Court Session at Heart Mountain Relocation Center

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Description

The original caption for this photograph reads: Heart Mountain Relocation Center Heart Mountain, Wyoming. A session of the court at the Heart Mountain Relocation Center. The court is composed of seven judges selected from the residents and appointed by the Project Director. They preside over infractions of center regulations and ordinary civil court cases.

Citation

This primary source comes from the Records of the War Relocation Authority.

National Archives Identifier: 537166

Full Citation: Photograph 210-G-B571; Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Heart Mountain, Wyoming. A session of the court.; 6/4/1943; Central Photographic File of the War Relocation Authority, 1942 – 1945; Records of the War Relocation Authority, Record Group 210; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/heart-mountain-court/, February 10, 2026]

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