William J. Mountin material relating to forced removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans, 1940-1942

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Summary

Creators:
Mountin, William J., United States. Army. Western Defense Command and Fourth Army, United States. War Relocation Authority, and United States. Wartime Civil Control Administration
Abstract:
William J(ohn) Mountin (b. 14 Nov. 1901) was employed by the Statistical Branch of the Wartime Civil Control Administration (WCCA), under the Assistant Chief of Staff for Civil Affairs, Western Defense Command and Fourth Army. Established in March of 1942 by order of General John DeWitt, the WCCA oversaw the forced removal of roughly 120,000 Japanese Americans from the West Coast, and administered detention camps called "temporary assembly centers." In the late summer and fall of 1942, the WCCA transferred incarcerees to longer-term camps run by the War Relocation Authority (WRA). The WCCA was dissolved on March 15, 1943. Mountin collected and maintained the materials included in this collection through the course of his work at the WCCA. The material consists of memos, reports, bulletins, forms, reports, maps, Civilian Exclusion Orders, broadsides, ephemera and publications related to the forced removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans.
Extent:
0.5 linear feet 1 box
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], date; William J. Mountin material relating to forced removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans, MS 3196; California Historical Society.

Background

Scope and content:

Consists of various materials collected and maintained by William J. Mountin, gathered in the course of his work in the Statistical Branch of the Wartime Civilian Control Administration (WCCA). Includes War Relocation Authority (WRA) and WCCA correspondence and memos concerning the administration of the office in San Francisco; copies of statistical reports and bulletins, including those compiled by the U.S. Census Bureau; sample forms, reports, maps, bulletins, and Civilian Exclusion Orders and Instruction broadsides; ephemeral publications of various official organizations concerned with the administration of the U.S. Army Western Defense Command office, including directories and organizational charts; and clippings. Also included is a handbook, or notebook, assembled from copies of executive orders and supporting materials. The handbook is one of five or six copies that existed for use by WCCA supervising officers.

Biographical / historical:

William J(ohn) Mountin (b. 14 Nov. 1901) was employed by the Statistical Branch of the Wartime Civil Control Administration, under the Assistant Chief of Staff for Civil Affairs, Western Defense Command and Fourth Army.

Acquisition information:
Gift of William J. Mountin, 1973.
Arrangement:

Contents of notebook have been foldered separately, in their original order.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

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Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], date; William J. Mountin material relating to forced removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans, MS 3196; California Historical Society.

Location of this collection:
Department of Special Collections, Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6004, US
Contact:
(650) 725-1022
chscollection@stanford.edu
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