CALIFORNIA STATE GOVERNMENT AND INCARCERATION OF JAPANESE AMERICANS DURING WORLD WAR II

Items

• Memo on Tulare County
  Office Memorandum from G. C. Johns (by K. M. Larmore) to Margaret S. Watkins regarding denial of public assistance
• Memo on Tulare County
  Office Memorandum from Margaret S. Watkins (by Kathryn M. Larmore) to Lois Craig regarding incarceration and denial of public assistance
• Memo on Conditions in Tulare County
  Office Memorandum from Lois Craig to Margaret S. Watkins regarding incarceration
• "Evacuation of Japanese"
  Map of California indicating areas under different stages of the incarceration
• Memo on Bulletin 181
  Office Memorandum from Margaret Bullard to Margaret S. Watkins regarding changes to program after new bulletin
• Correspondence on Report from Santa Cruz County
  Correspondence from Etha L. Skouden (by Helen I. Clemensen) to Margaret Billings regarding report of individual cases
• Weekly Report on Public Assistance Applications
  Correspondence from Donna Planz to Merle Leedy regarding statistics on applications for aid
• Memo on Weekly Activities for District II
  Office Memorandum from Jeannette Harris to Margaret S. Watkins regarding reporting activity
• Memo on Weekly Activities for Santa Clara
  Office Memorandum from Margaret Billings to Genevieve Murrican regarding interviews with individuals
• "Report on Resettlement Assistance"
  Report on resettlement by county by Bertha S. Underhill
• Correspondence on Tule Lake
  Correspondence from Azile H. Aaron to State Public Assistance Agencies regarding Tule Lake Relocation Center
• Correspondence on Assistance Payment Made
  Correspondence from Charles M. Wollenberg (by Bertha S. Underhill) to Margaret Ann Elwell regarding aid for furniture; Attachment: Cost estimations for furniture requested by resettlers
• Correspondence on Assistance Payment Made
  Correspondence from Charles M. Wollenberg (by Bertha S. Underhill) to Toyoji Inouye regarding public assistance
• Correspondence on Medical Care Policy
  Correspondence from Bertha S. Underhill to Mary LeHane regarding medical care
• "Meeting on Return of Japanese"
  Minutes from meeting of the Pacific Coast Committee on American Principles and Fair Play; Sections: Present Situation, Welfare Group, Legal Questions, Employment, Public Relations, Coordination of Inter-racial programs, Meeting on Agricultural Problems
• "Social Security Board, State Agency Agreement for Assistance to Enemy Aliens Affected by Restrictive Governmental Action"
  Agreement between the Federal government and the State of California to cooperate in providing public assistance to evacuees
• Correspondence on Taxation
  Correspondence from Robert W. Kenny (by H. H. Linney) to Oran W. Palmer regarding taxation of Japanese families during incarceration
• Correspondence on Public Assistance
  Correspondence from Azile H. Aaron to Martha A. Chickering regarding various funding sources for public assistance and eligibility requirements
• Correspondence on Food Stamps
  Correspondence from K. C. May to S. H. Thompson regarding food stamp policy; Attached to Correspondence on Policy Ruling (F3729_66_005)
• Correspondence on Policy Ruling
  Correspondence from K. C. May to Frank A. Hitchcock regarding food stamps; Attachment: Correspondence on Food Stamps (F3729_66_006)
• Memo on Food Stamp Policy
  Office Memorandum from Genevieve Murrican to Margaret S. Watkins regarding food stamp policy
• Memo on Mixed Marriages
  Office Memorandum from Margaret Watkins (by Merle Leedy) to Elizabeth B. MacLatchie regarding policy for mixed marriages
• Memo on Allocations
  Office Memorandum from Elizabeth B. MacLatchie (by Honora Costigan) to Martha A. Chickering regarding use of emergency funds for public assistance
• "Relocating Japanese-American Evacuees"
  "The program of the War Relocation Authority for the relocation of more than 100,000 Japanese aliens and American citizens of Japanese ancestry now being evacuated from Pacific Coast military areas"; Sections: Chronology, Evacuation-A Military Necessity, The Relocation Program, The War Relocation Work Corps
• "Map of California"
  Large map of California indicating the boundaries of Military Areas I & II
• "Excerpt from Victory"
  Excerpt from article entitled "Qualified Residents May leave Japanese Centers to Work" regarding leave from relocation centers; referenced in Unmarked Correspondence (F3729_65_007a)
• "Excerpt from Information Digest No. 520"
  Excerpt from article entitled "Aliens and Citizens of Japanese Ancestry" regarding leave from relocation centers; referenced in Unmarked Correspondence (F3729_65_007a)
