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Description
Description of policies and procedures related to the shipping of "contraband" articles to incarcerees. Certain contraband articles were either transferred to the Project Director of incarceration camps to be examined, or sent to contract storage. The War Relocation Authority (WRA), together with the Wartime Civil Control Administration (WCCA), the Civil Affairs Division (CAD) and the Office of the Commanding General (OFG) of the Western Defense Command (WDC) operated together to segregate and house some 110,000 men women and children from 1942 to 1945. The collection contains documents and photographs relating to the establishment and administrative workings of the (WDC), the (WRA) and the (WCCA) for the year 1942.
Type
text
Format
Government records 2 pages, typescript application/pdf
Immigration and citizenship--Law and legislation--Discriminatory laws World War II--Mass removal ('Evacuation') World War II--Incarceration camps--Facilities, services, and camp administration World War II--Incarceration camps--Incarcerees
Source
San Jose State University Department of Special Collections and Archives
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