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1944 4 6 Newspaper Article, racial restriction against Chiz and family in Evanston
"Residents Debate Plan to Move Jap into Neighborhood" is title of first article of April 6, 1944. Following article on April 20, 1944 is titled: "Decides Against Rental of Home to Jap Family"
1943 1 1 Letter from Ted to Folks
Ted writes from Lee Hall at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri to his folks in Topaz thanking them for the knitted socks and hat and mackinaw coat. He says Gyo Obata and Kebo Hikoyeda came back to school after visiting Topaz.
1942 10 2, Letter from 20th Century Fox to Waring
20th Century Fox defends their motion picture, Little Tokyo, U.S.A. in a letter written to the lawyer for the American Friends Service Committ. Fox defend the depicition of Japanese spying (I believe this may refer to spying by Japanese Americans).…
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…
1945 11 29 Letters between from Robertson Fort and Yone Nakazawa, and her brother in law, Karl Nakazawa. She was born in Japan, educated in the U.S., interned and now fears deportation.
Robertson Fort, secretary of Japanese American Relocation of the Philadelphia AFSC writes to Yone and Karl, trying to be of help to them. He mentions a trial happening in D.C. The brother in law served in the army. He asks for assistance from…
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.
1939, Letter from the principal of Oakland Pubic School to Kay
The Principal writes to Kay congratulating her on graduating and wishing good things. Kay's address on the letter is 670 19th Street, Oakland. Postmarked Jan 28, 1936.
1944 5 7 Letter from Nisei high school graduate in Manzanar to the Student Relocation Council
Mizumoto writes personally about his childhood (in white areas and in Terminal Island) and his reason for wanting to be a lawyer. His parents discourage him from trying to go to college or write poetry. (His poem "Manzanar" won a prize.)
1944 Nisei college leaders report on Japanese in camp
The National Japanese American Student Relocation Council organized for nisei leaders who were relocated to college campuses return to the camps they left for 4-6 weeks during their summer break to study what camp in life is like, and how nisei…
1942 4 Letter from Oakland church leaders to Japanese Americans during Evacuation
Mrs. Joseph A Woods, Presidence of Oakland Council of Church Women, Lawtown Harris, Executive Secretary of East Bay Church Federation, and Robert Inglis, President of East Bay Ministers' Fellowship write to evacuees, telling them they are disturbed…
Warehouse Storage Item 75-76
Mr. Wasuke Nabeshima (now living in Newell, California) writes to John asking for him to write to let him a receipt for the check that Mr. Nabeshima sent for his property shipment.
1942 5 5 Correspondence between Eisenhower (WRA) and Pickett (AFSC) about formation of student relocation program
Eisenhower of the War Relocation Authority (WRA) correspond with Pickett of the AFSC about the possibility of the AFSC starting a committee to work on student relocations since college or university system will not be able to be set up in the camps.…
1945 12 1 Letter from Wakefield to Brinton with report from conditions in Tokyo inserted in middle
Wakefield writes that of a meeting of 65 national agencies working with Japanese Americans, some find that there has been grave concerns of issue and nisei on the west coast who have been deprived of civil rights. They are experiencing problems…
Warehouse Storage Item 27
Receipt of M. Sakada, signed. The two people I found with the name of Sakada with a name that started with "M" was Mitsuyo Sakada and Masao Sakada.
