Records, 1940-1942 (bulk 1942).

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Records, 1940-1942 (bulk 1942).

One portfolio of miscellaneous reports, procedural manuals, memoranda, forms, orders, official announcements, and newspaper clippings concerning the evacuation and relocation of Japanese Americans. Most items are from the San Francisco office of the Wartime Civil Control Administration; one report is addressed specifically to Col. Bendetson. Most of the material is dated 1942, although a 1940 alien registration form is also enclosed. A bibliography on the Japanese in America is present, compiled by an unnamed Senior Archivist, War Relocation Authority, Washington, D.C.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7256189

University of Arizona Libraries

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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 ...

United States. Wartime Civil Control Administration

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Agency of the Western Defense Command of the United States Army. From the description of Wartime Civil Control Administration miscellaneous records, 1942-1943. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754869731 In 1942, to carry out Executive Order No. 9066, Lt. Gen. John L. DeWitt was designated military commander for the western half of the United States. He created the Wartime Civil Control Administration; its mission was to evacuate and relocate people of Japanese ancestry. DeWitt...

Bendetson, Karl R.

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