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Register of the Joseph Conard and Josephine Whitney Duveneck collection
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Stanford, California
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Collection Summary
Title: Joseph Conard and Josephine Whitney Duveneck collection
Dates: 1940-1946
Collection Number: XX032
Collector: Conard, Joseph, collector.
Collection Size:
5 manuscript boxes
2 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Pamphlets, reprints, newsletters, clippings, reports, letters, and notes, relating to conditions in the Japanese relocation
camps in the United States during World War II.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives
Languages:
English
Administrative Information
Access
Collection is open for research.
Access to audiovisual materials requires at least two weeks advance notice. Audiovisual materials include sound recordings,
video recordings, and motion picture film. Hoover staff will determine whether use copies of the materials requested can be
made available. Some materials may not be accessible even with advance notice. Please contact the Hoover Institution Archives
for further information.
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Joseph Conard and Josephine Whitney Duveneck collection, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives.
Acquisition Information
The collection was given to the Hoover Institution by Mr. Joseph Conard and Mrs. F.S. Duveneck of the American Friends Service
Committee, San Francisco.
Accruals
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find
the collection in Stanford University's online catalog Socrates at
http://library.stanford.edu/webcat . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in Socrates is larger than the number of boxes
listed in this finding aid.
Scope and Content of Collection
Pamphlets, reprints, newsletters, clippings, reports, letters, and notes, relating to conditions in the Japanese relocation
camps in the United States during World War II.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945.
World War, 1939-1945--United States.
Duveneck, Josephine Whitney, 1891-
Box: 1
Newsletters of various organizations concerned with justice for Japanese Americans
Scope and Content Note
[The quality of these materials varies widely from the excellent Resettlement Bulletin of the Committee on Resettlement of
Japanese Americans to the Pastoral Letter which is of dubious value as research material.]
Box: 1
Japanese-American Committee for Democracy Newsletter,
July 1944 - August 1946
Box: 1
Committee on Resettlement of Japanese Americans,
Resettlement Bulletin,
April 1943 - April 1946
Box: 1
Japanese-American Relations Committee, Information Bulletin,
March 1942-February 1946
Box: 1
Friends of the American Way, 3 newsletters,
undated
Box: 1
Pastoral Letter to All Friends of Oriental American
Peace and Justice newsletter,
May 24, 1940
Box: 1
Japan Friends' News, newsletter
undated
Box: 1
California Fellowship of Reconciliation, newsletter,
April 2, 1943
Box: 1
Relocation of Japanese American students materials
Box: 1
Gordon Hirabayashi Defense Committee, 1 letter,
April 16, 1943
Box: 1
National Japanese American Student Relocation Council, minutes of meetings, reports, etc.,
September and October, 1943
Box: 1
Reprint of article on relocation of American-Japanese Students from the Journal of the Association of Collegiate Registrars,
April, 1943
Box: 1
Printed list of Educational Institutions Attended by Relocated Students,
undated
Box: 1
Printed (private) Directory of American Students of Japanese Ancestry in Schools of Higher Education
Box: 1
Printed Study of Vocational Experiences of University of California Alumni of Japanese Ancestry
Box: 1
Application form for employment
Box: 1
Report of an incident of possible discrimination against a relocated nurse
Box: 1
National Student Relocation Council, newsletters and progress reports, a series of copies of relocation applications sent
to the War Relocation Authority by MSEC on behalf of individual students,
July 1942 - February 1943
Box: 1
Newspaper clippings
Scope and Content Note
envelope of undated California newspaper clippings and items from the following newspapers and magazines:
Baltimore Sun, Collier's, Yankee Army Weekly, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, San Francisco Chronicle, Palo Alto Times, New World-Sun
Daily, Japanese American News, The Utah Nippo, The Progressive (Madison, Wisconsin), The Woodland Democrat, The Home Front
Commando, The Civil Liberties Quarterly and The American Civil Liberties Union News (September, 1942 - March, 1945), The Pacific
Citizen (several editions), The Newell Star, The Manzanar Free Press, The Santa Anita Pacemaker (several editions), and The
Granada Pioneer (several editions)
[This collection is so diverse that it defies any useful organization. The Home Front Commando is a good illustration of violently
anti-Japanese sentiment. The camp publications from Manzanar, Santa Anita, Granada, and Newell and the American Civil Liberties
Union articles are particularly interesting.]
