TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
The Joseph H. McClelland Collection was donated to the Archives/Special
collections Department of the Auraria Library and Media Center on April 8,
1981, by Mr. Joseph H. McClelland.
Property rights to the collection are held by the Archives/Special Collections
Department of the Auraria Library and Media Center. Literary rights are
dedicated to the public. There are no restrictions placed on the use of these
materials.
Linear feet of Shelf Space: .5
Number of Containers: 1
Additional items: cassette tape
Processed by : Raymond Bailey
Date: November 3, 1981
Historical Sketch
Joseph McClelland was born on April 5, 1909, in Ft. Collins, Colorado. He was
the grandson of Joseph S. McClelland, the founder of the first newspaper in
Larimer County, the Larimer Express, and Mrs. Joseph S. McClelland, the
founder of the first circulating library in Ft. Collins.
McClelland received a degree in journalism from the University of Missouri,
Columbia. Shortly after Executive Order 9066 was issued in February 1942, he
was hired to work for the War Relocation Authority in Colorado. Arriving in
Denver in July, 1942, McClelland remained several weeks and then was assigned
to the Amache Relocation Center located near Granada, Colorado. He was to
remain at this center until April 15, 1945, when he resigned to take a position
with the Colorado State University.
At Amache McClelland was the Reports Officer responsible for documenting camp
activities. He was in charge of distributing information within the Center
through the Granada Pioneer, and information going outside the Center to
the press. His duties also included that of Center Photographer, through which
he visually recorded daily life in the camp.. While living at Amache with her
husband, Mrs. McClelland was employed as a teacher in the camp school.
The Joseph McClelland Collection consists of the camp newspaper, the Granada
Pioneer, and its predecessor, the Bulletin. Comprised of 55 issues
dated from October 14, 1942 to March 24, 1943, these papers document daily life
and activities as they occurred in the camp. Articles in the main body of the
paper vary in tenor and content from humorous to serious, and a page in the
Japanese language was usually included. Its circulation was about 3,000.
The collection also includes a welcoming brochure given to the evacuees as they
arrived at the camp, a publication from a Utah relocation center, and a number
of items produced regionally and nationally concerning Japanese-Americans.
In June of 1986 the collection was expanded to encompass many of the
photographs which Mr. McClelland took as Center Photographer. Also included in
the collection is a cassette tape which relates Mr. McClelland's involvement
with the Amache Relocation Center.
Joseph McClelland Collection
Fort Collins, Colorado
Collection 7
Preliminary Inventory
.5 Linear Feet