
E/24           Graduation – ca. 1945
E/25           not in box
E/26           Graduation – ca. 1945
E/27           Graduation – ca. 1945
E/28           Graduation – ca. 1945
E/29           U.S. Flag Bearers - 1945
E/30           Christmas Ceremony – n.d.
E/31           Christmas Decoration – n.d.
E/33           Candy striper and Baby – n.d.
Audio tape - Cassette
1981           Interview of Hildred Garrison
March 26,1981 approximately 45 minutes in duration:
Mildred Garrison relates the circumstances of her involvement with the Amache Relocation Center as the wife of Lloyd Garrison, Superintendent of Schools at Amache. Major focus within the conversation is placed on the role of the schools within the center, changes in attitude toward the Japanese by local Coloradans, and living conditions of the evacuees within the center. Some attention is also given to the social and economic activities of the Japanese during their internment at the center and how this affected the staff of the relocation center as well as local people.
Major Subjects Discussed (sequentially)
1. Role of the center's school in community relations2. Circumstances of the Garrison family's move to the Amache Relocation Center3. Changes in attitude affected by local inhabitants toward Japanese4. Role of the schools within the center5. Mrs. Garrison's personal acquaintance with changes of attitude on the part of local people6. Difficulties of life for Japanese living in relocation center7. Evacuees' social and economic dealings with local people and staff