CSU Dominguez Hills Crystal City Peruvian Letters Collection

PARTNER

CSU Japanese American History Digitization Project
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COLLECTION ID

ddr-csujad-10

DESCRIPTION

The Crystal City Peruvian Letters Collection contains three letters written by Kiyoko and Yoshihiko Matsuura, Japanese Peruvians interned at the Crystal City Internment, Texas, to their mother/grandmother, Kiyoko Noda, who remains in Lima, Peru.

INCLUSIVE UNIT DATE

1944-1949

BULK UNIT DATE

1944-1949

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

1 box

CONTRIBUTOR

CSU Dominguez Hills Department of Archives and Special Collections

CREATORS

PREFERRED CITATION

Crystal City Peruvian Letters Collection, Archives & Special Collections, University Library, California State University, Dominguez Hills

RIGHTS

Copyright restricted
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3 Objects

Letter from Kiyoko Matsuura to Mizuko Noda, September 5, 1944 (ddr-csujad-10-1)
doc Letter from Kiyoko Matsuura to Mizuko Noda, September 5, 1944 (ddr-csujad-10-1)
A letter from Kiyoko Matsuura, an internee in the Crystal City Internment Camp, to her sister in Lima Peru. In the letter, she includes updates on day to day life in the Crystal City camp and expresses her appreciation for the money sent by her father. Kiyoko states that she is anxiously waiting for a ship …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-10-1/
Letter from Kiyoko Matsuura to Kikuko Noda, January 26, 1945 (ddr-csujad-10-2)
doc Letter from Kiyoko Matsuura to Kikuko Noda, January 26, 1945 (ddr-csujad-10-2)
A letter from Kiyoko Matsuura, an internee at the Crystal City Internment Camp, to her mother, Kikuko Noda in Lima, Peru. In the letter, she describes the celebration of the New Year [1945] at the internment camp and expresses her appreciation for the gifts sent by her mother. According to her letter, it appears that Kiyoko …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-10-2/
Letter from Yoshihiko Matsuura to Kiyoko Noda, April 30, 1949 (ddr-csujad-10-3)
doc Letter from Yoshihiko Matsuura to Kiyoko Noda, April 30, 1949 (ddr-csujad-10-3)
A letter from Yoshihiko Matsuura, an internee in the Crystal City Internment Camp, Texas, to his grandmother, Kiyoko Noda, in Lima, Peru. He includes updates on day to day life in the Crystal City camp, including the event on the Emperor's birthday [April 29] and a play performed in the camp. He details the Boy Scouts …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-10-3/
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