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- Collection: Family Correspondence, 1943
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1943 February Undated, Letter from Tom to folks
Tom asks how Iyo's wedding turned out.
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 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 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 7 19 Letter from Kay to Tom
Page 1: Kay recommends girls to Tom, mentions buying a suit for winter. Asks Tom to ask John if Kay can get the Chesterfield, Club chair, radio and refridgerator from their home in Oakland. Decides to keep apartment after Nobu moves to Boston. Page…
1943 6 4 Letter from Kay to Folks
Kay arrives in Philadelphia. It is cosmopolitan, like SF, lots of Nisei. Nobody notices when groups of six JA's go to the movies. She stays with Trudy King (Quaker) at the Emlens estate house for two days. Kay appreciates the greenery. She works with…