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Description of Parts and Sections
PART I: EVACUATION AND ASSEMBLY CENTERS DECEMBER 7, 1941-DECEMBER 1942.
Scope and Content Note
Originals: Box 1, folders 1-4
SECTION 1: STUDIES. (A)
Scope and Content Note
Originals: Box 1, folders 5-18; Boxes 2-15; Box 16, folders 1-9
Card file boxes: 1-6, 25 in Cartons 1, 9
Oversize folder 2 A
SECTION 2: PRE-EVACUATION POLICIES, PROGRAMS, AND STUDIES DECEMBER 7, 1941-MARCH 1942. (A)
Scope and Content Note
Arrangement
Originals: Box 16, folders 10-12; Boxes 17-24; Box 25, folders 1-13
Oversize folder 1 A
SECTION 3: EXCLUSION AND INTERNMENT IN ASSEMBLY CENTERS MARCH-NOVEMBER 1942. (B)
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Originals: Boxes 25, folders 14-21; Boxes 26-34
SECTION 4: WAR RELOCATION AUTHORITY (WRA), 1942-1946. (C)
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PART II: INTERNMENT IN RELOCATION CENTERS, 1942-1944 [1942-1946]. (D-T)
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Arrangement
Originals: Box 35, folders 1-2
SECTION 1: REPORTS. (D)
Scope and Content Note
Originals: Box 35, folders 3-21
SECTION 2: FEDERAL POLICIES AND PROGRAMS. (D)
Scope and Content Note
Originals: Box 35, folder 22; Boxes 36-52; Box 53, folders 1-11
Card file boxes 7-15 in Cartons 2-4
Card file boxes 26-34 in Cartons 9-13
SECTION 3: WAR RELOCATION AUTHORITY (WRA), WASHINGTON, D.C. (D-E)
Scope and Content Note
Originals: Box 53, folders 12-17; Boxes 54-71, Box 72, folders 1-10
Card file boxes 16-22 in Cartons 5-7
SECTION 4: WAR RELOCATION AUTHORITY (WRA) - REGIONAL AND RELOCATION OFFICES. (F)
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SECTION 5: WAR RELOCATION AUTHORITY (WRA) - RELOCATION CENTERS. (G-S)
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Arrangement
Originals: Box 72, folders 15-18; Boxes 73-97
Folios: fH 1.46, fH 1.92, fH 1.93, fH 5.86, fH 13.00
CENTRAL UTAH RELOCATION CENTER - TOPAZ, UTAH (H)
Scope and Content Note
Originals: Boxes 98-149; Box 150, folders 1-4
Card file boxes 35, 37-38 in Carton 14
Card file boxes 45-52 in Cartons 58-61
Folios: fJ 2.16, fJ 2.18, fJ2.348 (vols. 1-3), fJ 2.3481, fJ 2.3482, fJ 2.3483, fJ 2.3484, fJ 2.92 A, fJ2.92 B (1-3), fJ 3.64, fJ 17.01 (vols. 1-5)
Oversize folders 3 A; 4-6 C
COLORADO RIVER RELOCATION CENTER - POSTON, ARIZONA (J)
Scope and Content Note
Arrangement
Originals: Box 151, folders 5-11; Boxes 152-166; Box 167, folders 1-8
Folio: fK 6.48
GILA RIVER RELOCATION CENTER - RIVERS, ARIZONA (K)
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Originals: Box 167, folders 9-14; Boxes 168-185
Folio: fL 6.19
GRANADA RELOCATION CENTER - AMACHE, COLORADO (L)
Scope and Content Note
Originals: Boxes 186-193; Box 193, folders 1-13
HEART MOUNTAIN RELOCATION CENTER - WYOMING (M)
Scope and Content Note
Originals: Box 193, folders 14-20; Boxes 194-197; Box 198, folders 1-7
Folio: fN 2.15
JEROME RELOCATION CENTER - DENSON, ARKANSAS (N)
Scope and Content Note
Originals: Box 198, folders 8-10; Boxes 199-210; Box 211, folders 1-7
Folio: fO 3.37
MANZANAR RELOCATION CENTER - CALIFORNIA (O)
Scope and Content Note
Originals: Box 211, folders 8-14; Boxes 212-231; Box 232, folders 1-7
Folio: fP 4.52
MINIDOKA RELOCATION CENTER - HUNT, IDAHO (P)
Scope and Content Note
Originals: Box 232, folders 8-16; Boxes 233-239
Folio: fQ 3.27
ROHWER RELOCATION CENTER - MCGEHEE, ARKANSAS (Q)
Scope and Content Note
Originals: Boxes 240-270; Box 271, folders 1-3
Folios: fR 5.48 (A & B), fR 5.49
TULE LAKE RELOCATION CENTER - NEWELL, CALIFORNIA (R)
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Arrangement
Originals: Box 271, folders 4-15
LEUPP ISOLATION CENTER - WINSLOW, ARIZONA (S)
Scope and Content Note
Originals: Box 271, folders 16-20; Box 272, folders 1-3
SECTION 6: UNITED STATES FEDERAL GOVERNMENT - 78TH CONGRESS 1942-1944. (T)
Scope and Content Note
Originals: Box 272, folders 4-18; Box 273; Box 274, folders 1-2
SECTION 7: NORTHERN CALIFORNIA DISTRICT COURT AND 9TH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS, 1942-1950. (T)
Scope and Content Note
Originals: Box 274, folders 3-6
SECTION 8: RESEARCH MATERIALS REGARDING CALIFORNIA STATE GOVERNMENT (JERS), 1942-1945. (T)
Scope and Content Note
Originals: Box 274, folders 7-10
SECTION 9: RESEARCH MATERIALS REGARDING CALIFORNIA COUNTY ANDCITY GOVERNMENT (JERS), 1942-1945. (T)
Scope and Content Note
Originals: Box 274, folders 11-25; Box 275, folder 1
SECTION 10: RESEARCH MATERIALS REGARDING PUBLIC OPINION OF RESETTLEMENT (JERS), 1941-1945. (T)
Scope and Content Note
Originals: Box 275, folder 2-14; Boxes 276-284; Box 285, folders 1-6
Card file boxes 23-24 in Carton 8
SECTION 11: JAPANESE AMERICAN EVACUATION AND RESETTLEMENT STUDY (JERS): RELOCATION AND RESETTLEMENT. (T)
Scope and Content Note
Arrangement
Originals: Box 285, folders 7-18; Boxes 286-287; Box 288, folders 1-5
SECTION 12: ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED WITH RELOCATION. (T)
Scope and Content Note
Originals: Box 288, folders 6-16; Box 289, folders 1-9
SECTION 13: GALEN MERRIAM FISHER (1873-1955) FILES, 1942-1945. (T)
Scope and Content Note
Originals: Box 289, folders 10-15; Box 290, folders 1-10
SECTION 14: JAPANESE AMERICAN CITIZENS LEAGUE, 1942-1946. (T)
Scope and Content Note
Originals: Box 290, folders 11-13; Box 291, folder 1
SECTION 15: ARMED FORCES, 1943-1945. (T)
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PART III: FREEDOM AND INDIVIDUAL EXCLUSION, 1944-1946. (U)
Scope and Content Note
Arrangement
Originals: Box 291, folder 2
SECTION 1: WRITINGS, 1945. (U)
Scope and Content Note
Originals: Box 291, folders 3-11; Box 292
Folio: fU 1.16
SECTION 2: UNITED STATES FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. (U)
Scope and Content Note
Originals: Box 293; folders 1-5
SECTION 3: WAR RELOCATION AUTHORITY. (U)
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PART IV: STATISTICAL INFORMATION, 1942-1946 (V & X)
Scope and Content Note
Arrangement
Originals: Box 293, folder 6; Box 336
Cartons 17-57; 62-84
SECTION 1: WRA FORM 26: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION (V) [ACCESS RESTRICTED]
Scope and Content Note
Originals: Box 293, folders 7-13; Box 294, folders 1-2
SECTION 2: MISCELLANEOUS SUMMARIES, 1942-1945. (V)
Scope and Content Note
Originals: Boxes 327-335
SECTION 3: BIRTH AND DEATH CERTIFICATES, 1942-1946. (X) [ACCESS RESTRICTED]
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PART V: JAPANESE AMERICAN EVACUATION AND RESETTLEMENT STUDY RECORDS, 1930-1974. (W)
Scope and Content Note
Originals: Box 294, folders 3-15; Boxes 295-298; Box 299, folders 1-2
SECTION 1: OFFICE CORRESPONDENCE, 1940-1974. (W)
Scope and Content Note
Arrangement
Originals: Box 299, folders 3-10
SECTION 2: ADMINISTRATIVE FILES, 1942-1944. (W)
Scope and Content Note
Originals: Box 299, folders 11-15; Boxes 300-313; Box 314, folders 1-5
Card file box 39 in Carton 15
SECTION 3: STAFF AND FIELD COLLABORATOR WRITINGS, 1940-1948. (W)
Scope and Content Note
Originals: Box 314, folders 6-15; Box 315, folders 1-5
SECTION 4: DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR RESETTLEMENT STUDY, 1946-1947. (W)
Scope and Content Note
Originals: Box 315, folders 6-17; Boxes 316-326
Card file boxes 36; 40-44 in Cartons 14-16
SECTION 5: MISCELLANEOUS, 1930-1952. (W)
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Container Lists
Container List - Parts I-V
PART I: EVACUATION AND ASSEMBLY CENTERS, DECEMBER 7, 1941 -DECEMBER 1942.
SECTION 1: STUDIES.
The Japanese on the Pacific Coast: A Factual Study of Events, Dec. 7, 1941 to Sept. 1, 1942, prepared by Dr. George Gleason, Los Angeles County Committee for Church and Community Cooperation, Sept. 1942
Thomas, Norman. Democracy and Japanese Americans: The Story of an Act Unprecedented in American History.Post War World Council, New York, July 1942
Grant, Edmonia White
American Minority People during World War II. American Missionary Association, New York, Nov. 1945
"Evacuation: a selected bibliography on the Japanese Evacuation," Fellowship of Reconciliation, Berkeley, Jan. 22, 1943
A Touchstone of Democracy; the Japanese in America.
Additional Note
SECTION 2: PRE-EVACUATION POLICIES, PROGRAMS, AND STUDIES, DECEMBER 7, 1941 -MARCH 1942.
UNITED STATES FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
War Relocation Authority, The Control Program, n.d.
Navy Department, Ringle, K. D., reports, memos, and correspondence, n.d.
