Selected Documents on Japanese American Incarceration, 1935-2005 | Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum
Collection Overview
Title: Selected Documents on Japanese American Incarceration, 1935-2005
Primary Creator: Archivists of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library and Museum
Extent: 4.5 Cubic Feet
Arrangement: This "artificial" collection is arranged in four series, each reflecting the original archival collection from which the documents draw: FDR Papers as President - Official File (OF); FDR Papers as President - President's Personal File (PPF); FDR Papers as President - President's Secretary's File (PSF); and Materials from Other Collections. The Box/Folder Listing uses folder titles from the source collections verbatim, but researchers should be aware that in most cases only specific component items from each folder were selected for inclusion.
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Collection Historical Note
This "artifical" collection was assembled in response to public interest in the issue of Japanese American incarceration [also referred to as internment] during World War II. While the FDR Library staff has endeavored to make this research collection as comprehensive as possible, this collection does not represent the entirety of materials in the Library documenting the forcible relocation and incarceration of Japanese Americans following the issuance of Executive Order 9066.
Researchers should approach this finding aid and documents in this collection it represents as a guide, not as a a complete inventory of all relevant materials. Papers which may contain a greater amount of records pertaining to Japanese American internment include but are not limited to the President's Personal Files (PPF), the Eleanor Roosevelt Papers, and the Morgenthau Diaries. The diaries of Harold Ickes and Henry L. Stimson, while not at the Library, have been microfilmed, and the Library owns copies of the microfilm.
The work of Library intern Jenny Swadosh in researching, selecting, and arranging the documents, and in preparing the ffinding aid, is gratefully acknowledged.
Administrative Information
Repository: Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum
Access Restrictions: This collection is available for use by the general public.
Use Restrictions: This material is subject to copyright restrictions under Title 17 of the U.S. Code.
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Series:
[Series 1: Franklin D. Roosevelt, Papers as President, Official File (OF)],
[Series 2: Franklin D. Roosevelt, Papers as President, President's Personal File (PPF)],
[Series 3: Franklin D. Roosevelt, papers as President, President's Secretary's File (PSF)],
[Series 4: Materials from Other Collections],
[All]
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Series 2: Franklin D. Roosevelt, Papers as President, President's Personal File (PPF) - Box 3: correspondence, memoranda, and reports from the following files: PPF 9: Gifts, A, J, M, S (4 folders); PPF 31c: Contributions to National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis (March of Dimes) (1 folder); PPF 378: MacKay, John R. [re. anti-Japanese fears in California] (1 folder); PPF 1820: Speech Materials and Suggestions (1 folder); PPF 2303: Lawes, Lewis E. [re. internment camps] (1 folder); PPF 4885: Committee for Celebration of the President's Birthday (1 folder).
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Box 3 -
PPF 9: Gifts A. Nov. 1944-Apr 1945 -
PPF 9: Gifts J, 1938 -
PPF 9: Gifts - M, Nov 1940 -
PPF 9: Gifts - S, Nov. 1941 -
PPF 31c: Contributions to National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis (March of Dimes), 1944 A-B -
PPF 378: Mackay, John R., 1940-1945 and Cross References -
PPF 1820: Speech Materials and Suggestions, Jan-Nov 1942 -
PPF 2303: Lawes, Lewis E. -
PPF 4885: Committee for Celebration of the President's Birthday, 1943
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Browse by Series:
[Series 1: Franklin D. Roosevelt, Papers as President, Official File (OF)],
[Series 2: Franklin D. Roosevelt, Papers as President, President's Personal File (PPF)],
[Series 3: Franklin D. Roosevelt, papers as President, President's Secretary's File (PSF)],
[Series 4: Materials from Other Collections],
[All]