Smith Family Papers on World War II

Papers of two generations of the Smith family — Dr. Frank Herron Smith and his son Dr. Morris Eugene "Gene" Smith — including vintage broadsides and government reports on the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II and correspondence from the elder Smith to government officials advocating for improved treatment and safety for returning internees. Entire collection dates between 1936 and 2005. Collection is divided into two series between both family members. More information available at: https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt2p30242w/

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Internment Poster/Broadside: "Instructions to All Persons of Japanese Ancestry," 1942
Local Identifier
065-1-c-02-01-01
Date Created
1942-04-23
Description

Internment Poster/Broadside titled "Instructions to All Persons of Japanese Ancestry Living in ... the Counties of Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo" issued by the Western Defense Command and 4th Army (U.S. Army), at the Presidio of San Francisco giving official notice and instructions to Japanese-Americans living in specific portions of the West Coast on their forced evacuation to internment camps. Dated to April 23rd, 1942.

Broadside: "Notice: Civilian Exclusion Order No. 13," 1942
Local Identifier
065-1-c-02-02-01
Date Created
1942-04-23
Description

Poster/Broadside: "Notice: Civilian Exclusion Order No. 13," posted in the Presidio of San Francisco on April 23, 1942 for the counties of Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo.

Internment Poster/Broadside: "Instructions to All Persons of Japanese Ancestry ... City of Fresno" 1942
Local Identifier
065-1-c-02-03-01
Date Created
1942-05-11
Description

Internment Poster/Broadside titled as "Instructions to All Persons of Japanese Ancestry Living in ... the City of Fresno, State of California," issued by the Western Defense Command and 4th Army (U.S. Army), at the Presidio of San Francisco giving official notice and instructions to Japanese-Americans living in specific portions of the Central Valley on their forced evacuation to internment camps. Dated to May 11, 1942.

Broadside: "Notice: Civilian Exclusion Order No. 102," 1942
Local Identifier
065-1-c-02-04-01
Date Created
1942-06-30
Description

Poster/Broadside: "Notice: Civilian Exclusion Order No. 102,", June 30, 1942 posted in the Presidio of San Francisco for all of the counties of Alpine and Mono and part of the counties of Placer, Eldorado, Amador, Calaveras, Tuolumne, Mariposa, and Madera within California.

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