Letter from Oren Harris, M.C., U.S. House of Representatives, 4th District of Arkansas, to Homer M. Adkins, Governor of Arkansas
Date Original
1942-10-24
Creator
Harris, Oren
Biographical/Historical Note
After December 7, 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt created the War Relocation Authority (WRA), which selected ten sites in which to imprison more than 110,000 persons of Japanese ancestry, over half of whom were American citizens. Two of these camps were in the Arkansas Delta, one at Rohwer in Desha County, and the other at Jerome in sections of Chicot and Drew counties. Over 16,000 Japanese-Americans were incarcerated in these two camps between October 1942 and November 1945. Oren Harris served in the United States House of Representatives for the 4th District of Arkansas from 1941-1953, and the 7th District from 1953-1966.
Description
In this letter, Oren Harris requests anything Governor Adkins has from the War Relocation Authority in regards to their promises about the treatment of Japanese-Americans in the camps.
Physical Description
Letter, two pages, 8" x 10"
Subjects
Evacuations; Military assistance; Military camps; Camps; Refugee camps; War; Japanese; Japanese Americans; World War II (1939-1945); Internment camps; Relocation camps;
Related Resources
Hazel Retherford papers, MS.000643; Amon Guy Thompson papers, MG04582 - MG04586; Austin Smith papers, 1942–1945, MG04350; Beauty Behind Barbed Wire: The Arts of the Japanese in Our War Relocation Camps, MG01299; Community Analysis Reports and Community Analysis Trend Reports of the War Relocation Authority, 1942-1946, MG03846 - MG03847; Japanese Camp papers, MG03848 - MG03869
Geographical Area
Washington, D.C.; Little Rock, Pulaski County. (Ark.)
Language
English
Local Identifier
Homer Adkins Papers, MS.000404, Box 4, Folder 112, Item 46
Digital Resource
Document
Digital Collection
You Fought Prejudice and Won - Japanese-American Internment Camps in Arkansas
Publisher
Arkansas State Archives
Preferred Citation
Letter from Oren Harris, M.C., U.S. House of Representatives, 4th District of Arkansas, to Homer M. Adkins, Governor of Arkansas, Homer Adkins Papers, MS.000404, Box 4, Folder 112, Item 46, Arkansas State Archives, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Rights and Usage
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Hazel Retherford papers MS.000643; Amon Guy Thompson papers MG04582 - MG04586; Austin Smith
Digital Collection
You Fought Prejudice and Won - Japanese-American Internment Camps in Arkansas
Publisher
Arkansas State Archives
Rights and Usage
Use and reproduction of images held by the Arkansas State Archives without prior written permission is prohibited. For information on reproducing images held by the Arkansas State Archives, please call 501-682-6900 or email at state.archives@arkansas.gov.
