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2. Search for “574045” – National Archives Identifier for “Records about Japanese Americans Relocated During World War II”
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about Japanese Americans Relocated During World War II, 1988 • 1989 This series contains personal descriptive data about Japanese Americans evacuated from the states of Washington, Oregon, and California to ten relocation centers operated by the War Relocation Authority during World War II in the states of ...
National Archives Identifier: 574045 Creator: Department of Justice. Civil Rights Division. 12/9/1 957-
Evacuee Case Files, 1942-1946 This series consists of case files of Japanese aliens and Japanese American residents on the West Coast who were interned in relocation centers maintained by the War Relocation Authority (WRA) during World War II. The centers were in the st...
National Archives Identifier: 891305 HMS Entry Number(s): Pl-77 22 Creator: Department of the Interior. War Relocation Authority. 2/16/1944-6/30/1946
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Electronic Records National Archives: Military Records . Record Group 210: Records of the War Relocation Authority Records About Japanese Americans Relocated During World War II National Archives Identifier: 574045 Technical Documentation: 91
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Record Group 210: Records of the War Relocation Authority, 1941 -1989
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The War Relocation Authority (WRA) collected information on individual evacuees on WRA Form 26. The WRA used the data to support the management of individuals and the relocation centers, in general. The series also served as a locator index to the separate series of individual evacuee
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National Archives Identifier: 632795 Creator: National Archives and Records Administration. Office of Records Services--Washington, DC. Modern Records Programs. Electronic and Special Media Records Services Division. 1998-
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The electronic records files and technical dorumentation files listed on this manifest are fully open. In some cases, the records may have administrative markings indicating limited access t o the records, but these markings are no longer applicable.
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