Finding Aid for the Melvin P. McGovern Papers, 1942-1945
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Finding Aid for the Melvin P. McGovern Papers, 1942-1945
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- Documents and records on the Merced Assembly Center and the Granada Relocation Center (Box 113).
- Office copies of the reports prepared by the Documentation Section, Reports Office of the Granada Relocation Center, 1943-44 (Box 114).
- Publications relating to the Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado (Box 115).
- Approximately 1000 War Relocation Authority (WRA) photographs and snapshots of Japanese internees and their activities in the Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado (Boxes 116-117).
- Copies of WRA official reports (Box 118).
- Miscellaneous WRA reports and publications (Box 119).
- Various evacuee publications at relocation centers, publications relating to the resettlement of evacuees, and miscellaneous newspaper and magazine clippings (Box 120).
- 24 large mounted WRA photographs of Japanese internees at the Granada Relocation Center and Heart Mountain Relocation Center, 1942-45 (Box 722).
McGovern Papers 1942-1945
Documents and records on the Merced Assembly Center and the Granada Relocation Center.
A report on the education department of the Merced Assembly Center. n.d.
Documents on the Granada Project, War Relocation Authority (WRA). 1942-1945
A brief description of the War Relocation Authority Project (the Granada Relocation Center) for Evacuated Japanese Americans at Amache, Colorado. n.d.
Granada Relocation Center Charter. n.d.
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Charter. n.d.
A map of the Granada Relocation Area. n.d.
Appointed Personnel, War Relocation Authority Granada Project, a roster. March 1, 1945
War Relocation Authority, Granada Project, chronological History, June 1942-August 1945. n.d. [ca. 1945]
Report filled out by the Granada War Relocation Authority for the Spanish Consulate of San Francisco on the visit of Spanish Consul F. de Amat to the Granada Relocation Center. July 7, 1944
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Quarterly reports on the Granada Relocation Center. 1942-1943
Quarterly Report of the Granada Relocation Center, War Relocation Authority, Amache, Colorado. July 1-September 30, 1942
3 manuscripts of the Quarterly reports of the Granada Relocation Center. December 31, 1942 and March 31 & June 30, 1943
Manuscripts of the Final Reports of the Granada War Relocation Authority Project for various divisions and their activities, prepared by the persons in charge. 1945
Personal Narrative Report of the Reports Officer, Granada Relocation Center. Prepared by Joe McClelland, Reports Officer, and Melvin P. McGovern, Acting Reports Officer. August 13, 1942-April 15, 1945
Internal Security: Final Report Prepared According to Handbook Release #199, Section 140.10.IB, Exhibit XXVI. Compiled by Forrest G. Foster, Acting Chief, Internal Security Section, Community Management Division, Granada Relocation Center.
Business Enterprises: Final Report Prepared According to Handbook Release #199, Section 140.10.IB, Exhibit XVI. Compiled by W. Ray Johnson, Chief, Project Community Management, Granada Relocation Center.
Community Government: Final Report Prepared According to Handbook Release #199, Section 140.10.IB, Exhibit XXVI. Compiled by W. Ray Johnson, Chief, Project Management, Granada Relocation Center.
