Gov Docs: History: Japanese-American History

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Library of Congress
--In 1943, Ansel Adams (1902-1984), America's most well-known photographer, documented the Manzanar War Relocation Center in California and the Japanese-Americans interned there during World War II.

National Park Service, Manzanar National Historic Site

National Archives
--The Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (CWRIC) was set up to review the facts and circumstances surrounding the forced relocation and internment and the impact it had on American citizens and permanent resident aliens. These records reflect the Commission's twenty days of hearings and testimonies from more than 750 witnesses between July and December 1981, in cities across the country.

National Archives
--The Japanese American Evacuation Claims Act of July 2, 1948, provided compensation to Japanese American citizens removed from the West Coast during World War II (WWII) for losses of real and personal property. Approximately 26,550 claims totaling $142,000 were filed.

National Park Service, Western Archeological and Conservation Center, 2000

National Archives
--The War Relocation Authority (WRA) collected personal descriptive information on all individuals who were evacuated from their homes and relocated to one of 10 relocation centers during World War II.

(100 Milestone Documents)
National Archives

Library of Congress

National Archives
--Documents and photographs related to Japanese Relocation during World War II

(Holocaust Encyclopedia)
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum

National Archives
--Listing of web resources related to the Japanese internment of WWII.

U.S. Courts

National Park Service, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, CA

(Teaching with Historic Places Lesson Plans)
National Park Service

U.S. Dept. of Justice (DOJ)
-- The files include the arrest and internment of Japanese, Germans, and Italians already targeted by the FBI and military intelligence agencies, and document the procedures and reviews for their detention.

FDR Presidential Library [12 pgs]

National Park Service, 2012 [229 pgs]

Library of Congress, 1946 [48 pgs]

U.S. Dept. of the Interior, War Relocation Authority, 1945 [26 pgs]

by James C. McNaughton
U.S. Army, Center for Military History, 2006 [534 pgs]
***Also available in Paper in Documents Bookshelves (2nd Floor South)
D 101.2:N 63

U.S. Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians, 1983
***Also available in Paper in Documents Bookshelves (2nd Floor South)
Y 3.W 19/10:J 98

P.L. 109-441, Dec. 21, 2006 (120 STAT 3288)

Naval History and Heritage Command, 2017

by Mathew Elms
American Battle Monuments Commission, 2015 [148 pgs]
***Also available in Paper in Documents Bookshelves (2nd Floor South)
Y 3.AM 3:2 AK 5

by Stetson Conn
U.S. Army, Center of Military History, 1990
Marx Library Gov Docs Bookstacks (2nd FL South)
D 114.2:D 35/3

U.S. Dept. of the Interior, War Relocation Authority, 1944
Marx Library Gov Docs Bookstacks (2nd FL South)
I 52.2:N 63

U.S. Dept. of the Interior, War Agency Liquidation Unit, 1947
Marx Library Gov Docs Bookstacks (2nd FL South)
I 52.2:J 27/7

U.S. Dept. of the Interior, War Relocation Authority, 1946
Marx Library Gov Docs Bookstacks (2nd FL South)
I 52.2:R 27/4

U.S. Dept. of the Interior, War Relocation Authority, 1946
Marx Library Gov Docs Bookstacks (Non-Circ, 2nd FL South)
I 52.2:W 19/3