Ruth W. Kingman Papers Related to the Pacific Coast Committee on American Principles and Fair Play, 1941-1952

Summary

Creators:

Kingman, Ruth W.

Abstract:

Ruth W. Kingman was the Executive Secretary of the Pacific Coast Committee on American Principles and Fair Play. The collection consists of correspondence and other papers related to the activities of that organization and Ruth W. Kingman's involvement in it. Includes materials related to the Tanforan Assembly Center, the Central Utah WRA (War Relocation Authority) Center in Topaz, Utah, correspondence with Japanese evacuees and incidental papers on the naturalization of Japanese.

Extent:

1 box (0.5 linear ft.)

Language:

English.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection consists of correspondence and other papers related to the activities of the Pacific Coast Committee on American Principles and Fair Play and Ruth W. Kingman's involvement in the organization. Includes materials related to the Tanforan Assembly Center and the Central Utah War Relocation Authority (WRA) Center in Topaz, Utah. Includes Kingman's correspondence with Japanese evacuees, including Chiura Obata on the Tanforan Center Art School, and American soldiers. Also includes incidental papers on the naturalization of Japanese.

Biographical / historical:

Ruth W. Kingman was the Executive Secretary of the Pacific Coast Committee on American Principles and Fair Play.

Physical location:

Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.

Related resources

Related material:

Japanese American Research Project Collection of Material about Japanese in the United States (Collection 2010) . Available at UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library.

Citizenship in a Democracy {oral history transcript} / Harry L. Kingman, interviewee. Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, California, 1973.

Japanese-American Relocation Reviewed {oral history transcript}. Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, California, 1976.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Women civic leaders--Archival resources.
Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945--Archival resources.

Names:

Pacific Coast Committee on American Principles and Fair Play.
Japanese American Research Project (University of California, Los Angeles).
Kingman, Ruth W.--Archives.

Location of this collection:

UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library

A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library

Box 951575

Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US

Contact:

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