General

Confinement and Ethnicity: An Overview of World War II Japanese American Relocation Sites

(National Park Service)

https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/anthropology74/

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Confinement and Ethnicity: An Overview of World War II Japanese American Relocation Sites, Chapter 17: Department of Justice and U.S. Army Facilities

(National Park Service)

https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/anthropology74/ce17.htm

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Denshō: The Japanese American Legacy Project

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Denshō Sites of Shame

https://www.densho.org/sitesofshame/

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Discover Nikkei

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Go For Broke National Education Center

http://www.goforbroke.org/

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Japanese American Citizens League

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Japanese Americans in the Military Service Intelligence

(National Japanese American Historical Society)

https://www.njahs.org/misnorcal/index.htm

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Japanese American National Museum

http://www.janm.org/

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Japanese Canadian Internment

(University of Washington)

http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/collections/exhibits/harmony/canada

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Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai'i

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National Japanese American Historical Society

https://www.njahs.org/

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War Relocation Authority Documents: Internet Sites about the War Relocation Authority

(Bowling Green State University)

http://libguides.bgsu.edu/c.php?g=227381&p=1506891

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The War Relocation Centers of World War II: When Fear Was Stronger Than Justice

(National Park Service)

https://www.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/89manzanar/89manzanar.htm

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WW2 Japanese Relocation Camp Internee Records

http://www.japaneserelocation.org/

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Archival Resources

Digital Public Library of America: Prisoners at Home: Everyday Life in Japanese Internment Camps

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From Confinement to College: Video Oral Histories of Japanese American Students in World War II

(University of Massachusetts Boston)

http://openarchives.umb.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/p15774coll5

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Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase

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Japanese American Evacuation and Resettlement: A Digital Archive

(University of California Berkeley)

http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/collections/jais/

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Japanese American Internment Camp Newspapers, 1942-1946

(Library of Congress)

https://www.loc.gov/collections/japanese-american-internment-camp-newspapers/about-this-collection/

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Japanese American Internment During World War II: Primary Source Set

(Digital Public Library of America)

https://dp.la/primary-source-sets/sets/japanese-american-internment-during-world-war-ii

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Japanese American Relocation Centers Records: A Student Digital Exhibition

(Cornell University)

http://blogs.cornell.edu/japaneseamericanrelocationrecordsarchive/

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Japanese American Relocation Digital Archive (JARDA)

(University of California)

https://calisphere.org/exhibitions/t11/jarda/

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Japanese Relocation and Internment

(National Archives)

https://www.archives.gov/research/alic/reference/military/japanese-internment.html

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National Archives: Japanese American Internment

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Online Archive of California: Finding Aid to War Relocation Authority Photographs of Japanese-American Evacuation and Resettlement, 1942-1945 circa 1941-1947

(Online Archive of California)

http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf596nb4h0/

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Online Archive of the Japanese American Relocation During World War II

(Occidental College)

https://sites.oxy.edu/special-collections/japanese/

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The War Relocation Authority and the Incarceration of Japanese-Americans During World War II

(Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum)

https://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/japanese_internment/

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WWII Japanese American Internment and Relocation Records in the National Archives: An Introduction

https://www.archives.gov/research/japanese-americans/internment-intro

 

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Civil Rights

Amendment Violation:Japanese American Internment and the United States Constitution (National World War II Museum)

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Civil Liberties Archives and Study Center (Japanese American National Museum)

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Civil Rights: Japanese Americans (PBS)

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Conscience and the Constitution

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A More Perfect Union: Japanese Americans and the U.S. Constitution (Smithsonian)

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Voices of Japanese-American Internees

(Anti-Defamation League)

https://www.adl.org/education/educator-resources/lesson-plans/voices-of-japanese-american-internees