• Correspondence on Policy
  Correspondence from Azile H. Aaron to Martha A. Chickering regarding policies adopted by the War Relocation Authority; Attachments: "Excerpt from Information Digest No. 520" (F3729_65_007b), "Excerpt from Victory" (F3729_65_007c)
• "Military Areas in California"
  Map of California indicating the boundaries of the military zones
• Memo on Assistance for the Blind
  Office Memorandum from Perry Sundquist to Elizabeth B. MacLatchie regarding aid to blind Japanese
• Correspondence on Weekly Activity
  Correspondence from Vlad F. Ratay to Richard M. Neustadt regarding weekly report on activities of State Department of Social Welfare
• Memo on Manzanar
  Office Memorandum from Gladys C. Johns (by Kathryn M. Larmore) to Margaret S. Watkins regarding conditions at Manzanar Assembly Center
• AA Instructions #3
  "Procedures for filing claims against the federal security agency for assistance rendered to dependents of detained or interned enemy aliens"
• Memorandum No. X
  Memorandum from Phoebe H. Bannister to Members of Public Assistance Staff Assigned to Local WCCA Office regarding incarceration of Japanese and non-Japanese couples
• Memo on Recommendations for Children in Institutions
  Memorandum from C. Rollin Zane to Azile H. Aaron regarding recommendations for evacuation of Maryknoll Home, Salvation Army Children's Home, and Japanese Children's Home; Referenced in Correspondence on Recommendations for Children in Institutions (F3729_64_009a)
• Correspondence on Recommendations for Children in Institutions
  Correspondence from C. Rollin Zane to Bess Replogle regarding recommendations for Japanese children in institutions; Attachment: Memo on Recommendations for Children in Institutions(F3729_64_009b)
• "Instructions to All Persons of Japanese Ancestry"
  Instructions for relocation in accordance with Civilian Exclusion Order No. 5 as ordered by John L. DeWitt
• Memo on Number of Cases
  Office Memorandum from Bernice G. Copland to Margaret S. Watkins and Lois Craig regarding report on operations in Los Angeles County
• Memo on Policy for Banking and Shipment of Household Goods
  Informational memo from W. K. Shaughnessy to All Control Station Managers regarding arrangements for banking and shipment of household goods for relocated Japanese
• "Memorandum No. IV"
  Memorandum from Phoebe Bannister to Members of the Public Assistance Staff Assigned to WCCA Local Offices regarding relocation process; Sections: WCCA Functions; Controlled Evacuation; Civil Control Offices
• "Social Implications of Mass Evacuation"
  Unrevised transcript of forum discussion regarding effect of relocation; Speakers: Carey McWilliams, Leonard Corwin, Raymond Booth, John Abrams
• Memo on Restrictions
  Office Memorandum from Lois Craig to Martha A. Chickering, et al. regarding travel
• Memo on Children in Institutions
  Office Memorandum from Elizabeth B. MacLatchie to Martha A. Chickering regarding Japanese children in institutions
• Correspondence on Children in Institutions
  Correspondence from Martha A. Chickering to Richard Neustadt regarding Japanese children in institutions; Attachment: "Recommendations Regarding Institutions Caring for Japanese Children"
• "Departmental Bulletin No. 181"
  Correspondence from Martha A. Chickering to County Boards of Supervisors, County Welfare Departments and County Auditors regarding relocation program, including public assistance, coordination with Federal government, and procedures
• Correspondence on Recommendations for Relocation by Young Men's Christian Association
  Correspondence from Lincoln Kanai to John L. DeWitt regarding recommendations for relocation
• Correspondence on County Welfare Departments
  Correspondence from Martha A. Chickering to Richard M. Neustadt regarding county takeover of relocation program
• Correspondence on Coordination with Counties
  Correspondence from Martha A. Chickering to all Board of Supervisor Chairmen regarding coordination between California counties and Federal government
• "Departmental Bulletin No. 168"
  Correspondence from Martha A. Chickering to County Boards of Supervisors, County Welfare Departments and County Auditors regarding new policies on aid to needy blind and children
• "College and Universities and Civilian Defense"
  Manual for University students relating to defense activities; Chapters: The Role of the University or College in the Program of Civilian Defense, Organization of the On-Campus Program for Civil Defense, Preparing Buildings for Maximum Protection, The Civil Air Patrol