Register of the Thomas Ray Bodine papers

Finding aid prepared by Rebecca J. Mead
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Title: Thomas Ray Bodine papers
Date (inclusive): 1941-1982
Collection Number: 82035
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: English
Physical Description: 11 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box, 3 envelopes (5.0 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, writings, notes, memoranda, reports, newsletters, printed matter, and photographs, relating to relocation of Japanese Americans during World War II, and to the placement of Japanese-American students in colleges.
Creator: National Japanese American Student Relocation Council
Creator: Bodine, Thomas Ray, 1915-
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Thomas Ray Bodine Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical Note

On December 7, 1941, when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, Thomas R. Bodine was in training for foreign service with the American Friends Service Committee. As a result, rather than being sent overseas, he was assigned to Seattle, Washington, to aid the Japanese-American population on the West Coast. He arrived in late January, several weeks before President Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066 (Feb. 19, 1942). During the months of January and February, the Seattle Friends Committee (as well as other West Coast Friends committees) was active in helping Japanese-Americans relocate voluntarily to the interior of the country, and performed an important role in advising and informing the Japanese-American population about the events which culminated in the order of March 2, 1942, excluding all persons of Japanese ancestry from the area.
Through the spring and early summer, as Japanese-Americans were collected in assembly centers and subsequently transferred to more permanent relocation centers, the Friends Committees provided many important services such as preparation for evacuation, transportation, provision of food and supplies, and agitation for improvement of camp conditions. Even before internment was an established fact, efforts of religious, educational and other service organizations focused on relocation of individuals from the camps. The attempt to relocate college students was formalized on May 29 1942, with the establishment of the National Japanese-American Student Relocation Council (NJASRC). In June, Thomas Bodine went from Seattle to the West Coast office of the NJASRC, located in Berkeley, which had been set up to deal with the logistical arrangements for student relocation. In December, 1942, following internal administrative problems, he became the West Coast Director. In February of 1943, the decision was made to centralize the program in Philadelphia to allow closer contact with the War Relocation Authority, as well as educational institutions and cooperating service organizations on the East Coast. At that time, Thomas Bodine became the NJASRC Field Director, traveling to the various relocation centers as the liaison between counselors and students and the main office. He continued in this position until 1945, when he was reassigned to duty overseas in France.

Scope and Content of Collection

Correspondence, writings, notes, memoranda, reports, newsletters, printed matter, and photographs, relating to relocation of Japanese Americans during World War II, and to the placement of Japanese-American students in colleges.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Japanese Americans -- Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- United States
World War, 1939-1945 -- Education and the war

 

SPEECHES AND WRITINGS 1942-1982.

Scope and Contents note

Drafts, notes, clippings, correspondence, transcripts, printed copies, arranged chronologically.
box 1, folder 1

Speech notes (mostly handwritten, some typed notes and transcripts)

 

Published Material

box 1, folder 2

Correspondence (regarding publications)

 

Articles

box 1, folder 3

Japanese Evacuation, AFSERCO News Vol. 2 1942 June.

box 1, folder 4

The Japanese Displacement, Friends Intelligencer, Includes drafts. 1942 June 6.

box 1, folder 5

For Reasons of Military Necessity, Alumni Record, Germantown Friends School, Includes drafts. 1943 April 15.

box 1, folder 6

From Camp to College, National Japanese Student Relocation Council pamphlet. Includes drafts. 1944.

box 1, folder 7

Holograph of projected book 1982

 

CORRESPONDENCE 1941-1981.

Scope and Contents note

Personal correspondence with friends and family. Arranged chronologically.
 

