INVENTORY OF THE J. RALPH MCFARLING COLLECTION,
1942-2007
Finding aid prepared by Michele McKinnon Fricke
California State University, Dominguez Hills
Archives & Special Collections
University Library, Room 5039
1000 E. Victoria Street
Carson, California 90747
Phone: (310) 243-3895
URL: http://www.csudh.edu/archives/csudh/index.html
©2011
Descriptive Summary
Title: McFarling (J. Ralph) Collection
Dates: 1943-2007
Dates: 1943-1946
Collection Number: Consult repository.
Creator:
McFarling, J. Ralph (Joseph Ralph)
Extent:
1 box,
[0.5 linear ft]
Repository: California State University, Dominguez Hills
Archives and Special Collections
Archives & Special Collection
University Library, Room 5039
1000 E. Victoria Street
Carson, California 90747
Phone: (310) 243-3013
URL: http://www.csudh.edu/archives/csudh/index.html
Abstract: This collection contains materials generated by J. Ralph McFarling, a Community Analyst
for the War Relocation Authority, documenting the Amache Concentration Camp in Granada,
Colorado where Japanese-Americans were imprisoned during World War II.
Language: Collection material is in English
Administration Information
Access
There are no access restrictions on this collection.
Publication Rights
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Archives
and Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical
materials and not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Preferred Citation
[Title of item], J. RALPH MCFARLING COLLECTION, Courtesy of the Department of Archives and Special Collections. University
Library. California State University, Dominguez Hills
Acquisition Information
The materials were donated by Eileen Neill to the California State University Archives at California State
University, Dominguez Hills in 2011.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Gregory Williams and Michele McKinnon Fricke, 2011.
History
Joseph Ralph McFarling was a Community Analyst for the War Relocation Authority at
Granada Relocation Center in Amache, Colorado during the war. He was born in Rock Port,
Missouri on May 11, 1901 attending the Univeristy of Missouri, Methodist College in Cameron,
the University of Chicago, Moody Bible Institute and University of Denver. He was the deputy Postmaster in Rock Port.
Later, he worked at
the boy’s reformatory in Jefferson City and a welfare worker for Atchison County. After the
war, he was transferred to Seattle, Washington to help establish communities for relocated
Japanese-Americans. He died in Seattle on October 9, 1977. While at Granada Relocation Center,
he reported to John H. Provinse and Edward Spicer, two noted anthropologists.
Scope and Content
This collection contains materials generated by J. Ralph McFarling documenting the Amache
Concentration Camp in Granada, Colorado where Japanese-Americans were imprisoned during World
War II. It contains a ten page typescript memoir entitled
The Day the Ban was Lifted by
McFarling describing conditions in the camp, weekly reports written by McFarling to the War
Relocation Administration, namely his supervisors John H. Provinse
and Ned (Edward H.) Spicer (1944-1945), memos and other data relating to camp
management, letters from former prisoners who discuss their resettlement
throughout the United States, a “resettlement” handbook and guides to the Amache camp published at the camp.
There is also a Smithsonian pamphlet entitled
The Japanese published in 1943, a pamphlet
entitled
The Displaced Japanese-Americans published by the American Council on Public Affairs
and a pamphlet entitled
Japan by the editors of Fortune Magazine, 1944. Other materials include
four camp photographs and three watercolor paintings of concentration camp barracks and their
desert surroundings by Hajime Takata.
Arrangement
Materials are arranged in chronological order.
Indexing Terms
Subjects
Japanese-Americans
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
Personal Names
McFarling, Joseph Ralph
Provinse, John H. (John Henry), 1897-1965
Spicer, Edward H. (Edward Holland), 1906-1983
Corporate Names
United States. War Relocation Authority
Granada Relocation Center—Amache (Colo.)
Geographic Names
Amache (Colo.)
