COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
United States. Office of War Information
Date:
1943
Short Title:
Evacuee population of Fresno Assembly Center ...
Publisher:
United States Government Printing Office
Publisher Location:
Washington, D.C.
Type:
Diagram
Obj Height cm:
23
Obj Width cm:
31
Note:
Six charts featuring the evacuee populations of Japanese Americans at the Fresno, Marysville, Manzanar, Mayer, Merced and Portland Assembly Centers. Charts include explanatory notes. Figures 19a-f. Charts appear in Part V : Assembly center operations, Chapter XIX : Administration of assembly centers.
Event:
World War II
Subject:
Military
Subject:
Population
Subject:
Statistical
Full Title:
Evacuee population of Fresno Assembly Center -- Evacuee population of Marysville Assembly Center -- Evacuee population of Manzanar Assembly Center -- Evacuee population of Mayer Assembly Center -- Evacuee population of Merced Assembly Center -- Evacuee population of Portland Assembly Center --
List No:
14375.067
Page No:
228-229
Series No:
67
Engraver or Printer:
United States Government Printing Office
Publication Author:
United States. Office of War Information
Pub Date:
1943
Pub Title:
Japanese evacuation from the West Coast, 1942 : Final report. United States Government Printing Office, Washington : 1943.
Pub Note:
Japanese evacuation from the West Coast, 1942 : Final report by the United States War Office; published by the United States Government Printing Office in Washington, D.C., 1943. First edition. Bound in black board with gilded title on front cover and spine. Collation: xxiii, 618 pages. Comprised of 43 maps (including 3 fold-out), as well as numerous photographic views, plans, charts and historical text. Includes a dedication, foreword, letter of transmittal, table of contents, index to figures, index to tables, statistical summary of tables, pictorial summary of photographs, glossary, appendixes and index. Comprehensive report on the Japanese American internment of World War II, in which the U.S. government forced the relocation and incarceration of Japanese Americans in detention camps in the West, ostensibly in the interests of national security. This work, created at the time of the event itself, offers a propagandist viewpoint on the internment. It attempts to justify the incarceration of Japanese Americans by posing an argument for its “military necessity” and cloaking the injustice with photographs alleging the comfort and happiness of the incarcerated individuals at the camps. In addition to these highly curated images, the volume also presents maps showing an objective picture of the history with locations of “assembly centers” and “relocation centers” [internment camps], as well as the geographic origins of the Japanese Americans held there. These maps feature the vicinity of the camps, including political boundaries, cities, railways, roads, topography, bodies of water and drainage. Some of the maps utilize data visualization to illustrate population density. Bird’s-eye photographic views depict the camps from above. Plans show typical layouts for the camps, including housing blocks, administration and police buildings, hospitals and warehouses. Charts delineate the population of interred individuals, with details on age, sex and nativity demographics. Charts also explain the transfer of individuals, as well as administrative organization and functions. All together, the volume offers a multi-faceted - while politically biased - description of the history of Japanese American internment. The Densho Encyclopedia - which covers key concepts, people, events, and organizations that played a role in the forced removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II - describes the work as follows, “Report issued under the name of General John L. DeWitt that provided a detailed and highly favorable account of the army's actions in removing Japanese Americans from the West Coast. The report became a key factor in the legal challenges to exclusion and resulted in both intra- and inter-departmental conflicts within the Justice and War Departments. Research in the 1980s revealed that the report had been doctored prior to the court cases, and this revelation was the basis for the reopening of the cases under the writ of error coram nobis .” https://encyclopedia.densho.org/Final_Report,_Japanese_Evacuation_from_the_West_Coast,_1942_(book)/ Provenance: Eugene Worley, as evidenced by his inscription in blue ink on front fly. Worley was a U. S. Representative from Texas who also served as a Lieutenant Commander in the United States Navy from December 1941 to August 1942, while a Member of Congress. (Citation: Between the Covers Rare Books, Inc.) Full documentation of the work can be found at the Internet Archive - see Pub Reference for link.
Pub List No:
14375.000
Pub Type:
Geography Book
Pub Type:
Gov't Report Book
Pub Height cm:
24
Pub Width cm:
17
Image No:
14375067.jp2
Authors:
United States. Office of War Information
