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WRA Hostel Files page 3-8
List of Japanese families that live at Cordonices Village or Cordonices Housing Project, built to house military families during WWII and then converted to house families of UC Berkeley students, many of whom were veterans.…
WRA Hostel File page 15-18
Thank you letter from the Methodist Hotel to Dr. F. T. Inukai (Dentist) for a gift of cantaloupes that he dropped off at the hostel.
1937 Letter from John to Kay
John is working as a bookkeeper in Ed Kitow's business Phoenix Produce Co. in Phoenix, Arizona and writes to Kay who is in college at U.C. Berkeley. John gives her advice on classes and how to approach being in school and taking it all in- from his…
1943 1 31 Letter from John to folks
John writes to his family in Topaz about being at Garrett Seminary. He describes being asked to be a speaker about the internment camp experience in small Illinois towns, meeting members of the FOR (Fellowship of Reconciliation), who most likely…
WRA Hostel File page 25-26
Corlett writes that anyone who has claims and who had accounts with the Yokohama Specie Bank could present those claims. The Yokohama Specie Bank was taken over by other state entities based on decree and liquidated.
1944 3 27 Letter from Nason to Myer
Nason writes about the future role of the Nation Japanese American Student Relocation Council. He wants the work to be slowed down and ultimately terminated. While others like Bodine are interested in the Council taking an even more active role…
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 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…
Warehouse Storage Item 83
John Yamashita and Ish Isokawa who worked at setting up the hostel at the Japanese Methodist Church in Oakland, logged an inventory of the amount that people stored into the category of Large, Medium and Small stored amounts. They would also write…
Warehouse Storage Item 43
Receipt from Dave Saito who now lives in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Warehouse Storage Item 44
Receipt of payment from Tyler Nakayama
Isokawa Page 6-8
Ish Isokawa writes to John on July 29, 1945. He has heard that the WRA plans to close the center (Topaz) by Nov 1st. Ish asks John if the offer to stay in the parsonage while the church is run like a hostel still stands. He would move there with his…
1945 1 3, Letter from Morris to Hirabayashi at Tule Lake
Homer Morris of the AFSC writes to Hirabayashi about a continetious objector or someone who objected to the "war method."
1945 5 10, Letter from Homer Morris to Caleb Foote
Letter is about the WRA final decision to close the internment camps at the end of the year