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- Collection: Kay's Work and Personal Correspondence
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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 11 Letter from Mrs. Duveneck to Kay
about working in the Philadelphia Office
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…
1942 6 29 Letter from Kay to Mr. Moriyama
Kay talks frankly about how bad Tanforan and the assembly centers are. She also comments about the different nature of administration: the military administration of assembly centers vs. the civilian war relocation authority administration of the…
1942 7 3 Telegram to Kay
Kay is offered job as junior typist in D.C. by telegram
