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Letter from Eva Koyama to Edward J. Ennis, Director, Alien Enemy Control Unit. Page 2 of 5.
PARTNER
Japanese American Museum of Oregon
Visit partner
OBJECT ID
ddr-one-5-214 (Koyama125; 2016.23.125; NDD978084)
PARENT COLLECTION
Dr. Keizaburo Koyama Family Collection
DESCRIPTION
Photocopy of a declassified handwritten letter from Eva Koyama, daughter of Teru and Keizaburo Koyama, to Edward J. Ennis, Director, Enemy Alien Control Unit. She adds that both of her parents came to the United States in High School and went on to college. They worked hard to Americanize and raised their children to think of themselves as Americans, not Japanese Americans. She feels that her father is a great man who has worked hard to become an American and that she is having trouble understanding why he is being interned. Eva adds that her mother's health is bad and that she is unable to continue taking care of the family.
DATE
8/2/1943
LOCATION
OBJECT GENRE
Correspondence
OBJECT FORMAT
Document
CREATORS
- Koyama, Eva (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.
