WRA Quarterly Reports, 1942

File — Box: 1, Folder: 7

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This folder contains the first and second WRA quarterly reports. The contains a chronology of events of evacuation and relocation, movement of Japanese-Americans to temporary assembly centers, and a history of selection and construction of relocation centers including their organization, facilities, prospects for evacuee employment, and community life. The continues with progress and growth of relocation, including a chronology of events during this period, a report on the transfer of evacuees from assembly to relocation centers, and the development of all aspects of life at the centers, such as evacuee employment, self-government, education, consumer enterprises, internal security, agricultural production, religious activities, welfare programs, and special problems being encountered by the evacuees. Both reports also contain summary updates of the progress of the specific relocation centers: Manzanar, California; Colorado River, Arizona; Tule Lake, California; Gila River, Arizona; Minidoka, Idaho; Heart Mountain, Wyoming; Granada, Colorado; Central Utah (Topaz), Utah; Rohwer, Arkansas; and Jerome, Arkansas.

Dates

1942

Conditions Governing Access

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this Collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.