Container List
Box Contents
McFarling Materials,
1943-2007
Physical Description: 0.5 linear feet 1 box
Scope and Content Note
This collection contains materials generated by J. Ralph McFarling documenting the Amache
Concentration Camp in Granada, Colorado where Japanese-Americans were imprisoned during World
War II. It contains a ten page typescript memoir entitled
The Day the Ban was Lifted by
McFarling describing conditions in the camp, weekly reports written by McFarling to the War
Relocation Administration in Washington DC (1944-1945), memos and other data relating to camp
management, letters from former prisoners who discussed their resettlement throughout the
United States, a “resettlement” handbook and guides to the Amache camp published at the camp.
There is also a Smithsonian pamphlet entitled
The Japanese published in 1943, a pamphlet
entitled
The Displaced Japanese-Americans published by the American Council on Public Affairs
and a pamphlet entitled
Japan by the editors of Fortune Magazine, 1944. Other materials include
four camp photographs and three watercolor paintings of concentration camp barracks and their
desert surroundings by Hajime Takata.
Box 1, Folder 1
Book:
The Japanese by John F. Embree [Smithsonian],
1943, January 23
Box 1, Folder 2
Correspondence: Dillon Myer, Director,
1943, February 26 and May 14
Box 1, Folder 3
Booklet:
Amache, Colorado, Granada Relocation Center,
1943, April 5
Box 1, Folder 4
Description: Relocation Counseling Unit, Amache,
[1944]
Box 1, Folder 5
Press Release; Relocation Counseling Unit, Amache,
1944, February 22
Box 1, Folder 6
Press Release: Family Relocation Counseling Unit,
1944, March 6
Box 1, Folder 7
Correspondence: to J.G. Lindley,
1944, September 22
Box 1, Folder 8
Correspondence: to Ned Spicer (Edward H.),
1944, September 22
Box 1, Folder 9
Correspondence: Ned Spicer (Edward H.), War Relocation Authority,
1944, December 14
Box 1, Folder 10
Correspondence: to John H. Provinse and Edward H. Spicer,
1944, December 20
Box 1, Folder 11
Correspondence: to John H. Provinse and Edward Spicer,
1944, December 22
Box 1, Folder 12
Correspondence: to John H. Provinse and Edward Spicer,
1944, December 22
Box 1, Folder 13
Correspondence: Bill Adachi, Amache Young Buddhist Association,
1944, December 22
Box 1, Folder 14
Correspondence: to John H. Provinse and Edward Spicer,
1944, December 30
Box 1, Folder 15
Booklet:
Amache, Colorado [Granada Relocation Center],
ca. 1944
Box 1, Folder 16
Booklet:
The Displaced Japanese-Americans American Council on Public Affairs
[originally appeared in Fortune Magazine, April 1944, as
Issei, Nisel and Kibei],
ca. 1944
Box 1, Folder 17
Book:
Japan by editors of Fortune Magazine,
1944
Box 1, Folder 18
Correspondence: to John H. Provinse and Edward Spicer,
1945, January 2
Box 1, Folder 19
Correspondence: L.M. Oki [Louis M.],
1945, January 7
Box 1, Folder 20
Correspondence: to John H. Provinse and Edward Spicer,(Weekly Trend Report),
1945, January 18
Box 1, Folder 21
Correspondence: to John H. Provinse and Edward Spicer, (Weekly Trend Report),
1945, January 23
Box 1, Folder 22
Correspondence: to John H. Provinse and Edward Spicer, (Weekly Trend Report),
1945, February 3
Box 1, Folder 23
Correspondence: to John H. Provinse and Edward Spicer, (Weekly Trend Report),
1945, February 6
Box 1, Folder 24
Correspondence: to John H. Provinse and Edward Spicer, (Weekly Trend Report),
1945, February 9
Box 1, Folder 25
