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Scope and Contents
Title: Alice N. Hays papers
Date (inclusive): 1940-1945
Collection Number: 51002
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1 manuscript box, 1 oversize box
(1.4 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Letters written to A. N. Hays, scrapbook and printed matter relating to the internment of Japanese-Americans in relocation
centers during World War II.
Creator:
Hays, Alice N.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
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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.
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Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1975.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Alice Newman Hays papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Scope and Contents
Of particular note are the letters in the collection. All the Japanese American correspondents went to the Santa Anita Assembly
Center; all but the Takahashis went to Heart Mountain. Their letters contain comparisons of conditions at Santa Anita and
Heart Mountain, and excellent accounts of their reactions to anti-Japanese publicity on the West Coast. All express at least
some fear about returning to California, but all also express great nostalgia. There is also documentation of the reactions
to the draft resistance movement at Heart Mountain, and many expressions of patriotism.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Japanese Americans -- Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- United States