Inventory of the Albert Hubbard Moffitt papers

Finding aid prepared by Hoover Institution Library and Archives Staff and Jennifer Leather
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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

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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

box 1, folder 1-4

Personal materials 1941 December - 1943 December

box 1, folder 5

Western Defense Command Official internal orders 1941-1943

box 1, folder 6

Western Defense Command and 4th Army Headquarters regulations 1942-1943

 

Wartime Civil Control Administration (WCCA) records 1941-1943

box 1, folder 7-8

Wartime Civil Control Administration (WCCA) Operation Manual 1942 June

box 1, folder 9

Wartime Civil Control Administration organization charts 1943 March

box 1, folder 10-11

Wartime Civil Control Administration office memoranda and administrative orders 1942-1943

box 2, folder 1-3

Wartime Civil Control Administration administrative and office memoranda 1942-1943

 

Wartime Civil Control Administration (WCCA) press releases 1942-1943

box 2, folder 4

1942 March 1-15

box 2, folder 5

1942 March 24 - April 29

box 2, folder 6

1942 April 30 - May 22

box 2, folder 7

1942 May 23 - July 29

box 2, folder 8

1942 August 3 - October 28

box 3, folder 1

1942 November 2 - 1943 March 15

box 3, folder 2

Wartime Civil Control Administration Index of Cities and Towns in Military Areas 1 and 2 1942-1943

box 3, folder 3

Wartime Civil Control Administration Bulletins regarding Japanese population and employment 1940 March-April

box 3, folder 4

Wartime Civil Control Administration assembly centers and relocation projects 1942

box 3, folder 5

Wartime Civil Control Administration Daily Recapitulation, Population Changes in Assembly and Relocation Centers 1942 July-November

box 3, folder 6

Wartime Civil Control Administration Daily Recapitulation, Population Changes in Assembly and Relocation Centers 1942

 

Civil Affairs Division records 1942-1943

box 3, folder 7

Publications, memoranda, directories, and reorganization memoranda 1943 March-October

box 3, folder 8

Civil Affairs Division and Western Defense Command Fiscal and Procurement Division procedures 1943 June-September

box 3, folder 9-10

Military files, directories and changes, memoranda 1942-1943

 

Japanese Relocation orders and other materials 1942

box 4, folder 1

Plan of Movement of Japanese to Relocation Centers 1942

box 4, folder 2-3

Military Area No. 1: Proposed Japanese Evacuation Operations Vol. 1, Exclusion Orders 1-50 1942

box 4, folder 4-5

Proposed Japanese Evacuation Operations, Military Area II, Volume II, Exclusion Orders No. 51-99 1942 May

box 4, folder 6

Proposed Japanese Evacuation Operations, Military Area II, Volume III 1942 June-July

box 4, folder 7-8

Proclamations, executive orders, and miscellaneous data on evacuation 1942

 

Alaska Travel Control records 1942-1943

box 4, folder 9

Data Regarding Alaska Travel Control 1942-1943

box 5, folder 1-2

Alaska Travel Control Staff Memorandum Book 1942

box 5, folder 3

Correspondence regarding FBI investigations 1942 April

box 5, folder 4

Newspaper clippings on the congressional commission on wartime relocation 1981-1983

box 5

Western Defense Command and Fourth Army, Statistical Division, Bulletin 12 March 15, 1943

box 5

Evacuation Operations, Pacific Coast Military Areas, report of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco 1942

box 5

Un-American Activities in California, Report of the Joint Fact-Finding Committee to the 55th California Legislature, Sacramento 1943

 

Civilian orders 1942-1943

box 6, folder 1

Civilian restrictive orders 1942-1943

box 6, folder 2-3

Civilian exclusion orders 1-99 1942 March-May

box 6, folder 4

Civilian exclusion orders 1-99 1942

box 6, folder 5

Committee of Center Managers, Report on the Study of Certain Aspects of Japanese Evacuation 1942 November-December

box 6, folder 6

"The Japanese Question in the United States: A Compilation of Memoranda" by Lt. Com. K. D. Pringle

box 6, folder 7

"Records and Data for Captain Moffitt, Train Commander for Japanese Repatriates, Trip to New York" 1942 June

box 6, folder 8

Printed materials on displaced persons, European Theater 1944-1950

box 6, folder 9

"Allied Expeditionary Force: Displaced Persons Registration Instructions" 1944 June

box 6, folder 10

Repatriation forms and memoranda 1942

box 7

Western Defense Command and Fourth Army, Wartime Civil Control Administration: "Proclamations, Exclusion, Restrictive Orders and Collateral Documents" 1942

box 7

Final Report: Japanese Evacuation from the West Coast 1942

 

2018 Incremental Material

box 8

Selected Photos: Evacuation of Japanese from Pacific Coast 1942

box 9

Selected Photos: Evacuation of Japanese from Pacific Coast (continued) 1942