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Art/Film/Photography

Ansel Adams's Photographs of Japanese-American Internment at Manzanar

(Library of Congress)

http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/manz/

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A Challenge to Democracy

(War Relocation Authority)

https://archive.org/details/Challeng1944

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A Guide to Modern Camp Homes by Kevin J. Miyazaki

http://www.kevinmiyazaki.com/moderncamphomes/

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Estelle Ishigo Collection

(Japanese American National Museum)

http://www.janm.org/collections/estelle-ishigo-collection/

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Exploring the Japanese American Internment Through Film & the Internet

http://caamedia.org/jainternment/index.html

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George & Frank C. Hirahara Photograph Collection, 1943-1945

(Washington State University Digital Collections)

http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/hiraharag

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George Hoshida Collection

(Japanese American National Museum)

http://www.janm.org/collections/george-hoshida-collection/

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Hisako Hibi Collection

Japanese American National Museum

http://www.janm.org/collections/hisako-hibi-collection/

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Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase

(Sacramento State University Library)

http://digital.lib.csus.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/jaac

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Japanese Relocation

(War Relocation Authority)

https://archive.org/details/Japanese1943

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Masumi Hayashi Photography

http://www.masumihayashi.com/

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The Rosalie Santine Gould - Mabel Jamison Vogel Collection

(Butler Center for Arkansas Studies)

https://www.butlercenter.org/rohwer/about-the-collection.html

 

Arkansas

Art of Injustice: Japanese American Experience in WWII Arkansas

(Butler Center for Arkansas Studies)

https://www.butlercenter.org/rohwer/

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Jerome, Arkansas

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~usmiltp/Arkansas/jerome/

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Jerome Japanese American Relocation Center

(Arkansas Historic Preservation Program)

http://www.arkansaspreservation.com/arkansas-register-listings/jerome-japanese-american-relocation-center

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Rohwer, Arkansas

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~usmiltp/Arkansas/rohwer/index.html

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Rohwer Japanese American Relocation Center

(Arkansas State University)

http://rohwer.astate.edu/

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Unspoken Memories: Oral Histories of Hawai'i Internees at Jerome, Arkansas

(University of Hawai'i at Manoa)

http://www.oralhistory.hawaii.edu/pages/historical/Jerome.html

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Walter Muramoto Collection

(Japanese American National Museum)

http://www.janm.org/collections/walter-muramoto-collection/

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You Fought Prejudice and Won: Japanese-American Internment in Arkansas

(Arkansas Digital Archives)

http://ahc.digital-ar.org/cdm/landingpage/collection/p16790coll22

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Colorado

Amache

(Colorado State Archives)

https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/archives/amache

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Grand Relocation Center (Amache), Granada, Colorado

(National Park Service)

https://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/asian_american_and_pacific_islander_heritage/granada-relocation-center.htm

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Idaho

Children of Minidoka

(Special Collections University of Washington)

http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/collections/exhibits/harmony/minidoka

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Kooskia Internment Camp Project: Justice Department and U.S. Army Internment Camps and Detention Stations in the U.S. During World War II

(University of Idaho)

http://webpages.uidaho.edu/aacc/JusticeCampsWWII.htm

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Kooskia Internment Camp Scrapbook: Documenting the Daily Life of Japanese Americans Interned by the US Government Near Kooskia, ID During World War II

(University of Idaho Library)

https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/kooskia/

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Minidoka, National Historic Site, ID, WA

(National Park Service)

https://www.nps.gov/miin/index.htm

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California

Clara Breed Collection

(Japanese American National Museum)

http://www.janm.org/collections/clara-breed-collection/

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Dear Miss Breed Bibliography

(San Francisco Public Library)

https://www.sandiego.gov/sites/default/files/legacy/public-library/pdf/breedbibliography.pdf

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Further and Further Away: The Relocation of San Diego's Nikkei Community

(Japanese American Historical Society of San Diego)

http://jahssd.org/further-and-further-away/

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Internment of San Francisco Japanese

(The Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco)

http://www.sfmuseum.org/war/evactxt.html

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Jack Iwata Collection

(Japanese American National Museum)

http://www.janm.org/collections/jack-iwata-collection/

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Japanese-American Internment Collection

(University of the Pacific)

http://www.pacific.edu/University-Libraries/Find/Holt-Atherton-Special-Collections/Japanese-American-Internment-Collections.html

