Japanese American Incarceration Collection
Scope and Contents
This collection brings together materials documenting the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II. Materials include newspaper clippings, publications, ephemera, reports, and correspondence. Some materials were authored by Japanese American incarcerees during their incarceration in American concentration camps. Additional materials were authored by the United States government and others expressing anti-Japanese American opinions.
Content Warning: The historical documents in this collection include euphemistic terms and racist language that were wrongfully used to describe Japanese Americans during and after the World War II period.
Dates
- Creation: 1942-1996
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for research use.
Conditions Governing Use:
Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of this collection has not been transferred to California State University, Northridge. Copyright status for other materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Historical Note:
The library created this collection of materials for study and research.
Full Extent
0.42 Linear Feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Japanese
Abstract
This collection brings together materials documenting the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Harold Muraoka and others.
Electronic Format:
Digital reproductions of selected items in this collection are available electronically as a part of the CSU Japanese American Digitization Project.
Processing Information:
The collection was initially processed by Tony Gardner. This finding aid was revised in 2026 to address outdated and harmful descriptive language. References to Japanese American "relocation," "evacuation," and "internment" during World War II were removed and replaced with community recommended/currently accepted terminology in 2026, such as "Japanese American incarceration."
- Title
- Guide to the Japanese American Incarceration Collection
- Date
- 2012-04-05
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections & Archives Repository
University Library
California State University, Northridge
18111 Nordhoff Street
Northridge CA 91330-8326 USA
818-677-4594
asksca@csun.edu