Inventory of the Albert Hubbard Moffitt papers
Finding aid prepared by Hoover Institution Library and Archives Staff and Jennifer Leather
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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
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
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
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
box 1, folder 1-4
Personal materials
1941 December - 1943 December
box 1, folder 5
Western Defense Command Official internal orders
1941-1943
box 1, folder 6
Western Defense Command and 4th Army Headquarters regulations
1942-1943
Wartime Civil Control Administration (WCCA) records
1941-1943
box 1, folder 7-8
Wartime Civil Control Administration (WCCA)
Operation Manual
1942 June
box 1, folder 9
Wartime Civil Control Administration organization charts
1943 March
box 1, folder 10-11
Wartime Civil Control Administration office memoranda and administrative orders
1942-1943
box 2, folder 1-3
Wartime Civil Control Administration administrative and office memoranda
1942-1943
Wartime Civil Control Administration (WCCA) press releases
1942-1943
box 2, folder 8
1942 August 3 - October 28
box 3, folder 1
1942 November 2 - 1943 March 15
box 3, folder 2
Wartime Civil Control Administration
Index of Cities and Towns in Military Areas 1 and 2
1942-1943
box 3, folder 3
Wartime Civil Control Administration
Bulletins regarding Japanese population and employment
1940 March-April
box 3, folder 4
Wartime Civil Control Administration assembly centers and relocation projects
1942
box 3, folder 5
Wartime Civil Control Administration
Daily Recapitulation, Population Changes in Assembly and Relocation Centers
1942 July-November
box 3, folder 6
Wartime Civil Control Administration
Daily Recapitulation, Population Changes in Assembly and Relocation Centers
1942
Civil Affairs Division records
1942-1943
box 3, folder 7
Publications, memoranda, directories, and reorganization memoranda
1943 March-October
box 3, folder 8
Civil Affairs Division and Western Defense Command Fiscal and Procurement Division procedures
1943 June-September
box 3, folder 9-10
Military files, directories and changes, memoranda
1942-1943
Japanese Relocation orders and other materials
1942
box
4, folder
1
Plan of Movement of Japanese to
Relocation Centers
1942
box 4, folder 2-3
Military Area No. 1: Proposed Japanese
Evacuation
Operations Vol. 1, Exclusion Orders 1-50
1942
box 4, folder 4-5
Proposed Japanese Evacuation Operations, Military Area II, Volume II, Exclusion Orders No. 51-99
1942 May
box 4, folder 6
Proposed Japanese Evacuation Operations, Military Area II, Volume III
1942 June-July
box 4, folder 7-8
Proclamations, executive orders, and miscellaneous data on evacuation
1942
Alaska Travel Control records
1942-1943
box 4, folder 9
Data Regarding Alaska Travel Control
1942-1943
box 5, folder 1-2
Alaska Travel Control Staff Memorandum Book
1942
box 5, folder 3
Correspondence regarding FBI investigations
1942 April
box
5, folder
4
Newspaper clippings on the congressional commission on wartime
relocation
1981-1983
box
5
Western Defense Command
and Fourth Army, Statistical Division, Bulletin 12
March 15, 1943
box 5
Evacuation
Operations, Pacific Coast Military Areas,
report of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
1942
box 5
Un-American Activities in California, Report of the Joint Fact-Finding Committee to the 55th California Legislature, Sacramento
1943
Civilian orders
1942-1943
box 6, folder 1
Civilian restrictive orders
1942-1943
box 6, folder 2-3
Civilian exclusion orders 1-99
1942 March-May
box 6, folder 4
Civilian exclusion orders 1-99
1942
box 6, folder 5
Committee of Center Managers,
Report on the Study of Certain Aspects of Japanese Evacuation
1942 November-December
box 6, folder 6
"The Japanese Question in the United States: A Compilation of Memoranda" by Lt. Com. K. D. Pringle
box 6, folder 7
"Records and Data for Captain Moffitt, Train Commander for Japanese Repatriates, Trip to New York"
1942 June
box 6, folder 8
Printed materials on displaced persons, European Theater
1944-1950
box 6, folder 9
"Allied Expeditionary Force: Displaced Persons Registration Instructions"
1944 June
box 6, folder 10
Repatriation forms and memoranda
1942
box 7
Western Defense Command and Fourth Army, Wartime Civil Control Administration: "Proclamations, Exclusion, Restrictive Orders
and Collateral Documents"
1942
box 7
Final Report: Japanese Evacuation from the West Coast
1942
2018 Incremental Material
box 8
Selected Photos: Evacuation of Japanese from Pacific Coast
1942
box 9
Selected Photos: Evacuation of Japanese from Pacific Coast (continued)
1942