:0016, Folder A 5.02
War Department, miscellaneous memos and correspondence
:0413, Folder A 5.021
Grodzins, Morton, interview with John J. McCloy, Oct. 15, 1942; Jacobus Ten Broek, interview with Karl Bendetsen, July 8, 1952, related material
Western Defense Command and Fourth Army
Copies of memos and correspondence (JERS)
Department of Justice
Memos and correspondence, Jan. 1942-Sept. 1942
Blakemore, Thomas L., "The Nationality of American-born Persons of Japanese Descent Under Japanese Law," Jan. 14, 1946
Grodzins, Morton, interviews with Attorney General Francis Biddle, James Rowe, Edward Ennis, and Robert Hawley, plus notes
Regulations, proclamations, reports, and correspondence
Department of Agriculture
Final Report of the Participation of the Farm Security Administration in the Evacuation Program of the...Western Defense Command, Covering the Period March 15, 1942 through May 31, 1942, San Francisco, June 5, 1942
Supplemental Report of the Participation of the Farm Security Administration in the Evacuation Program of the Western Defense Command, Covering the Period June 1, 1942 through August 8, 1942, San Francisco, December 5, 1942
Farm Security Administration
002, Frame :0571-
:0038, Folder A 8.03
Forms, instructions, press releases
Correspondence
Japanese farm holdings, data, reports, and JERS research and notes
(see also:
Oversize folder 2 A)
USDA Defense Board, California
Davidson, David, correspondence, Dec. 1941-Feb. 1943
Minutes and excerpts of meetings, Dec. 1941-Dec. 1942
Correspondence re War Letter no. 77, Jan. 1942-Apr. 1942
USDA War Board
Memorandum no. 211 (Feb. 8, 1943) and no. 357 (May 28, 1943)
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Report of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco as the fiscal agent of the United States on the operations of the Evacuee Property Department as of May 22, 1942
Report of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco as fiscal agent of the United States on its operations in connection with the evacuation of German and Italian aliens and persons of Japanese ancestry from Military Area No. 1, Oct. 31, 1942
Regional Alien Property Custodian Office and persons of Japanese
Executive Order, memos and correspondence, Feb. 23, 1942-Aug. 9, 1943; JERS notes
Miscellaneous; JERS interview (M. Everson), notes
Evacuee Property Department, San Francisco
Office reports, case summaries; JERS research material
Miscellaneous data and copies of correspondence, 1942-1943
Case files
Farm property
Placer County
344, Frame :0262-
:0200, Folder A 10.032
Sacramento County
Urban Property
Farm and urban property case cards (A-Z)
JERS: Urban, commercial and farm property cards
Civilian Control Station
Reports, case numbers, storage lists
Motor vehicle disposition: instructions, forms, correspondence
JERS: Motor vehicle cards
Forms, press releases, instructions
Federal Security Agency
Neustadt, Richard M., Regional Director
Report on Alien Enemy Evacuation, Feb. 18, 1942
004, Frame :0514-
:0010, Folder A 11.02
Confidential file, meetings, Spring 1942
Notes
Miscellaneous correspondence and directives
77th Congress
Senate Committee on Military Affairs
Report of Proceedings of Meeting of March 13, 1942
Committee report no. 1171, March 16, 1942
House of Representatives. Committee on Military Affairs
Meeting minutes, March 17, 1942
Report no. 1906, March 17, 1942
Bills and resolutions, speeches
Grodzins, Morton, reports from Washington
Copies and excerpts of correspondence with Congressional Representatives
Toland Committee
Correspondence
Memos and interviews
Meeting notes and statements
Miscellaneous JERS notes
Committee on Evacuation of Japanese from Pacific Coast
Reports, memos and press releases, Mar. 16-Apr. 16, 1942
Committee on Alien Enemies and Sabotage
Summary of meeting of February 5, 1942, copies of correspondence, memos
Barnhart, Edward Norton, correspondence with U.S. District Courts about Grand Jury resolutions, June-July 1949, and notes
STATE POLICIES AND PROGRAMS
California
Grodzins, Morton, notes: Olson - pre-evacuation attitude; Barnhart, Edward Norton, research correspondence and drafts
Alien Land Law
Proceedings, Conference of Sheriffs and District Attorneys called by Attorney General Warren on the Subject of Alien Land Law Enforcement, Feb. 2, 1942
Correspondence regarding maps and notes
Photostatic copies of responses to Earl Warren telegram regarding subversive activities (A-Z)
Warren, Earl, 1891-1974
Memorandum on California Alien Land Law and Decisions Thereunder, Sept. 27, 1942; correspondence; Grodzins, "Warren - pre-evacuation attitude"
Barnhart correspondence and notes, 1949
Department of Industrial Relations, Division of Immigration and Housing, Carey McWilliams, correspondence and reports
Department of Agriculture
Correspondence
Barnhart research correspondence, 1951
State Personnel Board
Legal forms and questionnaires
Minutes of meetings, Dec. 21, 1941-Mar. 20, 1942
City and County Defense Councils
Resolutions, copies of correspondence
Barnhart research correspondence and notes
Superintendent of Banks, memo, April 2, 1945
Morton Grodzins' analysis of replies to Warren telegram of
Feb. 15, 1942
(see
A 15.04 for photostatic copies of replies)
Other States
Oregon
Copies of correspondence
Barnhart research correspondence, 1950
Washington
Barnhart research correspondence and notes
Colorado, North Dakota, Wyoming
Copies of correspondence, speech
JERS SURVEY OF THREE WESTERN STATES ON ACTION TAKEN BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
State Policies and Programs
California
County Boards of Supervisors
Grodzins research, 1943
Barnhart research, 1949-1951
City Governments
Additional Note
Grodzins
Pro research correspondence, April-Sept. 1943
Con research correspondence, 1943
California research correspondence, 1943
Barnhart research correspondence, May-July 1949
JERS: city and county notes, 1943
Los Angeles, Mayor Fletcher Bowron
Correspondence, speeches, interview, and JERS notes
County Grand Juries
Barnhart research, June-July 1949
Oregon
County Boards of Supervisors
Additional Note
City Governments
No comment, 1943
Pro and con, 1943
Barnhart research, 1949
Washington
County Boards of Supervisors
Correspondence, 1943 and 1949
City Governments (A-Z)
Barnhart correspondence
Digests of correspondence with cities and counties
PUBLIC OPINION SURVEYS
War Relocation Authority, Survey of Public Opinion in Western States on Japanese Evacuation
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Simms, D. Harper (Denton Harper), 1912-, Arizona, May 1, 1942
James, Norris, Colorado, May 1, 1942
Simms, D. Harper, Idaho, May 1, 1942
James, Norris, Montana, Apr. 25, 1942
Simms, D. Harper, Nevada, Apr. 25, 1942
Simms, D. Harper, New Mexico, Apr. 25, 1942
Scope and Content Note
James, Norris, Oregon, May 1, 1942
Simms, D. Harper, Washington, May 18, 1942
Scope and Content Note
James, Norris, Wyoming, Apr. 28, 1942
Dean, George D.
Review of Anti-Japanese Incidents and Local Sentiment in Fresno and Counties, California, April 30, 1942
Report on Sentiment in Del Rey, California, on Relocation Thereof
Japanese Newspaper, the Nichi Bei, April 29, 1942
Report on Attitude of Citizens and Officials in Tule Lake Area...Japanese Reception Center..., April 26, 1942
Summary of Press Reports of Merrill Incident from Klamath Falls, April 27, 1942
Western Institute of Public Opinion, Utah Public Opinion Survey, August 1942
JAPANESE AMERICAN EVACUATION AND RESETTLEMENT STUDY
Analysis of correspondence
Department of Justice correspondence files
To Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States
To Francis Biddle, Attorney General, Dec. 1941-Feb. 12, 1942
To Francis Biddle, Attorney General, Feb. 15, 1942-Mar. 1942
To J. Edgar (John Edgar) Hoover, 1895-1972
To Others
To Eleanor Roosevelt, Jan. 28, 1942-July 20, 1942
Report: summaries and tabulations of letter contents
Charts: geographic location
Charts: pro and con
Notes
Notes for analysis of relationship between arguments and geographic origin of letters
Digests of correspondence by area
Notes and digests of correspondence with Congressmen
Anderson, John Z.
Elliott
Tolan, John H.
Notes and digests of correspondence with Senator M. Wallgren
Copies of letters to Western Defense Command
California Food and Agricultural Trade Associations
Analysis of position, copies of correspondence, Grodzins interview with Chester Moore, notes on Tolan Committee exhibits, miscellaneous
Barnhart research on Americans Betrayed by Morton Grodzins
California Farm Organizations - California Farm Bureau Federation, Grange, Associated Farmers (organization)
Photostatic copies and letters, reports and analysis
Barnhart research correspondence and notes on Americans Betrayed
Merchant and Business Associations
Correspondence, copies of letters and analysis
Barnhart research correspondence and notes on Americans Betrayed
Chambers of Commerce
Copies of correspondence and resolutions
Barnhart research correspondence and notes
Service Clubs
Copies of correspondence
Barnhart research
Fraternal and Benevolent Societies
Photostatic copies of correspondence and resolutions
Barnhart research correspondence and notes
American Legion
Resolutions; Barnhart research
Native Sons of the Golden West
Barnhart research
California Joint Immigration Committee
Correspondence and press releases
San Francisco meeting minutes, Feb. 7, 1942 and related material
Labor Unions and Labor Councils
CIO report, correspondence, notes
Civic and Social Clubs
Resolutions, correspondence, notes
Religious Organizations
Resolutions and statements
Americanism Educational League
Dr. John R. Lechner
Miscellaneous and JERS notes
Post-War World Council
Miscellaneous
Pacific Coast Committee on American Principles and Fair Play
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
Hughes, John R.
Letters, interview and broadcasts
Correspondence regarding January 1942 Broadcasts, Sept. 1940-Mar. 1942
Farm Cooperative proposals
Miscellaneous
Tanaka, Togo, Pre-evacuation Pressure Group Activity in Southern California: Personality Sketches, May 30, 1943
Motives Underlying the Demand for Evacuation from the West Coast, with notes and outlines
Metropolitan California newspapers, analysis of stories and editorials
Rural presses
Digests of newspaper articles
Scardigli, R. J., Report on Japanese Evacuation Attitudes and Reactions [MISSING]
Buwalda, I. W., "California's Japanese in the Crisis"
Additional Note
Report on Conference at University Methodist Church, Los Angeles, Dec. 11, 1941
Violence against Japanese, 1942
Evacuee writings, journals, and reports
Kanai, L., memoranda, Mar. 28, 1942
Sakoda, James Minoru, 1916-, "As They Await Evacuation: the Impact of the War...," April 22, 1942
Shibutani, Tamotsu, 1920-
The Initial Impact of the War on the Japanese Communities in the San Francisco Bay Region, 1942
"Rumors in a Crisis Situation," masters thesis, University of Chicago, Sept. 1944
Tanaka, Togo
Journal, Sept. 4, 1940-Nov. 29, 1941
Journal, Dec. 1941-Apr. 3, 1942
Economic impact studies
Omachi, Joseph I.
Some Aspects of Economic Losses Suffered by Japanese Evacuees, January 28, 1942
Operation of Evacuated Japanese Farms by Farm Corporations
Neff, Philip, 1917-
The Changing Economic Status of the Japanese Community Since December 1941, June 1942
Draft 1, handwritten notes, and typed introduction
Draft 2, typescript
Additional Note
Draft 3, typescript
Paper and notes on Southern Californian Urban Areas, research materials
Paper and notes on Los Angeles Rural Areas, Statewide research materials
Miscellaneous letters and reports
News Research Service, Inc., Los Angeles
Copies of Newsletterand interview with Joseph Roos
SECTION 3: EXCLUSION AND INTERNMENT IN ASSEMBLY CENTERS, MARCH -NOVEMBER 1942.
WESTERN DEFENSE COMMAND
Civilian Exclusion Orders, nos. 1-108
Additional Note
Public Proclamations nos. 1-10, 12-17, 21
Additional Note
Civilian Restrictive Orders, nos. 1-28
Additional Note
Organization Map, Military Sectors, 1942
Additional Note
Broadsides of Exclusion and Restrictive Orders, Public Proclamations and Instructions, March 1942
Additional Note
WARTIME CIVILIAN CONTROL ADMINISTRATION (WCCA)
Bendetsen, Karl R.
The Story of Pacific Coast Japanese Evacuation, address, May 20, 1942
An Obligation Discharged, address, Nov. 3, 1942
Organization chart with description of official functions
Instructions Governing Operation and Maintenance of Assembly and Reception Centers, Regional Regulations and Procedures
Memos: Evacuation Projects, Mar. 20-Apr. 18, 1942
Memos: Evacuation Projects, Apr. 23-May 21, 1942
Memos: Transfer of Evacuees, etc., June 1-Dec. 18, 1942
Memos, administrative orders and procedural letters for assembly center managers
Miscellaneous copies of correspondence
June 11, 1942 Operation Manual with three supplements
July 18, 1942 Operation Manual with supplement
2nd Revised Operation Manual
Supplement for Revised Operation Manual
Selection of Important Record and Registration Forms Utilized by the Civil Affairs Division Western Defense Command
Map: Relocation Project Sites
Recommended Program of Recreation Activities for the Induction and Reception Centers Operated by the WCCA, n.d.
