Letter from Miriam Koyama to Edward J. Ennis, Director Enemy Alien Control Unit. Page 1 of 2.
PARTNER
Japanese American Museum of Oregon
Visit partner
OBJECT ID
ddr-one-5-211 (Koyama122; 2016.23.122; NDD978084)
PARENT COLLECTION
Dr. Keizaburo Koyama Family Collection
DESCRIPTION
Photocopy of a declassified handwritten letter from Miriam Koyama, daughter of Teru and Keizaburo Koyama, to Edward J. Ennis, Director Enemy Alien Control Unit. Miriam writes about her family and how much she misses her father. She mentions that she spent her 9th birthday in the Portland Assembly Center and her 10th at Minidoka. Due to her father's internment, she missed spending the last Christmas and Father's Day with him. She adds that she is a proud American and prays that she does not miss another holiday with her father. Due to her mother's declining health, she asks that her father can be returned soon.
DATE
08/01/1943
LOCATION
OBJECT GENRE
Correspondence
OBJECT FORMAT
Document
CREATORS
- Koyama, Miriam (author)
PERSONS/ORGANIZATIONS
CONTRIBUTOR
Japanese American Museum of Oregon; Portland, Oregon
PREFERRED CITATION
Courtesy of Dr. Keizaburo Koyama Family Collection, Japanese American Museum of Oregon
RIGHTS
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