Box: 1
personal letters and papers
Box: 1
March, 1942
to George Tolson from N. Kodaira; Japanese in Seattle, Washington
Box: 1
June 18, 1942
to Kiss Nichols from Mr. Chiura Obata; acknowledgement of reciept of gifts
Box: 1
June 24, 1942
to Mrs. Duveneck from Peggy Hayes AFSC business
Box: 1
July 1, l942
to Mr. C. Obata from unknown; reply
Box: 1
July 2, 1942
to Dr. R. Jones from George New; religious education in evacuation centers
Box: 1
Jan. 19, 1943
to Dr. J. Carpenter from unknown; education in evacuation centers
Box: 1
Feb. 1, 1943
to Dr. R. Jones from unknown; recommendation for Miss Helen
Box: 1
July 23, 1943
to Friends Meeting House Rhoda Dickinson; a gift of $15.36
Box: 1
Aug. 3, 1943
to Mr. Bryant from Mrs. E. Pendleton; a collection of clippings accompanied letter
Box: 1
Aug. 12, 1943
to Rhoda Dickinson from Mrs. D Duveneck; acknowledgement of gift of July 23, 1943
Box: 1
Aug. 13, 1943
to Mrs. Van Wormer from Mrs. Duveneck; correspondence on relocation in East
Box: 1
Aug. 22, 1943
to Mrs. Duveneck from Frank Osasa; personal letter
Box: 1
Sept. 18, 1943
to Mrs. Duveneck from unknown; regarding Miss T. Washino
Box: 1
Nov. 20, 1943
to unknown father from unknown son; printed reproduction of letter from a Nisei soldier
Box: 1
Nov. 21, 1943
to Mrs. Duveneck from Yukiko Suzuki; personal letter
Box: 1
Dec. 23, 1943
to Mrs. Duveneck from James Azuma; personal letter
Box: 1
Jan. 3, 1944
to Miss Duveneck from Mr. and Mrs. H. Hida; personal letter
Box: 1
Jan. 19, 1944
to Mrs. Duveneck from Tak Matsui; personal letter
Box: 1
Jan. 21, 1944
to Miss Duveneck from Violet Takeshita; personal letter
Box: 1
Jan. 22, 1944
to Miss Duveneck from D. Asano; personal letter
Box: 1
Feb. 4, 1944
to Mrs. Duveneck from Amy Yamanihi; personal letter
Box: 1
Feb. 16, 1944
to Miss Duveneck from Grace Tanabe; personal letter
Box: 1
Commentary on radio discussion,
Aug. 29, 1944.
Scope and Content Note
Question: What to do with the Japanese now in the internment camps in America and whether or not they should be allowed to
return to the Pacific Coast. The questions were asked to young children in San Francisco
Box: 1
Dec. 2, 1944
to Mrs. Duveneck from Esther Rhoads; poem written by Idella Stone
Box: 1
Dramatic reading by Dave Tatsuno, Topaz High School,
December 22, 1944
Box: 2
Pamphlets and reprints
Scope and Content Note
[This collection of pamphlets and reprints is an excellent source of materials for a wide variety of research projects.It
is a useful index to the activities of many organizations seeking to educate various sectors of their communities on the question
of Japanese Americans during wartime.]
