The 1942 Manzanar Diary of Robert L. Brown

The 1942 Manzanar Diary of Robert L. Brown: Owens Valley Booster as Incarceration Camp Administrator

Edited by Arthur A. Hansen. Assisted by Susan Brown Phelps, Jane Wehrey, and Rose Masters.

This transcribed and edited wartime diary of Robert L. Brown—a trained journalist who served as public relations staff and assistant director at the Manzanar concentration camp—reveals the thoughts and perspective of the jailer, providing a window into the views of the local population around the presence and experience of a concentration camp for Japanese Americans in their community. In addition to the heavily footnoted diary, the book includes a prologue, introduction, and epilogue from Arthur A. Hansen, providing context for the journal as well as how Hansen came to transcribe the work with Brown’s blessing.

A departure from the typical recovered narratives from incarcerees, Brown’s diary is a historically significant primary source that provides insight into camp administration and local community relationships with Manzanar and a rich primary source for specialists in the field of Japanese American incarceration.

Hardbound: 220 pp.

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