Exclusion orders

On February 19, 1942, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which allowed the military to exclude people from any location without a trial or hearing. While it did not name people of Japanese ancestry specifically, it was clearly aimed at them and was enforced accordingly. Under the authority of Executive Order 9066, General John DeWitt defined 108 exclusion areas throughout the West Coast, each containing approximately 1,000 Japanese Americans. The first exclusion orders were issued for Bainbridge Island, Washington on March 24, 1942. Orders were posted around town, informing all Japanese American residents of the impending mass removal. Individuals and families were given only one week to prepare. By the end of October 1942, all 108 exclusion orders had been issued, forcing over 110,000 Japanese Americans into concentration camps around the country.

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 88, No. 0238 (April 13, 1979) (ddr-pc-51-14)

Selected article titles: "U.S. Deportation of All Nisei After WW2 Discussed in 1943 Memo to Cordell Hull" (pp. 1, 5), "Japanese Executive Says: Lowering Trade Barrier Will Take Years" (p. 1), "Says Rep. Mineta: Gov. Brown Tactics 'Like 1942'" (pp. 2, 5), and "Comment, Letters, Features: On Becoming a True Citizen" (p. 4).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-51-14/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 88, No. 2031 (February 23, 1979) (ddr-pc-51-7)

Selected article titles: "S.I. Would Back Efforts to Undo Curfew Rulings" (p. 1), "'College Nisei' Update Calling on Evacuees Not Questioned Before" (p. 2), "Calif. Legislature Condemns EO 9066" (p. 3), and "From the Frying Pan: Florida's Issei Colony" (p. 5).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-51-7/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 95, No. 4 (July 23, 1982) (ddr-pc-54-29)

Selected article titles: "U.S. Appellate Court Rules INS Raids Violate Constitutional Rights" (pp. 1, 3), "Kokekokko: 'Japanese Camps'" (p. 6), "Inouye's 6 Steps to Reduce Tensions for War" (p. 8), and "Chief Justice Warren and the Japanese Detention Cases" (pp. 8, 12).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-54-29/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 94, No. 10 (March 12, 1982) (ddr-pc-54-10)

Selected article titles: "Before Supreme Court: Seattle JACL Files Supporting Brief on Desegregating Schools" (pp. 1, 4), "Redress Phase 4: 'Direct' Individual Payment" (p. 2), "40th Anniversary of E.O. 9066 Proclamation: Silence: a 40-Year Cover-Up Conspiracy?" (p. 2), "From the Frying Pan: When Are Asian Americans Not a Minority?" (p. 5), and "Service to Community Undermines …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-54-10/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 94, No. 7 (February 19, 1982) (ddr-pc-54-7)

Selected article titles: "EO 9066 Proclaimed 40 Years Ago" (pp. 1-2), "Immigration Raids to Continue; Ten Aliens Voluntarily Go Home" (pp. 1, 8), "Redress Phase 3: Remembering 9066" (p. 2), and "School Discipline in Tokyo Falling" (p. 5).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-54-7/

doc Letter encouraging activism in response to the exclusion order (ddr-csujad-45-92)

A letter asking the reader to write letters to government officials, Henry L. Stimson, Charles M. Bonesteel, and Dillon S. Myer to protest the continued incarceration of Japanese Americans. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: HMRC_01-06_002

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-45-92/

doc Letter from C. Walter Borton and Homer L. Morris to Dear Friend, May 21, 1943 (ddr-csujad-16-4)

Report to people who have contributed financial support for the Gordon Hirabayashi case on the hearing before the Supreme Court. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: JAIC_1-07_02

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-16-4/

doc Letter to Dear Friend from the Gordon Hirabayashi Defense Committee, January 1943 (ddr-csujad-16-3)

Fundraising letter requesting contributions for taking Gordon Hirabayashi's case to the Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco. At the time of writing, Hirabayashi was imprisoned in King County, Washington. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: JAIC_1-07_01

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-16-3/

doc Copy of a letter to Mr. Turner and Mr. Sudde from Marlene Tonai, Chair of the Bay Area NCRR (November 23, 1991) (ddr-janm-4-14)

