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- Collection: Family Correspondence, 1943
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1943 1 19 Letter from Kay to Betty and Joe
Kay give personal detailed updates, about new years' celebrations at the camp. The cooks made omochi for the issei who wanted it. The caucasian staff had alcohol. (not allowed in camp). She describes the scene. She also comments on how supportive Mr.…
1943 3 3 Letter from Kay to Sylvia
Kay writes earnestlyabout depression in camp, her relation to Caucasians, how much everyone earns in camp. She complains that what the newspapers claim about camp pampering JAs is wrong. She also is upset about the loyalty questionnaire and the…
1943 5 1 Letter from Kay to Martha
Kay writes to Martha, giving family updates. Min and Iyo got married. She describes their marriage in camp. Min left camp to go to a welding training school. They write to each other everyday. Kay talks about all the people getting married…
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 1 1 Letter from Ted to Folks
Ted writes from Lee Hall at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri to his folks in Topaz thanking them for the knitted socks and hat and mackinaw coat. He says Gyo Obata and Kebo Hikoyeda came back to school after visiting Topaz.
1943 6 15 Letter from Kay to John and Tom
Kay describes arriving in Philadelphia, after having visited with Tom and John. (Repeat of Letter to folks on Notebook page 73-76, but contains more clear detail). At first, Kay stayed in an elegant house with Trudy King. Now, she stays in an…