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Description:: Pamphlet on the Manzanar Toy Loan Project, began in 1944. Topics include founding, organization, objectives, floor plan, and mimeographed forms used by the Center. Booklet also includes six black and white photographs of children at the Toy Loan Center.
Date:: circa 1944
Resource Type:: text
Collection:: OpenUCLA Collections
Collection of Material about Japanese American Incarceration

Description:: Open letter instructing incarcerees about resettlement, including timely departure from incarceration camps and camp closing dates.
Date:: 1945 July 12
Resource Type:: text
Collection:: OpenUCLA Collections
Collection of Material about Japanese American Incarceration

Description:: WRA press releases on subjects related to incarcerees. Two items commemorate the military service of Japanese Americans, including the 110th Battalion and the 442nd Regimental Combat Team.
Date:: 1944
Resource Type:: text
Collection:: OpenUCLA Collections
Collection of Material about Japanese American Incarceration

Description:: Documents the WRA's transfer from independent war agency to Department of the Interior. Includes general description of life in incarceration camps, including reaction of incarcerees and enlistment. Includes report of the House Sub-Committee on the Tule Lake Incident, the closing of the Jerome Relocation Center, and tables and charts showing average incarceration camp populations.
Date:: 1944 January 1-June 30
Resource Type:: text
Collection:: OpenUCLA Collections
Collection of Material about Japanese American Incarceration

Description:: Minidoka incarceration camp newsletter. Includes articles on daily life in the camp, such as conditions, sports, school, and employment. Also includes a Japanese Language section on the back page with a brief English guide.
Date:: 1942 September-October
Resource Type:: text
Collection:: OpenUCLA Collections
Collection of Material about Japanese American Incarceration

Description:: Report prepared by Ruth Budd, Director of School and Community Libraries. Report covers library history, staff training, fiction library, high school and elementary division. Includes black and white photographs of staff and facilities.
Date:: 1945 January 2
Resource Type:: text
Collection:: OpenUCLA Collections
Collection of Material about Japanese American Incarceration

Description:: Soft cover yearbook for the Manzanar incarceration camp graduating class of summer 1943.
Date:: 1943
Resource Type:: text
Collection:: OpenUCLA Collections
Collection of Material about Japanese American Incarceration

Description:: Pamphlet prepared by Beatrice White, Home Economics Supervisor, Manzanar Secondary Schools, documenting class projects. Includes photographs of a typical Manzanar barrack interior and of altered barracks.
Date:: 1945 January 5
Resource Type:: text
Collection:: OpenUCLA Collections
Collection of Material about Japanese American Incarceration

Description:: Camp Harmony Assembly Center newsletter, Puyallup, Washington. Includes articles on daily life in the incarceration camp, such as conditions, sports, school, the temporary detention center, and employment.
Date:: 1942 May-June
Resource Type:: text
Collection:: OpenUCLA Collections
Collection of Material about Japanese American Incarceration

Description:: Address by the Director of the WRA in Eagle Rock, CA. Provides brief overview of forced removal process after 1943 and argues for resettlement of Japanese Americans.
Date:: 1945 June 19
Resource Type:: text
Collection:: OpenUCLA Collections
Collection of Material about Japanese American Incarceration

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