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Governor's Office Memorandum from Helen R. MacGregor to Earl Warren regarding reparations for lost salaries

Memo on Employment and the State Personnel Board

Inter-Departmental Communication from State Personnel Board to W. T. Sweigert regarding return of Japanese and state employment

Memo on Employment of Returned Japanese

Governor's Office Memorandum from Helen MacGregor to Earl Warren regarding policies for employment of returning Japanese

Address by Governor Earl Warren of California

Address by Earl Warren at the 35th Annual Governors' Conference in Columbus, Ohio; Discussion of release of Japanese from incarceration camps in regards to public safety

"Motor Vehicle Registration Form"

Form to register vehicle that will be stored by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

"Personal Property Form"

Form to inventory personal belongings that will be stored by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

Three Personal Tags

Tags "to be attached to hand baggage carried by person, to be retained by person to whom issued, and to be taken by medical examiner"

"Storage Tag"

Tag to be placed on personal belongings of evacuees

Correspondence on Japanese in Higher Education

Correspondence from Robert G. Sproul to Henry A. Wallace regarding Japanese college and university students who have been removed from school due to the evacuation

Correspondence on Colleges and Universities

Correspondence from Robert G. Sproul to Franklin Delano Roosevelt regarding a plan for Japanese college and university students during the evacuation; See "Proposal for the Continued Collegiate Training…" (F3729_145_003a-F3729_145_003b)

"Proposal for the Continued Collegiate Training of Citizens of Japanese Ancestry Forced by Evacuation Orders to Interrupt Studies"

Report on plan to accommodate Japanese college and university students during incarceration; Sections: The General Problem; Methods of Meeting the Problem; Suggested Procedures

Correspondence on Report from Tolan Committee

Correspondence from Robert G. Sproul to John H. Tolan regarding summary and thoughts on "Preliminary Report and Recommendations on Problems of Evacuation of Citizens and Aliens from Military Areas," a report issued by the Tolan Committee

Memo on Policy for Personal Effects

Memo from William G. Pierce to All WCCA Control Station Managers regarding evacuees bringing belongings to the Assembly and Reception Centers

"Department Bulletin No. 188"

Bulletin from Martha A. Chickering to County Boards of Supervisors, County Welfare Departments, and County Auditors regarding ineligibility for certain public assistance programs

Memo on Necessary Work Crews

Memo from W. K. Shaughnessy to All WCCA Control Stations regarding work crews necessary at assembly centers to be filled by evacuees

"State of California Department of Social Welfare News Bulletin"

Bulletin to counties from the Department of Social Welfare regarding counties' responsibility to aid relocated Japanese

"Japanese Heads of Households by Counties and Total Japanese Population"

Map showing the number of Japanese and Japanese-Americans residing in each county

"Summary of the Proclamation of the President of the United States…"

Summary of proclamations dated December 7 and 8, 1941 and January 14, 1942, which describes instructions for aliens; Attached to "Notice to Enemy Nationalities: Certificates of Identification" (F3729_144_002b)

"Notice to Aliens of Enemy Nationalities: Certificates of Identification"

Notice indicating the requirement for aliens to acquire Certificates of Identification; signed Earl G. Harrison and Francis Biddle; Attachment: "Summary of Proclamation of the President of the United States…" (F3729_144_002b)