Verne Austin Papers, 1943-1945

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Verne Austin Papers, 1943-1945

http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/tf896nb5xm

Austin was born in 1894. He was Commander of the 752nd Military Police Battalion of Tule Lake, California from 1943-45. He retired from the U.S. Army as a Lieutenant Colonel. Collection contains records of events and exhibits related to the internment of Japanese Americans at Camp Tule Lake, California between October 1943 and October 1945. Includes copies of official files, biographical materials related to Col. Verne Austin and personal correspondence. Also contains scattered issues of the following newspapers published in the Tule Lake relocation Center: , , and . Materials in this collection are primarily in English, with some in Japanese. The Tulean Dispatch Newell Star Tsurureiki Shimp

3 boxes (1.5 linear ft.); 1 oversize box

eng,

University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6666254

Related Entities

There are 2 Entities related to this resource.

Austin, Verne

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wf68wm (person)

Biography Austin was born in 1894; he was Commander of the 752nd Military Police Battalion, Tule Lake, California, 1943-45; he retired from the United States Army as a Lieutenant Colonel. From the guide to the Verne Austin Papers, 1943-1945, (University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.) ...

Japanese American Research Project (University of California, Los Angeles)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ns5t1x (corporateBody)

The Japanese American Research Project (originally named the Issei History Project) was initiated by Wakamatsu Shigeo, President of the Japanese American citizens League (JACL) in 1960. The three major objectives of the project were: 1. to conduct a sociological survey based on a national sampling of the Issei and Nisei populations; 2. to publish a definitive history of the Japanese Americans; 3. and to collect documents, including oral history and memorabilia. UCLA agreed to co-sponsor the proj...