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- Collection: Family Correspondence, 1943
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1943 7 26 Letter from Kay to Folks
Page 1: Kay thanks Tomi for fixing the dress. Staying with Kay Uchida at Mrs. Homer Morris' home. Dinner with Dr Thomas E Jones, president of "colored university", taught at Imperial Univ. (first uses word "white" instead of Caucasian). Methodist…
1943 8 1 Letter from Kay to Duvenecks
Kay updates them about her move to Phillie and her siblings, where they are and what they are up to. Ed Kitow is supervising a cooperative farming activities of young people, mostly college students. She also notes that her mom will move to Idaho…
1943 8 4 Letter from Kay to Iyo and Min
Kay tries to help Min get a job in Pharmacy. Kay tells them that the Japanese are a novelty in Phillie, with has a much larger Negro and Jewish populations, and slums. People assumes the JA's to be Chinese, "which is sad because the Chinese are a sad…
1943 8 23 Letter from Kay to Min and Iyo
Kay approves of Min and Iyo's decision to come out to Phillie for a new job. Kay is researching available positions for pharmacists. The Bulletin and Record have been publishing stories about the Camps having professionally-trained men and women. Kay…
1943 10 11 Letter from Kay (?) to Tomi, letter in romaji
Need help reading because it's in romaji (transliterated Japanese)
1943 10 15 Letter from Kay to Chiz, Ed and Kiku
Kay appreciates Chiz' taking care of Mom Tomi and bringing Tomi and Neich to Idaho. Kay says that the Quakers are landed-gentry, "the mainliners and the filthy rich." Iyo and Min came to live with Kay on Sept 8th. Kay invites Mom and Chiz to…
1943 11 14 Letter from Kay to Neech and Keech
Kay is staying at (Quaker) Pooh Bailey's house in the country, whom she met at the Mill Institute and visited her in Tanforan. Bailey has taken in 2 girls from Topaz. Kay has appreciated the kindness of others. Kimiko had the baby. Kiyo is having a…
1943 11 23 Letter from Kay to Tom and John
Kay describes Bailey's old Pennsylvania dutch farm house in West Chester. The WRA is not clearing aliens (issei) for EDC until all nisei have been cleared. No family is visiting Kay for Christmas 1943. Because of her over-time work, Kay is paid…
1943 12 4 Letter from Kay to Tom
Tamaki's and Kay visited with Miss Fern Colburn, a settlement house worker, and Dr. Bertha Akimoto, who works as instructor of anatomy at Women's Medical. Mechi came to visit Kay in Phillie, when Kay was going to celebrate Terry's acceptance into…
