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Title
Transfer order number 29
Creator
Fullerton, Hugh T.: author
Wartime Civil Control Administration: author
Date Created and/or Issued
1942-10-15
Contributing Institution
California State University, Dominguez Hills, Archives and Special Collections
Collection
CSU Japanese American Digitization Project
Rights Information
Material in public domain. No restrictions on use.
Description
The order to transfer Japanese evacuees from the Santa Anita Assembly Center in California to the Gila River Relocation Center and the Colorado River Relocation Center in Arizona, and the Manzanar Relocation Center in California. The order lists the dates, places, and number of people included in the transfer. The order also authorizes the necessary funds to transfer evacuees from assembly centers to relocation centers.
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
Official documents
2 pages, typescript
application/pdf
Identifier
sjs_fla_0547
http://cdm16855.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16855coll4/id/6880
Language
English
Subject
World War II--Administration--Wartime Civil Control Administration
World War II--Temporary Assembly Centers--The journey
World War II--Mass removal ('Evacuation')
Place
Arcadia, California
Sacaton, Arizona
Parker, Arizona
Manzanar, California
Temporary Assembly Centers--Santa Anita
Incarceration Camps--Gila River
Incarceration Camps--Poston (Colorado River)
Incarceration Camps--Manzanar
Source
San Jose State University Department of Special Collections and Archives
Relation
California State University Japanese American Digitization Project
http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt987024h5/
John M. Flaherty Collection of Japanese Internment Records

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