Yamashita Family Archives

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1943 10 13 Letter from Kay to Joe Goodman and friends 81-83.pdf
A letter from Kay Yamashita--recently transferred from Tanforan to the Central Utah Relocation Project--to Joe Goodman and other friends. She describes the new relocation center, which does not appear to be very nice. Kay has been working with…

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…

1943 10 19 Letter from Kay to President Nason .pdf

1943 Undated, winter? Ted to Kay.jpg

1943 undated Iyo to folks_Page_1.jpg

Undated, Letter from John to Kay.jpg

1943 Letter from Frank Herron Smith to John, need to rescan.jpg

1943 1 1 Letter from Ted to Folks_Page_1.jpg

HIrabayashiMorrisjan44.jpg
Gordon Hirabayashi who was imprisoned for defying the evacuation orders and was represented in a case which challenged the Executive Order 9066. In this letter, he asks Morris for his opinion on whether or not he should participate in petitioning to…

1944 1 2 Hirabayashi to Morris_Page_1.jpg

1944 1 27 Letter from Registrar to John_Page_1.jpg

1944 1 4 Letter from Kay to John and Tom D_ Page_1.jpg
New schools have been opened up to relocating JA students from Camps.  Washington DC has abandoned the EDC, and Tomi can come to Phillie.  Kay asks Tom and John if they can/would like to host Tomi in Chicago (if they get an apartment) before she…

1944 1 7 Letter from Relocation Supervisor to Relocation Office Henry Harris Jr. re Ed.jpg

1944 1 8 Letter from Kay to Tom.jpg
WRA is to blame for delays in authorization to leave Camps. Kay is still in love with Bob, who is leaving for Minnesota, his home. Kay is a nervous wreck.

1944 10 10 Letter from Kay to Tom_Page_1.jpg
Council extended Kay's job to Dec 31st 1944. Kay is offered a job by OPA as a Rent Interviewer, and by the WRA for $1800/yr. She wants something creative and won't accept a job below $1800/yr. Min plans to see his mother before being shipped out for…

1944 10 20 Kay to Helen Paul.pdf

1944 10 24 Helen Paul to Kay.jpg

1944 10 24 Helen Paul to Kay, informal.jpg
Helen Paul writes a personal letter saying that she doesn't think Kay will be satisfied in the job that she's being offered at the WRA compared to her job at the Student Relocation Council, invites her to stay with her to do more job hunting in…

1944 10 4 Letter from Kay to Tomi and folks_Page_1.jpg
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