McFarling (J. Ralph) Collection 1943-2007 1943-1946

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McFarling (J. Ralph) Collection 1943-2007 1943-1946

This collection contains materials generated by J. Ralph McFarling, a Community Analyst for the War Relocation Authority, documenting the Amache Concentration Camp in Granada, Colorado where Japanese-Americans were imprisoned during World War II.

1 box,; [0.5 linear ft]

eng,

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SNAC Resource ID: 6658961

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United States. War Relocation Authority

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From 1942 to 1946, Edward H. Spicer, Anthropology professor at the University of Arizona, was Head of the Community Analysis Section of the War Relocation Authority, in Washington, D.C. From the description of United States War Relocation Authority collection, 1942-1947. (University of Arizona). WorldCat record id: 29305373 Biography / Administrative History On February 19, 1942 President Roosevelt signed Executive Order ...

Spicer, Edward Holland, 1906-1983

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Edward (Ned) H. Spicer (1906-1983) was a noted cultural anthropologist, member of the National Academy of Sciences, former president of the American Anthropological Association (1972), Guggenheim fellow, and University of Arizona professor emeritus. He received his bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Arizona in 1932 and his Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of Chicago in 1939. He is the author of numerous books, including: Pascua, a Yaqui Village in Arizona...

Granada Relocation Center—Amache (Colo.)

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Provinse, John Henry, 1897-1965

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McFarling, Joseph Ralph

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History Joseph Ralph McFarling was a Community Analyst for the War Relocation Authority at Granada Relocation Center in Amache, Colorado during the war. He was born in Rock Port, Missouri on May 11, 1901 attending the Univeristy of Missouri, Methodist College in Cameron, the University of Chicago, Moody Bible Institute and University of Denver. He was the deputy Postmaster in Rock Port. Later, he worked at the boy’s reformatory in Jefferson C...