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[Memorandum of understanding between the Director of the War Relocation Authority and the Secretary of the Interior]

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Title: [Memorandum of understanding between the Director of the War Relocation Authority and the Secretary of the Interior]
Creator: War Relocation Authority: publisher
Secretary of the Interior: publisher
Burley, E.K.: author
Myer, D.S.: author
Date Created and/or Issued: 1942-06-22
Contributing Institution: California State University, Dominguez Hills, Archives and Special Collections
Collection: CSU Japanese American Digitization Project
Rights Information: Materials in public domain. No restrictions on use.
Description: Memorandum describes lands in California to be used for the construction and administration of incarceration camps for the Klamath Project. Includes campsites, agricultural areas, rights to lands, and termination of authority. Describes land in the Tule Lake Wildlife Refuge to be used for agricultural areas soon to be used by Tule Lake Incarceration Camp.
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: Memorandum
12 pages, typescript
application/pdf
Identifier: sjs_fla_0430
http://cdm16855.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16855coll4/id/6260
Language: English
Subject: World War II--Administration--War Relocation Authority
Industry and employment--Agriculture
World War II--Incarceration camps--Facilities, services, and camp administration
Place: Incarceration Camps--Tule Lake
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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