War Relocation Authority Documents Collection

PARTNER

Densho
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COLLECTION ID

ddr-densho-282

DESCRIPTION

The Government Documents collection is comprised of reports and studies published by the War Relocation Authority. The bulk of the items are focused on the lives and treatment of Japanese Americans during World War II.

INCLUSIVE UNIT DATE

1942-1947

BULK UNIT DATE

1946

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

Fourteen pamphlets

CONTRIBUTOR

Densho

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PREFERRED CITATION

Courtesy of the War Relocation Authority Documents Collection

RIGHTS

Public Domain Mark
This work is free of known copyright restrictions.

14 Objects

All Aboard (ddr-densho-282-1)
doc All Aboard (ddr-densho-282-1)
Journal with fiction and essays by Japanese Americans in Topaz (Central Utah) concentration camp, Utah.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-282-1/
Relocating Japanese-American Evacuees (ddr-densho-282-2)
doc Relocating Japanese-American Evacuees (ddr-densho-282-2)
Early overview of the WRA relocation program.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-282-2/
Legal and Constitutional Phases of the WRA Program (ddr-densho-282-3)
doc Legal and Constitutional Phases of the WRA Program (ddr-densho-282-3)
Analysis of the constitutional issues, legal framework, and policies of the WRA and the "evacuation" of Japanese Americans.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-282-3/
Administrative Highlights of the WRA Program (ddr-densho-282-4)
doc Administrative Highlights of the WRA Program (ddr-densho-282-4)
Description how the WRA's administration and their goals of managing "temporary living facilities for persons of Japanese ancestry" and also of helped them return to civilian life.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-282-4/
The Evacuated People: A Quantitative Study (ddr-densho-282-5)
doc The Evacuated People: A Quantitative Study (ddr-densho-282-5)
Statistics and data regarding "the evacuated people." This includes information about age, sex, marital and lifestyle status, military background, and geographic data.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-282-5/
Impounded People: Japanese Americans in the Relocation Centers (ddr-densho-282-6)
doc Impounded People: Japanese Americans in the Relocation Centers (ddr-densho-282-6)
Report on the lives of Japanese Americans from 1942-1946.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-282-6/
The Relocation Program (ddr-densho-282-7)
doc The Relocation Program (ddr-densho-282-7)
Report on the history, purpose, and policies of the War Relocation Authority. The report focuses on Japanese Americans leaving government camps and centers and returning to normal life.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-282-7/
Token Shipment: The Story of America's War Refugee Shelter (ddr-densho-282-8)
doc Token Shipment: The Story of America's War Refugee Shelter (ddr-densho-282-8)
Report on the emergency shelter at Fort Ontario in Oswego, NY. The shelter housed about 1,000 European refugees from 1944-1946.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-282-8/
Community Government in War Relocation Centers (ddr-densho-282-9)
doc Community Government in War Relocation Centers (ddr-densho-282-9)
Examination of Japanese American evacuee community government in the framework of the WRA.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-282-9/
People in Motion: The Postwar Adjustment of the Evacuated Japanese Americans (ddr-densho-282-10)
doc People in Motion: The Postwar Adjustment of the Evacuated Japanese Americans (ddr-densho-282-10)
Study on the post WWII Japanese-American life, and the difficulty and concerns of adjustment.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-282-10/

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