Statistical Division
Bulletins nos. 1-6 (Mar. 17-Apr. 7, 1942)
Bulletins nos. 7-11 (Apr. 13-May 15, 1942)
Bulletin no. 12: Characteristics of the Japanese Population, Mar. 15, 1942
Tables showing exclusion dates, number evacuated and destinations
Maps, 1940: Japanese Population of United States, Japanese Population: Western Defense Command Area, German and Italian Aliens: Pacific Coast Area
Charts: population statistics
Employed Japanese workers 14 years old and older
Press releases
Nos. 4-32 (Mar. 2, 1942)
Nos. 5-1 - 12-5 (Dec. 23, 1942)
Additional Note
Instructions and regulations for assembly center residents
Civil Control Stations
General instructions and Manual of Policies and Procedures for Social Work Staff
Sacramento
San Francisco
Fresno
Madera
Merced
Mixed-marriage policy
Construction and supply policy
Information Service Division
Miscellaneous correspondence
Transfer from assembly centers to relocation centers, Transfer Orders nos. 1-29
Civil Affairs Division
Memos and correspondence
Bulletins and digests of Japanese Organizations in the United States
REGIONAL ASSEMBLY CENTER ADMINISTRATION
Tanforan, San Bruno, California
General administration
Information Bulletin, nos. 1-31
Selective Service and occupational miscellany
Hospital report, WCCA Hospital, Merced, California, May-Aug. 1942
Tulare Assembly Center, Social Welfare Department
Survey of Population: Illness Pregnancy Infants, Aug. 1942; miscellaneous lists and statistics
Case reports, May 26-July 29, 1942; report no. 4, Religion
Tanforan, San Bruno, California
Education
Recreation
Work and field work reports
Tulare, California
Recreation progress report, May 26, 1942; police record of complaints, June 3, 1942;reports (no. 4, Religion)
Tanforan Assembly Council
Minutes of the Advisory Council, June 1942
Constitution, Executive Council minutes, bulletins, July 1-July 22, 1942
Executive Council, correspondence, July 6-July 31, 1942
House Managers' meeting minutes, May 6-Aug. 29, 1942
Publications
Camp Harmony, Puyallup, Washington
News-Letter, Vol. 1, nos. 1-12
(May 5-Aug. 14, 1942)
[NARA Reel 1]
015, Frame :0538-
:0139, Folder B 5.001
Fresno, California
Grapevine, Vol. I, nos. 1-19, one unmarked (May 23-July 29, 1942)
Grapevine, Vol. II, nos. 1-6, 9-20 (Aug. 1-Oct. 3, 1942)
Grapevine, Vol. III, nos. 1-4 (Oct. 7-Oct. 17, 1942)
Vignette: A Pictorial Record of Life in the Fresno Assembly Center, Oct. 1942
Merced, California
The Mercedian, Vol. 1, nos. 1-20 (June 9-Aug. 21, 1942)
The Mercedian, Souvenir Edition, August 29, 1942
North Portland, Oregon
Evacuazette, Vol. 1, no. 3 (May 26, 1942)
Pomona, California
Pomona Center News,Vol. 1, nos. 1-25 (May 23-Aug. 15, 1942)
Sacramento, California
Walerga Wasp, No. 5 (May 27, 1942), No. 9 (June 10, 1942)
Salinas, California
The Village Crier,Issue No. 7 (June 20, 1942)
Santa Anita, California
Pacemaker
[NARA Reel 1]
Vol. I, nos. A-14 (Apr. 18-June 3, 1942)
Vol. I, nos. 15-30 (June 6-July 29, 1942)
Vol. I, nos. 31-50 (Aug. 1-Oct. 8, 1942)
Santa Anita Pacemaker 1942
The Evacuee Speaks: Private Newsletter, Aug. 20, 1942
Stockton, California
El Joaquin
Vol. I, no. 1-12 (May 30-July 8, 1942)
Vol. II, nos. 1-12 (July 11-Aug. 19, 1942)
Vol. III, nos. 1-9, 11 (Aug. 22-Sept. 19, 1942)
Final edition, Sept. 28, 1942
Tanforan, San Bruno, California
Tanforan Totalizer,Vol. 1, nos. 1-19 (May 15-Sept. 12, 1942)
Tulare, California
Tulare News, Vol. 1, nos. 1-13, 15-22, 24-28 (May 6-Aug. 8, 1942)
Relocation: Tulare News Review, final issue, Aug. 28, 1942
Tanforan
Town Hall meetings, transcripts of discussions, 4th-8th meetings (June 17-July 15, 1942)
Miscellaneous
Santa Anita, California
Self Government Assembly, constitution and by-laws, miscellaneous documents
Federal Bureau of Investigation, report: Internal Conditions, Santa Anita Assembly Center; Riot of Evacuees, Aug. 4, 1942; miscellaneous reports
Fresno: An Accident of History, address, June 19, 1942
War Relocation Authority, Community Analysis Section file
JAPANESE AMERICAN EVACUATION AND RESETTLEMENT STUDY (JERS)
Studies and reports
Social Reintegration Among the Evacuated Japanese
Fresno Reception Center; Turlock Evacuation
Santa Anita, California
Tsuchiyama, Tamie, 1915-
Preliminary Report..., July 31, 1942
Attitudes: Issei, Oct. 3, 1942
Tanforan, San Bruno, California
Social Organization and Recreation; Enemy Aliens in the United States
Galbraith, Virginia, Rumors in Tanforan, n.d.
Hayashi, Doris
A Family Study, n.d.
A Progressive Girls's Group, n.d.
Religion, n.d.
The Young People's Council, n.d.
Hoshiyama, Fred
Case Study No. S.A., July 25, 1942
Recreation, n.d.; General Spot Observation: Shower Room Scenes, n.d.
Tanforan: Population and Composition, n.d.
Tanforan Political Activities, June 16, 1942
Ijima, Ben, The Mess Hall, n.d.
Kunitani, Michio, Tanforan Politics, n.d.
Shibutani, Tamotsu, Haruo Najima, Tomika Shibutani
The First Month at Tanforan: A Preliminary Report, n.d.
Tani, Henry, The Tanforan High School, Feb. 13, 1943
Thomas, Dorothy S., The Tanforan Totalizer; Censorship
Uchida, Kay and Grace Fujii, The Pre-School Program at Tanforan, n.d.
Yusa, Earle T., Tanforan Personnel
Sakoda, James Minoru, 1916-,
Field reports, nos. 1-3, May 1942 (Santa Anita and Tulare)
Studies and reports by others
War Relocation Authority, Milton Silverman
The Control Program, n.d.
Parker, n.d.
Salinas, April 30, 1942
Santa Anita, n.d.
Sharp Park, n.d.
McWilliams, Carey, 1905-
Inspection of Centers at Pomona and Santa Anita, June 15, 1942
Abbott, John W. for Tolan Committee - Evacuation from Los Angeles
Protecting Power, Spanish Consul
Correspondence, Aug. 6, 1942-Mar. 3, 1944
Visit form and reports, Dec. 21-22, 1943, Aug. 2, 1944
Diaries and journals
Tanforan Assembly Center
Hayashi, Doris
Diary, May-Sept. 1942
Ijima, Ben
Miscellaneous observations
Diary, May 22-Sept. 18, 1942
Yusa, Mrs. Earle
Diary, July 16-Sept. 29, 1942
Hoshiyama, Fred
Family history and autobiography
Tulare Assembly Center
Sakoda, James Minoru, 1916-
Journal, Apr. 24-June 14, 1942
List of JERS field workers and staff
Correspondence
Hoshiyama, Fred, Tanforan Assembly Center and Central Utah Relocation Center, Topaz
To Dorothy S. Thomas, June 22-Sept. 20, 1942
To and from Friends, Apr. 15-Aug. 29, 1942
Najima, Haruo, Tanforan
To and from Virginia Galbraith, et. al. Apr. 22-June 24, 1942
Nakano, Sam, Fresno Assembly Center
To and from Virginia Galbraith, May 15-Oct. 6, 1942
Okazaki, Mari, May 25-June 18, 1942
Sakoda, James Minoru, Tulare Assembly Center
To and from Dorothy S. Thomas, Apr. 27-June 12, 1942
Takahashi, Nobumitsu, Tanforan Assembly Center
To and from Virginia Galbraith, May 19-Sept. 14, 1942
Tsuchiyama, Tamie, Santa Anita Assembly Center
To and from Robert H. Lowie, Apr. 20-Aug. 12, 1942
Merced Assembly Center
Ruth to Barbara, May 13, 1942
Santa Anita Assembly Center
Philip Neff and others, Apr. 7-June 19, 1942, n.d.
Tanforan Assembly Center
Shibutani, Tom, May 2-June 11, 1942
Miscellaneous, May 3-Nov. 27, 1942
Other Assembly Centers, May-June 1942
Murase, Kenny
To and from Dorothy S. Thomas and others, May 10-July 1, 1942
Report, n.d.
Tanforan High School, English compositions, Aug. 1942
The Pacific Cable, Seattle, Washington
Vol. I, nos. 1-3, 8, 10, 12, 15, 16
Miscellaneous
SECTION 4: WAR RELOCATION AUTHORITY (WRA), 1942 -1946.
"History of WRA," n.d.
Administration
General
Memorandum of understanding and agreements, Apr. 17-June 1, 1942
Correspondence to and from Milton S. Eisenhower and others, Mar. 26-June 30, 1942; memos, 1942
JERS copies of correspondence (folder 3 of 3), Mar.-June 1942
Conference on Evacuation of Enemy Aliens, Newhouse Hotel, Salt Lake City, Utah, April 7, 1942
Reports; correspondence; JERS copies of correspondence
Construction of Relocation Centers
General
Correspondence and memos with Regional Directors, Apr. 2-Nov. 19, 1942
JERS copies of correspondence
Record of Construction of War Relocation Authority Centers, June 30, 1943
Blueprints for agricultural buildings
WRA and JERS copies of correspondence
Department of Justice
Community Enterprises
Relocation center employment and compensation
WRA, outside private employment
JERS, outside private employment
Bureau of Reclamation, monthly progress report, March-April 1942
Approved lists of American colleges and universities for Nisei
Work Corps
Miscellaneous correspondence
349, Frame :0012-
:0243, Folder C 1.20
WRA Release nos. 1-2274, newspaper clippings, Apr.-Dec. 1942
351, Frame :0244-, Folder C 1.25
Newspaper clippings (by location or newspaper), 1942
1. Christian Science Monitor
2. Idaho
3. Montana
4. Nevada - Las Vegas
5. Nevada - Reno
6. Nevada - A-R
7. Nevada - S-W
8. New Mexico
9. New York Times
10. Nichi Bei - San Francisco
11. Oregon
12. Oregon - Portland
13. Sangyo Nippo - San Francisco
14. Utah
15. Utah
16. Washington - Seattle
17. Washington - Spokane
18. Washington - Tacoma
19. Wyoming
PART II: INTERNMENT IN RELOCATION CENTERS, 1942-1944 [1942-1946].
SECTION 1: REPORTS
California State Conference of Social Work, Los Angeles, California, May 11, 1943, Progress Report on the Relocation of Japanese by Charles F. Ernst
Eighth Conference of the Institute of Pacific Relations, Mont Tremblant, Quebec, Canada, December 1942,Japanese Evacuation: Interim Report by Carey McWilliams
SECTION 2: FEDERAL POLICIES AND PROGRAMS.
