Finding Guide by Tony Gardner
1 box (16 folders)
The War Relocation Authority was created on March 18, 1942 by Executive
Order of the President No. 9102. This new civilian agency was to be responsible
for "the relocation (of evacuees) in appropriate places, providing for their needs in such manner as may be appropriate, and supervising their activities." The
WRA officially ceased operations on June 30, 1946.
The collection consists of reports, memoranda, news clippings, news digests,
statistics, and other documents issued by the WRA. It was assembled from
a variety of sources by the Library and is part of the Japanese-American
Internment Collection consisting of records of the Heart
Mountain Relocation Center, Relief and Support
Groups for Japanese-Americans During World War II, and Internment Camp
Newsletters, 1942-1945.
Source: Dillon S. Myer. Uprooted Americans, 1971; Japanese Evacuation from the West Coast: Final Report, 1942.
Box 1
- Folder 1 Digest of West Coast Newspaper Items, 1945-1946
- Folder 2 House Committee on Un-American Activities, 1943
- Folder 3 Memoranda, 1942,1949
- Folder 4 Misc. WRA Docs.
- Folder 5 News Clippings, 1943-1944
- Folder 6 News Highlights, 1945
- Folder 7 Quarterly Reports, 1942-1945
- Folder 8 Semi-Annual Reports
- Folder 9 Tabulation of News Clippings (Formerly News Digest), 1945
- Folder 10 Washington Daily News Digest, 1945
- Folder 11 WRA Baltimore Relocation Office
- Folder 12 WRA Director
- Folder 13 WRA Documents 6-
- Folder 14 WRA. Community Analysis Section, 1944
- Folder 15 WRA. Senior Archivist
- Folder 16 WRA. Statistics Section
