Japanese-American Relocation Center Newsletters 1942-1943

Manzanar War Relocation Center

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Manzanar War Relocation Center was located in the Owens Valley in Central CA; the site was used by Paiute-Shoshone Indians for centuries until it became a Euro-American fruit-growing settlement, 1910-35; the US Army initially established the camp as the Owens Valley Reception Center under the management of the Wartime Civil Control Administration (WCCA), March-May 1942; on June 1, 1942, Manzanar was reconstituted as a War Relocation Authority (WRA) center; its peak population was 10,121, and the...

Gila River Relocation Center

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Heart Mountain Relocation Center (Wyo.)

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{Text of biographical or historical note, in paragraphs; separate each with paragraph tags} The Heart Mountain Relocation Center was one of ten relocation centers constructed as a result of Executive Order 9066 (EO 9066), which President Franklin Roosevelt signed into effect on February 19, 1942. The Center, located near the town of Cody in northwest Wyoming, held Japanese American internees from 1942-1945. The camp reached a maximum population of 10,767, making it the third largest settlement i...

Granada Relocation Center

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Records accumulated by Yatsutoshi Yoshizawa in the course of his duties as a member of the Block Managers Assembly. From the description of Records, 1943-1945. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 26282043 The Granada Relocation Center opened on Aug. 27, 1942, near the southeastern Colorado town of Granada (sometimes referred to as Amache, after the daughter of a Cheyenne chief). Most of Granada's inmates were transferred there from the Merced and Santa Anita Assembly Centers in C...

Committee on Resettlement of Japanese Americans

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Tule Lake Relocation Center

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World War II and its subsequent effects on the American nation permeated every aspect of the lives of the country's people. Although virtually everyone was touched in some respect by the war, perhaps no people, as a group, were affected more than the Japanese-Americans living in the far western states. Both aliens and American citizens of Japanese ancestry became the victims of the distrust and fear generated by both civilians and military personnel along the Pacific Coast. Viewed a...

Central Utah Relocation Center

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United States. War Relocation Authority

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After the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor in December 1941, domestic policies and orders issued by the United States were formulated around avoiding future threats. This was especially prevalent along the Pacific Coast, where both citizens and government feared potential attacks. After receiving calls for the removal of Japanese citizens from Secretary of War Henry Stimson and local leaders on the West Coast, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 on Februa...

Manzanar Assembly Center (Calif.)

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