The Forced Removal and Incarceration of Japanese Americans, 1941-1942

This folder includes material about the U.S. federal government's forced removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II. There are documents and correspondence from the Hawaii Branch of the American Friends Service Committee which focus on helping Japanese people find work and includes memorandum on family visitors. This folder also includes copies of the Hawaii military government orders from December 1941 concerning "enemy aliens"; letters from Esther B. Rhoads describing forced removal of people from Los Angeles area into incarceration camps; an unsigned letter from Tulare Reception Center that ends with "If there should ever arise a movment to evacuate Japanese in Hawaii, please exert your influence against it, for I can assure you it is hell"; pamphlet titled "The Japanese Evacuation: A message from the American Friends Service Committee to the Society of Friends and to our fellow Christians"; newsletters and pamphlets describing progression of forced removal and incarceration operations and the response to those operations.