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1944 Dec 5, Envelope of letter from Earl to Ed Kitow
Envelope and Note
1944 Jan 25, Letter from Earl to Ed Kitow
Letter from Earl (at 1550 Loring Ave San Diego) to Ed at 4714 No. Talman Ave Chicago.
1944 3 10 Letter from Earl to Ed
Letter from Earl (in San Diego) to Ed in Ogden, Utah
Warehouse Storage Item 71 and 59
Letter (and envelope) from Eiko Sasaki (a fellow member of the Oakland Japanese Methodist Church) to John Yamashita
1945 12 4 Letter from Esther Rhoads to Fort
Esther Rhoads responds to Fort about a AFSC report that was published that was highly critical of WRA workers. She writes about the progress in opening up more than half of 30 hostels to Japanese Americans moving back to Southern California, the work…
1945 12 4 Letter from Rhoads to Morris
Rhoads writes to Morris, responding with her dismay at a report that was circulated from the Service Committee to hostel directors that was harsh or critical in tone (may have been about WRA workers or some service workers mistreating people? See…
1945 10 5 Letter from Esther Rhoads to Fort
Esther B. Rhoads, of the Southern California AFSC Branch based in Pasadena writes to the AFSC Philadelphia office. She expresses concerns that G. Raymond Booth is trying to pass federal legislation to keep the camps open. Rhoads thinks the Friends…
1943 2 28 Church service program from the First Methodist Church in Evanston
I believe that we have this document because John Yamashita got leave clearance to leave detention at Topaz and enter seminary school at Garrett Seminary in Evanston with the help of his mentor (Frank Herron Smith).
1942 2 2 Missoula Alien Enemy Detention Center
Floyd Schmoe reports to AFSC in Philadelphia about a visit to the Missoula, Montana detention center. He provides great detail about the camp and the organization, physical layout, family members visiting their fathers/husbands. He also makes…
WRA Hostel File Page 11
Letter sent from the Girl Scouts of America, local Oakland branch to the WRA which was then forwarded to all hostels in the area. Gertrude Hall writes inviting the hostels to send her a list of girls ages 7 to 16 who might be interested in joining…
1945 12 26 Letter from Nakamura to Morris
Nakamura writes to Morris about the Crystal City Detention Center in Texas where Peruvian nationals of Japanese ancestry are being held. Most of them have already been sent to Japan (prisoner exchanges?). The roughly 40 families who remain want to…