Copies of the reports prepared by the staff of the Reports Office, Documentary Section, Granada Relocation Center. December 1942-August 1943
Community Council. December 23, 1942
Farm Section Report, by Mark H. Hayashi. December 31, 1942
Water and Electric Power System, confidential. January 8, 1943
Coordinating Council. January 13, 1943
Housing, by Housing Superintendent. January 13, 1943
Amache Little Theater - Outing. January 18, 1943
The Hospital Christmas Party. January 18, 1943
Laboratory Department of the Amache Hospital. January 18, 1943
Baby Food Station. January 20, 1943
Fire Department. January 25, 1943
Individual Mannerisms. January 30, 1943
Nisei Need Assurance of.... January 30, 1943
WRA Hospital Monthly Report. January 31, 1943
The First Semester in Amache Elementary and Secondary Schools. February 4, 1943
Post Office. February 4, 1943
The Dental Department. February 8, 1943
Dr. [G.D. Carlyle] Thompson Visits Amache Hospital. February 8, 1943
Amache School Controversy. February 9, 1943
Findings, Agricultural Labor Problems. February 10, 1943
WRA Hospital, Optometry Department. February 10, 1943
Transportation. February 15, 1943
Block Managers. February 17, 1943
Buddhism in America. February 19, 1943
Sei Ch no Ie. February 19, 1943
The School Libraries. February 26, 1943
Survey of Outside Employment. February 28, 1943
College Council. March 1, 1943
Juvenile Delinquency. March 1, 1943
Pharmacy. March 2, 1943
Non-Christian Religious Activities. March 3, 1943
Highlights from the Documentation Staff Meeting. March 8, 1943
Documentation Section. March 9, 1943
Hospital Warehouse & Property Division. March 10, 1943
Poultry Report. March 12, 1943
Temporary Community Council. March 18, 1943
The Army Registration and Nisei Loyalty, confidential. March 17, 1943
Visit of the Spanish Vice-Consul. March 17, 1943
Public Relations: Girl Reserve Conference. March 24, 1943
Voluntary Enlistment. March 24, 1943
Evacuee School Teachers. March 24, 1943
Typical Reasons Given for Changing Answers to Question no. 28 from 'No' to 'Yes'. March 25, 1943
Opinions on Registration: Volunteer Attitudes. March 30, 1943
Public Relations: Education Department. April 2, 1943
Reaction to WRA Relocation Program. April 2, 1943
WRA Farm Report: Hog Project. April 2, 1943
Documentation. April 5, 1943
Community Council. April 6, 1943
Community Government. April 1, 1943
Reaction on the All-Nisei Combat Unit. April 6, 1943
Education: Semester of High School and Scholastic Results. April 10, 1943
Hospital Cafeteria and Kitchen, by Yoshiaki Sugita. April 12, 1943
WRA Farm Report: Vegetable Project. April 14, 1943
OSYA Training Program. April 14, 1943
Politics: Block Managers. April 14, 1943
Attitude toward Administration Officials. April 28, 1943
Documentation Staff Meeting. April 20, 1943
Coordinating Council Conference on Community Improvement. April 24, 1943
WRA Farm Report: Grain and Feed Crop Project. April 27, 1943
Attitude. April 27, 1943
Survey of Evacuee Trade in Lamar. April 29, 1943
The Hospital Laundry. May 4, 1943
Recreation: Tentative Plans for Re-Organization of Recreational Activities. May 10, 1943
Amache Girl Scouts of America. May 10, 1943
The Amache Consumer Enterprises. May 11, 1943
WRA Farm Report: Poultry Project. May 11, 1943
Education: The Dedication Program of the New High School Building. May 12, 1943
WRA Farm Report: Vegetable Project. May 12, 1943
Social Welfare: Legal Aid. May 12, 1943
Social Welfare Hospital Monthly Report (April). May 17, 1943
Public Services: Progress of Staff Quarters. May 25, 1943
The Advisory School Board. May 27, 1943
Politics: Community Council. June 9, 1943
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The Problem Concerning Tenant Disposition. June 9, 1943
WRA Farm Report: Beef Cattle, Grain and Feed Crop Project. June 14, 1943.
Hospital Report: Nurse Aides and Orderlies. June 17, 1943
Community Activities. June 18, 1943
Y.M.C.A. June 18, 1943
Granada Christian Church. June 18, 1943
Sanitation Department. June 23, 1943
WRA Farm Report: Poultry Project. June 28, 1943
WRA Farm Report: Hog Project. June 28, 1943
WRA Farm Report: Hog Project. May 25, 1943
Summer Vacation Activity Program. July 6, 1943
On the Dedication of the New School Building. July 14, 1943
WRA Farm. July 14, 1943
WRA Farm Report: Vegetable Project. July 9, 1943
New Community Council. July 16, 1943
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Visit of Spanish Consul (Second Visit). July 16, 1943
Education: Commencement Program. July 17, 1943
Spanish Consul. August 20, 1943
Dillon Myer's Visit. August 9, 1943
Granada Relocation Center. August 9, 1943
Blue Star Mothers. August 9, 1943
Red Cross. August 16, 1943
Minutes of the Community Council meetings, July 13-August 10, 1943. August 20, 1943
Documents re the Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado
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Office copies of the reports prepared by the Documentation Section, Reports Office, of the Granada Relocation Center. 1943-1944
Undated reports. 1943
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- 1. The Amache Little Theater Group. 2pp.
