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1943 11 15 Letter from Kay Yamashita to her friend Kay
Kay writes from Westchester Pennsylvania to her friend, Kay at Holyokeabout how nice it is having Iyo and Min move in with her at her apartment in Phillie, running into Bob (her ex-boyfriend), and staying at a cottage (with Quaker supporters?). She…
1943 10 16, Letter from Kay to Miss Cosgrave in Fresno state
Kay writes about personal updates and her worry about a premature closing of the Student Relocation Council. She states that here are fewer and fewer schools to suggest to students for relocation. The AFSC student relocation office is thinking of…
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…
Kay's Citizen's Indefinite Leave Identification Card
WRA indefinite leave card, social security card,
1943 5 13 Letter from Josephine Duveneck to Kay
Duveneck assures Kay that if she stays at a Chicago hostel, she will certainly find a job there.
1943 5 8, Letter from Kay to Margaret
Kay asks if she could stay with her in Chicago to look for a job.
1943 5 8 Letter from Kay in Topaz to Martha (at Washington University in St. Louis)
A letter from Kay Yamashita at Topaz to a Martha at Washington University in St. Louis. Kay plans on spending a couple days in St. Louis before she goes to Chicago and asks if she can stay with Martha or if Martha can find her a place to stay. She…
1943 5 6 Letter from Kay to Mrs. Duveneck
Kay writes about leaving camp to attend her brother's graduation from Garrett Seminary in Chicago/ Evanston. She doesn't know what kind of work she can get out there though, and is thinking about doing domestic work if there are no desk or office…
Undated, Handwritten Easter Card from Mrs. Duveneck to Kay
About getting Kay out of camp
1943 5 5, Letter from Martha to Kay
Martha writes from Poston, Arizona that she is very cherred up by Kay's letter and care for her wellbeing since her other friends at Topaz haven't been writing her. She worries that she won't be able to find a job if relocated and needs to make money…
1943 5 1 Letter from Kay to Martha
Kay writes to Martha, giving family updates. Min and Iyo got married. She describes their marriage in camp. Min left camp to go to a welding training school. They write to each other everyday. Kay talks about all the people getting married…
1943 4 19 Letter from Kay to Margaret of Fellowship of Reconciliation
Kay writes about discussion groups in camp on African Americans (she mentions Richard Wright's book, 12 Million Black Voices) and Japan's political history, Kay asks Margaret for a loan of $100 to move to Chicago.
1943 4 2 , Letter from Kay to Mr. and Mrs. Duveneck.
Kay thanks them for Christmas gift of fabric. Tomi will sew a dress but has to wait her turn on the block sewing machine. An elderly man was fatally shot for getting to close to the barbed wire fence. The M.P. was court marshalled.
1943 3 26 Letter from Lafebregue to Kay
Lafebregue thanks Kay for her work on student relocation.
