Yamashita Family Archives

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1945 5 4 Foote to Pickett_Page_1.jpg

1944 7 25 Presbyterian, A Better World Essay.jpg
Board of Christian Education (Presbyterian national organization based in Philadelphia) asks Kay to write a letter that would represent the Japanese American perspective in a newsletter containing voices from many young people, all without the names…

1942 11 11 Barnett to Morris about Hirabayashi's case_Page_1.jpg

Warehouse Storage Page 67.jpg
Letter from Arthur to John. Arthur knows John and says to thank Lee and old man Lee M. [Lee Mullis] as well as the Kajiwaras etc. Arthur also writes that he ran into Sus, John's brother in New York.

Threat letter.jpeg
Text of letter: "This is a warning. Get out we don't want you in our beautiful country go where your ancestors came from. Once a Jap always one. Get out.

This letter was included in the testimony of Min Tamaki before the Commission on Wartime…

Ann Dion research, Across Ryuku Waters Part 1.pdf
Ann Tamaki Dion wrote a history that covers both sides of her family, her father's family history (Min Tamaki) and her mother's family history (Iyo Yamashita). These excerpts pertain to the Yamashita family history.

1945 Green Bill WRA_Page_1.jpg
Provides an overview of the Green Bill which proposed that relatives (parents and spouses) of people who served in the military during WWII (and for some WWI) would be granted access to citizenship (where before they could not before because of…

She says that there is a need for the council and disputes the four claims or arguments for closing the council based on lack of need. She also states that people who are not from the camps might have less of an understanding/ attachment. "We who…
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