National Japanese Student Relocation Council records, 1942-1948 / Department of College and Theological Seminaries, Board of Christian Education, Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.

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National Japanese Student Relocation Council records, 1942-1948 / Department of College and Theological Seminaries, Board of Christian Education, Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.

Collection documents activities of the PCUSA's involvement with the National Japanese Student Relocation Council. It includes Minutes, correspondence and student files regarding placement and financial support.

2 cubic ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8356907

Presbyterian Historical Society, PHS

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Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Dept. of Colleges and Theological Seminaries.

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The National Japanese Student Relocation Council was established by the American Friends Service Committee at the recommendation of the War Relocation Authority in 1942. Its objective was providing college educations to the Japanese-American students interned in government relocation centers. Though coordinated by the American Friends Service Committee, the activities of the NJSRC transcended denominational boundaries. The PCUSA's Board of Christian Education, operating through the Department of...

American friends service committee

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Quaker organization formed to promote peace and reconciliation through its social service and relief programs. From the description of American Friends Service Committee records, 1933-1988 (bulk 1933-1938). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70983753 The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) was organized in June 1917 as an outgrowth of and coordination point for the anti-war and relief activities of various bodies of the Religious Society of Friends in the United States. A ...

National Japanese American Student Relocation Council

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The Council's records are housed at the Hoover Institute for War, Peace, and Revolution at Stanford University. From the description of Files from the National Japanese American Student Relocation Council, 1942-1943. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 122291028 Text from first paragraph of document: "At its meeting in New York on June 15, 1944, the Student Relocation Council discussed at some length the apathy, apprehensiveness, and misconceptions that...