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Box 11

 Container

Contains 61 Results:

Other camps- Manzanar, California- WRA report and description, notes/excerpts from letters, WRA report on Manzanar disturbance.

 File — Box: 11, Folder: 14
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION From the Collection: The documentation comprising the Japanese-American Relocation Centers Records was primarily collected by Lt. Alexander Leighton and Morris Opler. Leighton, a sociologist in the Naval Reserve, assembled extensive records on life in the Poston Center for use in studying the psychological and social effects of dislocation. Drawing on his research, he wrote The Governing of Men: General Principles and Recommendations Based on Experience at a Japanese Relocation Camp...
Dates: 1935-1953.

Other Camps- Tule Lake- description, WRA report "Prevalent Fears in the Tule Lake Community"

 File — Box: 11, Folder: 15
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION From the Collection: The documentation comprising the Japanese-American Relocation Centers Records was primarily collected by Lt. Alexander Leighton and Morris Opler. Leighton, a sociologist in the Naval Reserve, assembled extensive records on life in the Poston Center for use in studying the psychological and social effects of dislocation. Drawing on his research, he wrote The Governing of Men: General Principles and Recommendations Based on Experience at a Japanese Relocation Camp...
Dates: 1935-1953.

Other Camps- Topaz, Utah- excerpts from letters, observations, camp diagrams

 File — Box: 11, Folder: 17
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION From the Collection: The documentation comprising the Japanese-American Relocation Centers Records was primarily collected by Lt. Alexander Leighton and Morris Opler. Leighton, a sociologist in the Naval Reserve, assembled extensive records on life in the Poston Center for use in studying the psychological and social effects of dislocation. Drawing on his research, he wrote The Governing of Men: General Principles and Recommendations Based on Experience at a Japanese Relocation Camp...
Dates: 1935-1953.

Other Camps- Gila, Arizona- "A year at Gila" Anniversary booklet July 20, 1943 , excerpts from letters, July 20, 1943

 File — Box: 11, Folder: 18
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION From the Collection: The documentation comprising the Japanese-American Relocation Centers Records was primarily collected by Lt. Alexander Leighton and Morris Opler. Leighton, a sociologist in the Naval Reserve, assembled extensive records on life in the Poston Center for use in studying the psychological and social effects of dislocation. Drawing on his research, he wrote The Governing of Men: General Principles and Recommendations Based on Experience at a Japanese Relocation Camp...
Dates: July 20, 1943

Other Camps- Rohwer, Arkansas- excerpts from letters

 File — Box: 11, Folder: 19
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION From the Collection: The documentation comprising the Japanese-American Relocation Centers Records was primarily collected by Lt. Alexander Leighton and Morris Opler. Leighton, a sociologist in the Naval Reserve, assembled extensive records on life in the Poston Center for use in studying the psychological and social effects of dislocation. Drawing on his research, he wrote The Governing of Men: General Principles and Recommendations Based on Experience at a Japanese Relocation Camp...
Dates: 1935-1953.

Other Camps- Jerome, Arkansas- report "Problems of the Evacuees", camp diagrams, excerpts from letters, Jenson, Arkansas- Jenson High School Graduation program

 File — Box: 11, Folder: 20
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION From the Collection: The documentation comprising the Japanese-American Relocation Centers Records was primarily collected by Lt. Alexander Leighton and Morris Opler. Leighton, a sociologist in the Naval Reserve, assembled extensive records on life in the Poston Center for use in studying the psychological and social effects of dislocation. Drawing on his research, he wrote The Governing of Men: General Principles and Recommendations Based on Experience at a Japanese Relocation Camp...
Dates: 1935-1953.

Other Camps- Jerome, Arkansas- Community Analysis Section field reports May-Sept. 1943 topics include: Employment, education, human ecology, social relationships, repatriation, evacuee leaders, segregation, resettlement, comparison with Rohwer, administration, daily activities, co-op, effects of center life., May-Sept. 1943

 File — Box: 11, Folder: 21
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION From the Collection: The documentation comprising the Japanese-American Relocation Centers Records was primarily collected by Lt. Alexander Leighton and Morris Opler. Leighton, a sociologist in the Naval Reserve, assembled extensive records on life in the Poston Center for use in studying the psychological and social effects of dislocation. Drawing on his research, he wrote The Governing of Men: General Principles and Recommendations Based on Experience at a Japanese Relocation Camp...
Dates: May-Sept. 1943

Other Camps- Jerome, Arkansas- other community analysis reports May-Oct. 1943 topics include: recommendations, the fence, religion, segregation reports July-Sept. 1943 , monthly reports, May-Oct. 1943, July-Sept. 1943

 File — Box: 11, Folder: 22
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION From the Collection: The documentation comprising the Japanese-American Relocation Centers Records was primarily collected by Lt. Alexander Leighton and Morris Opler. Leighton, a sociologist in the Naval Reserve, assembled extensive records on life in the Poston Center for use in studying the psychological and social effects of dislocation. Drawing on his research, he wrote The Governing of Men: General Principles and Recommendations Based on Experience at a Japanese Relocation Camp...
Dates: May-Oct. 1943; July-Sept. 1943

Other Camps- Assembly Centers (Santa Anita, Fresno) Santa Anita "Pacemaker", report on the riot at Santa Anita Sept. 3, 1942 , letter on Fresno, Sept. 3, 1942

 File — Box: 11, Folder: 23
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION From the Collection: The documentation comprising the Japanese-American Relocation Centers Records was primarily collected by Lt. Alexander Leighton and Morris Opler. Leighton, a sociologist in the Naval Reserve, assembled extensive records on life in the Poston Center for use in studying the psychological and social effects of dislocation. Drawing on his research, he wrote The Governing of Men: General Principles and Recommendations Based on Experience at a Japanese Relocation Camp...
Dates: Sept. 3, 1942

Congressional Relations- Dies Committee- hearings (notes), notes on reactions to committee and to hearings, methods used by committee, staff meeting on Dies- June 12, 1943 , Leighton's report on Dies to Collier, Spicer's observations of Dies., June 12, 1943

 File — Box: 11, Folder: 24
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION From the Collection: The documentation comprising the Japanese-American Relocation Centers Records was primarily collected by Lt. Alexander Leighton and Morris Opler. Leighton, a sociologist in the Naval Reserve, assembled extensive records on life in the Poston Center for use in studying the psychological and social effects of dislocation. Drawing on his research, he wrote The Governing of Men: General Principles and Recommendations Based on Experience at a Japanese Relocation Camp...
Dates: June 12, 1943