Forced Removal

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Title - San Francisco Branch Evacuee Property Files of Forcibly Removed Japanese and Japanese Americans, March 18, 1942–June 30, 1946

Scope and Content Note -  This series documents the management and disposal of properties and goods as identified by the War Relocation Authority (WRA) as directed by Executive Orders 9102 and 9066. This series consists of correspondence, reports, and case files pertaining to the property of individuals, families, and businesses impacted by forced removal because of their foreign national status or Japanese ancestry. Nationalities include, but are not limited to German, Italian, and Japanese. Many of the documents produced at the Los Angeles Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank were believed to have been incorporated into this collection while under the physical control of the San Francisco Branch. Numerous forms were triplicate, filed separately, and there may be multiple copies of a record within this series. Subjects covered include internment, military restricted areas, Civilian Exclusion Orders, Wartime Civil Control Administration (WCCA), U.S. Employment Service, Farm Security Administration, and the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL). Some of the records are in Japanese.
Function and Use Note - The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, in its role as “Head Office” and program overseer created and maintained these records to provide assistance in relocation, maintenance, and supervision of evacuee the property of people who were forcibly removed during World War II.

General Note - This archival description was reviewed and revised as part of the NARA reparative description initiative on [mm/dd/yyyy]. The word “evacuee” was replaced with the phrase “forcibly removed” from the Title and Function and Use Note. The phrase “involuntary evacuation” was removed from the Scope and Content Note and replaced with the phrase “forced removal.” Original archival records have not been altered.

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Scope and Content Note -  Personal property forms (WCCA Form FRB-2), inventory lists, and notices of receipt for property stored in the Los Angeles Branch zone temporary detention centers and reception centers for people who had been forcibly removed. Generally sorted by temporary detention centers then family number, not inclusive. Some family numbers may be associated with more than one location. Includes location names Colorado River War Relocation Project, Manzanar Reception Center, Parker Reception Center, Pomona Assembly Center, Poston Reception Center, Santa Anita Assembly Center, and Turlock Assembly Center.

General Note - This archival description was reviewed and revised as part of the NARA reparative description initiative on [mm/dd/yyyy]. The word “evacuee” was replaced with the phrase “people who had been forcibly removed” and the term “assembly centers” was replaced with the term “temporary detention centers” in the Scope and Content Note. Original archival records have not been altered.

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Scope and Content Note -  This series consists of publications, reports, clippings, and manuals related to the work of the Wartime Civil Control Administration (WCCA) and the forced removal of Japanese Americans. Included are the newsletters published at relocation centers for the forcibly removed  people concerning daily activities and news about life in the camps, newspaper and periodical clippings pertaining to the forced removal and relocation, a report from the Farm Security Administration regarding the agricultural phase of the internment, statistical bulletins, a manual of operation and maintenance of relocation centers published by the WCCA, a manual from the Interior Security Branch, a report from the Public Relations Division, the American Red Cross survey of the camps, and the WCCA's final report on the forced removal of Japanese and Japanese Americans from the West Coast.

General Note - This archival description was reviewed and revised as part of the NARA reparative description initiative on [mm/dd/yyyy]. The word “evacuation” was replaced with the term “forced removal” in the Scope and Content Note. Original archival records have not been altered.

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Scope and Content Note -  Under the authority of Executive Order 9066, issued by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on February 19, 1942, approximately 110,000 Japanese Americans were interned in 10 relocation centers for the duration of World War II. for the duration of World War II.

Professional photographers, including Dorothea Lange, were commissioned by the WRA to document the daily life and treatment of Japanese Americans during World War II. These photographs show Japanese Americans at home and at work immediately prior to forced removal; Japanese Americans at temporary detention centers where they were processed before being assigned to relocation centers; agricultural, vocational, educational, recreational, religious and internal political activities at each of the 10 relocation centers, supervisory personnel and local officials; Nisei resettled in their former homes or at work after releases from a relocation centers; Nisei servicemen and women at awards ceremonies or on leave; the arrival and departure of forcibly removed Japanese Americans who were transferred from one of the relocation centers to the Tule Lake Segregation Center in September 1943, including a few photographs of repatriated Japanese Americans embarking for Japan; property formerly owned by Japanese Americans, but vandalized, deserted, or taken over by Chinese Americans and others. Prints and negatives are fully captioned.

General Note - This archival description was reviewed and revised as part of the NARA reparative description initiative on [mm/dd/yyyy]. The words “evacuees,” and “evacuation” were removed from the Scope and Content Note and replaced with the terms “forced removal” and “forcibly removed.” Original archival records have not been altered.