General

box 1, folder 8

n.d.

box 1, folder 8

1941 Dec.-1942 April

box 1, folder 9

1942 May-July

box 1, folder 10

1942 Aug.-1943 Jan.

box 1, folder 11

1943 Feb.-Oct.

box 1, folder 12

1943 Nov.-1945; 1981

box 1, folder 13

Photographs of Thomas Ray Bodine 1941-1982

 

Family (includes many picture postcards and trip itineraries)

box 2, folder 1

1942 Jan.

box 2, folder 2

1942 Feb.-April

box 2, folder 3

1942 May-July

box 2, folder 4

1942 Aug.-Oct.

box 2, folder 5

1942 Nov.-Dec.

box 2, folder 6

1943 Jan.-Feb.

box 2, folder 7

1943 March-1944 June

box 2, folder 8

1944 Nov.-1945 Jan.

 

SUBJECT FILE 1941-1982.

Scope and Contents note

Pamphlets, newspaper clippings, leaflets, bulletins, newsletters, agency reports, manuscripts and miscellany, relating predominately to the issue of Japanese-American displacement during World War II. Includes extensive materials of the National Japanese-American Student Relocation Council. Arranged alphabetically by subject.
 

Japanese-American displacement during World War II

 

General

box 2, folder 9

General

 

Gordon Hirabayashi case

box 2, folder 10

Correspondence

box 2, folder 10

Newsletter reports ( Pacific Cable)

box 2, folder 10

Notes

 

Printed material

box 2, folder 11-12

Pamphlets and brochures

box 2, folder 13

Clippings

box 2, folder 14

Non-printed material

 

Evacuation 1942

box 3, folder 1

General

 

Printed material

 

U.S. House of Representatives, Select Committee Investigating National Defense Migration (John H. Tolan, Chairman)

box 3, folder 2

Part 29, San Francisco hearings

box 3, folder 3

Part 30, Portland and Seattle hearings

box 3, folder 4

Part 31, Los Angeles and San Francisco hearings

 

Non-printed material

box 3, folder 5

General

 

American Friends Service Committee

box 3, folder 5

General

box 3, folder 5

Evacuation bulletins

box 3, folder 5

Evacuation reports

 

Internment 1942-1945

box 3, folder 6

General

box 3, folder 7

Printed material

 

Non-printed material

box 3, folder 7

General

 

Camp publications

box 3, folder 8

General

box 3, folder 8

Granada, Amache, Colorado

box 3, folder 8

Heart Mountain, Heart Mountain, Wyoming

box 3, folder 9

Minidoka, Hunt, Idaho

box 3, folder 9

Rohwer, McGehee, Arkansas

box 3, folder 10

Topaz (Central Utah), Topaz, Utah

 

Government publications

 

War Relocation Authority

box 4, folder 1

General

box 4, folder 2

Annotated Bibliographies

box 4, folder 2

Community Analysis Reports

box 4, folder 3

Project Analysis Series

box 4, folder 3

Press Releases

box 4, folder 3

Wartime Civil Control Commission

 

Relocation and resettlement 1943-1945

 

General

 

General

box 4, folder 4

General

box 4, folder 4

Printed material

 

Non-printed material

box 4, folder 4

General

 

War Relocation Authority

box 4, folder 4

General

box 4, folder 4

Handbook Inserts

box 4, folder 4

Post-Exclusion Bulletins

 

American Friends Service Committee

box 4, folder 5

General

 

Correspondence

box 4, folder 5

1942 March-June

box 4, folder 6

1942 July-1945 March

box 4, folder 7

Printed material

box 4, folder 7

Non-printed material

 

Student relocation (National Japanese-American Student Relocation Council)

box 4, folder 8

General

 

General

box 4, folder 8

General

 

O'Brien, Robert. Typescript copies of chapters from O'Brien, Robert and Roger Daniels, The College Nisei, Salem, NH: Arno Co., (reprinted from 1949 edition). 1979

Scope and Contents note

Includes notes and correspondence.
box 4, folder 9

#4: The Fateful Decisions

box 4, folder 9

#5: The Tolan Hearings

box 4, folder 9

#7: The NJASR Council

box 4, folder 9

#10: Wartime Supreme Court Decisions

box 5, folder 1

Parkville, Missouri. Case study of community reaction to relocated students.

box 5, folder 2

Printed material

 

Non-printed material

box 5, folder 2

Bulletins 1942

box 5, folder 3

Newssheets 1945

 

