THE STORY OF JAPANESE-AMERICAN STUDENT RELOCATION
New York: World Student Service Fund, 1943. Four-panel brochure (5 1/2" x 8 1/2"), printed in blue on white stock. The front panel features a photographic illustration of three Japanese-American students at the University of Nebraska. Previous owner's pencil signature to the top of the front panel; otherwise very good. Scarce, OCLC locates only two holdings, at the Bancroft and the Presbyterian Historical Society.
Outlines plans to assist Japanese-American students whose university studies were interrupted by the attack on Pearl Harbor and Executive Order 9066, which set into motion the removal and imprisonment of 110,000 Japanese Americans living on the West Coast. It describes the success as of January 1943 at finding institutions in the interior, outside the evacuation zone, willing to accept these students as transfers and makes a plea for donations to continue the program: "A great deal is at stake in this job of relocating our Nisei students. Their belief in American democracy, which they have been taught as American citizens, and in good faith of the nation of which they are part, is at stake."
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HOW TO HELP JAPANESE AMERICAN STUDENT RELOCATION. Philadelphia: National Japanese American Student Relocation Council, 1943. Pamphlet (4" x 8 3/4"): 8 p. Printed in black on cream stock and bound with a staple. A crisp and clean example. OCLC locates four holdings: Emory, Stanford, UC Irvine, and Wisconsin Historical Society.
Frames the effort as a common task for church and college, touching on the rise of anti-Japanese discrimination in the United States and the financial commitment required to assist students displaced by the war. Includes a statement from a Nisei student: "Consider us as you would any other American student on campus. Within and without the classroom help us to become one of your group." The final two panels are dedicated to an annotated bibliography of suggested references. Item #77239
Price: $750.00