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  • Title: Albert Hubbard Moffitt papers
    Date (inclusive): 1940-1983
    Collection Number: 85029
    Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
    Language of Material: English
    Physical Description: 7 manuscript boxes, 2 oversize boxes (5.0 Linear Feet)
    Abstract: Orders, reports, memoranda, proclamations, press releases, statistics, charts, and correspondence, relating to the evacuation of Japanese Americans from the West Coast of the United States during World War II, and to relocation of displaced persons in Europe at the end of the war.
    Creator: Moffitt, Albert Hubbard
    Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

    Access

    The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

    Use

    For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Acquisition Information

    Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1985.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Albert Hubbard Moffitt papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Biographical/Historical Note

    A Lieutenant colonel in the United States Army, Moffitt was the executive officer of the Wartime Civil Control Administration from 1941 to 1943. The Wartime Civil Control Administration, which operated under the Western Defense Command of the United States Army, provided for the evacuation and temporary resettlement of Japanese and Japanese-Americans in areas of the Pacific coast during World War II. The department oversaw all aspects of the evacuation operations, including assembly centers, transportation, and the transfer of evacuees to the jurisdiction of the War Relocation Authority, which was responsible for the relocation, maintenance, and supervision of evacuees and operated the internment camps.
    Source: Federal Records of World War II, Vol. II: Military Agencies, Sec. 1096

    Scope and Content of Collection

    The Albert Hubbard Moffitt papers contains mainly printed material regarding the evacuation, relocation, and internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. The collection also contains personal material, publicity materials, and official memoranda and other materials that were circulated within divisions and organizations. The publicity materials consist of copies of civilian exclusion orders for the entirety of California, as well as other publications and notices regarding relocation orders. The official material, divided among the respective divisions and administrations, contains memos, maps and charts, statistical records of populations relocated, press releases, and reports on the process of the relocation of Japanese Americans from California, Oregon, and other states in the western United States.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    World War, 1939-1945 -- Refugees
    Japanese Americans -- Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945
    World War, 1939-1945 -- United States
    World War, 1939-1945 -- Europe
    United States. Army
    United States. Wartime Civil Control Administration