Box: 2
Questions and Answers for Evacuees
Box: 2
Pertinent Facts about Relocation Centers and Japanese-Americans
Box: 2
Relocation of Japanese-Americans
Box: 2
Relocation Communities for Wartime
Box: 2
Evacuees Challenge to Democracy
Box: 2
Publications from Relocation Centers
Box: 2
The Japanese Evacuation and the Minority Problem (Heart Mountain)
Box: 2
Christmas Collection of Prose and Poetry (Poston)
Box: 2
Miscellaneous pamphlets from a wide variety of sources
Box: 2
Fellowship of Reconciliation
Box: 2
various church groups, including Colorado Council of Churches
Box: 2
American Friends Service Committee
Box: 2
The Committee for Resettlement of Japanese-Americans National Japanese American Student Relocation Council Citizens Committee
for Resettlement Post War World Council University of Chicago Roundtable, and University of California Roundtable
Box: 2
Universities Committee on Post-Jar International Problems
Box: 2
Japanese American Citizens League
Box: 2
Pacific Coast Committee on American Principle and Fair Play
Box: 2
Territorial Emergency Service Committees
Box: 2
reprints of various articles about Japanese-Americans from sources such as
The Commonweal, Readers Digest, and other publications
Box: 2
Copies of
True Comics, Nippon to America, The Bussei Life
Box: 2
War Relocation Authority (WRA) and Congressional reports
Box: 2
The Japanese Question, a speech by Senator Homer T. Bone of Washington. Senate,
September 10, 1942
Box: 2
Segregation of Loyal and Disloyal Japanese in Relocation Centers, a message from President Roosevelt,
September 14, 1943
Box: 2
Report, Second Territorial Conference-Morale and Emergency Service Committees,
July 21-23, 1944
Box: 2
The California Civic Unity Call for Immediate Action,
September 16, 1946
Box: 2
"Religion and Economics" by Toyohiko Kagawa, 1929 from
Labour Speaks for Itself on Religion
Box: 2
Miscellaneous War Relocation Authority (WRA) materials: policy statements, definitions of functions and duties, clarification
of facts concerning camp life, protest incidents, and accidents, speeches by WRA officials; WRA position on Japanese American
loyalty, and other materials
Box: 2
2 sheets of "a review of West Coast newspaper items in the past month ending July 15 and indicating attitude."
Box: 2
copies of public statements by Joseph Grew, the Honolulu Police Department, the Chief of Military Information in Hawaii, and
J. Edgar Hoover on the loyalty of Japanese Americans
Box: 2
resolutions adopted by various organizations concerning
Japanese Americans copies of newspaper articles, radio editorials, etc. concerning the records of Nisei soldiers and the loyalty
of Japanese Americans
Box: 2
Newsletter from "Conference between Americans of Occidental and Oriental Ancestry"
January 13, 1941
Box: 2
Forum on Japanese Americans in the Victory program,
undated
Box: 2
C.P.M. Information for members and prospects
Box: 2
"The United States- Japan Conflict" by Bertram Pickard
December 8, 1941
Box: 3
Notebooks of miscellaneous materials on Japanese Americans during the initial months of World War II
Box: 3
Notebook,
December 194l-February 1942
Scope and Content Note
Contains a summary of Proclamations of President of the U.S. Dec 7, and 18, 1941 and Jan 14, 1942; newspaper clippings; minutes
of meetings and reports of the American Friends Service Committee; one copy (January 1942) of
Current Life, a national Nesei magazine; correspondence with Mrs. Duveneck (includes Esther B. Rhodes letter, March 3, 1942); minutes
of a meeting of the Immigrant Serving Agencies of the Community Chest of San Francisco Information; bulletins of the Japanese
American Relations Committee; a Plan for Government Sponsored Farm and Craft Resettlement for People of Japanese Parentage,
proposed by a member of a Nisei organization; report to and from Raymond Booth; Letter from Lincoln Kanai Dec 1941; NRS Bulletin
Feb 20, 1942; FBI Raid in Mountain View Feb 21, 1942; questionnaire for resettlement; Presidential Proclamation #2526 Dec
15, 1942; statement from Mike Masaoka Jan 7, 1942; discussion of Japanese Situation at Executive Committee meeting Feb 7;
Committee of Immigrant Serving Agencies minutes Jan 30, 1942; and statement Received from Mike Masaoka Jan 7, 1942
Box: 3
Notebook,
March 1942
Scope and Content Note
Contains miscellaneous materials about the first few months of the war and the decision to evacuate Japanese Americans. The
materials included are newspaper clippings (primarily from Bay Area newspapers), magazine articles, American Friends Service
Committee Bulletins, and personal letters.
Box: 3
Notebook,
April 1942
Scope and Content Note
Contains miscellaneous materials concerned primarily with the initial months of evacuation. The materials include newspaper
clippings, pamphlets, American Friends Service Committee Bulletins, personal letters (some giving impressions of assembly
centers), and magazine articles.
