Document Type

Finding Aid

Identifier

NEAD 033

Abstract

When the United States entered the Second World War, the British government requested the United States house prisoners of war to help alleviate their housing problems. While hesitant at first, the United States built hundreds of camps and transported nearly half a million German and Italian prisoners of war to its soil. Organizations and communities in Arkansas appealed to the War Department and their representatives to establish branch camps and use prisoners in agricultural and timber labor to ease their labor shortage. This collection contains correspondence, reports, and statements to those efforts.

Publication Date

2024

Comments

1942-1949; Bulk 1944-1946; Physical description: 0.4167 linear feet. The collection consists of 9 folders in 1 document box.

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