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WRA Hostel File page 25-26

Corlett writes that anyone who has claims and who had accounts with the Yokohama Specie Bank could present those claims. The Yokohama Specie Bank was taken over by other state entities based on decree and liquidated.

1943 3 24 Letter from John to Tomi and Kay

1943 4 2 Letter from John to Kay

1943 1 31 Letter from John to folks

1943 1 31 John to folks with transc_Page_1.jpg

John writes to his family in Topaz about being at Garrett Seminary. He describes being asked to be a speaker about the internment camp experience in small Illinois towns, meeting members of the FOR (Fellowship of Reconciliation), who most likely…

1943 2 26 Letter from John to Tomi

1937 Letter from John to Kay

John is working as a bookkeeper in Ed Kitow's business Phoenix Produce Co. in Phoenix, Arizona and writes to Kay who is in college at U.C. Berkeley. John gives her advice on classes and how to approach being in school and taking it all in- from his…

WRA Hostel File page 15-18

Thank you letter from the Methodist Hotel to Dr. F. T. Inukai (Dentist) for a gift of cantaloupes that he dropped off at the hostel.

WRA Hostel Files page 3-8

List of Japanese families that live at Cordonices Village or Cordonices Housing Project, built to house military families during WWII and then converted to house families of UC Berkeley students, many of whom were veterans.…

Warehouse Storage File Item 87

Notes on number of women vs men in hostel.

Warehouse Storage File Item 86

Notes on who lives in which room in the hostel, with crossed out names for those who have since left.

Warehouse Storage Item 85

Handwritten list. It appears that this is he payment amounts received from each of these individuals.

Warehouse Storage Item 79

Letter from John Yamashita to Mr. K Komatsu in reference to Frank Morita's letter contesting his status as having a large amount of storage at the Oakland Methodist Church. Having a large amount, increases his fees in getting his property sent to…