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Finding Aid for the Collection of Material about
Japanese American Internment, 1929-1956 bulk 1942-1946
131
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Title: Collection of material about Japanese relocation,
Date (inclusive): 1929-1956
Date (bulk): (bulk 1942-1946)
Collection number: 131
Extent: 4 boxes1 map folder
Abstract: The collection consists of publications and press releases by the War Relocation Authority (WRA), in addition to yearbooks
and pamphlets created by
Japanese
American internees and advocacy groups, with an emphasis on the Manzanar and Minidoka
internment
camps.
camps.
Language:
English
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library,
Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright,
are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of
the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC
Regents do not hold the copyright.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Ralph P. Merritt, 1946. Additional items are the gift of Bradford Smith, 1952.
The materials in Collection 131 were extracted from Collection 122, the Manzanar War Relocation Center Records (formerly titled
the U.S. War Relocation Authority Archive) in 1971, when that collection was arranged and described. The materials were given
summary description in 1979. Items were inventoried, housed in folders, and arranged into series to enhance access to the
collection in 2005.
[Identification of item], Collection of Material About
Japanese
American
Internment
(Collection 131). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
Japanese
American
Internment
(Collection 131). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
Collection consists primarily of materials from the U.S. Department of the Interior War Relocation Authority related to Japanese
Americans and relocation. Includes various War Authority publications and pamphlets, miscellaneous articles, Camp Harmony
(Puyallup, Washington) and the Minidoka irrigator (Hunt, Idaho) camp newsletters, miscellaneous publications related to Manzanar,
California, and a phonographic recording of
The exile's return, a production of CBS-KNX news (1956).
The collection consists of publications and press releases by the War Relocation Authority (WRA), in addition to yearbooks
and pamphlets created by
Japanese
American internees and advocacy groups, with an emphasis on the Manzanar and Minidoka
internment
camps. It also includes speeches, clippings of published articles, and masters' theses. Subjects include segregation within
camps, the loyalty of
Japanese
Americans, resettlement, and the
internment
process.
Japanese
American internees and advocacy groups, with an emphasis on the Manzanar and Minidoka
internment
camps. It also includes speeches, clippings of published articles, and masters' theses. Subjects include segregation within
camps, the loyalty of
Japanese
Americans, resettlement, and the
internment
process.
Items of note include several reproduced sketches by artist Mine Okubo, pamphlets by the Japanese American Citizen's League
(JACL), original copies of the Minidoka Irrigator, a recording of a 1956 radio broadcast from Los Angeles, and transcripts
of speeches.
Arranged in the following series:
- War Relocation Authority (WRA), 1942-1946 (2 boxes)
- Internment camps, 1942-1945 (1 box)
- Miscellaneous, 1929-1956 (1 box, 1 map folder).
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--Archival resources.
Other Index Terms Related to this Collection
United States--War Relocation Authority.
Manzanar War Relocation Center Records
(Collection 122)
. Available at Department of Special Collections, UCLA.
Japanese American Research Project Collection of Material about Japanese in the United States.(Collection 2010) . Available at the Department of Special Collections, UCLA.
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