Box: 3
Miscellaneous materials
Scope and Content Note
The folder includes: one brief program sheet of a Brotherhood Pageant at Tule Lake;
one sheet published by the Denver and Colorado Councils of Churches criticizing anti-Japanese American hate propaganda; a
four-page collection of statistics on relocated students; a three-page outline of the staff and program of the Tanforan Camp
Art School; minutes of meetings of the American Friends Service Committee; and two unidentifiable fragments of reports
Box: 4
Notebooks of miscellaneous materials, May-December, l942
Box: 4
Notebook,
May 1942
Scope and Content Note
Articles: report of San Francisco Friends Center May 9-June 8, 1942; Wartime Civil Control Administration May 1942; excerpts
from Letters from Japanese Evacuees May 25, 1942; American Friends Service Committee Bulletins May 1942; Public Affairs News
Service Bulletin No. VI May 12; The People Nobody Wants; Evacuation by H.V. and M.M. Nicholson, National Refugee Service;
special information bulletin, Tanforan: Report on Conditions in Camp as of May 9, 1942; Japanese Evacuation Reports, #4, 11,
12, Have We Forgotten Justice? by Caleb Foote, Newspaper clippings, and letters to Mrs. Duveneck, to Homer Morris May 25,
1942, from Fred H. May 6, 1942, from Grace May 19, 1942, and to Walter Homan May 30, 1942
Box: 4
Notebook,
June-August 1942
Scope and Content Note
Contains clippings and assorted materials contain a good deal of information on the initial problems of evacuation and the
relocation centers. Among the highlights are: Annual Report of the American Civil Liberties Union(June 1941-June 1942) publications
of the Fellowship of Reconciliation National Student Relocation Council; miscellaneous correspondence and reports of the Pacific
Coast American Friends Service Committee, including a personal account of a visit with Gordon Hirabayashi; Justice for the
Evacuees June 10, 1942; Moving the West-Coast Japanese Article undated; Special Release on Japanese Evacuation Test Case July
20, 1942; Report on Minandoka Relocation Project, ID Aug 1 and Tulelake Relocation Center, CA Aug 3;
Box: 4
Notebook,
September-December 1942
Scope and Content Note
The material includes: miscellaneous correspondence with Mrs. Duveneck [the lengthier typewritten letters from people within
the relocation centers are quite informative]; newspaper clippings; Japanese American Relocation Committee Information Bulletins;
one copy of
Survey Graphic (Sept. 1942), a magazine of social interpretation; Fellowship of Reconciliation Newsletter and publication
Outcasts!; a copy of a speech by Bradford Smith before the Japanese American Committee for Democracy In New York (December 6, 1942);
picture of Heart Mountain in Wyoming; article from "The Christian Century" Nov. 18, 1942;
The Resettlement of American-Born Japanese by George E. Rundquist Oct. 28; Remember Pearl Harbor meeting Dec. 6, 1942; The Guns of Toulon Nov. 27, 1942
Box: 5
Notebook,
January-June 1943
Scope and Content Note
Contains materials about l)life in the relocation centers and 2)the enlistment of Japanese Americans in the armed forces.
The materials included are primarily newspaper clippings and bulletins of the American Friends Service Committee.
Box: 5
Notebook,
July-December 1943
Scope and Content Note
Miscellaneous collection of materials dealing with 1) Japanese American soldiers and 2)problems at the Tule Lake center in
November 1943.
Box: 5
Notebook,
1943-1944
Scope and Content Note
Contains assorted issues of the following three publications: War Relocation Authority newsletters', July 26, 1943-Nov. 22,
1943, Japanese American Committee for Democracy newsletters,
Feb. 1943-Jan. 1944, and Resettlement Bulletin, Sept. 1943-June 1944
Box: 5
Notebook,
1944
Scope and Content Note
Contains miscellaneous newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and newsletters of various organizations. [much of the material is
duplicated elsewhere in the collection]. Among the highlights of the notebook are: Japanese American Relations Committee Information
Bulletins, a publication describing Amache, and a copy of the
Far Eastern Survey.
Box: 5
File of articles,
circa 1944
