Biography
Anderson was a longtime resident of Pasadena, California; he was a member of the Friends of the American Way and the Pacific Coast Committee on American Principles and Fair Play; he assisted Japanese Americans in Southern California at the time of the evacuation and post-World War II resettlement; he also served as adviser in the Colorado River Relocation Center in Poston, Arizona.
From the guide to the Hugh Harris Anderson Papers, 1944-1950, (University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.)