NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Click here for an explanation of the records available at the National Archives and record administration (NARA)
For the resources on the NARA website, you will need to either prove the death of the incarceree (death cert, picture of a gravestone, SSDI, etc.) or have the person fill out the form themselves, or have them complete a notarized power of attorney.
How to order camp files
1. Go to: https://aad.archives.gov/aad/
2. Type in the name of the family member you are trying to find.
3. Fill out WRA Evacuee Case File Request form.
4. Mail request to:
Old Military and Civil Branch, Textual Archives Services Division,
National Archives and Records Administration
700 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20408
OR scan and email to:
Archives1reference@nara.gov
Military Service Records: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/536000
WRA Photographs: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/536000
Assembly Center Files: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/22476357
How to order Enemy Alien files
1. Go to: https://www.archives.gov/research/catalog
2. Type in the name of the family member that was taken by the FBI.
3. To request a DOJ case file, please provide the following information:
Name of internee (include all names used)
Date of birth
Department of Justice case file number, if known
4. Mail request to:
Civilian Branch, Textual Archives Services Division,
National Archives and Records Administration
8601 Adelphi Road, Suite 2600
College Park, MD 20720
OR scan and email to:
Archives2reference@nara.gov
DENSHO
Assembly Center Newspapers
Fresno - Grapevine
Marysville - Arbo-Gram
Merced - Mercedian
Pinedale - Logger
Pomona - Pomona Center News
Portland - Evacuazette
Puyallup - Camp Harmony News-Letter
Sacramento - Walerga Wasp
Salinas - Village Crier
Santa Anita - Santa Anita Pacemaker
Stockton - El Joaquin
Tanforan - Tanforan Totalizer
Tulare - Tulare News
Turlock - Turlock TAC
Camp Newspapers
Jerome - Denson Tribune, Jerome Communique
Manzanar - Manzanar Free Press
Gila River - Gila News-Courier
Heart Mountain - Heart Mountain Sentinel
Topaz - Topaz Times
Minidoka - Minidoka Irrigator
Poston - Poston Chronicle
Rohwer - Rohwer Outpost
Tule Lake - Tulean Dispatch, Newell Star

