The letter is from Emil Sandquist containing well wishes to his son Robert "Bobby" Sandquist. Emil tells Bobby to take care of his mom and wishes Bobby could play with the Japanese boys at the Portland Assembly Center. The letter is written in English and translated into Japanese by Reverend Francis M. Hayashi.

Loose scrapbook pages containing newspaper and magazine clipping, a press release, and a speech transcript. Selected article titles: Seattle Post-Intelligencer: "Seattle Japs return home" (p. 1), "The National Director speaks to residents" (p. 2), "237 Bainbridge Japs leave, head south" (p. 3), "No refunds for japs, says city" (p. 4), "Sad farewells while troops stand by" …