MS 239
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Collection Summary | |
| Creator: |
United States. Wartime Civil Control Administration. |
| Collection Name: | United States Wartime Civil Control Administration records |
| Inclusive Dates: | 1940-1942 |
| Bulk Dates: | (bulk 1942) |
| Physical Description: | .1 linear feet |
| Abstract: | In 1942, to carry out Executive Order No. 9066, Lt. Gen. John L. DeWitt was designated military commander for the western half of the United States. He created the Wartime Civil Control Administration; its mission was to evacuate and relocate people of Japanese ancestry. One portfolio of miscellaneous reports, procedural manuals, memoranda, forms, orders, official announcements, and newspaper clippings concerning the evacuation and relocation of Japanese Americans. Most items are from the San Francisco office of the Wartime Civil Control Administration; one report is addressed specifically to Col. Bendetson. Most of the material is dated 1942, although a 1940 alien registration form is also enclosed. |
| Collection Number: | MS 239 |
| Language: | Materials are in English. |
| Repository: |
University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections University of Arizona PO Box 210055 Tucson, AZ 85721-0055 Phone: 520-621-6423 Fax: 520-621-9733 URL: http://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/ E-Mail: LBRY-askspcoll@email.arizona.edu |
In 1942, to carry out Executive Order No. 9066, Lt. Gen. John L. DeWitt was designated military commander for the western half of the United States. He created the Wartime Civil Control Administration; its mission was to evacuate and relocate people of Japanese ancestry. DeWitt placed the Administration under the immediate direction of Col. Karl R. Bendetsen, in San Francisco.
One portfolio of miscellaneous reports, procedural manuals, memoranda, forms, orders, official announcements, and newspaper clippings concerning the evacuation and relocation of Japanese Americans. Most items are from the San Francisco office of the Wartime Civil Control Administration; one report is addressed specifically to Col. Bendetson. Most of the material is dated 1942, although a 1940 alien registration form is also enclosed. A bibliography on the Japanese in America is present, compiled by an unnamed Senior Archivist, War Relocation Authority, Washington, D.C.
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United States Wartime Civil Control Administration records (MS 239). Special Collections, University of Arizona Libraries.
Acquired as gift, undated.
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