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The Manzanar Committee

http://www.manzanarcommittee.org/The_Manzanar_Committee/Home.html

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Manzanar National Historic Site California

(National Park Service)

https://www.nps.gov/manz/index.htm

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Tule Lake Committee

https://www.tulelake.org/

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Tule Lake Unit California

(National Park Service)

https://www.nps.gov/tule/index.htm

Arizona

A Celebration of the Human Spirit: Japanese American Relocation Camps in AZ

(Arizona Historical Society Library and Archives, Tempe)

http://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/cdm/landingpage/collection/ahfreloc

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Gila River Relocation Center, Arizona

(Japanese Americans Veterans Association)

http://www.javadc.org/gila_river_relocation_center.htm

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Japanese American Internment

(Arizona State Library, Archives, and Public Records)

https://www.azlibrary.gov/dazl/learners/research-topics/japanese-american-internment

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"Life in a Relocation Center in Arizona -- Elsie Inouye"

http://digitalassets.lib.berkeley.edu/jarda/ucb/text/cubanc6714_b167k08_0070.pdf

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Poston Restoration Project: Poston Internment Camps - Sharing a Desert Home

http://www.postonpreservation.org/default.htm

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War Relocation Authority Camps in Arizona, 1942-1946

(University of Arizona)

http://parentseyes.arizona.edu/wracamps/

Resources By State
 
 
 
Texas

Crystal City Family Internment Camp: Enemy Alien Internment in Texas During World War II

(Texas Historical Commission)

http://www.thc.texas.gov/public/upload/crystal-city.pdf

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Japanese, German, and Italian American Enemy Alien Internment

(Texas Historical Commission)

http://www.thc.texas.gov/preserve/projects-and-programs/military-history/texas-world-war-ii/japanese-german-and-italian

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Seagoville, Enemy Alien Detention Center

(Texas Historical Commission)

http://www.thc.texas.gov/preserve/projects-and-programs/military-history/texas-world-war-ii/world-war-ii-japanese-american-4

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Hawaii

Unspoken Memories: Oral Histories of Hawai'i Internees at Jerome, Arkansas

(University of Hawai'i at Manoa)

http://www.oralhistory.hawaii.edu/pages/historical/Jerome.html

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Internment of Japanese and Japanese Americans in Hawaii

(University of Hawai'i at Manoa)

https://guides.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/Hawaii_internment

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The Untold Story: internment of Japanese Americans in Hawai'i

(Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai'i)

http://hawaiiinternment.org/

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Wyoming

Heart Mountain Relocation Center (Wyo.) Records

(University of Wyoming)

http://digitalcollections.uwyo.edu/luna/servlet/uwydbuwy~41~41

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Heart Mountain Digital Preservation Project

(Northwest College)

http://nwc.edu/library/special/heart-mountain-digital-preservation-project-ethel-ryan-collection/

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Heart Mountain: WWII Japanese American Confinement Site

http://www.heartmountain.org/

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John A. Nelson Papers

(American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming)

http://digitalcollections.uwyo.edu/luna/servlet/uwydbuwy~44~44

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Mori Shimada Collection

(Japanese American National Museum)

http://www.janm.org/collections/mori-shimada-collection/

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Utah

Japanese American Internment Camps During World War II

(The University of Utah)

http://www.lib.utah.edu/collections/photo-exhibits/japanese-American-Internment.php

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Topaz Japanese-American Relocation Center Digital Archive

Utah State University

http://digital.lib.usu.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/Topaz

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Topaz Museum

http://www.topazmuseum.org/

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Washington

Camp Harmony Exhibit

(University of Washington)

http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/collections/exhibits/harmony/exhibit

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From Coast and Camp to the Inland Empire

(Whitworth University)

https://digitalcommons.whitworth.edu/coast_and_camp/

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Interrupted Lives

(Special Collections, University of Washington)

http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/collections/exhibits/harmony/interrupted

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War Relocation and Wartime Civil Control Administration Publications

(Special Collections, University of Washington)

http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/collections/exhibits/harmony/exhibit/documents/war