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15.933 PRESERVATION OF JAPANESE AMERICAN CONFINEMENT SITESTHE PROGRAM PROVIDES FOR THE PRESERVATION AND INTERPRETATION OF HISTORIC CONFINEMENT SITES WHERE JAPANESE AMERICANS WERE DETAINED DURING WORLD WAR II. THE AMERICAN BAPTIST HISTORICAL SOCIETY WILL IDENTIFY AND DIGITIZE RECORDS DOCUMENTING THE EXPERIENCE OF JAPANESE AMERICAN BAPTISTS, RESPONSES BY LEADERS OF THE NORTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION AND MINISTRY TO JAPANESE AMERICANS DURING THE YEARS OF RELOCATION AND CONFINEMENT INCLUDING PROVIDING PASTORS TO THOSE INTERNED, OFFERING INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT FOR JAPANESE AMERICAN PASTORS, SPONSORING THE RELOCATION OF PERSONS FROM CONFINEMENT SITES TO THE MIDWEST, AND HELPING COLLEGE STUDENTS CONTINUE THEIR STUDIES. THE RESULTING DIGITAL REPOSITORY, ONLINE AND TRAVELING EXHIBITS WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO RESEARCHERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC. BENEFICIARIES INCLUDE PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, PUBLIC NONPROFITINSTITUTIONS ORGANIZATIONS, PRIVATE NONPROFIT INSTITUTIONS ORGANIZATIONS, NON-FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ENTITIES,INDUSTRY AND PUBLIC DECISION MAKERS, RESEARCH SCIENTISTS, ENGINEERS, AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC.