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• Densho Encyclopedia, ed. by Brian Niiya (illustrated HTML at densho.org)

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• Impounded People: Japanese-Americans in the Relocation Centers (reissue of a 1969 edition of a report originally published 1946, with an addded essay for the Open Arizona edition by Varner; Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2021), by Edward Holland Spicer, Asael T. Hansen, Katharine Luomala, and Marvin K. Opler, contrib. by Natasha Varner (illustrated HTML and Epub at Open Arizona)
• The College Nisei (Palo Alto, CA: Pacific Books, 1949), by Robert W. O'Brien (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Managed Casualty: The Japanese-American Family in World War II (University of California Publications in Culture and Society v6; Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1956), by Leonard Broom and John I. Kitsuse (page images at HathiTrust)
• Democracy and Japanese Americans (New York: Post War World Council, ca. 1942), by Norman Thomas
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• The War Relocation Work Corps: A Circular of Information for Enlistees and Their Families (ca. 1942), by United States War Relocation Authority (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report and Minority Views of the Special Committee on Un-American Activities on Japanese War Relocation Centers (1943), by United States House Special Committee on Un-American Activities (1938-1944) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Evacuation and Relocation of Persons of Japanese Ancestry During World War II: A Historical Study of the Manzanar War Relocation Center (2 volumes; 1996), by Harlan D. Unrau (page images at HathiTrust)
• Community Government in War Relocation Centers, by United States War Relocation Authority (PDF page images at MSU)
• Confinement and Ethnicity: An Overview of World War II Japanese American Relocation Sites, by Jeffery F. Burton, Mary M. Farrell, Florence B. Lord, and Richard W. Lord, contrib. by Eleanor Roosevelt (illustrated HTML at National Park Service)
• Relocation of Japanese-Americans, by United States War Relocation Authority (PDF page images at MSU)
• The Rooseveltian Concentration Camps for Japanese-Americans, 1942-46, by Austin J. App (PDF page images at MSU)
• The Displaced Japanese-Americans, by American Council on Public Affairs (PDF page images at MSU)
• Project analysis series. ([s.n.], 1943), by United States War Relocation Authority (page images at HathiTrust)
• Community analysis report. (War Relocation Authority, 1942), by United States War Relocation Authority and United States. War Relocation Authority. Community Analysis Section (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report. (Washington, D.C., 1942), by United States War Relocation Authority (page images at HathiTrust)
• Community analysis relocation studies. (The Authority], 1944), by United States War Relocation Authority (page images at HathiTrust)
• Japanese American evacuation and resettlement. (University of California Press, 1946), by Dorothy Swaine Thomas, Jacobus TenBroek, and Richard S. Nishimoto (page images at HathiTrust)
• Final report, Japanese evacuation from the West coast. 1942 (U.S. Govt. print. off., 1943), by United States. Army. Western Defense Command and Fourth Army and J. L. De Witt (page images at HathiTrust)
• Relocation communities for wartime evacuees. (War Relocation Authority, 1942), by United States War Relocation Authority (page images at HathiTrust)
• Legal and constitutional phases of the WRA program (U.S. Govt. print. off, 1946), by United States War Relocation Authority and Philip M. Glick (page images at HathiTrust)
• Relocation of Japanese-Americans. (War relocation authority, 1943), by United States War Relocation Authority (page images at HathiTrust)
• The relocation program. (U.S. Govt. Print. off., 1946), by United States War Relocation Authority (page images at HathiTrust)
• WRA, a story of human conservation. (United States Department of the Interior, War Relocation Authority, 1946), by United States War Relocation Authority (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wartime exile, the exclusion of the Japanese Americans from the West coast. (U. S. Govt. print. off., 1946), by United States War Relocation Authority and Ruth Eleanor McKee (page images at HathiTrust)
• The wartime handling of evacuee property. (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1946), by United States War Relocation Authority (page images at HathiTrust)
• People in motion, the postwar adjustment of the evacuated Japanese Americans. (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1947), by United States. Dept. of the Interior. Division of Budget and Administrative Management (page images at HathiTrust)
• Community government in war relocation centers. (U. S. Govt. print. off., 1946), by United States War Relocation Authority and Solon Toothaker Kimball (page images at HathiTrust)
• The evacuated people, a quantitative description. (U. S. Govt. Print. Off., 1946), by United States War Relocation Authority (page images at HathiTrust)
• Personal justice denied : report of the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians. (The Commission :, 1983), by United States. Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (page images at HathiTrust)
• Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians hearing before the Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Ninety-sixth Congress, second session, on H.R. 5499 ... June 2, 1980. (U.S. G.P.O., 1981), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations (page images at HathiTrust)
• Japanese American evacuation redress hearing before the Subcommittee on Administrative Practice and Procedure of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-eighth Congress, first session, on S. 1520 ... July 27, 1983. (U.S. G.P.O., 1984), by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Administrative Practice and Procedure (page images at HathiTrust)
• Japanese-American and Aleutian wartime relocation hearings before the Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Ninety-eighth Congress, second session, on H.R. 3387 ... H.R. 4110 ... H.R. 4322 ... June 20, 21, 27, and September 12, 1984. (U.S. G.P.O., 1985), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations (page images at HathiTrust)
• Recommendations of the Commission on Wartime Internment and Relocation of Citizens hearings before the Subcommittee on Civil Service, Post Office, and General Services of the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, Ninety-eighth Congress, second session, on S. 2116 ... August 16, 1984, Los Angeles, CA, August 29, 1984, Anchorage, AK. (U.S. G.P.O., 1986), by Post Office United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs. Subcommittee on Civil Service (page images at HathiTrust)
• Civil Liberties Act of 1985 and the Aleutian and Pribilof Islands Restitution Act hearings before the Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Ninety-ninth Congress, second session, on H.R. 442 and H.R. 2415 ... April 28 and July 23, 1986. (U.S. G.P.O., 1987), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations (page images at HathiTrust)
• Legislation to implement the recommendations of the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians hearing before the Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, first session on ... H.R. 442 the Civil-Liberties Act of 1987; H.R. 1631 the Aleutian and Pribilof Island Restitution Act, April 29, 1987. (U.S. G.P.O., 1988), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations (page images at HathiTrust)
• Civil Service retirement credit for Japanese Americans interned during World War II : hearing before the Subcommittee on Compensation and Employee Benefits of the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, House of Representatives, Ninety-fifth Congress, first session, on H.R. 6412 ... September 12, 1977. (U.S. Govt. Print. Off. :, 1977), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. Subcommittee on Compensation and Employee Benefits (page images at HathiTrust)
• Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians act hearing before the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, Ninety-sixth Congress, second session, on S. 1647, March 18, 1980. (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1980), by United States Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs (page images at HathiTrust)
• Civil service retirement credit for Japanese Americans interned during World War II hearing before the Subcommittee on Retirement and Employee Benefits of the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, House of Representatives, Ninety-fourth Congress, second session, hearing held in San Jose, California, May 22, 1976. (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1976), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. Subcommittee on Retirement and Employee Benefits (page images at HathiTrust)
• Supporting the goals of the Japanese American, German American, and Italian American communities in recognizing a national day of remembrance to increase public awareness of the events surrounding the restriction, exclusion, and internment of individuals and families during World War II : report (to accompany H. Res. 56) (including committee cost estimate). (U.S. G.P.O., 2004), by United States House Committee on the Judiciary (page images at HathiTrust)
• Providing for the preservation of the historic confinement sites where Japanese Americans were detained during World War II, and for other purposes : report (to accompany H.R. 1492) (including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office). (U.S. G.P.O., 2005), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Resources (page images at HathiTrust)
• Preservation of Japanese American World War II confinement sites : report (to accompany 1492 [i.e. H.R. 1492]). (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2006), by United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (page images at HathiTrust)
• Legal and constitutional phases of the WRA program (AMS Press, 1975), by United States War Relocation Authority, Edwin E. Ferguson, and Philip M. Glick (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Bainbridge Island Japanese American Memorial Study Act of 2002 (U.S. G.P.O., 2002), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Resources (page images at HathiTrust)
• Recommendations of the Commission on Wartime Internment and Relocation of Citizens : hearings before the Subcommittee on Civil Service, Post Office, and General Services of the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, Ninety-eighth Congress, second session, on S. 2116 ... August 16, 1984, Los Angeles, CA, August 29, 1984, Anchorage, AK. (Washington : U.S. G.P.O., 1986., 1986), by Post Office United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs. Subcommittee on Civil Service (page images at HathiTrust)
• Civil Liberties Act of 1985 and the Aleutian and Pribilof Islands Restitution Act : hearings before the Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Ninety-ninth Congress, second session, on H.R. 442 and H.R. 2415 ... April 28 and July 23, 1986. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1987), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations (page images at HathiTrust)
• Personal justice denied : report of the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians : report for the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1992), by United States. Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians and United States House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (page images at HathiTrust)
• Japanese American evacuation redress : hearing before the Subcommittee on Administrative Practice and Procedure of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-eighth Congress, first session, on S. 1520 ... July 27, 1983. (U.S. G.P.O., 1984), by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Administrative Practice and Procedure (page images at HathiTrust)
• Japanese-American and Aleutian wartime relocation : hearings before the Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Ninety-eighth Congress, second session, on H.R. 3387, H.R. 4110, and H.R. 4322 ... June 20, 21, 27, and September 12, 1984. (Washington : U.S. G.P.O., 1985., 1985), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations (page images at HathiTrust)
• Japanese-American historic landmarks : hearing before the Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundred Second Congress, first session, on H.R. 543, to establish the Manzanar National Historic Site in the state of California, and for other purposes; H.R. 2351, to authorize a study of nationally significant places in Japanese-American history, hearing held in Washington, DC, May 21, 1991. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1993), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands (page images at HathiTrust)
• Plans for a Japanese-American Cultural Center in the northwest : hearing before the Subcommittee on Regulation and Business Opportunities of the Committee on Small Business, House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, second session, Ontario, OR, August 17, 1988. (Washington : U.S. G.P.O., 1989., 1989), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Small Business. Subcommittee on Regulation and Business Opportunities (page images at HathiTrust)
• Japanese American evacuation and resettlement. (University of California Press, 1946), by Jacobus TenBroek, Richard S. Nishimoto, and Dorothy Swaine Thomas Thomas (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Handbook on center closure and transfer operations (War Relocation Authority, 1944), by United States War Relocation Authority (page images at HathiTrust)
• Amendments to the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 : hearing before the Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Second Congress, second session on ... H.R. 4551, H.R. 4553, and H.R. 4570 ... March 26, 1992. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1993), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations (page images at HathiTrust)
• Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians : hearing before the Subcommittee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Ninety-sixth Congress, second session, on H.R. 5499 ... June 2, 1980. (U.S. G.P.O., 1981), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations (page images at HathiTrust)
• Extension of the date for filing the report of the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians : hearing before the Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Ninety-seventy Congress, first session on H.R. 5021 ... November 20, 1981. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1982), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations (page images at HathiTrust)
• Japanese-American and Aleutian wartime relocation : hearings before the Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Ninety-eighth Congress, second session, on H.R. 3387, H.R. 4110, and H.R. 4322 ... June 20, 21, 27, and September 12, 1984. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1985), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations (page images at HathiTrust)
• Civil service retirement credit for Japanese Americans interned during World War II : hearing before the Subcommittee on Retirement and Employee Benefits of the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, House of Representatives, Ninety-fourth Congress, second session, hearing held in San Jose, California, May 22, 1976. (U.S. Govt. Print. Off. :, 1976), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. Subcommittee on Retirement and Employee Benefits (page images at HathiTrust)
• Relocation of Japanese-Americans. (War Relocation Authority :, 1943), by United States War Relocation Authority (page images at HathiTrust)
• Nisei in the war against Japan. (Dept. of the Interior, War Relocation Authority, 1945), by United States War Relocation Authority (page images at HathiTrust)
• Brief of Japanese American Citizens League, amicus curiae. (Parker & Company, 1944), by Japanese American Citizens' League, Fred Korematsu, A. L. Wirin, Saburo Kido, and United States Supreme Court (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The displaced Japanese-Americans. (American Council on Public Affairs, 1944) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Internment of Japanese Americans (Kendall/Hunt Pub. Co., 1991), by United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Office of Public Programs. Education Branch (page images at HathiTrust)
• Japanese American evacuation and resettlement. (University of California Press, 1946), by Jacobus TenBroek, Richard S. Nishimoto, and Dorothy Swaine Thomas Thomas (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Manzanar National Historic Site, California (U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service, 1996), by Harlan D. Unrau and United States National Park Service (page images at HathiTrust)
• Facts about America series. (War Relocation Authority, in the 1940s), by United States War Relocation Authority (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Wrong ancestors : lecture. (War Relocation Authority, 1970), by United States War Relocation Authority (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Japanese on the Pacific coast : a factual study of events, December 7, 1941, to September 1, 1942, with suggestions for the future ; statement for the Los Angeles County Committee for Church and Community Cooperation (The Committee], 1942), by Los Angeles County (Calif.). Committee for Church and Community Cooperation and George Gleason (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Redress for Japanese Americans under the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 : questions and answers (Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, 1990), by James Sayler and Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service (page images at HathiTrust)
• Relocating a people ([U.S. G.P.O.], 1943), by United States War Relocation Authority (page images at HathiTrust)
• Facts about Illinois. (U.S. War Relocation Authority, 1940), by United States War Relocation Authority (page images at HathiTrust)
• This is Minidoka : an archeological survey of Minidoka Internment National Monument, Idaho (Western Archeological and Conservation Center, National Park Service, U.S. Dept. of the Interior, 2001), by Jeffery F. Burton and Mary M. Farrell (page images at HathiTrust)
• Japanese-American evacuation claims : hearings before Subcommittee No. 2 of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Eighty-fourth Congress, first session on H. R. 7763 ... (United States Government Printing Office, 1956), by United States House Committee on the Judiciary (page images at HathiTrust)
• Evacuation and relocation of persons of Japanese ancestry during World War II (U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service, 1996), by Harlan D. Unrau and United States National Park Service (page images at HathiTrust)
• American Battle Monuments Commission presents When the Akimotos went to war: an untold story of family, patriotism, and sacrifice during World War II (Arlington, VA : American Battle Monuments Commission, 2015., 2015), by Matthew Elms and American Battle Monuments Commission (page images at HathiTrust)

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