Mary Blocher Smeltzer Interview Segment 9
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Manzanar National Historic Site
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SEGMENT ID
ddr-manz-1-38-9 (Legacy UID: denshovh-smary-01-0009)
SEGMENT DESCRIPTION
Working and living in the Manzanar concentration camp
00:02:54 — Segment 9 of 19
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Manzanar National Historic Site Collection
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Manzanar National Historic Site Collection
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Manzanar National Historic Site
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INTERVIEW ID
ddr-manz-1-38
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INTERVIEW TITLE
Mary Blocher Smeltzer Interview
01:43:49 — 19 segments
DATE
July 17, 2008
LOCATION
La Verne, California
DESCRIPTION
White female. Born in 1915 in Texas. Grew up in La Verne, California, where family was active with the Church of the Brethren. During World War II, lived in the Manzanar concentration camp, California, and worked as a teacher there. Along with husband, established a hostel in Chicago, Illinois, for Japanese Americans leaving the camps.
PRODUCTION
Richard Potashin, interviewer; Kirk Peterson, videographer
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Manzanar National Historic Site Collection
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Courtesy of the Manzanar National Historic Site Collection
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.