{ "cells": [ { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "# Japanese American WWII Camps - CASE Module\n", "### Revisiting Segregation through Computational Treatments: the Case of the WWII Japanese American Tule Lake Segregation Center\n", "* **Contributors:** Richard Marciano and Greg Jansen\n", "* **Community Partner:** Geoff Froh (Densho.org)\n", " * \"A grassroots organization dedicated to preserving, educating, and sharing the story of World War II-era incarceration of Japanese Americans in order to deepen understandings of American history and inspire action for equity\")\n", "* **Source Available:** https://github.com/cases-umd/Japanese-American-WWII\n", "* **License:** [Creative Commons - Attribute 4.0 Intl](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)\n", "* [Lesson Plan for Instructors](./lesson-plan.ipynb)\n", "* **Related Publications:** \n", " * [Automating the Detection of Personally Identifiable Information (PII) in Japanese-American WWII Incarceration Camp Records](https://ai-collaboratory.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/2.Marciano.pdf)\n", "* **More Information:**\n", " * [Project Blog](https://ai-collaboratory.net/projects/japanese-american-ww2-camps/)\n", "\n", "## Introduction\n", "This module is based on a case study involving [WWII Japanese American Incarceration Camp Records](https://encyclopedia.densho.org/Tule_Lake/) from Tule Lake, stored at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). \"Tule Lake was one of the ten concentration camps built to imprison Japanese Americans forcibly removed from the West Coast states during World War II. Following the ill-conceived loyalty questionnaire that was administered in early 1943 to the imprisoned population, inmates who refused to give unqualified 'yes' responses were segregated to Tule Lake and unjustly labeled as 'disloyal'\".\n", "\n", "NARA requested that the project team identify index cards with information about internees 18 years old or younger at the time of the event recorded on the index card so these cards could be redacted. To support these release decisions, detailed name gazetteers of internees are needed. These include: (1) the “Japanese-American Internee Data File, 1942 – 1946”, with records of evacuated Japanese-Americans, also known as WRA Form 26, and (2) the “Final Accountability Rosters of Evacuees at Relocation Centers, 1944-1946, also known as FAR, with records of evacuees at the time of their final release or transfer. \n", "\n", "The index cards reference narrative reports prepared by camp investigators, police officers, and directors of internal security, relating cases of alleged “disorderly conduct, rioting, seditious behavior,” etc. with detailed information on the names and addresses in the camps of the persons involved, the time and place where the alleged incident occurred, an account of what happened, and a statement of action taken by the investigating officer. These cards have not been released to the public yet and are being analyzed and curated by students in the DCIC.\n", "\n", "