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War Relocation Authority (WRA)

Frank Miyamoto Interview Segment 8

The War Relocation Authority's shift in policy: attempt to resettle Japanese Americans outside of camp

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a …

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Press Release, 1943 March 4

Press Release following a conference between WRA and AFSC, March 4, 1943 where it was announced that the plans for using Scattergood as a relocation hostel for persons of Japanese ancestry to assist the WRA in its relocation program would be postponed. See this object in the California State Universities …
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Letter from George Rundquist to Friend, July 16, 1943

A letter sent by the executive secretary George Rundquist, which consists of the copies of a 'Statement of Testimony by Harold Townsend' and the 'Supplementary Comments made by the WRA on Newspaper statements allegedly made by Representatives of the House Committee on Un-American activities'. See this object in the California …
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Invitation to freedom - A proposal for a program of liberal adult education

Detailed proposal for an "adult education system for the Japanese relocation project at Poston, Arizona"; the author credits the American Friends Service Committee for financial support for research and a trial of the plan. Sections of the report include "Background at Poston"; "Foreground of the Problem"; "The Great Books"; "The …
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To all those oncern with securing private employment for the Japanese

Administrative Instructions which outlining the conditions under which the Japanese American citizens will be released from "the relocation centers" for the purpose of accepting private employment. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: RSG_01-01_04
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Extracts from statements regarding the Americans of Japanese Ancestry

This document is a text of letter sent by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to Henry L. Stimson, Secretary of War, which mainly talks about the President approving the proposal of the War Department to organize a combat team consisting of loyal American citizens of Japanese descent. See this object in …
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Weekly Press Review, No. 26, July 11, 1943

Survey by the War Relocation Authority "for use of the WRA Staff" of press activity, including stories published; clippings received and the work of clipping services; reporting from visits to "relocation centers"; summaries of editorial opinion and of "public attitudes" as reflected the work of columnists and in articles, letters …
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Democracy and the Nisei; An American Nuremberg Law

Two editorials from "The New Republic," vol. 107, no. 6, number 1445 (August 10, 1945). Titles include: Democracy and the Nisei; and An American Nuremberg Law. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: WRA_02-31_03
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Letter from Thomas. W . Holland, Chief Employment Officer, December 29, 1942

Letter from Thomas W. Holland, Chief employment Officer to the committees and individuals working on relocation of people of Japanese ancestry forced to evacuate from the West Coast. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: WRA_01-04_02
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Supplementary Comments by the War Relocation Authority on Newspaper Statements Allegedly Made by Representatives of .the House Committee on Un-American Activities

This document consists of the supplementary comments made by the War Relocation Authority on the statements which were allegedly made by representatives of the House Committee on Un-American Activities. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: WRA_02-19_01
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