Description
Consists of surplus copies of U.S. War Relocation Authority documents,
including publications, staff papers, reports, correspondence,
memoranda, press releases, and a few photographs. Also includes
material collected and/or generated by the Japanese-American
Evacuation and Resettlement Study, University of California, Berkeley,
including evacuee diaries and letters, and staff correspondence,
reports, and studies.
Restrictions
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to The Bancroft Library. All requests for permission to
publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public
Services. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Bancroft Library as the
owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the
copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.
Availability
Access
The collection is open for research with the following restrictions:
Microfilm is to be used instead of originals.
Use of originals is permitted only by written permission of the curator.
Identity of evacuees mentioned in diaries and other personal documents created by employees of the Japanese Evacuation and
Resettlement Study (JERS) are protected until 2015 or the death of the person named. Such restricted materials are indicated
in the finding aid by a double asterisk.