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1942 12 1 A list of American firms or companies which used to be in Japan
A list of U.S. companies that had connections to Japan. Not sure what entity produced this list.
1942 10 2, Letter from 20th Century Fox to Waring
20th Century Fox defends their motion picture, Little Tokyo, U.S.A. in a letter written to the lawyer for the American Friends Service Committ. Fox defend the depicition of Japanese spying (I believe this may refer to spying by Japanese Americans).…
1942 2 2 Missoula Alien Enemy Detention Center
Floyd Schmoe reports to AFSC in Philadelphia about a visit to the Missoula, Montana detention center. He provides great detail about the camp and the organization, physical layout, family members visiting their fathers/husbands. He also makes…
1942 2 4 Letter from Booth to Pickett
Letter talks about the growing hysteria in Los Angeles and the meetings between top officials. Some law enforcements officials are asking for the removal of all people of Japanese ancestry from the Pacific Coast. Booth considers all of the leaders to…
1942 4 3 Letter from Booth to Eisenhower
Personnel search Letter to War Relocation Authority official in SF. Letter to WRA official, Milton S. Eisenhower in San Francisco. Seems to be about filling the position of Consulting Psychologist, since one guy is leaving to go to France.
1942 5 26, Betty Baker, Japanese Evacuation Report #4
AFSC Report on the evacuation of Japanese Americans in San Francisco, May 26, 1942, by Betty Baker, 2 pages.
1942 5 5 Correspondence between Eisenhower (WRA) and Pickett (AFSC) about formation of student relocation program
Eisenhower of the War Relocation Authority (WRA) correspond with Pickett of the AFSC about the possibility of the AFSC starting a committee to work on student relocations since college or university system will not be able to be set up in the camps.…
1942 8 5, Letter from Cary to Duveneck
Letter about the role of protest
1942 9 9 Letter from Duveneck to Cary
Duveneck discusses Lincoln Kanai's case and his request for habeus corpus, and his imprisonment for six months for violating the freezing act. Duveneck also responds to Cary's question about the role of protest, and if cooperating with the…
1942 Evacuation Report from San Francisco, #2
AFSC Report on the evacuation of Japanese Americans in San Francisco, 3 pages.
1943 6 24, Letter from Nason to Sayres
Nason suggests that Student Relocation Council not pubish a strongly worded article by Foote about relocation.
