Japanese Internment collection, 1942-1946

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Summary

Title:
Japanese Internment collection
Dates:
1942-1946
Creators:
American Baptist Home Mission Society, American Friends Service Committee. Japanese-American Relations Committee, Congregational Christian Committee for Work with Japanese Evacuees. Citizens Committee for Resettlement, General Council of the Congregational Christian Churches of the United States. Council for Social Action, Granada Relocation Center, Himes, Chester B., 1909-1984, Ickes, Harold L. (Harold LeClair), 1874-1952, Institute of Pacific Relations. American Council, Japanese American Citizens' League, McCloy, John J. (John Jay), 1895-1989, Meyer, Dillon S., Moore, Wallace H., Lt. Col., National Japanese American Student Relocation Council, Phinney, Milton C., Sproul, Robert Gordon, 1891-1975, and United States. War Relocation Authority
Abstract:
The collection consists of copies of the Manzanar Free Press, the Information Bulletin published by the Japanese-American Relations Committee of the American Friends Service Committee, and various pamphlets and fliers published and/or distributed by the War Relocation Authority and various private social service agencies. The bulk of the material is sympathetic to the plight of the interned Japanese and their eventual return (resettlement) to their homes.
Extent:
2.05 Linear Feet 3 boxes
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Box/folder# or item name], Japanese Internment collection, Collection no. 0296, Regional History Collection, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of copies of the Manzanar Free Press, the Information Bulletin published by the Japanese-American Relations Committee of the American Friends Service Committee, and various pamphlets and fliers published and/or distributed by the War Relocation Authority and various private social service agencies. The bulk of the material is sympathetic to the plight of the interned Japanese and their eventual return (resettlement) to their homes.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2019-03-06 10:45:28 -0800 .

Access and use

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Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

[Box/folder# or item name], Japanese Internment collection, Collection no. 0296, Regional History Collection, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Location of this collection:
Special Collections
Doheny Memorial Library, Room 209
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0182, US
Contact:
(213) 740-5900
specol@usc.edu
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