Inventory of the John Douglas Cook papers

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Title: John Douglas Cook papers
Date (inclusive): 1942-1943
Collection Number: 70055
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: English
Physical Description: 1 manuscript box (0.2 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Reports, memoranda, interrogation transcripts, letters, and photographs, relating to the internment of Japanese Americans at Tule Lake during World War II. Includes a history by J. D. Cook of activities of the United States 316th Engineer Regiment in France and Belgium during World War I.
Creator: Cook, John Douglas
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Access

The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

Use

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Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1970.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], John Douglas Cook papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical/Historical Note

Reports officer, Tule Lake Relocation Center, California, 1942-1943.

Scope and Content of Collection

Reports, memoranda, interrogation transcripts, letters, and photographs, relating to the internment of Japanese Americans at Tule Lake during World War II. Includes a history by J. D. Cook of activities of the United States 316th Engineer Regiment in France and Belgium during World War I.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Japanese Americans -- Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- United States
World War, 1914-1918 -- Engineering and construction
United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces
Tule Lake Relocation Center
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Regiment, 316th.

box 1, folder 1

"History of the 316th Engineers, 91st Division, 1917-1918" undated

 

Tule Lake Relocation Center file 1942-1943

Scope and Contents Note

Includes questionnaires by Japanese-American detainees and rosters
box 1, folder 2

Photographs 1942-1943

box 1, folder 3

Reports 1942-1943

box 1, folder 4

"Tule Lake Relocation Center Historical Background,," 1943

box 1, folder 5

A Tule Lake Interlude: First Anniversary, May 27, 1942-1943, 1943