Department of the Navy, memorandum
K. D. Ringle to E. F. Cress, Factors Making the Kibei a Dangerous Group, May 27, 1942; Americanization of Nisei, June 4, 1942
Department of State, press release no. 153, April 24, 1943
Department of Justice, memos, reports, circular, and press releases
War Department
Induction of Japanese-Americans into Armed Forces
WRA correspondence, newsletters
JERS: Grodzins interview with John J. McCloy, October 5, 1943, copies of correspondence, notes
Military Intelligence Service Language School, Camp Savage
Military Police
Joint Board
Memo: Institutions Engaged in Research, Developmental or Training Activities for the Army or the Navy, Jan. 3, 1944
DeWitt, J. L., correspondence
Western Defense Command, Military Police
Military travel permit reports, San Francisco Office
Example of policy, application for identification card
Department of the Interior
Memos, statements, copies of letters, orders, copies of editorials
Civil Service Commission, Circular Letter nos. 3982, 4025, 4056
War Manpower Commission
Federal Security Agency, Social Security Board
Policies and Procedures Governing the Administration of Services and Assistance to Enemy Aliens Affected By Governmental Action: A Handbook for State Agencies, Bureau of Public Assistance, June 1942
Revisions to handbook
Selective Service System
General information
Japanese soldiers, battalions and combat teams
SECTION 3: WAR RELOCATION AUTHORITY (WRA), WASHINGTON, D.C.
Office of the Director
Memos to project and regional directors
1942
1943
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September -December
1944
January -April
May -December
1945
Memos: Distribution E
Lists of relocation offices
Summary of the Relocation Supervisors' Conference, Washington, D.C., June 28-July 2, 1943
Memos: To all employees, 1943-1945
Memos: To area supervisors and district offices, 1945
Memos
Index to memorandums, lists of distribution
Teletype message confirmation, July 26, 1943-July 6, 1944
Lists of procedural releases
Press releases
Guide to the Prevention of Loss and/or Damage to Evacuee Property during Transportation..., April 1, 1944
Department of the Interior, Information Service
WRA press releases, Feb. 22, 1944-Mar. 20, 1946
War Department, Bureau of Public Relations
Future releases for local news development by WRA
Press releases
The Wrong Ancestors, lecture, June 1943; updated, June 1945
Additional Note
WRA organization charts and functions for relocation centers and regional administration with maps, staff lists, and telephone directories for head office
Memos regarding organization
Reference material for WRA personnel
Keeping Faith with America, n.d.
Recommendation for the Award of The Medal For Merit to Dillon S. Myer, May 8, 1946
Verbatim transcript: press conference with Dillon S. Myer, May 14, 1943; POW interview, April 28, 1943, Japanese and English text
McKee, Ruth E., By-Product of War, pamphlet, [1943]
Office of the Director, Dillon S. Myer
WRA correspondence
Memos: To the Director, 1943
Addresses
JERS copies of correspondence
JERS miscellany, excerpts of correspondence, memos, etc.
Department of the Interior
Memorandum of Understanding between Director of WRA and Secretary of the Interior, 1942
Memorandum for the Secretary, 1944-1945; miscellaneous correspondence
JERS copies of correspondence
Operating agreements and statements of joint policy
Additional Note
Grodzins, Morton, notes on interviews, Sept. 7, 1943-Feb. 7, 1945
Additional Note
McKee, Ruth, notes on interviews
Additional Note
Conferences
Internal conferences, 1942
Staff meetings, 1942-1943
Policy Conference, Whitcomb Hotel, San Francisco, Calif., Aug. 13-20, 1942
War Relocation Authority Conference, Albany Hotel, Denver, Colorado, Jan. 28-30, 1943, transcripts of meetings
Smeltzer, Ralph E., talk, WRA Conference, Chicago, July 9, 1943
Myer, Dillon S., speeches, 1943-1945
Additional Note
WRA correspondence regarding Works Project Administration
Budget estimate of appropriation
1943, copy of statement by Milton Eisenhower with notes
1944, with notes
1945
1946, and statements before...Committee on Appropriations... (79th Congress), Apr. 30, 1945
San Francisco Office
Additional Note
Correspondence regarding West Coast resolutions
Broadcasts and speeches
Miscellaneous
Washington Office
List of final reports
Final report, Dec. 12, 1945,Erle M. Wilson, Assistant to the Director
Office of the Solicitor, Philip M. Glick
Correspondence
To Donald T. Horn, Project Attorney, Granada
Miscellaneous
JERS copies
024, Frame :0542-
:0001, Folder E 2.23
Solicitor's Memorandum
1942, nos. 1-15
1943, nos. 1-19
1944, nos. 1-17
1945, nos. 1-4
Memos for all Project Attorneys
1942
1943
1944-1945
Memos to the Director, 1943-1945
Memos, 1943-1945
Evacuation and Precautionary Detention, by Military Order...is a Proper Exercise of Military Jurisdiction, n.d.
Miscellaneous
Report of the Solicitor's Office, Jan./Mar. 1943
Office of Reports
Correspondence
To Ray Best, 1944-1945
Miscellaneous
Reports Office bulletin, Apr. 24, 1945 and May 2, 1945
Memos for reports officers
Information on functions
Reports
Embree, John F.
Documentation Program of the WRA, Oct. 12, 1942
Trends in Relocation Centers, Dec. 2, 1942
McKee, Ruth E., Report to the Director, Reflections on the Proper Care and Treatment of Historians, June 18, 1946
Brown, Emily, Story of Joe Kurihara, n.d.
Barshay, Shirley, The Last Special Train out of Heart Mountain, November 13, 1945
Liaison Section Reports
Markley, Allan, Brief Summary of Employment, December 17, 1945; personal narrative, n.d.
Relocation Planning Division, B. R. Stauber, Correspondence
Relocation Division
Correspondence and memos
Memos for relocation supervisors and officers, 1943-1945
Field staff memorandum
Miscellaneous
Reports
Thurber, Robert K., History of Leave Clearance Operations, [1945]
Relocation progress reports, May 1945, Gila River, Heart Mountain, Central Utah, Manzanar
Dougherty, Paul C., Chicago, Ill., sub-office
Conference of Relocation Officers, Albany Hotel, Denver, Colorado, July 12, 1943, transcript of meetings
Wolter, Hugo W., Report of the Center Liaison Section, Nov. 29, 1945
San Francisco Office
Returnee statistics for Northern California, Feb. 7-Apr. 6, 1945
Chicago evacuee relocation study (JERS)
1946 Japanese population of Chicago
026, Frame :0157-
:0010, card-file-box Card file boxes 7-10
Names and addresses of Japanese residents
Relocation Planning Division
Stauber, B. R., Final report, Apr. 26, 1946
Statistics Section
Repatriation analysis, June 1943, tables 1-6
Repatriation statistics, 1944-1945
Statistical summaries, includes sex and citizenship by age and marital status, Mar. 31, 1944; number of Japanese sent...by direct evacuation, Dec. 5, 1942
War Relocation Authority, Statistical Division
Occupational inventory of residents of War Relocation Centers, Jan. 10, 1943, Feb. 8, 1943, and Mar. 22, 1943
Primary, secondary and tertiary occupational classifications...of the ten relocation projects, 1942, April 12, 1943
Placement Office, experienced unassigned female and male, Sept. 18, 1942, submitted by Victor Kambe and George Hara
Division of Employment, Statistical Section, San Francisco, Calif., preliminary reports nos. 1-4, August 1942
Relocation Planning Division, registration analysis, June 23, 1943, summary and tables nos. 1-3
Survey of relocation centers
Scope and Content Note
Instructions
Preliminary tabulations
Relocation Planning Division, segregation analysis, Sept./Oct. 1943
Indefinite leave analysis, instructions and codes for E-Z Sort
Monthly resident population estimates, charts, progress report, 1943-1945
Relocation Planning Division, Statistics Section
Iseri, Robert, Selected Variations in the Spelling of Japanese Surnames, Nov. 1945
Employment Division
Staff and project employment
Office of the Chief, correspondence
Memos to relocation officers and supervisors, 1943
Report, Project employment to January 1945, Inez Mercer
Thomas W. Holland to Dillon S. Myer, long memorandum
Development and Growth of our Relocation Program during 1942
Community Management Division
Provinse, John H., Chief, memos and correspondence
Community Services and Community Activities, memos, 1943-1944
Education Section, reports, 1943-1945
Conference of Community Management, Denver, Colorado, May 13, 1944
Paul, Helen C., Japanese American Students: Pioneers of Relocation, June 18, 1946, with exhibits
Consumers' Cooperative Association, outline plan, Dec. 16, 1942, and related material
Advisory Committee of the National Agencies to the War Relocation Authority, minutes and related material, 1944
Community Activities Section
Administration
Quarterly reports, 1943-1944
Summer activity program
Stalley, Marshall T., personal report, May 1, 1945
Stalley, Marshall T. and Edward B. Marks, final report, June 1946
Community Government
Organization
Quarterly reports, 1943-1944
Memos and correspondence
Community Advisory Council
Kimball, Solon T., reports
The History of Community Government, August, 1945
Community Government in War Relocation Centers, April 1946
Additional Note
Manuals
Community Government Manual: For Use in Establishing Local Self-government in Relocation Centers, 1942
Community Clerk's Manual, Oct. 30, 1942
Manual on Judicial Commission, Oct. 27, 1942
Community Government Handbook, 1943
Welfare Section
Lane, Marie D., correspondence
Administration
Quarterly reports, etc., 1943-1944
Handbook on Family Counselling, n.d.
Lane, Marie D., History of Washington Welfare Section, [1945]
Business Enterprises Section
Administration
Quarterly reports, 1943-1945
Visit reports to Otto Rossman, 1945
Rossman, Otto, George S. Ishiyama and George Morey, Historical, Statistical and Functional Report, n.d.
Community Analysis Section
Aims and purposes, correspondence, 1943-1945
Quarterly and semi-annual reports, 1943-1945
Reports and analysis, 1943-1944
Army Registration at One Relocation Center, March 1943
Opler, Morris Edward, Second Special Report on Registration, April 3, 1943
Seinen Kai, April 12, 1944
Analysis of Requests for Repatriation & Expatriation, 1944
Spicer, Edward H.
"Story of Oswego," speech, Community Analysts Convention, Denver, Colorado, Sept. 7, 1944
Final report of Washington Community Analysis Section, Feb. 18, 1946
Luomala, Katherine, Public reaction survey of California counties, Jan./Feb. 1945
Yuba and Sutter County
Merced County
Fresno County
Kern and Tulare County
Stanislaus, San Joaquin, and Yolo Counties, City of Sacramento
Education Section
029, Frame :0562-
:0015, Folder E 2.60
Administration
Organization
General information
Miscellaneous memos and correspondence
Semi-annual reports, 1944-1945
Annual school reports, 1942-1945:summary report, Mar. 1, 1944
Library service
Ade, Lester K., papers and addresses
Teacher Personality Traits and Self-Rating Forms
The Teacher and the War Relocation Project
The Place of Schools in War Relocation Centers
The Educational Program for Evacuees of Japanese Ancestry
What has Happened to Aliens and American Citizens of Japanese Ancestry?
