Primary Sources: Newspapers
- Japanese-American Relocation Camp NewspapersThis digital collection of Japanese relocation camp newspapers record the concerns and the day-to-day life of the interned Japanese-Americans. Although articles in these files frequently appear in Japanese, most of the papers are in English or in dual text. Many of the 25 titles constituting this collection are complete or substantially complete. Editions have been carefully collated and omissions are noted. A sampling of titles include: Rohwer Outpost, Poston Chronicle, Gila News Courier, Tulean Dispatch, Granada Pioneer, Minndoka Irrigator, Topaz Times, Manzanar Free Press, Denson Tribune, and Heart Mountain Sentinel.
- Proquest Historical NewspapersIncludes the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, New York Times, Washington Post and Wall Street Journal.
- Ethnic NewsWatchCoverage of Asian-American Newspapers from about 1989 forward. Good for historical memory and inter-generational issues.
- Pacific Citizen Digital Archive, 1929-2015 (by request)The national newspaper of the JACL
Government Documents
- Proquest CongressionalU.S. legislative publications and government information. Includes pending bills, laws, legislative histories, committee reports and documents, Congressional hearings and select committee prints.
Try searches for:
"Japanese Americans"
-war relocation authority
-commission on wartime relocation and internment of civilians
- HeinOnlineIncludes law reviews, presidential statements, federal regulations, attorney general reports, congressional record
Other Primary Sources
- The Japanese American Evacuation and Resettlement: A Digital ArchiveThe Bancroft Library's documentation of the Japanese American experience during World War II includes over 250,000 pages from an extensive collection of manuscripts and photographs.
- Densho: The Japanese American Legacy ProjectDensho’s extensive digital collections chronicle the WWII incarceration of Japanese Americans.
- Calisphere: Japanese American Relocation Digital Archive (JARDA)The Japanese American Relocation Digital Archives (JARDA) contains thousands of primary sources documenting Japanese American internment.
