ddr-densho-457 — Morooka Family Collection — Objects

doc Letter from Amy Morooka to Violet Sell (ddr-densho-457-1)

Amy Morooka writes to Violet Sell with an update on her efforts to gather testimonial letters in hopes of helping her father and Mr. N. be released from the Santa Fe Internment Camp.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-457-1/

doc Letter from Amy Morooka to Violet Sell (ddr-densho-457-2)

Amy Morooka writes to Violet Sell about her experiences during mass removal and arriving at Tulare Assembly Center. She details her journey with her mother and the support they received from their church community along the way.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-457-2/

doc Letter from Martha Morooka to Violet Sell (ddr-densho-457-3)

Martha Morooka writes to Violet Sell about life in the Tulare Assembly Center. Martha talks about the harsh living conditions, like side effects from the typhoid vaccine and lack of privacy in the bathrooms. She also writes about the jobs she and her family are doing and asks Violet for help with book recommendations and card …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-457-3/

doc Letter from Martha Morooka to Violet Sell (ddr-densho-457-4)

Martha Morooka writes to Violet Sell for advice on who to contact to start requesting donations of books for their library at the Tulare Assembly Center.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-457-4/

doc Letter from Martha Morooka to Violet Sell (ddr-densho-457-5)

Martha Morooka writes to Violet Sell with updates on the library and her new job in the Social Welfare Department at the Tulare Assembly Center.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-457-5/

doc Letter from Amy Morooka to Violet Sell (ddr-densho-457-6)

Amy Morooka writes to Violet Sell with updates on living conditions at the Tulare Assembly Center, her job at the Red Cross Women's Project, and about Christian and Buddhist services.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-457-6/

doc Letter from Amy Morooka to Violet Sell (ddr-densho-457-7)

Amy Morooka writes to Violet Sell about the living conditions at Gila River a week after arriving.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-457-7/

doc Letter from Martha Morooka to Violet Sell (ddr-densho-457-8)

Martha Morooka writes to Violet Sell about being transported to Gila River and feeling homesick.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-457-8/

doc Postcard from Amy Morooka Violet Sell (ddr-densho-457-9)

Amy Morooka writes to Violet Sell with a request for a hymn book and an astronomy book.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-457-9/

doc Letter from Amy Morooka to Violet Sell (ddr-densho-457-10)

Amy Morooka writes to Violet Sell about the living conditions at Gila River and updates on Sunday School.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-457-10/

doc Letter from Martha Morooka to Violet Sell (ddr-densho-457-11)

Martha Morooka writes to Violet Sell about the gardens built at Tulare Assembly Center being destroyed, missing friends, inconsiderate staff at Gila River, updates on people she had helped at the Social Welfare Department, trenches being dug by Black workers, and more.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-457-11/

doc Letter from Amy Morooka to Violet Sell (ddr-densho-457-12)

Amy Morooka writes to Violet Sell about her anger at being compensated less than others for work and being used as scapegoats on a radio broadcast, her unhappiness with politics in the concentration camps, and weighing whether continued confinement or facing the wrath of irate Americans outside the camp is the better option.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-457-12/

doc Letter from Martha Morooka to Violet Sell (ddr-densho-457-13)

Martha Morooka writes to Violet Sell about her plans to work as a nurse and attend the University of Nebraska.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-457-13/

doc Letter from Amy Morooka to Violet Sell (ddr-densho-457-14)

Amy Morooka writes to Violet Sell about receiving sewing supplies, ongoing sewing projects, church happenings, and asking for updates on Dad's health.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-457-14/

doc Letter from Amy Morooka to Violet Sell (ddr-densho-457-15)

Amy Morooka writes to Violet Sell about sewing supplies, her parents' health, issues with John and Midori, and Martha's classes.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-457-15/

doc Letter from Amy Morooka to Violet Sell (ddr-densho-457-16)

Amy Morooka writes to Violet Sell about sewing supplies, church happenings, and her father's health.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-457-16/

doc Letter from Amy Morooka to Violet Sell (ddr-densho-457-17)

Amy Morooka writes to Violet Sell about her sewing machine, dust storms, and issues with John and Midori.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-457-17/

doc Letter from Amy Morooka to Violet Sell (ddr-densho-457-18)

Amy Morooka writes to Violet Sell about her new job, issues with John and Midori, and a request for hair dye.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-457-18/

doc Letter from Amy Morooka to Violet Sell (ddr-densho-457-19)

Amy Morooka writes to Violet Sell about church happenings and updates on work.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-457-19/

doc Letter from Amy Morooka to Violet Sell (ddr-densho-457-20)

Amy Morooka writes to Violet Sell about church happenings, updates on friends and family, Nisei men leaving for the Army Language School, rumors that Gila River will be turned into a camp for disabled soldiers, and more.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-457-20/

doc Letter from Amy Morooka to Violet Sell (ddr-densho-457-21)

Amy Morooka writes to Violet Sell about Christmas celebrations and discusses money owed for items Violet and her father sent to Amy.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-457-21/

doc Letter from Amy Morooka to Violet Sell (ddr-densho-457-22)

Amy Morooka writes to Violet Sell about the recent holidays, feeling sick with Valley Fever, her new job, being encouraged to leave camp, and encloses a Christmas program.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-457-22/

doc Letter from Martha Morooka to Violet Sell (ddr-densho-457-23)

Martha Morooka writes to Violet Sell about Christmas gifts, her job in the tuberculosis ward, a murder that took place in camp, and a request for clothes.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-457-23/

doc Letter from Amy Morooka to Violet Sell (ddr-densho-457-24)

Amy Morooka writes to Violet Sell about her poor health, gifting Violet a subscription to the Pacific Citizen, being encouraged to leave camp, her job, and anthropologist Robert "Bob" Spencer observing life at camp.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-457-24/

doc Letter from Amy Morooka to Violet Sell (ddr-densho-457-25)

Amy Morooka writes to Violet Sell about living conditions at Gila River, Martha's job struggles, and wishing the war was over.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-457-25/

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