Miss Mabel Rose Jamison This is Me

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1. 1. Mabel Rose Jamison (Jamie) Vogel (1906–1994) - Encyclopedia of Arkansas

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   Mabel Rose Jamison (Jamie) Vogel (1906-1994)
   
   Mabel Rose Jamison (Jamie) Vogel taught art to Japanese American children and adults at the Rohwer Relocation Center during World War II.
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   "Miss Jamison" brought to this unique American experience set in a bleak camp in the uncleared swamplands of the Arkansas Delta a respect for people of all nationalities, including the thousands of imprisoned West Coast Japanese Americans uprooted from their California homes. Such respect was not typical in the United States at that time, and it was certainly not the norm in Arkansas. When the teacher left the Desha County camp as the war came to an end, she took with her not only the friendship of former students, but also an abiding commitment to continue her support of the Japanese-American community and a determination to preserve the pieces of art her students had produced.
   
   Mabel Rose Jamison was born in Texas on September 11, 1905. Her sisters called her "Bodie," but to her friends, she was known as "Jamie." She graduated from Arkansas State Teacher's College (now the University of Central Arkansas). Her education also included the study of art from private instructors, and she went on to teach art at Mabelvale High School (Pulaski County) and at the Normal School of the Ozarks near Harrison (Boone County).
   
   Jamison was unmarried when she accepted from the War Relocation Authority (WRA) an appointment to teach at Rohwer Relocation Center.
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   The Schooling of Japanese American Children at Relocation Centers During World War II: Miss Mabel Jamison and Her Teaching of Art at Rohwer, Arkansas. Lewiston, New York: The Mellen Press, 2005.