- 2. Public Relation: Arts and Crafts Exhibit. 2pp.
- 3. Attitudes: 'That's That' Denver Post Editorial. 7pp.
- 4. Chamber of Commerce, Denver. 8pp.
- 5. Dental Clinic. 2pp.
- 6. Education at Apache. 8pp.
- 7. The Historical Background of the Koen Ranch. 4pp.
- 8. Information, Reporting and Research. 4pp.
- 9. Judicial Commission. 5pp. 10. Lamar Junior College. 2pp.
- 11. Newspaper. 5pp.
- 12. Religion: Protestant. 2pp.
- 13. Religion. 2pp.
- 14. Volunteer Enlistment. 2pp.
- 15. Granada Relocation Center Documentation Report: WRA Relocation Team Meetings. 2pp.
- 16. Week of Dedication. 1p.
- 17. Women's Federation, Granada Relocation Center. 2pp.
Reports. 1944
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- 1. Christmas, 1943, January 1944. 3pp. + appendix.
- 2. Summer School Activities, June 1, 1944. 3pp.
- 3. The Boy Scouts of America, June 1, 1944. 7pp. + appendix.
- 4. Block Managers' 'Vote of Confidence', June 1, 1944. 2pp.
- 5. Amache Boy Scouts Memo of 1944, February-May June 5, 1944. 6pp.
- 6. Amache Boy Scouts Memo of 1942-1943, June 5, 1944. 16pp.
- 7. Scouting at Amache, 1944, June 5, 1944. 3pp.
- 8. First Court of Honor Program, June 5, 1944. 2pp.
- 9. Amache Unit of the American Red Cross, June 15, 1944. 5pp. + appendix.
- 10. Second Court of Honor Program, June 14, 1944. 2pp.
- 11. Third Court of Honor Program, June 14, 1944. 2pp.
- 12. Fourth Court of Honor Program, June 14, 1944. 2pp.
- 13. Cub Court of Honor, June 14, 1944. 1p.
- 14. Fifth Court of Honor, June 14, 1944. 2pp.
- 15. Blue Star Mothers Organization, June 15, 1944. 11pp.
- 16. Amache Community Activities: Center Movies, July 15, 1944. 3pp.
- 17. Trip to Camp Lockout, by Esther Takei, July 31, 1944. 9pp.
- 18. Report on ESTES Conference, June 22-July 1, 1944, August 1, 1944. 3pp.
- 19. The Amache Young Women's Christian Association, July 1944, August 3, 1944. 4pp.
Documents re the Amache High School, Granada Relocation Center. ca. 1943-1945
Copies of memoranda, from Melvin P. McGovern, high school teacher, to H.K. Walther, Principal. January 1, 1943-June 6, 1945
Class essays written by high school students at the Amache High School, Granada Relocation Center. ca. 1943-1945
Essays on the outbreak of World War II and their subsequent internment at assembly centers.
Essays on life experiences in and around assembly centers.
Essays on life experiences re their internment in relocation camps.
Essays on miscellaneous topics.
Copies of instruction memoranda to high school teachers. 1943-1945
Copies of dittoed book lists for various classes at Amache High School. ca. 1943-ca. 1945
From Camp to College: Information about Student Relocation as of July 1944, mimeographed report. n.d.
Donald F. Drummond and Grace G. Lewis, New Pioneer for America. May 19, 1944
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Miscellaneous papers re the Amache High School.