WRA Superintendents of Education Conferences
Denver, Colorado, April 5-9, 1943
Washington, D.C., March 20-25, 1944
Adult Education
Conference on Adult Education, Recreation and Leisure Time Activities..., San Francisco, California, Oct. 26-28, 1942
Excerpts from Washington Advisory Committee on Adult Education and Americanization, Aug. 3, 1944
Adult education and orientation memorandums, nos. 1-6
Community School Forum, Vol. I, nos. 1-4, 1942-1943
Suggestions on center school closing procedures
Instructional material
Reading and language
Social living courses
Miscellaneous
Proposed Curriculum Procedures: for Japanese Relocation Centers
Additional Note
(not microfilmed; see pfD769.8.A5.A51 1942)
Statistics for enrollment, attendance, and teachers employed, June 1943-July 1945
Nursery school survey, 1944
Vocational training program
General information
Monthly reports, 1943-1945;semi-annual report, June 1944
Training plans and proposals
Vocational Retraining Committee, memorandum nos. 3-5, 1943
Revised manual and handbook materials, July 1, 1945
Scope and Content Note
Viles, N. E., Washington Office final report summary, Oct. 10, 1945
Internal Security Section
Rules and regulations, May 1, 1943
Quarterly reports, 1943-1944;copies of correspondence
Final report, n.d.
Health Section
Shipps, Helen K., Report of Medical Social Consultant, Dec. 15, 1945
Sutherland, Jean E., Over-all Report of Nursing Activities, Dec. 1, 1945
Lowe, Robert P., Final Report on Sanitation and Sanitary Engineering for the WRA, Mar. 1, 1945
Manual of Health Service Records for Use on Projects
Quarterly and annual reports, 1943-1945
Miscellaneous, includes copies of correspondence (JERS)
Operations Division
Standard position descriptions, 1943
Utz, E. J., Chief, final report, March 1946
Industrial Division
Proposed policy statement, July 23, 1942; quarterly reports, 1942-1943
Monthly reports, Oct. 31, 1942-Dec. 31, 1944
Utz, E. J., final report, n.d.
Agricultural Division
Responsibilities of the Agricultural Division; quarterly reports, 1942-1943; Sabin, D. R., Summary Statement for the Second Anniversary of WRA, Mar. 14, 1944
Correspondence and memos
Reed, Ernest H.
Agricultural Program of the WRA, draft, May 31, 1943
Nature and Extent of Proposed Agricultural Program, termination report, May 14, 1946
Fire Protection Section
Correspondence and memos
Rumley, Glenn B., summary [1946]; suggested practices for fire protection and safety during closing of centers
Hoffman, William E., Fire Protection Supervisor, San Francisco Regional Office
Survey of Fire Prevention Problems at War Relocation Centers, Aug. 21, 1942
History of the Fire Protection Program, June 1943
Operations Division
Engineering Section
Construction & Maintenance Division
General information
Quarterly reports, 1942-1943
Gibson-Thunberg Report on Field Trip to Each of the Ten Relocation Centers, May 27, 1943
Powers, C. H., final report, Mar. 15, 1946
Motor Transport and Maintenance Section
Utz, Edward J., final report, Feb. 7, 1946
Fiero, L. E., separation report, Mar. 7, 1945
Miscellaneous
Administrative Management Division
Division meeting minutes, Apr. 18, 1944-Jan. 3, 1945
Meeting minutes, 1944
Administrative Management notice, July 31, 1944
Finance Section
Finance Handbook, Feb. 1, 1945
Additional Note
Clear, John W., [final] report, [1946]
Initial Standard Hospital Equipment and Supply List, May 1, 1942
General list of non-expendable property
Statistics Section
Outline for final report, May 18, 1944
Mess Operations Section
Harding, Frank, closing report, May 13, 1946
General information
Memos, 1943-1945
Guides for meal planning, 1942
Personnel Management Section
General information
Memos
Personnel Management meeting, Denver, May 29-June 3, 1944
Brooks, Earl D., termination report, Sept. 13, 1945
Nicholsen, Betty and Edward McManamin
Report of the WRA Liquidation Personnel Placement Program, [1946]
Final report, n.d.
Job Relations Program
Personnel authority and responsibilities for War Relocation Centers, Feb. 23, 1943; wage classification for project occupation, April 15, 1943; standard evacuee employment schedule, Part I, job titles and compensation rates, July 1, 1943
Job descriptions, Community Management, Operation, and Administrative Management Divisions, July 1, 1943
Evacuee personal services estimates
Summary of appointive personal services, 1946
Miscellaneous
032, Frame :0647-
:0458, Folder E 2.84
Handbook on Position Control, May 17, 1943
Personnel Management Handbook, Apr. 28, 1945
Evacuee Property Division
Report of activities, July 1942 to Dec. 1943, San Francisco, 1943
Additional Note
Quarterly report, July 1, 1943-Sept. 30, 1943
Semi-annual report, Dec. 1943
Report of activities, San Francisco, July 1, 1944-Dec. 31, 1944
Robinson, Russell T., Report on Activities, Aug. 4, 1942-Jan. 1, 1945
Report of Activities of the Economic Analysis Section, Mar. 31, 1944
General information
Memos, 1942-1944
Notes and copies (JERS)
Conference on Evacuee Property Problems, San Francisco, Jan. 18-20, 1944
Conference of Fruit Shippers and Canners, San Francisco, Sept. 28, 1942, transcript
Property Information,bulletin, nos. 1-5
Evacuee property ownership inventory for farm property, individual tracts, and non-farm property by state and county, Mar. 1, 1942
California
Alameda - Fresno
Fresno - Placer
Riverside - San Joaquin
San Joaquin - Yolo
Oregon
Multnomah - Hood River
Washington
King - Pierce
Farm property (by state and county)
California
Alameda - Fresno
Imperial - Los Angeles
354, Frame :0284-
:0194, card-file-box Card file box 28
Los Angeles - Monterey
355, Frame :0195-
:0109, card-file-box Card file box 29
Napa - Sacramento
Sacramento - San Joaquin
San Luis Obispo - Sonoma
357, Frame :0275-
:0157, card-file-box Card file box 32
Stanislaus - Yolo
Oregon
Clackamus - Hood River
358, Frame :0158-
:0062, card-file-box Card file box 33
Jackson - Yam Hill
Washington
Benton - Klickitat
Kitsap - Yakima
Property Studies (JERS)
Evacuee Farm Property Survey
Research materials
Case survey
Correspondence
Notes and charts
Lands Division
Report of activities - July 1-Sept. 30, 1942, Oct. 17, 1942
Final reports
Miller, Ray, Evolution of a Wartime Procedures Manual, Nov. 3, 1945
Thurber, Robert K., History of Leave Clearance Operations, Apr. 1945
Collins, Helen F., Records Management Section, n.d.
Cahn, S., Field Examination and Investigation Section, Sept. 28, 1945
Lists of WRA and Office of Emergency Management forms
Fort Ontario Emergency Refugee Shelter
Statistics memorandum, nos. 1-5, 1944; miscellaneous
Monthly and weekly reports, 1944-1945
Study made at Fort Ontario Shelter for Refugees, International Migration Service, June 8, 1945
Leave Program
The Leave Program of the War Relocation Authority, Oct. 1, 1944; memos and correspondence
Leave clearance
Leave clearance hearings
Evacuee Business Enterprises
General information
Memos and correspondence
Consumer Enterprises
Consumer Cooperatives
Credit Unions
Federation of Center Business Enterprises
By-laws
Second All Center Enterprises Conference, Granada, Amache, Colorado, Apr. 3-5, 1944, minutes
Third All Center Enterprises Conference, Rivers, Arizona, Dec. 4-7, 1944, minutes and related material
Fourth All Center Business Enterprises Conference, Salt Lake City, July 9-14, 1945, minutes and related material
Combined Operating Statements of Business Enterprises Operating on Relocation Centers, Oct. 1943-June 1945
Inter-Project Cooperative Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, Feb. 14, 1943, minutes
The Segregation Program, Tule Lake
General information
Segregation Conference of WRA Officials, Denver, Colorado, July 26-27, 1943, summary notes and related material
Special committees
Manual of Evacuee Transfer Operations, 1943
Exhibit XIX, Sept. 1, 1943
Exhibit XX, Apr. 15, 1944
Train schedule revisions, Sept. 2, 1943
Supplement 1, n.d.
Office of the Director
Report on the Director's Telegram of July 13, 1942; Memos, July 1943
Western Defense Command, Ninth Service Command
Memorandums of agreement
Instructions for Army Train Guard Commanders, Sept. 3, 1943
Standard Operating Procedures for Military Police at Camp Tule Lake, Dec. 1, 1943
Japanese Evacuation and Resettlement Study
Files on segregation
Correspondence
1942
1943-1944
Miscellaneous reports and papers, 1943
Train lists
Overview and miscellaneous
To Tule Lake
From Central Utah
From Colorado River
From Gila River
From Granada
From Heart Mountain
From Jerome
From Manzanar
From Minidoka
From Rohwer
From Rohwer and Jerome
From Tule Lake to Other Centers
Registration Program
General information
Copies of correspondence (JERS), 1943
Army registration reports, Feb. 15-Mar. 9, 1943
Army and Leave Clearance Registration at War Relocation Centers, Community Analysis Section, June 1943
Additional Note
Resettlement program
Repatriation
Survey of Japanese Relocation Centers: Part I - Recommendations, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Mar. 1943
Correspondence regarding FBI survey
Comments by WRA officials on each of the 146 recommendations
Dual citizenship
All Center Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, Feb. 16-22, 1945
Schedule, agenda, and pre-conference proposals
Minutes
Correspondence
Pre-conference, Dec. 20, 1944-Feb. 11, 1945
Telegrams, Feb. 17-18, 1945
Post conference
Feb./Apr. 1945
May/July 1945
WRA Comments on Recommendations of the All Center Conference
Japanese language translations of letters, etc.
Reports
Kimball, Solon T., Report on All Center Conference, Mar. 10, 1945
Wolter, Hugo W., Report of Field Trip, Feb. 16, 1945
SECTION 4: WAR RELOCATION AUTHORITY (WRA) REGIONAL AND RELOCATION OFFICES, 1942-1946.
WESTERN FIELD OFFICE, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA
Administrative files
Mimeographed circular no. 1 (A Brief Description of Projects...in Inland Areas of Persons...Evacuated from Pacific Coast Military Zones), July 1, 1942
Public information bulletin no.1 (Approved Projects for the Relocation in Inland Areas..., As of June 15, 1942)
Regulation, no. 1 (procedure on food procurement and feeding)
Circular letters, nos. 1-93, May-Dec. 1942
Bulletins, nos. 1-28, May-Dec. 1942
Memos, Apr.-Dec. 1942
Instructions for correspondence
Procurement memoranda, nos. 2, 4-8, Nov.-Dec. 1942
Memos, nos. 8, 12-15, 19, 1945; information Bulletin, nos. 1-3, 1945
Daily Press Review, Vols. 1-8, Apr. 27-Dec. 18, 1942
Additional Note
Weekly information summary, May 30-June 13, 1942
Documents Reporter, Vol. I, nos. 1-3, May/June 1942
Daily Information Roundup, Vols. I-IV
Harvest season information, 1942
Press releases
Speeches
Scope and Content Note
Office of the Field Director, E. R. Fryer and others
Correspondence and memos, 1942-1945
Office of the Assistant Field Director
Cozzens, Robert B., correspondence, 1942-1945
District Relocation Office, monthly reports, Feb. 1945-Jan. 1946
Miscellaneous memos and correspondence, 1942-1945
Information Division
Frayne, Pat, Information Specialist, report, n.d.
