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Token shipment : the story of America's war refugee shelter.

by United States. War Relocation Authority.

Washington, D.C. : U.S. G.P.O. [1946]

Fort Ontario Emergency Refugee Shelter.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Refugees.

Fort Ontario (N.Y.) -- History.

Electronic Resource

http://digital.lib.usu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/Topaz/id/6577

104 pages ; 26 cm.

I. Genesis -- Origins -- Preparations -- Selection -- Composition -- Voyage -- II. Early Days At Fort Ontario -- Staff -- Arrival -- Official Processing -- Some Questions -- Open House -- Policy -- 1. Food -- 2. Housing -- 3. Medical Care -- 4. Clothing -- 5. Internal and External Security -- 6. Religion -- 7. Education -- 8. Private Agencies -- 9. Community Government -- 10. Refugee Employment -- 11. Oswego Advisory Committee -- 12. Canteen -- Language -- Protection -- Honeymoon --

III. The bleak period -- The Work Situation -- Lack of Cohesion -- Two tragic Events -- The Compensation Issue -- The Psychologist -- The Psychiatrist -- Signs of Progress -- First Departure -- Redemption of the Lire -- New Health Developments -- Leisure Time Pursuits -- School and College -- End of an era -- IV. The Final Push -- A Shift in Emphasis -- The Shelter Director Resigns -- Oswego Adds its Voice -- The Dickstein Committee Hearings -- Administration Changes -- Bonus System -- Private Enterprise -- The Summer: Tensions Ease -- First Repatriates -- A Residents' Committee is Formed -- New Shelter Director -- End of the Chronicle -- The Paneling -- Variants of Medical Leave -- Problems of Administration -- Still Waiting -- V. Exodus -- Christmas Present -- Immigration Examination -- Citizens by Birth -- Resettling the People -- Last Shelter Activities -- "The Golden Cage" -- Farewell -- Closing Down the Post -- Where They Went -- Renaissance -- Steps Toward Freedom -- Chronology: June 8, 1944 - February 5, 1946 --

Statistics -- Final departures by nationality and type of departure: Fort Ontario Emergency Refugee Shelter Residents, August 5, 1944 -February 4, 1946 -- Final departures by state and country of destination and type of departure: Fort Ontario Emergency Refugee Shelter Residents, August 5, 1944- February 4, 1946 -- Age-sex composition : Fort Ontario Emergency Refugee Shelter Residents, August 5, 1944 (number and percent) Grade in school by year of birth : school children at Fort Ontario Emergency Refugee -- Shelter, September 15, 1944 -- Size of family : Fort Ontario Emergency Refugee Shelter Residents, September 14, 1944.

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