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Description
Title as: The Teacher and the War Relocation Project. This memorandum includes a broad overview of the reasoning behind the creation of the combat zone, Executive Order 9066, and Executive Order 9102 as well as the selection of "relocation areas," the kinds of jobs held by Japanese-Americans and the administration of the "relocation areas." It outlines the purpose, organization, staffing and kinds of programs to be created at "relocation centers." The document states that "The primary task of the schools in relocation centers is to develop an education program which will promote understanding of American ideals and loyalty to American institutions and training for the responsibilities of citizenship, of family and for economic independence..." Original item is found in item: ecm_wells_9934. Collection of documents and ephemera from Harry Bentley Wells, teacher at Manzanar War Relocation Center High School and Shirley Elizabeth Wells, registered nurse (R.N.) at Manzanar War Relocation Center. This collection includes correspondence, memos, reports, student papers, grade book, commencement program, prom invitation, and other memorabilia from the eleven months H. Bentley Wells was employed at Manzanar.
Type
text
Format
Memorandum; Reports 10 pages, 11 x 8.5 inches, typescript application/pdf
World War II--Incarceration camps--Education World War II--Incarceration camps--Impact of incarceration World War II--Administration--War Relocation Authority
Place
Manzanar, California Incarceration Camps--Manzanar
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