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1942 7 23, Letter from Robert Inglis, preacher, to Kay
Inglis says he came to visit on the wrong day. (visitation rules at Tanforan?) Also he says he wants to come again in August to preach.
Kay's employment form in Community Service at Topaz and pay rate, 1943 Sept
Also included in scan is Berkeley library card for some reason.
1942 10 3, Tomi requests that Kimi her family be moved from Fresno Assembly Center to Topaz
Kimi was in bad health
1943 1 16, 1943 4 16 Letter from Kay to Ms. Howey
Kay writes about the emotional states of students in camp: cynical, bitter, broken, stoic, determined, and radiant. She also writes about getting permanent leave permit, but is staying to work for student relocation in the camp because there is so…
1943 2 23 Martha at Washington University in St. Louis writes to Kay in Topaz
Martha, at Washington University in St. Louis writes updates to Kay- thirty JA students met up to talk about how they could share notes. They don't want to make a formal group, only a workshop, so as not to be "an obvious congregation of Japanese."…
1943 2 24, Kay writes to get a job with social security board in Washington D.C.
She mentions that when she left Tanforan to testify in the Ryder Case, she was offered a job to stay in Washington D.C., but couldn't take it because she was traveling with her mother. Her former boss had tried to get her a job outside of the camp…
Undated, Letter from Virginia to Kay
Virginia says that Remo (her husband?) is working a lot as a steel-worker building ships.
1943 3 4, Fellowship of Reconciliation to Kay
The Fellowship of Reconciliation reaches out to Kay as allies on the outside of camp. Note: Members of the Fellowship of Reconciliation work with Gordon Hirabayashi and visit him when he is in jail in Washington State for refusing evacuation orders.
1943 3 6 Letter from Mrs. Duveneck to Kay
Josephine Duveneck hears that Kay was not allowed or approved to leave Topaz to go to Philadelphia to work (not sure why). Duveneck is looking into getting Kay to go to the Chicago office of AFSC.
1943 3 26 Letter from Lafebregue to Kay
Lafebregue thanks Kay for her work on student relocation.
1943 4 2 , Letter from Kay to Mr. and Mrs. Duveneck.
Kay thanks them for Christmas gift of fabric. Tomi will sew a dress but has to wait her turn on the block sewing machine. An elderly man was fatally shot for getting to close to the barbed wire fence. The M.P. was court marshalled.
1943 4 19 Letter from Kay to Margaret of Fellowship of Reconciliation
Kay writes about discussion groups in camp on African Americans (she mentions Richard Wright's book, 12 Million Black Voices) and Japan's political history, Kay asks Margaret for a loan of $100 to move to Chicago.
1943 5 1 Letter from Kay to Martha
Kay writes to Martha, giving family updates. Min and Iyo got married. She describes their marriage in camp. Min left camp to go to a welding training school. They write to each other everyday. Kay talks about all the people getting married…