Collection Guide
Brief record only
Collection Title:
Collection Number:
Get Items:
Files relating to the evacuation of Japanese and Japanese Americans : Berkeley, Calif., 1942-1975.
BANC MSS 83/36 cLOCAL
No online items
Collection Overview
Title:
Files relating to the evacuation of Japanese and Japanese Americans: Berkeley, Calif., 1942-1975Creator/Contributor:
First Congregational Church of Berkeley (Berkeley, Calif.), creatorCreator/Contributor:
Loper, Vere Vander Huden, 1893-Creator/Contributor:
Breed, Eleanor D.Creator/Contributor:
Henderson, Shirley Q.Abstract:
Brief account researched and written by Shirley Q. Henderson in 1975 describes the role of the church and the use of its Pilgrim
Hall, which was designated a Civilian Control Station for the registration and evacuation of Japanese Americans in 1942 April.
Accompanied by photocopies of research materials, including transcripts of interviews with Pastor Vere V. Loper, Eleanor D.
Breed, Mrs. Chiura Obata, and others; copies of diary entries for the period by Dr. Loper and Miss Breed; and copies of letters
to Dr. Loper. With these: original letters written to Miss Breed, Chairman of International House, Berkeley, Calif. by Japanese
American evacuees held at assembly centers during 1942 June-Sept.
Date:
1942 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caJapanese Americans -- Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945
Japanese -- California
Américains d'origine japonaise -- Relogement et internement forcés, 1942-1945
Japonais -- Californie
Japanese
Japanese Americans
Berkeley (Calif.)
California
California -- Berkeley
Breed, Eleanor D
Obata, Mrs. Chiura
Note:
Gift; Of First Congregational Church, Berkeley, Calif.; in 1982.
Photographs transferred to the Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library (BANC PIC 1983.097--PIC).
Type:
Photographs.Oral histories.
Diaries.
Physical Description:
print
1 portfolio.
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC MSS 83/36 cLOCAL