Correspondence, General

box 5, folder 4

General 1942 Oct.-1982 March

 

Cooperating Organizations

box 5, folder 5

General

box 5, folder 5

Columbia Foundation (Mrs. Charles DeYoung (Marjorie) Elkus)

box 5, folder 6

Young Men's/Women's Christian Associations

 

Individuals

box 5, folder 7

Barnett, Arthur G.

box 5, folder 7

Buck, Pearl S.

box 5, folder 7

Carr, Ralph L.

box 5, folder 7

Keller, Helen

box 5, folder 7

Niles, Emory H.

box 5, folder 7

Roosevelt, Eleanor

box 5, folder 7

Van Der Rohe, Mies

 

Relocation Centers

box 5, folder 8

General (includes system-wide mailings)

box 5, folder 8

Newsletters

 

Projects

box 5, folder 9

Adrian Farm Labor, Nyssa, Oregon

box 5, folder 10

Colorado River, Poston, Arizona

box 5, folder 11

Gila River, Rivers, Arizona

box 5, folder 12

Granada, Amache, Colorado

box 5, folder 13

Heart Mountain, Heart Mountain, Wyoming

box 5, folder 14

Jerome, Denson, Arkansas

box 5, folder 15

Manzanar, Manzanar, California

box 5, folder 16

Minidoka, Hunt, Idaho

box 5, folder 17

Rohwer, McGehee, Arkansas

box 5, folder 18

Topaz (Central Utah), Topaz, Utah

box 5, folder 19

Tule Lake, Newell, California

 

U.S. Government Agencies

 

General

box 5, folder 20

General

box 5, folder 20

State Department, Joseph C. Grew

 

War Relocation Agency

box 5, folder 20

General

box 5, folder 20

Office of the Director, Dillon S. Myer

box 5, folder 20

Community Analysis Section

box 5, folder 20

Community Management Division

 

Reports and Publications

box 5, folder 20

Division

box 6, folder 1

Universities

 

Correspondence, Internal (SEE ALSO: Japanese-American Displacement/Relocation and resettlement/General/American Friends Service Committee/Correspondence)

box 6, folder 2

1942 May-Dec.

box 6, folder 3

1943 Jan.-April

box 6, folder 4

1943 May

box 6, folder 5

1943 June-July

box 6, folder 6

1943 August

box 6, folder 7

1943 Sept.-Oct.

box 6, folder 8

1943 Nov.-Dec.

box 6, folder 9

1944 Jan.-Feb.

box 6, folder 10

1944 March-April

box 7, folder 1

1944 May-July

box 7, folder 2

1944 Aug.-Oct.

box 7, folder 3

1944 Nov.-Dec.

box 7, folder 4

1945 Jan.-Sept.

 

Correspondence, Student

box 7, folder 5

General (includes form letters)

box 7, folder 6

Representative case study

 

Selected letters (selected by Thomas R. Bodine as source materials for proposed book)

box 7, folder 7

1942 April-Sept.

box 7, folder 8

1942 Oct.

box 7, folder 9

1942 Nov.-Dec.

box 7, folder 10

1943 Jan.

box 7, folder 11

1943 Feb.

box 7, folder 12

1943 March

box 7, folder 13

1943 April

box 7, folder 14

1943 May

box 7, folder 15

1943 June

box 7, folder 16

1943 July-Sept.

box 7, folder 17

1943 Oct.-Dec.

box 7, folder 18

1944

box 7, folder 19

1945-1946

box 8, folder 1

Specially Selected Letters (used as source material by Thomas R. Bodine for his talks)

box 8, folder 2-3

Other student letters

 

Materials and Procedures

box 8, folder 4

Forms

box 8, folder 5, 6

Lists of schools

box 8, folder 7

Notes

box 8, folder 8

Procedures

 

Student security clearances

box 8, folder 9

Typical dossier memos

box 8, folder 9

Rejections

box 8, folder 10

Itineraries for Thomas R. Bodine, Field Director, NJASRC

box 8, folder 11

Minutes of Meetings

 

