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1943 6 24, Letter from Nason to Sayres
Nason suggests that Student Relocation Council not pubish a strongly worded article by Foote about relocation.
1943 6 29 Letter from Kay to Tom
Tom got a good engineering job. Kay advises that he work hard, ask for suggestions from higher-ups,have a "ready smile," dress nicely. Tomi sent a blouse and dress she made for Kay. Kay sends food and check back to Topaz for Tomi.
Kay is…
1943 6 30 Letter from Kay to folks
Kay thanks Neich and Mom Tomi for writing her in English. (I suppose that they usually write to her in Japanese). Kay sends back the dress that Tomi made for her, because the pattern is disproportionate to her, "tiny on top and big below." Kay…
1943 6 4 Letter from Kay to Folks
Kay arrives in Philadelphia. It is cosmopolitan, like SF, lots of Nisei. Nobody notices when groups of six JA's go to the movies. She stays with Trudy King (Quaker) at the Emlens estate house for two days. Kay appreciates the greenery. She works with…
1943 7 19 Letter from Kay to Tom
Page 1: Kay recommends girls to Tom, mentions buying a suit for winter. Asks Tom to ask John if Kay can get the Chesterfield, Club chair, radio and refridgerator from their home in Oakland. Decides to keep apartment after Nobu moves to Boston. Page…
1943 7 26 Letter from Kay to Folks
Page 1: Kay thanks Tomi for fixing the dress. Staying with Kay Uchida at Mrs. Homer Morris' home. Dinner with Dr Thomas E Jones, president of "colored university", taught at Imperial Univ. (first uses word "white" instead of Caucasian). Methodist…
1943 8 1 Letter from Kay to Duvenecks
Kay updates them about her move to Phillie and her siblings, where they are and what they are up to. Ed Kitow is supervising a cooperative farming activities of young people, mostly college students. She also notes that her mom will move to Idaho…
