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Nonfiction manuscript: "Road to Freedom" with submission letter and rejection letter

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Joseph Ishikawa Collection

Manuscript of nonfiction narrative describing experience as Japanese-American seeking student leave from World War II incarceration. The manuscript incorporates letters to various college admission staff. Page one is a submission letter to the Yale Review. Page two is a rejection slip.

January 22, 1946

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