Administrative Information
Acquisition
Accessioned from multiple donors, 2002-2018.
Accruals
Open collection, additional material relating to Japanese American veterans or military personnel who served in detention centers may have been collected since 2018. No additional material relating to civilian internees or civilian War Relocation Authority employees is expected for this collection. For more information please contact the Veterans History Project at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/vhp.contact
Online Content
Digitized versions of some items in the collection are available through the Veterans History Project online database, by searching using the narrator's name or collection ID.
Preferred Citation
Personal Narratives of Forced Removal and Incarceration of Japanese Americans During World War II Collection (AFC/2001/001/112872), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
Processing Information
Content notes for individual collection items were provided by donors and may vary in length and detail. Some attempt has been made to standardize language in accordance with Library of Congress Subject Headings and terminology used in related Library of Congress resources. However, euphemistic terms such as "evacuation," "relocation," "internment," or "assembly center" may be used interchangeably with, or in place of, terms such as "incarceration," "exclusion," "removal," and "prison camp."