Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Austin, Verne
- Abstract:
- Austin was born in 1894. He was Commander of the 752nd Military Police Battalion of Tule Lake, California from 1943-45. He retired from the U.S. Army as a Lieutenant Colonel. Collection contains records of events and exhibits related to the internment of Japanese Americans at Camp Tule Lake, California between October 1943 and October 1945. Includes copies of official files, biographical materials related to Col. Verne Austin and personal correspondence. Also contains scattered issues of the following newspapers published in the Tule Lake relocation Center: The Tulean Dispatch, Newell Star, and Tsurureiki Shimp. Materials in this collection are primarily in English, with some in Japanese.
- Extent:
- 1.5 Linear Feet (3 boxes and 1 oversize box)
- Language:
- English , Japanese .
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Verne Austin Papers, Japanese American Research Project Collection (Collection 2010). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection contains records of events and exhibits related to the internment of Japanese Americans at Camp Tule Lake, California, between October 1943 and October 1945. Includes copies of official files of the headquarters of the 752nd Military Police Battalion. Also includes biographical materials related to Colonel Verne Austin and personal correspondence. Also contains scattered issues of the following newspapers published in the Tule Lake Relocation Center: The Tulean Dispatch, Newell Star, and Tsurureiki Shimp. The oversize box contains 2 scrapbooks.
Materials in this collection are primarily in English, with some in Japanese.
- Biographical / historical:
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Austin was born in 1894; he was Commander of the 752nd Military Police Battalion, Tule Lake, California, 1943-45; he retired from the United States Army as a Lieutenant Colonel.
- Processing information:
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- Physical location:
- Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights to the objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Verne Austin Papers, Japanese American Research Project Collection (Collection 2010). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988