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2010
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Title: Verne Austin Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1943-1945
Collection number: 2010
Creator:
Austin, Verne
Extent: 3 boxes (1.5 linear ft.)
1 oversize box
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Austin was born in 1894. He was Commander of the 752nd Military Police Battalion of Tule Lake, California from 1943-45. He
retired from the U.S. Army as a Lieutenant Colonel. Collection contains records of events and exhibits related to the internment
of Japanese Americans at Camp Tule Lake, California between October 1943 and October 1945. Includes copies of official files,
biographical materials related to Col. Verne Austin and personal correspondence. Also contains scattered issues of the following
newspapers published in the Tule Lake relocation Center:
The Tulean Dispatch,
Newell Star, and
Tsurureiki Shimp. Materials in this collection are primarily in English, with some in Japanese.
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.
Language:
English.
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.
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.
[Identification of item], Verne Austin Papers, Japanese American Research Project Collection (Collection 2010). Department
of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Austin was born in 1894; he was Commander of the 752nd Military Police Battalion, Tule Lake, California, 1943-45; he retired
from the United States Army as a Lieutenant Colonel.
Collection contains records of events and exhibits related to the internment of Japanese Americans at Camp Tule Lake, California,
between October 1943 and October 1945. Includes copies of official files of the headquarters of the 752nd Military Police
Battalion. Also includes biographical materials related to Colonel Verne Austin and personal correspondence. Also contains
scattered issues of the following newspapers published in the Tule Lake Relocation Center:
The Tulean Dispatch,
Newell Star, and
Tsurureiki Shimp. The oversize box contains 2 scrapbooks.
Materials in this collection are primarily in English, with some in Japanese.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Austin, Verne--Archives.
Japanese American Research Project (University of California, Los Angeles).
United States Armed Forces--Officers--Archival resources.
Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945.
Tule Lake Relocation Center (Calif.).
Japanese American Research Project Collection of Material about Japanese in the United States (Collection 2010)
. Available at the Department of Special Collections, UCLA.