Source Information
Ancestry.com. U.S., World War II Japanese-American Internment Camp Documents, 1942-1946 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.Original data: Field Basic Documentation of the War Relocation Authority, 1942-1946, Microfilm Publication C53, 115 rolls. NAID: 978244. Records of the War Relocation Authority, Record Group 210. National Archives at Washington, D.C.
About U.S., World War II Japanese-American Internment Camp Documents, 1942-1946
This database contains images of a collection of documents from 10 Japanese-American internment camps of World War II. These 10 camps are:
- Topaz Internment Camp, Central Utah
- Colorado River (Poston) Internment Camp, Arizona
- Gila River Internment Camp, Phoenix, Arizona
- Granada (Amache) Internment Camp, Colorado
- Heart Mountain Internment Camp, Wyoming
- Jerome Internment Camp, Arkansas
- Manzanar Internment Camp, California
- Minidoka Internment Camp, Idaho
- Rohwer Internment Camp, Arkansas
- Tule Lake Internment Camp, California
Types of records and documents contained in this collection includes:
- Local newspapers
- High school newspapers
- Legal reports
- Press bulletins
- Church reports
- Employment reports
- Community activities
- Financial reports
- Meeting minutes
- Education reports
- Project reports