Japanese Internment collection

Collection

Identifier: 0296

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Scope and Contents

The collection consists of copies of the Manzanar Free Press, the Information Bulletin published by the Japanese-American Relations Committee of the American Friends Service Committee, and various pamphlets and fliers published and/or distributed by the War Relocation Authority and various private social service agencies. The bulk of the material is sympathetic to the plight of the interned Japanese and their eventual return (resettlement) to their homes.

Dates

Creation: 1942-1946

Creator

American Baptist Home Mission Society (Organization)
Congregational Christian Committee for Work with Japanese Evacuees. Citizens Committee for Resettlement (Organization)
General Council of the Congregational Christian Churches of the United States. Council for Social Action (Organization)
Granada Relocation Center (Organization)
Himes, Chester B., 1909-1984 (Person)
Ickes, Harold L. (Harold LeClair), 1874-1952 (Person)
Institute of Pacific Relations. American Council (Organization)
Japanese American Citizens' League (Organization)
McCloy, John J. (John Jay), 1895-1989 (Person)
Meyer, Dillon S. (Person)
Moore, Wallace H., Lt. Col. (Person)
National Japanese American Student Relocation Council (Organization)
Phinney, Milton C. (Person)
Sproul, Robert Gordon, 1891-1975 (Person)
United States. War Relocation Authority (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

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Conditions Governing Use

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Manuscripts Librarian. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.