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Japanese Americans -- Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Civilian Exclusion Order No. 79 Broadside

 Collection — Box GTM Shared Box 22 (Oversized): [Barcode: 39020030724515], Folder: 1
Identifier: GTM-20231117
Scope and Contents Civilian Exclusion Order No. 79. San Francisco: May 15, 1942. Broadside (sheet size 56 x 35.5 cm).Broadside notice from the Western Defense Command and Fourth Army Wartime Civil Control Administration regarding the 1942 relocation of Japanese Americans, dated May 15, 1942, excluding all persons of Japanese ancestry from a portion of Military Area No. 1 within King County, Washington, with specific boundary streets provided outlining the designated area, and calling for...
Dates: 1942

Japanese-American Internment Poster

 Collection — Box GTM Shared Box 22 (Oversized): [Barcode: 39020030724515], Folder: 8
Identifier: GTM-20241106
Scope and Contents Printed poster instructing persons of Japanese ancestry in San Francisco to report to the Civil Control Station at 1530 Buchanan Street. Author: DeWitt, Lt. Gen. J.LPlace Published: San FranciscoPublisher: U.S. ArmyDate Published: May 5, 1942Printed broadside announcement regarding Japanese Internment, 1942. 56x35.5 cm (22x14")."Instructions to All Persons of Japanese Ancestry" in "that portion of the City and County San...
Dates: 1942

Nicholas B. Scheetz Collection of Manuscripts

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-20200101
Scope and Contents The personal collection of former Georgetown University Manuscripts Librarian Nicholas B. Scheetz (1952-2016). The collection includes over 300 sub-collections of bound and loose manuscripts, documents, journals, correspondence, commonplace books, scrapbooks, photograph albums, and other ephemera reflecting Scheetz's interest in Anglo-American literature, politics, and history -- primarily of the 19th and early 20th century. Highlights include:1. Letters...
Dates: circa 1551-2015