Collection: Collection of Material about Japanese American Incarceration / Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Address by the Director of the WRA, before the Tuesday Evening Club in Pasadena, CA. Details the operations of the incarceration centers in response to Hearst newspapers' claims that incarcerees were coddled; Meyer also contends that Japanese Americans must be protected and allowed to resettle.
Date:: 1944 March 14
Resource Type:: text
Collection:: Collection of Material about Japanese American Incarceration
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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:: Collection of Material about Japanese American Incarceration
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Description:: Report on the justification for incarceration of Japanese and Japanese Americans, including a history of Japanese travels to North America beginning 1610, and general descriptions of Japanese and Japanese American populations in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Sacramento, Portland, and Seattle. Gift of Bradford Smith.
Date:: 1946
Resource Type:: text
Collection:: Collection of Material about Japanese American Incarceration
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Description:: Report covers employment statistics within incarceration camps, leave regulations, college student forced removal, and general aspects of life in incarceration camps, such as education, mess operations, religious activities, and the fears and anxieties of incarcerees.
Date:: 1942 July 1-September 30
Resource Type:: text
Collection:: Collection of Material about Japanese American Incarceration
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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:: Collection of Material about Japanese American Incarceration
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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:: Collection of Material about Japanese American Incarceration
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Description:: Report on the closing of Manzanar's education system, prepared for Ralph P. Merritt for the WRA. Includes brief overview of pre-school, elementary, secondary school, adult education programs, and library systems. Final page includes signatures of Manzanar education staff. Cover artwork by Takamura, 1942.
Date:: 1945 May 31
Resource Type:: text
Collection:: Collection of Material about Japanese American Incarceration
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Description:: Pamphlet attesting to the loyalty of Nisei soldiers.
Date:: 1944
Resource Type:: text
Collection:: Collection of Material about Japanese American Incarceration
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Description:: Report covers general aspects of life in incarceration camps, including mess hall operations, recreation, and education. Also details Senate Sub-committee investigation, Spanish Consular visit, isolation procedures, and segregation procedures for pro-Japanese and pro-American incarcerees.
Date:: 1943 January 1-June 30
Resource Type:: text
Collection:: Collection of Material about Japanese American Incarceration
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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 November
Resource Type:: text
Collection:: Collection of Material about Japanese American Incarceration
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