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Mary Blocher Smeltzer Interview Segment 3 (ddr-manz-1-38-3)
vh Mary Blocher Smeltzer Interview Segment 3 (ddr-manz-1-38-3)
Description of the Church of the Brethren
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-38-3/
Relocation through the Brethren Hostel (ddr-densho-356-1005)
doc Relocation through the Brethren Hostel (ddr-densho-356-1005)
Brochure advertising the Brethren Relocation Hostel as place to stay when moving to Chicago.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-1005/
Mary Blocher Smeltzer Interview Segment 4 (ddr-manz-1-38-4)
vh Mary Blocher Smeltzer Interview Segment 4 (ddr-manz-1-38-4)
Involvement with the Church of the Brethren from an early age
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-38-4/
Letter to JACL National Headquarters from Charles Boyer of the Church of the Brethren (ddr-chijacl-1-108)
doc Letter to JACL National Headquarters from Charles Boyer of the Church of the Brethren (ddr-chijacl-1-108)
Includes resolution on redress
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-chijacl-1-108/

Narrator Mary Blocher Smeltzer

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.
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/345/
Mary Blocher Smeltzer Interview (ddr-manz-1-38)
vh Mary Blocher Smeltzer Interview (ddr-manz-1-38)
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.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-38/
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