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Description
Statement regarding the proposed "Relocation Center" conference by Thomas T. Sashihara, Chairman, Heart Mountain Community Council. Sashihara comments on the complexities of "evacuees" relationship with the W.R.A. and discusses proposed topics for the conference. Includes additional commentary on the following topics: transportation, freight, aid rendered for group relocation, loans and assurance of financial aid, W.R.A. field office policy and attitude towards "evacuees," travel by Nisei, travel restrictions, jobs at incarceration camps, W.R.A. employment of "evacuees," and public relations and incarcerees. The Japanese American Archival Collection documents the people, places, and daily life of Japanese Americans, primarily those who lived in the once thriving community of pre-war Florin in the Sacramento region, as well as the conditions in American incarceration camps during World War II. The approximately 7,000 original items include personal and official letters, photographs, diaries, arts and crafts, newsletters, textiles, camps artifacts, yearbooks and other publications.
Type
text
Format
Reports 6 pages; 12.5 x 8 inches, typescript application/pdf
Activism and involvement World War II Race and racism World War II--Leaving camp--'Resettlement World War II--Incarceration camps--Impact of incarceration
Place
Cody, Wyoming Incarceration camps--Heart Mountain
Source
California State University, Sacramento, Department of Special Collections and University Archives
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