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1944 3 5, AFSC on the Resettlement of Japanese Americans
Margaret E. Jones (AFSC) Letter, 2 pages.
1944 4 7, Memo of Return of Japanese Evacuees to the Pacific Coast
War Relocation Authority policy on closure of internment camps and resettlement of evacuees.
1945 Summary of Housing Report on San Francisco by Council for Civic Unity
Describes population increases (white, black and other minorities) in San Francisco during the war years and the intensified housing shortage. The 6,000 Japanese people who were evacuated would face this housing shortage too if they were to return…
1945 10 26, Letter from Raymond Booth of the Council for Civic Unity to Clarence Picket of AFSC
Describes housing crisis in Los Angeles, eviction of Filipinos and Mexicans and others from Bunker Hill for highway contstruction and urban renewal projects, and the incoming of 1200 Japanese evacuees each week to Los Angeles. Booth recommends…
1945 12 1 Letter from William Inouye to Tuleans
William Inouye, formerly interned at Tule Lake, encourages fellow Tuleans to move to Philadelphia where he now lives. he describes welcoming Hakujin Quakers who have supported issei and niseis there. He finished college and works as a chemist and his…
Community Welfare Department
This is an official WRA photo that was given to Sus--presume that the officers (and the entire staff?) were given copies. It was taken during the period that Kimi and Marty were in Topaz since Kimi is in the photo (5/14 - 8/28/1943).
1942 Oct 3, Tomi's request for Kimi's family to be moved from Jerome, Arkansas to Topaz, Utah
Kimi and Bob Ono and their daughter Martha were sent to Jerome Incarceration Camp in Arkansas. The family lived in Fresno at the time before evacuation or forced removal and for some reason decided or were not able to travel to Oakland to be united…
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…
1942 3 25, Letter from Cal students to colleges on Eastern part of U.S.
University Y.M.C.A., University Y.W.C.A., Wesley Foundation (Methodist), Plymouth House (Congregational), Westminster House (Presbyterian), and Roger Williams Club (Baptist) from Cal Berkeley write a form letter to college groups at other campuses…
1944 4 29 Letter from Tom Bodine to Swan
Describes conditions in Jerome Camp, in Arkansas. Bodine writes that there are very negative relations between the evacuees and the WRA staff there because of prejudice.
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…