Carey McWilliams Miscellaneous Papers, 1941-1945

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Carey McWilliams Miscellaneous Papers, 1941-1945

Writings, correspondence, press releases, and clippings, relating to the evacuation andrelocation of Japanese Americans during World War II. Used as research material for thebook by C. McWilliams, (1944) Prejudice

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McWilliams, Carey, 1905-1980

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Carey McWilliams was born December 13, 1905 in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. He completed his Juris Doctorate from the University of Southern California in 1927. From 1927-1938, McWilliams was an attorney at the law firm Black, Hammack in Los Angeles. In 1938, he was appointed as Chief of the Division of Immigration and Housing of the State of California, a position he kept until 1942. During the period from 1945-1955, he began his long association with The Nation, becoming successively contribut...