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Letter from Earle Yusa to Joseph R. and Elizabeth B. Goodman. Yusa writes that he and his wife Mimi and their family will "get our walking papers for Gila this week." Yusa writes of concern about dysentery: "I understand that the army has shoved in to many people at a time to Gila that plumbing and other facilities are not up to meet the heavy demand. Reports thru private letters show that things are not favorable down there in terms of adequate physical conditions and morale." He mentions lack of progress regarding student relocations, and requests discretion regarding his UC affiliations: "Imagine, people like Prof. Churnen, Dr. Lowie, both W. I. Thomas and Dr. Thomas, people of very high caliber being ruled out by the punks that's running us." He writes about "a condition of doubt about what to believe in" among many young people in the camp. Personal correspondence, organizational records, government documents, publications, and other papers created or collected by Joseph R. Goodman documenting the forced removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II, as well as organized resistance to incarceration. Included in the collection are records of the Japanese Young Men's Christian Association and the Japanese American Citizens' League in San Francisco, including papers of the Japanese YMCA's executive secretary Lincoln Kanai; Sakai family papers; Goodman's correspondence to and from Japanese American incarcerees, organizations opposing forced removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans, the War Relocation Authority, and others; publications, photographs, and ephemera from the Topaz Relocation Center, where Goodman taught high school; War Relocation Authority records and publications; and newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and reports about forced removal and incarceration created by various government, religious, and civic organizations, in California and nationwide.
Type
text
Format
Correspondence 2 pages, 11 x 8.5 inches, typescript application/pdf
World War II--Temporary Assembly Centers--Impacts of incarceration World War II--Temporary Assembly Centers Identity and values--Nisei Activism and involvement
Place
San Bruno, California Temporary Assembly Centers--Tanforan
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