Copy of a letter to Mr. Turner and Mr. Sudde from Marlene Tonai, Chair of the Bay Area NCRR, Marlene Tonai (November 23, 1991).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-janm-4-14/

img Soldiers posting exclusion orders (ddr-densho-36-28)

Original museum cataloging information: Special instructions. Army's edict. Soldier nailing up placards containing Civilian Exclusion Order No. 1 and special instructions to all Japanese residents of Bainbridge Island, telling them exactly how they are to comply with evacuation decree. Based on information from the museum, it appears the exclusion orders were posted on or near March …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-36-28/

img Three men looking at a mass removal map (ddr-densho-36-48)

Japanese Americans looking at a map of the mass removal districts. The map was posted at the Japanese American Citizens League office. Original Seattle Post-Intelligencer caption: "Marching orders; Japanese residents of Seattle studying a map in the office of the Japanese-American Citizen's League showing the areas from which all members of their race will be evacuated …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-36-48/

img Soldier and Nisei posting Civilian Exclusion Order No. 1 (ddr-densho-36-27)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-36-27/

img Policemen posting exclusion orders (ddr-densho-36-14)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-36-14/

doc American Concentration Camps VOLUME 2 January 1, 1942- February 19, 1942 (ddr-densho-372-2)

Volume 2 divides into two sections. Description about this volume reads directly from the book as follows: The first section features archival documents that show chiefly how the decision to relocate the West Coast Japanese evolved from conflicting views both outside and inside the executive branch. The second section features reports of the Anti-Axis Committee, Los …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-372-2/

doc American Concentration Camps VOLUME 3 February 20, 1942- March 31, 1942 (ddr-densho-372-3)

Volume 3 divides into 4 sections. Description about this volume reads directly from the book as follows: Section 1 contains archival documents from February 20, 1942 to March 19, 1942 regarding the basic decision of how to remove more than 100,000 human beings which was delegated to General De Witt and his staff. Section 2 contains …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-372-3/

doc Instructions to all persons of Japanese ancestry (ddr-densho-381-1)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-381-1/

doc Travel Permit (ddr-densho-356-736)

Yuriko Domoto Tsukada's travel permit to travel between Livingston and Modesto on May 1, 1942.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-736/

doc The Newell Star, Extra (December 19, 1944) (ddr-densho-284-45)

Selected article titles: "Coast Ban Lifted: War Department Revokes Exclusion Order Sunday" (p. 1), "Official Army Statement: Public Proclamation No. 21" (pp. 2-3), "A Message from WRA Director Dillon S. Myer" (pp. 4-5), and "Project Director's Statement" (p. 6).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-284-45/

doc Information Bulletin (January 3, 1945) (ddr-densho-284-47)

Tule Lake Center informational bulletin regarding policies implemented as a result of Public Proclamation No. 21. Also includes a message from the Secretary of the Interior, Harold L. Ickes.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-284-47/

doc Civilian Exclustion Order No. 27 (ddr-densho-292-5)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-292-5/

doc Instructions to all persons of Japanese ancestry, C.E. Order 92 (ddr-csujad-55-1938)

Exclusion orders and evacuation instructions for persons of Japanese ancestry residing in Sacramento and Amador counties. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1941

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1938/

doc Instructions to all Japanese living on Bainbridge Island (ddr-csujad-55-2498)

Exclusion orders and evacuation instructions for individuals of Japanese ancestry residing on Bainbridge Island. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2604

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2498/

doc Civilian exclusion order no. 43 (ddr-csujad-55-860)

Exclusion orders and evacuation instructions for persons of Japanese ancestry residing in the Los Angeles area. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0862

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-860/

doc Redress! The American promise (ddr-csujad-55-105)

Account of the Japanese American experience from the evacuation order of World War II to redress and reparations. Includes photographs. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0107

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-105/

Form letter from Heart Mountain requesting that letters be written to government officials regarding relocating to the west coast (ddr-csujad-55-968)

doc Form letter from Heart Mountain requesting that letters be written to government officials regarding relocating to the west coast (ddr-csujad-55-968)

Form letter requesting that letters be written to government officials regarding rescindment of Exclusion Orders and advocating for permission for Japanese Americans to return to the west coast. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0970

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-968/