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doc Dealing with Japanese-Americans (ddr-densho-171-215)

By John F. Embree, Documents Section, Office of Reports.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-171-215/

doc Community Analysis Report No. 1: Dealing with Japanese Americans (ddr-densho-275-21)

Article written by John F. Embree and circulated to War Relocation Authority staff and administration

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-275-21/

doc Memorandum: "Newspaper Attack on Japanese Americans by Marjorie Young" (ddr-densho-156-103)

Memo forwarded to Reports Officers by John C. Baker, Chief, Office of Reports. The original memo was written by John F. Embree, Senior Archivist.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-156-103/

doc The Japanese by John F. Embree (ddr-densho-156-172)

Published by the Smithsonian Institution War Background Studies.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-156-172/

doc Community Analysis Report No. 2: Causes of Unrest at Relocation Centers (ddr-densho-275-23)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-275-23/

doc War Relocation Authority memorandum about community and project analysis reports (ddr-densho-381-16)

A memorandum to War Relocation Authority staff members offering reports about community analysis and project analysis, available by request.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-381-16/

doc Dealing with Japanese-Americans (ddr-densho-156-102)

Attachment forwarded to WRA staff members by Dillon S. Myer. The attachment was written by John F. Embree, Documents Section, Office of Reports.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-156-102/

doc The Japanese, No. 7 of the Smithsonian Institution War Background Studies (ddr-densho-275-57)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-275-57/

doc Letter to John C. Baker from John F. Embree (ddr-densho-122-864)

Re: Report of a Japanese radio broadcast heard at Minidoka, and dismissing it as rumor.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-122-864/

doc Dealing with Japanese-Americans (ddr-csujad-55-1641)

Report by John F. Embree, Documents Section, Office of Reports, regarding cultural values of Nisei and Issei and incarceree attitudes towards authority, employment, incarceration, and the war. See also sac_jaac_1651. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1643

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1641/

doc Relocation of persons of Japanese ancestry in the United States: some causes and effects (ddr-csujad-55-338)

Article describing the political and sociological implications of the Japanese incarceration during World War II written from the perspective of an anthropologist. Reprinted from Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0340

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-338/

doc Americans of Japanese ancestry (ddr-csujad-55-1649)

Report by John Embree regarding cultural values of Nisei and Issei and incarceree attitudes towards authority, employment, incarceration, and the war. See also sac_jaac_1643. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1651

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1649/

doc Dealing with Japanese-Americans by John F. Embree, Documents Section, Office of Reports (ddr-csujad-48-131)

Short report from WRA Documents Section leader John F. Embree on recommended attitudes, suggestions, and practices while interacting with incarcerated Japanese Americans. According to Embree, race is hereditary while culture is acquired, and Caucasians should refrain from making stereotypical images of "Japanese types." Embree describes the differences in culture and attitudes including questions of loyalty between …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-48-131/

doc Letter from Dillon S. Myer, Director, War Relocation Authority, to WRA staff members, October 1942 (ddr-csujad-55-1640)

Correspondence from Dillon S. Myer to WRA Staff Members regarding the cultural background of Japanese incarcerees and the work of John F. Embree. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1642

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1640/

doc Community analysis report, no. 2 (February 1943) (ddr-csujad-55-1656)

Report, "Causes of unrest at relocation centers," discussing factors contributing to the strikes and unrest at Poston and Manzanar incarceration camps. Covers living conditions, cultural issues, security, administration, authority, labor, and other issues. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1658

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1656/

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