Ken House
Ken House, arquivista sênior da Administração Nacional de Arquivos e Registros (NARA) em Seattle, cresceu em Whidbey Island, Washington. Ele freqüentou a Western Washington University em Bellingham e possui mestrado em Estudos de Arquivos e História. Ele é apaixonado por localizar e disponibilizar registros de arquivo que documentam as lutas de pessoas em circunstâncias desafiadoras. Enquanto arquivista na Weyerhaeuser Company, ele pesquisou e fez apresentações sobre a história da força de trabalho nipo-americana da empresa. Ele mora em Tacoma e atua como presidente da Comissão de Preservação de Marcos da Cidade.
(Atualizado em junho de 2013)
Stories from This Author
Records at the National Archives at Seattle and other West Coast Facilities Relating to the Japanese American Incarceration Experience - Part 3 of 3
24 de Junho de 2013 • Ken House
Read Part 2 >> Records of the Selective Service System, Record Group 147 Until recently Selective Service draft registration records from World War I and II were stored at field offices of the National Archives. The draft records have been moved to a single, central location at the National Archives at St. Louis and can be accessed there. Draft registration cards typically include address, date and place of birth, employment, citizenship, date of registration, and descriptive information. Using Gordon Hirabayashi again as …
Records at the National Archives at Seattle and other West Coast Facilities Relating to the Japanese American Incarceration Experience - Part 2 of 3
22 de Junho de 2013 • Ken House
Read Part 1 >> Records of the United States District Courts, Record Group 21 NARA field facilities hold federal district and bankruptcy court case files heard in the courts in their geographic area. Some may also hold cases from a federal Circuit Court of Appeals if an appeals court exists nearby. The case files typically include all of the filings in the case, but frequently not the exhibits or transcripts. Exhibits are often returned to the person submitting them or are destroyed. …
Records at the National Archives at Seattle and other West Coast Facilities Relating to the Japanese American Incarceration Experience - Part 1 of 3
20 de Junho de 2013 • Ken House
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) as the nation’s “record-keeper” is responsible for preserving and making available permanent historic records created by federal agencies, offices, committees, and courts. Included are federal records created during and after the forced mass removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans living along the west coast of the United States during World War II. These records may be found in many of the NARA facilities nationwide. Copies of some of the records can also be …
