Planning for the future
PARTNER
CSU Japanese American History Digitization Project
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OBJECT ID
ddr-csujad-48-9 (CSUJAD Local ID: ecm_wells_0009, CSUJAD Project ID: ecm_wells_0009)
PARENT COLLECTION
Eastern California Museum Harry Bentley Wells and Shirley Elizabeth Wells Collection
DESCRIPTION
Term paper by Mitsuko Mitsui for Social Problems class taught by Mr. Harry Bentley Wells, a teacher at Manzanar High School. Mitsuko is very aware of the discussions of whether to return to Japan or stay in America and plans for what "girls" should be doing with their lives. Mitsuko wants to remain in America. She expresses a wish to never go to Japan. She wanted to have adventures and worry about settling down further in the future. Mitsuko describes a need to get out to prove herself on her own but didn't know what to do if the war continued as she really disliked camp. Mitsuko shows determination to "look on the bright side." If things were normal, she would have finished her major and maybe be working in a sewing factory. She believed strongly in continuing to have fun and not getting too engrossed in work. She wanted to find happiness not a career necessarily. Transcription is found in item: ecm_wells_9009. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_wells_0009
DATE
1943
LOCATION
OBJECT GENRE
Miscellaneous Documents
OBJECT FORMAT
Document
TOPICS
FACILITY
CREATORS
- Mitsui, Mitsuko (author)
PERSONS/ORGANIZATIONS
CONTRIBUTOR
Eastern California Museum
PREFERRED CITATION
Courtesy of California State University Japanese American Digitization Project
RIGHTS
Copyright restricted