Helen Amerman Manning Collection

PARTNER

Densho
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COLLECTION ID

ddr-densho-171

DESCRIPTION

This collection contains documents donated to Densho by Helen Amerman Manning, a high school teacher at the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho, during World War II. The collection includes several publications by the War Relocation Authority.

INCLUSIVE UNIT DATE

1942-1945

BULK UNIT DATE

1942-1945

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

217 documents

CONTRIBUTOR

Densho

CREATORS

PREFERRED CITATION

Courtesy of the Helen Amerman Manning Collection

RIGHTS

Copyright restricted
Copyright restricted

217 Objects

Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-1)
doc Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-1)
Excerpt: "I'm here! Just a line because I have to be up at 7 tomorrow. Things are much better than I expected and they have a grand bunch here." Sent from Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-171-1/
Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-2)
doc Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-2)
Excerpt: "I'm not sure when I wrote last, was it on the train? As you probably noticed I took the Pacific limited to be sure of connections at Wells." Sent from Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-171-2/
Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-3)
doc Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-3)
Excerpt: "It has been a full week and last Monday seems years ago. Dr. Hanna came that day." Sent from Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-171-3/
Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-4)
doc Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-4)
Excerpt: "First, thank you for the many packages. The hangers and lamp came Saturday." Sent from Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-171-4/
Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-5)
doc Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-5)
Excerpt: "Daddy's letter mailed the 19th finally arrived today. He sounds as though he were really making his mark!" Sent from Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-171-5/
Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-6)
doc Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-6)
Excerpt: "Last weekend we had a wonderful trip -- I think I wrote you about it. Monday night was choir." Sent from Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-171-6/
Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-7)
doc Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-7)
Excerpt: "I put my room to permanent rights at little more. Assembled my voluminous notes and bibliographies from Stanford into notebook covers purchased yesterday." Sent from Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-171-7/
Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-8)
doc Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-8)
Excerpt: "Monday was chiefly introductory welcoming speeches by key people and preliminary planning which went rather slowly." Sent from Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-171-8/
Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-9)
doc Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-9)
Excerpt: "Our weather last night was something to write home about. Yesterday was overcast, warm and calm. At midnight it was cleary and starry." Sent from Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-171-9/
Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-11)
doc Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-11)
Excerpt: "The next day we had school with classes meeting for 15 minute periods. John got back from Seattle that morning too. He has hopes of a commission in the procurement division." Sent from Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-171-11/

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