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Poston Relocation Center (Ariz.)

 Organization

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Mike M. Masaoka papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0656
Abstract Mike M. Masaoka served as National Secretary (1941-1943) and Washington lobbyist (1945-1953) for the Japanese American Citizens' League. He was a member of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team during World War II and served as president of the Japan-America Society. He was active in issues of immigration reform and compensation for victims of wartime internment. The collection includes scrapbooks, yearbooks, correspondence, court and congressional documents, articles, oral history transcripts, and...
Dates: 1931-1991

Leslie G. and Lutie Marshal Miller papers

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 2381
Abstract The Leslie G. and Lutie Marshal Miller papers (1943-1960s) consist of a biographical sketch detailing the experiences of the family when they moved to the Gila River Indian Reservation, home of the Pima Indian Tribe; the Japanese Relocation Center in Poston, Arizona; and to the Tooele Army Depot in Tooele, Utah.
Dates: 1943-1960s

George Nakamura papers

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 2912
Abstract The George Nakamura Papers (1922-1992) consist primarily of correspondence to George Nagayuki Nakamura from Japanese American concentration camps and United States military installations during World War II.
Dates: 1922-1992