Miscellaneous forms used in classes at Amache High School.
Publications re the Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado
Reports on the Amache HI-Y, an organization formed by high school students at the Granada Relocation Center.
The Amache HI-Y, 1944-1945. n.d.
Reports on ESTES Conference. n.d. (ca.1944)
Amache Hi It, vol. III, no. 3,5; vol. IV, no. 11. October 25, 1943; November 22, 1943; February 9, 1945
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Published materials re Amache Elementary and High Schools. 1942-1945
Handbook, Amache Elementary School. For school years. 1942-1943, 1943-1944 and 1944-1945
Handbook, Amache High School. 1944-1945
Senior Banquet Program, Class of '44.
Baccalaureate Program, Class of '44.
Commencement Exercises, Class of '44.
Commencement Exercises, Class of '45.
3 other published materials.
Amachi Dh Jimmeiroku [characters] [Roster of Japanese internees at the Granada Relocation Camp, Amache, Colorado]. Amache, Colorado. 1945
Publications of the Amache Consumer Enterprises, Inc.
Bylaws of the Amache Consumer Enterprises, Inc.: A Rochdale Cooperative. Amache: Amache Consumer Enterprises, Inc. n.d.
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Today. Amache. May 1945
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Information booklets and other materials printed by War Relocation Authority (WRA), Granada Relocation Center. 1943-ca. 1945
Welcome. Amache. July 1943
Amache. Amache. n.d. (ca. December 1942)
Amache, Colorado. Amache: Documentation Section, Reports Office, Granada Relocation Center. April 1943
Silk Screen's First Year in Amache. Amache: Silk Screen Shop, Granada Relocation Center. n.d. (ca. 1944)
Resettlement Handbook. Amache: Evacuee Information Office, Granada Relocation Center. n.d. (ca. 1945)
Gaijsento suru hitobito no kokoroe. ca. 1945
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Souvenir Album: Popular Songs. Amache. n.d.
Publications of Japanese internees in the Granada Relocation Center.
Granada Pioneer, Hi Folks. Amache. June [1944]
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The Pulse, vol. I, no. 1. A literary magazine printed by the Granada Pioneer. n.d.
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Buddhist Gathas and Services. Amache: Amache Young Buddhist Association. April 1944
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Miscellaneous printed materials re the Granada Relocation Center. 1943-1945
Miscellaneous financial papers of Melvin P. McGovern. Mostly bills and receipts. 1944-1945
War Relocation Authority (WRA) photographs of internees at Granada and Heart Mountain Relocation Centers. 1942-1945
Approximately 1000 WRA photographs and snapshots of Japanese internees and their activities in the Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado. 1942-1945
24 large mounted WRA photographs of Japanese internees at the Granada Relocation Center and Heart Mountain Relocation Center. 1942-1945
Copies of War Relocation Authority (WRA) Official Reports 1942-1945
WRA, Quarterly Report, First-Third. March 18-June 30, 1942; July 1-September 30, 1942; October 1-December 31, 1942
WRA, Community Analysis Section. Project Analysis Series, nos. 10-18,21. July 20 & November 24,; February 3, March 3 & March 27, 1944; April 1 & 19, July 24 and September 2, 1944; February 22, 1945
WRA, Community Analysis Report, nos. 2-6,8,10-11. February-June 1943; January 1944; October 1944 & April 1945
WRA, Community Analysis Section, Community Analysis Notes, nos. 2-5,7,15. February 29, April 7, March 7 & November 10, 1944, December 29, 1944, July 18, 1945
WRA, Granada Community Analysis Report No. 2.
WRA, Office of the Solicitor, Opinion. 1942-1944
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- no. 8 (n.d.).
- no. 10 (June 17, 1942).
- nos. 12-16 (June 24 & 25 and July 14, 22 & 27, 1942).
- no. 20 (September 2, 1942).
- no. 33 (November 9, 1942).
- nos. 34-35 (n.d. & November 17, 1942).
