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1942 5 27 Letter from Chiz to Kay
Chiz writes about her new life, after a month of living in Tanforan. Needs such as garbage collection and brooms are not being met because the inmates cannot talk to the administration in a meaningful way. She writes, “We are constantly aware of…
1942 5 26, Betty Baker, Japanese Evacuation Report #4
AFSC Report on the evacuation of Japanese Americans in San Francisco, May 26, 1942, by Betty Baker, 2 pages.
1942 5 21 Letter from Iyo to Kay
Letter from Iyo in Tanforan to Kay in Washington D.C. She sees only certain people often depending on the “neighborhood you’re in and work you do.” There is Thursday talent show and Tuesday music appreciation. Tom is now recreation leader and…
1942 5 18 Letter from Kay to Iyo and all
Letter from Kay, who is staying with her mother at Burlington Hotel in Washington D.C. to her family in Tanforan. She plans to buy as much groceries as possibly on her way back or make arrangements with a reliable grocer in South S.F. They have been…
1942 5 14 Letter from Kay to Iyo
A letter written by Kay in Washington D.C. to her family in Tanforan, after arriving there by train. Kay has arrived with her mother and is staying with the Moriyamas at their apartment. Kay is not needed until next week and is trying to make other…
1942 5 14 Letter from Iyo to Kay
A letter written by Iyo from Tanforan to Kay in Washington D.C. describing conditions at Tanforan.
Tuesday, 5:50pm : The family moved into a double stable, which is better because Chiz is working at the hospital close by, it’s sunny, less winder…
Tuesday, 5:50pm : The family moved into a double stable, which is better because Chiz is working at the hospital close by, it’s sunny, less winder…
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 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…
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.
1942 4 7, Letter from Cal Berkeley Administrator to Federal official Overseeing evacuation,
Robert Sproul, administrator of the University of California, writes to John Tolan, Chairman Selection Committee Investigating National Defense Migration (evacuation). Sproul agrees wit the report "Preliminary Report and Recommendations on Problems…
1942 4 3 Letter from Booth to Eisenhower
Personnel search Letter to War Relocation Authority official in SF. Letter to WRA official, Milton S. Eisenhower in San Francisco. Seems to be about filling the position of Consulting Psychologist, since one guy is leaving to go to France.