Notes

box 8, folder 12

Administrative

box 8, folder 13

On NJASRC files in Hoover Archives (made by Thomas R. Bodine in 1981)

 

Reports

box 9, folder 1

Field reports

box 9, folder 2

Financial reports

box 9, folder 3

Meeting reports

box 9, folder 4

Progress reports

 

Post-war relief and reparations 1947-1982

 

Printed material

box 9, folder 5

Clippings

box 9, folder 6

U.S. Department of the Interior, People in Motion 1947

box 9, folder 6

Non-printed material

 

Japanese-Canadians 1944-1957

box 9, folder 7

Correspondence (case study)

box 9, folder 7

Printed material

 

Military service 1941-1945

 

Conscientious objectors

box 9, folder 8

General. Civilian Public Service Corps (American Friends Service Committee)

 

Correspondence regarding Thomas Bodine's status

box 9, folder 9

Registering as C.O. 1941

box 9, folder 10

Classified as 2-A 1942

box 9, folder 11

2-A classification continued 1943

box 9, folder 12

2-A classification challenged 1944

box 9, folder 13

Reclassification as 4-E, returned to 2-A 1945

box 9, folder 14

Printed material

 

Non-printed material

box 9, folder 15

General

box 9, folder 15

Absolutist War Objectors Association, The Absolutist, Newsletter. 1943 Oct.-1944 March.

box 10, folder 1

Japanese-Americans

 

Quakers--policies and activities 1942-1945

box 10, folder 2

General

 

American Friends Service Committee

 

General

box 10, folder 3

General

box 10, folder 3

Correspondence

box 10, folder 4

Printed Material

 

Non-printed Material

box 10, folder 4

Bulletins

box 10, folder 4

Newsletters

box 10, folder 4

Meeting Minutes

box 10, folder 4

Civilian Public Service Corps (SEE: Military service/Conscientious objectors/General/CPS)

box 10, folder 4

Japanese-American relocation (SEE: Japanese-American displacement/Evacuation/Non-printed material/AFSC; ALSO: Japanese-American displacement/Relocation and resettlement/General/AFSC)

 

U.S. House of Representatives, Un-American Activities Committee (Martin Dies, Chairman) 1943

box 10, folder 5

General

box 10, folder 5

Eberharter, Herman P. (Member, Costello subcommittee) Dissenting statement on subcommittee findings and conclusions 1943

 

War Relocation Authority

box 10, folder 5

Comments on press reports of testimony 1943 May-June

box 10, folder 5

Statement on testimony of Harold H. Townsend before Costello subcommittee on May 26, 1943. 1943 July 7

 

NOTEBOOK FILE 1941-1947.

Scope and Contents note

Small pocket notebooks containing information about Thomas Bodine's work with the American Friends Service Committee and the National Japanese-American Student Relocation Council. Includes summary notes by T.R. Bodine. Arranged chronologically.
box 10, folder 6

1941 Dec.-1942 April

box 10, folder 7

1942 May-July

box 10, folder 8

1942 Aug.-Dec.

box 10, folder 9

1943 Jan.-May

box 11, folder 1

1943 June-Dec.

box 11, folder 2

1943 Feb.-Aug.

box 11, folder 3

1944 Sept.-1947 Jan.

 

OVERSIZE FILE n.d.

box 12

1 poster stating West Coast evacuation measures

box 12

1 banner announcing relocation center visit of Thomas Bodine

box 12

1 art print by unidentified artist

 

AUDIOVISUAL FILE c. 1941-1946.

envelope A

1 print of adult education class at Manzanar relocation center (by Dorothea Lange); 7 prints of Poston or Gila River relocation center; 7 prints of Puyallup evacuation camp (6 duplicates); 3 prints of Thomas Bodine with colleagues; 1 print of unidentified Japanese-American students; 1941-1946

envelope mB

4 mounted prints (one by Dorothea Lange) of relocation centers 1942-1943

envelope mC

6 prints (one by Dorothea Lange)of relocation centers 1942-1944