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Finding Aid for the Charlotte B. DeForest Papers, 1942-1945
2010
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Title: Charlotte B. DeForest Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1942-1945
Collection number: 2010
Creator:
DeForest, Charlotte B. (Charlotte Burgis), b. 1879
Extent: 1 box (0.5 linear ft.)
1 oversize box
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Charlotte DeForest was the daughter of pioneer missionary, John H. DeForest, of the American Board Mission; after graduation
from Smith College, she returned to Japan and worked as a missionary educator. She was the President of Kobe College for women,
Japan, and the author of
The Woman and the Leaven in Japan (1923). She worked as a Junior Counselor at the Manzanar War Relocation Center, California. This collection consists of manuscripts,
printed materials, and other miscellaneous items related to the Manzanar War Relocation Center (WRA) and the work of Charlotte
DeForest. It includes WRA staff memoranda and circulars, interview records and notes on internees at Manzanar, and a scrapbook
of mementos.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCLA. All requests for permission to publish or
quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Manuscripts Librarian. Permission for publication is given on behalf
of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission
of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
[Identification of item], Charlotte B. DeForest Papers, Japanese American Research Project Collection (Collection 2010). Department
of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
DeForest was the daughter of pioneer missionary, John H. DeForest, of the American Board Mission; after graduation from Smith
College, she returned to Japan and worked as a missionary educator; was president of Kobe College for women, Japan; author
of
The Woman and the Leaven in Japan (1923); worked as a Junior counselor at the Manzanar War Relocation Center, California.
Collection consists of manuscripts, printed materials, and other miscellaneous items related to the Manzanar War Relocation
Center and the work of Charlotte DeForest. Includes WRA staff memoranda and circulars (October 1944-November 1945), interview
records and notes on internees at Manzanar (July-December 1944), and a scrapbook of mementos (1944-45).
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
DeForest, Charlotte B. (Charlotte Burgis), b. 1879--Archives.
Manzanar War Relocation Center.
Japanese American Research Project (University of California, Los Angeles).
Counselors--California--Archival resources.
Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945.
Japanese American Research Project Collection of Material about Japanese in the United States (Collection 2010)
. Available at the Department of Special Collections, UCLA.