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Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Ardith Pugh Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 2010.684
Scope and Contents

Documents (photocopies), circa 1980s, relating to Ardith Pugh's service on the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians, created to investigate the internment of Japanese-American citizens during World War II.  This collection consists of photocopies of interviews/testimonies, case files used during the internment procedures, and correspondence between government officials, much of which was used by the Commission in its deliberations.

Dates: circa 1980-1989

Tom C. Clark Letter to William Emmons

 Collection
Identifier: SC 01429
Scope and Contents

One page letter from Justice Clark answering specific questions raised by Emmons related to Clark's direct involvement with relocating Japanese Americans in the United States during World War II and his communications with the Attorney General of California regarding those duties.

Dates: 1971 December 2