War Relocation Authority Documents

Photos show a theatrical folklore performance (in costume), dancing, wrestling, games, working in the fields, a general view of the Japanese relocation center, outdoor scenes, etc.

Documents regarding the Japanese internment caps at Granada, Colorado

Digitized documents and historical information about the Amache Camp in Colorado.

Search results for War Relocation Authority in these digital collections at the University of Wyoming.

Photos taken by Ansel Adams in 1943 of the Manzanar War Relocation Center in California. Part of the Library of Congress's American Memory project.

A list of War Relocation Authority and Justice Department camps, including those for Japanese Americans, Italians, Germans, etc.

A Washington State newspaper known for its criticism of the US government placing Japanese Americans in WRA facilities

Photos taken by a teenager confined at the Heart Mountain Relocation Camp

An Arizona Historical Center exhibit about the Gila River and Poston War Relocation Authority Camps. This is part of the Arizona Memory Project.

Searchable database of War Relocation Authority photographs

A project of the Japanese American National Museum, this site includes a map of centers, a chronology, resource links and bibliography. It will include additional materials when the site is complete.

A collection of letters and cards received by Miss Clara Breed, the Children's Librarian at the San Diego Public Library from young Japanese-Americans in War Relocation Authority camps. Some of the materials in this collection were features in an online exhibit, "Dear Miss Breed: Letters from Camp." This collection is owned by the Japanese-American National Museum.

A U.S. National Park Service web site with information about the various camps run by the War Relocation Authority. It includes maps, photos, and textual information about each of the major camps.

Letters from children in War Relocation Authority camps to Clara Breed, the Children's Librarian at the San Diego Public Library. This collection also included home movies and audio clips from oral history interviews. This is an exhibit from the Japanese American National Museum.

Oral histories, photographs, and other resources that document the War Relocation Authority camps in World War II.

This searchable database of Japanese American culture, history, images, documents, etc. includes many albums about the relocation camps. Use the search box to discover albums of videos, pictures, and text about a particular camp, place, event, or person.

A collection of 119 drawings, watercolors, and sketches made by Estelle Ishigo when she was interned at the Pomono detention center in Calliformia and then at the Heart Mountain camp in Wyoming. A collection of the Japanese-American National Museum.

A multimedia site that includes film clips from the internment camps, in addition to other resources.

Photographs taken by internees in camps that were in the U.S. or Canada

Photographs that document experience in WRA assembly centers and camps

A Whitworth University online exhibit about Japanese-Americans in western Washington whose lives were affected by the War Relocation Authority in World War II.

Video oral histories with Japanese Americans who were students during World War II and their first-hand accounts of being incarcerated and leaving internment camps to attend college.

Article from the Journal of San Diego History, by Donald H. and Matthew T. Estes. This article includes excerpts from oral histories and newspaper articles, and photographs.

Photographs of the Heart Mountain Internment Camp.

Drawings and watercolors by George Hoshida in the Kilauea Military Camp and Sand Island in Hawai'i, in Justice Department internment camps at Lordsburg and Santa Fe, New Mexico, and in War Relocation Authority camps in Jerome, Arkansas and Gila River, Arizona. A collection of the Japanese-American National Museum.

Includes historical information and photographs about the Heart Mountain Camp in Wyoming.

This site includes documents and photographs about the Heart Mount Relocation Center.

Records from the Heart Mountain Relocation Center near Cody, Wyoming.

Paintings of the Fresno detention center and the Jerome and Rohwer internment camps

Painting by Hisako Hibi that show the Tanforan Assembly Center and the Topaz Camp in Utah. These resources are owned by the Japanese-American National Museum.

Includes interviews and testimony given by Japanese Americans who were relocated to War Relocation Authority camps.

An online exhibit about Japanese-American from San Francisco were were interned in World War II. Part of the Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco, this exhibit includes articles from the San Francisco News, in addition to other digitized resources.

A collection of photographs taken by Jack Iwata at the Tula Lake and Manzanar camps. The collection is made available by the Japanese-American National Museum.

A University of Utah online exhibit of photographs taken of the Tule Lake and Topaz Camps.

Links to a variety of digitized collections about the internment of Japanese-Americans in World War II. A site provided by the University of the Pacific.

A collection of photographs, oral histories, letters, diaries, and other resources about the internment camps. From the University of California.

A searchable database of photographs and digitized artifacts about the War Relocation Authority camps. Presented by California State University, Sacramento.

Makes available nearly 100,000 original manuscript items from The Japanese American Evacuation and Resettlement Study initiated in 1942 at the University of California, Berkeley.

Links to the digital exhibits and other resources at the University of Washington

Photographs from the files of the Los Angeles Examiner

A searchable database of Japanese Americans who were interned by the War Relocation Authority

An Arizona State University collection of documents, newspapers, newsletters, photographs, etc.

The papers of John A. Nelson, an administrator at the Heart Mountain Relocation Center near Cody, Wyoming.

Information about a University of Idaho archeological project at the site of the Kooskia Internment Camp

Information about the camp at Manzanar and the internees

Information about the camp at Manzanar, including photographs.

A collection of photographs, records, articles, letters, and other materials associated with the Manzanar Camp. Part of the Online Archive of California.

Drawings of the Tanforan assembly center and the Topaz relocation center

A Smithsonian exhibit about Japanese-American detention in War Relocation Authority camps in World War II.

Photographs taken by Mori Shimada when he was interned at the Heart Mountain camp in Wyoming. The collection is made available by the Japanese-American National Museum.

Photos of the Heart Mountain interment camp

An archive of digitized resources, including photographs, government documents, and other materials. From Occidental College.

A diary kept by 3rd-graders at the Topaz Internment Camp

The Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment was established by act of Congress in 1980 to investigate the detention program. This is the final report of the Commission.

Not all contents pertain to the relocation centers, but this collection includes letters written by Japanese American 6th graders who were sent to WRA camps

Papers from the Cooks employment at Tule Lake, including resources about teaching and the autobiographies of student.

Strongest in papers pertaining to the Granada and Tula Lake camps

List of Japanese American soldiers and the War Relocation Authority camps in which they had been interned

A diary kept by Stanley Hayami, a Japanese American student from Los Angeles, who went to high school at the Heart Mountain camp in Wyoming. This diary is part of the Online Archive of California and is owned by the Japanese-American National Museum.

This collection includes digitized newsletters, documents, etc. Also includes digitized War Relocation Authority documents.

An exhibit of historical information, photographs, and documents about the Topaz Camp in Utah.

Images of the Topaz internment camp

Interviews of people confined in the Topaz War Relocation Center

Oral interviews and other information about Japanese Americans who worked on farms during the time they were confined in War Relocation Authority camps

A lesson plan which includes videos of interviews with some Japanese Americans who were interned in the camps. These interviews come from Densho: The Japanese American Legacy Project.

Photographs taken by Walter Muramoto when he was interned at the War Relocation Authority camp in Rohwer, Arkansas. This collection is made available by the Japanese-American National Museum.

This exhibit of the Truman Presidential Library includes documents, speeches, memoranda, reports, photographs, and oral histories.

Includes essays, photos, resources links, etc.

Photographs, taken by photographers working for the U.S. government. This collection is part of the Online Archive of California.

Information about National Archives records relating to the War Relocation Authority and links to National Archives records that have been placed online.

Digitized documents, newspaper clippings, photos, etc. related to the War Relocation Authority camps near Rohwer and Jerome, Arizona