- nos. 38-51 (November 19 & 25 and December 4, 15 & 28, 1942; and January 22, 25 & 26 and February 16, 18, 20 & 24, 1943).
- nos. 53-55 (March 24 & 26, 1943).
- nos. 57-63 (April 9, 1943).
- nos. 65-70 (April 14 and June 5, 12, 18, 19 & 23, 1943).
- nos. 73-77 (July 23, August 13, 19 & 30 and September 8 & 30, 1943).
- and no. 81 (August 17, 1944).
WRA, Office of the Solicitor, Index-Digest of Opinions Issued by the Office of the Solicitor (Number 2).
WRA, Office of the Solicitor, A Memorandum on the Validity of Detention under the Leave Regulations of the War Relocation Authority. January 1, 1944
WRA, Semi-Annual Report. January 1-June 30, 1943; January 1-June 30, 1944; and July 1-December 31, 1944
Miscellaneous War Relocation Authority (WRA) Reports and Publications 1942-1945
Mimeographed copies of Dillon S. Myer's statements and addresses, distributed by the WRA. January 1943-June 1945
D.S. Myer's supplementary statement before the Sub-Committee of the Military Affairs Committee of the United States Senate. January 20, 1943
Evidence of Americanism among Japanese Americans: Myer's statement presented before Costello Subcommittee of House Committee on Un-American Activities. July 7, 1943
The Truth about Relocation: Myer's address before a luncheon meeting of the Commonwealth Club, San Francisco. August 6, 1943
The Relocation Program: Myer's address before a meeting of State Commanders and State Adjutants of the American Region of Indianapolis, Indiana. November 16, 1943
The Facts about the War Relocation Authority, Myer's address before a luncheon meeting of the Los Angeles Town Hall. January 21, 1944
Relocation Problems and Policies: Myer's address before the Tuesday Evening Club at Pasadena, California. March 14, 1944
Racism and Reason: Myer's address before an interfaith meeting sponsored by the Pacific Coast Committee on American Principles and Fair Play, at Los Angeles. October 2, 1944
Statements of Myer before the Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives. April 30, 1945
Problems of Evacuees' Resettlement in California: Myer's address at Eagle Rock, California. June 19, 1945
War Relocation Authority (WRA) - Education.
A booklet: WRA, Education Program in War Relocation Centers. Washington D.C. February 1945
WRA, Teachers' Handbook on Education for Relocation. Supplementing Manual Section 30.3. April 27, 1944
WRA Information Digest. November & December 1944 and March 1945
WRA, Administrative Notice, no. 43, 160. March 14, 1944; September 18, 1944
WRA, Community School Forum, vol. I, no. 2. June 1943
Miscellaneous WRA administrative instruction bulletins. 1942-1944
Miscellaneous printed reports distributed by the WRA. 1942-1945
War Relocation Authority Tentative Policy Statement. May 29, 1942
Roy Nash, Director, Manzanar War Relocation Project, Manzanar from the Inside, Text of an address delivered before the Commonwealth Club of California, San Francisco. July 31, 1942
Jos. H. Smart, Democracy in Relocation Centers, A speech at the Educational Conference, Heart Mountain Center. October 8, 1942
Japanese-Americans in Relocation Centers. March 1943
The Wrong Ancestors, a lecture. June 1943
Charles F. Ernst, Progress Report on the Relocation of Japanese, a speech at the California State Conference of Social Work, Los Angeles. May 11, 1943
Statement of Testimony of Harold H. Townsend before the House of Representatives Subcommittee of the Special Committee on Un-American Activities, Los Angeles. May 26, 1943
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Statement of Justice Byrnes, Director of War Mobilization. July 17, 1943
John F. Embree, War Relocation Authority, Reprint from Journal of the Washington Academy of Scences, vol. 33, no. 8. August 15, 1943
The Leave Program of the War Relocation Authority. October 1, 1944
Executive Office of the President, War Refugee Board, German Extermination Camps - Auschwitz and Birkenau. November 1944
The Future of America's Japanese. n.d. (ca. October 1945)
Relocation of Japanese Americans in Chicago. n.d. (ca. August 1945)
Horman P. Eberharter, Minority Report of the 'Dies' Committee. n.d.
