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- Collection: Kay's Work and Personal Correspondence
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1942 Oct 13 Rough draft of Letter from Kay to Rev. Inglis Plymouth Congregation Church
Kay writes a rough draft letter, and cuts out some parts of the description of life in the incarceration camp, self-censoring notes visible.
1942 Oct 18 Letter from Kay to Rev. and Mrs. Giles in Phoenix, Arizona
A letter from Kay Yamashita to Rev. and Mrs. Giles, telling about her life in recent months (she was offered a job in Washington, DC, but the army wouldn't give her a traveling permit; she has now been transferred from Tanforan to Topaz). The main…
1942 10 26 Handwritten letter from Mrs. Josephine Duveneck to Kay
A letter to Kay Yamashita from Josefine Duveneck, who is working on student reloaction, asking Kay if she would like to leave camp for a job on the outside.
1942 Nov 1 Letter from Kay to Caleb Foote
Kay awaits Caleb's visit to Topaz, making the final arrangements for Caleb's upcoming visit to camp. People don't know much about the Fellowship of Reconciliation.
1942 Nov 11, Letter from Caleb Foote to Kay
Caleb Foote tries to arrange a friend to visit Topaz from Salt Lake City, and encourages Kay to form a Fellowship of Reconciliation group at Topaz.
1942 Nov 14 Letter from Kay to Martha
Page 1: Kay Yamashita has had several job offers, but is hesistant in leaving, anxious to jump at leaving because her parents worry for him. Despite this, Kay and Iyo are pretty sure that they will leave. She works in Student Relocation- advising,…
Scratch notes on camp middle school curriculum
Notebook A page 97
Undated, Letter from Sarah Anne Rapp to Kay asking about her experience of evacuation and plans for resettling
Sarah Anne Rapp, a Fellowship of Reconciliation affiliate or member, reaches out to Kay with a number of questions, having seen Kay's name in the Topaz Times.
1942 12 6, Letter from Kay to Grace
Kay describes camp in more honest detail. "It's been a terrible nightmare that few of us shall forget." She describes shoveling dust out of the house.
1942 12 7, Letter from Kay to Miss Howey
Kay writes about first arriving at Topaz. The army uprooted the shrubs greesewood, that grow in the area. So the dust storms were worse than usual. They weren't finished with the barracks, so they slept at first 200 in a row on cement floors of the…
1942 12 24, Letter from Kay to Mrs. Duveneck
Kay describes a trip that the Community Welfare Department was allowed to go on, a hike 35 miles away from Topaz. One ailing man went missing. They searched for him in the terrain for three days and found him. He wanted to commit suicide and had…
1942 12 27, Letter from Kay to Leila & Lillie Margaret
Kay describes Christmas in Topaz, receiving anonymous gifts from all over the U.S. for kids in camp.
1943 1 5 Letter from Caleb Foote to Kay
Letter asking her for anecdotes (moving or humorous), thoughts on a solution (and Japanese-Caucasian relations), thoughts on the cause of evacuation (political or propaganda, economic), pictures of Japanese in America (before during or after…