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  • 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

    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 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