Letter from George Yoshioka to Rev. [Wendell L.] Miller, [September 11, 1942]
PARTNER
CSU Japanese American History Digitization Project
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OBJECT ID
ddr-csujad-20-6 (CSUJAD Local ID: WLM_01-46_04, CSUJAD Project ID: csun_wlm_0006)
PARENT COLLECTION
CSU Northridge Reverend Wendell L. Miller Collection
DESCRIPTION
Personal letter written from Santa Anita Assembly Center. Yoshioka discusses the start of "movement to Relocation Centers," naming Parker Dam; Wyoming; Granada, Colorado; Arkansas; and Gila, Arizona, along with locations from which people are being removed, including San Diego, Los Angeles, Hollywood, Long Beach, and other Southern California locations. He also mentions that his family has received notice of their removal date, and that he has witnessed many "heart breaking partings each time the train pulls out." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: WLM_01-46_04
DATE
9/11/1942
LOCATION
OBJECT GENRE
Correspondence
OBJECT FORMAT
Document
TOPICS
- Geographic communities -- California
- World War II -- Administration -- Wartime Civil Control Administration (WCCA)
- World War II -- Administration -- War Relocation Authority (WRA)
- World War II -- Temporary Assembly Centers
- World War II -- Concentration camps
- World War II -- Mass removal ("evacuation")
FACILITY
CREATORS
- Yoshioka, George (author)
PERSONS/ORGANIZATIONS
CONTRIBUTOR
California State University, Northridge. University Library. Special Collections & Archives
PREFERRED CITATION
Reverend Wendell L. Miller Collection, Special Collections & Archives, University Library, California State University, Northridge
RIGHTS
Copyright restricted
