Records About Japanese Americans Relocated During World War II
This series contains personal descriptive data about Japanese Americans evacuated from the states of Washington, Oregon, and California to ten relocation centers operated by the War Relocation Authority during World War II in the states of California (Tule Lake and Manzanar Centers), Idaho (Minidoka Center), Utah (Central Utah Center), Colorado (Granada Center), Arizona (Colorado River and Gila River Centers), Wyoming (Heart Mountain Center), and Arkansas (Rohwer and Jerome Centers). Each record represents an individual and includes the name; relocation project and assembly center to which assigned; previous address; birthplace of parents; occupation of father; education; foreign residence; indication of military service, public assistance, pensions, and physical defects; sex and marital status; race of evacuee and spouse; year of birth; age; birthplace; indication of the holding of an alien registration number and/or Social Security number, and whether the evacuee attended Japanese language school; highest grade completed; language proficiency; occupations; and religion.
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Catalog description for the Japanese-American Internee Data File
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Japanese-American Internee Data File
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| @type | dcat:Dataset |
|---|---|
| accessLevel | public |
| bureauCode |
[ "393:00" ] |
| contactPoint |
{ "fn": "Bill Mayer", "@type": "vcard:Contact", "hasEmail": "mailto:opendata@nara.gov" } |
| describedBy | https://research.archives.gov/description/1264228 |
| description | This series contains personal descriptive data about Japanese Americans evacuated from the states of Washington, Oregon, and California to ten relocation centers operated by the War Relocation Authority during World War II in the states of California (Tule Lake and Manzanar Centers), Idaho (Minidoka Center), Utah (Central Utah Center), Colorado (Granada Center), Arizona (Colorado River and Gila River Centers), Wyoming (Heart Mountain Center), and Arkansas (Rohwer and Jerome Centers). Each record represents an individual and includes the name; relocation project and assembly center to which assigned; previous address; birthplace of parents; occupation of father; education; foreign residence; indication of military service, public assistance, pensions, and physical defects; sex and marital status; race of evacuee and spouse; year of birth; age; birthplace; indication of the holding of an alien registration number and/or Social Security number, and whether the evacuee attended Japanese language school; highest grade completed; language proficiency; occupations; and religion. |
| distribution |
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| identifier | NARA-33461 |
| issued | 1995-06-13 |
| keyword |
[ "Central Utah Relocation Center", "Civil Rights Division", "Colorado River Relocation Center", "Department of Interior", "Department of Justice", "Gila River Relocation Center", "Granada Relocation Center", "Heart Mountain Relocation Center", "Japanese Americans", "Jerome Relocation Center", "Manzanar Relocation Center", "Minidoka Relocation Center", "NARA", "National Archives", "Office for Emergency Management", "Rohwer Relocation Center", "Topaz", "Tule Lake Relocation Center", "United States", "War Relocation Authority", "World War II", "personal names", "relocation of Japanese Americans" ] |
| modified | 1995-06-13 |
| programCode |
[ "000:000" ] |
| publisher |
{ "name": "National Archives and Records Administration", "@type": "org:Organization" } |
| references |
[ "https://research.archives.gov/description/1264228" ] |
| spatial | United States |
| temporal | 1942/1946 |
| theme |
[ "research" ] |
| title | Records About Japanese Americans Relocated During World War II |
