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Title
[Wartime Civil Control Administration Japanese evacuation proposal #57]
Creator
Hass, C. F.: author
Wartime Civil Control Administration: author
Date Created and/or Issued
1942-05-06
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
A proposal drafted by M. F. Hass, Lieutenant Colonel, that was sent to all civilian agencies in the Wartime Civil Control Administration. The proposal outlined all pertinent data related to Japanese evacuation from Seattle, Washington. The procedures for the exclusion order and processing are listed as well as the number of people to be evacuated on which days.
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
2 pages, typescript
application/pdf
Identifier
sjs_fla_0625
http://cdm16855.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16855coll4/id/6955
Language
English
Subject
Geographic communities--Washington--Seattle
World War II--Administration--Wartime Civil Control Administration
World War II--Mass removal ('Evacuation')
World War II--Mass removal ('Evacuation')--Preparation
World War II--Mass removal ('Evacuation')--Exclusion orders
Place
Seattle, Washington
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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