Copies of memos and letters (JERS), primarily to and from Regional and Head Directors, April 6, 1942-Jan. 30, 1943
San Francisco organization charts
Office of Regional Attorney
Correspondence, 1942-1945
Opinions
nos. 1-51, 1942
nos. 1-7, 1944
Office of Regional Attorney
Bernhard, Edgar, weekly reports and replies
Index and Dec. 1942
1943
1944
1945
Control Station Tally Sheets and Record (WRA Forms 30 & 31), 1942
Southern California Districts
Anaheim
Arroyo Grande
Brawley
Covina
Downey
El Centro
Gardena
Huntington Beach
Lawndale
Los Angeles
Oceanside
Oxnard
Riverside
Ventura
Miscellaneous Data
Form #30
Scope and Content Note
Northern California Districts
Oregon and Washington Districts
Phoenix, Arizona
San Diego County
Application for relinquishing farmers, Southern California area
Part I, A-M
Part II, N-Y
WRA forms 1 & control sheet
Los Angeles County, WRA form 1, supplement for control center, A-Z, 1942
Application by tenant or manager, Southern California area, A-Z, 1942
Review of West Coast newspaper items, 1944-1945
Digest of West Coast newspaper items, Sept. 1945-Jan. 1946
WRA Locator, Vol. I, nos. 5-7; Vol. II, nos. 1-6, nos. 9-10, 13, 18; Vol. III, no. 14, 1945
Miscellaneous news items
REGIONAL OFFICES
Central, Denver, Colorado
Instructions, 1942
Circular letters, nos. 1-10, 12, 14-17, 20-21, 1942
Bulletins, nos. 3-10, 1942
Press digests, nos. 1-33, July 21-Dec. 29, 1942
Reports Division
Administrative News-Letter, Vol. 1, nos. 2-15, 1942
Regional Attorney's Office
Opinions, nos. D-1-7, Sept./Dec. 1942
Housel, Jerry W., correspondence, 1942
Southern, Little Rock, Arkansas
Regional Attorney's Office
Opinions, nos. LR-1-8
AREA RELOCATION OFFICES
Employee lists, May 1943-Feb. 1946
Lists of hostels, 1945
Middle Atlantic and East Coast Area, New York City, New York
Map of Middle Atlantic District offices, [1944]
Memos and correspondence
East Coast Area
Final report, Area Staff Activities, Feb. 1946
Area Memorandum, nos. 1-9, July/Oct. 1945
Information for resettlers
Sandow, Hyman, "Japanese Americans: A Test of Our Democracy," Nov. 5, 1945,first and final draft
East Coast Area Newsletter, Nov./Dec. 1945; Japanese American
Middle Atlantic Area
Field Bulletin, nos. 1-9, Sept. 15, 1944-June 1945
Current Relocation Opportunities and Housing Situation, semi-monthly summary, nos. 3-8, Mar./Aug. 1944
Press releases, 1944-1945
New York District
Final report, Jan. 1, 1946
Appendix
Newsletter, July/Oct. 1945
Information for resettlers
New England Area, Boston District
Final report, Jan. 18, 1946
Information for resettlers
Field Bulletins, 1944-1945
Newsletter, July/Oct. 1945
Correspondence and memos
Miscellaneous
Information bulletins regarding resettlers in Baltimore area, Philadelphia, New York, and New Jersey
Hartford District
Final report and appendix, Feb. 20, 1946
Newsletter, Aug./Oct. 1945
Newark, New Jersey District
Final report, Dec. 31, 1945
Newsletter, Aug./Oct. 1945
Miscellaneous
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania District
Final report, Feb. 4, 1946
Correspondence, 1945-1946
Information for resettlers
Newsletter, July/Dec. 1945
Press releases, 1945
Western Pennsylvania District
Miscellaneous
Washington D.C. - Baltimore, Maryland District
Final report, Jan. 3, 1946
Correspondence, 1946
Information for resettlers
Newsletter, July/Oct. 1945
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Office
Correspondence, Oct./Nov. 1943; office reports, Oct. 9, 1943-Jan. 1944
Western New York District, Buffalo, New York
Southern Area, New Orleans, Louisiana
Walter, James R., supervisor's final report, Jan. 31, 1946
Information for resettlers includes memos and pamphlets
News releases, nos. 1-8, 10-13, 15-19, Mar./July 1945
Intermountain Area, Salt Lake City, Utah
Mechau, Vaughn, final report, n.d.
Report of the Relocation Adjustment Advisor, Sept. 9, 1944 to Jan. 3, 1946
Smith, Elmer R., Japanese Relocation Study of Utah, April 1944
Memos and correspondence, 1943-1945
Summary no. 2 (on Oregon Situation), memo, Oct. 8, 1943
Field bulletin no. 1, press releases, miscellaneous
Salt Lake City District
Dunkley, LeGrand J., final report, Jan. 20, 1946
Spokane District, final report, 1946
Boise District
Palmer, Ernest J., historical and personal narrative, Jan. 1946
Western Plains Area, Denver, Colorado
Final report for area and districts with exhibits, n.d.
Tarvin, Harry F., termination report, Mar. 6, 1945
War Manpower Commission
Information bulletin, nos. 1-41, 43-56, 58-66, 1943
Field staff memoranda, nos. 2-20, Apr. 1943
Field instructions, nos. 21-54, May/Dec. 1943
Bulletins
Memos and correspondence, 1942-1945
Information for resettlers, press releases
DeYoung, John, A Preliminary Survey of the Adjustment of Japanese Evacuees in Denver, Nov. 10, 1943
North Central Area, Chicago, Illinois
Ross, Prudence and Harold M. Mann, History of the North Central Area, Vol. I
Ross, Prudence, History of Relocation in the North Central Area, n.d.
Joyce, Edward M., Narrative Report...of the Area Property Officer, Dec. 1, 1945
Hikida, Shotaro, History of...Special Relocation Officer, n.d.
Parmeter, Walter, History of...Agricultural Advisor, n.d.
Hubball, James T., History of...Housing Advisor, n.d.
Zimmerman, Eleanor W., History of Reports Officer, Dec. 1945
Beck, Elizabeth E., History of...Area Adjustment Advisor, n.d.
Field bulletins, Sept. 1944-July 1945
Area job summary reports, Dec. 1943-Sept. 1944
North Central Area Newsletter, June 20, 1944
Chicago District
Lessing, W. W., History of Relocation in Chicago, Jan. 1946
Greater Illinois District
Brenton, John K., final report, n.d.
Newsletter, nos. 1-4, 6, 1945
Chicago District
Dougherty, Paul C., sub-office report
Brethren Relocation Hostel, Ralph E. Smeltzer file (JERS)
News Letter from Chicago, Illinois, nos. 2, 4, 1945
Correspondence and memos
Information for resettlers
Business
Housing
Relocation...in Chicago, speaker's guide, July 1945
Resettlement, Issue 1-5, May/June 1944
News releases, 1943-1945
Indianapolis District
Final report, n.d.
Miscellaneous
Waller, Theodore, Indianapolis Community Investigation, report, Feb. 15, 1943
Milwaukee District
Bailey, John K., final report, Dec. 15, 1945
Milwaukee and Madison News Letter,nos. 1-3, July/Aug. 1945
Press releases
Information for resettlers
Minneapolis District
Hiner, James, Jr., Narrative History, 1942-1946, n.d.
Memos and job offers
Information for resettlers about Duluth, Minn., Oct. 1944
Des Moines District
Historical Report on District Office Activities for Iowa, n.d.
News Letter from Iowa, nos. 1-14, July 26-Oct. 25, 1945
The Midget Tribune, Vol. 1, no. 1, 4,
1944
(see also:
T 5.087)
Information for resettlers
Letters to the editor, Mar. 1943
Omaha District
Final report, n.d.
W.R.A. News and Highlights, 1944; News Letter from Omaha, Nebraska District, no. I-II, July 28-Aug. 4, 1945
Information for resettlers
Instructions for individual resettler cards
059, Frame :0071-
:0278, card-file-box Card file boxes 16-22
Chicago - Individual Resettler Cards
Central Area, Kansas City, Missouri
Field bulletins, 1944
Eastern Missouri District, St. Louis
Brooks, Mary E., Report on Activities, [Dec. 1945]
News Letter from St. Louis, Missouri,no. 1-2, 1945; The St. Louis Nisei, May 1945-Jan. 1946
Information for resettlers
Kansas City District, Kansas City, Missouri
Historical report, n.d.
Memos, 1944-1945; information bulletin, nos 1-4, Aug./Sept. 1943
Current relocation opportunities and housing situation, 1944
Information for resettlers
News Letter: Kansas City Regional Relocation Office, nos. 1-6, 1943; News Letter from Greater Kansas City, 1945
Press releases and news highlights, 1944
Newspaper clippings, Southwest Press Clipping Bureau, 1945
Great Lakes Area, Cleveland, Ohio
Conferences on resettlement, 1945
Organization and addresses
Cullum, Robert M., final report, Mar. 8, 1946
Exhibits
Weiss, Harry, termination report, Mar. 31, 1945
Area administrative & fiscal memorandum, nos. 1-19, 1945
Area information notice, nos. 1-85, 1945
Area Information Memorandum, nos. 1-3, 6, 8-9, 12, 14-24, 27, 1944
Area Memorandum, nos. 1-3, 6-69, 1944
Area Instruction, nos. 1-116, 1945
Correspondence and memos, 1943-1945
Resettlement Committees
Information for resettlers
Field Bulletins, Sept. 15, 1944-July 1945
Additional Note
Current Relocation Opportunities and Housing Situation, 1944
Newsletter, 1944-1946
Press releases
Northern Ohio District, Cleveland, Ohio
Barber, Dorothy G., final report, Jan. 16, 1946
Vol. I
Vol. II, Exhibits
News from Cleveland, nos. 1-14, July/Oct. 1945
Information for resettlers
Western Pennsylvania District, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania
Mather, Howard E., Official Documentation of District Activities, Nov. 30, 1945
Information for resettlers
Michigan District, Detroit, Michigan
Gee, Wendell P., final report, Dec. 1945
Information for resettlers
Weekly News Service, nos. 1-12, July/Oct. 1945
Central Ohio District, Columbus, Ohio
Spicer, Carl L., Official Documentation of District Activities
Information for resettlers
Newsletter, 1944
Western New York District, Buffalo, New York
Graff, George E., Official Documentation of District Activities
Information for resettlers
Newsletter, 1945
Southern Ohio District, Cincinnati, Ohio
Spicer, Carl L., Official Documentation of District Activities
Integrator, Vol. I, no. B-C, miscellaneous
Scrapbook, Cincinnati Spring Social, Christ Episcopal Church, Apr. 15, 1944
Pacific Northwest Area, Seattle, Washington
Final Reports for Area and Districts with exhibits, Feb. 1946
Fistere, Harold S., Seattle Area Supervisor, miscellaneous
Office of the Area Solicitor
Weekly reports, 1945-1946
Correspondence
Smith, Elmer R., Community Analyst
064, Frame :0510-
:0046, Folder F 3.42
Community Survey, Jan./Mar. 1945
Washington
Oregon
Reports, Jan. 15-16, 1945
Bulletins
Kitagawa, Daisuke, "One Day's Observation of White River Valley Situation," Apr. 17, 1945
Miscellaneous press releases and news items
Resettlement Bulletin: Northwest Area, Aug. 10, 1945
Northwest News Letter, nos. 1-2, Northwest News Bulletin, nos. 4-27, May-Nov. 1945
Project releases, nos. 1-2, 6-11; miscellaneous press releases
Reports, miscellaneous
Northern Califronia Area, San Francisco, California
Final report, area and all districts, May 15, 1946
Employment Officer, correspondence and termination report, Jan. 29, 1944
Northern California Area memorandum, no. 1
Additional Note
Miller, Charles F., correspondence, memos, teletypes, 1945
Job offers, July/Sept. 1945
Northern California Newsletter,nos. 1-25, 27-39, 1945
Northern California Resettlement News, nos. 1-5, June 20-Sept. 15, 1945
Tabulation of news clippings (formerly News Digest), Mar./Sept. 1945
News Highlights, Feb./Apr. 1945
Press releases
Project Release, nos. 1-9, 11-17, 21-22
Southern California Area, Los Angeles, California
Shelly, James L., final report, Feb. 28, 1946
Office of Area Solicitor, John S. Meaney
Weekly reports, Aug. 1945-Jan. 1946
Correspondence, Aug. 1945-Jan. 1946
Field Procurement Office
Hendley, C. R., closing report, May 18, 1946
Sasaki, T., draft report on the Los Angeles Area for the Denver Conference..., Aug. 30, 1946
Scope and Content Note
Miscellaneous reports
Part II: Study of Gardena, n.d.
