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World War, 1939-1945-- Japanese Internment Camps

 Subject
Subject Source: Lcnaf

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Matsuura Saburo Letter

 Collection — Box Small Collections Box 109, Folder: 1
Identifier: SC 01574
Scope and Contents One-page letter written in Japanese on a pre-printed "Internee of War" airmail letter sheet. The following descriptive summary is based on an English language translation that was included with the letter: Matsuura Saburo was a Japanese-Peruvian businessman who, along with his family, was expelled from Peru during World War II, because the Peruvian government deemed a national security risk. In the U.S., the Matsuura family was relocated to the Crystal City Interment Camp in Crystal City,...
Dates: 1943 December 22

Thelma Kawakami Japanese-American Internment Camp Letters

 Collection
Identifier: SC 00081
Scope and Contents This collection consists of letters written to and from Japanese-American families in Internment Camps during the last year of World War II. Letters present are related to camps at Poston, Arizona and Granada, Colorado. Some of the letters are in Japanese. The majority of the letters are written to Mr. and Mrs. K. Kawakami, from their daughter Thelma working at the University of Minnesota. These letters provide status updates on family members outside of the camp, and discussion of others...
Dates: 1944-1945