The Japanese American Relocation Collection, 1941-1947.

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The Japanese American Relocation Collection, 1941-1947.

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Collection includes: correspondence, magazines, newspaper and journal articles clippings, and publications from the War Relocation Authority, religious groups, as well as civil liberties organizations. An unique and significant portion of the collection consists of a series of correspondence to and from Occidental College President Remsen Bird's office. Throughout spring and early summer of 1942, hundreds of letters from Bird's office reached various individuals and organizations: To presidents of colleges in the interior inquiring whether they would accept Japanese American students; to the same groups recommending former students forced to leave Occidental; to former Occidental students sending messages of encouragement; to California Governor Culbert Olson urging further discussion on internment matters; to colleagues at the Western College Association and leaders at Christian education groups attempting to coordinate student relocation efforts already engaged by various organizations.

23.5 linear ft.

Occidental College Library, Mary Norton Clapp Library

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Occidental College Library, Mary Norton Clapp Library

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Mary Norton Clapp Library. Special Collections.

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Mary Norton Clapp Library

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In August 1942, Occidental College President Remsen Bird wrote to College Librarian Elizabeth McCloy, requesting that the Library gather and collect materials related to the Japanese American internment. For the next few years McCloy and her staff honored this request, forming the Japanese Ameridcan Relocation Collection. The collection was held in closed stacks in the Special Collections department and remained largely untouched until 2004, when Occidental College recei...

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National Japanese American Student Relocation Council

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United States. War Relocation Authority

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