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Biographical NoteIn 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. Scope and Content NoteOne 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. ArrangementThis collection is organized by type of material.RestrictionsRestrictionsThere are no restrictions on this collection. CopyrightIt is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner of the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Arizona Board of Regents for the University of Arizona, its officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he or she is an owner of copyright. Access TermsPersonal Name(s) Bendetson, Karl R. Corporate Name(s) United States. War Relocation Authority. Subject(s) Concentration camps -- United States. Japanese -- United States. Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945. World War, 1939-1945 -- Evacuation of civilians -- United States. World War, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans. Administrative InformationCredit LineUnited States Wartime Civil Control Administration records (MS 239). Special Collections, University of Arizona Libraries. Acquisition InformationAcquired as gift, undated. Processing HistoryProcessed by Staff. |