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Descriptive Summary

Title:
War Relocation Authority records, 1919-1994 (bulk 1942-1946)

Collection number:
H1944.1

Collector:
McWilliams, Carey, 1905-

Extent:
38 boxes (18.5 linear ft.) and 27 volumes

Repository:
Claremont Colleges. Library. Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd Library.
Claremont, CA 91711

Abstract:
The collection contains material used by Carey McWilliams in writing the book, Prejudice: Japanese Americans, symbol of racial intolerance (Little, Brown, 1944). It includes U.S. War Relocation Authority records, confidential reports, bibliographies, clippings and compilations of articles, legal papers, correspondence between McWilliams and Japanese American evacuees, relocation camp newspapers and other publications, two copies of his book, and five copies of the 1994 videocassette (40 min.), Something Strong Within.

Physical location:
Please consult repository.

Language:
English.

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