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Asian America Digital Collection

Tracing the history of Asian Americans in the U.S., collection materials include information about the regulation of Chinese immigration in the late 19th century and, illustrated by impressive photographs, the internment of more than 100,000 people of Japanese ancestry during the World War II.

Items in the Asian America collection:
Sample image of Amache Colorado
Amache Colorado
[Amache, Colo.]: Granada Relocation Center, [pref. 1943]
US Relocation Center. Amache, CO
Sample image of Americans of Foreign Birth in the Program for Victory
Americans of Foreign Birth in the Program for Victory
New York: American Committee for Protection of Foreign Born, [1942]
Harrison, Earl G.
Sample image of Chinese immigration. The social, moral and political effect of Chinese immigration. Policy and means of exclusion. Memorial of the Senate of California to the Congress of the United States, and an address to the people of the United States. Prepared by a
Chinese immigration. The social, moral and political effect of Chinese immigration. Policy and means of exclusion. Memorial of the Senate of California to the Congress of the United States, and an address to the people of the United States. Prepared by a
Sacramento: State Printing Office, 1877.
California. Legislature. Senate. Special Committee on Chinese Immigration.
Sample image of Community Government in War Relocation Centers
Community Government in War Relocation Centers
Washington, D.C.: U. S. Govt. Print. Off., [1946]
US War Relocation Authority
Sample image of Democracy and Japanese-Americans
Democracy and Japanese-Americans
New York: Post War World Council, 1942
Thomas, Norman
Sample image of Executive order 9066: the internment of 110,000 Japanese Americans
Executive order 9066: the internment of 110,000 Japanese Americans
Cambridge: MIT Press, [1972]
Conrat, Maisie
Sample image of Humors of a congressional investigating committee. A review of the report of the Joint Special Committee to Investigate Chinese Immigration.
Humors of a congressional investigating committee. A review of the report of the Joint Special Committee to Investigate Chinese Immigration.
[Washington?: 1877]
Author Unknown
Sample image of Relocation of Japanese Americans
Relocation of Japanese Americans
Washington, D.C.: War Relocation Authority, 1943
Various
Sample image of The Displaced Japanese-Americans
The Displaced Japanese-Americans
[Washington, D.C. 1944]
American Council on Public Affairs.
Sample image of The Rooseveltian Concentration Camps for Japanese Americans, 1942-46
The Rooseveltian Concentration Camps for Japanese Americans, 1942-46
Philadelphia, PA: Boniface Press, 1967
App, Austin J.