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Title: Albert Hubbard Moffitt papers
Date (inclusive): 1940-1983
Collection Number: 85029
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
7 manuscript boxes, 2 oversize boxes
(5.0 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Orders, reports, memoranda, proclamations, press releases, statistics, charts, and correspondence, relating to the
evacuation of Japanese Americans from the West Coast of the United States during World War II,
and to
relocation
of displaced persons in Europe at the end of the war.
Creator:
Moffitt, Albert Hubbard
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
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Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1985.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Albert Hubbard Moffitt papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Biographical/Historical Note
A Lieutenant colonel in the United States Army, Moffitt was the executive officer of the Wartime Civil Control Administration
from 1941 to 1943.
The Wartime Civil Control Administration, which operated under the Western Defense Command of the United States Army, provided
for the evacuation and temporary resettlement of Japanese and Japanese-Americans in areas of the Pacific coast during World
War II. The department oversaw all aspects of the
evacuation operations, including assembly centers, transportation,
and the transfer of evacuees to the jurisdiction of the War
Relocation
Authority, which was responsible for the relocation, maintenance, and supervision of evacuees and operated the internment
camps.
Source: Federal Records of World War II, Vol. II: Military Agencies, Sec. 1096
Scope and Content of Collection
The Albert Hubbard Moffitt papers contains mainly printed material regarding the
evacuation,
relocation,
and
internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. The collection also contains personal material, publicity materials,
and official memoranda and other materials that were circulated within divisions and organizations. The publicity materials
consist of copies of civilian exclusion orders for the entirety of California, as well as other publications and notices regarding
relocation orders. The official material, divided among the respective divisions and administrations, contains memos, maps
and charts, statistical records of populations relocated, press releases, and reports on the process of the relocation of
Japanese Americans from California, Oregon, and other states in the western United States.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War, 1939-1945 -- Refugees
Japanese Americans -- Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- United States
World War, 1939-1945 -- Europe
United States. Army
United States. Wartime Civil Control Administration