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| Title | American Civil Liberties Union member Roger Baldwin letter soliciting letters of objection to a U. S. Senate proposal to put the War Department in control of interned Japanese-Americans, February 1, 1943 |
| Author | Baldwin, Roger N. (Roger Nash), 1884-1981 |
| Date of Publication | 1943 |
| Notes | Roger Baldwin of the American Civil Liberties Union writes that the U.S. Senate is considering turning control of interned Japanese-Americans from the War Relocation Authority to the War Department and urges personal letters be written to the sponsoring Senators in objection to the proposal. |
| Contextual Notes | Mary Farquharson was a State Legislator, a civic leader and Christian pacifist. Her papers document activities of Caucasian-Americans who did not agree with the policy of evacuating the Japanese-Americans to relocation camps during World War II, and who worked in aid of the evacuees as well as correspondence with Japanese Americans in the internment camps. |
| Subjects (LCTGM) | Concentration camps; Protest works |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Japanese Americans; World War, 1939-1945; Baldwin, Roger N. (Roger Nash), 1884-1981 |
| Geographic Coverage | United States |
| Digital ID Number | PNW01679 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or inquire about permissions contact: photos@u.washington.edu. |
| Digital Collection | Pacific Northwest Historical Documents
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| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections |
| Repository Collection | Mary Farquharson papers. Accession no. 0397-005. Box 1/1 |
| Object Type | Letter (correspondence)
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| Physical Description | 28 x 21.5 cm. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original text or image at 200 dpi saved in TIFF format, resized and enhanced using Adobe Photoshop, and imported as JPEG2000 using Contentdm software's JPEG2000 Extension. 2012. |
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