WRA, The Segregation Program: A Statement for Appointed Personnel in WRA Centers. n.d.
A report on the Tule Lake Center. n.d.
WRA, Abstract, nos. 23-34. n.d. (ca. 1943)
WRA, Bibliography of Japanese in America. November 7, 1942; August 14, 1943
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Miscellaneous administrative notices of the WRA. 1942-1945
Information pamphlets printed by the WRA for Japanese internees. 1942-1945
WRA, Relocation Communities for Wartime Evacuees: A Relocation Center. Washington D.C. September 1942
WRA, The Relocation Program: A Guidebook for the Residents of Relocation Centers. Washington, D.C. May 1943
WRA, Granada Project, Guide to Relocation, Amache, Colorado. May 1944
WRA, When You Leave the Relocation Center. n.d.
WRA, When you leave the Relocation Center. n.d.
WRA, Segregation of Persons of Japanese Ancestry in Relocation Centers. Washington D.C. August 1943
McGovern's copies of unpublished reports prepared for the WRA. ca. 1943
Galen M. Fisher, Japanese Colony: Success Story. February 1943
Francis Biddle, Democracy and Racial Minorities. n.d.
Anonymous, E vacuee Problems: His Adjustment, Administration, and Future. n.d.
Anonymous, The Teacher and the War Relocation Project. n.d.
Tamotsu Shibutani, Selected Chapters from Rumors in a Crisis Situation: M.A. Thesis, University of Chicago. 1944
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WRA reprints of English newspapers and magazine articles. February 1943-November 1944
Various Evacuee Publications at Relocation Centers
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Publications at the Gila River Relocation Center, Rivers, Arizona. 1943-1944
Reports Office, Gila River Relocation Center, A Year at Gila. Rivers, Arizona. July 1943
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The Gila News-Courier. “Second Year at Gila”. Rivers, Arizona: The Gila News-Courier. July 1944
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Publication at the Manzanar Relocation Center, California. 1943
Education Division, Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar Adult Education with Special Emphasis on Vocational Training: Spring Semester, 1943. Manzanar, California. n.d. (1943)
Publication at the Poston Relocation Center, Arizona. 1943
American Red Cross, Colorado River Project, WRA, The First Year: Story of the Red Cross in Poston [Soritsu isshunen kinen] [characters]. Poston, Arizona. November 1943
Publication at the Rohwer Relocation Center, Arkansas. 1943
Rohwer Outpost, Lil Dan'l: One Year in a Relocation Center. Rohwer, Arkansas. 1943
Publications at the Central Utah Relocation Center, Topaz, Utah. 1943-1944
Reports Division, Topaz Relocation Center, Facts You Should Know. Topaz, Utah. n.d. (ca. 1943)
Project Reports Division, Historical Section, Central Utah Relocation Project, Welcome to Topaz. Topaz, Utah. January 1943
Trek, vol. I, no. 2-3. February 1943; June 1943
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Historical Section, Project Reports Division, Central Utah Project, All Aboard. Topaz, Utah. Spring 1944
Publications at the Tule Lake Center, Newell, California. 1943-1944
Tulean Dispatch, Tule Lake Relocation Center. A Tule Lake Interlude: First Anniversary, May 27, 1942-1943. Newell, California: The Tulean Dispatch. 1943
Tulean Dispatch Magazine, vol. I, no. 8. March 1943
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WRA, Tule Lake Segregation Center, Information concerning Tule Lake Center. Newell, California. September 1944
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The MISLS Album. n.p. n.d.
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English pamphlets and leaflets on the wartime internment and resettlement of the Japanese, published by various civic and church organizations. 1942-1945
Neal Woodruff, editor, Estespeaks. Topeka, Kansas: Student Christian Movement of the Rocky Mountain Region. December 1944
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A collection of newsletters, leaflets, newspapers, and clippings of newspaper and magazine articles. 1942-1945
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