Japanese Americans

Scope and Contents Documents concerning the YWCA of the U.S.A. Community Division. The Community Division's purpose is to provide direct services to local associations and aid in communication between local associations and the national organization, as well as to other organizations. Branch and center materials concern work with African American women, Asian American women and International Institutes serving women immigrants. A history of the development of the branches and their purpose in addition to...

Scope and Contents Documents concerning immigration issues and the YWCA of the U.S.A. including immigrant registration, "enemy aliens", Asian immigrants and Asian Americans, cooperation with other organizations, and displaced persons. Alien registration documents include a manual from the National Refugee Service, Inc. regarding regulations applying to emigres of "enemy" nations during World War II. Enemy aliens materials address regulations and policies affecting people of German, Japanese, and Italian...

Scope and Contents Minutes and reports from the YWCA of the U.S.A. Pacific Coast Field Committee. Field committees unite local associations under the general purposes and missions of the National YWCA, assist with emerging and established local associations, arrange conferences and camps and oversee fundraising campaigns. Materials include reports from field secretaries, narrative reports that summarize work with local associations, make recommendations and requests for personnel and finance, report on...

Scope and Contents Minutes and reports from the YWCA of the U.S.A. Pacific Coast Field Committee. Field committees unite local associations under the general purposes and missions of the National YWCA, assist with emerging and established local associations, arrange conferences and camps, and oversee fundraising campaigns. Materials include reports from field secretaries, narrative reports that summarize work with local associations. In this final year of field committee reports, much attention is given to the...

Scope and Contents The Race Relations Committee of the YWCA of the U.S.A. maintains an awareness of race relations practices, law and conditions in the national organization, local associations and in their communities. The committee discusses the issues surrounding issues of race, recommends practices for local associations and suggests resolutions and statements to be adopted by the Public Affairs department. Discussions include matters of civil rights laws and legislation, the social, economic and political...

Scope and Contents Documents concerning the Japanese American Citizens League and Japanese American Committee for Democracy. The Japanese American Citizens League advocates for the inclusion of Japanese Americans as important contributors to the United States and fair treatment and opportunities for Japanese Americans. Included are presentations to the New York Conference on Japanese American Resettlement, the National Social Welfare Assembly and the Tolan Congressional Committee on National Defense Migration,...

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Documents concerning the YWCA of the U.S.A. Japanese Evacuee Project, an organization-wide project of special programs, activities and advocacy to assist the Japanese Americans displaced in the United States during World War II. Documents include project reports summarizing project activities, assessments of living and social conditions in the internment camps, tables and data collected concerning the project, project bulletins, calls for assistance and meeting minutes and notes. 

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Documents concerning the YWCA of the U.S.A. Japanese Evacuee Project, an organization-wide project of special programs, activities and advocacy to assist the Japanese Americans displaced in the United States during World War II. Documents include project reports summarizing project activities, assessments of living and social conditions in the internment camps, notes. and memorandums. 

Scope and Contents Documents concerning the YWCA of the U.S.A.'s cooperation with other organizations on their Japanese Evacuee Project, an organization-wide project of special programs, activities and advocacy to assist the Japanese Americans displaced in the United States during World War II. Cooperating organizations include the Protestant Commission on Cooperation in Japanese Work, the National Japanese American Student Relocation Council, the War Relocation Authority and the YMCA. Documents include...

Scope and Contents Minutes, reports, correspondence and notes concerning the local situation faced by Japanese Americans in the United States. Documents are grouped by the following locations: California, Colorado, Minnesota, New Jersey, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania and Washington. Documents describe the challenges faced by Japanese Americans in each area, the persecution they may face and special projects, programs and association practices to assist the Japanese American and improve relationships in the...

Scope and Contents Minutes, reports and correspondence concerning internment centers for Japanese Americans in the United States during World War II. Documents concern organization and activities of YWCA associations within the detention centers, YWCA of the U.S.A. associations assisting work in the centers, living conditions, the needs of the interned people and assessments of the overall situation at each center. Documents are grouped by the following locations: Crystal City, Texas, Gila River, Arizona, and...

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Documents concerning internment centers for Japanese Americans including the organization and activities of YWCA associations within the detention centers, YWCA of the U.S.A. associations assisting work in the centers, living conditions, the needs of the interned people and assessments of the overall situation at each center. Documents are grouped by the following locations: Heart Mountain, Wyoming, Jerome, Arkansas, and Manzanar, California. 

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Documents concerning internment centers for Japanese Americans in the United States during World War II including the organization and activities of YWCA associations within the detention centers, YWCA of the U.S.A. associations assisting work in the centers, living conditions, the needs of the interned people and assessments of the overall situation at each center. Documents are grouped by the following locations: Minidoka, Idaho, Poston, Arizona, and Rohwer, McGehee, Arizona. 

Scope and Contents Documents concerning internment centers for Japanese Americans in the United States during World War II including the organization and activities of YWCA associations within the detention centers, YWCA of the U.S.A. associations assisting work in the centers, living conditions, the needs of the interned people and assessments of the overall situation at each center. Centers documented include Topaz, Utah and Tule Lake, Newell, California. Also included are issues of camp magazines,...

Scope and Contents Documents concerning the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II and the YWCA of the U.S.A.'s work with Japanese Americans. Internees are invited as delegates to YWCA of the U.S.A. conferences and record their experiences. Delegate reports include narrative accounts of their experiences and summaries of the conferences proceedings. Also included are records of attendees, conferences notes and outlines. Documents concerning the departure of internees from the relocation centers...

Scope and Contents Documents concerning the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. Included are minutes and correspondence of the Committee on Resettlement of Japanese Americans of the Home Missions Council of North America, a committee formed to gather and share information regarding the resettlement, bring together cooperating organizations and inspire action and support. The committee's "Action Handbook" offers suggestions for assisting evacuees in camps and in the community and issues of...

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War Relocation Authority documents and reports including annotated bibliographies of War Relocation Authority reports, selected Community Analysis Section reports and quarterly reports from the War Relocation Authority. 

Scope and Contents War Relocation Authority documents concerning their policies and procedures for returning internees and disseminating information about the relocation process, camp living and Japanese Americans in communities. Pamphlets, reports and booklets communicate the War Relocation Authority's purpose and seek to educate readers about the situation in camps and around the nation as well as to address racism and treatment of Japanese Americans. Also included are collections of data and statistics on...

Scope and Contents Documents concerning the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. Included are pamphlets and booklets concerning the treatment of Japanese Americans and the internment, War Relocation Authority relocation policy and procedure, press releases concerning the internment, a report to the Tolan Committee, two reports on the situation faced by Japanese Americans in Hawaii, correspondence and notes concerning the Stewart Bill and clippings and articles concerning the treatment and...

Scope and Contents Documents concerning the affiliation, history, program and administration of the YWCA of Seattle, Washington. The administrative and organizational history of the association can be traced through its constitutions, bylaws, association fact sheets and historical notes. In addition, correspondence, reports and administrative records concerning association buildings and finances provide record of the function and operations of the association. Finance documents include description of the...

Scope and Contents Photographs from Japanese American internment camps in the United States during World War II. Identified photographs identify Manzanar in particular. The YWCA of the USA extended service into the internment camps and photographs include images of YWCA clubs, Girl Reserve and "Forget-me-not" clubs, YWCA conferences, and student groups in addition to images of children and families with personal belongings waiting to be transported, daily life, and facilities. Also included are several...