Glassford Report on Imperial Valley, 1934
Office of Area Supervisor
Memos and correspondence, 1945-1946
News clips from Los Angeles Area office, nos. 1-11, Jan. 1946
Complete Catalog of Reports Office Mailing Lists, Sept. 1, 1945
Human Relations Committee
Report to the Area, nos. 2-8, Nov./Dec. 1945; miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
Unlocated Owners of Personal Property in WRA Storage, 1946
The World Outside, June 21, 1945
Information for resettlers
Americans-All: As Applied to All Girl Scouts..., nos. 1-3, Jan./Feb. 1946
Project paper releases, nos. 1-78, 1945
Project releases, unnumbered, 1945
Press releases
Radio releases; press releases for Japanese papers
El Centro District, Roy C. Wright
Final report, Feb. 1, 1946
Correspondence
San Diego District
McClendon, John C., final report, Jan. 28, 1946
Santa Ana District
Gumble, Frank S., final report, Feb. 1, 1946
United America Day, Santa Ana Municipal Bowl, Dec. 8, [1945?]
Santa Barbara District
Thomsen, Eric H., final report, Jan. 30, 1946
Correspondence
Los Angeles District
Final report, Jan. 31, 1946
Miscellaneous
SECTION 5: WAR RELOCATION AUTHORITY (WRA) - RELOCATION CENTERS.
General Administration
Project organization charts, 1942-1944
Personnel lists for project officers
Project Directors' meeting, Little Rock, Arkansas, Feb. 1-3, 1943
Project Director's Conference, March 6-11, 1944, minutes and summary of proceedings
CENTRAL UTAH RELOCATION CENTER - TOPAZ, UTAH
War Relocation Authority
Organization charts and general information
Budget estimate of appropriation...for 1945
Office of the Project Director
Ernst, Charles F., weekly narrative reports, Aug. 1943-June 1944
Hoffman, Luther T., weekly narrative reports, June 1944-Nov. 1945
Cabinet meeting minutes,
Sept. 28, 1942-Apr. 15, 1944
[NARA Reel 2, Folder 3]
Staff meeting minutes,
Apr. 22, 1944-Aug. 18, 1945
[see also:
NARA Reel 2, Folder 11]
Planning Board meeting minutes, 1942-1944
Future-Planning Commission, minutes, Oct. 4-Dec. 14, 1944
Project Director's morning conference with division chiefs, Report nos. 2-13, 15-26, 28-29, 31-66, 70-95, 97-115, June 16, 1944-Oct. 30, 1945
Additional Note
Staff Housing Council, 1944-1945
Coordinating Committee, meeting minutes, Jan. 17-June 6, 1945
Manpower Commission, July 20-Oct 27, 1944
Office letters, nos. 1-32, 34-38, 40-44, 46-50
Memos to division chiefs and section heads, 1942-1945
Memos to appointive staff, 1942-1945
Memorandum to appointed personnel, nos. 2-6, 8-9, 11-12, 14
Miscellaneous memos, 1942-1945
Notices to residents of Topaz, 1942-1945
Safety Manual,
Mar. 15, 1943
[NARA Reel 17, Folder VII B]
Ernst, Charles F., correspondence and memos, 1942-1944
Hoffman, Luther T., correspondence and memos, 1944-194
Miscellaneous regarding registration, 1943
Weekly Selective Service report, Mar.-Oct. 1945
Visits, receptions and speeches
Ernst, Charles F.
Letters to "former Topazans," 1944
Topaz scrapbook, 1943-1944
Community Government
Memos and correspondence, 1942-1944
Spanish Consul, 1944-1945
Constitution, ordinances, resolutions
Community Council
114, Folder :0201-
:0055, Frame H 1.49
Council meetings, minutes and agenda
Session nos. 1-10, 1942
Session nos. 11-24, 1942
Agenda, Feb./June 1943
Session nos. 1-20, Jan./Mar. 1943
Session nos. 21-45, Mar./June 1943
Session nos. 1-50, July/Dec. 1943
Agenda, 1944
Session nos. 1-26, Jan./Mar. 1944
Session nos. 27-51, Apr./June 1944
Japanese language minutes, 1944
Session nos. 1-18, July/Aug. 1944
Session nos. 19-51, Sept./Dec. 1944
Japanese language minutes, 1944
Agenda, 1945
Sessions, 1945
Election and nominations
Organization charts; Community Government Handbook, Nov. 20, 1943
Mass Assemblies, 1st (H6), 2nd (H10), 5th (H18), Sept. 1942
Hoshiyama, Fred, unofficial report of the first General Assembly
Advisory Board to Community Service Division, 1943
Education Committee, 1944
Labor Committee, 1942-1944
Legal Committee, 1943-1944
Miscellaneous committees, 1943-1944
Induction and other speeches and programs, 1943-1945
116, Frame :0367-
:0264, Folder H 1.50
Block managers meeting minutes, Oct. 1942-Oct. 1945
Block managers weekly narrative reports, Feb. 1943
Miscellaneous
Office of the Project Attorney, Ralph C. Barnhart
Narrative reports to project director, weekly, monthly, and quarterly, 1943
Weekly narrative reports to WRA solicitor, Washington, D.C., 1943-1945
Monthly reports, 1942-1944
Correspondence and memos, 1942-1945
Project Reports Division
Director's weekly narrative reports to Project Director, 1942-1943
Weekly reports - Public Relations, Reports Section, Topaz Times
Summarization of the narrative report, Nov. 1943-Aug. 1945
Semi-monthly and quarterly summary reports, 1943
Monthly reports, Oct. 1942-Sept. 1945
Summaries of recommendations to Project Director in weekly reports, Sept. 1942-June 1943
Memos, 1942-1943
Publications
[see
National Archives (NARA) Film]
Relocation News, nos. 2-7, 9-11, 14, 16-18, 20, 26-27, 30
[NARA Reel 13, Folder 45]
The Desert Wind, Vol. I, nos. 1-5, 7-30
[NARA Reel 14, Folder 56]
Trek,
Dec. 1942, Feb. 1943, June 1943
[NARA Reel 14, Folder 58 no. III]
Additional Note
All Aboard,
Spring 1944
[NARA Reel 14, Folder 58 no. III]
Miscellaneous pamphlets and booklets
Welcome to Topaz,
Sept. 1943
[NARA Reel 3]
Additional Note
Facts You Should Know,
n.d.
[NARA Reel 3]
Reinstitution of Selective Service, June 1944
Information Bulletin, no. 1, Sept. 11, 1942
Press releases, 1942-1944
Photographic Documentation of Central Utah Relocation Center
Photo album, 1942-[1943]
Photo album no. 2, 1944-1945
Historical Section
Daily log, Sept. 11, 1942-Nov. 1, 1943
Weekly reports, 1942-1943
Historical Section
Documents submitted to WRA, Topaz nos. H1-H490
Additional Note
List of documents submitted to Washington
Hawaiian Interlude (H42)
Citizens of the Seventh Grade (H43)
Analysis of Delinquent Problems (H44)
The Wakasa Incident (H47)
Topaz Housing Situation (H140)
The 1943 Farm Program (H141)
Provo Labor Camp (H142)
Second Community Council is Inducted (H143)
Registration at Topaz (H249)
Story of Relocation (H250)
First High School Commencement Exercises (H251)
Volunteers for Victory (H410)
War, Evacuation...and the Graduating Seniors (H411)
Labor Trouble (H413)
Fatal Accident (H414)
Organization...of Consumer Cooperative Enterprises (H415)
Food Crop Assignment Program (H417)
Segregation (H418)
Status of Topaz High School Graduates (H420)
Organization....Cooperative Enterprises, Part two (H421)
Armistice Day (H422)
Survey of Seasonal Work Leaves (H423)
First Annual Report (H424)
Escort Incident from Topaz (H426)
Desert View Student Council (H428)
Relocation Survey (H429)
Crisis in the Topaz Community Council (H430)
Dedication of Topaz Civic Auditorium (H431)
Annual Cabinet meeting (H433)
The Bingo Crisis in Topaz (H434)
Induction of the Third Community Council (H435)
Spanish Vice-Consul's Visit (H437)
Vesper Service for Soldiers from Topaz (H438)
Second High School Commencement (H439)
President's Birthday Ball at Topaz (H441)
1943 Summer Camp of Topaz (H442)
Topaz Part in the Tule Lake Harvest (H443)
PTA Mass Meeting (H444)
Japanese Red Cross Supplies Distributed at Topaz (H445)
Topaz Community Youth Conference (H446)
Merit Badge Exposition (H447)
Public Relations (H448)
U.S.O. (H449)
Civic Club Visits Topaz (H450)
Easter at Topaz, 1944 (H451)
Dedication of Topaz Churches (H452)
Regional Home Economics Conference (H453)
Welcome Reception for L.T. Hoffman (H456)
Spring Festival (H457)
Topaz Welcome Kuroki (H458)
Pfc. Thomas Higa Visits Topaz (H459)
School for the Handicapped (H461)
Induction of the Fourth Community Council (H463)
The Hospital and the General Health Program (H464)
Selective Service (H466)
Report on Insect and Rodent Control (H468)
Topaz Harvest Festival, 1944(H469)
Vocational Training (H472)
Buddhist Churches of America Conference, 1944 (H473)
First Community-Wide War Memorial Service (H475)
Induction of the Fifth Community Council (H477)
Education in Topaz (H479)
Roosevelt Memorial Services (H481)
Reopening of the West Coast (H484)
Induction of the sixth...Community Council (H487)
Miscellaneous
Relocation Division
Monthly and monthly progress reports
1944
1945
Ernst, Charles F., "Progress Report on the Relocation of Japanese," address, California State Conference of Social Work, Los Angeles, May 11, 1943
Relocation Bulletin, nos. 1-7
[NARA Reel 13, Folder 44], 9-10
Relocation Manual
Miscellaneous, 1943-1945
Placement Section, 1943-1945
Relocation Committees
Executive Board meeting minutes, 1943-1944
Staff Relocation Committee and Relocation Planning Committee meeting minutes, 1943-1945
Gate House Administration, 1944-1945
Weekly leave and population reports, 1945
Miscellaneous reports, 1943-1945
Relocation schedule and related material, 1945
Smith, Elmer R. (Elmer Richard), 1909-
University of Utah, correspondence, talks and outlines, 1942
Community Management Division
Weekly narrative reports, 1942-1943
Monthly narrative reports, 1943-1945
Semi-monthly summary reports, June 10, [1943] and June 24, 1943
Staff meeting minutes, 1942-1944
Memos and bulletins, 1943-1945
Weekly narrative report from Community Government, [1942?]