Correspondence: to John H. Provinse and Edward Spicer, (Weekly Trend Report),
1945, February 15
Box 1, Folder 26
Correspondence: Robbin Kaneko,
1945, March 5
Box 1, Folder 27
Correspondence: to John H. Provinse and Edward Spicer,
1945, March 8
Box 1, Folder 28
Correspondence: to John H. Provinse and Edward Spicer, (Weekly Trend Report),
1945, March 10
Box 1, Folder 29
Correspondence: to John H. Provinse and Edward Spicer, (Weekly Trend Report),
1945, March 17
Box 1, Folder 30
Correspondence: to John H. Provinse and Edward Spicer, (Weekly Trend Report),
1945, March 26
Box 1, Folder 31
Correspondence: Bob Tashima,
1945, March 26
Box 1, Folder 32
Correspondence: to John H. Provinse and Edward Spicer, (Weekly Trend Report),
1945, April 7
Box 1, Folder 33
Correspondence: to John H. Provinse and Edward Spicer, (Weekly Trend Report),
1945, April 20
Box 1, Folder 34
Correspondence: H. (Hajime) Takata,
1945, April 23
Box 1, Folder 35
Correspondence: to John H. Provinse and Edward Spicer, (Weekly Trend Report),
1945, April 30
Box 1, Folder 36
Application for Federal Employment,
1945, May
Box 1, Folder 37
Correspondence: to John H. Provinse and Edward Spicer, (Weekly Trend Report),
1945, May 11
Box 1, Folder 38
Correspondence: to John H. Provinse and Edward Spicer, (Weekly Trend Report),
1945, May 29
Box 1, Folder 39
Correspondence: Grace Koike,
1945, June 5
Box 1, Folder 40
Correspondence: to Walter J. Knodel,
1945, June 11
Box 1, Folder 41
Correspondence: to John H. Provinse and Edward Spicer, (Weekly Trend Report),
1945, June 14
Box 1, Folder 42
Correspondence: to John H. Provinse,
1945, June 16
Box 1, Folder 43
Correspondence: Isamu Nakamura,
1945, June 21
Box 1, Folder 44
Request for Personnel Action- Transfer,
1945, June 23
Box 1, Folder 45
Correspondence: Yamoto Ichihoshi,
1945, June 25
Box 1, Folder 46
Correspondence: to John H. Provinse,
1945, July 3 and July 10
Box 1, Folder 47
Correspondence: Mary Tashima,
1945, July 14 and August 20
Box 1, Folder 48
Correspondence: Ed W. Takunaga,
1945, July 16
Box 1, Folder 49
Correspondence: Louis M. Oki,
1945, August 2
Box 1, Folder 50
Correspondence: Toske Hoshimiya,
1945, November 1
Box 1, Folder 51
Correspondence: Toske Hoshimiya,
1945, November 18
Box 1, Folder 52
Correspondence: Rose Kikuchi,
1945, November 18
Box 1, Folder 53
Community Analysis Report No. 14, War Relocation Authority,
1945, November 19
Box 1, Folder 54
Correspondence: Katherine Luomala,
1945, December 11
Box 1, Folder 55
Correspondence: to Ned Spicer (Edward H.),
1946, January 31
Box 1, Folder 56
Project Analysis Series No. 24: Stresses and Strains of Center Life,
1946, February 20
Box 1, Folder 57
Correspondence: Marie D. Lane,
1946, February 21
Box 1, Folder 58
Correspondence: Toske Hoshimiya,
1946, February 23
Box 1, Folder 59
Correspondence: Ned Spicer (Edward H.),
1946, March 13
Box 1, Folder 60
Correspondence: Marie D. Lane,
[1946], November 14
Box 1, Folder 61
Newspaper Obituary: Joseph Ralph McFarling,
ca. 1977, October 9
Box 1, Folder 62
Memoir:
The Day The Ban Was Lifted,
n.d.
Box 1, Folder 63
Resettlement Handbook, Evacuee Information Office, Granada Project, Amache, Colorado,
n.d.
Box 1, Folder 64
Resettlement Handbook, Evacuee Information Office, Granada Project, Amache, Colorado,
n.d.
Box 1, Folder 66
Photographs – Four Camp Photos,
n.d.
Box 1, Folder 68
Copies of Hajime Takata three watercolor paintings, Granada Relocation Center,
Amache, Colorado of Camp Barracks and surrounding landscape,
n.d.
