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1942 6 24, Executive Committee of Northern California of the National Japanese American Student Relocation Council Committee meeting agenda items

1942 6 19, Letter from Mrs. (Edna?) Morris to a friend in D.C. recommending Kay's character

1942 6 19, Letter from Rev. Inglis to Ms. Kerr in D.C. writing against concentration camps, recommending that Kay speak to Mrs. Roosevelt.

1942 6 17, Letter from Mrs. Morris to friend in D.C. at the I-House there recommending Kay and asking her to help Kay get settled.

1942 6 17, Letter of introduction from Mrs. Morris to Vincent Nicholson and wife, introducing Kay.

1942 6 17, Letter from Mrs. Morris to Mr. and Mrs. Pardy in Hartford, Connecticut, letter of introduction for Kay

1942 6 11, Establishment of the National Student Relocation Committee

1942 5 18 AFSC Bulletin on Refugees Abroad and At Home

1942 5 14 AFSC Bulletin on work in China

1942 5 14, AFSC Bulletin on Relief efforts in England

1942 5 18, American Friends Service Committee, Bulletin on Relief in France

1942 Spring, Cardstock from Burlington Hotel, Washington D.C. when Kay went to testify at trial.

1942 Spring, Kay's travel itinerary from Tanforan to D.C. and to other cities and back

Kay's travel itinerary, dates and times and cities on Western Pacific Railroad Company. After D.C., she heads up to Philadelphia, New York and Boston, then to Chicago and then to Grand Canyon then Fresno and then to San Francisco. The travel is from…

1942 4 29, Job recommendation for Kay from previous boss

Another job recommendation, this time from Peter D. Kristisch, an area supervisor for Kay in her job at the Social Security Board. U.S. Employment Services.

1942 4 29, Official letter allowing Kay to travel with her mother across the country to testify in case in D.C.

Herman P. Goebel Jr, Captain of the Wartime Civil Control Administration in San Francisco writes a letter allowing Kay and "Mrs. Gomi Yamashita" (typo!) to travel through New Orleans to get to Washington D.C. They are allowed to leave Tanforan on May…

1942 4 27, Recommendation for Kay from her former boss

Kay worked for Kathryn T. Bangs at the Oakland U.S. Employment Office as a statistical typist. She recommends Kay's character, loyalty and work. Includes the envelope. Mrs. Bangs sent it to where Kay was staying when she was in Berkeley, after she…

1942 4, Kay's Small Pox Immunization Record

Kay was immunized for small pox in three injection during April 1942 by Dr. K. Togasaki. Her address is listed as Building 20, Apartment 18 in Tanforan.

1942 4 10, Kay's Civil Servant Typist Exam

In Kay's second exam, ( earlier one taken in Dec 1941) she scores 75-90. Not sure what this means- if she improved from last rating of 75 to a 90 this time or if the two numbers are both from the same test.

Norah Waln A Quaker's response to a Catholic about what she would do if there were a Nazi invasion

Bernard G. Waring forwards Nora Waln's statement to fellow Quakers about her response to Catholic friends on what she would do if the Nazi's were to invade Britain. She says that she would not be afraid and not fight, but try to win them to God's…

1942 4 8, Summons for Kay in Court Case U.S. vs David Warren Ryder et al

Summons form for Kay to be a witness in trial U.S. vs David Warren Ryder et al to be tried in Washington D.C. She is asked to come to court on May 14, 1942 and testify on behalf of the United States.