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- Collection: War Relocation Authority Hostel Files
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WRA Hostel Files Page 1 (Cover)
Front of manila file. With post-it notes written by Jane Boltz (in 2015), daughter of John Yamashita.
WRA Hostel File Page 2
Memo from Roscoe E. Bell, Assistant Project Director, to Mr. L. T. Hoffman, Project Director, forwarded to Mr. Hirano.
Bell states that John Yamashita will be returning to Oakland to the Methodist Church that hold property for some at Topaz. Bell…
Bell states that John Yamashita will be returning to Oakland to the Methodist Church that hold property for some at Topaz. Bell…
WRA Hostel Files page 3-8
List of Japanese families that live at Cordonices Village or Cordonices Housing Project, built to house military families during WWII and then converted to house families of UC Berkeley students, many of whom were veterans.…
WRA Hostel File page 9
Letter from Thomas J. Mahan, acting District Relocation Officer, informing hostel residents that the Relocation Office will be closing in April 1946. The Berkeley and Oakland Community Chests has donated funds to the International Institute of…
WRA Hostel File page 10
Robert Feldhammer, District Relocation Officer, writes to the hostel letting them know that Richmond Housing Project has openings of 1, 2, and 3 bedroom apartments for Japanese Americans without military service to apply.
WRA Hostel File Page 11
Letter sent from the Girl Scouts of America, local Oakland branch to the WRA which was then forwarded to all hostels in the area. Gertrude Hall writes inviting the hostels to send her a list of girls ages 7 to 16 who might be interested in joining…
WRA Hostel File page 12-13
Contract between the War Relocation Authority and John Yamashita about how the hostel should be operated. The WRA will allow this hostel to use government property (cots and mattresses) from May 1, 1945 to Dec 31, 1945. John agrees not to…
WRA Hostel File page 14
Letter from Oakland Methodist Church Hostel (Ichiro Isokawa) to Alameda Methodist Church Hostel (Mr. Akamatsu) about an extension from the WRA on loans of cots and mattresses.
WRA Hostel File page 15-18
Thank you letter from the Methodist Hotel to Dr. F. T. Inukai (Dentist) for a gift of cantaloupes that he dropped off at the hostel.
WRA Hostel File page 25-26
Corlett writes that anyone who has claims and who had accounts with the Yokohama Specie Bank could present those claims. The Yokohama Specie Bank was taken over by other state entities based on decree and liquidated.
