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Japanese Americans

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Civilian Exclusion Order No. 95

 Collection
Identifier: SHL212
Abstract

In 1942 Civilian Exclusion Orders were issued to the citizens of the Japanese descent in Presidio of San Francisco, California. Collection contains Civilian Exclusion Order No. 95, printed as a poster broadsheet in May 23, 1942.

Dates: 1942

Japanese WWII Relocation: Photograph

 Collection
Identifier: SHL211
Abstract

In 1942, shortly after Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 with the intention of preventing espionage. The result was forced relocation and incarceration of 110,000 to 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry in the western part of the country. Collection consists of a black and white photograph on the subject of the Japanese WWII Relocation.

Dates: Undated

Materials for Discussion of the 1942 Japanese Relocation

 Collection
Identifier: SHL146
Abstract

In 1942, shortly after Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 with the intention of preventing espionage. The result was forced relocation and incarceration of 110,000 to 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry in the western part of the country. Collection contains a packet of 15 black and white cardboard photographs depicting the 1942 Relocation of the Japanese Americans.

Dates: Undated

Railcars Loaded with Crisp Fresh Vegetables: A Study of Agriculture at Tule Lake Relocation Center for Japanese-Americans, 1942-1946

 Collection
Identifier: SHL100
Abstract

The Tule Lake Relocation Center was the largest and most controversial of the Japanese-American internment camps established during World War II. Collection contains Master of Arts dissertation written in 2008 by Michael David Schmidli on the subject of agricultural activities in the Tule Lake Relocation Center.

Dates: 2008

Stan Turner Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SHL165
Abstract

In 1942, shortly after Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 with the intention of preventing espionage. The result was forced relocation and incarceration of 110,000 to 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry in the western part of the country. Collection contains a folder with 14 photographs of the War Relocation Authority camp from a variety of time periods and scenes.

Dates: 1944-1987

Trials and Triumphs: Tri-State High School, Classes of 1945, Tule Lake Segregation Center, Newell, California

 Collection
Identifier: SHL204
Abstract

The Tule Lake Relocation and Segregation Center operated between 1942 and 1946 as one of ten federal installations for internment of Japanese and Japanese-Americans during World War II. Tri-State High School operated on the territory of the Center. Collection contains an unbound collection of memoirs, written by the members of the class of 1945 of that school.

Dates: 2004

Tule Lake Project: Master Plot Plan

 Collection
Identifier: SHL219
Abstract

The Tule Lake Relocation and Segregation Center operated between 1942 and 1946 as one of ten federal installations for internment of Japanese and Japanese-Americans during World War II. Collection consists of a copy of a map of the Camp, drawn March 16, 1945. The map shows both the original structures and what was left as of April 14, 2001.

Dates: 1945-2001