Documents for Political Economy Days, Spring 2008

Democracy Under Pressure: 9066 to 9/11

Below you will find links to primary source documents related to the Japanese American Internment.

In addition, here are links to two very in-depth articles dealing with the internment:

“Hot Enough to Melt Iron: The Experience of San Diego’s Nikkei - 1942 to 1945,”

“Further and Further Away: The Relocation of San Diego’s Nikkei Community - 1942,”

Documents:

  1. Letter professing the loyalty of Nikkei living in the east to the United States
  2. San Diego Chamber of Commerce Minutes discussing the possibility of the Nikkei farmers poising their farm products (February 26, 1942)
  3. San Diego Chamber of Commerce Minutes calling for a formal resolution demanding the removal of the Nikkei from the west coast (February 26, 1942)
  4. Letter from an Orange County labor union calling for the removal of the Nikkei
  5. Statement of Miller Freeman before Congress testifying in favor of the removal of the Nikkei from the west coast
  6. Formal Resolution from the San Diego Chamber of Commerce calling for the removal of the Nikkei
  7. Formal Resolution from the Sons of the Golden West calling for the removal of the Nikkei
  8. Formal Resolution from the San Diego Chamber of Commerce demanding that the Nikkei NOT be allowed to return to California
  9. The Congressional response to the Formal Resolution from the San Diego Chamber of Commerce demanding that the Nikkei NOT be allowed to return to California
  10. The official parole form signed by an Issei man to allow him to leave a Department of Justice (DoJ) Detention Camp and join his family at a War Relocation Authority (WRA) internment camp
  11. The official parole signed by an internee to leave an internment camp
  12. The majority decision for Hirabayashi vs. United States
  13. The majority decision for Korematsu vs. United States
  14. Justice Jackson's dissent in Korematsu vs. United States
  15. Justice Murphy's dissent in Korematsu vs. United States
  16. The decision in Ex Parte Endo
  17. Executive Order #9066 that authorized the Internment
  18. Civil Defense Order #4 that gave instruction to the Nikkei about reporting for internment
  19. Answers to Question #28 on the WRA Application for Leave Clearance
  20. Chart with age, sex and nativity of the internees