Education Section
Pre-School Department, Educational Report..., March 1943; and Feb. 1954
Miscellaneous
Adult Education Department
Adult Education Program,
May 1, 1943
[NARA Reel 3]
Additional Note
Miscellaneous
Education and Consumer Enterprises, monthly reports, 1942-1945
Quarterly narrative report, July 1943-Mar. 1944
Semi-monthly summary reports and monthly narrative reports, June 1943-July 1945
Weekly narrative reports, Oct. 1942-June 1943
Budget Request, 3rd Quarter 1945
Incoming departmental narrative reports
Weekly, Nov. 1942-Feb. 1943
Monthly, July 1944-July 1945
Teachers' handbook, Mar. 1944
Miscellaneous
Education Section
Topaz City High School bulletin, 1943-1945
Faculty meeting minutes, 1942-1944
Committee meeting minutes, 1943-1945
Staff meeting minutes, 1942-1944
Topaz City High School, Department Heads meetings, Mar. 1943-June 1944
Elementary School staff meeting, Jan./June 1945
Conference and visit reports
Adult Education Department publications
[NARA Reel 3]
Let us Speak English, 1944
Program of In-Service-Training...
Building Construction, June 1944
School Health Program
Summer Leisure Time Program for Boys and Girls, 1943
Topaz Student Aid Fund Committee, 1944-1945
Organization charts and lists of personnel
High school graduation programs, senior calendar, art, music and needlework school programs
Associated Students of Topaz High School
Ramblings, Topaz High School yearbooks
Vol. I, 1943
Vol. II, 1944
Vol. III, 1945
Topazette, Vol I, nos. 1-3, 5-7, 9
School newspapers
[NARA Reel 14]
The Ram-bler, Vol. II, nos. 3-4, 7-9, 12; Vol. IV, nos. 2, 5; Vol. V, nos. 8
Junior High School, Baby Ram,Vol. II, no. 1, Feb. 19, 1945
Elementary School, Desert View News, Apr. 7, 1944
Memos and correspondence, 1943-1945
Operations Unit
Internal Security Section
Monthly reports, July 1943-Aug. 1945
Narrative reports, Dec. 1942-Aug. 1945
Miscellaneous
Welfare Section
Monthly reports, Aug. 1943-Oct. 1945
Narrative reports, Dec. 1942-Apr. 1945
Summary reports, Mar./Sept. 1943
Organization chart, memos and instructions for staff
Cabinet meeting minutes, Feb./July 1943
General staff meeting minutes, Dec. 1942-July 1943
Supervising staff, administrative staff, and other meeting minutes, 1942-1943
Family Service Unit
Repatriation and expatriation
Dependent and handicapped individuals
Youth Guidance Division
Home for Aged and Chronically Ill, 1943-1944
Memos and correspondence, 1942-1945
Health Section
Public Health, Recreation and Religious Activity, Monthly Report, 1942-1945
Narrative reports, Feb./June 1943
Meeting minutes, 1942-1943
Project Hospital
Administrative file
Memos and correspondence
Block Nurses
Community Activities Section
Monthly report, 1943-1945
Progress report, Feb. 25, 1943
Narrative reports, 1942-1945
Memos and correspondence, 1943-1945
Red Cross, 1942-1945
Hoshiyama, Fred, Community Activities Committee meetings, Minutes and letter to Dorothy S. Thomas
Miscellaneous meetings and related material
Antelope Springs Summer Camp, Topaz, July-Aug. 1943
Buddhist Churches of America, Topaz, Utah
Protestant Churches of Topaz
Inter-Faith Ministerial Association
Miscellaneous
Business Enterprises Section
Monthly reports, 1942-1945
Weekly narrative reports, Nos. 16, 20-37, 1943
Memos and correspondence, 1944
Topaz Consumer Co-operative Enterprises
Organization and administration
Balance sheets, Oct. 1943-Oct. 1944
Audit reports, Mar. 31, 1944 and Dec. 31, 1944
Board of Directors meeting minutes, 1944-1945
Cooperative Enterprises Congress meeting minutes, 1944-1945
Memos and correspondence, 1942-1945
Co-op Factional Disputes, report, Mar./Apr. 1945
Second Year Commemorative and Directory of Members, 1944
Co-op News, Vol. V, No. 4,
July 18, 1944; Vol. VII, nos. 1, 3,
1944;Vol. VIII, nos. 7, 9,
1945
[Vols. I-IV: NARA Reel 14, Folder 55]
Community Government, Internal Security, and Public Welfare
Monthly reports, Oct. 1942-June 1930
Community Government Section
Monthly reports, July 1943-Sept. 1945
Narrative and summary reports, 1942-1945
Community Analysis Section
Narrative reports, Sept. 1944-June 1945
Hoffman, Oscar F., West Coast Locality Study Reports re Resettlement, 1945
Memos and correspondence
Katayama, Hiro, Notes on Reaction to the Reinstitution of the Selective Service at Topaz, report, Apr. 10, 1944
Administrative Management Division
Narrative reports, 1943-1945
Administrative Management memorandum, nos. 1-12
Administrative Division memorandum, nos. 1-2, 4-8, 10-15
Memos and correspondence, 1942-1945
Miscellaneous
Supply Section
Narrative reports, 1942-1944
Property Control & Warehousing Unit
Miscellaneous
Mess Operations Section
Narrative reports, 1943-1944
Miscellaneous
Finance Section
Narrative reports, 1943-1945
Memos and minutes, 1943-1944
Budget Control reports and related material, 1943
Budget estimates, 1944-1946
Office Services Section
Narrative reports, Apr. 28, 1944-Sept. 30, 1945
Miscellaneous
Personnel Management Section
Narrative reports, 1943-1945
Memos, correspondence and bulletins, 1944-1945
Meeting minutes, 1944-1945
Miscellaneous
Statistics Section
Narrative reports, 1944-1945
Housing Unit
Monthly reports, 1943-1945
Miscellaneous
Roster of Evacuees as of February 1, 1943
Quarterly Census Roster of Residents, Mar. 31, 1944
Evacuee list, n.d.
Roster, Dec. 31, 1944
Evacuee Property Section, reports, 1943-1945
Employment Division
Narrative reports, 1942-1943
Monthly reports, 1942-1943
Miscellaneous
Employment memorandum, nos. 1-10, 1942-1943
Operations Division
Narrative reports, 1943-1945
Memos, 1943-1945
Engineering Section
Narrative reports, 1942-1945
Monthly reports, 1943-1945
Memos
Industry Section, monthly reports, 1942-1944
Agriculture Section
Narrative reports, 1942-1945
Monthly reports, 1942-1945
Memos
Motor Transport and Maintenance, narrative reports, 1943-1945
Memos
Miscellaneous
Fire Protection Section
Narrative reports, 1943-1945
Monthly reports, 1943-1945
Miscellaneous
Supply Section, Procurement Unit
Narrative reports, 1944-1945
Memos and correspondence, 1942-1944
Miscellaneous
Project Segregation
Segregation Committee, July 10, 1943-Aug. 14, 1943
Information regarding segregation
Transfer Committee, Sept. 1943
Information regarding transfer
Topaz Volunteers for the U.S. Army, 1944
Japanese American Evacuation and Resettlement Study (JERS)
Instructions and correspondence
Ebihara, Henry H., notes and observations, 1942-1943
Hayashi, Doris, diary (typescript), Oct. 1-Nov. 30, 1942
Hoshiyama, Fred, diary #1 (handwritten), Oct. 2-Dec. 9, 1942
Miscellaneous reports
Miscellaneous reports and observations
Iyaki, Minoru, narrative reports of M & O, 1945
Miscellaneous
Bussei Life (semi-monthly), Vol. I, nos. 2-6, Official Organ of Topaz YBA
[NARA Reel 14]
Topaz Times, Vol. VII, nos. 17, 27,
1944; Special Edition,
Aug. 15, 1945; Vol. VIII, no. 9, Vol. X, nos. 22-26, Vol. XII, nos. 7,
1945
[NARA Reel 12]
Additional Note
Topaz final reports,
1945
[NARA Reels 14-17]
Folder 1 of 15
[Closing Report Central Utah Relocation Center, Jan. General Table of Contents and Index]
[Relocation Division's Closing Report]
Folder 2 of 15
[Closing Report of Project Reports Division]
The Report Officer's Job
Summary of organization, development and liquidation of Projects Reports division
Information program
Public Relations program
Documentation program
Handling of Administrative Reports
Copies of Camp Periodicals: "Topaz Times," "Relocation News," etc.
Folder 3 of 15
[Project Attorney's Closing Report]
Folder 4 of 15
[Final Report Education Section]
Folder 5 of 15
[Appendix to Education Program at Topaz]
Folder 6 of 15
[Appendix: Summary Curriculum Report of Topaz City Educational Program]
Folder 7 of 15
[Closing Hospital Report]
Folder 8 of 15
Folder 9 of 15
[Roscoe Bell, Acting Project Director's letter to Dillon Myer re: final report on Community Government]
[Roscoe Bell's letter to L.T. Hoffman, Project Director re: comments on the Ostlund Report of the Community Council]
Folder 10 of 15
[Report of Engineering Section Beginning of Center]
Folder 11 of 15
[Continuation of Engineering's final report]
Folder 12 of 15
[Additional Engineering Documentation]
[Agricultural Section Closing Report]
[Fire Protection Section Closing Report]
Folder 13 of 15
[Report of the Motor Transport Section]
[Personal Narrative of Assistant Project Director, Administrative Management Division]
[Miscellaneous documents on transportation]
[Finance Section Closing Report]
[Procurement Section Closing Report]
[Closing Report for Property Control and Warehousing Unit]
[Closing Report of Mass Operations Section]
Folder 14 of 15
[Statistics Section Closing Report]
Folder 15 of 15
[Personnel Management Section Final Narrative Report]
[Closing Report of Office Services Section]
[Final Report of the Topaz Postal Service Section]
:0027, Folder H 12.50
Research notes, index cards, n.d.
Topaz news clippings, scrapbook, 1942-1943
COLORADO RIVER RELOCATION CENTER - POSTON
War Relocation Authority
Charter, trust agreement, general information
Embree, John F., reports
Notes on the Poston Project, Sept. 9, 1942
Problems of Teachers in Relocation Centers, Apr. 1943
Dealing with Japanese-Americans, Oct. 1942
Organization charts
Colorado River Indian Agency, Estimate of Initial Investment
Plan for the Consolidation of Welfare Section, Community Management and Relocation Division, May 12, 1945
Monthly report summaries, 1943-1944
Quarterly reports, 1942-1943
Myer, Dillon S., speeches at Poston, 1942-1945
Office of Project Director
Weekly reports, 1942-1946
Project staff meeting minutes, 1942-1944
Development Program...for...1944, Nov. 26, 1943
Correspondence, teletypes and memos, 1942-1945
Speeches
[see also:
NARA Reel 21, Folder 33]
Memos and bulletins to residents, 1942-1945
Miscellaneous
Project Administration
Circulars, nos. 2-3, 5-10, 15-18, 1942-1943
Orders, nos. 1-30, 1942-1944
Project memorandum, nos. 1-110, 112-126, 1944-1945
Memos to employees and appointed staff, 1942-1945
Memos to division and section heads, 1942-1945
Release on Segregation, nos. 1-31a, Aug.-Oct. 1943
Segregation notice, nos. 1-4a, Aug.-Sept. 1943
Miscellaneous form letters and forms
Administration staff meeting minutes, 1942-1943
Segregation Advisory Board meeting minutes, 1943
Advisory Committee, report, Segregation Program, 1943
Miscellaneous meeting minutes
Relocation division staff meetings, minutes, 1943-1944
Protecting Power, Spanish Consul, 1942-1945
Evacuee Unit Administration
Unit I
Administrator's weekly reports, 1942-1944
Block 2 Directory, 1945
Miscellaneous
Unit II
Administrator's weekly reports, 1943-1945
Miscellaneous
Poston II Project Management, July 1, 1944
Additional Note
Unit III
Administrator's weekly reports, 1943-1944
Community Council
Pre-Temporary Council meetings, Poston II, minutes and Roster, Aug. 1942
Temporary Community Council meeting minutes, July 25, 1942-Apr. 29, 1943