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Title: Siberius Y. Saito drawings
Date: 1942
Collection Number: 79026
Contributing Institution:
Hoover Institution Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1 envelope
(0.1 linear feet)
Abstract: Photographic copies of sketches depicting the physical facilities at the Tanforan Assembly Center.
Creator:
Saito, Siberius Y.
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[Identification of item], Siberius Y. Saito drawings, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1979.
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Japanese-American architect and evacuee at Tanforan Assembly Center, California, 1942.
Scope and Content of Collection
In February 1942 President Roosevelt issued Executive Order #9066 which enabled the military to evacuate all Americans of
Japanese descent from California, Oregon and Washington. Internment camps were planned in the remote areas of Idaho, Wyoming,
Utah, Arizona, Arkansas and California to receive the evacuees.
The implementation of the order was started in March and evacuation started in April. Since the construction of the permanent
camps was just underway, the evacuees were temporarily placed in race tracks, county fair grounds, and livestock exhibition
halls hastily converted into detention camps with barbed wire fences, search lights, and guard towers. Tanforan Assemby Center
was located at the Tanforan Race Track in San Bruno about ten miles south of San Francisco. It was home to 5000 San Franciscans
for about 6 months until the permanent camp in the desert area of Utah was completed, the Central Utah Relocation Center,
better known as the Topaz War Relocation Center.
San Francisco was divided into evacuation districts and notices of the departure dates were posted in prominent places. On
the appointed day, the evacuees reported to the district depot with bed rolls and hand baggage. No other possessions were
allowed. Cameras, radios and weapons (including kitchen knives) had been confiscated previously. Transportation to Tanforan
was by means of Army commandeered buses.
The content of the collection is 24 photographic copies of sketches depicting the physical facilities at the Tanforan Assembly
Center. Titles and descriptions from paperwork included with images.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
United States. Tanforan Assembly Center (San Bruno, California)--Pictorial works.
Drawings.
Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945--Pictorial works.
Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945.
World War, 1939-1945--Pictorial works.
World War, 1939-1945--United States.