George and Doris McIntyre of Ephrata, Washington, were workers at the Minidoka War Relocation Center in Idaho during World War II. George McIntyre supervised the camp motor pool, and later served as Acting Assistant Project Director in charge of operations. Doris McIntyre taught secretarial skills to individuals imprisoned at the center.
Executive Order 9066:
In 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which resulted in the incarceration from 1942 to 1946 of approximately 120,000 adults and children of Japanese ancestry, many of whom were United States citizens. They were expelled from their homes and placed in incarceration camps without due process and in violation of their civil rights. These camps were euphemistically referred to as “relocation centers” or “internment camps”. After decades of advocacy by the Japanese American community, in 1988 the United States issued a formal apology and began redress to survivors of Japanese incarceration during World War II.
This collection consists of papers and photographs related to the experiences of George and Doris McIntyre as workers at the Minidoka War Relocation Center in Idaho during World War II. Most of the documents relate to George McIntyre's work. The collection includes incarceration camp correspondence, photographs, and printed ephemera (office forms, camp newspaper).
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George and Doris McIntyre papers, 1944-1945
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Michelle Shields donated this collection to the Washington State University Libraries in 2011 (MS 2011-45)
This collection was processed by Cheryl Gunselman in 2012.
In 2021, in response to evolving societal understanding regarding the language used to describe the impact of Executive Order 9066, this finding aid was revised to more accurately provide context to the mass incarceration of people of Japanese ancestry during World War II.
George and Frank C. Hirahara Photograph Collection of Heart Mountain, Wyoming, 1932-2016
Tom T. Hide Collection, 1925-2012
Okubara Family Collection, circa 1943-2008
Takeda Family Collection, 1938-circa 2012
Kenneth Nishiyori Collection, 1942-1944
Mari Tsuruyama Okumura Collection, 1936-2014
Patti Hirahara Collection, 1955-2020
Terry Ishihara Collection, 1989-2012
Mike Mackey Collection, 1940-2002
Heart Mountain High School
Fusataro Nakaya Photographs, circa 1944
Nabata Family Collection of Heart Mountain Photographs, circa 1942-1945
Frank Chin Oral History Collection, 1974-1986
Inez Puckett McEwen Collection on Japanese-American Incarceration, 1942-1943
Japanese American Redress Collection, 1976-2000
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