Guide to the Japanese-American Internment Camp Materials
Special Collections & Archives
University Library
California State University, Northridge
18111 Nordhoff Street
Northridge, CA 91330-8326
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives
Title: Japanese-American Internment Camp Materials
Creator:
California State University, Northridge. University Library
Identifier/Call Number: SC.JAIC
Extent:
0.42 linear feet
Date (inclusive): 1942-ca. 1999
Abstract: The Japanese-American internment camps
during World War II were administered by the War Relocation Authority. Camp inmates
independently wrote and distributed many of their own documents associated with the camp
newspapers, camp stores, school publications, and other camp activities. This group of
materials contains non-War Relocation Authority documents issued in the internment camps or
that are related to the internment.
Language of Material: English
Historical Note:
The library created this collection of materials for study and research.
Scope and Contents
The
Japanese-American Internment Camp Materials includes
documents created at Japanese-American internment camps, administered by the War Relocation
Authority (WRA) during World War II. Collection contents were independently written and
distributed by inmates, and include information about camp newspapers, camp stores, school
publications, and other camp activities. Documents may have been reviewed and censored by
the WRA. Newspaper from outside the camps, which regularly reported on the camps and
internment during and after the war, are also included.
Electronic Format:
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for research use.
Conditions Governing Use:
Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of
this collection has not been transferred to California State University, Northridge.
Copyright status for other materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials
protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires
the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be
commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any
use rests exclusively with the user.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Harold Muraoka and others.
Preferred Citation:
For information about citing items in this collection consult the appropriate style
manual, or see the
Citing Archival
Materials
guide.
Processing Information:
Tony Gardner
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Documents
Box 1, Folder 1
Gila and Manzanar Newspaper Correspondence with Leonard Bloom,
1942
Box 1, Folder 2
Gila River, Rivers Arizona, 13,000 Japanese, Leonard Schulman,
1943
Box 1, Folder 3
Gila River, Citizens under Guard, Leonard Schulman,
1943
Box 1, Folder 4
Gila River, School on the Desert,
1943
Box 1, Folder 6
Legal Cases, Minori Yasui vs. United States of America, Supreme
Court,
1943
Box 1, Folder 7
Legal Cases, Gordon Hirabayashi Defense Committee,
1943
Box 1, Folder 8
Lilian Baker Documents in Response to the 1992 Library Exhibition
Box 1, Folder 9
Newsclippings,
ca. 1940-ca. 1949
Box 1, Folder 10
Newsclippings,
ca. 1970-ca. 1979
Box 1, Folder 11
Newsclippings,
ca. 1980-ca. 1989
Box 1, Folder 12
Newsclippings,
ca. 1990-ca. 1999
Box 1, Folder 13
Our Stakes in the Japanese Exodus, Paul S. Taylor, Survey Graphic,
September 1942
