Credits
The following individuals deserve special recognition for making this archive possible.
David D. Lowman, a former high-ranking officer in the National Security Agency who died before his book MAGIC was published, served as the inspiriation for this project. His wife Eleanor Lowman made possible the posthumous publication of her husband's book.
Lee Allen, a retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel who served as an Intelligence Plans Officer for Terrorism at the Defense Intelligence Agency, made his private collection of documents regarding the Japanese internment available for use in this archive and annotated many of the database entries for these records so it would be easier for others to conduct research into this controversial event in American history. As the publisher of Athena Press he also gave permission for the appendices of MAGIC, a book he recently published, to be included on this site.
Brett Rasmussen, a database programmer in Provo, Utah, provided the technical expertise that made this project possible. Using open source tools like PHP and MySQL Brett took a fairly complex project and turned it into one of the easiest to use archives on the web. By building a database that makes extensive use of metadata for each document image, he made it possible for researchers to search the archives using a wide variety of criteria. As more data is entered into the database, his brilliant work will become even more apparent.
Lisa Rasband, an independent writer and editor, reviewed the site for technical accuracy. She helped make sure the images were legible and that the links worked.
Bill Hopwood, a retired U.S. Navy Commander, helped edit the site for content accuracy and provided a lot of useful feedback.
And of course, the PNG development group deserves a special thanks. The PNG graphics file format they created made it possible for this archive to deliver high quality document images without the large file sizes that are typical when jpgs, pdfs, or gifs are used to display document images.
Any mistakes found in the site are my sole responsibility and should not be attributed to the fine individuals who have assisted in this enormous project.
Sam Allen
Archivist
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